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A place to post the wonderful policies and stories from the failed state of California. We could start with excrement in the streets of San Francisco, the annual deficit of $18B projected to grow to $35B (gotta pay for those illegals), residents fleeing this failed state, 45% of the nation's homeless, robbery rate is 124% higher than the national average, with significantly higher rates of arson (77%), motor vehicle theft (77%), and burglary (51%), highest taxes in the nation, 2.3 of all students failing basic math standards....but lets start with something simple...government malfeasance and failure around the green scam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBE6KyXroeI

So rich considering the Democrats are running a dude who purposely sports a Nazi tattoo... The loons on the left are so wacko Senator Elizabeth Warren has not only strongly endorsed him, she has professed he is "the real deal" and the "fighter we need".

Out of town but will measure a few when I get home, thanks! Great idea, thank you.

Having been to all the DOW PME and a stint at the Harvard Fellowship I have seen a lot of different techniques for evaluating adversary intentions and motivations. When it comes to China I am a fan of NOT thinking like an American. Yes we can read On War and The Art of War but I prefer to place myself in their shoes and contemplate motivations. China is a unique case and this is how I describe it to others. Imagine there was another Civil War in America...We the winners, fought the "bad" guys all the way across the country to California where they jumped in boats and went to Hawaii where they took over. We didn't have the ships to take it back....would there be ANY doubt that Hawaii is ours? And if a peer adversary stepped in to support the people that took Hawaii how would we view it? That is exactly what happened with Taiwan. So all of that to say, yes, war IS THE PLAN, and they believe they are fully justified in doing so. Getting over 60% of the world's semiconductors and over 90% of the most advanced chips is just icing on the cake.

A "way" or a war? Worst kept secret out there. The U.S. Intelligence apparatus has been saying 2027 for a long time and a lot of funding decisions support that date. Increasing delivery of B-21, LRIP of F-47, 28,000 low-cost cruise missiles in the latest POM. If you look at it holistically China will achieve peak power in 2027 and start to rapidly decline thereafter. Economy, demographic and a host of other factors fully drag them down. You should go look at the demographics....they are paying a HUGE price for the one child policy which has now been cancelled.

Xi Jinping continues to wreak havoc among his senior inner circle....some reports say he no longer has a circle and acts in an echo chamber of his own thoughts. China’s powerful Central Military Commission, which previously had 11 members, now has only one member besides Xi himself, according to reports. China Sentences Ex-Defense Ministers to Death over Graft Charges "According to a February report by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, at least 36 generals and lieutenant generals have been officially purged since 2022, while another 65 officers are listed as missing or potentially under investigation."

No, it was brand new ammo that I actually purchased from CMP when I picked it up. My buddy is a Garand expert...more of a savant. We flew my plane to Anniston when he found out they were releasing a rare lot, brought his serial number manual with him, one glance at the book and he can recite the providence of each gun. Anyway, he helped me pick it out then he took it to his shop and completely disassembled it to remove all the cosmoline and other grease, checked the springs and fit and ran the gun through for a week. He is a little baffled as well, he took the gun back and went through it again and found nothing wrong. I've (I should say my son has), put over 200 rounds of that same ammo through without an issue. While the ammo was new he does think it could have been a bad round. Glad it didn't happen as I was charging over a hill to shoot Nazis at Normandy 😜.

Yeah none of those Air Forces guys...

Lots of litigation on this before it was even filed and Big Tech has lost at every turn. In short, Meta is faced with a $16B Class Action Lawsuit for allowing all the Fake/Scam/Predatory ads on Facebook and Instagram. In the long run it could change the platforms. Class Action Alleges Meta Earns $16 Billion Annually From Scam Ads It Refuses to Remove

There are no words for what they did and how they tried to cover it up. They PROMOTED the officer that did this, let the captain who ordered the tapes destroyed to retire and FIRED the officer who reported this event.

Let me Google that for you.

Don't get it? Miami lost in the Natty...damn good run they can be proud of. Indiana winning and burning crap in the parking lot on the other hand...

Miami is 31-27 versus Florida, Last 10 meetings Miami is 8–2 Miami spent a record 68 weeks ranked #1 in the AP Poll Miami holds the all-time NCAA record for the longest consecutive home win streak. From 1985 to 1994, the Hurricanes won 58 Straight home games - that never happened in the swamp. And the matter of Five Natties versus three I guess we are even bluer bloods...😂 Counting down to another exciting year, will be interesting to see how UF rebuilds, certainly better than the hot garbage fire in Tallahassee.

No need for a Navy thread but tribalism is alive and well in the Navy as well. A giant FU to aviators from the CNO.

Just to stoke the hate fires a little...

Pish posh...try the gunship, turned sideways looking through a HUD with NVGs for 4,000 hours...

Did I miss the memo, was Thursday failure to feed day? New AR and my trusty M-1 Garand both had issues. If you look closely the AR tried to feed two rounds...usually a mag issue. The Garand was the big surprise to me. Had my nephews down from Mass, first time shooting an AR...typical liberal brainwashing leading up to said event..."I hear it kicks really bad...terrifying weapon." .69 seconds after emptying the first mag - "this is awesome, I want one!"

Likely, but still.

Gerrymandering is bad—period. Neither side should be doing it. But let’s not pretend this is some new revelation. The reality is the cat’s out of the bag, and now it’s a full-on fight because no one wants to unilaterally disarm. Packing the court? Also bad. Undermines the credibility of the judiciary and turns it into just another political tool. Yet we’re watching one side openly push for it when they don’t like the current makeup. Killing the filibuster? Same story. It exists to force consensus and protect against raw majority rule. But again, one side is eager to toss it aside the moment it becomes inconvenient. And making Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico states—not based on some sudden principle, but because it shifts the balance of power in the Senate? That’s not about representation, that’s about leverage. Call it what you want, but changing the rules of the game to lock in power is a dangerous path. History is full of examples of how that ends, and none of them are good.

Fresh legal ground to plow...VERY interesting case and the implications will reach far and wide. Families Sue OpenAI for $1B Over Tumbler Ridge School Shooting

The last administration wanted promotions based on race rather than merit and they are butthurt POTUS wants people who align with him...crazy.

I knew it would take .69 seconds for you to get butthurt.