Incredibly awkward to snub her at the pre-ceremony dinner, only to sit next to her at the ceremony
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 February 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
Well, she is a woman who is not his wife...
― nickn, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
omg, you're right
was pence's wife with him? i mean, i think you're joking, but that's real, and...
jfc
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
Was joking, but who knows?
― nickn, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
oh wait, pence's rule is that he can't have dinner with a woman alone without his wife being present as well. and there were other people at this dinner table to protect pence from the temptation of sex with the sister of kim jong-un. ok, we're all good here, eveything is normal
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 February 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
i bet they still fucked though
― vicious almond beliefs (crüt), Friday, 9 February 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
i think we’d all fuck mike pence given the chance
― he facked his death (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 February 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
this deserves either to be posted in its own thread or in a better thread than this but i don't know the better option so here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG-ivV-ps50
― papa poutine (∞), Friday, 9 February 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
S Korea's Munhwa Ilbo reports Seoul and Pyongyang plan to announce an end to the military conflict between the two countries at the inter-Korean summit, citing an unidentified diplomatic security official https://t.co/R1c56pCvTh— Joseph Kim (@josungkim) April 17, 2018
― gbx, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 05:01 (six years ago) link
Wow
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 05:05 (six years ago) link
i mean this is just some random tweet, idk how reliable it is
― gbx, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 05:17 (six years ago) link
It's about time, nobody wins in the current situation.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 05:23 (six years ago) link
It's a lovely thought. I await confirmation.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 05:50 (six years ago) link
I want to believe, there have been some signs lately that something like this could happen.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 06:27 (six years ago) link
Good for Korea, but I'm sure Pyongyang would demand U.S. base closures. Less good for stated U.S. policy (at least under Obama) of pivoting to the Pacific/China.
― Zhoug speaks to you, his chosen ones (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 18:54 (six years ago) link
Are we witnessing the rise of the new East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere?
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
https://msh-1984.wikispaces.com/file/view/world1984.gif/305533582/704x352/world1984.gif
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
trump's done it again lads, credit where credit's due
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
this strikes me as fishy, what game is being played here? are we actually going to have donald trump end the korean war
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/world/asia/north-korea-american-troops-withdrawal-trump.html
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 19 April 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
i genuinely can't think of anything funnier than donald trump ending the korean war and getting a nobel peace prize as he's getting impeached for sex crimes and i hope it happens— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) April 19, 2018
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 19 April 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
are we actually going to have donald trump end the korean war
the cold war ended during George HW Bush's tenure, but he sure as hell wasn't the reason it ended when it did
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:01 (six years ago) link
It could absolutely be the case that the entire Korean peninsula was so horrified by the Trump admin's gross incompetence on this matter that they felt they needed to fast-track the peace process.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
that's what I think
― sleeve, Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:04 (six years ago) link
makes sense xp
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
The Trump years may well end up validating those people who cheer for the worst possible outcome because it's the only way to bring about real change, and thats a horrifying thought.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
don't worry he'll say something to fuck it up in the next 48 hours
― had (crüt), Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
A 9.0 earthquake or a Category 5 hurricane always bring about real change. What I want is positive change.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
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― global tetrahedron
thing is, a trump supporter would replace "gross incompetence" with "American courage" and believe that trump's unpredictability and impulsive decisionmaking were the things that drove the change (that is, if a peace deal is struck in the first place)
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
It would validate idiots of all stripes
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
Yep, just like Reagan's military spending forced the Soviet Union to collapse, which is still the official story for righties.
― nickn, Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:19 (six years ago) link
last three posts totally otm
― sleeve, Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
nah it's Trump's "Master Persuasion"...he knew what he was doing all along. it's you rubes, who are the stupid ones.
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
US-NK summit has a good chance of going badly (if it happens) given that each of the parties involved probably have diffferent understandings of what “denuclearize” means.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
but imagine a world where trump is tweeting about what a fantastic man kim jong un is, how strong and so very smart, open to trade deals, etc
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:13 (six years ago) link
if that bizarro world also involved really peace then, well fuck, at least something positive has happened in the world, i will take it along with the rightwing bullshit that comes along with it
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
let's not just aim for peace. let's aim for really peace.
4/20
'juche philosophy is just terrific folks, just among the greatest, and something we're all gonna see more and more'
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:54 (six years ago) link
I'm as against giving Trump a win as anyone, but I've always hoped he'd fall ass-backwards into doing something positive and worthwhile while he otherwise shits up our democracy. If this winds up being that thing, I'll take it.
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 April 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
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― flappy bird, Friday, 20 April 2018 06:41 (six years ago) link
xxxp
This isn't really a process forced to the front because of Trump. Moon and his election campaign were pretty explicit in their goal of easing up tensions with NK prior to his win, and the way to do it. There have been many diplomatic wins for the new SK government leading up to this. Their 'nu sunshine policy' was obviously what was needed after several hawkisk, hard line SK presidents. Trump's tantrumps have threatened to derail this plan, if anything, but forums like the Olympic Games were fortuitously timed to deflect that.
― abcfsk, Friday, 20 April 2018 06:45 (six years ago) link
This isn't really a process forced to the front because of Trump.
i mean, obviously
it'll be a "win" for trump because he'll claim it, not because he had anything to do with it
― gbx, Friday, 20 April 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
See also: anything that could be perceived as a success throughout Trump's adult life.
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 April 2018 16:39 (six years ago) link
yea I've heard a lot of right wing types claiming he "solved" North Korea but I honestly have no idea what he did, outside of threatening to nuke them over Twitter
― frogbs, Friday, 20 April 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
OTOH to be fair to Trump (God knows why) if the situation had gotten worse you know he would have gotten the blame.
― o. nate, Friday, 20 April 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
This isn't really a process forced to the front because of Trump.i mean, obviouslyit'll be a "win" for trump because he'll claim it, not because he had anything to do with it
motherfucker took credit for the olympics for no reason
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 20 April 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
Mike Pence should get the credit. He boldly sat in the VIP area at the Olympics and didn’t speak to Kim Jong Un’s sister. It was a real turning point. At that point the world knew that America meant business
― Karl Malone, Friday, 20 April 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
The tenure of President Pence will be defined by a string of history-making instances of sitting in a room with one important woman after another without ever acknowledging their presence.
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:42 (six years ago) link
Sorry if this isn't the thread for it, but a friend of mine wrote this (cover!) piece on Pence, his church, and how exactly evangelical Christians justify the whole "we're a persecuted minority" thing to themselves, and I think it's really good: https://harpers.org/archive/2018/05/exiled/
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
oops actually meant to post that on the U.S. politics thread, sorry
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 20 April 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
if rapprochement does come to pass (btwn N&SK and/or the US) i don't think that'll be incidental to trump being president. idk if it'll be because of his bluster. i don't get the impression un has been cowered into dealing. if anything it kinda seems like the opposite - that he feels relatively secure and maybe has a kindred spirit in trump. idk i mean they're both close w/ dennis rodman so maybe they're all gonna bro down.
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 April 2018 00:38 (six years ago) link