Logistically speaking. Everything's internal, so there's not much to grab onto (especially for men with tiny hands). If you go up from a lower angle, you risk getting a finger in their butt, which no bigly christian man would ever do.

What other mystical secrets might Trump hold?

10 years seems excessive. Pay damages and serve time, sure, but a decade?

Quote from: H. T. on January 22, 2017, 08:42:33 AM

It's an impressive demonstration of a nonexistent platform. Paraphrasing my wife, but she resents their message that women must be liberal Clinton-supporters.

God forbid people disagree with the policies of an elected leader out of their own free will.

Not sure what point you're trying to make. These women's marches don't speak for her, yet claim to.

Killing Reds is life's true purpose, no story necessary

Why are you trying to preach to me about that?

I said I want to understand why that piece is considered to be quality. I assumed by posting that, you were responding to my question.

Art now:

Spoiler

I really do want to understand the artistic qualities of work like this. There must be a legitimate reason why something like that is in the same building as the other work you posted.

Guys he was clearly punched for memeing in public, not because he's a nazi.

My commentary will be brief, since I'm not at all an expert in any field related to this. Maybe Flee can hop in, but I don't believe it's been discussed here.

Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution contains what is known as the Foreign Emoluments Clause, which reads, “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” An emolument is defined by Merriam-Webster as “the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites.”

http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2017/01/trump-addresses-emoluments-clause-but-will-it-be-enough/

tl;dr Trump owns businesses all over the world and any profits generated by foreign governments at those businesses may be considered a 'present' or 'Emolument'. Without consent from Congress, this is unconstitutional, and the Left are making a very large stink about Trump supposedly violating the constitution immediately upon swearing in. A few examples of upcoming potential conflicts to this clause include:

For example, the Kuwait National Day celebration, thrown by the Kuwaiti embassy, will be held at Trump’s downtown D.C. hotel in February.
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC), which is controlled by the Chinese state, is currently paying rent for tenancy in the Manhattan Trump Tower (according to mortgage documents filed in 2012, it is the Tower’s largest office resident).
And, for some foreign politicians and foreign diplomats in town for the inauguration, Trump’s Washington hotel is the place to be this weekend, according to reporting from the New York Times.
Each of these represents an incident in which the President of the United States will, effectively, be receiving payment from a foreign government.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-constitution-first-day-office-55d1f0668c27#.dx24cnf9d

So what has Trump done?

“Just like with conflicts of interests, he wants to do more than what the Constitution requires,” Dillon said. “President-elect Trump has decided and we are announcing today that he is going to voluntarily donate all profits from foreign government payments made to his hotels to the United States Treasury.”

Dillon also explained that that Trump is having his two oldest sons run his company during his time in the White House.  His oldest daughter, Ivanka, will also have no connection to the company. Recent federal election documents show that Trump has financial interests in more than 500 domestic and foreign firms.

Trump’s assets will be placed into a type of trust that isn’t a blind trust, since it will be partially managed by his sons, but it will “completely isolate him from the management of the company,” Dillon said.

Trump’s company won’t start any new deals abroad and all domestic deals will be subject to an approval process, Dillon added. A new ethics officer will also join the company to be involved in a vetting process. She also explained that a complete liquidation of Trump’s assets into a blind trust would cause more potential conflicts. “President-elect Trump should not be expected to destroy the company he built,” Dillon said.

http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2017/01/trump-addresses-emoluments-clause-but-will-it-be-enough/

However,

Dillon’s claim is, at the least, debatable among experts of government ethics.

"If any of Trump’s business arrangements involve the receipt of payments from foreign governments, I believe that he, or his entities from which he receives money, would have to forgo those payments, or he would have to detach from those entities," Kathleen Clark, an expert on legal ethics and a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, previously told us.

Trump, noted above, has said he will resign from the Trump Organization.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jan/11/live-coverage-donald-trumps-first-press-conference/

In short, Trump is donating these profits to the treasury, and divesting himself of his businesses by handing control over to his sons and vowing to stay isolated from their dealings. Worst case, Congress will have to establish a committee that tracks and approves these emoluments as they occur, which is probably very tedious, but Constitutional.

Thoughts on this issue?

So starting July 1, the US military will be completely open to transpeople. It currently is now for those currently serving, but recruiting begins then.

It was super boring, but here are a few things that stood out:

-In the database of personnel files, there will be one sex identifier: "gender marker", rather than two (one for sex, one for gender). I assume medical records have an extra entry for biological sex.
-Tricare will pay for treatment, including hormone therapy and potentially sex reassignment surgery
-In order to be considered a different gender, and have one's gender marker changed, that person must be diagnosed with gender dysphoria by a DoD doctor
-Transgenderism is considered a medical condition/disorder, and is synonymous with gender dysphoria
-Upon completion of the treatment/transition period, the person has a certain amount of time until they switch to their new gender's regulations (fitness, uniforms, grooming)
-Stuff like bathrooms were easy: you use the facilities dictated by your gender marker.

It was unclear how much treatment is required to change one's gender marker. It seems very bizarre for a FtM to be held to male fitness standards when they possess, ostensibly, no male traits beside some ephemeral social/personality characteristics. I also thought it was unusual that the DoD considers transpeople as being afflicted with gender dysphoria; I was under the impression the current social (not medical) consensus is that not all transpeople are dysphoric. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyways, there was some other stuff but this info stood out as noteworthy. Overall the emphasis was on being respectful to transpeople. Thoughts?

No biggie. China can't project power and stealth only hides them from fire control radars.

Looks neat though.

Quote from: H. T. on January 19, 2017, 01:01:05 PM

Are you seriously claiming that prior to BLM, racism was individual rather than widespread, normalized, reflected in government and private institutions, and that racism was not an issue?

Yes

Point out laws with racist intent and I'll agree with you

This isn't Serious, but I'll do your legwork for you anyway.

Here is a very straightforward list of examples. Note that "institutionalized racism" does not mean "this law was written because niggers are inferior to white people". The effect is secondary to intention. Gentrification of urban housing is intended to create value in poor neighborhood, making them more wealthy and stable. In effect, it pushes out poor people (and thus disproportionately affects blacks and other ethnic minorities).

I wouldn't be doing my due-diligence if I didn't also point out that the left habitually misrepresents racism, and instead paints it as a specter of evil white men. It isn't. It is, however, an unintended effect of quite a bit of legislation. It is almost always not because white people regard black people as inferior, but because populations are inherently unequal and white people happen to be the wealthy majority to black peoples' poor minority.

Quote from: Ian on January 19, 2017, 12:24:55 PM

Why the fuck wasn't he executed? He bombed innocent people.

I didn't read the whole cnn article but from what I gather he wasn't ever directly charged with any of the attacks.

I don't know. You'd think he'd free the dudes who got near life sentences over bullshit instead of this creep.

Yeah, since he led the group and didn't seem to actually place any of the bombs, he didn't technically commit terrorism...according to him and his apologists.

Quote from: H. T. on January 19, 2017, 12:15:39 PM

Quote from: Friend on January 19, 2017, 12:05:52 PM

These people who beat up Trump supporters and shoot the people who protect us claim to be the good guys
It's genuinely shocking to see how far up their own asses they are

Yeah, that's apparent. Have they considered that this form of antagonism is partially at fault for the existence of BLM?

No
It's a response to the existence of BLM

Because blatant discrimination didn't exist nor was it projected as a form of humor until BLM existed, right?

These people who beat up Trump supporters and shoot the people who protect us claim to be the good guys
It's genuinely shocking to see how far up their own asses they are

Yeah, that's apparent. Have they considered that this form of antagonism is partially at fault for the existence of BLM?

I won't miss his policies, inaction, incompetent leadership, and partisanship, but I will miss having a relatively level-headed and sincere person in office. Just compare it to Trump's press conference, which was obscene, personal, and embarrassing (though he did appear relatively strong confident).