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I do worry about her catching her hair on fire. Hopefully her hair spray is low flammability.

I wonder if these Iranian women are in Iran or out of the country? I'd imagine Iranian security forces would be able to ID these women if in Iran and take action.

The meme with the two astronauts pops up a lot. Why does the killer have an State of Ohio flag on his suit? Because the Wright Brothers & Neil Armstrong are form Ohio?

My impression was the Iran Iraq war ended in a draw. Status Quo Ante Bellum.

For males? It is argued that it is more hygienic.

I've watched several videos of the shooting in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. The one below is the best I've seen, but it is still hard to make out the complete picture. One key thing I see is the wheels on the stopped Honda Pilot are angled hard to the left when the ICE agents approach. We of course cannot know what was in the head of the driver. My guess is when she decided to drive away she forgot the wheels were turned hard left and she hit the ICE agent unintentionally. From the ICE agents prospective. The stopped Honda Pilot jumped and started to come at him. From the video it looks like he was brushed not hit head on. He may have thought his life was in danger, but from the video I've seen he fired AFTER the Honda brushed him and was starting to pull away. None of the videos gives a great view. From the videos I've seen this seems to give the best view.

Responding to the part about the judge disqualifying the acting district attorney . In one of the cases against Trump a special attorney was disqualified because the court said his appointment didn't follow the proper rules. Note that the Trump case it was a "Special Attorney". I believe this case is different. If I understand correctly this was an "Acting District Attorney." As is generally done when parties change the old district attorneys either resign or are fired. Trump is having trouble getting some of his district attorneys approved by the senate. Until a permanent district attorney is approved a temporary one is in place. From what I understand in some cases the federal judges are trying to appoint the temporary district attorneys. Two issues with that: Separation of powers. Judges are in the judiciary, district attorneys are in the executive branch. If a leftist judge appoints a leftist district attorney they are unlikely to follow Trump's priorities. Like it or not Trump is president. New administration new priorities.

A flight of fancy that will go no where. The U.S. already has bases in Greenland. No need to acquire it. I saw something that said the U.S.'s most northern base in the world is in Greenland.

I believe the Army had the same doctrine. The M16 as abase of fire weapon seemed suboptimal. The Army at the time had a weapons squad in the platoon with M60 machine guns to back up the rifle squads. When you see film from the Vietnam War it seems like every one was firing their M16 full auto.

It is hard to compare prices on houses from different eras. In the 70s a lot of families with four kids and mom and dad lived in a 1,200 square foot house with three bedrooms and one bath. Today a family with two children may have a 2,000 square foot house with three baths. Even if you compare the same house that was built in 1925 to that same house today it can be hard. That house in 1925 may have been in a decent working class neighborhood. Due to economic changes that neighborhood may now be very undesirable. Think Detroit.

Some of the western sources I hear say the protesters want the shah's heir to return. Am I correct in believing that is coming from the exile community that is in many cases linked to the old shah? On the ground in Iran I doubt there is any desire to bring back some one who has been out of the country for 45 + years.

The mullahs would like to link the unrest to the West / U.S. / Israel/ Great & Little satan incorparated. So any support from those has to be very covert.

That would be about enough to equip 50 or so infantry battalions.

The M250 machine gun & M7 rifle look to be here to stay with the U.S. Army. The Trump administration has cut several weapons programs since it came into office a year ago. No indications the M250 & M7 are among them. This article says they are speeding up delivery of the new weapons. "U.S. Army Accelerates Fielding of M7 Assault Rifles and M250 Light Machine Guns in FY2026. The U.S. Army plans to procure more than 16,000 M7 assault rifles and 2,600 M250 automatic rifles in FY2026" U.S. Army Accelerates Fielding of M7 Assault Rifles and M250 Light Machine Guns in FY2026

I believe that is the USMC idea with the M27.