GKinnear

Listen Brochacho, you used Burke as an obvious example of the Trump admin for a) nominating Homan, who was of such questionable ethics that he would accept a bribe, and b) that there is an implied conspiracy by Trump, then directing the FBI to drop the charges...or else your "That makes perfect sense" comment is wildly misleading. You could also admit you didn't read the article, or chose to ignore the comment that there was no bribery as a fact of law, or admit that its a little sus that the Biden admin would choose to set-up a honey-trap (i.e. entrapment) investigation into the leading contender for the border security role...something he claimed he was unable to do without more laws from Congress, and was shown to be wrong about by Homan and Trump. The only reason it's being reported on is because Democrats in Congress are pushing it...just like the Ukraine perfect phone call impeachment, or the novel use of fraud statutes, or creative estimations of real estate valuation as the basis of a loan in which everyone made money, and there was no victim. I never said I wouldn't call out Homan guilty...but there was no initial suspicion to start an investigation, the Democrats have a history of chasing naked, raw political power since Obama was in office, and the weaponization of government (FBI, DOJ, CIA, IRS, etc) against Republicans and independents that get in their way. I'll close the same way I closed last time, but in a bigger font, and emphasized, since you missed it last time: Excuse me if I'd like to see a bit more before I get concerned.

Hold up Broseph... Burke's a distractor....you only brought up Homan, so that's what we're discussing. There's another thread about commander's getting fired if you want to discuss him there. Also, I never defended Homan...just the sloppy sourcing, and the fact is in the article you posted that elements of the crime weren't met. Outgoing Democrat admins have twice now tried to investigate an incoming Trump appointee...third time is a trend. It's Tuesday now and this issue has dried up in the media, so there's nothing there...good luck hoping this time it sticks.

No offense, but even Ms. Cleo knew you were going to post something about this. Key quote in case you didn't read the whole thing "...because [Homan] had not held an official government position at the time of the meeting with undercover agents..." It's difficult to get bribed if you have no governmental authority, one of the key elements of the crime. Also has anonymous sourcing, so excuse me if I'd like to see a bit more before I get concerned.

Yeah, still a good team, but not the same caliber since the Lawrence kid got drafted. NIL isn't helping the 'Clemson Way' either... Sent from my SM-S918U using Baseops Network mobile app

Should have just said the last part "our society is unwell" Looks like the assassin had a male-to-female trans partner...you know, like all Christian dudes. https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/charlie-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson-lived-with-transgender-partner/ Sent from my SM-S918U using Baseops Network mobile app

Yeah, you may be on to something there..."berate" is a bit hyperbolic, but it possibly shows a willingness to ignore the situation until it became national news.

Is it a provocative tweet...absolutely, and intentionally so. It forces the Democrats to continue defending the wrong side of an 80-20 issue to most people on the streets in big cities run by Democrats over the last century. It's curious how the last 2x times the Trump 2.0 sent in troops, in Los Angeles and D.C., Karen Bass and the LA City Council, Gavin Newsom and the CA Congress, and Muriel Bowser and the D.C. City Council, all remained in power and continue to this day in D.C. to exercise their rights and responsibilities as the duly and freely elected civilian government. I mean, if Trump wanted a takeover, he would physically remove the government and install a puppet local government, ala Iraq in 2004 under G. W. Bush in the immediate post-OIF op. I think Johnson and the fat billionaire Pritzker will be physically ok as their lie of "what else could we do?" is exposed against crime. Emotionally, they'll be slaughtered, but physically, they and their families will be fine. This experiment in freedom didn't turn to shit just because G. H. W. Bush, Lyndon Johnson, JFK, Eisenhower, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, Hayes, Grant, Lincoln, or Jackson sent in federal troops to local municipalities since 1807...lots of precedence in support of it. Until there's a direct and actual threat against elected governments, I'm less than concerned about troops moving in.

Trump DOJ is filing to unseal the records and Maxwell's grand jury testimony...seems like he's currently doing more than previous administrations (including his 1st) to expose the Epstein cover-up. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/19/nx-s1-5473430/trump-calls-release-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-testimony Of course, some if it is heavily redacted, and possibly unverified accusations from victims. Some of the accused may be guilty, some may be innocent...regardless the reputation of a lot of people on both sides of the political aisle are about to get crucified in the public sphere, I expect.

At least the Airmen and Soldiers at the Deid are in good spirits..."Fireball, BITCH!"

It's a done deal as far as DoD is concerned and in the hands of Congress. Good luck getting 218 goobers and 51 cats moving together in the right direction.

HELL YEAH, BROTHER!! Excuse the all CAPS...but I assume you're hard of hearing after being that close to nearly 36,000 lbs of awesomeness! When I was an EWO stud Lt at Randolph, I was lucky to be there when the 100th Century of Flight Tattoo was held. 2x jets set off all the car alarms in the parking lot...the BONE and the Phantom...and all my old-school G-model instructors were quick to point out the F-4 didn't need the afterburners to do it.

I'm not a financial expert...not that many of us are (paging @Finance_Guy)...but I've heard that the CBO uses fairly static analysis when scoring bills. So in this case, tax cuts are continued, but so are the spending levels...which leads to the that score. Just like the outyears in the FYDP, the numbers don't and likely won't reflect reality when it gets here. But it will be interesting to see if D's and R's are willing to actually cut discretionary, let alone entitlement spending. My guess is it'll always be the Party in the minority demanding cuts because they realize it'll never happen...and in four years magically the new minority party will wake up and realize they've always been fiscal hawks. Probably time to come up with a new club in on-line political arguments...

That's irrelevant to the fact that Hamas chose to attack civilians. Whether Israel provided support to Hamas or not, Hamas decided to act independently. It's not like Netanyahu had a secret plan to fund and allow Hamas to knowingly attack, rape, torture, kidnap, and kill Israeli citizens...which are both Jewing and Arabic. That's a 9/11-level "Bush knew / jet fuel can't melt steel" conspiracy.

...Which could have been avoided if Hamas hadn't decided to deliberately target civilians in Israel, and then hide behind their own civilian population. CIVCAS sucks, but if the Israelis wanted to kill Palestinan civilians, you'd think they'd be much better at it.

As a 2x time member of that club, it'll be interesting to watch and see what the study finds. But I won't be surprised if it ends up being a wash...too much politics in both directions.