HeloDude

Just a couple months ago progressives weren’t so supportive of the “rule of law” when SCOTUS overturned Roe and told states that citizens can can carry firearms outside of their homes.

This I’ll be worried when they’re worried.

If you haven’t seen the show “Severance” on Apple TV, I highly recommend it….soooo good. We’re about halfway through, so please no spoilers!

Well, they didn’t do this in the past ($25K to $35K), so yeah, I doubt they would do it this time. Your greatest voice is hitting the separate/retirement button…everything else is as effective as “hope and change”.

Wrong Choice!

FIFY

Does this mean I’ll have to hang out at Chilies like the rest of the peasants?

Really? Care to guess what it will be? Damn near anything is possible, but I just don’t see it happening, at least definitely not that soon. That all being said, if it did happen it would make for one interesting year!

It an interesting topic for sure. What’s your proposed timeline before we start seeing something substantial different than the status quo…ie, the CCP makes radical changes (or is overthrown?), China invades Taiwan, their economy goes into a depression, etc?

“Make for a good copy”?…the one I just shared is not a one off. This is seen across many businesses, the entertainment industry, the sports industry, the White House having to correct (or “clarify”) what the President says regarding Taiwan…on and on. While trade is being expanded to other countries compared to 10-20 years ago, that doesn’t mean that many interests in the US are changing their policies of not wanting to upset the CCP…I would actually argue that going above and beyond to ensure the CCP is not upset is overall increasing compared to 20 years ago. And it’s not “frustrating”, rather it just shows pure hypocrisy of those who subscribe to it. And it also shows that in the end…it’s all about $$$ not “human rights”, “women’s rights”, shall I keep going?

Not going to happen anytime soon…businesses are afraid to even call Taiwan a country for fear that they’ll upset the CCP and in turn could hurt their sales. Here’s one of the latest: “Mars Wrigley apologizes to China over Snickers ad that called Taiwan a country” https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mars-wrigley-apologizes-china-snickers-ad-called-taiwan-country.amp

Interesting—thanks for sharing. My thoughts are that the CCP isn’t going anywhere anytime soon (meaning the next 5-10 years at least). As for the tensions with Taiwan, the country has always been China’s for the taking…just depends on what resources they’re willing to expend and what backlash from the international community they’re willing to receive. But let’s not pretend that we’re willing to go to war with China over Taiwan, nor should we. As for the economic part, do we really want to stop trading with our largest trade partner (3rd for our exports going there, 1st for their imports coming here)? Yeah, let’s further destroy our economy. I do think it’s hilarious that the left tells us that climate change is our greatest national threat and yet we’re not tough at all on China to reduce their emissions.

Ugh…I’d much rather just take a relatively easy fitness test once a year (worst case twice a year) than be required to wear an electronic device every day(?) for an entire year tracking what I am/am not doing according to the Air Force’s liking. But that’s just me.

While I don’t disagree agree with you, there is one minor point you’re missing: The left can’t meme lol. So even though I’m much more biased when it comes to libertarian philosophies/opinions…their memes are also often more entertaining. https://unherd.com/2021/08/why-the-left-cant-meme/ Edited to clarify: While I don’t *disagree* agree with you…

Apparently progressives aren’t as pro-illegal immigration as they say…at least when it’s in their front yard. “Arizona and Texas have bused so many migrants to D.C. in the last few months that the city's asking the National Guard for help.” https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/05/pentagon-denies-dc-request-for-national-guard-migrant-help-00050162?fbclid=IwAR2Q5x_zkJOtg5Kt-iP_xnFTLHTTput3FbJaPPxdclJb2AVj8_tCzD1ccFw&fs=e&s=cl

Ugh, that’s horrible. So how was Kiev?

When you’re not doing well with the current definition, just change it. “White House says a second consecutive quarter of negative GDP 'unlikely' to be indicative of recession” https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/white-house-says-second-consecutive-quarter-negative-gdp-unlikely-indicative-recession

Plenty of people on here seemed to believe they would work. Many are those who also believed the forced covid lockdowns were a good idea. Emotional decisions don’t usually work out too well in the end… “Germany worries about gas rationing as supply from Russia halted” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/19/germany-worries-about-gas-rationing-as-supply-from-russia-halted

Just curious how those sanctions against Russia are working? “Saudi Arabia more than doubled Russian oil imports in the second quarter, freeing up their own crude for export” https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/russia-saudi-arabia-oil-fuel-energy-sanctions-inflation-ukraine-2022-7?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sf-bi-main&fbclid=IwAR3ESt3yq7zNbuJeefhAs2HEDiT7cFjrlAljLc5ZV0UqAEXAAG4cyw8rm60

Interesting video—thanks. Here’s the problem—at the end of the video, the narrator basically says that the high prices are because renewables are in and oil is on its way out (hence why oil suppliers don’t have an incentive to up production and can just enjoy temporary high profits)…but…ask yourself why renewables are the future, and define the future? The government has literally made it more difficult to get oil out of the ground and gas to the pumps, but yet the government is using tax dollars/regulation incentives to push non-fossil fuel energy sources/vehicles. So of course the government is largely at fault here since they’re literally trying to pick the winners and losers of the future. I’m all about better (and cleaner) newer forms of energy and transportation, but this is anything but the free market at work. So I agree, high (and higher) gas prices are here to stay and it will affect just about everything in the economy—food prices, airline travel, you name it. The question is how will the economy react?…I don’t think it’s looking too good.

So is this a protest or harassment? I’ve got plenty more other examples btw.

Wait…I thought the left called this “protesting”? It’s now called harassment?

In turn, the DoD then just says, “Fine…everyone back in masks”. Maybe? Who knows.