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Not required, it was crystal clear what he was talking about for anyone who has the capacity to listen.

So you heard it, but did not listen to it - there’s a difference. To address this single point you (and that article) have cherry picked out to try and use as some beacon of “mental faculty loss,” Trump was talking to the cadets about the importance of momentum - finding it, keeping it, and if you lose it, recognize that and pivot. He used an allegory of a businessman he knew who lost momentum, made poor decisions whilst doing so, didn’t recognize it early enough, and thus he basically tubed his life. It was long winded (as Trump can be) and could have been shortened with the same allegorical effect, but the valid message in the allegory is clear…unless one wants to be a politically-motivated hack and try to completely misrepresent it by cherry picking a couple words and talking about it without any context. Trump is a loud mouth and showman, we all know that, but along the lines of public speaking and mental faculties, this speech was 1000x better than Biden or Harris could have given. And that’s not so much a compliment to Trump as it is stating how incredibly bad the other options were…but I digress.

Nice ludicrously leftist hit piece you referenced. I read the whole transcript - laughable to conclude this is something akin to Biden’s mental implosion. Yep, it’s got Trump flair in it, but his speech is a pretty average political leader speaking at a grad ceremony speech. He actually says a lot of good things and addresses many reasonable topics given the audience. It’s no orator of the century speech, but it’s not remotely what the left (specifically this article) is trying to make it out to be. Bottom line, going to the actual source once again proves to be much better than just immediately gobbling up some garbage article that popped on Google or a CNN link.

Dear God, please don’t let the Senate fuck this up.

Would Biff have dibs’d her?

That’s a hell of a lot of conspiracy theory there. Not to say there are no things that would benefit his companies, but to address a couple of those points: Starlink is a significant force multiplier in many ways - it is an excellent product that will continue to increase our military capabilities. It’s a better investment than much of what we’ve thrown at LM, Boeing, etc. USAID is complete garbage, not even a shell of what it was originally designed to be. Same applies to many orgs/sub-orgs that DOGE highlighted. The regulatory bureaucracy filled with unelected bureaucrats must die - it is not a negative to target those things for closure.

Ouch. Bummer. I had heard of some ANG ASOSs shutting down/changing mission, but didn’t realize it was that heavy.

Huh? What have you heard that I haven’t?

Sure, but still kind of a red herring for the situation. Saw it all the time - armed assets available for ODAs, but dipshits somewhere decide not to for zero valid reason. Employed weapons more than once after I proactively moved my “do nothing” XCAS container to another one because I talked to the guys night prior and found out their JTARs were denied. The ASOC actually got mad after they caught on because I was not “letting them do their job of managing air assets.” Similar type of level 69 dumbasssery with Niger, Benghazi, etc. etc.

Paywalled - what’s the gist of a false DUI arrest? I assume one would only make it as far as a blood test at the precinct before being let loose. So, what does the cop gain from that?

Probably right. I wonder how many times he’s heard “stop shooting yourself in the foot…” type comments and still charges on. Somewhere around 6.9 million is my guess.

Another consideration in the CIVCAS discussion is all these numbers thrown out there are many times sourced from NGOs and actors like Hamas (or ISIS, AQ, etc.) who massively inflate/lie about it. I’ve seen multiple times the UN and Red Cross blatantly lie about CIVCAS. It of course happens, but it is generally substantially less than reported (or at least the numbers at the hands of western nations). Arguments using western-caused CIVCAS as a cornerstone are built on extremely weak foundations.

It seems less than the first term…but yes, it’s still there and dumb, and he can’t control it.

Shed hunting from a helo - I’m in! As long as @Biff_T is flying and approves a 30 rack in the back.

The Palestinians voted for Hamas in 2006 - they can blame themselves for their shit sandwich.

“Deputies had been called to the boy’s house 50 times.” If there ever was enough data to get CPS involved, it was somewhere less than the 50th time.

There’s also an assumption here that he’s spent some huge amount of time on this topic. I doubt he’s spent much time at all on it, and therefore all these statements of “he has bigger things to spend time on” are just pissing into the wind. I don’t think it’s realistic to think he personally has spent shitloads of time at a desk solely devising plans and then executing them himself. That’s not how it works.

Shiiitttt, this guy hasn’t been TDY almost anywhere. He’d have an aneurism if he went to SE Asia or Eastern Europe.

I hope the maintainer hangs that LOR proudly on his wall. And to the guy who wrote it, you’re a douche.

I don’t think price control is the right answer, but I do think erasing the PBA position and reining in big pharma playing games with pricing (which seem illegal to me, but nobody challenges it, I don’t get it). Ultimately the best thing for people is to stop buying big pharma’s bullshit, literally and figuratively. They’re an evil industry with zero give-a-shit for anything beyond huge profits, people are generally better off without them and their products.

Fuck Pakistan. That is all.

The primary purpose the back seat will serve is intel, maintainers, etc. getting FAM flights. Good deal for those guys. For the AD side, the WSO mafia will win and they’ll put two dudes in a jet to get 1/2 the SA and capability…except for the 6.9% of the time crew composition that actually nails it, I’ll concede that does exist every once in a while.

Hollywood is absolute trash. Trump is fucking this one up - please by all means Hollywood scum, go elsewhere, and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Valid, and it also describes 99% of the gov, regardless of political affiliation. The whole lot of congress is mostly rhetoric and nil action. It’s all about elections and not about getting shit done, whether R, D, or I.