American Politics VII: Virginia Reel

[Odreria]

I mean it does kind of make you wonder how somebody hates on mao but also votes against caitlyn jenner

You're not gonna have a good time pushing identity politics here

being "anti identity politics" is a codeword for being transphobic and refusing to center body positive LGBTQ BIPOC voices of color. I bet you voted for the sexist senator from vermont

[Antipatros]

Larry will be speaking in about 10-15 minutes.

They're now showing "voter fraud" stories that are currently running on Fox News.

[Tarsonis]

Larry will be speaking in about 10-15 minutes.

oh no I turned the TV off and the remote is out of reach. oh nooooo

[Jeriga]

You're not gonna have a good time pushing identity politics here

being "anti identity politics" is a codeword for being transphobic and refusing to center body positive LGBTQ BIPOC voices of color. I bet you voted for the sexist senator from vermont

Are you serious?

[Tarsonis]

You're not gonna have a good time pushing identity politics here

being "anti identity politics" is a codeword for being transphobic and refusing to center body positive LGBTQ BIPOC voices of color. I bet you voted for the sexist senator from vermont

dude, eat a snickers.

[San Lumen]

https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-massachusetts-2021-mayoral-primary-election-results-september-14/37502410

Boston held its mayoral and city council primary. Final results will not be for awhile but it appears Boston will elect its first woman mayor.

City councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi-George will advance to the general election. Incumbent mayor Kim Janey was seeking a full term after becoming mayor due to Marty Walsh’s resignation to become labor secretary. Janey is the first mayor in 72 years to lose a primary.

Nothing I love more than having my local news be dominated for three months by an election I can't vote in. Boston really needs to annex the outer boroughs

That’s unlikely to happen. Local news often covers major city elections if the area they cover contains one. Not sure what the exact term is. I see coverage of New Jersey elections in my local news.

[Lord Dominator]

Larry will be speaking in about 10-15 minutes.

oh no I turned the TV off and the remote is out of reach. oh nooooo

Oh nooo, I never got a subscription to whatever service I’d probably need…

[Cannot think of a name]

being "anti identity politics" is a codeword for being transphobic and refusing to center body positive LGBTQ BIPOC voices of color. I bet you voted for the sexist senator from vermont

Are you serious?

Does that sound serious? Or better, does it sound like something you should take seriously?

[Proctopeo]

Given how the PRC tends to think, it's quite the small chance imo.

a small chance is better than no chance.

There's a small chance you'll win the lottery, doesn't mean it's worth mortgaging your house to buy tickets.

[Cannot think of a name]

Larry will be speaking in about 10-15 minutes.

They're now showing "voter fraud" stories that are currently running on Fox News.

Let's see if ABC streaming gives any fucks. I'm guessing no since they don't even have anchors hanging around for this.

[Odreria]

being "anti identity politics" is a codeword for being transphobic and refusing to center body positive LGBTQ BIPOC voices of color. I bet you voted for the sexist senator from vermont

Are you serious?

he said that a woman can't be president.

[Senkaku]

This was never about conventional attacks. Nobody is worried about conventional attacks. Convdnfional attacks take mountains of logistics, days of build up and posturing, plenty of time for cooler heads to prevail. This is about nuclear attacks which the president can order up in less time it takes to order a pizza.

Or behaving so erratically that his actions could trigger a pre-emptive strike and as someone tasked with protecting the United States he...protected the United States.

You seem to think the issue here is that someone’s saying Gen. Milley is a bad dude who did the wrong thing; it’s not, it’s that already weak civilian control of the military (the only institution which commands social trust) has been weakened enough that the civilian government may be so afflicted by crisis that it has to fully turn over national security and foreign policy to the military for periods as it sorts out a succession process. Fortunately our military are indoctrinated to respect civilian control, and they returned it as soon as possible and with as little media attention as possible, but again: think about how this plays if you’re an outsider and you get the call from Washington that this is happening.

[Jeriga]

Are you serious?

Does that sound serious? Or better, does it sound like something you should take seriously?

No... no it does not.

[Cannot think of a name]

Or behaving so erratically that his actions could trigger a pre-emptive strike and as someone tasked with protecting the United States he...protected the United States.

You seem to think the issue here is that someone’s saying Gen. Milley is a bad dude who did the wrong thing; it’s not, it’s that already weak civilian control of the military (the only institution which commands social trust) has been weakened enough that the civilian government may be so afflicted by crisis that it has to fully turn over national security and foreign policy to the military for periods as it sorts out a succession process. Fortunately our military are indoctrinated to respect civilian control, and they returned it as soon as possible and with as little media attention as possible, but again: think about how this plays if you’re an outsider and you get the call from Washington that this is happening.

I'm just not seeing "follow procedures" correlating to your Chicken Little scenario. I mean, you guys can say the same thing again, but I gotta tell ya...it hasn't gotten more convincing with repetition.

[Comerciante]

That we know of. Remember this is the guy that wanted to nuke hurricanes.

To be fair nuclear hurricanes would be way more rad than even sharknadoes. We could even have a crossover.

Mutant Nuclear Sharknadoes.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Or behaving so erratically that his actions could trigger a pre-emptive strike and as someone tasked with protecting the United States he...protected the United States.

You seem to think the issue here is that someone’s saying Gen. Milley is a bad dude who did the wrong thing; it’s not, it’s that already weak civilian control of the military (the only institution which commands social trust) has been weakened enough that the civilian government may be so afflicted by crisis that it has to fully turn over national security and foreign policy to the military for periods as it sorts out a succession process. Fortunately our military are indoctrinated to respect civilian control, and they returned it as soon as possible and with as little media attention as possible, but again: think about how this plays if you’re an outsider and you get the call from Washington that this is happening.

It's certainly a massive propaganda victory for the PRC and friends. If I were them I'd be running story after story about how wildly dysfunctional American democracy is, they don't even need to make things up anymore.

[Antipatros]

Or behaving so erratically that his actions could trigger a pre-emptive strike and as someone tasked with protecting the United States he...protected the United States.

You seem to think the issue here is that someone’s saying Gen. Milley is a bad dude who did the wrong thing; it’s not, it’s that already weak civilian control of the military (the only institution which commands social trust) has been weakened enough that the civilian government may be so afflicted by crisis that it has to fully turn over national security and foreign policy to the military for periods as it sorts out a succession process. Fortunately our military are indoctrinated to respect civilian control, and they returned it as soon as possible and with as little media attention as possible, but again: think about how this plays if you’re an outsider and you get the call from Washington that this is happening.

Really this sort of thing should never happen. It should never even cross a general's mind that such a course of action may be necessary. The US is not supposed to be like this. It is now though, and things are probably going to get worse, not better.

[Tarsonis]

Are you serious?

he said that a woman can't be president.

he said a woman couldn't be elected president, not that a woman couldn't be the president. A subtle but oh so crucial difference.

[San Lumen]

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/20 ... for-mayor/

In Somerville a suburb of Boston, City Councilors Will Mbah and Katjana Ballantyne advanced to the general election.

Mbah immigrated to the US from Cameroon.

[Cannot think of a name]

That we know of. Remember this is the guy that wanted to nuke hurricanes.

To be fair nuclear hurricanes would be way more rad than even sharknadoes. We could even have a crossover.

Mutant Nuclear Sharknadoes.

Radioactive Mutant Hurrisharks.

BRB, I gotta pitch something the Asylum...

[Odreria]

he said that a woman can't be president.

he said a woman couldn't be elected president, not that a woman couldn't be the president. A subtle but oh so crucial difference.

I don't need you to mansplain sexism and I definitely don't need the USA to become like valenzuala

[Senkaku]

early warning gives the opposing side a chance to activate counter measures and reduce the scope of
violence. By putting China on an even footing, you can actually contain the damage rather than China getting blind sides launching everything cause "fuck it if we're going we're taking everyone with us."

not saying is guaranteed but there's a chance.

Given how the PRC tends to think, it's quite the small chance imo.

something something barbarous orientals amirite, it’s okay to default to wars of extermination bc they don’t rlly count as ppl

Are you serious?

he said that a woman can't be president.

He said a STRAIGHT woman can’t be President and I think we can all agree it’s time to queer the Oval Office

[Cannot think of a name]

he said a woman couldn't be elected president, not that a woman couldn't be the president. A subtle but oh so crucial difference.

I don't need you to mansplain sexism and I definitely don't need the USA to become like valenzuala

wakka wakka wakka

[Tarsonis]

he said a woman couldn't be elected president, not that a woman couldn't be the president. A subtle but oh so crucial difference.

I don't need you to mansplain sexism and I definitely don't need the USA to become like valenzuala

Oh so.you are doing. bit. commitment is these bur the material needs work.

[Odreria]

I don't need you to mansplain sexism and I definitely don't need the USA to become like valenzuala

Oh so.you are doing. bit. commitment is these bur the material needs work.

communism killed over 100 million people and it all started when the sexist senator yelled so much on tv and made me feel unsafe