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That pier on the Gaza coast should fix everything in the Middle East.. I realize the whole speech was complete feces, but that one really made me laugh. I’m embarrassed for that old demented douchebag who has been a disgrace for decades and is just further cementing his legacy of dumbassery.

Bill Whittle, yet again, crushing it with a new Video Documentory/History series on the USSR. It’s called “An Empire of Terror”. First episode (just over an hour in length) is now available on the Daily Wire, it.s found under the “What We Saw” link. If you have access, I’d recommend all of his series (Daily Wire or BillWhittle.com). They are well researched and documented histories (“The Cold War; What We Saw”, “Apollo 11; What We Saw, and now “An empire of terror”).

This might change the viewer experience for those not able to attend live. Pretty amazing that a drone can mostly keep up.

The greatest band in human history off of one of their epic albums. So many great tunes, starting in 1973 through the late 70's, but this is one of my favorites. I realize the 70's also ushered in disco, so not everything was good back then.

Gang load the oxygen regulator, you’re suffering hypoxia. The people “tasked with doing something” is the current administration who’s ignored the law and opened the “door” and told every douchenozzle in the world to “come on in”.

1. I know half of you heathens won't care, but what the heck is bidens DOJ doing trying to throw 6 Christians who sang and prayed in the hallway of an infanticide facility in jail for 11 years. This administration is a complete dumpster fire but they are also incredibly evil at their core. The DOJ has never even attempted to investigate the numerous fires set at churches and pregnancy crisis help centers over the last 3 years but sing at an abortion center and get charged under the FACE act. Unfrickenbelievable. 2. Polk County Iowa charging the navy vet for knocking the head off of a satan statue with a "hate" crime. YGTBSM ... just evil to its core (plus completely full of feces on both charges).

Skitzo, exactly right. I'm def not a Taiwan expert but we spent a semester in HS on Taiwan history so know more than the average American. I was there under martial law so was told not to discuss these type issues with any Taiwanese. Back then the KMT had full power under CKS (1949-1975) and then his son Chiang Ching kuo through the 1980s. Severe punishment/control was exercised over any dissenters during that time period. CKS screwed Taiwan in the long run insisting that Taiwan was part of China and he/they would take back all of China eventually with him as leader. When that failed, it trapped Taiwan into their current position of limbo between full nation status and a claimed province of China.

It's been more than 100 years since China had anything like control or even a cooperative relationship with Taiwan. I lived there from 1970 through 1980 (HS graduation) while it was still under marshal law with the US protection and support. Before we were there, Japan ruled them for 50 years from 1894/5 through 1945 when we liberated Taiwan. Before that the Dutch, Portuguese, and several other countries had brief periods of "control". Before that the Qing dynasty had some control but really even back then it was its own ruled island (rough terrain, numerous people groups, largely untamed). China has no right to claim Taiwan at all.

Trump is a douchebag liberal and sadly he and Biden are what we deserve as a country fascinated by pop culture and lifting up our most depraved, ignorant, and mentally disturbed as heros and people to emulate. DeSantis is who we need. Rational, sane, and from all reports moral. He was able to cross the aisle in FL and get things accomplished that fosters human flourishing by strengthening the family and protecting the most vulnerable among us. He's only a man and couldn't have done miracles, but I think he could have been the grownup we've been missing at the national level lately. Our society has been damaged by the ever increasing move to the left over the past 40 years (or more). We no longer strive for excellence, law and order, morality, and goodness. Even the classical liberal ideas (that I still reject for the most part in favor of conservative principles) have washed away and been replaced by the more radical leftist ideology that permeates the social/political landscape. We even too often embrace radical libertarianism which doesn't work in community. In a vacuum, "live and let live" might sound good, but in a society it falls apart quickly. Our actions impact all of those around us, and nobody is ever truly that island some declare each of us to be. The "Law" informs and even shapes societal norms and cultural behavior/expectations. Once we completely abandon law and order, which in some jurisdictions we seem to be doing, we're in real trouble.

Unfreakingbelievable. How can any sane person even question the holocaust? I say make any doubter sit down with a survivor for 5 minutes (fewer and fewer are still around), visit any of the "camps", view official military slides/pictures, and read and write a report on a few historical accounts from prisoners and guards. I'd say with most genocides that have occurred, we don't really have the true account of how many died/tortured. It's like the killing fields in Cambodia (est. 500,000 to 1.3Mil), Hitler's rampage (est. 11 to 12Mil), Mao's ccp murders and starvations (est. 30 to 80Mil), Stalin's/USSR's mass executions and starvations (est. 28 to 126Mil). Wide ranging figures and scholars can at best guesstimate with available documentation and witness testimony.

From AOPA: Driver's license and the student pilot certificate: The Sport Pilot rule allows a pilot to fly light-sport aircraft without the need for an FAA medical certificate. However, a sport pilot must hold at least a current and valid U.S. driver's license in order to exercise this privilege. The only exceptions are for operations in a glider or balloon, which does not require a driver's license. A person using a current and valid U.S. driver's license must comply with each restriction and limitation imposed by that person's U.S. driver's license and any judicial or administrative order applying to the operation of a motor vehicle. That person must also meet the requirements of 14 CFR 61.23(c)(2), which states the following: Have been found eligible for the issuance of at least a third class airman medical certificate at the time of his or her most recent application (if the person has applied for a medical certificate); Not have had his or her most recently issued medical certificate (if the person has held a medical certificate) suspended or revoked or most recent Authorization for a Special Issuance of a Medical Certificate withdrawn; and Not know or have reason to know of any medical condition that would make that person unable to operate a light-sport aircraft in a safe manner.

I love how crappy the news is in vetting information. They keep reporting that she is the first AF member to ever compete in Miss America when this thread provides proof that statement is not true. Do news agencies even bother with legitimate fact checking, or is that job relegated to making sure nobody ever (news, social media, politics) says anything against leftist dogma?

The woman reporter tried to totally ruin her career and chances with that "gotcha" question. While 5 minutes ago, it wouldn't be the minefield question it currently is, she did pretty well dodging and not having to give a truthful answer while also not coming across as a complete leftist douchebag. Pretty well done on her feet there.

I saw that too. What a joke. To be fair, it might be Google or Expedia instead of United tracking that crap.

It's way cheaper to fly now than when I was a kid flying back and forth to Taiwan every couple of years. TPE to BNA was $1,000 in 1976, fast forward to the last time I flew that a few years ago (2015) it was $1,200. I just now looked ... $939 rt. I realize prices change constantly but that's insanely cheap.

throw out a dumbass scenario as a legitimate one, get results

If China attacked Hawaii, China would no longer exist as we currently know it. I'd launch everything we have that makes things glow from the West coast and destroy every major city, military complex, and populated region of China. There'd be no nuance about it. Obviously with Guam my calculus is slightly different but I wouldn't just fight a battle where we were losing men and women slowly in a meat grinder. If talks didn't work quickly then they might get hit with the same massive strike as in scenario 1.

YGTBSM ... allow almost the total number of American war deaths (from all of the wars we've fought to date - 1Mil vs ~1.3Mil) to save Guam?

Thats FUBAR. I'm not sure how/why you're getting off on seeing dead soldiers, much less soldiers from a country we aren't at war with. Putin sucks and Russia has no business in Ukraine, but I'm not happily celebrating that any of them are dying.

DEI and intersectionality should be returned to hell where they originated. When you seek to divide, it’s usually successful, to your detriment and to your organizations.

An oldie but a goodie. (Babylon Bee) CNN Forced To Cut To Commercial As New Political Commentator Adam Kinzinger Crying Again

Epic, that lard ass knows his landing is going to hurt, but he's like "screw it, full speed ahead".

I think pretty much everyone but Russia wants them to win. But we've done enough and don't have a pot to piss in right now anyway.

douchebags

It looks like this owner deleted the minigun option in favor of the out and back to Navy Brunswick lobster cubicle. Many a tweet trip from Plattsburgh and Loring to Brunswick was made in the 1980s and early 90s. Every time I made that run out of the 'burgh, there was another tweet there picking up lobster...I mean practicing PAR approaches.