Politics

[Brent in Az]

Trump indicates that the U.S will boycott the November G20 summit in South Africa over farm murders and expropriation

 

[Brent in Az]

Psycho Wisconsin teen kills parents for finances and autonomy, over a Trump assassination plot, and to overthrow the U.S government

 

[mdwest]

Trump indicates that the U.S will boycott the November G20 summit in South Africa over farm murders and expropriation

Having attended a couple of G20’s (Great Epoch City China 2005, and Melbourne Australia in 2006), I strongly support this decision..

The G20, much like meetings at the UN, isn’t much more than a shit show where nations of lessor influence finger point and bitch publicly.. and then do back door deals with the larger economy countries in private.. all while the World Bank, IMF, and UN pander for attention and support…

Nothing happens there that the US can’t accomplish otherwise…

 

[barryk]

We just visited Rigby and the Holland and Holland factory.

I've met some of the gun smiths you may be referring to... Wouldn't let them fix a Daisy bb gun. I doubt they'd be real successful at any other job either.

However the Craftsmen we met and observed working seemed to have very high job satisfaction and many had been at pushing 40 years. Yet both shops also had many younger people with under 7 years in.

H&H has a basement full of both old school and high tech machines. But where the magic happens is mostly self made hand tools. In fact an apprentice starts by making his (or her, many women doing this work also) own tools. Even the turn screws (screwdrivers) are hand made at H&H. Then they make screws, which are all hand made. I heard zero complaints about pay.

And then there is our friend J.J.Perodeau. The gunsmith at Gordy's, etc.

Very cool.....would like to visit one of those some day.

 

[Sideshow]

?Anyone else in Canada having issues getting your voter card? They were supposed to be out by the eleventh and I didn’t receive mine or fathers same story with all of my neighbours. Called 45 minutes on hold to get told to call back Monday.

Ohoo they played that trick in NZ when we kicked out Jacindas Labour Party the old drag the heel on voter’s registration trick….feel your pain on how that goes! Trudo and her were great mates wonder if they have the same play book?

 

[SaintPanzer]

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You are correct, but I can honestly say, I wasn't worrying about it when I was typing and will have forgotten about it again an hour from now. I would offer if such distinctions are that important to those members of the Departments of the Navy and Air Force they probably should not have taken the ARMY rank structure. At least the navy has its own structure and it is pretty clear the service of a CDR vs a LTC. Of course, on invitations and thank you notes we would write out the whole rank.

Those distinctions are important, because they show respect. It's not an army rank structure at all. Some of it is due to "jointness" being forced on them. Others are a very old tradition.

Colonel comes from a leader of a column.

Lieutenant is "in lieu of", as has been noted.

Other examples will occur to you.

Others have mentioned the differences between pay-grades and ranks. Again, Jointness forced.

Oh, and you will note those are Officer ranks. The Army has no Lance Corporal, Gunnery Sergeant, Master Gunnery Sergeant, etc. But my experience has always been others had the respect to learn Army equivalents, but that respect was rarely reciprocated.

True story: In Afghanistan, an Army Colonel was giving a lecture re: respecting Afghan culture, and that not everyone has the same background and decisions.

Same Colonel, later the same day, addressed a Navy Lieutenant Commander as "Major". When the LCDR said "sir, I'm in the Navy, I'm not a Major, the response was: "I don't have the time or inclination to worry about such things.

So the guy who was lecturing about respecting other cultures couldn't even allow for another American making a different decision.

It's all about showing respect.

 

[rigbymauser]

I should add that i have a new understanding of why a Holland and Holland Royal costs almost a quarter million USD

I have an old H&H .500ex I want rebarreled with all engraving, regulating etc. The finest gunsmith in Ferlach, Austria wanted €12000. H&H wanted almost 3x that much. The gunsmiths in London don’t make more than gunsmith in Ferlach. As I understand HH have gone bust a few times. Wonder why?…..

 

[Tanks]

Trump could shit gold bars directly into your portfolio, and you would still be unhappy with the man.

Oh, he is shitting platinum bars, I love a bear market. Not great for main street though.

 

[Tanks]

Psycho Wisconsin teen kills parents for finances and autonomy, over a Trump assassination plot, and to overthrow the U.S government

Wisconsin teen charged in shooting death of mother, stepfather found decomposed in their home

A 17-year-old Wisconsin boy is accused of killing his parents and leaving their bodies to rot in their home for weeks before fleeing the state in their SUV.

www.foxnews.com

I didn't read anything about Trump or US government in the above article.

Regardless, one reason one does not date or marry single moms. One never knows what one is getting with the kid(s).

 

[Pondoro]

2 weeks ago Hegseth was to cut US defence budget with 40% over 5 years.. Now, two days ago, Trump talked about raising it from 820 billion to 1 trillion..??

Trump Teases $1 Trillion Defense Budget—But What Does That Actually Mean? - Defense Security Monitor

At a press event on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump hinted at a defense budget request “in the vicinity” of $1 trillion for Fiscal Year …

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