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I presume the census data has some qualifiers (we know there was a case about whether or not illegals would be counted.) Regardless, per the CDC there were 3,605,201 reported births in the U.S. in 2020, down 4% from the number in 2019 (3,747,540). Per PRB.org there were 2,854,838 deaths in the U.S. in 2019. I don't know how the Census folks rectify the two numbers, if it is independent polling then there is obviously an issue with their collection methodology.

More cud chewing capability.

I've been been banging (sts), the birth rate drum for sometime, over ten years ago I visited Russia after having written a paper on just this topic. The war in Ukraine has had all sorts of second and third order effects including running the draft early, running a second round and just last week raising the age of service in Russia to 65. They are in serious trouble. There is another factor not discussed in depth in your numbers, immigration is independent of birth rate and adds large numbers to our population each year. The United States is the top destination for immigration, with 47 million immigrants the U.S. has the highest population of immigrants in the world. For the last 30 years the U.S. has taken an average of 1 million LEGAL immigrants each year. During the same period the U.S. has had a falling average number of births from 4 million to 3.6 million in 2020. As such we "officially add approximately 4.6 million U.S. citizens each year, of which 20% come from other countries. Illegal immigration is the game changer. The population of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has varied from 10-12 million over the past 10 years. We don't know how many have made it in undetected but in 2021 there were 1.7 million encounters according to CBP. CIS and U.S. Census data indicates approximately 1.3 million illegals made it in between Jan 2021 and Jan 2022, with the situation at the border and the future of Title 42 in doubt, the numbers are certain to rise. The impacts from illegal immigration are both positive and negative, the extent of which can be argued by others. What is clear is the increase in illegal immigration happened under Obama and now Biden. The numbers remained steady under Trump. Whatever your view, immigration (most specifically illegal immigration), will have a profound impact on our country by 2060.

Small point of order, there have been ZERO reported deaths from MonkeyPox. Not that I want anyone in my family to deal with the symptoms and scars but a small bit of perspective. I've been turned away from donating blood several times, not sure if it was the Anthrax booster, the burn pits or the European raves... Yeah except for that whole giving when they purposely gave 5,000 U.S. soldiers over 250 different chemicals including PCP, LSD, mescaline and BZ with the expressed purpose of testing for delirium. Oh and that time they lied about the Gulf of Tonkin. Wait there were WMD in Iraq. And eavesdropping on Americans through bulk collection. You are correct, simple shenanigans. Give me a call when you get closer young Jedi Nope, not one bit.

All too many threads have become politically charged (guilty myself), so let's have at least one thread to lighten things up.

Any of our flight docs care to provide an update of where the process stands today 2022? 14 year old son diagnosed age 8 with mild ADD, no hyperactivity, just focus. Prescribed 10MG Adderall XR. No side effects, has been straight A's, 4.24 GPA, all Honors/AP classes, National Honor society etc ever since. He wants to got to college then UPT (god help me), so trying to get a better understanding of what the current regs require for time off meds, waiver requirement and such. Thanks

DHS pauses disinformation board amid free speech questions

Amen, Lets get back to how the Russians suck. In this case deliberately hurting themselves to get off the battlefield.

Long-standing precedent that non-citizens still benefit from certain Constitutional protections, freedom of the press being one of them.

Agreed MAGA....or does that make me Ultra MAGA?

Turkey plays for Turkey as we saw with the F-35 S400 debacle. That being said Turkey has some valid concerns if you look at it from their point of view. His first point that it might increase risk is somewhat invalid given that NATO has already offered a security pledge stating they will protect F Inland and Sweden should Russia attack them. However his second point about support of terrorists has some validity if you look at it through he Turkish lens. Whatever you belief about the Kurds, Turkey has been fighting them for a long time and has classified them as terrorists. Sweden and other Scandinavian countries have expressed overt support for the Kurds and welcomed them into their country. In the end I think Erdogan will relent and vote in favor, but he will likely try to extract a quid pro quo in exchange.

I don't think you are soapboxing, I think Danger41 summed it butter than I could. Steve as a journalist operating under the freedom of the Constitution and the 1st amendment, told the story, bravo. I am assuming you are not saying Steve can't report what he finds as a journalist. I agree that folks with classified knowledge have no business discussing things with the press or anyone not read in period dot. When I say Doc's story deserved to be told, perhaps I should caveat, I mean to his family. There is probably some middle ground but DoD never seems to find it. The family deserved some details and instead of "your loved one died in a crash, sorry", I would have handled it like this - "Unfortunately Doc passed away in the crash of a classified aircraft. It happened when he attempted to land but there was an issue with said classified aircraft and Doc was forced to initiate a very dangerous go around that ultimately saved the life of his backseater. Doc attempted to eject but his seat failed and he perished."

Biden's new Ministry of Truth Czar says "Verified" people like her should be able to edit other users tweets. She gets to decided what the truth is... I know I know...trust the government, chew your cud citizen, all is well. UFB Lunatic.mp4

Have to disagree brother...publishing the details of the accident reveal nothing that everyone doesn't already know. There are hundreds of photos on the interwebs like the ones below that reveal far more than a landing incident and failed ejection. Doc's story deserved to be told.

Funny...but I wanted to be a proctologist so I could fix assholes like you. 🥃

And it is working! Can you imagine if they put some guidance on it...

Ukrainians are droning the crap out of the Russians with small UAVs.

Did the same in 38's with a travel pod. Lobster and ice at Westover, made it back to Laughlin nice and fresh.