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Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:38 am

Michigan State University has definitely surpassed Penn State for most ghoulish college in the US. At least Larry Nassar will die in prison. I just hope everyone who enabled him gets dragged down with him. And I hope more people come out about universities who've covered up sexual abuse, because that problem is epidemic and unaddressed.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:04 pm

The sheer volume of offenses in his case is kind of mind-blowing. And there are probably others out there on the same order of magnitude.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:37 am

I don't know if this actually means anything relating to net neutrality, but I've noticed over the last week that I can't access SG and a handful of other smaller web pages unless I'm using a VPN.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:14 am

If my ISP starts blocking SG, I'll start canceling. Hear that Comcast?!

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 2:37 am

Seems a bit odd, but it's probably related to the ancient-as-butt nature of it. No legit SSL in sight.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:00 pm

Between the bar he set for himself and the bar Trump has now set way below that, it's impressive how little it now takes for me to be like "YES George W!!"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... s-election

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:23 pm

It's a trap! He's still bad.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:26 pm

George W for Emperor!

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 5:45 pm

George W Bush is the US president of the golden age of SG.

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:38 pm

Hard to think of anything related to Bush as a golden age.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:41 pm

And yet here we are.

More recently, Trump's election was followed by a very significant increase in forum activity. Coincidence?

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:19 am

Rand Paul has decided to care about the deficit now. Ready for another shutdown, Golbez?

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:23 am

smeared ink wrote:Between the bar he set for himself and the bar Trump has now set way below that, it's impressive how little it now takes for me to be like "YES George W!!"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... s-election

I'm a little less indulgent. My reaction was, "Well, if someone as dim as George W can put these pieces together..."

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:45 pm

Looks like another judge is all up ons with the idea of bringing back eugenics boards.

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:53 am

She already had 7 kids. This damage control is a bit late.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:25 pm

Seriously with the fucking guns.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:07 am

Is that even newsworthy at this point? Everyone knows the air in the United States is about 15% lead, and only half of that is from the constantly flying bullets.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:29 am

RDM wrote:Seriously with the fucking guns.

For lent I’m giving up on guns

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:46 am

Put it in Hot Topics for our records.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:21 pm

Jesus Christ, Trump is saying he'd have run into the school now, even without a weapon. Is there some way we can arrange this during the next major shooting?

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:26 am

Imagine the gifs that would give us

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:00 am

Those gifs would keep on giving 4 shore

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:12 am

smeared ink wrote:Jesus Christ, Trump is saying he'd have run into the school now, even without a weapon. Is there some way we can arrange this during the next major shooting?

Mustve missed that news story.

What a load of shit. He wouldnt sacrifice himself or put himself at risk for anyone.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 6:53 am

He has a very rare condition where bone spurs spontaneously appear in response to situations where he might have to do things that aren't in his own self-interest.

The last time they appeared was when Trump was asked to unplug his phone charger so the presenters at an intelligence briefing could plug in their projector.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 7:48 am

The only news we have here is weather. Over half of the news allocation on the radio today was used to talk about a big traffic jam that happened yesterday. Then there was more weather news, then sport, then THE WEATHER. I'm guessing politicians are using this time to stealthily push through all sorts of horrible shit.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 4:02 am

The idea that politicians' version of a snow day is to pass stupid laws sounds like some kind of comedy sketch. "All parrots must be trained, by law, to report possible terrorist activity and train fare evasion."

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 4:34 pm

Florida passed a $67 million bill to train and arm teachers just days after an armed teacher barricaded himself in a classroom and shot a hole in the wall.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 4:45 pm

Kentucky delayed a vote on a bill that would make child marriages illegal in the state. It is also facing strong opposition to a bill that would make bestiality a felony offense, because 90% of Kentucky's economy is invested in propagating stereotypes about itself.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:27 pm

America ppl r weird

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:32 pm

Now I don't want to know what the 11 herbs and spices are. Florida is always just the worst though. I feel sorry for my friend who lives there. Wow Kentucky is F'ed up though. Their current law allows marriage basically if they're old enough that they can be pregnant. Isn't there federal law about this, and if not why not? Freaking ridiculous that the feds want to get into state business about marijuana, but hey the states can do whatever they want when it comes to child abuse, I guess.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:03 pm

Considering the most prominent group lobbying against it is the Family Foundation of KY, I'm guessing the reason is that the law would make it illegal for conservative Christian parents to force their underage daughters to marry their rapists.

Or underage sex trafficking, which is already a big problem in KY (I used to volunteer for a not-for-profit there for underage female victims of sexual abuse), has a much stronger lobbying arm than I was aware.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:10 pm

Well, the article I read did have some jackass talking about "parental rights." Sorry, parents don't have the right to marry off their children, regardless of whether your bumfuck hillbilly state is telling them they can.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:27 pm

The "parental rights" thing they're bandying about is just an easily identifiable dog whistle. It's like neo-nazis calling themselves "alt-right" or "white identitarians" or whatever words they're calling themselves on /pol/ now.

The bestiality bill was stalled because hunters claimed it was slippery slope to banning hunting, while farmers claimed they would run afoul of the law for doing artificial inseminations (even though every other state that bans bestiality has zero problems with this). I dunno what the real reason is. I guess there's a lot of Kentuckians that enjoy doing stuff with horses besides racing them.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:58 pm

They just don't want the government up in their BIDNESS. Except when it comes to deciding what kinds of birth control women are allowed to have. They really like doing that.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 12:06 pm

Maybe if you had a president for life and no Congress, things would go better.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 3:55 pm

We should probably try that sometime. What's the worst that could happen?

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 4:07 pm

RDM wrote:We should probably try that sometime. What's the worst that could happen?

Your current one was caught saying that! Ask him!

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:44 pm

The last two Republican presidents have said very similar things about their frustration with democratic transitions of power.

George W. Bush wrote:If this were a dictatorship it would be a heck of a lot easier... as long as I'm the dictator.

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 10:11 am

Mitsurugi CP wrote:He has a very rare condition where bone spurs spontaneously appear in response to situations where he might have to do things that aren't in his own self-interest.

The last time they appeared was when Trump was asked to unplug his phone charger so the presenters at an intelligence briefing could plug in their projector.

Oh my God! Trump is Marrow!

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 11:50 pm

Mitsurugi CP wrote:The last two Republican presidents have said very similar things about their frustration with democratic transitions of power.

George W. Bush wrote:If this were a dictatorship it would be a heck of a lot easier... as long as I'm the dictator.

He’s so lovable by today’s standards. despite the illegal wars and preemptive kills and water boarding.

Well maybe not

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:06 am

WaWard wrote:Maybe if you had a president for life and no Congress, things would go better.

*sobs uncontrollably*

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 2:33 pm

WaWard wrote:
Mitsurugi CP wrote:The last two Republican presidents have said very similar things about their frustration with democratic transitions of power.

George W. Bush wrote:If this were a dictatorship it would be a heck of a lot easier... as long as I'm the dictator.
He’s so lovable by today’s standards. despite the illegal wars and preemptive kills and water boarding.

Well maybe not

Wonder how much worse it would have to be for Trump to seem merely stupid and harmless.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:31 pm

Probably not much given the poor memory of public perception.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:45 pm

It does boggle my mind that so many people worship at the alter of Reagan, even people who disagreed with him politically.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:22 pm

God I know. So much of what's wrong today can be traced back to Reagan.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:11 am

And a lot of that (i.e. trickle down) can be traced back to Coolidge. But most people don't even know who the hell he is, let alone why he's a shit president.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:44 am

To be fair, most of the presidents were shit when you look into it. Makes it hard to keep track of all the bad shit each one did.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:56 pm

One step closer getting our Trump fantasy come true in Ontario~

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 2:26 am

Well, shit, where the hell am I supposed to expatriate now?

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 3:04 am

We have 9 other provinces to choose from that’s not Ford Nation

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