Politics

[Big_Easy]

I whole heartedly agree with you and that’s how the math plays out for me too, what strikes me as odd is how pro abortion people can end a life that has had no chance to make a decision while at the same time believe there is no reason on earth to take the life of someone that has made the decision to willfully commit hideous crimes.

@Tubby’s Canteen , @fourfive8 , @deewayne2003
And how many of the 331,000 children in foster care right now have you all adopted? I mean, if you all feel so strongly about abortion, I would like to know what you're all doing to help the situation regarding unwanted children in our society right now? Especially because if, and when abortion is outlawed in the US, those numbers would increase exponentially. What plan of action do you all have ready to implement in such a case, I'd really like to know.

Half of all teens that age out of the system will become homeless by 26. Drug/alcohol abuse is higher than the national average, crime rates too. Moralizing against abortion is easy, coming up with solutions is much harder.

 

[LivingTheDream]

How many cops have I heard boasting about refusing to carry Narcan?

There is your direct quote. I didnt ask you for sources, I asked you how many have you personally heard, you provided articles one of which the sheriff said he thought medical staff was better to provide the treatment, not that he was denying people the treatment.

You didnt shred anything and when called out you said blah blah pro life to deflect. I know how to use Google maybe you can too. I asked how many Narcans do Police use in the US. Here is the response.

A major 10-year analysis of the International Association of Chiefs of Police program documented nearly 17,000 administrations by law enforcement with an 87% survival rate.On a state and regional level, the impact is highly visible:New York: State Police and local law enforcement (including the NYPD) have administered naloxone in nearly 12,000 reported encounters.Tempe, Arizona: During a targeted first-responder pilot, Tempe Police administered Narcan to 100 individuals suspected of opioid overdoses, successfully saving 81 of them.Quincy, Massachusetts: As an early adopter of the nasal spray, the Quincy Police Department was credited with over 300 reversals.Nationally, harm reduction data indicates that at least 2,500 law enforcement agencies actively equip their patrol officers with Narcan to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic.

So you got a sheriff in Ohio, where as 2500 law enforcement agencies actively are equipped. Cherry pick much?

 

[Big_Easy]

A baby in uterus is an innocent, a drug addict not so much.

Yes, it is a harsh way of looking at things, but it all comes under personal responsibility.

What about a baby in a uterus that will eventually become a drug addict?

 

[fourfive8]

Hey Big Easy, aka The NC Dumb Ass, “How many”, you ask. My wife and I are taking care of several in a foreign country. Matter fact I’m there with them right now. We are doing it independent of any NGO, church mission or government assistance. Governments generally are very poor at such things- a concept that is obviously foreign to you.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

What about a baby in a uterus that will eventually become a drug addict?

You cannot fault a baby for what it might become, as to your above question the wife and I recently lost an unborn baby sadly the second my wife has lost. Going forward we have every intention of adopting children although probably not until my step son is out of the house he’s 14 now. In the spirit of turnabout being far play how many drug addled orphans have you fathered and abandoned ? Given that you yourself have admitted to using a substance that is illegal in your country any children you have or could hope to father are the descendants of a drug user would you like your unborn child to be judged by your actions ?

 

[Altitude sickness]

Question for the forum: Is the Trump cryptocurrency windfall in the same moral category as the Hunter Biden art boondoggle?

The Trumps were De Banked during and after Trumps first administration. Remember Bank of America tracking hunting and firearm related purchases for government use ?

There was a period when the Trump businesses were struggling to raise capital, move money around. It had very serious consequences. They found a way around it and now are being vilified that the government wasn’t able to bankrupt them.

Remember when the Obama and Biden administrations weaponized banking.

So if you’re going to Blame someone for the Trumps making a billion in crypto currency. Blame the Obama and Biden administrations.

They force them into acting. then when it didn’t ruin or bankrupt them. They bemoan that the path they were forced to take made them even richer.

If it wasn’t so scary, it’d be hilarious

 

[Pheroze]

The Trumps were De Banked during and after Trumps first administration. Remember Bank of America tracking hunting and firearm related purchases for government use ?

There was a period when the Trump businesses were struggling to raise capital, move money around. It had very serious consequences. They found a way around it and now are being vilified that the government wasn’t able to bankrupt them.

Remember when the Obama and Biden administrations weaponized banking.

So if you’re going to Blame someone for the Trumps making a billion in crypto currency. Blame the Obama and Biden administrations.

They force them into acting. then when it didn’t ruin or bankrupt them. They bemoan that the path they were forced to take made them even richer.

If it wasn’t so scary, it’d be hilarious

I agree with the weaponized banking comment, but to say someone else is responsible for his criminal actions is an excuse. People, regardless of whether they hang in the hood or around Wall Street, have to be responsible for their own actions. He should not be allowed to trade stocks again. That’s what would happen to you or me or anyone else who manipulated the stock market.

 

[Altitude sickness]

What was criminal?

 

[Pheroze]

What was criminal?

Stock market manipulation

 

[Altitude sickness]

His career might have been over prior to the protest and he just decided to go out in a blaze of glory. He was a non-rated officer in the AF and was a Major with 17 years. His peers were probably Lt/Cols. As a passed over Major, he was not guaranteed to get to 20 years and a pension.

That was my first thought. Of course the media will spin him into Audie Murphy.

We all had politicians or political decisions we didn’t like while serving . But military order is kind of important. And we can have officers undermining the chain of command.

You resign then speak out. It’s only good military order that keeps a thin line against a coup in check.

He may be correct in his opinion. But he needs to be hammered as an example to others.

 

[WAB]

I get a kick out of our keyboard warriors who attempt to use AI to develop expertise in areas in which they have no knowledge. I did a simple test. I asked AI how many nations have territory in North America. A quick scan of the answer and I realized it was wrong, so I responded with ‘what about St. Pierre and Miquelon?’ The response from AI was something along the lines of ‘oops, I got it wrong, thank you for correcting my error’. Another simple test and I was able to get another incorrect response from AI. The moral of the story; develop critical thinking skills, listen to folks with true expertise and direct experience, recognize when something is being reported incorrectly or with bias.

 

[Red Leg]

That was my first thought. Of course the media will spin him into Audie Murphy.

We all had politicians or political decisions we didn’t like while serving . But military order is kind of important. And we can have officers undermining the chain of command.

You resign then speak out. It’s only good military order that keeps a thin line against a coup in check.

He may be correct in his opinion. But he needs to be hammered as an example to others.

The Air Force Major's case is almost identical to USMC Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller who used social media and his uniform to attack the Biden administration for what he believed was lack of accountability following the Kabul debacle. He was relieved of command, court-martialed, and in lieu of a prison sentence, he pled guilty, submitted his resignation and was given a general discharge. With only 17 years of service, he also lost all possibility of a military pension, which amortized over the remainder of his life was a rather serious fine.

I am confident that Major Watson deservedly will suffer a similar fate. Though unlike Sheller, he already was something of a professional failure after being non-select for Lt Col.

What will be identical for both of these misguided servicemen, despite being momentarily hailed as courageous, is that the average American citizen, left or right, can't remember their names six-days after the event - much less six-months.

 

[Altitude sickness]

I thought of that also. This poor misguided gentleman was a useful idiot and will be propped up as a hero and then forgotten tomorrow. 10 years from now he will regret not resigning and protesting on his own time.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Interesting video full of useful tidbits. Although he’s a Keynesian some of his advise would be good to start enacting soon.

He fully admits that his firm lost clients because he misjudged the date of tech bubble bust. And the market continued to boom for another year. So clients left because he didn’t predict the date correctly. But then they of course lost 80% of their portfolio which took 10 to 15 years to recover that value.

Like most of these videos. They give snippets repeatedly. Then finally starting at approximately the :30-:45 mark give the message. It’s not a roadmap. But food for thought type info to be blended into the strategy.

 

[Brent in Az]

What about a baby in a uterus that will eventually become a drug addict?

What about a baby in a uterus that will eventually become a leftist idiot?

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Unlike executive orders which can be reversed or changed at the whim of a new administration, SCOTUS rulings are far more permanent. For instance, affirming the president's constitutional authority to exercise independent removal authority of agency heads reverses a court decision that had been in place since 1935.

With respect to others like the Mail-in Ballot date, the court is simply saying this should be accomplished through legislation.

And it's unlikely Congress will go along with him on mail-in ballots. The Republicans in Congress already advised him to leave it alone since mail-in ballots historically have benefited conservatives the most. Rich old farts prefer not to go down to the polling stations and stand in line with the unwashed masses. But Trump decided to do it anyway with executive order instead. The will of Trump is more important than the will of Congress. Which better reflects the will of the people?

 

[Ontario Hunter]

OK, I'll play for a while:

1. Convincing Europe that they need to contribute more for their own defense. Many countries in the EU were not living up to the goal of 2% of GDP, Germany for one. Now some have actually pledges 5% (we'll see if that actually happens).

2. More recently, finally address the I ran problem. This has been festering for 47 years, everyone is responsible for this including every US president until President Trump. Many may not like his approach but the reality is it is the only approach that could be effectively taken against that regime. Europe has been particularly corrupt in it's dealings with Iran in helping with it's enrichment program.

3. In looking at what has happened in Europe and at out own borders under Biden, President Trump recognized that it is unsustainable to throw the borders open to a world of poor foreigners of poor education, means or interest in assimilating, especially in countries with a huge welfare state. European states are losing their wealth and culture to unfettered immigration. The Biden administration said that it would take an act of congress to secure our border, Trump did it is 6-weeks.

4. Addressing the Fentanyl crisis here in the US. This obviously is work-in-progress but he has made significant inroads in closing down the pipeline. Some people may say that blowing up drug boats is overreach, too many dirtbags are being killed on the high seas; well, 100,000 Americans were being killed yearly by these drugs.

5. Venezuela: Again, many may not like snatching a drug dealing head of state but it turned out that doing so has so far worked out for the better of the Venezuelian people and the US. Doing so is not without precedent, in 1989 we captured Manuel Noriega.

There's much more but I'll stop boring people with this.

Yeah, like using the imaginary Canadian fentanyl pipeline as an excuse to throw out tariffs. What a joke. In fact, US customs confiscated a grand total of 39 pounds of fentanyl coming from Canada during the entire year 2024 (from 22K pounds total confiscated ... which represented a 31% increase over the previous year ... so the pipeline was already being significantly shut down ... by Biden). Our Canadian govt said okay we'll play and created some token new drug force. Did that get rid of the tariffs? Nope. Finally, SCOTUS did its job and declared them unconstitutional.

 

[Rafiki]

Yeah, like using the imaginary Canadian fentanyl pipeline as an excuse to throw out tariffs. What a joke. In fact, US customs confiscated a grand total of 39 pounds of fentanyl coming from Canada during the entire year 2024 (from 22K pounds total confiscated ... which represented a 31% increase over the previous year ... so the pipeline was already being significantly shut down ... by Biden). Our Canadian govt said okay we'll play and created some token new drug force. Did that get rid of the tariffs? Nope. Finally, SCOTUS did its job and declared them unconstitutional.

Huh, we are blowing up drug boats from Canada? Who knew.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Ahem.....I know when the 14th amendment was ratified.
The founding fathers made the Constitution and amendments were added by Congress who could also be considered founders of the Constitution since they helped build it also.......for those of you who like to split hairs.
The language maybe clear, but the intent in today's context is not.
The 14th amendment is poorly written, and it's a loophole that has been exploited, and will continue to be.
In today's political landscape it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to change the 14th amendment.

Congress can propose constitutional amendments but they must be ratified by 3/4 of the states. How the states choose to ratify seems to be up to them. I seem to recall during the Equal Rights Amendment saga (very prolonged saga!) some states employed referendum and some legislative approval. Edit: Wrong. The ERA was specifically sent to state legislatures for approval.

The other option, which has never been used, is to call a constitutional convention (or recall it if you will). Cannot remember the process but I believe it requires a petition from 3/5 of states? Nope, just 2/3 of states can petition for convention. It's never happened but it was actually seriously entertained once, to repeal prohibition. Congress wanted repeal for practical reasons (curb organized crime) but it was too politically volatile and legislators wouldn't risk getting voted out. But once the threat of constitutional convention was real, they were forced to act. A constitutional convention could quite literally open Pandora's Box. The convention would not neccessarily be limited to just the prohibition issue. And who would go and how would they be picked? Scary. Once the repeal amendment was approved by Congress it passed through the states with lightning speed. Edit: Passage was expedited by requiring constitutional conventions be called within each state specifically to avoid this morally hot issue from being subjected to debate and defeat in state legislatures.

 

[spike.t]

Bit more on the European A/C story.....

Europe heatwave: France records 2,025 excess deaths as Europe braces for more extreme weather

Forecasters are warning of further extreme temperatures on the continent in the next few days.

www.bbc.com