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Old 07-27-2021, 09:58   #1456
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Do we have too? I guess it comes down to is do we want to go with the status flow or change the direction of that flow. I don't have the answer, I guess a temp solution is to get out of those cities/locations since they are too far gone.

We don't have to accept it or embrace it - but we certainly need to acknowledge it.
The refusal to acknowledge it is why we are in the shape we are in.
DADT was just to allow people to serve with honor - until it wasnt.
Now it's "bake my cake mother fucker"
"Pay for my surgery you fucking bigoted homophobe"

Pretending that we dont have to get used to it - "the pendulum will swing the other way" sooner or later is why that pendulum never really seems to swing the other way.

If things are going to swing the other way, why didn't anything get done when the republicans finally had both houses, the white house, and the court?
Especially when they had spent the last 8 years campaigning that once they got control, things would be different?

Because there is no pendulum.
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Old 07-27-2021, 13:54   #1457
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We don't have to accept it or embrace it - but we certainly need to acknowledge it.
The refusal to acknowledge it is why we are in the shape we are in.
DADT was just to allow people to serve with honor - until it wasnt.
Now it's "bake my cake mother fucker"
"Pay for my surgery you fucking bigoted homophobe"

Pretending that we dont have to get used to it - "the pendulum will swing the other way" sooner or later is why that pendulum never really seems to swing the other way.

If things are going to swing the other way, why didn't anything get done when the republicans finally had both houses, the white house, and the court?
Especially when they had spent the last 8 years campaigning that once they got control, things would be different?

Because there is no pendulum.
Totally agree, both political parties have a lack of fortitude and definitely are in it for themselves. The Hell with the rest of us, it's a shame we've come to this. I think most of us recognize it, but those in power do not; or they just don't want to at this point. It's kind of like a Catch 22, isn't it? All I know is that I'm just going to live my life the way I want at this moment. The only one I can depend on is myself.
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Old 07-27-2021, 16:06   #1458
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We don't have to accept it or embrace it - but we certainly need to acknowledge it.
The refusal to acknowledge it is why we are in the shape we are in.
DADT was just to allow people to serve with honor - until it wasnt.
Now it's "bake my cake mother fucker"
"Pay for my surgery you fucking bigoted homophobe"

Pretending that we dont have to get used to it - "the pendulum will swing the other way" sooner or later is why that pendulum never really seems to swing the other way.

If things are going to swing the other way, why didn't anything get done when the republicans finally had both houses, the white house, and the court?
Especially when they had spent the last 8 years campaigning that once they got control, things would be different?

Because there is no pendulum.
And that's why the Second Amendment is vital....some day the pendulum is going to have to be blasted away.
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Old 07-27-2021, 16:18   #1459
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We don't have to accept it or embrace it - but we certainly need to acknowledge it.
The refusal to acknowledge it is why we are in the shape we are in.
DADT was just to allow people to serve with honor - until it wasnt.
Now it's "bake my cake mother fucker"
"Pay for my surgery you fucking bigoted homophobe"

Pretending that we dont have to get used to it - "the pendulum will swing the other way" sooner or later is why that pendulum never really seems to swing the other way.

If things are going to swing the other way, why didn't anything get done when the republicans finally had both houses, the white house, and the court?
Especially when they had spent the last 8 years campaigning that once they got control, things would be different?

Because there is no pendulum.

Many of the people that 'win' the elections are compromised in some manner and are are easily manipulated. And you have those who are 'Republicans' In Name Only who are actually grifters and members of the Uni-Party and the Party of Me. All these people answer to a higher power other than 'The People' and it ain't Jesus Christ.

The rabid Chihuahua Trey Gowdy, Mitt Romney, Michael Steele, Rinse Preibus, Rona Romney-McDaniel, Cocaine Mitch, Lindsey Graham, Bill Barr, Chris Christy etc, etc, I mean we could go on for hours listing these turds!

When the pendulum did swing, these grifters spent 4+ years dragging to to a halt, and then when election fraud was committed they allowed an election to be stolen.


Diane Feinstein had a Chinese spy working for her. Eric Swalwell was banging a Chinese spy. Mitch McConnell is married to a Taiwanese woman who's family operates a large International shipping company. The Pelosi's are big into insider trading. Bob Menendez and Anthony Weiner like girls under the age off 18. Hunter Biden is a crack head.

Would Box have a security clearance if it became known he was getting a little Fang-Fang or your kids were crack heads?
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Old 07-28-2021, 06:02   #1460
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And then there is this drivel:

https://americanmilitarynews.com/202...nt-is-racist/?

If this is true, then I think the 1st Amendment is racist for allowing hurtful things to be said about anyone. No one should ever be hurt by anyone, ever, and words hurt!

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Old 07-28-2021, 06:14   #1461
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Would Box have a security clearance if it became known he was getting a little Fang-Fang or your kids were crack heads?
The Boxen would be stripped of their clearances and their citizenship simply for voicing their support for the wrong baseball team. They wouild be banned from the stadium for not taking a knee during the appropriate anthem - or ejected from ALL of the stadiums for taking a knee during the wrong anthem. The Boxen are an abomination.
They should be chased from their farms by pitchfork wielding SJW's

The Boxen should be rounded up, put on a train and sent away.
...and the second amendment won't save them - because there's no ammo on the shelves.
Firearms are useless when there's no fuel to make them run.


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And then there is this drivel:

https://americanmilitarynews.com/202...nt-is-racist/?

If this is true, then I think the 1st Amendment is racist for allowing hurtful things to be said about anyone. No one should ever be hurt by anyone, ever, and words hurt!

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I wonder if the same idiots that wrote that article realize that the foundation of the second amendment was borne of the b0ston Massacre when Crispus Attucks, a free black man, was shot dead by British troops.







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Old 07-28-2021, 13:54   #1462
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The Boxen would be stripped of their clearances and their citizenship simply for voicing their support for the wrong baseball team. They wouild be banned from the stadium for not taking a knee during the appropriate anthem - or ejected from ALL of the stadiums for taking a knee during the wrong anthem. The Boxen are an abomination.
They should be chased from their farms by pitchfork wielding SJW's

The Boxen should be rounded up, put on a train and sent away.
...and the second amendment won't save them - because there's no ammo on the shelves.
Firearms are useless when there's no fuel to make them run.

I wonder if the same idiots that wrote that article realize that the foundation of the second amendment was borne of the b0ston Massacre when Crispus Attucks, a free black man, was shot dead by British troops.
Kind of what I thought.

You know just prior to the ammo shortage there was a rumor floating around LCAAP that something nefarious was up. That began when the contract changed and the employee group buy was discontinued.
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Old 07-28-2021, 16:38   #1463
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Unfortunately, I currently live in the greater B0ston area. I am constantly amused by the BLM, Rainbow, #stopasianhate, stop-gun-store-in-this town, flags and signs littering the beautiful historic homes owned by the rich white elites of the Harvard, BC, Brandeis, MIT crowd (you can’t throw a rock without hitting some liberal higher level learning indoctrination center).

Another funny part is that many of the blacks (yeah, I said it, blacks!) are imported! What? My neighbor is Ugandan for the love of Jesus! Many of the blacks I have met are heavily accented, Africans or Caribbean! They’re just happy to be here and don’t want to be embroiled in our petty politics. I’ll bet half of them are thinking thay made a huge mistake coming here!

Most of the people that are natives (anyone with a MA accent) here, can’t stand it here! Just counting the time before I move!

Carry on.
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Old 08-10-2021, 00:08   #1464
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They're still coming. I can sure see this happening.

"The move would force owners to be put on a federal registry, submit fingerprints, photos, notify law enforcement officers and wait over nine months for approval, as well as pay a $200 tax, in accordance with National Firearms Act requirements."


https://americanmilitarynews.com/202...ew-house-bill/
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Old 08-10-2021, 05:14   #1465
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They're still coming. I can sure see this happening.

"The move would force owners to be put on a federal registry, submit fingerprints, photos, notify law enforcement officers and wait over nine months for approval, as well as pay a $200 tax, in accordance with National Firearms Act requirements."


https://americanmilitarynews.com/202...ew-house-bill/
Co-sponsors no surprise. Ditto the generalized text.
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Old 08-10-2021, 10:03   #1466
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They're still coming. I can sure see this happening.

"The move would force owners to be put on a federal registry, submit fingerprints, photos, notify law enforcement officers and wait over nine months for approval, as well as pay a $200 tax, in accordance with National Firearms Act requirements."


https://americanmilitarynews.com/202...ew-house-bill/
They’re losing ground in the courts and may lose some major cases soon.
This is an attempt to shift the Overton window in preparation for a counterattack.
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Old 08-10-2021, 11:48   #1467
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They’re losing ground in the courts and may lose some major cases soon.
This is an attempt to shift the Overton window in preparation for a counterattack.
It will be interesting to see if the R's will continue to mention the obvious racist comments by Chipman upon him finding out that a bunch of minorities scored sufficiently on his agency's test. That is likely more concerning optics than a monster that wants to no-shit retain the monopoly of violence over the American people.
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Old 08-16-2021, 23:27   #1468
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This one is for all the marbles.
It’s the case that’s been generations in the making.

If it is ruled pro-2A, then blue cities and states will have lost their tyrannical power.
If it is ruled anti-2A, then we know that the next civil war is upon us.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/supr...y-gun-law.html
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This one is for all the marbles.
It’s the case that’s been generations in the making.

If it is ruled pro-2A, then blue cities and states will have lost their tyrannical power.
If it is ruled anti-2A, then we know that the next civil war is upon us.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/supr...y-gun-law.html
Over the years there is sufficient scholarship just on the word "bear" to render a pro-2A verdict. However, given some previous cowardice of this court, money stays in the wallet.
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Interesting and horrifying considering the court decided quite some time ago that the police DO NOT have a constitutional duty to protect "you"
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