Lord Ratner

Ugly truth, and neither side seems terribly interested in solving it.

The straits of Hormuz are not open by any meaningful definition of the word and I think as far as the regime is concerned, you can't quite argue that the regime is still in power, as everyone at the top has been killed. But you also can't argue that it's a different regime, since The replacements subscribe to the same philosophy and tactics. It also appears that the irgc is in charge right now, not the mullahs, so I'd say the regime question is still very much open-ended for the time being. But then by the same logic, anyone characterizing the TBM capacity, nuclear capacity, or drone production capacity as "intact" is being equally pedantic. The straits are closed, and for the time being Iran has been neutered as a regional/global power. Personally I'd like to see the United States maintain the blockade on Iran and tell the rest of the world they can do whatever the hell they want with the straits. Open them, close them, minesweep them, abandon them. Whatever. The United States economy is the least affected by Hormuz, so if the rest of the world needs a reminder as to the value of free navigation of international waters provided by the United States for the last 80 years, so be it.

That's a huge bummer for you 🤣😂

Yep, "war." I usually phrase it thusly: China is one of the only countries in the history of humanity to have a significantly higher portion of males than females. They've incinerated the family savings of hundreds of millions of families by building towers that will never be occupied. And they have a youth unemployment problem. There is nothing more dangerous to a society than a bunch of unwed, unemployed young men. Do you know of any ways a totalitarian regime can unburden themselves of a bunch of revolutionary excess males? I don't think war is a risk for China, I think it's the plan. The only silver lining is that China's ~25 million excess males are offset by India vs ~45 million. And they aren't too crazy about each other.

Where's the WaPo article about the incredible effectiveness of the US airstrikes? I wonder if we destroyed any fuel bladders.

Everyone I have a conversation about "what's going on in the world," most people think I'm a little nuts for saying a war with China is coming within a decade. But it's hard to see how things like this are anything but a bad sign.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas?

Hahaha, same. I blew my budget on the MP5K, so now I need to wait to accumulate enough from the (self-imposed) $500/mo gun budget to buy the Thompson. And don't sell the dream short, they make a 100 round drum as well...

Have you bought it yet? It kills me he doesn't have a video with a drum mag

Careful, he'll accuse you of beating his wife or something; my TDS is making it hard to keep up. 🤷‍♂️

Nah. Young men should not be held to the standard of old men. If it's empty, he's good.

I was thinking about responding, but if you can't even keep track of what you're saying, what are the odds you can follow what I'm saying?

It's been 486 pages, bud. How many times do we need to repeat ourselves? Seriously though; why spend time on an Internet stranger who already has an unbendable view of the issues and labels anyone who disagrees an "apologist" or worse? Do you feel better? Are you happier? What's this conversation doing for you? Have your views changed? Do you feel that comparing Trump to Hitler has shifted the political winds back in a direction you consider an improvement? If you think it's time to "go back to lurking" then you're probably right. Which is all I said.

My wife doesn't get irrationally upset about other people having commonplace opinions on issues that are almost completely beyond her ability to influence outside of an occasional selection in a voting booth. But if she started talking about politics like this, then yeah I'd suggest she take a breath and maybe give the Internet a timeout for a while.

They weren't being divided by ideology, which you would know if you actually read the opinion. That would have included white people and Asians, and excluded some black people who aren't "Black Rights Activists." They were specifically drawing the maps based on skin color. Zero effort was spent filtering for ideology. The fact you are trying to equate skin color with an ideology is wild.

So you think dividing people by an immutable characteristic (race) is the same as dividing them by political ideology? Yes dude, they're different 🤣

Could you point to the ad hominem please?

It wasn't a come back. You're obviously upset about the things you read here, and it's not worth being on any website where the discourse is exasperating to you.

Probably for the best.

Or maybe Vance recognized that he was getting caught up in the same political rhetoric that so many others got caught up in? You know, the one where you compare everyone you don't like to Hitler, even though they haven't systematically eliminated millions based on their religion or ethnicity? Or maybe he made the comment in 2016, when nobody knew how Donald Trump was going to govern? And since then, Donald Trump made very clear his stance on a whole bevy of conservative issues that would appeal to someone like JD Vance. Now, if he had changed his mind in a matter of weeks because of a political appointment, I think you'd have a point. But JD Vance is far from the only person who thought Trump was going to be a catastrophe for the conservative movement, but was proven wrong (me).

Just curious, did anyone happen to find the monkey sex chick? I bet you she's learned some new tricks now that she's well into her cougar years...

Well before you do, I think it's important that you know that there is now an FRT for the Auto Ordinance Thompson... And yes, they do sell 100 round drum magazines. Kahr Firearms Group1927A-1 Deluxe Carbine SBR 10.5" BarrelMy dealer says it comes in at just over $2000

A Cut Above!

Surely VID_20260416_194613~2.mp4 Once I get the form 1 approval I'll put a vertical foregrip and telescoping stock on it.