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With most of these idiots, Trump could speak in favor of Hamas, Mullahs, or cute fuzzy puppies and the useful idiots would protest against Hamas, Mullahs, or cute fuzzy puppies. They are just anti-Trump.

You guys are posers compared to Pelosi. Insider trading? Duh. The Pelosis pull down a 54% return on investments By Joseph Curl OPINION: Joe Rogan, the man who has made millions just by spouting common sense, had another little pearl of wisdom back when he mused on just how former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got so rich. “How does that happen, like, the Nancy Pelosi situation? in front of your face. She’s never made more than $175,000 a year, but she’s worth 100-something million dollars. How does that happen?” Mr. Rogan said. A guest on his podcast answered, “Corruption.” “Corruption,” Mr. Rogan said. “Corruption. It only happens through corruption, and it’s transparent, legal corruption. It’s very strange.” Mr. Rogan seems to think there’s no other explanation, except possibly that Mrs. Pelosi is a clairvoyant genius. The Pelosi household had yet another banner year in 2024, proving once again that if there were an Olympic event for “lucky” stock trading, the former House speaker and her husband could give even the shrewdest Wall Street sharks a run for their money. According to recently disclosed financial filings, the couple raked in upward of $43 million last year, with their net worth ballooning to as much as $413 million from a measly $370 million. Not bad for someone who makes $174,000 a year in taxpayer money. The bulk of the couple’s wealth reportedly comes from a finely tuned, high-performance stock portfolio that apparently outpaces not just the S&P 500 but most hedge fund managers too. To recap the Pelosis’ greatest hits of 2024: • The Microsoft move: Five thousand shares sold right before the Federal Trade Commission launched an antitrust investigation. Pure luck? Sure. • The Visa vanish: Ditched 2,000 shares just months before the Justice Department came knocking with a lawsuit. A coincidence? Definitely. • Russian roulette: In February, the couple paid $600,000 to $1.25 million for a call option on cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks. In the oddest of coincidences, that same week the White House briefed lawmakers on a serious national security threat related to Russia. The shares rose nearly 20% in the following days. • The Nvidia windfall: Bought call options on Nvidia for $12 a share when the market price was soaring past $120. Result? A casual $7.2 million outcome on a $2.4 million bet. Truly, the pair must have studied at the Nostradamus School of Finance. The pair is already raking in the dough in 2025. In January, the couple bought call options for a little-known AI health firm called Tempus AI, which just happened to sign a $200 million deal with AstraZeneca. The stock price doubled. The couple also took out call options for energy company Vistra. And guess what? The stock soared last month after it unveiled that the company had signed a nearly $2 billion deal to acquire natural gas facilities across America. But back to last year. How did the Pelosis do? Their investment portfolio pulled in a whopping 54% return, more than double the S&P 500’s 25% gain. That return also crushed every large hedge fund, according to Bloomberg’s end-of-year tally. Maybe hedge fund managers should abandon the strategy books and start following PelosiTracker on social media, an app that tracks every trade the couple makes in real time. Yet amid the insane profits and eerily prescient market plays, there’s mounting pressure to put an end to lawmakers being allowed to freely trade individual stocks all while possessing insider knowledge that could move markets. Apparently, the public doesn’t love the idea of elected officials consistently hitting jackpots with information the rest of us mortals don’t stand a chance of accessing. Although Mrs. Pelosi has softened her stance on a trading ban, saying things like, “If they do, they do,” the whole system remains unsettling at best and shamelessly flawed at worst. Call it “free market democracy,” as Mrs. Pelosi often does, but when the rules benefit the few while the rest are stuck in the dark, it is clearly time for a change. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have hinted at supporting a trading ban, but will they follow through before the next elections? Shutting off the spigot could be a bold, refreshing move that actually shows taxpayers their leaders care more about governance than gaming the stock market. Because if making millions off insiderlike trading stays part of the job perks, expect an endless parade of candidates who are perfectly happy to trade transparency for personal gain. • Joseph Curl covered the White House and politics for a decade for The Washington Times. He can be reached at josephcurl@gmail.com and on Twitter @josephcurl.

This had been a lot like the oil filter commercial, "Pay me now or you can pay me later." Since 1979 with the takeover of the U.S. Embassy and holding diplomats hostage for 444 days, the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon killing 200+ U.S. marines plus some French troops, the exporting of IED expertise and materials into Iraq killing and maiming our troops, and funding Hezbollah and Hamas for decades maiming, killing, and kidnapping civilians, Iran has been hostile towards the U.S. Iran has been in the FA mode for a long time and finally we have an administration that introduced them to the FO side of the equation. This has been a long time in the making and the demonstrable Iranian track record is more than enough evidence that allowing them to have the most destructive bomb on the planet would be tragic for humanity.

An opinion from the Atlantic is a lot like gas station sushi and a wise person would not trust it.

The Israelis have now gone too far. Attacking the island nation of Lilliput, the Lilliputians will now have to respond in kind. They might be small, but they are fierce! Apparently, tiny people with tiny radars can overcome stealth technology. I bet the engineers at Lockheed Martin didn't see that coming.

It's been a few years but I recall hearing reports of the Israeli AF doing large strike package exercises in the Med. They would have strikers, escort, jammers, and tankers flying west a long way then turn around and fly home. If you measured the distance, flipped it on a map going east, you end up in Iran. Things that make you go, hhmmmm.

On another site I frequent, they did the flap vs gear retraction in the 787-9 sim at max weight and the jet flew fine IF you followed the HUD flight path cues.

RAT extends on the fuselage bottom right side just about even to slightly aft of the right wing trailing edge. I don't see it but it ain't that big. Flight aware data's shows they got to 400-ish feet AGL. Normal flap for takeoff is 5 degrees so leading edge slats and a little trailing edge flaps, 15 flaps on shorter runways. Flap retraction instead of gear?

Looks like it settles into the ground with the gear still down.

Apparently, the city, country, and state authorizes are unable to control the situation and need help.

Reminds me of laws or signs stating "Gun Free Zone.". Yeah, right. I'm sure some criminal type bent on criminal activity came across one of those signs and turned around because the sign said no guns. If someone is going to do something war or terrorist like with a drone, they don't care about your laws, signs, etc.

I'm not thrilled with the idea of using the military to get this under control but the city, county, and state leadership are unable or unwilling to use law enforcement to prevent destruction of property and attacks on Federal personnel executing their lawful duties. Democrats have pandered to these people for so long, they think free speech is throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails. FAFO.

We know those directly in politics will lie to win and not bat an eye. However, the alleged non-political media has done substantial damage to their reputation and are seeking to massage the narrative claiming "we didn't know Joe was a marginally mobile vegetable" despite having defended his senility for the last 4 years. We shall see how that argument works out.

Kill switches in solar panels from China? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14718749/China-secretly-installed-kill-switches-solar-panels-sold-West-Beijing-plunge-enemies-darkness-event-WW3.html

"Naked gunner hugs????". Not sure if that deserves a "WTF is wrong with you people" or a Seinfeld "Not that there is anything wrong with that." The only naked Hawg driver I recall was one of the guys on an Atlantic crossing going to the tanker boom stripped down to shock the chick boomer who was not impressed and unphased by stunt.

Here's what we do:. We set up prisons with safe areas on each corner of the UTTR or Nellis ranges and wall the entire range in. Get old military vehicles, clunkers, whatever and we handcuff these twisted humans into a vehicle with the assignment of driving to the opposite safe area during the day/night. If the dirtbag makes it, he lives to drive another day. If not, well, think of the great training provided to his/her former fellow warriors.

My theory is nationalized health care systems could not afford or would not pay what U.S. health care insurers would pay so pharma would price gouge in the U.S. because they could. How the drug pricing settles out with leveling the playing field will be interesting.

If your neighbor had a pack of vicious dogs that attacked and butchered your child, would you be satisfied that killing a couple of the dogs would prevent your other children from being attacked from the remaining pack of dogs or would want to completely eliminate the threat?

Reminds me of the "walk off" in Zoolander.

Those things are becoming as disposable as the F-16! What is the water equivalent of a Lawn Dart?

Here's a story relayed to me:. Iranians were sent to the US for pilot training and wore red helmets for identification purposes. One day, a couple instructors grab a couple red helmets and saddle up in a T-38. They launch and return to the T-38 pattern using an Iranian-ish accent. On the first touch and go, the IP in the front seat ducks down so the RSU sees an Iranian student solo in the back seat. The RSU freaks out and queries the "solo" who responds " I will fix.". On the next pass, the IP in the back seat ducks down so the red helmet is now in the front seat. Not sure that practical joke would be appreciated today. BTW, this was at Columbus pre-Ayatollah.

Just when you think we have hit peak WTF....... https://www.thefp.com/p/the-naked-truth-about-the-sperm-race

Dodged a couple massive bullets regarding those two.

I've had some non-direct routing through there due to military exercises so that might be a possibility.

And now, the rest of the story. The deported father from Maryland was convicted of being a MS-13 gang member in 2019. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2025/04/02/the-fine-print-on-deportations-matters-n2654819