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"affirmative action, anti-racism, critical race theory, discrimination, diversity, gender dysphoria, gender identity and transition, transgender, transsexual and white privilege." please tell me why my kid needs to be exposed to CHILDREN's books talking about cutting their genitals off. and books telling my kid she is inherently racist and has white privilege. hypothetical argument because i'll never let my child be in a educational setting that pushes that trash.

Not even close to the dumbest thing I’ve seen from the boom operators.

I would exert political pressure on that ally (Israel) to knock it off in Gaza. They have more than retaliated for Oct 7 and gone orders of magnitude past that. The stated position of the houthis is that they are attacking Israeli ships "in support of their muslim brethren in gaza." Which I actually believe because so far the only time the houthis have stopped shooting was during the short lived Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire. I would immediately stop any talks of a Gaza riviera developed by us and Israel. The gaza riviera is a bad idea of biblical proportions that will have Israel cemented as a permanent pariah state, with us as the enablers. Of course all of this assumes im king for a day and not completely beholden to AIPAC like the current admin and most of the left are. edit: The other biggest problem with the gaza riviera plan is that it's the stumbling block preventing any meaningful negotiations from happening to get back the remaining hostages. Think about it from the perspective of hamas. Once you give up the hostages you've given up your last card, then israel is free to completely bulldoze the place. So what incentive do you have to negotiate a cease fire and return hostages if the only thing looming on the horizon afterward is complete displacement?

Yeah they have it tough with drivers, cooks at their houses, personalized GO only healthcare and an accelerated retirement payscale. 99% of them will make up and pay deficit within 30 days of walking out the door.

If your neighbor had a pack of vicious dogs that attacked and butchered your child, would you be satisfied that killing a couple of the dogs would prevent your other children from being attacked from the remaining pack of dogs or would want to completely eliminate the threat?

India recovered a mostly intact PL-15E. I wonder how much NASIC is willing to Venmo India...

Dos Gringos is back and having a concert this summer! https://www.truefans.fm/the-afterburn-podcast/681bab62e04604441221174e

I may disagree with the intensity of your statement, but not the overall point you're making. If the non-HAMAS Palestinians want to take a stand against that death-loving cult, then they need to do it...otherwise, they are unfortunately guilty by association.

My response was in regards to the US getting involved in some form of middle eastern nation building. Any plan that has US troops involved, I can't get behind.

I think they changed it recently but in years past GO pay had a scale that increased over time like everyone else. However, actual basic pay for O-7 to O-10 was (and still is), limited to level II of the Executive Schedule. That limit number was lower than the pay amount for their rank and years of service on the chart. While on active duty take home pay was limited but for retirement their pay was calculated off the higher number in the chart.

The validity of the Gaza Riviera plan is this: There is *no* solution where 2 million+ Palestinians are living in Gaza, and Israel remains as a Jewish state. Period. History does not equivocate on this. The only solution is the same solution that humanity has turned to forever: migration. The Palestinians must be moved somewhere else. Either incorporated into a collection of existing Muslim nations or, more likely, moved to a new territory that borders more than a single nation of people the Palestinians believe God wants them to murder. Any other suggestions of a two-state solution with the current geographic reality are either ignorant or disingenuous. No one thought a country as developed and Western as Germany would systematically round up and slaughter millions of Jews and other Europeans in the Holocaust. People will be equally shocked by what happens in Israel or Palestine the next time a global conflict keeps the attention of the rest of the world focused on their own problems.

Not to mention the dogs have been killing your family members for *decades* It's such a delusional way of looking at the world. I don't get it.

It’s a fascinating shift in American politics to see what is essentially “old school” 1990s Democrat policies - union supportive protectionist tariffs, tax hikes on the wealthy - be simultaneously despised by those who call themselves democrats and embraced by those who call themselves conservative. Interesting times.

I thought Amazon gift cards was the preferred payment method...

DOGE said they can't afford to pay the 145% tariff

Two things can be true at once. Biden pier = really fucking dumb idea This houthi debacle = also really fucking dumb idea 😂 yeah you might be waiting for that confirmation a while.. Administration: "my fellow Americans, after talks with the houthis we can now confidently confirm our strategy was completely pointless and we are now back to square one."

I think Eisenhower would have thrown up in his mouth if he knew how bloated the command structure had become. Bravo.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-orders-military-pull-library-192211948.html Please Pete, tell me there's nothing more important that a good ol book burn. How many hours will be spent on this? How many hours so far? Wait, there's a panel of people? DOGE them, money saved. Does the list include the Bible, seeing as it contains racism? The buzzword is on the ban list. JFC Pete, do you need help figuring out priorities?