OT: The News Thread

[Bleedsblue&white]

It's District 9.

 

[Montana]

The images from the migrant crisis in Europe were nothing short of devastating today. Geezus.

What are the Euros gonna do?

All those migrants need to learn is perseverance and the value of hard work, and they'll be able to make it just like I did.

 

[corksens]

Or they can suck their way to the "top" like Vic.

I kid, I kid.

 

[Deckie007]

The images from the migrant crisis in Europe were nothing short of devastating today. Geezus.

What are the Euros gonna do?

Edit: Well, the photo of the toddler is all over the internet. I'm still gutted. It's horrible.

Note: if you haven't seen it, and now feel prompted to go look, please consider this a fair warning: it's legitimately upsetting.

Jesus. I don't have kids so probably doesn't hit me quite as hard, but yes upsetting is the right word.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Jesus. I don't have kids so probably doesn't hit me quite as hard, but yes upsetting is the right word.

My son has slept in the exact same position.

 

[voyager]

I hate children, but I still found that photo haunting.
Buzzfeed had a nice list of political cartoons capturing the image. Some were meh, others were excellent.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/humanity-washed-ashore

 

[SundinsTooth]

My son has slept in the exact same position.

Yep my baby always sleeps like that. That picture is very upsetting.

 

[JohnnyHolmes]

Some good news today:

Judge jails Kentucky Clerk for refusing marriage licenses

Her critics mock this moral stand, noting that Davis is on her fourth husband after being divorced three times.

Can't stand these morons. I wonder how long it takes her to "experiment" with some prison bulldaggin'.

 

[Leafyblue]

Sorry, if this is a dumb question....but...why jail? Can you not be relieved of your duties and replaced by someone else?

 

[JohnnyHolmes]

Sorry, if this is a dumb question....but...why jail? Can you not be relieved of your duties and replaced by someone else?

It is in the article.

As an elected official, she can be removed only if the Legislature impeaches her, which is unlikely in a deeply conservative state.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Sorry, if this is a dumb question....but...why jail? Can you not be relieved of your duties and replaced by someone else?

she was ordered by the court to grant the licences, she disobeyed the order so it is contempt and she is in jail for that reason.

 

[Leafyblue]

Thanks for that. I guess I missed the "elected official" part in the article.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Why friggin' clerks are "elected" is beyond me. They should be made state employees who can be canned for dereliction of duty or incompetence. This is Boss Hogg hillbilly bullshit.

Anyway, she can rot in jail. Looks good on her.

 

[JohnnyHolmes]

Looks like even with his over the top, RWNJ persona in full effect, that KB was absolutely dead on about the middle east.

Look at these pics:

Young, healthy looking men with no ID?

This looks like an invasion. Kind of how the Indonesians occupied East Timor pretending to be farmers before the Navy rolled in.

I won't be the least bit surprised when half these clowns disappear and resurface with machine guns. Might be a good time to not be in Europe.

 

[LeafGm]

I dunno Johnny. I don't think you'll be able to stay safe just by keeping out of Europe. 10-25,000 of them are coming here to Canada too, and probably every single one of them will have hidden guns or explosives. And with your anti-Muslim online history, you're probably going to be their first target.

You should probably start crafting a fake identity now, and find some rock to hide under out in the wilderness.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

the Muslim bogeyman is coming,,,

 

[SundinsTooth]

They are all wearing watches. Timed attack maybe?

 

[MapleLeafBlueJayBoy]

The time has come to nuke the middle east. Nuke it not once, not twice but thrice.

Get them before they get us.

Any of those old Nazi camps still around, we can round up the survivors and put them there.

:facepalm

 

[MindzEye]

This looks like an invasion. Kind of how the Indonesians occupied East Timor pretending to be farmers before the Navy rolled in.

But surely we'd see their boats coming first, right? I mean, we're talking about 1000's of KM's from their dirt farming countries....

Unless they have subs of course, we wouldn't see that shit coming.

 

[Bleedsblue&white]

Look to the skies, they'll be dive-bombing us in squirrel suits.