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Fair enough I read that as a direct response to me. I don’t get the lefty wackos who are pro abortion but anti death penalty either. And just for the sake of stirring the pot: Pro life but pro death penalty is also kinda a funny one because its a value system that assumes all life is a sacred gift from god but then I guess if you do enough bad stuff the courts can just have you killed

Didn’t see the abortion pivot coming but regardless my objection isn’t moral. He should absolutely be executed. My objection is strategic. The way in which we’re choosing to execute is a strategic L because it him gives him exactly the infamy and PR and high profile martyrdom Islamic extremists are after

Absolutely agreed on the timeline. The appeals process taking years or decades is a total foul. But high profile mass shooters/terrorists know they’re gonna get caught and ultimately executed. They’re looking for infamy which is exactly what this gives them. This is exactly the reason a number of news outlets I respect have stopped naming shooters. The coverage is exactly what drives motivation for more of this stuff. A big publicity stunt execution and political food fight about it only elevates the profile of a dude that should be completely forgotten.

Think this goes here: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-livestream-army-execution-fort-hood-shooter-pentagon-official-says-2026-10-08/ In a sane world this would be done quietly so we remember the victims and never speak this dudes name again. Instead we get the quintessential Trump/Hegseth routine where we turn it into a gross PR media circus and give this guy 10,000x the publicity he deserves. Idk or maybe not wanting to watch a live-streamed execution is just my low-T talking

You know.. you're not wrong I need a longer memory. Although I'd argue it's not worked more times than it has. Also our acquisitions process is exponentially more f*ed today than it was at the time they were building F-4s, but that's more of an indictment of all programs not just joint ones

Very well could be and idk if they’re related or not

Trump also said they "were looking to do big damage" and they "had been under joint surveillance by U.S. and British authorities for a long time." Except from what's been reported it looks like suspicious activity was noticed and called in by some random local farmer and then turned out just to be fuel thieves?? Also you don't just up and move 12x bones in 24 hours without max effort of everyone involved. I'm sure they were jumping through their assholes to make that happen. Seems like some potential new threat caught them by surprise or we're not being told everything about the original dudes. But who knows. At this point this is the kind of scattershot messaging retardation we've come to expect from this admin. At least it's a win for the crews though, now they get to be at home with their families to watch the 69th round of [negotiations -> oh wait nevermind we're threatening obliteration again -> nevermind back to negotiations] rather than flying once a month and watching paint dry at a forward operating location

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/04/us-b1-bombers-uk-base-security-concerns/92095345007/ 👀 12/12 jets evac'd short notice.. guess there was still something concerning going on

Surely having one company make similar combat aircraft for the sister services will boost efficiency right.. right??

TWZF-35 Canopy And Weapons-Bay Door Loss To China: Separatin...What we know and don’t know, and the potential security impacts, regarding the real possibility China has major F-35 components in its possession. What we know and don’t know, and the potential securiConspiracy angle: this is INDOPACOM’s desperate cry for attention in the hopes they get their patriots and thaads back

Babylon bee proving yet again they have the capacity to be actually pretty funny as long as it doesn’t involve criticism of Israel

I was tracking with you till this part.. who gets to decide if someone is integrating enough? What’s the standard there? Is the Chinese family who doesn’t speak a word of English running a Michelin starred dim sum restaurant in San Francisco Chinatown integrated enough? Is the Hasidic Jewish community integrated enough? The Amish? Or does this standard only apply to very liberal leaning portions of the upper midwestern muslim community

the issues are quite clear but if you really need me to spell it out for you; -I believe that tariffs without corresponding domestic manufacturing initiatives are self sabotage. -I believe that we are engaging in a Middle Eastern intervention for Israel that is not in the American interest. -I believe that our military intervention for Israel has achieved none of its stated goals. -I believe that support for this war has dropped to historically low levels because of the incoherent messaging and strategy from this administration. -I believe that Americans feel betrayed by Trump based upon the fact that he ran on no new wars, and then immediately launched a new war. -the president is promising money for votes -Republicans refuse to condemn any of this.

I commend you on your consistency but they’re really not the same thing. One is a real policy prescription, albeit misguided, to address a problem in the country. It also stems from the genuine belief that ‘healthcare is a human right’ (FWIW I disagree.. it’s a commodity/service,) but it’s pretty obviously different from a naked buying-votes scheme. Literally just offering money if they win is cartoonish levels of anti-american villainy. I’m not worried because 99.9% of what Trump says is complete and utter bullshit that will never materialize, but it’s funny that other than you it’s crickets in here. We both know if a dem proposed anything like this the thread would light up like the 4th of July.

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