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I was traveling last Friday and was kind of tuned out. A week late but……19 Jan was the 33rd anniversary of my first combat mission in DS and the kills #3 and I (#4) got that day while escorting the strike package. 1300z, day mission, 2x Mirage F-1s. AIM-7s. It was a good day. 😜

The equivalent of the city of Pittsburg is coming across our border every MONTH. Where are they going, where do they live and who pays for it? Rhetorical of course. Ten retired FBI directors and experts in counter intelligence sent a letter to congressional leaders warning that President Joe Biden’s border policies have facilitated a “soft invasion” into the U.S. of military-age men coming from terror-linked regions, China and Russia. "It would be difficult to overstate the danger represented by the presence inside our borders of what is comparatively a multi division army of young single adult males from hostile nations and regions whose background, intent, or allegiance is completely unknown.” "It would be difficult to overstate the danger represented by the presence inside our borders of what is comparatively a multi division army of young single adult males from hostile nations and regions whose background, intent, or allegiance is completely unknown. They include individuals encountered by border officials and then possibly released into the country, along with the shockingly high estimate of 'gotaways,' meaning those who have entered and evaded apprehension.” Keep in mind, this is EXACTLY what our liberal friends want, they continue to fight for it at every turn, every day.

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You can’t “fundamentally transform the United States” (where have I heard that one before?) with a convention of states when 2/3 of the states can’t agree on much and 3/4 of the states can’t agree on hardly anything…so the left would never go for it. Also, the same states that wouldn’t go for it largely want to do away with the Electoral College, so I seriously doubt they want states they don’t like having more state control than they already do. Frankly I’m surprised things like this in Texas haven’t happened more often and earlier. The states wrt their respective values and priorities are further apart than at any other point in my lifetime (and I’m a Gen X’r). And for an ideology who thinks the previous president is a wannabe dictator, literally Hitler, on and on…you would think they would want the federal government to have much less control, not more, just in case he gets back in office? Yeah, I’m going to say the party, who thinks the worst thing to ever happen is allowing individual states to determine when an abortion can happen, isn’t going to be for a convention of states. Things will get worse before it gets better.

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I hope Abbott and Biden have a sit down on this. The way the border is defended is wrong, the immigration situation should be settled at a US consulate in whatever country of origin with a proper visa. If not fly them up to Fairbanks in winter or Death Valley in the summer. What I'm scared of is some overzealous Fed will kill a Texas Guardsman for refusing to comply then Eagle Creek turns into the Gaza. DOJ starts charging Americans who ever said online that Biden is a moron with sedition and the active-duty military rank and file refuses to point guns at MAGA Americans which the Democrats would love seeing eradicated. Sounds like it's a good time to have a convention of states to get needed things done in which the Feds and Congress are unwilling to do because it means relinquishing power.

In shock. Pilot select. 87 Pilot/98 PCSM/PPL.

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Thank you for posting both articles. This gets at the heart of our nations inability to resolve our conflicts by discussion anymore. For those not clicking on his first link, it’s a Penn State law opinion piece that basically says ‘no, sanctuary city policies do not violate federal law because they only stop local governments from helping federal immigration authorities.’ The article ignores multiple incentives by sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants that entice them to break the law and ignores countervailing legal opinions that sanctuary cities are in fact, violating the law by aiding and abetting lawbreakers. That in itself is a crime. The article also ignores the crime of conspiracy between NGO’s directly assisting illegal immigrants and sanctuary cities who directly assist those NGOs. but whatever, I’m uninterested in a tit for tat on the articles or even the legal issue. I appreciate it for a broader reason: it illuminates a phenomenon that has poisoned domestic politics, namely, no matter how threatened and assaulted people feel a democratic lawyer will tell you “actually, as a legal expert, you have to just shut up and take it and you aren’t qualified to have a different opinion.” Don’t want your car destroyed when you accidentally drive upon a BLM protest? Too bad, you have to take it. Find yourself getting chased by a mob trying to bludgeon you? Can’t shoot them, sorry, you shouldn’t have been there. Democrats always have a legal justification for the injustice you must endure, and that makes conversation impossible because they just want us all to follow the law… which, of course is whatever they say it is. By their actions they have invited lawlessness into our national conversation, which works both ways. They don’t like it, but that’s too bad, prepare for more.

They need to replace "Alien" with "Butt Muncher". At least I could laugh everytime I read about this crap.

Completely serious. Biden is as big a POS human as the political class comes. Maybe look beyond his current dementia, going all the way back to the early days. He and his family (and many of the elite in the US) are selfish dirtbags who think they are above the law and better than all of us not in said elite class. If you can’t see that, I guess you actually do have TDS. Making excuses for Biden as if he’s a better human than Trump is ludicrous and uninformed. At best they’re both equally shit. I don’t put Desantis or Vivek in the political class (we’re taking people like Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell, etc.) I actually don’t like Haley much, but while very much establishment, she is better than all the aforementioned names (not including Desantis/Vivek imo). In the end, I would have much rather seen Desantis, Vivek or Haley be the nominee, and would happily vote for any of them vs. the shitshow that the Dems are. But here we are, and I’m voting based on policy, not emotions. Votes driven by emotion is how we’ve arrived at this point.

The same “media” who only continuously reports on a “mass shooting” if a long gun was used by a white straight male, with the second discriminator being most important? The “media” (ie networks, CNN, MSNBC, Fox) are on board with the elites calling what needs to be banned, not banned, more regulated, on and on.

And the media does not care about the death and destruction in families. 270-ish people died every day for the last couple years...Every freaking day...From opioid overdose. But, nope, can't control the border, can't stop it, just can't do anything.

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The ultimate gas lighting SOB. Biden admin has been denying the border crisis for years. Then they put out this propaganda bull shit. “For too long we all know the borders been broken”. Ufb. And the “deal” he wants passed is HORRIBLE.

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I love his series even if it overstated what it turned out to be real Russian capabilities. The scene where the US Brigade commander is on the VTC and is cut off mid sentence with the President because of his gawd damned cell phone got his head quarters targeted was great. We’ve been preaching that for years to be ignored by people who are too important to not have their phone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

UPT Select. 99 AFOQT / 98 PCSM / No PPL / RPP attendee / #1 Push out of the Wing.

It does no good for conservatives to delegitemize the Supreme Court. You think ACB is rooting for the Democrats? The Supreme Court is how conservatives are going to fix many of the problems we have. Throwing a tantrum when they force you to find a better strategy that aligns with the constitution is a short sighted and stupid plan. I hope Abbott doesn't dick this one up.

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So they're wasting time by making legislation to change the name "Alien"? Why does it matter what we call them? Does that change anything? No. Just more bullshit from politicians.

Since you're quibbing about it, let's clarify: 1. Alien - Terminology in Title 8 of U.S. Code to describe a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States. "Alien" is the term in statute; see noncitizen, foreign national. 2. Immigrant - Any person lawfully in the United States who is not a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or person admitted under a nonimmigrant category as defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 101(a)(15). 3. Nonimmigrant - Any person in the United States not a U.S. citizen or U.S. national who is admitted on a temporary basis to the United States for a specific purpose under a nonimmigrant category as defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 101(a)(15). 4. Migrant - A person who leaves his/her country of origin to seek temporary or permanent residence in another country. https://www.dhs.gov/ohss/about-data/glossary Just because some college kid wrote a peer-reviewed research article on a topic you somehow interpret that as me agreeing and/or supporting everything he wrote about?

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and i hope they keep shipping the illegals to your city and every other bat shit crazy sanctuary city. the only way to reason with a liberal is to test their ideas in real life and watch them fail. https://www.denverpost.com/2023/01/12/denver-migrants-colorado-immigration-sanctuary-laws/

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For you and anyone else walking in the Trump elephant train... Trump shit on your Constitution and wiped his ass with your American flag. Enjoy drinking his piss. And Biden is just as fucking dishonorable. PS. 3/4 of the tags I used when I created this thread over 7 years ago are still relevant, JFC.

Not sure America can handle another Trump v Biden spit fest (case in point this thread, which I really enjoy but just shows how everyone is just stuck in their echo chambers)..2020 was horrible enough, and here we go again. However, as alluded to, America brought this on itself.

The brain buster though is you just described Biden perfectly. Also easily described just about everyone in the political class. There’s the real problem in our country - we only run and elect people (in recent history) who fit these traits. So given that Biden and Trump are equal in shit character, might as well go with the guy who’s policies are more favorable for America and less favorable for our enemies. I don’t think you have TDS, I think you have only provided an assessment on one side while not doing (or at least not presenting) the same “balanced” assessment on the other side. As for this conservative, I’m not making excuses for trumps behavior, but I’m also not pretending the other guy has better character. So once again we’re forced to choose between a douche and a turd sandwich, so I’m taking the one with better and more effective policies.

What a train wreck. Haley could win, easily. Young, vibrant, appears intelligent & acts presidential. Can actually speak in full coherent sentences. She would absolutely wipe the floor with Biden in a debate. She would get tons and tons of independent voters, women, and, if she was the nominee, many Trump supporters that will give her the vote as a vote against Biden/the left. But instead, we’re going to get the guy that lost vs. Biden. And if he loses again, …it’s back to the Trump playbook — the election was “rigged and stolen.” …in-between his many court appearances, of course. If we as a country allow that to happen again, we deserve what we get.

M2....those grips are awesome and great tribute to someone who really cared about the boys in WW2. I recently purchased a couple HS Produkt Springfield guns. 1. Morita Assault Rifle VHS-2 Hellion. First bullpup for me, curiosity got the best of me. Have just over 1000 rds through it and really enjoy shooting it both with the iron sights and a MRO the threw on there. Don't understand why the buttstock is adjustable, I have it all the way in and the length of pull is just right (about 1-2 inches more than on a AR for me). There must be some big ass Croatians there that need a longer adjustment. Very accurate and reliable gun thus far. Was lucky that when I purchased the gun, they had already redesigned the weird safety. After the first range day, I immediately put in an aftermarket extended bolt release, totally expect them to do this in the future as well. They shoulda just kept the VHS-2 name, just personal opinion. 2. Echelon. Was bored and wasting some time at work so did a shelf check the gun shop on base. I had been toying with the idea of a new duty pistol for home defense, non committal though. Looked at a couple HK, Sigs, and a FN, but walked out with an Echelon. The gun just felt right in my hands immediately. I've kept it stock while I'm getting used to it, but will eventually throw an optic on there, I actually like the u-notch sight. For me it has been an absolute riot to shoot. Couple hundred rounds so far, no issues, great accuracy, looks good...feels good....shoots good. Waiting on more ammo to show up for range fun. Based my experience thus far with this, I might look into a Hellcat for an EDC....

If anybody wants to know, Garrett’s surgeries have gone as successful as can be currently hoped for. There is still bits of shrapnel in his head that will probably have to come out in a future attempt, but he’s stable condition now. Long way to go from there, but he got moved from Landstuhl back to Walter Reed a couple days ago. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@M2 2024! With @nsplayr as the VP.

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Typical Trump fanboy. Anything you don't want to hear immediately dismissed as ".....fAkE nEwS....." And "10,000 word essays"....nice. Translation: "I, like Trump, don't read. Reading is difficult." As Trump says, he "loves the poorly educated." To your laundry list of hoaxes, yes, idiots on both sides have unfortunately fallen for a lot of obvious lies. You and your fellow MAGA "NPCs" can play bingo with the following: The election was stolen; Mike Lindell the Pillow Guy; Trump's going to 'drain the swamp'; COVID will go away by itself - probably by Easter; QANON; the Deep State; the vaccines are microchipped, Mexico will pay for the wall, Obama care will be replaced.....and on and on. Go to a Trump rally, or watch Jan 6th footage, and tell me those people aren't brainwashed. There's no mental gymnastics. It's actually just mental capacity and reading comprehension on your end. I get it -- this question about how many indictments are political is your clever little "gotcha." Except you never actually articulate your point, so the gotcha never comes. Brabus, honestly, you can't be serious. Biden is severely diminished, no doubt. Anyone can see that. He can barely formulate sentences, and often looks confused and lost. It's really embarrassing, and only his (very few) die-hard fanatics pretend not to see it. And I don't agree with Biden's policies and/or direction for the country. But to say that: "buffoon. Willfully ignorant, petty, petulant, spiteful and jealous. Selfish and self-serving" also describes him "perfectly" is ridiculous. He doesn't have the mental capacity to even be those things if he wanted to. Biden is a dementia patient, and a few of his remaining marbles are $hitty liberal talking points and ideas. While I agree that he should not be President and I cannot vote for him, it's far from "equal in $hit character" to Trump. And then to go on to lump all politicians into that category? With all due respect, give me a break, man. You think those traits describe DeSantis, Ramaswamy, and Haley? Those 3 aren't perfect by any means, but come on, they're clearly not selfish without measure, willfully ignorant, and child-like in the way Trump is. Not remotely close. I will never vote for a democrat because of their terrible ideas and policies. I also cannot, in good conscience, cast a vote for Trump, which is why I wish desperately for Haley to be the nominee. Given the circumstances, I would have gladly, with a big smile on my face, cast a vote for DeSantis, Ramaswamy, or Haley. But here we are.

Apparently, Abbott skipped Supremacy Clause day in law school.