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Title: Breaking news
Post by: Hawkmoon on December 29, 2017, 12:14:15 PM
TRUCKGATE!

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cnns-quest-for-truth-behind-truck-blocking-view-of-trump-golf-course-stretches-into-second-day/article/2644546

Must be a slow news day.
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: dm1333 on December 30, 2017, 08:22:03 AM
LOL!  I thought the big news of the day was the intern flashing a white power signal in a photo or the confederate flag people are flipping out about in one of Ivanka's vacation photos.
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: 230RN on December 30, 2017, 11:56:41 AM
That's a white power symbol?  Holy crap, I thought it was an "OK" sign.

Like when you see a well-restored antique automobile on the road, and like that there.  

(https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/article_medium/public/thumbnails/image/2017/05/03/15/ok-hand.jpg)

I had a hard time figuring out how you make a W and P with your fingers, had to image-search for it, and some sites had to actually explain how that was a W and a P.

And that a W and a P stood for "White" "Power."

Dayam, some people are just looking for any excuse to get riled up nowadays, ain't they?

Terry
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Ben on December 30, 2017, 12:07:43 PM
That's a white power symbol?  Holy crap, I thought it was an "OK" sign.

That's definitely a new one on me. I use the "OK" sign all the time.
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Angel Eyes on December 30, 2017, 03:22:48 PM
That's definitely a new one on me. I use the "OK" sign all the time.

... because you're a racist, Ben.      ;)
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: 230RN on December 30, 2017, 03:36:12 PM
I guess the trick would be to hold the last three fingers tightly together to avoid the "W" look:

|||p

As opposed to:

\|/p

However, with respect to some people, I use:

oo|o

with my left hand.  The right hand one is:

o|oo

to the observer.

Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Ben on December 30, 2017, 03:43:45 PM
Since I've never seen the "OK" sign done with three fingers held together, I'll let the SJWs and white power people do it that way, and I'll keep doing it hte way I always have. :)

https://www.google.com/search?q=ok+sign&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirmYyozLLYAhUqsVQKHTl2B_oQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=742
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Hawkmoon on December 30, 2017, 04:19:47 PM
Since I've never seen the "OK" sign done with three fingers held together, I'll let the SJWs and white power people do it that way, and I'll keep doing it hte way I always have. :)

https://www.google.com/search?q=ok+sign&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirmYyozLLYAhUqsVQKHTl2B_oQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=742

10-4

This has meant "OK" for as long as I can remember, and I'm older than just about anyone on this site (wth, I think, maybe two exceptions).
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Scout26 on December 30, 2017, 04:28:52 PM
And if one does the "White Power" "Okay" sign upside down, in sign language it means "Arshhole".

And I make the okay sign with the tips of the thumb and forefinger together and the ring and pinky finger bent down.  It is then displayed at an angle so the observer/target sees the "Okay" part with the just the middle finger extended....


My goal is to insult and confuse....   
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: CypherNinja on December 31, 2017, 12:16:17 AM
The OK-sign = "white power" thing is a gag 4chan played on gullible Twitter journalists a year and a half ago.

Glad to see they're still getting returns on it.  :rofl:
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: HankB on December 31, 2017, 12:55:47 AM
Hmmm . . . I can understand how someone who sees all kinds of outlandish stuff in Rorsach inblots can see WP in the "OK" sign.

BUT . . .what if the person makes the "OK" sign with their OTHER hand? Wouldn't that be a backward P followed by a W? What would that mean? The opposite of White Power?

Enquiring minds want to know.

 ;)

Really, though, there's nothing new about the media's desperation to smear a Republican. Take a look at this:

(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinadaily.com.cn%2Fenglish%2Fdoc%2F2005-01%2F22%2Fxin_42010222094415610755.jpg&hash=587ecaa03e2fb48705dd8ad5314db3fc49778f58)

Some "journalists" said that this gesture meant Bush 43 was a satanist - a devil worshipper.

In actuality, it's the "Hook 'em Horns" gesture, meant to show support for the Texas Longhorns football team.
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: K Frame on December 31, 2017, 06:26:12 AM
Well, the Longhorns are the devil's apprentices, so yeah, I think the media was right about Bush II...

 :rofl:
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: dm1333 on December 31, 2017, 09:06:45 AM
Why is no one calling out Obama over throwing the white power sign?

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2017/04/29/once-you-see-it-supremacist-hand-symbol-of-notorious-white-a-ok-gang-found-everywhere/
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Ben on December 31, 2017, 09:26:56 AM

BUT . . .what if the person makes the "OK" sign with their OTHER hand? Wouldn't that be a backward P followed by a W? What would that mean? The opposite of White Power?

Enquiring minds want to know.

 ;)


I'm left-handed, so I guess I'm making the "PW" all the time.  :laugh:
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Andiron on December 31, 2017, 09:38:17 AM
Bush was obviously just leaving a Black Sabbath concert. 
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: HankB on December 31, 2017, 09:52:18 AM
Well, the Longhorns are the devil's apprentices, so yeah, I think the media was right about Bush II...

 :rofl:
I expected this comment . . . and you were on the list of people I could expect it from.   =D

Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: MechAg94 on December 31, 2017, 12:02:07 PM
I expected this comment . . . and you were on the list of people I could expect it from.   =D


I guess I will refrain from commenting on tea sippers then.   =D
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: 230RN on December 31, 2017, 12:20:05 PM
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinadaily.com.cn%2Fenglish%2Fdoc%2F2005-01%2F22%2Fxin_42010222094415610755.jpg&hash=587ecaa03e2fb48705dd8ad5314db3fc49778f58)

Hm.  I thought that was the time-honored signal for "cornu," giving you "the horns," meaning your wife is unfaithful.

As in, "Your wife is giving you the horns."

Terry

Note:  This observation is from the fifties in New York, esp. from Italians.  "Cornu," as in "cornucopia," the "horn of plenty."
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Doggy Daddy on December 31, 2017, 03:08:11 PM
Why is no one calling out Obama over throwing the white power sign?

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2017/04/29/once-you-see-it-supremacist-hand-symbol-of-notorious-white-a-ok-gang-found-everywhere/

Because when he does it, WP means "Wuss Power"?
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: HeroHog on December 31, 2017, 03:33:44 PM
If it points the other way, wouldn't it be a "q"? What does "qW" represent?
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Scout26 on January 01, 2018, 04:45:45 AM
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i cant believe an entire political party got trolled into going to war with a cartoon frog and some silly hand gesture


 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: K Frame on January 03, 2018, 09:27:59 AM
I expected this comment . . . and you were on the list of people I could expect it from.   =D



Damned straight! The sky is Blue and White because God is a Penn State fan!
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Hawkmoon on January 03, 2018, 09:54:12 AM
Damned straight! The sky is Blue and White because God is a Penn State fan!

I think you mean Yale, not Penn State.




No, I didn't attend Yale.
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: K Frame on January 03, 2018, 10:53:31 AM
Yale is a school?

I thought it was a cheap padlock.
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: TommyGunn on January 03, 2018, 10:55:13 AM
Yale is a school?

I thought it was a cheap padlock.
:rofl: :rofl:   Ouch.   The Harvard guys are gloating!   [popcorn]
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: grampster on January 03, 2018, 11:02:19 AM
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinadaily.com.cn%2Fenglish%2Fdoc%2F2005-01%2F22%2Fxin_42010222094415610755.jpg&hash=587ecaa03e2fb48705dd8ad5314db3fc49778f58)

Hm.  I thought that was the time-honored signal for "cornu," giving you "the horns," meaning your wife is unfaithful.

As in, "Your wife is giving you the horns."

Terry

Note:  This observation is from the fifties in New York, esp. from Italians.  "Cornu," as in "cornucopia," the "horn of plenty."

When I was a kid that double finger gesture meant "Bullshit".
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: K Frame on January 03, 2018, 11:22:50 AM
And I thought Harvard was a beet....
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Fly320s on January 03, 2018, 11:29:09 AM
Yale is a school?

I thought it was a cheap padlock.

Isn't yale that inedible green plant that restaurants decorate real food with?
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Regolith on January 04, 2018, 05:23:25 PM
Damned straight! The sky is Blue and White because God is a Penn State fan!

Well, that would explain some of the things that Penn State has in common with the Catholic Church...
Title: Re: Breaking news
Post by: Hawkmoon on January 04, 2018, 07:05:25 PM
Well, that would explain some of the things that Penn State has in common with the Catholic Church...

Ouch!  [ar15]