Lord Ratner

This was spotted immediately. It won't matter: "I don't recall" He doesn't have an immunity deal contingent on testimony in a criminal trial as a witness. He already has immunity, and no amount of pretending he forgot everything will change that.

Here's what I would do. Pull up everything the intel world has on Biden's dealings in Ukraine. Whatever he was doing, we assuredly have intel on. So let's assume there's dirt there. Roll into office and in the first week grant Joe Biden and his entire family blanket immunity for the same timeframe of Hunter's pardon. Tell everyone that the country needs to move on and heal, and even though Biden tried to use the Justice system against him, President Trump isn't going to perpetuate the cycle. Then declassify everything regarding the Bidens. A little sunshine will do the country well, and roaches hate it.

When you turn on the "uncommon" filter you see some names that can only be explained by a lifelong commitment to opioids. Then you realize that a name only shows up in the database if at least *5* people were given that name in one year. 😳

I never said they would win 🤷🏻‍♂️

I made a program a while back to help my wife and I pick names for our kids. I decided I wanted to see just how good the newest AI models were at coding (spoiler alert, incredibly good) and reconstruct the program with all the bells and whistles and a unified login system. I'm probably about a day or so away from beta testing, so if anyone would like to use the program, just send me a PM and I'll get you and your spouse set up with accounts. The Baby Namer 9000 allows two parents to independently rate names from the social security database then compare their ratings to instantly see what names were favored by both. You can also see statistics going back to 1880 to see what names were popular during what years, how many people share the name, and adjust your settings to set cutoffs for what names are popular, common, and uncommon. There's about 120k names in this thing. You can also leave comments on names to help you remember what you did or didn't like. Once you activate the setting to let each other see your ratings, you can go back and change your scores to make your spouse happy 🤣😂. All I ask is that you provide feedback on what worked and what didn't. I'll have Claude make the fixes and I'll keep your account active until the birthday of your kid. Thanks!

Gotcha. So no clue what you're talking about. Just checking.

Maybe so, but I didn't think that's ever been proven, and it would be terribly disappointing to know that the Chang incident was just a one-off. It's the difference between a Rembrandt and finger painting.

Nah, Chang was a brilliant troll-job. Bashi is the clown who's only "trolling" when it gets him out of a corner. Besides, sadly there are a lot of Republicans who are taking such a simplistic and ignorant view on foreign policy. He's a clown, but he's part of a very big circus.

Hang on, what? On which particular issue are you opining? Jefferson and Washington were the farthest things from allies. And Jefferson was fiercely interventionist. He resigned specifically because of his desire for the US for fight with/for the French during the revolution. There's a part of me that deeply hopes you are as stupid in person as you are online, it would be intensely entertaining. But I know that's not likely.

What's the issue? Civilian led military. He's not even the 6th person in the last 70 years (very weird metric) to fill this role.

This seems very simple. You want conscientious objector status? No. What's the next crisis?

I've said this here before. The "AI" that exists currently is sufficient to make an anti air missile that is inescapable by any existing aircraft. I'm guessing Anduril or Palantir are already working on this, but in the end the human G limitation will make it impossible for a manned aircraft to escape this technology. There is a reason we are so aggressively blocking China from obtaining any of nvidia's most advanced chips. It won't matter, the processing power required for these models is already plummeting, and older video cards are capable much more than just a year or two ago. It does make me wonder if we will see a return to guns as a primary anti-aircraft weapon. Creating an unmanned fighter that is capable of out-maneuvering whatever plane it is following and responding faster than any human can would make it relatively easy to get within range of a target and use cheap bullets to take it out. Reusable anti-aircraft drones would be a better value proposition than blowing up $100k in processing power with every launch. It's going to be an interesting decade ahead.

I don't know what you're talking about... My wife is definitely not looking over my shoulder right... now..

Stop with the PC Charger! I've already blown my gun budget for the year.

You say this, yet it is belied by actual testing. I'm not disputing that a meth'd out burglar can survive a few incorrectly-placed shots of any caliber (probably not BMG...), but that doesn't really prove one thing or another. Too many people in this type of discussion assume that birdshot at 20 meters = birdshot at 5 meters. That's largely true for 9mm, 5.56, 300BO, or even a slug. It's not remotely true for shot. Shattering the rib cage and embedding in the heart is going to stop a crack head. But like you said: Paul (RIP) also goes over using turkey loads in another video. Again, making the determination that you'd rather have longer range, or a different weapon to wield, all valid decisions. But that's different than saying birdshot doesn't work very well. It doesn't work as well, but it also is the only option that meaningfully reduces the chance of collateral damage from a stray shot, and effectively eliminates the possibility of shooting through the burglar/rapist and still poking a hole in a loved one. That's probably going to be fine if you live in Texas. But you don't want this mindset in trial. If you've never been on the other end of a talented prosecutor, you might not appreciate how much of your own words will form the basis for your conviction. It's not a pleasant experience. And you won't find and attorney who would suggest you say that in trial. I'm going to requote you to hammer in the point: To everyone else, don't ever say this. Ever. Repeat after me: I was trying to stop the threat. In the state of Texas you can use deadly force to stop someone from stealing your property, even if they are fleeing. Consider the jury sentiment in this scenario as opposed to shooting a 6"5' meth head with a history of rape convictions. Were you trying to kill the 16 year old you pointed your gun at, or just protect your property? Being prepared to kill is very different than trying to kill. Anyone planning to use a gun to defend themselves, their friends, or their property should be listening to guys like Andrew Branca to understand these distinctions. No matter how solid your case, your fate is in the hands of a government attorney and 12 Americans who were probably too dumb to get out of jury duty. Start thinking, acting, and preparing accordingly. None of this means aim for their leg or any other such nonsense. But we don't live in the wild west anymore, and there are people who would rather you and your family be raped and killed than to have a "victim" of the system get shot to death in your home. Ignore this at your peril. I'm not trying to be in SOCOM. I'm trying to defend my family and prevail at the inevitable criminal or civil trial. That's it. The ballistics are clear that in close quarters, birdshot will absolutely ruin a perp. And finally, the benefit of bird shot is when you, the defender, decide that the concern for inadvertently penetrating a wall and killing a kid is sufficient to override the desire for military-level mortality rates or capacity. I do not consider the possibility of multiple hardened targets invading my home to be realistic enough to justify making my primary home defense weapon a rifle. The good news is that if I hear the thump and I see multiple intruders on the cameras, I can reach 6 inches to the left and suddenly .300BLK has entered the chat. Or just switch tubes to buckshot. Great dialog, like I said I love hearing other people's calculus.