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2 hours agoAnd that’s actually his LEAST offensive tattoo…
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Oh, it’s actually WORSE than that. Not only were undercover feds disappearing people from the streets of Portland, the acting guy in charge, “Chad Wolf” (not EVEN making that up) was never confirmed.
The whole operation was illegal, top to bottom.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/senate-should-ask-chad-wolf-about-his-illegal-appointment
The big problem with ActBlue is that you donate once, to one specific candidate, and you suddenly get an onslaught of donation requests from everyone under the sun and sending “STOP” doesn’t stop it.
I just route it all to my spam and blocked folder.
Seems prudent, Trump is only 4 years younger and I hope Vance’s people are working on the same thing.
Official links on this:
“The 25% tariff will be applied to imported passenger vehicles (sedans, SUVs, crossovers, minivans, cargo vans) and light trucks, as well as key automobile parts (engines, transmissions, powertrain parts, and electrical components), with processes to expand tariffs on additional parts if necessary.”
“The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities and choke points in global supply chains, undermining our ability to maintain a resilient domestic industrial base.”
That’s partially true, it wasn’t the pandemic, it was losing all the Ukranian vehicle wiring harnesses at the same time as the pandemic.
"TARIFFS WORK: Studies have repeatedly shown that tariffs can be an effective tool for reducing or eliminating threats to impair U.S. national security and achieving economic and strategic objectives.
A 2024 study on the effects of President Trump’s tariffs in his first term found that they “strengthened the U.S. economy” and “led to significant reshoring” in industries like manufacturing and steel production."
Hmmm… if only there was a source for that…
"Trump imposed tariffs on solar panels and washing machines at the start of 2018, moves that might have pushed up prices in those sectors even though they also overlapped with plans to open washing machine plants in Tennessee and South Carolina.
His administration also levied tariffs on steel and aluminum, including against allies. He then increased tariffs on China, leading to a trade conflict and a limited 2020 agreement that failed to produce the promised Chinese purchases of U.S. goods.
The Federal Reserve kept inflation roughly on target, but factory construction spending never jumped in a way that suggested a lasting gain in manufacturing jobs. Separate economic research found the tariff war with China did nothing economically for the communities hurt by offshoring, but it did help Trump and Republicans in those communities politically.
When Trump first became president in 2017, the federal government collected $34.6 billion in customs, duties and fees. That sum more than doubled under Trump to $70.8 billion in 2019, according to Office of Management and Budget records.
While that sum might seem meaningful, it was relatively small compared with the overall economy. America’s gross domestic product is now $29.3 trillion, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The total tariffs collected in the United States would equal less than 0.3% of GDP."
One of the big things I learned during the pandemic… Vehicle wiring harnesses largely come from Ukraine.
So when Russia invaded, new car supply tanked. People were unable to return lease vehicles because there wasn’t enough new stock to trade in for. Completed vehicles sat unsold because the wiring couldn’t be completed.
This is true, or, you know, be forced to use secure government equipment and not burner phones. :)
My wife is calling this “WhiskeyLeaks”. LOL.
Well sure, but at a rate of 0.109% per year, it would take 459.63 years to cross the 50% mark for “most”. :)
I mean, I’ve been watching the new one for 3 years now, they have a building, and it’s mostly open, but they still can’t get the range functional.
I don’t know if it’s bad management, poor funding, or a lack of permitting or whatnot, but if they can’t pull it off with an actual operational business, it doesn’t give me much hope. :(
Agreed, but isn’t he also a Boomer? :)
The Friends setting is SUPER easy to miss and even set to private, you have to flip the slider so you won’t appear on other people’s friends lists.
NGL, I almost missed it coming in to do these screenshots. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m STILL missing something, but then the only thing people will see is what I pay my yard guy. :)
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Venmo isn’t exactly transparent about this.
You might think “Easy, go into settings, mark it ‘Private’, right?”
Well, no, your past transactions can still be visible so now you need to change that:
And then your friends list is a THIRD setting:
This is true and locally, the issue I face, is that way more ranges than I’m comfortable with require NRA membership and that’s simply a non-starter.
There are options, the one I used most often is run by the county sheriff:
It’s a decent range, but directly run by the cops and there are issues with the cops here having worked directly with the fascists:
I did my AR training here, decent folks, but it’s kind of a hike now from where I’m at:
https://www.threatdynamics.com/
There’s one across the river in Washington State, the problem there being Oregon and Washington don’t have reciprocity on concealed carry, would be entirely too easy to accidentally get in trouble.
There’s a new one that’s been TRYING to open for 3 years now, LGBTQ+ friendly which is good, but I guess they’re having permit and construction issues. :( Gun shop is open, just not the range. They don’t even really have a website, just an Instagram. Feels rinky dink, but I’m hopeful!
Technically, most gun owners don’t shoot anything.
32% of Americans say they own a gun:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/24/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/
So on a population of 340 million, that’s approximately 108,800,000 gun owners.
According to Brady, 327 people are shot every day:
https://www.bradyunited.org/resources/statistics
327*365 = 119,355 people shot each year.
Assuming 1:1 shooter to victim, which isn’t a safe assumption, but it gives us the largest number of shooters in the year, that means 0.109% of gun owners shoot someone every year.
Or, inversely, 99.89% of gun owners don’t shoot anyone.
Looking at the image on the article, it looks like tubby brownshirt has a badge hanging around his neck.
Not that that actually means anything:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K71JM14
Surely never gets into the hands of bad actors… oh, wait…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-with-fake-badge-and-ammunition-arrested-outside-capitol/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-fake-fbi-badge-bb-gun-arrested-after/story?id=104936435
You might be surprised about that…
I’d also argue that if you’re a member of a minority group, it’s past time you consider arming yourselves.
Women:
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5057508-women-gun-ownership-america/LGBTQ+:
https://newsisout.com/2025/03/the-rise-of-lgbtq-gun-ownership-safety-politics-and-identity/30477/Hispanic:
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-06-24/gun-purchases-soar-among-latinos-in-the-united-states.html
Here in Oregon it’s pretty clear, YMMV:
https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_161.219
"a person is not justified in using deadly physical force upon another person unless the person reasonably believes that the other person is:
(1) Committing or attempting to commit a felony involving the use or threatened imminent use of physical force against a person; or
(2) Committing or attempting to commit a burglary in a dwelling; or
(3) Using or about to use unlawful deadly physical force against a person. [1971 c.743 §23]"
In the case of an attempted kidnapping and the officers fail to identify themselves as such, that would fall under (1):
“Kidnapping in the first degree is a Class A felony.”
https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_163.235
“Kidnapping in the second degree is a Class B felony.”
Comment is being reported, but he did, in fact, say this. Not only that, but it’s actually stronger than what Kaboom stated:
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2024/02/protesters-praise-mideast-militants-in-divestment-rally
“We take our cue from the armed resistance in Palestine. We are in solidarity with the armed resistance in Palestine from the river to the sea"
Now, if you argue, as I do, that this statement is genocidal when someone like Netanyahu says it (and it is):
“in the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea,” according to an English translation of the speech from Israeli news channel i24News.
According to another translation, Netanyahu said that Israel “must have security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River” — which effectively means the same thing."
Then it’s just as genocidal coming from the opposition.
You know this because they were granted due process, right? Um… right?
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