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11 minutes ago, Negatory said:

What is the NBC comment for? Explain it to me like I am 4 years old.

NBC is gay. 

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16 hours ago, Negatory said:

So is the gov seizing the means of production. Or is it?

Yes. 

Why is this okay? AI is a big deal.  We don't want to come in second in the race for AI dominance.  

Edit: In this scenario, I don't think it's (government intervention) a huge problem.  I mean we have NASA for space exploration.  AI and soon AGI will bring an insane amount of change to society.  The kind of change that people will kill for.  

 

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1 minute ago, Negatory said:

I thought the free market was superior in efficiency to government control or centralized planning? I am learning a lot on this forum.

I don't care about the free market as much as you think.   

But....Trump is bad!

On 8/24/2025 at 1:39 PM, Negatory said:

That is convenient for you!

I didn't think it was humanly possible to type with a lisp.  

On 8/21/2025 at 11:17 AM, Biff_T said:

Our politicians are garbage.  What else is new? 

Typing in all caps should immediately disqualify you from all public office.

15 hours ago, Lord Ratner said:

Typing in all caps should immediately disqualify you from all public office.

just connecting to the base 🙂

Deadly Airstrike On Cartel Boat Signals Major Shift In U.S. Drug Interdiction Strategy

The U.S. will continue to carry out lethal attacks against people belonging to drug cartels designated as narco-terrorists, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this morning. His comments came a day after the U.S. made a deadly strike on what President Donald Trump said was a drug boat operated by the Tren de Aragua (TDA) cartel, which is closely tied to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

“It won’t stop with just this strike,” Hegseth told Fox News about the attack he said is a “very clear” message to the cartels. “Anyone else trafficking in those waters who we know is a designated narco-terrorist will face the same fate. It’s important to the American people to protect our homeland and protect our hemisphere.”...

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A lot of people sharing their opinions on this op...
 

 

The Trump administration offered justifications for why it carried out a lethal strike against the drug boat instead of just interdicting it and arresting those on board.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said previous U.S. interdiction efforts in Latin America failed to stop the flow of drugs.

“What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them,” Rubio said on a visit to Mexico.

Earlier in the day, Trump said he was sending a message to the cartels.

“On the boat there were massive amounts of drugs,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office. “We have tapes of them speaking. There was massive amounts of drugs coming into our country to kill a lot of people, and everybody fully understands it. But you see it, you see the bags of drugs all over the boat, and they were hit. Obviously they won’t be doing it again. And I think a lot of other people won’t be doing it again. When they watch that tape, they’re going to say, ‘Let’s not do this.'”

3 hours ago, M2 said:

Deadly Airstrike On Cartel Boat Signals Major Shift In U.S. Drug Interdiction Strategy

The U.S. will continue to carry out lethal attacks against people belonging to drug cartels designated as narco-terrorists, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this morning. His comments came a day after the U.S. made a deadly strike on what President Donald Trump said was a drug boat operated by the Tren de Aragua (TDA) cartel, which is closely tied to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

“It won’t stop with just this strike,” Hegseth told Fox News about the attack he said is a “very clear” message to the cartels. “Anyone else trafficking in those waters who we know is a designated narco-terrorist will face the same fate. It’s important to the American people to protect our homeland and protect our hemisphere.”...

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I've always been a fan of "Out of Court Settlements"

7 hours ago, M2 said:

“What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them,” Rubio said on a visit to Mexico.

This statement woefully overestimates the value of the people on the boat, to the people who own the boat. But hey, it got a cool headline and maybe distracted from some files Pam Bondi promised she was going to release...

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised that Maduro at some point gets the Soleimani Treatment depending on how the stars align. Clearly the strike was a very public message the gloves are off. That said now we should use a lot of nonpublic strikes that don't make the news if we aren't already. Out of sight out of mind for all but the targets. Strikes at sea especially leave very little evidence behind. I know semi-submersibles are used to try and evade sensors especially from above though real USN Submarines excel at tracking acoustic signatures. Of course, if you're using a semi-submersible that's Prima Facie your up to no good and are a candidate to become an artificial reef.

To me our drone capability is perfect for these types of missions and has benefited from last 20 years of operations worldwide and present minimal risk to our side.

2 hours ago, Stoker said:

This statement woefully overestimates the value of the people on the boat, to the people who own the boat. But hey, it got a cool headline and maybe distracted from some files Pam Bondi promised she was going to release...

I think the intent behind the demonstration is to be a deterrent 

1 hour ago, uhhello said:

I think the intent behind the demonstration is to be a deterrent 

MOAB. That's a clear, but mistifying, deterrence-message.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, uhhello said:

I think the intent behind the demonstration is to be a deterrent 

The profits from a single drug boat making it in far outweigh the costs of rounding up the crews' families and telling them you'll cut off all their heads if they don't get in the boat and sail.

46 minutes ago, Stoker said:

The profits from a single drug boat making it in far outweigh the costs of rounding up the crews' families and telling them you'll cut off all their heads if they don't get in the boat and sail.

Okay?  Lets just keep doing the same thing then.  That's been working great.  I'm not saying this is some groundbreaking 'we're going to win this war on drugs thing' but I'd say it's a much greater deterrent than the status quo 

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1 hour ago, Stoker said:

The profits from a single drug boat making it in far outweigh the costs of rounding up the crews' families and telling them you'll cut off all their heads if they don't get in the boat and sail.

So we should let them operate unimpeded because they might hurt us if we resist?

No, they should fear us.  Every enemy should fear us.  I'm tired of policy by weak dick cucks.  Maximum violence is the answer to anyone seeking our harm.

Direct covert strikes (complete destruction and elimination) on every upper echelon Mexican drug guy’s houses, buildings, and businesses should happen immediately.

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