Politics

[Brent in Az]

There is a guy screaming at me over on X in all CAPS no less that there was no airplane at the Pentagon. He is particularly immune to the notion that being there and wading through half an acre of aircraft bits trying to pull people out could not be true. I am, therefore, a LIAR.

Would love to take him back there. The passengers were nothing but body parts blown into the building. The kids of the Old Guard, 4th BN 3rd INF, spent the next couple of weeks in bio suits and protective masks collecting them. Due to the heat and trauma they could manage an hour or two at a time.

People get invested in this nonsense or trapped in the rabbit hole and become immune to alternative information. It really is cult-like.

Someone should show that guy photos of the carnage of human remains from that incident.

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

This is obviously somewhat moot as Tim Waltz will never be vice President now but since the subject of Fudds came up a while ago and I only recently found this video, I thought it would be valuable to share for future reference since Waltz is probing not the last Fudd that the Democrats will try to run. I think it provides a good explanation for the term and how it applies to men like Waltz. It’s also shows how American gun owners really dodged a bullet with the GOP’s election victory.

 

[CJW]

Buying an E-type will honour what the brand once stood for.

Questionable reliability and high cost of ownership? Certainly what they stand for these days.

 

[Neophyte]

This is the Gaetz article that was broken up on X, in a more readable format. Extremely strange story but the reporter seems to have done her research with a number of citations. If this is all correct, there are some very troubling issues within the FBI and DOJ.

Matt Gaetz: What Actually Happened

Now that Matt Gaetz is out of the running, you’re going to hear what actually happened…

www.uncoverdc.com

FBI needs to be abolished except for the lab so they can serve the state and local agencies.

 

[spike.t]

Apparently their stock has taken a pretty good hit as well. Really stupid timing. But then again, it is a British auto company.

Mmm....owned by Tata....so Indian these days

 

[CJW]

I learned about the Tata company via Top Gear.

My favorite, the Nano.

Tata Nano - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Tundra Tiger]

I learned about the Tata company via Top Gear.

My favorite, the Nano.

Tata Nano - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[spike.t]

This is obviously somewhat moot as Tim Waltz will never be vice President now but since the subject of Fudds came up a while ago and I only recently found this video, I thought it would be valuable to share for future reference since Waltz is probing not the last Fudd that the Democrats will try to run. I think it provides a good explanation for the term and how it applies to men like Waltz. It’s also shows how American gun owners really dodged a bullet with the GOP’s election victory.

What an annoying piece of shit......

 

[Dirtdart]

This is obviously somewhat moot as Tim Waltz will never be vice President now but since the subject of Fudds came up a while ago and I only recently found this video, I thought it would be valuable to share for future reference since Waltz is probing not the last Fudd that the Democrats will try to run. I think it provides a good explanation for the term and how it applies to men like Waltz. It’s also shows how American gun owners really dodged a bullet with the GOP’s election victory.

Thank you for posting that one.

 

[Hunt anything]

I wish we would quit insulting Elmer Fudd by comparing Walz to him. Elmer is a lovable cartoon character and Tim is just a plain assed idiot!

 

[spike.t]

Bit of a piss take...

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

What an annoying piece of shit......

Indeed. Though, I wonder about the choice to run him.

In recent years there has been a bit of drop in the “I believe in the 2a, but…” mask. After the Parkland shooting, politicians seemed more comfortable calling for outright bans. Think Robert O’Rourke with his “hell yes, we are coming to take your AR-15” comment. Some have called for a constitutional convention to abolish the 2A outright.

Has the pendulum swung back on that kind of rhetoric? Do they think it’s necessary to hide naked hostility to the 2A again? That’s the only reason to run an Fudd. Obviously it didn’t help Harris/Waltz but I’m curious to see how they discuss gun control moving forward. I don’t think the platform will change but the rhetoric might.

 

[SaintPanzer]

Sad. How can I ever buy an e-type now?

Well, my hope is they've crashed the marque to the point that an E-Type will be affordable again.

 

[SaintPanzer]

This actually explains much:

The American marketing guru who masterminded Jaguar's woke rebrand

Santino Pietrosanti, who boasted at an awards dinner that Jaguar had 'established over 15 DEI groups' as part of a 'transformative journey', is head of brand at the historic car company.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Wheels]

This is funny at so many levels.

What if Elon bought MSNBC and gave Alex Jones a couple hours a day since he just lost his platform.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1859957346665103747

https://twitter.com/x/status/1860037420710080687

 

[Newboomer]

Thank you for posting that one.

Tampon Timmy. What a despicable puke. I watched about half of the clip and had to turn it off

 

[Wheels]

FBI needs to be abolished except for the lab so they can serve the state and local agencies.

I have a feeling the FBI is going to have a much smaller footprint. Hopefully a ton of stuff will be declassified including the Gaetz info. Regarding the FBI, there needs to a federal law enforcement agency in some form. If it is called the FBI or something else is another discussion. After a shakeup, look for the DC office to have a nominal HQ staff and everyone else sent to field offices at a minimum. The new FBI building project is a dream in the past. Everyone who was involved in Russia Gate should probably be investigated and prosecuted, especially those in NSB and those who supervised NSB. Also look for NSB to be subject to internal oversight which has not happened since it's establishment.

America needs a Church Commission, 2025 version. We need to know why Wray and others did over 200,000 illegal searches without warrants on American citizens.

 

[Altitude sickness]

This also needs to end.

The US government is buying your data to spy on you

Your tax dollars are going to data brokers.

www.vox.com

 

[Red Leg]

I have a feeling the FBI is going to have a much smaller footprint. Hopefully a ton of stuff will be declassified including the Gaetz info. Regarding the FBI, there needs to a federal law enforcement agency in some form. If it is called the FBI or something else is another discussion. After a shakeup, look for the DC office to have a nominal HQ staff and everyone else sent to field offices at a minimum. The new FBI building project is a dream in the past. Everyone who was involved in Russia Gate should probably be investigated and prosecuted, especially those in NSB and those who supervised NSB. Also look for NSB to be subject to internal oversight which has not happened since it's establishment.

America needs a Church Commission, 2025 version. We need to know why Wray and others did over 200,000 illegal searches without warrants on American citizens.

The FBI also performs a very important counter espionage function. They are the US equivalent of the British Security Service (MI5). Like the US CIA, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) does not typically operate domestically.

 

[roverandbrew]

The FBI also performs a very important counter espionage function. They are the US equivalent of the British Security Service (MI5). Like the US CIA, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) does not typically operate domestically.

Agree. The FBI is extremely busy protecting the homeland. From the near peer to extremist threats they are working 24/7 to keep us safe. HRT is on call 24/7 365 as the Mission Force to respond to any CT crisis in the US. Those who call for it to be abolished have either listened to too much right wing news or just plain ignorant.