Miscellaneous news items that don't warrant their own thread

[Ibanez]

Some uplifting news for your Monday

Guitarist John Frusciante is rejoining the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 10 years after he last left the band, bassist Flea said.

The band is "parting ways" with Josh Klinghoffer, who replaced Frusciante after he left in 2009, Flea said on Instagram.
The band announced Frusciante's return "with great excitement, and full hearts," while expressing gratitude to Klinghoffer for his time with the band and "the countless gifts he shared with us."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/15/entertai ... index.html

[89Hen]

Isn’t that the circle game that’s been going around?

We certainly played that in the late 80's.

[89Hen]

Don't worry, they are better people partly because of the values I instilled in them. I thank God every day that you hate children and don't reproduce.

I've donated my sperm to fertility clinics all over the East Coast. Made sure to make extra deposits in Delaware.

Yeah, I'm sure a lot of women are looking for the sperm of an angry, gay, uneducated liberal.

Wait, now that I think about it, most of the women on The View would be all over it.

[93henfan]

Isn’t that the circle game that’s been going around?

We certainly played that in the late 80's.

I heard Squee and Brett really liked beer.

[UNI88]

I honestly didn't know it was a white nationalist gesture until that one guy was kicked out of the baseball game. I guess we all need to check the SPLC's website from time to time to see what ordinary gestures and images have been outlawed by the PC police.

Maybe we need to ban players from wearing the number 88 or 14 on them while we're at it, because tolerance.

What am I doing wrong now?

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Naive me didn't realize that 88 was a numerical code for "Heil Hitler" or that 14 is shorthand for the so-called "14 Words" slogan.

Do I need to change my username?

[89Hen]

We certainly played that in the late 80's.

Was it like the circle jerk that you Conks play on here?

Pretty much. Jealous?

[SeattleGriz]

I've donated my sperm to fertility clinics all over the East Coast. Made sure to make extra deposits in Delaware.

Yeah, I'm sure a lot of women are looking for the sperm of an angry, gay, uneducated liberal.

Wait, now that I think about it, most of the women on The View would be all over it.

MaineJeff and Meghan, sitting in a tree, k. i. s. s. i. n. g. First comes marriage...

[CID1990]

This is how absurd we have all become .....

A US Army public affairs officer is “dumbfounded” that a US Army social media account would post a photo of a Nazi commander at The Bulge during a historical series on the battle:


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ar ... k-n1103041

The guy was a war criminal but he was also a key wartime adversary in that battle. We do not need to be in the business of erasing history.

[Ibanez]

This is how absurd we have all become .....

A US Army public affairs officer is “dumbfounded” that a US Army social media account would post a photo of a Nazi commander at The Bulge during a historical series on the battle:


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ar ... k-n1103041

The guy was a war criminal but he was also a key wartime adversary in that battle. We do not need to be in the business of erasing history.

This whole cancel culture is going to eventually cancel themselves out...I just hope it's sooner rather than later.

[CID1990]

This is how absurd we have all become .....

A US Army public affairs officer is “dumbfounded” that a US Army social media account would post a photo of a Nazi commander at The Bulge during a historical series on the battle:


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ar ... k-n1103041

The guy was a war criminal but he was also a key wartime adversary in that battle. We do not need to be in the business of erasing history.

This whole cancel culture is going to eventually cancel themselves out...I just hope it's sooner rather than later.

You should see the twitter replies to the guy who pointed it out.... literally 100% indignation and a bunch of “my second cousin lost his foot at Bastogne how dare they”

It’s like being mad at an article about Shiloh because it features a photo of Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Last time I checked, we did actually fight Nazis at Bastogne

[CAA Flagship]

Last time I checked, we did actually fight Nazis at Bastogne

Nuts.

[Winterborn]

Last time I checked, we did actually fight Nazis at Bastogne

Nuts.

[89Hen]

This is badass...

phpBB [video]

[Chizzang]

India just redefined its citizenship criteria to exclude Muslims...
Which on further review makes perfect sense

the bill is largely an effort to protect persecuted minorities.
It says Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who come to India won’t be treated as illegal.
They’ll have a clear path to citizenship.

But one major group has been left out: Muslims.
That’s no coincidence.

[CID1990]

India just redefined its citizenship criteria to exclude Muslims...
Which on further review makes perfect sense

the bill is largely an effort to protect persecuted minorities.
It says Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who come to India won’t be treated as illegal.
They’ll have a clear path to citizenship.

But one major group has been left out: Muslims.
That’s no coincidence.

I don’t follow India very closely except peripherally as it pertains to Kashmir.

But right now there is a lot of pressure on countries like Bangladesh and Thailand to take Rohingya refugees. Is it possible that this is directed more narrowly at making sure any Rohingya do not have a legal means of staying permanently?


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[GannonFan]

India just redefined its citizenship criteria to exclude Muslims...
Which on further review makes perfect sense

the bill is largely an effort to protect persecuted minorities.
It says Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who come to India won’t be treated as illegal.
They’ll have a clear path to citizenship.

But one major group has been left out: Muslims.
That’s no coincidence.

I don’t follow India very closely except peripherally as it pertains to Kashmir.

But right now there is a lot of pressure on countries like Bangladesh and Thailand to take Rohingya refugees. Is it possible that this is directed more narrowly at making sure any Rohingya do not have a legal means of staying permanently?


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Agreed, don't know enough to really take a stand. The proponents are saying it's to force Muslim countries, especially those closer to the refugees (Bangladesh in the Rohingya case, to do their part with taking in the refugees rather than just passing them on to India. The Ahmadi's are a slightly different case because while India considers them to be Muslim other Muslim nations don't and have discriminated against them for decades. There certainly is some part of this bill that's fueled by anti-Muslim sentiment in India - especially the part that says you need to prove you were in the country prior to 1971 to avoid being at risk of deportation (this bill means only Muslims need to prove that, the other minority groups are protected under this bill). As always, it's hard to take bills like this at face value when there's been ample evidence of religious animosity in the past.

Of course, with all that said, interesting how no one is asking China, which has a long border with Myanmar where the Rohingya are coming from, to take in refugees. Muslims, for obvious reasons, would probably not want to enter China.

[Col Hogan]

The Far Side is back...at least on line...

https://www.thefarside.com/

[kalm]

The Far Side is back...at least on line...

https://www.thefarside.com/

Wow. Larson has been rabidly anti-internet on the grounds of copyright infringement. It’s always been hard to find his stuff and he pleaded with fans not to use it.

The school for the gifted, “car” with the cows standing up, and bummed of a birthmark Harry were some of my favorites.

Also...Go Cougs

[BDKJMU]

This is how absurd we have all become .....

A US Army public affairs officer is “dumbfounded” that a US Army social media account would post a photo of a Nazi commander at The Bulge during a historical series on the battle:


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ar ... k-n1103041

The guy was a war criminal but he was also a key wartime adversary in that battle. We do not need to be in the business of erasing history.

Yep. And heck, the morons at NBC referred to the Bulge as ‘Germany's last major offensive’. Lake Balaton Offensive (Operation Spring Awakening) was Germany’s last major offensive. Now if NBC had said ‘last major offensive in the West’ that would be more correct but argueable. Operation Norwind was Germany’s last offensive in the West. You could argue the ‘major’ part.

[CID1990]

This is how absurd we have all become .....

A US Army public affairs officer is “dumbfounded” that a US Army social media account would post a photo of a Nazi commander at The Bulge during a historical series on the battle:


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ar ... k-n1103041

The guy was a war criminal but he was also a key wartime adversary in that battle. We do not need to be in the business of erasing history.

Yep. And heck, the morons at NBC referred to the Bulge as ‘Germany's last major offensive’. Lake Balaton Offensive (Operation Spring Awakening) was Germany’s last major offensive. Now if NBC had said ‘last major offensive in the West’ that would be more correct but argueable. Operation Norwind was Germany’s last offensive in the West. You could argue the ‘major’ part.

In this day and age I can see people being triggered over a photo of a Nazi. AND this guy was in fact a war criminal who executed Allied POWs. In fact, I would have to go look at the whole series of tweets from the Army account to see what they had been posting in the entire series to get context.

I also have heard that the person who colorized and produced the photo (not US military) is a Nazi memorabilia enthusiast (I haven't checked)

If they were posting nothing but photos of Nazis, then that would be an issue. But if it was truly a historical series about the various commanders and notable soldiers involved in the battle, then posting a photo of this guy was completely appropriate. It is probable that a military historian was involved in the project - possibly even someone associated with the War College in Carlisle. If that was the case, those people take a very clinical approach to military history and would not have seen a problem with posting the photo. For example - the tactics of Nathan Bedford Forrest are still taught there because he was a tactical genius who understood and employed tactics that were way ahead of their time, and still hold tactical value in today's mobile warfare environment.

On its face, this reminds me of a colleague who was at my house once who questioned some of the books on my bookshelf, particularly one about Thomas Jackson. She made an offhanded comment on glorifying Confederates. I pointed her to my books on Lincoln, Grant, Patton, and Julius Caesar and asked her if context meant anything to her. I am a military history enthusiast.

At the end of the day, I don't think this portends the New American Reich and people really need to get a damn hobby or something.

[UNI88]

C'mon, man. Nobody's that naive.

Do you think they were really flashing white power symbols? Honest question.

I really don’t know how mainstream it is as a white power gesture, so I have no idea if they would have known or not.

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Shaming people because it's a white nationalist gesture is just the tip of the iceberg. The woken want to get rid of the circle game because it's violently competitive and ultimately promotes toxic masculinity.

[Ivytalk]

Do you think they were really flashing white power symbols? Honest question.

I really don’t know how mainstream it is as a white power gesture, so I have no idea if they would have known or not.

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Shaming people because it's a white nationalist gesture is just the tip of the iceberg. The woken want to get rid of the circle game because it's violently competitive and ultimately promotes toxic masculinity.

“Toxic masculinity”? Isn’t that the disease that JBB and Alfie have?

Speaking of Alfie, has anyone seen him lately?

[CID1990]

This right here might be the funniest article I have read all year


https://nypost.com/2019/12/17/men-are-s ... re-pissed/

If you like huge, in your face irony then this article is for you

[Ivytalk]

This right here might be the funniest article I have read all year


https://nypost.com/2019/12/17/men-are-s ... re-pissed/

If you like huge, in your face irony then this article is for you

Networking. Obviously networking.

[UNI88]

This right here might be the funniest article I have read all year


https://nypost.com/2019/12/17/men-are-s ... re-pissed/

If you like huge, in your face irony then this article is for you

That is rich! I love the irony.

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