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Also, of course you know firearms more than me.

But also being from the DC area, if I led a mob over just the outside of the white house fence, I would very much expect to get shot. Let alone a 2nd or 3rd door (perhaps last door before the President or Senator). Even on some long distance runs on the weekends if I were to run by the Capitol, I knew if I got too close to the doors (like 100 feet away), a cop would be over to warn me about it within 12 seconds. So to imagine how far Babbit got in her/mob attack into and within the Capitol.... for me, personally, it's not even a question that you'd be taken out eventually.

Nonetheless, the video speaks for itself IMO.

Again Jolly, let's pretend this is Feb 2025.

Imagine for a moment that in February 2025, a BLM mob hops the white house fence and a BLM chick (with her closest 100 friends) were trying to break down the front door where Trump is inside, and behind the glass door there were cops pointing guns saying "don't come in here we will shoot"...and then the BLM chick breaks down the door starts to go in with her 100 closest friends behind her.

And the white house secret service opens fire after the multiple violent breaches (unknown weapons) against the first person to break through.

I 1,000,000,000% guarantee you would say the secret service was justified to open fire at that point to defend Trump in the white house.

Yes a billion percent.

Maybe it's the rejection of the value of faith, family, traditions, and community. Maybe I'm turning into a @Jolly apostle.

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Love Warriors:

@89th said in The Love Warriors:

Call me sexist or naive, and I know each decade had its share of problems, but decades ago as you said.... there seemed to be more of a social order. Women stayed with the kids and the home, men were leaders in the community, and when conflict arose... something tells me men handle things differently than women.

That is naive because that didn't happen in your lifetime. When we were growing up the idea of a dual income household was very much established already, outliers notwithstanding.

And men weren't all leaders in their community, plenty were alcoholics and gambling addicts and everything in between.

Watch Andy Griffith and pretend it's documentary if you like, that's not how it was. Comforts and conveniences aside, we're really just trading problems for their newer models—for which we do not yet have a solution.

Fair enough. Just seems there are plenty of annoying Karens around these days. It makes my ears hurt.

@George-K said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:

I suppose you can say that. Byrd did not aim at any person specifically, he fired into the crowd.

What?

If that is true, then I apologize. I figured he aimed at Babbit as she breached the top of the doorway. (I'm not being sarcastic)

@Jolly said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:

The only reason that dumb fuck didn't kill somebody else was the Grace of God.

He also shot when she was up above the others going through the breached window. Yes the bullet could've ricocheted, but in general the visual of "he shot into a random crowd" is not accurate.

Here's my very scientific visual of why it wasn't just a "shot into the crowd".

Yup, stopped that breach. It worked.

And not a random crowd.

Watch the video... as the crowd is breaking through security glass with chairs and flag poles, security on the other side, people yelling "he has a gun!!".... but yes, let's breach through the barrier, what's the worse that can happen?

@jon-nyc said in President-Elect Trump's cabinet:

Don't know a thing about her but she at least has the qualifications on paper.

Tom - is AG an elected position in FL? Or is she a DeSantis appointee?

Florida AG is elected. She won two elections, serving 2011-2019. She seems smart, worked against human trafficking in Qatar, and media savvy leveraging FoxNews... she is being rewarded for supporting Trump during his false election fraud claims and other trials. So she's better than Gaetz for sure, but still a bit of a sycophant.

Wow, Fetterman... reminds me of an @Aqua-Letifer response if I've ever heard one.

Me too... that is epic

@jon-nyc said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:

Around she fucked. Find out she did.

Yup.

Imagine for a moment that in February 2025, a BLM mob hops the white house fence and a BLM chick (with her closest 100 friends) were trying to break down the front door where Trump is inside, and behind the glass door there were cops pointing guns saying "don't come in here we will shoot"...and then the BLM chick breaks down the door starts to go in with her 100 closest friends behind her.

Good shooting. It's a shame she caused it. But FAFO, for sure.

Not a bad idea, @Axtremus

I bought some crypto in 2021 and 2022 with the sole idea of just letting it sit and checking on it in 10-20 years. It's enough to be meaningful (I think $10k) but not enough to hurt my retirement if it's lost. I think it's at $25k right now. If I check in 15 years and it's gone... oh well. But maybe it'll be 10x higher.

@Jolly said in The Love Warriors:

Did we just not have as many nuts decades ago or do they just have bigger megaphones nowadays?

Bigger megaphones, faster communication, more people who feel they need to share their opinion and more people who feel personally attached to debates that often have zero impact on their life.

Call me sexist or naive, and I know each decade had its share of problems, but decades ago as you said.... there seemed to be more of a social order. Women stayed with the kids and the home, men were leaders in the community, and when conflict arose... something tells me men handle things differently than women.

This is the same, person, no?

@Wim said in First use of ICBM in war:

It was. The Russians informed the US half an hour before launching it

Would love to know what that looks like from McMAW (Main Centre for Missile Attack Warning, the Russian equivalent of NORAD).

McMAW: Oh hai NORAD, after Futurama ends, we're gonna launch 1x ICBMs but not at ur land, k?

NORAD: lolz, don't troll me, n00b

McMAW: No joke, for real this time, but don't push the M.A.D. button, k?

NORAD: kthxbai

@George-K said in No-show:

@Jolly said in No-show:

I promise you...Both of those guys have already lawyered up.

Oh, wait. These guys won't go to jail because, well, you know.

Yup, following Trump's example. Leadership ftw!

Of course watch the whole thing

Didn't they (Trump, Gaetz, et al) board a plane without an AG nominee and by the time they landed they had decided to go with Gaetz? Seems it might just be occam's razor...aka a rushed decision made over a Big Mac.

Enjoy the bidding war for a painting of plants.

Any resolution @kluurs to that? Maybe a panic attack?