the "Headline That Caught My Attention or the WTF" thread

Avenger said:
We ain't going to war. The sock puppet already said so. IF Russia marches into Ukraine he's going to do what his former boss did when they annexed Crimea.

Nothing.

But supposedly the last guy was Putin's bitch. :rolleyes:
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SO we should go to war then? Or is this a case of no matter what you're not gonna like it?
 
Posting this one "On Account". I've constantly said that Gerrymandering is a game that both parties enjoy whenever anyone feigns indignance about such an advent.

Here's one for our Donkey followers to remember next time they start pointing fingers across the aisle, as they did regarding one in Georgia...

‘Nothing in Common’: Staten Island, Park Slope and an Unlikely Marriage​

New congressional maps that merge conservative Staten Island with liberal Park Slope will aid Democratic efforts to win a Republican-held House seat in New York.
 

A 91-year-old North Korean loyalist’s lonely battle against a long-dead U.S. general​


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The statue of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Incheon, South Korea, on Nov. 27. (Andrew Jeong/The Washington Post)

INCHEON, South Korea — During the Korean War, Ahn Hag-sub was a devoted 22-year-old communist serving in a North Korean militia unit. Seven decades later, he still hates the Americans, and their wartime leader, Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

At age 91, he says his last act of resistance against MacArthur will be lighting on fire a statue of the general that has stood in Incheon since 1957.

“MacArthur is the enemy of our people,” Ahn said in an interview at his home near Incheon, a South Korean port city located an hour’s drive west of Seoul. Ahn has lived there since the late 1990s, when he was released from a South Korean prison on humanitarian grounds, after spending 40 years behind bars. “I will resist for as long as I can,” he added, tightening his lips.

In South Korea, declaring loyalty to North Korea — as Ahn did, something he still refuses to rescind — is a serious national security crime that can land violators in prison for life.

As a free man, Ahn joined a small but dedicated far-left nationalist group calling itself the Peace Treaty Movement. (It’s with several younger colleagues in that group that Ahn said he’d set alight the MacArthur statue.) The movement’s dislike of MacArthur, who died in 1964, reflects a minority opinion in South Korea, but a heated one.

At a time when the statues of historical figures are being reexamined (and in some cases removed) in the United States and Britain, the group is trying to bring attention to a debate over this pivotal — and foreign — figure in modern South Korea’s history.

South Koreans with similar views see MacArthur as a ruthless commander whose forces killed Korean civilians. MacArthur’s statue should be removed, they say, and sent to the war museum in Seoul or dismantled.

They also blame MacArthur for installing pro-Japan collaborators in positions of power in the early days of South Korea after World War II, instead of punishing them. That stance was aired last summer by Lee Jae-myung, a left-leaning South Korean candidate running in the country’s presidential elections set for March 9, who was criticized for his remarks. But very few have sought action against the statue or other monuments marking U.S. contributions to South Korea.

Many South Koreans view MacArthur as a godsend who saved their country twice: first from Japan, which ruled Korea until 1945, and then from North Korea, which invaded the South in 1950 and was repelled by allied forces led by the American general. To them, MacArthur’s statue is a symbol of patriotism that should be left alone.

In the summer of 1950, U.S. and allied forces were cornered by more-experienced North Korean troops on the southeastern edge of the Korean Peninsula, on the brink of defeat.

Then MacArthur launched a successful surprise amphibious attack on Incheon, which was at the time behind the North Korean front line. His victory cut off North Korean supply lines and forced their retreat.

Although MacArthur has become a symbol of “rampant American imperialism” to his Korean critics, the Incheon landing was a brilliant tactical maneuver that turned the tide of the Korean War, said Jean H. Lee, a senior fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington.

Unlike Ahn, most Incheon residents appear to have a fondness for MacArthur and the 36,000 Americans who died serving in Korea.

The city has a museum solely dedicated to MacArthur’s 1950 victory. A portside street, several restaurants and at least one advertising firm in the city are named after him. Jamie Romak, a Canadian who played for Incheon’s pro baseball team, the Landers, dressed up as MacArthur for the 2019 KBO League All-Star Game, earning himself a warm ovation from local fans.

And then there is the statue of the general, which has overlooked the Yellow Sea since 1957 from a hilltop park next to Incheon’s harbor, just several hundred feet from the beaches where American and allied troops landed 72 years ago.

In addition to protesting the MacArthur statue, Ahn’s Peace Treaty Movement advocates the removal of the 28,500 American troops who are still stationed in South Korea to help deter a North Korean attack — something the North Korean regime has also demanded for decades, even as Pyongyang enhances its nuclear arsenal.

The movement’s leader, Lee Mahn-jeok, is a self-proclaimed Christian preacher who was jailed for pouring fuel on the MacArthur statue and setting it ablaze in 2018, leaving burn marks on it. (Ahn says he couldn’t participate then because of poor health.) Lee, who lives just a few doors away from Ahn’s home, has helped take care of Ahn since his release from jail 27 years ago. Lee and Ahn say they know the statue cannot be burned down. Its removal seems unlikely, too.

“But we want the burning to serve as a symbol of our struggle,” Lee said.
 

Tennessee mom 'swapped vape pens for sex with teenage boys': Woman, 38, is charged with rape for sleeping with nine boys, aged 14 to 17, at her child's school​

  • Melissa Blair, 38, of Englewood, Tennessee, faces 23 charges, including statutory rape, involving nine underage high school boys
  • The Tennessee mom allegedly gave the boys, aged 14 to 17, with gifts - including vape pens - in exchange for sexual favors
  • The students were students at McMinn County Central High School
  • The encounters happened from spring 2020 through late 2021
  • Blair was indicted Tuesday was indicted by the McMinn County Grand Jury on 18 counts of aggravated statutory rape, four counts of human trafficking by patronizing prostitution and one count of solicitation of a minor
  • Blair, who was a McMinn County Central High School booster parent, has been banned from school property and activities
  • It's believed Blair was talking to the teens on social media
  • She posted $100,000 bail for her release this week
  • Blair is scheduled to appear in court on February 28
 
movetheboat said:
SO we should go to war then? Or is this a case of no matter what you're not gonna like it?
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No, and we're not going to war. Although Russia might.

I'm pointing out that when our current puppet and his former boss are/were in office Putin does/did what he pleases and when the guy that their supporters swore was a patsy for Putin was in office Ol' Vlad didn't march into other countries.
 

19-year-old student has to have both of his legs and all 10 fingers AMPUTED after developing near-fatal sepsis from eating leftover Chinese takeout​

  • WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
  • The student, referred to only as JC, was admitted to a Boston hospital last year, where doctors discovered he was having multiple organ failure
  • JC got sick after eating leftovers from an unnamed Chinese restaurant - which was purchased the night before and consisted of chicken, rice, and lo mein
  • After eating the leftovers, he said he immediately began throwing up and developed chills, shortness of breath, headache, and chest pain
  • When his skin started to turn 'purple,' a friend who he was staying with at the time decided to take him to the emergency room
  • Doctors diagnosed JC with sepsis - the body's extreme response to an infection - triggered by meningococcal disease
  • The meningococcal disease had caused JC's liver to fail and his blood to clot. He also developed gangrene - which is when tissue in the body dies due an infection
  • The 19-year-old received antibiotics and had to lose both his legs and all his fingers, but he has reportedly made a full recovery
full recovery????????? please just shoot me if i lose my legs and fingers...feck that!
 

Tanks seen rolling through Donetsk after Putin orders troops into Ukraine on 'peacekeeping mission' - but West prepares to hit back with sanctions and more weapons for Kiev, while Boris holds emergency Cobra meeting​

  • Tanks, trucks and troops seen rolling into Ukraine overnight after Putin ordered Russia's forces to deploy
  • Armoured vehicles seen in Donetsk, a major city in eastern Ukraine, thought to be from the Russian army
  • Came after Putin gave a nerve-jangling speech in which he threatened 'bloodshed' if Kiev's troops resist
  • West condemned Putin's actions but stopped short of describing it as an invasion, with the US levying only limited sanctions but promising a tougher response to follow
 


'Drunk' Florida lawyer, 49, 'strips completely NAKED and refuses to put her clothes back on at bar after being refused service'​

  • Kelly Elkins, 49, arrested on disorderly conduct charge for allegedly stripping naked in St Petersburg, Florida, lounge
  • Elkins, a lawyer, was refused service at the Beach Lounge because she was too drunk
  • When deputy ordered Elkins to get dressed, she put on a hoodie but would not close it, and she also declared she was 'too tired' to put on her pants
  • Two days before disorderly conduct arrest, Elkins was jailed for allegedly having no money to pay for lunch and drinks at a Thai restaurant
 

Ahmaud Arbery's family celebrates outside court after his three murderers are convicted of federal hate crimes: Jury rules three white men chased and shot jogger because he was black​

  • Travis and Gregory McMichael and William Roddy Bryan were convicted Tuesday of federal hate crimes
  • It makes no difference to their sentences - the McMichaels were already serving life without parole - but it means they are convicted of killing Arbery because he was black
  • The federal hate crime conviction means the men may be able to serve their time in federal prison instead of the less comfortable state penitentiary
  • Ahmaud Arbery's family fought that possibility - saying they ought to serve time in the leas comfortable place
  • Ahmaud's mother Wanda Cooper Jones said outside court she was grateful for the conviction but horrified the men were offered a deal in January
 
movetheboat said:

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'Drunk' Florida lawyer, 49, 'strips completely NAKED and refuses to put her clothes back on at bar after being refused service'​

  • Kelly Elkins, 49, arrested on disorderly conduct charge for allegedly stripping naked in St Petersburg, Florida, lounge
  • Elkins, a lawyer, was refused service at the Beach Lounge because she was too drunk
  • When deputy ordered Elkins to get dressed, she put on a hoodie but would not close it, and she also declared she was 'too tired' to put on her pants
  • Two days before disorderly conduct arrest, Elkins was jailed for allegedly having no money to pay for lunch and drinks at a Thai restaurant
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Any chance you got her number?

I could use a good lawyer and a few other things.
 
movetheboat said:

Biden, Putin Agree In Principle to France’s Summit Proposal​

  • Summit to be held on condition Russia doesn’t attack Ukraine
  • Blinken, Lavrov to discuss details at meeting this week
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin on June 16, 2021.

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin on June 16, 2021.
Photographer: Peter Klaunzer/Pool/Keystone/Getty Images
By
Shiyin Chen
and Justin Sink
February 20, 2022, 8:22 PM ESTUpdated onFebruary 20, 2022, 8:48 PM EST

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOOOOOO
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At this moment Putin knew this guy is a Clown and I’m in charge and going to do whatever I want.
 

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