Red Mosquito

Strat wrote:

McMannis wrote:Is there anyone posting in this thread who supports Donald Trump? Just curious.

Bi_3 is a huge fan

wease wrote:

Strat wrote:

McMannis wrote:Is there anyone posting in this thread who supports Donald Trump? Just curious.

Bi_3 is a huge fan

Burt

Strat wrote:Yes Burt. That is our absolute biggest concern.

McParadigm wrote:Burt is basically the N&D equivalent of graffiti: less interested in communicating and defending an actual position than in being loud and attentioned, generally fun to look at, and skewed enough in his worldview to look at a nakedly disingenuous effort to say “sure we argued that the ban on sex discrimination in the Civil Rights Act does not protect workers on the basis of their sexual orientation, tried to ruin the careers of every transgendered person in the military, and made one of the most aggressive anti-gay rights politickers the international religious freedoms ambassador, but we super mean it when we get upset at Iran (who we totally aren’t looking for an excuse to fight) and their treatment of those gross gays ignore that last part” and go “heh, yeah, stoopid libs.”

I enjoy his posts, but don’t consider them to be a part of any real conversation. I don’t mean that to sound dismissive or rude, I just don’t see that he tries to contribute anything.

doug rr wrote:i hope i can still post whiskey gifs and swear once in awhile..

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the leader of the main congressional delegation, pressed Shanahan on whether he was telling European officials in Munich that the full U.S. withdrawal from Syria was a done deal.

“Are you telling our allies that we are going to go to zero by April 30?” he asked Shanahan, according to Graham.

“Yes, that’s been our direction [from the president],” Shanahan replied.

“That’s the dumbest f---ing idea I’ve ever heard,” Graham responded.

Graham then launched into a list of consequences he feared would result from a precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Syria without a follow-up plan: The Islamic State would return, Turkey would attack Kurdish forces, Iran would gain the advantage. Graham asked Shanahan if he disagreed with that analysis.

“That could very well happen,” Shanahan said.

“Well, if the policy is going to be that we are leaving by April 30, I am now your adversary, not your friend,” Graham told the acting Pentagon chief, according to Graham. (Several other lawmakers confirmed this exchange.)

verb_to_trust wrote:I'm worried the report is going to end up a big fat nothing burgder.

McParadigm wrote:I want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible. It is far more powerful, faster, and smarter than the current standard. American companies must step up their efforts, or get left behind. There is no reason that we should be lagging behind on something that is so obviously the future. I want the United States to win through competition, not by blocking out currently more advanced technologies. We must always be the leader in everything we do, especially when it comes to the very exciting world of technology!

McParadigm wrote:I want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible. It is far more powerful, faster, and smarter than the current standard. American companies must step up their efforts, or get left behind. There is no reason that we should be lagging behind on something that is so obviously the future. I want the United States to win through competition, not by blocking out currently more advanced technologies. We must always be the leader in everything we do, especially when it comes to the very exciting world of technology!

McParadigm wrote:Roger: I didn’t pick the photo. I just posted it.

Judge: Who picked it?

Roger: A volunteer.

Judge: Hm.

Roger: I know, I know....I shouldn’t have picked that picture of you.

Judge: Picked? YOU picked?

Roger: From my set.

Judge: You had...options?

Roger: Just all the ones on my phone.

Judge: ...

Roger: I don’t know where I got them.