Random Politics & Religion #00

Rubio has done nothing for Latinos, there is no reason to worry about him.

Obama hasn't done anything for blacks

Lately, P&R has been a lack-luster read

Yes he is.

But who is going to do something for the Cheronians!?

This thread has been kinda dead lately.

Which makes me wonder how many people are currently topic banned?

P&R deathmatch: every 100 pages the worst poster gets topicbanned until only one remains, victorious, talking to himself.

It's cause we're now playing this game!
The numbers are thinning down..!

Who uses socks anyway

Notrooks doesn't have a subligar badge!

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church plan to protest Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis on Monday, the group announced on Twitter.

The church, known for picketing funerals with inflammatory signs about gay people, argued that Davis has committed adultery by getting divorced and remarried. "Divorce, remarriage & same-sex 'marriage' are all sin," read an image of one protest sign posted to Twitter by the group.

The Westboro Baptist Church, which is not officially affiliated with any Baptist denomination, has been panned by people across the political spectrum. Many of their protests have targeted the funerals of American servicemen and women as well as prominent figures.

Davis became a national figure earlier this year when she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, defying the orders of the Supreme Court and a federal judge. She was temporarily jailed, but later released with newfound status as an icon of the some conservatives like presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz, who both attended her a ceremony for her release.

But Davis' opposition to same-sex marriage apparently isn't enough to satisfy the Westboro Baptist Church, which has been classified by some watchdogs as a hate group. On Twitter, the group called Davis a "fake Christian" who helped bring about same-sex marriage through her own sin.

Putin Brings His War on Reality to Syria



Russian President Vladimir Putin often seems to take the old adage “in war, truth is the first casualty” less as a warning than as tactical guidance. The New York Times reports Tuesday that while Putin has denied that he will send Russian ground troops into Syria, one of his top military advisers conceded that “volunteer” ground forces may join the fight. U.S. military officials believe that about 600 Russian military personnel may already be in the country, not counting flight crews, and that tents for as many as 2,000 more have been spotted at the Russian airbase near Latakia.

The “volunteers” line is familiar from the war in Ukraine, when Russian commanders argued that the thousands of Russians, including active-duty soldiers, who traveled to fight with separatist rebels hadn’t been sent there but simply preferred spending their vacation in the trenches of Donetsk rather than on the beach. Similarly, Putin denied that Russian special forces played a role in the annexation of Crimea, attributing it to local self-defense forces who had simply purchased military uniforms, until casually changing his story a few months later. The government kept up the denials even as Russian soldiers were captured in Ukraine, claiming to be on assignment. As the public grew increasingly alarmed at the number of young men coming back from Ukraine in body bags, their deaths were declared a state secret. These denials were maddening to Western governments, who couldn’t get Russia to agree on the facts on the ground, much less what to do about them.

Now, Russia has brought the strategy known as “hybrid war” to Syria along with its accompanying denials and obfuscations. Russia seems likely to send large numbers of ground troops into combat in Syria on behalf of Bashar al-Assad but isn’t going to call them that. Similarly, Russia has declared war on ISIS but appears to be going out of its way not to bomb them.

To be fair, there’s plenty of confusion and misdirection to go around in Syria. This is a conflict where the Syrian government often seems to be helping the people its supposedly fighting. U.S. officials are being investigated for cooking intelligence and the entire American strategy was predicated on the readiness of a trained rebel force that turned out to consist of four or five guys. Putin should feel right at home.

five syrian rambos versus russia?!?!?

HELLO HOLLYWOOD?!???!

do I have to write this ***for you?

Can we include a negotiation scene where a mischievous Tim Curry chows down on some sweet sesame cake?