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You're asking him to look past the numbers and get to a reason. Good luck. To him, minorities are just more violent, and less educated by nature. "Those people" are this way now, and always have been. I've had the same discussion with people where they're like, "Why don't they just move out of those neighborhoods?! If they didn't like it they would leave." Zero desire to dig into the issue, really look at the blatantly racist housing issues that kept minorities that could leave in bad neighborhoods (red lines, racist lending practices, racist development [ex. 80 through Omaha], etc.). Then, the war on drugs and mass incarceration at a disproportionate rate for minorities over whites, which crippled the families of what were generally conservative households.

If someone lies in their interview, and has locked down social media...not a lot you can do. Thankfully, the FBI can't just ask for access to see without a warrant of some kind. People lie man, I've seen it first hand...completely fine SF86 (right form?) and then they get a poly, "Oh, yea I forgot about x, y, z." Also, I'd venture some people don't think those extremist organizations are extreme. References to proud heritage, taking back the country, etc.

It's going to take longer than that, I expect there will be more OSI/CID/NCIS directed involvement to root out this sort of thing. It reminds me of stories my Dad would tell about local gang issues he had while he was running the comm workcenters while on the ship. Just more largely organized, which is worse. //break break// You guys thinking @slackline is a troll because he disagrees with you and won't back down is hilarious.

That link doesn't go to "that white people shit." But here's some "white people shit" for you - https://v.redd.it/vzpry1jq3qe61

Holy shit. Get to the ER, you've had a stroke.

I'm a prior-E, so I have some appreciation for the position. I also worked in mostly E environments my whole commissioned career (comm sq's, cyber ops sq's). While your opinion was not absent, it is extremely minuscule among the Enlisted Airmen that I interacted with. E-9 Cody on the other hand, I worked with one of his enlisted execs...oh the stories, also about his wife. Anyone who wasn't a Molotov Douche would be better than that guy, so EJ got some push from that. Do you mind elaborating on your interaction that caused your dislike? I got saluted by him as he visited our unit and I was leaving and he was professional and nice. Never thought I'd ever be in that position, so it was pretty cool to me.

Do believe illegal activities aren't allowed. I still got my clearance! 🤣

Hard disagree.

This was some of the most fascinating discussions on Jordan Peterson's videos on Youtube that I watched. It really highlighted how he wasn't some far-right nutjob, but you know...left gonna left. I still don't know why he gets so much hate outside the, "You can't make me say what I don't want to." I always wondered when I'd read about someone holding a lecture and people attending "in ye olden days," who the hell would go? After listening to his presentations, I get it. I didn't always agree, but it made me think hard about a lot of different things, and I appreciated it. Also good conversation with friends and family.

We have standards man.

This was a WILD ride - https://www.axios.com/trump-oval-office-meeting-sidney-powell-a8e1e466-2e42-42d0-9cf1-26eb267f8723.html I don't know how much of it is true. It was echoed in the other news outlets. Apparently there's a whole series, and podcasts. https://www.axios.com/off-the-rails-episodes-cf6da824-83ac-45a6-a33c-ed8b00094e39.html Want to be clear, I'm posting this for entertainment purposes only. 😆

No, but I got 1 friend who is. Why does it even matter. Can't call out bullshit where I see it?

To act like the riots over the exact same thing have happened over and over and over as well. Are we acting like "those people" just like to riot for no reason? I don't know. Dead dude because of a cops knee on his throat vs. QAnon, and the Pres "going down to the Capitol with them" or his lawyer wanting "trial by combat." So no, we don't agree.

So, I agree it is nutty and not a good look for anyone. However, the news the past decade has been about elites covering up child sex rings. Epstein, British House of Lords, Catholic church, etc. Sure, news loves pushing the narrative...but damn if it didn't at least hint to the conspiracy. Also, Epstein didn't kill himself.

Statistics was my favorite class in High School. Paid of so much in life, I think it should be required for all students.

Fun fact - There's great chef's everywhere. San Antonio had some AMAZING food. So does Houston. My 0 point PT waist is evidence of this fact.

We did just have an armed mob try and storm the capital to capture the Legislature. So yes, I'd say one more step towards a hell, however we can pull back. That's the great thing about our country.

Yea, that's why I made that comment about "merit based systems" in the other thread. People get ahead for all kinds of reasons, easy to deal with, extra smart, favors...not strictly merit based. Got a guy who's early to command I used to work with who was a complete douchebag who produced nothing but more meetings. Col Shitbird loved him though.

Yep, in 21 years I yelled twice. Once as a SSgt, once as a Maj. The Maj one was fun though.

Yep, got covid fat, have family history of issues, been denied life insurance. Each time someone comes to the house and they want medical history.

This so much. Closing the door and screaming loud enough that those outside can hear (justified, of course) is a wonderful corrective tool. Especially if that's not your normal mode, and no effective leader I've ever met was that way.

I'm pretty sure I heard this before - "Don't worry about what he says, he'll build a good team around him and get things done."

Yes, none of which they mentioned, then the CEO denied they had those issues that night. Why did all the other (Ameritrade, Schwab, etc.) halt buys as well. They ALL were having liquidity issues getting required margin to their clearing houses? Yes, you can have shorted shares > float pretty easily when you're just playing with margin and other people's money. Oh yea, and regulation is so lax to allow it among the Good 'Ole Boys. I'm generally pretty chill. But after 2008 I have an extremely hard time dealing with rage that I get thinking about these bankers and billionaires. For them to get away with no jail time, lying about their credit ratings then wrap themselves in the 1st Amendment, blame the people for buying houses they couldn't afford when there were predatory lending programs they set up. Fines of millions on billions of dollars of profit. And we still have hedge funds that double as market makers, and market makers that heavily invest into multiple hedge funds.

It's a short squeeze, it is fundamental. Happened in 2008 to VW as well. Will GME be worth 326 (current price) in a month, almost certainly not. But it's not going to be $4 either. The fact it was shorted 140% is ridiculous, and when you get the chance to beat someone betting hard with a bad hand...I guess if they're a billionaire we're just supposed to walk away. Fuck that.

Bought some GME @ $17, sold for a tiddy $1K gain at around $40. Bought some more @ $128 avg...still holding. This could tank, and I'm still up retardedly for the year. I am hoping I can get it up (STS) enough to cover a good chunk of a new deck I need. For real...we can't walk on it, it's a hazard. I watched some of AOC's stream last night, didn't seem like a horrible human being. Seemed like an American I don't always agree with. Get that "horrible human" shit out of here and into the Pres thread. She had interesting guests on I also didn't agree with but provided very interesting perspective. Funnily enough she spoke about this for a good clip. That said it's been a wild ride seeing the clear manipulation in the market: timed equal volume sells to drive down price, the short-ladders, and finally locking out buyers on cash accounts (me). How we don't have regulations against market makers also being/directly backing hedge funds is insane to me. Same as we used to have on banks...until we got rid of them then...boom...2008. Edit - here's the video of the dude that started it all: