Bin Laden Dead?

lol*2

to think about it another way, just because dem male presidents get called girly men doesnt make it less observably sexist if R's target a female presidential candidacy for the 'weaknesses' of women, you know?

^^^an example where the sex & race thing can actually be switched & the parallel works imo

A lot of the racism in this country stems not from some deep-seated conviction that race actually makes ppl biologically different in any fundamental way but that different cultures are suspect and a potential challenge to one's own. Birthers and tea-partiers always trot out their black members to show that they're not racists and they're mostly not towards them, because they agree w/them. It's precisely when they're actually forced to defend the rationality behind their assumption of superiority that they're most caustic, hence calling a moderate Democrat a socialist or Nazi, or saying the left hates America because it has the effrontery to make a critique. This where American 'exceptionalism' comes from. This is why when we torture it's justified since we're always the good guys. Most of the malicious lazy barbs about certain races stem from an unwillingness to actually look at the history of this country which might upend some ppl's self-regard.

or more accurately, a rejection of that history ("that was then, this is now", a sentiment which is sometimes warranted but not always; basically, if you catch yourself saying reactionary/mean shit, you should always check yourself)

thanks Steve Shasta!!

sooo, what's the implication there, the pakistani "military" and "intelligence" ppl are non-contiguous? is that how it works, i truly don't know.

The next day, Pakistan’s top military body — the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee — held its quarterly session, which was attended by Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, the country's intelligence chief, who is not a regular member of the body. Pasha had visited the United States to meet with the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, on April 11.

er no, just looked i up and Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha is head of if the ISI.

(as far as race & birtherism goes, part of me just kind of has to laugh -- if anything obama is exactly the kind of figure they have been trying to paint all democrats as forever. he just IS all of that stuff (professorial, rich, skinny, glib, liberal, not white) and they can barely understand why and how he won. he has scrambled their brains.

they are convinced if they just uncover some more crazy SeCrEts he will fall apart, but this is some kind of suppressed recognition that they wish his totally obvious, surface characteristics weren't enough to bury his career. come on!! the guy's black!! and the name!! what the fuck!!)

guys. GUYS. the SEAL dogs have titanium teeth

http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/05/05/050511-news-seal-dog-1-5/

lol, times version of that story is WAY cuddlier
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/science/05dog.html

Suzanne Belger, president of the American Belgian Malinois Club, said she was hoping the dog was one of her breed “and that it did its job and came home safe.” But Laura Gilbert, corresponding secretary for the German Shepherd Dog Club of America, said she was sure the dog was her breed “because we’re the best!”

So one guy in the ISI squealed on another part of the ISI, right?

they are convinced if they just uncover some more crazy SeCrEts he will fall apart, but this is some kind of suppressed recognition that they wish his totally obvious, surface characteristics weren't enough to bury his career. come on!! the guy's black!! and the name!! what the fuck!!)

― goole, Thursday, May 5, 2011 6:49 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha

Some dogs are big enough that, when they leap on a suspect, the person tends to drop to the ground, Sergeant Mylott said. Others bite arms or legs. “Different dogs do different things,” she said. “But whatever they do, it’s very difficult for that person to go any further.”

you don't say

Oh and can I just pour cold, chunky SCORN on all the Republicans/fake Independents now complaining that 9/11 and related events ought not be politicized by the President? #itsfinewhenwhiteydoesit

this is a drop in the bucket of the long project of white & patriarchal supremacy

booming post imo

Some dogs are big enough that, when they leap on a suspect, the person tends to drop to the ground, Sergeant Mylott said. Others bite arms or legs. “Different dogs do different things,” she said. “But whatever they do, it’s very difficult for that person to go any further.”

you don't say

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:02 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this article was killing me last ngiht

"Navy SEALs used dogs in the mission against Bin Laden. What kind of dogs? The military won't say. But here are some facts about dogs. Some dogs are big. Some dogs are small. Some dogs are good at running, and some dogs are good at jumping."

its like, have we already run out of wildly speculative articles about how rugged and hot all the seals are that we have to go do this with DOGS now??

I want to see a military Pomeranian

I hope in the upcoming 'kill bin laden' videogame there's a secret code that lets you play the dog character

and that it is a pom pom

give me gangsta dawg gimme gangsta

Found the Salon thing I was looking for, about identity and narrative and whatnot:

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/05/04/obama_bin_laden_birther/index.html

I'd like to discover events were livened up by a cadre of attack poodles (tbf I just like the phrase 'attack poodle'). xp

Last year, the Seals bought four waterproof tactical vests for their dogs that featured infrared and night-vision cameras so that handlers — holding a three-inch monitor from as far as 1,000 yards away — could immediately see what the dogs were seeing. The vests, which come in coyote tan and camouflage, let handlers communicate with the dogs with a speaker, and the four together cost more than $86,000. Navy Seal teams have trained to parachute from great heights and deploy out of helicopters with dogs.

based on my limited dog exposure this seems like the worst fucking training ever

and you know why they don't work with pits? cuz pits aren't easily trained to attack people.

(I suppose the mental image I have of a Navy Seal jumping out of a plane with his arms wrapped around a terrified German Shepherd isn't actually how this works, upon reflection)

cool_dog.flv

actually

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/navypooch.jpg

number of jumps before they thought of the muzzle: 1

http://fullpets.com/images/c/69063_skydiving_dog.jpg

http://www.guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/dog_walking_helicopter.jpg

I want to see a military Pomeranian

― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:12 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Dan do not make me dig up the Pets in Uniform thread.

also it has to be difficult to do a tuck and roll when you reach the ground with a chestful of dog

xp: there isn't a single thing that isn't hilarious about these pictures

Wait until you see how they pick up the dog poop xp

http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/imgs/media/howloween___1st_place___helicopter.jpg

http://timenewsfeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/helicopterdogs.jpg?w=455

http://www.ljmolineux.com/pets/navy-seal-dog2.jpg

This is officially and unequivocally the highlight of my day, thanking u omar

Xp and scott

paging whiney

I mean, how does SCUBA dog check his gauges there? Science demands an answer.

pits were dope war dogs back in the day tho'
http://www.digitaldog.com/stubby.html

"How many PSI are you down to?"

"Woof!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFmYaO6Ixdw

omg at these dogs

I was really, really hoping they had trained those dogs to deploy parachutes

http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ht_navy_canine_k9_and_military_dogs_ss_9_jp_110505_ssh.jpg

Cry 'Hovercraft' and let slip the dogs of war...

Have to shut my office door I am LOLing so loudly.

okay, this is now officially my favourite thread ever