January 23Jan 23 15 hours ago, Standby said: Ok, what about this one then? https://x.com/AzevedoAlves/status/1882122716268126418 Edited January 24Jan 24 by uhhello
January 24Jan 24 7 hours ago, dream big said: When factions of the Democratic Party hate this country through its foundations, and have actively pursued policies detrimental to this country, it is natural that the thought of making this country great would trigger them. Mental help is always an option. True. American exceptionalism has been a target by the left for decades. A claim that America is, or at least was, great implies that it is greater than other countries, which the left can't accept. Everything must be equitable, so if something is greater than other things, it must be broken down to be only as ok as everything else.
January 24Jan 24 19 hours ago, ClearedHot said: One aspect of this idiotic argument that has bothered me since day one is turning the acronym MAGA into a bad thing. What is so wrong with making America great again? It hit a nerve and the left knew it, they controlled much of the press so suddenly it became racist to want America to be great. Pure insanity. shows you the power of media propaganda. it was a brilliant strategy by the democratic party.
January 24Jan 24 Watch the 2016 movie The Congressman. The “Bellamy Salute” was brought up then early on. The Congressman, a Vet, is being hardly questioned about patriotism. Actor Treat Williams did a great job.
January 25Jan 25 10 hours ago, Sim said: I'd say the probability of our new SECDEF making decisions that in the best interests of America and our young people serving in the military is higher than the historical average.
January 25Jan 25 The boy on the right can't hide what he thinks of the outfits they're forced to wear.
January 25Jan 25 2 hours ago, uninformed said: The boy on the right can't hide what he thinks of the outfits they're forced to wear. Dad, why aren't you wearing one?
January 29Jan 29 Author Damn, cuz! Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ar-AA1y0WqE
January 29Jan 29 12 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said: Damn, cuz! Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ar-AA1y0WqE He certainly is an interesting choice. I agree with some of his thoughts on nutrition but dude is outright whacky on vaccines and some other items. At least one good thing came from his nomination, Red Dye 3nis now out in the U.S. matching the rest of the world...please don't cry about your fruity pebbles.
January 29Jan 29 On 1/23/2025 at 5:20 PM, Standby said: Ok, what about this one then? https://x.com/AzevedoAlves/status/1882122716268126418 y are u nazi tho? Fr fr, on god, skibididi toilet no rizz. Edited January 29Jan 29 by LookieRookie
February 12Feb 12 Tulsi is in. Curious as to what she’ll do in the next several weeks now that she’s in charge of the intel community. The intel community/progressives were fervently against her so there must be a reason they were so worried.
February 12Feb 12 Tulsi will be fantastic. and Mitch McConnell was the only republican to vote against her. Fuck that guy.
February 12Feb 12 I think Tulsi will start with whoever put her on the 'Quiet Skies" watch list that got her the full Monty colonoscopy everytime she flew anywhere.
February 15Feb 15 Well I guess it’s a good thing that Kanye wasn’t in the running for any cabinet positions
February 19Feb 19 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts/ BOHICA - Trump admin directing DoD to prepare for massive cuts in defense spending. Of note, Congress controls appropriations, at least under the U.S. Constitution, but who knows now... 5 years of 8% cuts, plus 5 years of projected 2% inflation equals an effective 40% cut in DoD spending by 2030 compared to if you kept the DoD budget flat. Plus the admin wants to add a significant new mission of policing the southern border. So...do more with less money & manpower. This is much worse and dumber than the 2013-2014 sequestration that was intentionally designed to be as dumb as possible by Congress to motivate itself to work. If this is the admin's starting position, Congress, including the GOP, is FAR FAR from it based on their draft reconciliation bill. Why Trump who is "very strong on the troops" wants to cut the Pentagon budget by 40% but also give us new expensive missions is not something I have an explanation for. Edited February 20Feb 20 by nsplayr did the math wrong - they want 8% cuts each year, not 5%
February 19Feb 19 27 minutes ago, nsplayr said: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts/ BOHICA - Trump admin directing DoD to prepare for massive cuts in defense spending. Of note, Congress controls appropriations, at least under the U.S. Constitution, but who knows now... 5 years of 5% cuts, plus 5 years of projected 2% inflation equals an effective 30% cut in DoD spending by 2030 compared to if you kept the DoD budget flat. Plus the admin wants to add a significant new mission of policing the southern border. So...do more with less money & manpower. This is much worse and dumber than the 2013-2014 sequestration that was intentionally designed to be as dumb as possible by Congress to motivate itself to work. If this is the admin's starting position, Congress, including the GOP, is FAR FAR from it based on their draft reconciliation bill. Why Trump who is "very strong on the troops" wants to cut the Pentagon budget by 30% but also give us new expensive missions is not something I have an explanation for. Not to mention all the civilians we hired to alleviate additional duties now all being offered paid separation.. and their positions will not be able to be backfilled. I'm sure that will be a boon for morale. But I will say, I think we can find some room in the budget if we can be honest with ourselves about our biggest, dumbest, and most expensive mission: the collective delusion that we would actually fight WW3 against China over control of Taiwan.
February 19Feb 19 32 minutes ago, nsplayr said: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-pentagon-budget-cuts/ BOHICA - Trump admin directing DoD to prepare for massive cuts in defense spending. Of note, Congress controls appropriations, at least under the U.S. Constitution, but who knows now... 5 years of 5% cuts, plus 5 years of projected 2% inflation equals an effective 30% cut in DoD spending by 2030 compared to if you kept the DoD budget flat. Plus the admin wants to add a significant new mission of policing the southern border. So...do more with less money & manpower. This is much worse and dumber than the 2013-2014 sequestration that was intentionally designed to be as dumb as possible by Congress to motivate itself to work. If this is the admin's starting position, Congress, including the GOP, is FAR FAR from it based on their draft reconciliation bill. Why Trump who is "very strong on the troops" wants to cut the Pentagon budget by 30% but also give us new expensive missions is not something I have an explanation for. There is plenty of waste in the DoD we can cut without affecting ops or military personnel, the DoD is by and large the largest culprit of waste in the USG; if any of you have served time on a staff you know I’m right. I’d also offer that homeland defense should be the #1 priority of a military - I’m pretty sure it’s codified as such even in the previous admin’s NDS. I suspect we will retrograde from Syria pretty soon and Iraq to follow. If we cut down on some of the foreign skirmishes we are consistently involved in, there is more than enough resources to defend the southern border from let’s call them what they are, invaders. Now, will it be clean? Absolutely not, I expect some malicious compliance and it will end up being much more complicated than it needs to be. I’m hopeful that the culprits of any malicious compliance get the boot.
February 19Feb 19 7 minutes ago, Pooter said: But I will say, I think we can find some room in the budget if we can be honest with ourselves about our biggest, dumbest, and most expensive mission: the collective delusion that we would actually fight WW3 against China over control of Taiwan. Well I've got great news for you, I'm pretty confident Trump will not life a finger to defend Taiwan. To be clear, I do not support this position, just my assessment of what the current admin would do if the flag went up - they would turn their backs.
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