HeloDude

Wait, are you saying I’ll overall have less liberty with “King Trump” than I currently do with Biden?

1) Never trust the first DIM count 2) Given that it sounds like the weather was absolute dogshit and they were flying in the mountains…oh and that they’re Iranian pilots (I can’t imagine they’re any better than the Iraqi pilots I flew with), my bet is they’re all probably dead. 3) I’m sure Israel will be blamed for it somehow

So Trump is likely not to publicly name his VP pick until at the convention? Definitely a late announcement compared to recent times but I guess this way he can delay his choice based on what’s happening in the country, and it will also boost the coverage of the convention. One of the betting sites has Burgum as the favorite—I don’t see it, but what do I know? I’m thinking Scott or possibly Rubio. https://www.oddschecker.com/us/insight/specials/politics/20240514-donald-trump-vice-president-odds-latest-trump-vp-odds-have-doug-burgum-as-the-favorite

Ouch…shouldn’t we all be defaulted the benefit of being innocent until due process says otherwise? Maybe it’s a certain level of semantics, but “innocent until proven guilty” should mean it when we say it. I understand that precautions had to be put in place at times, and you couldn’t assume the accusation/issue should be over and done with until an investigation/due process has run its course, but if you’re not giving the immediate benefit of the doubt to the accused, (what I define as innocence), then I have even more serious concerns with AF leadership than when I was still AD (and I definitely had still had some serious concerns here and there with certain leaders). Maybe I’m just misunderstanding you or words mean one thing to me and another to you? Perhaps this is how the UCMJ reads and I’m just very ignorant of the matter as I was never in legal or a commander?

Zelensky has literally said his objectives are to regain all lost territory, to include the Crimea. I do not think this will happen, and I think the longer the fighting goes on, Ukraine loses more, not less territory. You can provide whatever analysis you want, but I’m speaking strictly on simple predictions which you seem to not want to provide. If I can provide a simple prediction to a simple question, then surely you are able to do the same. If I’m wrong, then so be it, but at least I’ll provide a prediction.

It’s literally the same question I asked earlier.

I’m sure just another $60B will do the trick. If Ukraine’s objective is to push Russia completely out of their country and regain the Crimea (as Zelensky has said), then Ukraine is most definitely not winning. I asked you a simple question if you or anyone else believes that Ukraine can regain all lost territory, including the Crimea, and you weren’t able to provide a simple yes or no answer. My answer is a clear no.

Ok, I’ll take all that as a no. Usually when you can’t win a war you try to negotiate the best terms you can make in order to avoid losing more territory, resources, and people. If Russia keeps advancing and Ukraine keeps on losing more, then how does continuing to fight vs attempting to negotiate help Ukraine’s cause?

Does anyone actually believe that Russia will be defeated and/or Ukraine will regain all its territory, to include the Crimea? Honest question.

The Sheriff is elected, where’s as a military leader is not. So it’s very unlike the military.

If only we had this a few years ago, then we wouldn’t have failed in Afghanistan.

With Conley, 3 of the last 4 AFSOC commanders will have been helo guys…all 3 had their first assignment in a Huey variant after getting their wings.

I think he’ll most definitely be on some drugs based on the last SOTU speech. But he also was aggressive/angry then as well, something that Trump can capitalize on if Trump on his A-game/better behavior. At this point, especially with immigration being a horrible joke, inflation continuing to rise, and Biden consistently polling in the upper 30s/low 40s for the last 1-2 years, I currently think it’s Trump to lose. But don’t underestimate the ability of Trump to say something really bad (again) or for the Dems to pull some crazy surprise in the later summer/early fall. This election will once again be interesting, to say the very least.

It’s good to know that the Congresswoman only think that white men are the ones failing in the country.

Sure, but there’s a difference between voting for someone and going to his rallies as well as voting for him. I’ll vote for Trump because I agreed with a lot (definitely not all) of his policies (even though I personally dislike him) when he was president, and I agree with very few of Biden’s and also think he has major cognitive issues…but I’ll never go to a Trump rally, even it was within a 30 min drive. So I think the rallies are a reflection of the differences in enthusiasm for the candidates, which is what the vast majority of the polls have been saying for a while. Now Trump still had far more people at campaign events in 2020 compared to Biden, but that was also in the height of Covid… which today very few people seem concerned. The vast majority of the polls also show that Trump is doing quite a bit better with minorities compared to 2016 and 2020. Add in the fact that Biden’s approval numbers have been in the upper 30s/low 40s for quite a long time…which no president in recent times have been reelected with such low approval numbers 6 months out from the election, and I think the nod today definitely goes to Trump. I think it will once again come down to turnout, and don’t underestimate the Dem turnout machine. I wouldn’t be surprised if either one when given how divided the country is, but if I had to put money on one today, it would be Trump.

While emotionally this might temporarily feel good, this also isn’t the answer. Prison shouldn’t be where we send people hoping that they’ll be harmed by other prisoners. I don’t blame you for saying it as I’m sure I’ve done the same in the past, it’s just that if we’re going to live in a better society then prisons also need to be decently safe for the prisoners. And that doesn’t necessarily mean they get video games, delicious meals, brand new gym equipment, etc.

I trust the worst gas station sushi more than I do Ben Crump. But that being said, from the looks of the video, that officer was most definitely in the wrong IMO (of course I’ve never been a LEO). And after a fair trial/if the jury agrees, I hope he goes to prison for a very long time. RIP to the fellow airman and condolences to his family. As much as I disdain corrupt and bad law enforcement, I do not envy the job of LEOs. I can’t even imagine the stress they’re under, but this situation most definitely can’t be the way of doing things. Personal liberty and freedom needs to be real and not just a cliche.

This 💯

There are several different threads I could post this, but since this one has been quiet lately, here it goes: So the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, the main agency advising Biden on economic policy, doesn’t really understand how the government borrows its own money.

I wonder what the Democratic Convention in Chicago will look like this summer…

I already said I’m against the income tax, you don’t have to sell me on it.

Seems like SWA continues to have some problems due to the Boeing issues… https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2024/04/26/southwest-airlines-leaving-airports/73465807007/

Perhaps I’m not ok with it because I know that it won’t just be the rich that will pay this new tax…in the early 1900s the implementation of the income tax was originally sold as “soak the rich” when it was enacted. Yeah, how did that work out for us? https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/the-income-tax-in-1913-a-way-to-soak-the-rich

Unfortunately any parent that is ok with their kid going to drag queen story hour is probably ok with them chanting this nonsense.

I don’t…if someone is so dangerous that we can risk them illegally obtaining a firearm then they should remain in prison (ie fufill their sentence). Once they do the time and are deemed able to rejoin society, they’re free, and should have the their rights restored. If not, we run the risk of a tyrannical government (even worse than we currently have at the federal and state levels) charging people for BS crimes, and giving them a “plea deal” to avoid prison (or a very light sentence), and there goes your gun rights. If you’re a free person, you’re free. As for background checks, same type of thing above…it is essentially asking for permission to exercise freedom. I think it’s hilarious that people still trust the feds after what we’ve been seeing that last several decades.