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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.

Suspected shooter’s social media posts show shift from video games to political rage "Investigators believe that the posts, as well as information taken from multiple electronic devices seized over the past few days, show Allen’s animosity towards Trump and his administration, sources familiar with the investigation told CNN." "Last month, the account posted to accuse Trump of being a “traitor” to the United States." "shared posts comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler" This story sounds so familiar, now where else have I seen this...🧐

Really?

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Anthropic and Trump: Is a truce near? Really worth the read if you want to see under the hood of our U.S. of AI and the ongoing efforts to bring more into DOW and three digit organizations.