BFM this

https://thepopulisttimes.com/its-all-gonna-be-released-uncle-sam-trump-to-declassify-mlk-jfk-and-rfk-assassination-records/ Here’s hoping he doesn’t flinch this time.

I'm curious, and a first swing with the Google machine yielded few results: That's quite a few pardons for people never charged. Is this normal? Just something that we haven't heard of because it wasn't newsworthy? How many times has this happened in the past? I know that Presidents sign a lot of pardons in the 11th hour of their term, but what percentage are for uncharged individuals?

Solid "twoop" on the algorithm; rage = clicks, and that's what it homes in on. I've deliberately chosen to consume less of that space, for reasons that you've articulated. That said, I've consumed just enough to build awareness, which I think is a good thing. While I have no appetite to be confrontational with LE, (auditors, imo, are insufferable, but I will begrudgingly admit, necessary) I have enough awareness to not participate in what is clearly the LE cabal's game (cabal = stakeholders, department leadership, unions, legal profit farm). First line of defense: say less, if nothing at all. Record every interaction. Be polite, professional even. At the very least, understand Terry, Mimms. Never consent to anything, especially a search, and positively state that consent is not given. My biggest phobia is DUI stop/checkpoint. It's become clear that you could be sober as a mountain stream, but if that guy needs his nut, you're along for the ride. Trick is to keep quiet and maintain comportment, let them build the case against themselves. Drug Recognition Experts is nothing but a fleecing scheme cooked up by federal bureaucrats. ====BREAK, BREAK==== I deliberately left out LEOs in what I call the "cabal" above; like I said, I think they are patsy's in the bigger picture. Mostly wanting to serve, like many in this group. What's painful to see though, is that they are routinely exposed to traumatic experiences on a level that has decimated our veteran ranks to suicide. And like our Vietnam era forefathers, they are feeling ostracized and hated. But most importantly, and I really think that this is by design, the system is oriented to drive a wedge between the public and the line cop, fomenting the idea that the community and it's LEOs are somehow enemies. Unless you have a vision of Statism, it's an unsustainable path, imo.

Ooofff. That's even spicer than Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally.

That is the crux of the joke. It needs to be said. It needs to be remembered. This is the tragic disaster equivalent of “Learn to Code”.

For some reason the YT algorithm likes to throw a lot of these my way. My worthless opinion: The line grunt cops, for the most part, are the patsys in many of these situations. What's the tired refrain after an event that makes any sane person recoil?: said officer acted IAW their training and departmental policies. ...and therein lies the rub. Training and policy is oriented toward confront, escalate, and hook another chump up to the machine to be fleeced (arrest). No, of course we don't have any quotas...but your numbers seem to be a little off in this reporting period, I'm simply not inclined to approve your promotion. (Anyone else following the TN .00 DUI arrest story?) Legislators, executive branch, and LE stakeholders (department leadership AND the unions), have all followed the eroding terrain over decades (centuries in some subjects) toward a policing for profit business model. But this is key: each incremental step along the downward spiral has been tolerated or even sometimes enabled by the last line of defense, the Judiciary. At the end of the day I lay the blame at the feet of the courts. Terry, Mimms, Graham...somehow if the Court's error doesn't reach the egregious level of Dred Scott it must be okay. Qualified immunity and Civil Asset Forfeiture are two that are simply unconscionable by any rational person, and yet, here we are. At the end of the day, all of these serve to erode public trust in LE and keep the bond severed between cops and the public. My $.02

Apples to Oranges. Japan, RoK, and PI all put in effort and resources within their capability, in contrast with most of NATO.

An estimate from the internets:

Yeah man, right on!

Is it just me or was there no winner in that setup?

Sounds like you’re progressing well. Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. Continue with the updates!

Bought that setup last summer, now my primary EDC. Under winter clothes I’ve swapped the 11r mag for 15 in the well. Love it; going to start running it as BUG in IDPA matches to get practice engagements.

“It’s not common knowledge,” said Metzler. “You don’t want to advertise to the people that are working for you that there’s a legal way for you to break your contract if you start to feel weird feelings.” ADSC? Commitment? Service? …I think I’m having “weird feelings”.

While I can like your post for going deeper than [I just read headlines to fuel my rage], my leanings still tilt toward the soon to be DNI nominee. That particular interview was a couple of years ago, but most of what formed the basis for her positions on things like geopolitical affairs was already cemented, namely her education in congress. For a deeper dive and expanded presentation of her positions, I'd recommend giving her book a try; you can get it on audiobook from DoD MWR library. I would even go so far to say that she is not an isolationist, but rather holds to a FAFO military readiness posture (speak softly but carry a big stick), that runs contrary to contemporary DC's never met a conflict they didn't like mentality. And I wholeheartedly subscribe to her supposition that had this election gone the other way, we would have found ourselves in a nasty brawl, purely out of a need to assert the image of strength by a weak individual. I believe we dodged a big fucking bullet.

Unless this is some next-level sarcasm that is sailing over my head, I cannot disagree more.