Because Trump 2.0

[Ivanhoe]

[Murph]

And never Trumpers, like Demoturd Communists can go perform a biologically improbable act of self impregnation on themselves.  

[Murph]

8 hours ago, 17thfabn said:

The U.S. service academies are very difficult to get into. On top of a having good academic background politics can also come into play. 

As well as the whole DEI/EEO/Leftist infltration matter.  Most of those female cadets were pure DEI hires, I doubt they were truly qualified, but were brought in to check a block:  Black: CHECK, Lesbian: Even better CHECK, Minority: CHECK.  It made it look good for "Diversity".  I doubt the majority were even minimally competent.  

[Murph]

I miss DF forms.  They should have pre printed ones with coffee rings on them.

[X-Files]

19 hours ago, Tim the Tank Nut said:

since we are in the "words mean things" territory let's keep rolling.

Mr Kirk says "Jesus loves you" and a triggered Secret Service agent attacks that is "hate speech".

Mr Kirk says "genital mutilation is wrong" and Ihan Ohmar says that is "hate speech"

Certain groups think that they can assign the term "hate speech" to any set of words and that makes it hate speech.  That is simply not the case.

[X-Files]

19 hours ago, sunday said:

Ah, the tired equivalence "Leftist violence is freedom of speech, but Righist freedom of speech is violence".

Hope it has been definitively proved false now, with the blood of Charlie Kirk.

File under PEAK ORWELL

[Ivanhoe]

That scan is a reminder of the Old Way of doing paperwork. What a nightmare. 

Of course, back then people knew how to drive a typewriter. In the 1990s, my work world had gone fully digital on document production, but there were some forms that could only be done in ink. My employer had one secretary who was a total virtuoso on the Selectric, she could properly get the data typed onto the most badly-designed form. And quickly. 

Remembering that scene brings up the "All these moments, in time, ..." soliloquy from Blade Runner. 

[Ivanhoe]

I don't think we have reached Peak Orwell, yet. Fortunately, there are signs that American governments in general will be walking back their march into dystopia. At least temporarily. 

However, a found a clip of the Democratic Party expressing its appreciation for individualism;

 

[Ivanhoe]

 

[Tim the Tank Nut]

I'm going to keep banging on about words mean things...

I keep seeing reports that the gunman Asshole Robinson  had "become more political" in recent years.  Just so we are all on the same page: Robinson targeted one of the most if not the most successful Conservative voices of our time.  "Becoming more political" doesn't cover that.  It goes back to my earlier supposition about manipulating the words to obscure the facts.  Robinson didn't "become more political".  He went down the Antifa rabbit hole encouraged by internet algorithms that never once pointed out an alternative point of view.  Via electronic communication Robinson lost touch with reality enough to murder someone for their political beliefs.  This doesn't qualify as "becoming more political".  Robinson (an asshole in case you've already forgotten) rejected his parents' political beliefs and became ensconced in a "movement".  Being a marginally accomplished hunter Robinson did know what death was and what a 30-06 round would do.  This murder took enough planning that is required a thorough decision.  It wasn't a spur of the moment thing.  Whether Robinson's path becomes more clear or not remains to be seen but by his very target he identified himself as an enemy of the Conservative movement.  Actions are far louder than words but this tool had both.

Even so the media says he had "become more political".  Here's a pro tip: Once gunfire is involved it's not just political any more.

[Stargrunt6]

19 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

Heck, if his application listed church activities, he was probably cooked before they even got to the ethnicity box. 

 

I was advised by one of the deans at Tulane Med to not mention my religious activities on my application.  

[rmgill]

14 minutes ago, Stargrunt6 said:

I was advised by one of the deans at Tulane Med to not mention my religious activities on my application.  

The cult of Diogenes isn’t well received. 
 

😉 

[DKTanker]

11 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

NeverTrumpers such as this piece of excrement have blood on their hands as well.  Worse than Democrats, they hide beneath a cloak while spewing their leftist bile.

[Murph]

1 hour ago, DKTanker said:

NeverTrumpers such as this piece of excrement have blood on their hands as well.  Worse than Democrats, they hide beneath a cloak while spewing their leftist bile.

+1000

[Ivanhoe]

3 hours ago, DKTanker said:

NeverTrumpers such as this piece of excrement have blood on their hands as well.  Worse than Democrats, they hide beneath a cloak while spewing their leftist bile.

Some of them, including I assume Bill Kristol, have been bought. 

Others, I believe, were never really conservatives, they were the "loyal opposition" cosplaying conservatism to reap the clout and financial support. When the RNC gained the upper hand, their shtick was broken by events so they had to choose a different enemy.

 

[Ivanhoe]

Near-perfect self-own;

https://www.foxnews.com/media/latin-music-star-bad-bunny-reveals-canceled-u-s-tour-prevent-ice-raids-concerts

Quote

Latin music star Bad Bunny said in an interview published Wednesday that he has not planned any U.S. dates on his latest tour because he doesn’t want Latino fans detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

 

Quote

The remaining concerts listed on the tour are scheduled in Europe, Australia and South America. No concert in the lineup had been planned for any U.S. venues, except for multiple shows in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, in September.

Umm, Mr. Bunny; how are illegal immigrants treated in Australia? How about Mexico? Costa Rica?

[Stargrunt6]

The less reggaeton in America, the better.

[Rickard N]

On 9/12/2025 at 3:14 AM, bfng3569 said:

your a fool if you do and just plain wrong.

the main stream leftist media and the dems' have been doing everything they can for years and years now to associate the 'right' with what used to be called the extreme right or the far right, namely neo-nazis', racists, bigots, the worst of the worst.

and for the most part, they have succeeded.

If you haven't noticed, when covering republicans, or hate crimes (racists etc etc) there really is no longer an attempt to separate out your average run of the mill 'right winger', they are all painted with the same brush.

do you also believe they use the term MAGA or Trumper as anything other than a pejorative?

Considering that anyone not being in line with the current president is a communist, that sort of go both ways.

I believe that the political discussion needs to cool the f*** down. Unfortunately this event will not make that happen, I think. I didn't agree with Charlie King's standpoint on many thing, but I REALLY liked him as a person (the person shown in media, I won't claim to know him or even met the guy).
He was around just talking to people. He let people talk and then he made his take on the issue. THAT is what politics should be IMHO.

Was his views "right" (and by that I don't mean correct or wrong but on the non-left part of the political spectrum). Yes I would say that. 

/R

[Rick]

1 hour ago, Rickard N said:

Considering that anyone not being in line with the current president is a communist, that sort of go both ways.

I believe that the political discussion needs to cool the f*** down. Unfortunately this event will not make that happen, I think. I didn't agree with Charlie King's standpoint on many thing, but I REALLY liked him as a person (the person shown in media, I won't claim to know him or even met the guy).
He was around just talking to people. He let people talk and then he made his take on the issue. THAT is what politics should be IMHO.

Was his views "right" (and by that I don't mean correct or wrong but on the non-left part of the political spectrum). Yes I would say that. 

/R

Pardon me for a correcting an unintentional mistake. Just out of curiosity, what "standpoints" of Charlie Kirk you disagree with?

[Stuart Galbraith]

16 hours ago, Tim the Tank Nut said:

I'm going to keep banging on about words mean things...

I keep seeing reports that the gunman Asshole Robinson  had "become more political" in recent years.  Just so we are all on the same page: Robinson targeted one of the most if not the most successful Conservative voices of our time.  "Becoming more political" doesn't cover that.  It goes back to my earlier supposition about manipulating the words to obscure the facts.  Robinson didn't "become more political".  He went down the Antifa rabbit hole encouraged by internet algorithms that never once pointed out an alternative point of view.  Via electronic communication Robinson lost touch with reality enough to murder someone for their political beliefs.  This doesn't qualify as "becoming more political".  Robinson (an asshole in case you've already forgotten) rejected his parents' political beliefs and became ensconced in a "movement".  Being a marginally accomplished hunter Robinson did know what death was and what a 30-06 round would do.  This murder took enough planning that is required a thorough decision.  It wasn't a spur of the moment thing.  Whether Robinson's path becomes more clear or not remains to be seen but by his very target he identified himself as an enemy of the Conservative movement.  Actions are far louder than words but this tool had both.

Even so the media says he had "become more political".  Here's a pro tip: Once gunfire is involved it's not just political any more.

Just a helpful reminder. There are plenty of Rabbit holes out there, and they arent all cheering for Antifa.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/12/media/over-10k-posts-tie-charlie-kirks-murder-to-israel-as-conspiracy-theories-explode-online-adl-report/

Edited September 14 by Stuart Galbraith

[sunday]

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Just a helpful reminder. There are plenty of Rabbit holes out there, and they arent all cheering for Antifa.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/12/media/over-10k-posts-tie-charlie-kirks-murder-to-israel-as-conspiracy-theories-explode-online-adl-report/

I never would have expected a day in which Stuart, a man known for his solid stance against Antisemitism, started to post about "Zionist conspiracy theories" in a not unfavorable way.

[Rickard N]

6 hours ago, Rick said:

Pardon me for a correcting an unintentional mistake. Just out of curiosity, what "standpoints" of Charlie Kirk you disagree with?

Ooh, can't even rule that out as a spelling error

As for what I disagree with, his views on the Russia-Ukraine war would be one.

[rmgill]

Citing Rumble becuase they're keeping Charlie's content up on principle. 

https://rumble.com/v2au3n2-charlie-kirk-debunks-the-most-common-argument-in-favor-of-ukraine-aid.html?e9s=src_v1_s%2Csrc_v1_s_m

 

[Rick]

2 hours ago, Rickard N said:

Ooh, can't even rule that out as a spelling error

As for what I disagree with, his views on the Russia-Ukraine war would be one.

I think an American -- especially a conservative one -- and a European are going to have different views on the Russia - Ukraine war. 

Mr. Kirk was an unabashed conservative, an America First individual. To him  there are way more important issues for the U.S. than the Russia-Ukraine war, issues that I frankly don't see Europeans taking serious note of. These would be liberals, illegal immigration from Mexico, and China in that order. 

From what I have seen from Mr. Kirk's videos, Russia-Ukraine is very much a European problem, not a U.S. one, a position that I agree with. 

 

 

[DKTanker]

4 hours ago, sunday said:

I never would have expected a day in which Stuart, a man known for his solid stance against Antisemitism, started to post about "Zionist conspiracy theories" in a not unfavorable way.

Beware the soothsaying serpent.