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[ (Critical Race Theory) isn’t really education at all, not in the sense in which the term has been understood in the post-Enlightenment era. It is closer to pre-Enlightenment religious instruction: the imparting of doctrinal truth with the practical aim of saving souls and reordering the world. Hence its migration from college campuses to K-12 schools, where its practitioners expect to find supple and more-suggestible minds. They have taken to heart the old Jesuit maxim about the first seven years of life. – Gerard Baker in the 22jun21 WSJ (here)]

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  1. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Joe Biden Conflates Tuskegee Airman With Tuskegee Syphilis Study”
    I expect that President Potato figgers they all look alike.
    To be fair, the system doesn’t seem to choose great minds at this point. It’s an eye opener to read speeches from the 19th C. and consider that the orators were the writers. Personally, I think of Nixon as the last heavy hitter. Biden is the product of warring tribes hoping for a profit, and his immediate staff just hopes for the best.
    In the meantime, just step back and enjoy the show. Like one Mr Mencken opined: “The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.”

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  2. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Let’s see here. Today’s news includes:
    Yellen yelling to raise the debt limit.
    Big surprise. The Infrastructure Bill will be paid for by borrowing money.
    EU declares abortion a human right
    Marilyn Monroe statue latest object of Lefty outrage
    China Applauds Itself on Human Rights: Communism Brought ‘Salvation’ from West
    Talcum X, the artist formerly known as Shaun King wants justice for vandalized George Floyd statue—a year ago he demanded Jesus statues be torn down.
    No Deal! Biden Infrastructure Plan Already at Risk Over Crazy Demands From Biden and Pelosi
    Finally, some good news:
    Gun Sanctuary Movement Erupts: 61 Percent of US Counties Now ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries
    https://bonginoreport.com/

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  3. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “Marilyn Monroe statue latest object of Lefty outrage”
    lmfao. Yer right. Jaysus, Mary and Joseph.
    Paul never sleeps.

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  4. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    He’s back!!! Here’s some great news for the Dems, the biggest loser in modern political history is making a comeback. He’s truly the Pete Rademacher of politics-start at the top and work down.
    “Former President Donald Trump is bronzed, rested and politically bloodthirsty.
    Having spent months in semi-retirement after his election loss in 2020, Trump is set this weekend to kick off a series of political events. Aides and confidants say the goal is to boost his standing in anticipation of a possible future run and to scratch that never-soothed itch he has for publicity. But it’s also to exact some revenge.”
    https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/25/donald-trump-2022-elections-496126

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  5. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Clownworld Chronicles. The Heckler’s Veto keeps on keepin’ on.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV43PGi9uuM

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  6. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    What is your opinion of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 authored and signed by Bush?

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    George
    What is your opinion of the Cotton Futures Act of 1916 signed by Wilson?

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  8. Ghost of Jose Peyote Coyote Avatar
    Ghost of Jose Peyote Coyote

    George, what is your opinion of the Marilyn Monroe statue? Sorta like driving through one of those big redwood trees to me.
    Some like it hot.
    https://youtu.be/qwbnyy-cXy0

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  9. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Weak dodge scenes. You can do better than that.

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  10. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Let me give you a chance scenes to elaborate on your own question. What is the Cotton Futures Act of 1916 and why is it relevant to this discussion?

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    Posted by: scenes | 25 June 2021 at 03:13 PM
    ……thanks for saving me the keystrokes.

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  12. Paulie want a cracker Avatar
    Paulie want a cracker

    What is the Cotton Futures Act of 1916 and why is it relevant to MY discussion? Me, me, me. Bush did it too!
    New COVID wave could be another Trump-caused massacre
    https://www.rawstory.com/new-wave-could-be-another-trump-caused-massacre/

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  13. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Bush did it too!
    ‘New COVID wave could be another Trump-caused massacre’
    https://www.rawstory.com/new-wave-could-be-another-trump-caused-massacre/

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  14. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Great White Father in Washington speaks with forked tongue.
    Biden’s Idea of ‘Unity’ Is an Infrastructure Double Cross
    He reaches a “deal” with a bipartisan group of senators only to renege two hours later.
    https://patriotpost.us/articles/80889-bidens-idea-of-unity-is-an-infrastructure-double-cross-2021-06-25
    Indian giver!

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  15. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Larry Elder, the Elder Statesman, makes the Friday quotes:
    Insight: “The interest of the people lies in being able to join organizations, advocate causes, and make political ‘mistakes’ without being subjected to governmental penalties.” —Justice Hugo L. Black (1886-1971)
    Upright I: “What is destroying this country is not the prevalence of guns. It isn’t the police. It isn’t systemic racism. It isn’t poverty or income inequality. The problem is this country’s sick sexual culture, its marginalization of fathers and the corresponding destruction of the family. …We refuse to connect the dots, because doing so would mean admitting that the sexual revolution went off the rails. And that runs afoul of both those who make millions selling sex and those who need constant validation for their own behavior. As a result, the innocence, health and well-being of children has been sacrificed for adults’ sexual selfishness. It is no accident that girls see themselves increasingly as sexual objects or that fatherless young men, without adequate role models for healthy behaviors, fall into deeply destructive ones. Without stability, without security, without a proper sense of themselves, they seek validation in sexual conquest, belonging in gang membership, and excitement in drug use and violence.” —Laura Hollis
    Upright II: “Unless one is prepared to argue that Blacks are simply genetically more inclined to commit homicide, where is the discussion about ‘root causes’? When there is a horrific urban shooting, Democrats are quick to call for more gun control legislation. Democrats, when there is an alleged case of police abuse against a Black suspect, demand police reform, with some elected officials even calling for a defunding of the police. Democrats, when it comes to disparities in homeownership or net worth, readily talk about the ‘legacy of slavery and Jim Crow,’ while failing to address, let alone explain, the increase in the rate of unmarried motherhood in America following the ‘60s ‘war on poverty.’ And despite clear evidence about the relationship between crime and fatherlessness, the left does not want to talk about that ‘root cause.‘” —Larry Elder
    For the record: “Why would anyone, regarded by Iran’s leaders as secular infidels, think they can negotiate with religious fanatics who want them dead, and their country destroyed? How can anyone negotiate with those who want to rule and dominate the world? Do westerners sincerely believe they can sway those who proclaim to take direct orders from their god? These religious zealots believe their god wants them to pursue an agenda of death to Jews and to eliminate Israel, Western Europe and the United States. Recall it was the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, who suggested Islam will conquer Europe through immigration and without firing a shot. Financial advisers and brokerage firms are required by law to tell clients ‘past performance is no guarantee of future results.’ In the case of Iran, past (and current) performance IS a guarantee of future results.” —Cal Thomas
    Tongue-in-cheek: “Recently I learned that Critical Race Theory is NOT being taught in schools, corporations, or the military. They are only learning the most toxic parts as individual lessons. That’s totally different.” —Scott Adams
    Non compos mentis: “Former president Donald Trump is America’s premier culture warrior. No other modern politician has displayed as much talent at dividing Americans, peddling disinformation, demonizing minorities and exacerbating social problems. … [Florida Governor Ron DeSantis] is setting himself up as Trump’s running mate or successor by showing a genius for appealing to every disreputable prejudice of the GOP base.” —Washington Post columnist Max Boot
    Nanny state: “We can’t expect Americans to succeed if we don’t first give them the tools to do so.” —Nancy Pelosi with one of the most maternalistic comments ever
    The BIG Lie: “These are all facts. I don’t do opinion. And I know — the difference for me is, I do point of view.” —CNN talkinghead Don Lemon asserting a distinction without a difference when asked if he mixes opinion with facts
    Race bait I: “Speaking about, you know, the maggots — I’m sorry, the MAGA. … We have borne the brunt of being disloyal to this nation. And we have stood by to see mediocre, mealy-mouthed, snowflake white men who are incapable of taking critique, who are willing to dole out infamous repudiations of the humanity of the other and yet they call us snowflakes and they are the biggest flakes of snow to hit the Earth.” —professor Michael Eric Dyson
    Race bait II: “Opposition to critical race theory is obviously rooted in racism and has just become the newest dog whistle for racists.” —Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
    Missing the forest for the trees: “I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military … of being quote ‘woke’ or something else because we’re studying some theories [like CRT] that are out there.” —Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley
    And last… “It has been edifying to learn over the course of … 24 hours that in the view of this administration, the military exists primarily to serve two functions: social engineering via CRT education, and nuking Americans who have guns.” —Ben Shapiro

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  16. Walt Avatar

    WOW!! I sure lit the fuse, and ran out the door.(So the LIB tax man can take it out of my hide.)
    You still don’t get it. It real simple. You never give a rats ass about LIB spending.. NEVER. You just whine and complain ONLY when it’s a Repub. doing any.
    So your just a hypocritical two faced bastard.
    Hw many times did I ask you if Trump should have shut the government down to get a better deal on spending? Did I ever get an answer from you? F*ck no.
    You never put your own opinion to anything.. But you will cut and paste someone else’s to try and weasel by.

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  17. Walt Avatar

    OK… I don’t get it. Vegans are anti meat.(that I get)
    Now why would they create veggie chow based on a meat flavor?
    Veggie burgers? ” It’s supposed to taste like a hamburger…WHY????
    Vegie sausage? C’mon Mannn…..
    Here is a “veggie” menu.
    https://amysdrivethru.com/menu/rohnert-park
    So.. they don’t like meat,, yet try and peddle it with a ripped off “meat” name.

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  18. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Well, well, well so the big deal coming from the NY DA is about generous fringe benefits to executives. So oh great pony tail of ignorance tell us how important this nothing burger is after a 2 year investigation. ROFLOL!! –
    “In my more than 50 years of practice, never before have I seen the District Attorney’s Office target a company over employee compensation or fringe benefits,” Ronald Fishchetti, an attorney for the Trump Organization, told ABC News in a statement. “The IRS would not, and has not, brought a case like this.
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/gma/trump-organization-expects-charged-manhattan-205300372.html
    😉

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  19. Walt Avatar

    Don. And nothing from the Trump tax returns.
    Emery must be really miffed.

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  20. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    It’s for the children. The very terminally ill sick children.
    ‘Make-a-Wish Foundation to grant wishes only to terminally ill children who are fully vaccinated’
    The decision to grant wishes only to terminally ill children that fully vaccinated comes as air travel, large gathering resume.
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/make-wish-foundation-only-grant-wishes-terminally-ill-children-are-fully
    —————————-
    State PTA Threatens To Disband Magnet School PTA After Its Asian Parents Reject Anti-Merit Woke Policies
    Parents were shocked. “The fact that a white woman is actively working to install another white woman into a position of additional authority over the will of a majority of minority parents is shocking and disturbing and a reflection once more of the unwelcome and hostile environment in FCPS against minority parents who dare to speak up,” Asra Nomani, a previous member of the EC, wrote.
    “The Virginia PTA likes its Asian and minority parents when we are submissive and compliant, but when we question FCPS policies or actions, you turn on the parents.”
    On Wednesday, the state PTA interceded again, writing to all parents that the state organization would take steps to shut down the group because of a “disregard for the authority of Virginia PTA” (notwithstanding that the parents had a “majority vote”).
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/state-pta-threatens-to-disband-tj-pta-after-its-asian-parents-reject-anti-merit-policies

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  21. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Calling ACME Rents. Send over a group of ballot counters.
    ‘In Georgia’s largest county, ‘an army of temps’ oversaw an election rife with security issues’
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/georgias-largest-county-army-temps-oversaw-election-rife-security-issues

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  22. RXCross Avatar
    RXCross

    In the category of ” goombah goombah goombah”. charges of tax evasion are expected to come down next week on the trump organization. Isn’t that what they got
    Al Capone on?

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  23. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    @734 see @605 LOL!
    😉

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  24. Walt Avatar

    Sure Bobby.. Back to looking for a crime.
    If that were even remotely true,, the IRS would have hauled him in. No some two bit LIB prosecutor with no evidence.

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  25. Walt Avatar

    Hear XI Bi Den? “The Blacks won’t get vaccinated because the remember the testing on the Tuskegee airmen”.
    His brain damage shows up on a daily basis.

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  26. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Talking to his most reliable voting block –
    Political cartoon of the day: Chuck sees dead people
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow
    😉

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  27. George Rebane Avatar

    Wasn’t the ‘Trump organization’ already to be indicted, tried, convicted, and in the pokey months ago. What’s different about this month’s prognostication of their imminent demise?

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  28. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    File it with the blue wave prognostications @918 lol
    😉

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  29. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    I like the comparison to Delawares election laws but creepy grampa joe surely does not even know what his home states rules are –
    \
    Georgia AG: DOJ lawsuit against new election law is a ‘campaign flier’ and ‘blatantly political’
    ‘We’ve beaten Stacey Abrams in court every time she has filed a legal action against us since 2018,’ said Chris Carr
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/georgia-ag-doj-lawsuit-blatantly-political
    😉

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  30. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Dr. Rebane @ 9:18 am
    Didn’t you hear?????? They are going to drop the hammer on Trump Evil Empire Organization on Monday. It’s all over Raw Story. Like a elephant with diarrhea, it’s all over town.
    But this time they do not plan on marching Barron off to the hoosegow.
    Who knows? Bobbie Mangina is bound to get something right for once after batting 0.00 for the last five seasons.

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  31. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Boy, the Judiciary must go. How dare the Court!
    ‘After A Judge’s Dismissal And A Damning Report, BLM May Have To Admit What Really Happened In Lafayette Park’
    Black Lives Matter must reframe their case, acknowledging the falsity of their initial allegations, or risk sanctions for alleging facts without evidentiary support.
    https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/25/after-a-judges-dismissal-and-a-damning-report-blm-may-have-to-admit-what-really-happened-in-lafayette-park/
    ———————
    Abolish the judiciary!
    FLORIDA SUPREME COURT TOSSES A QUOTA
    https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/06/florida-supreme-court-tosses-a-quota.php
    Love how the Court rewrote the plaintiffs’ policy for them, lol.

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  32. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Talk about gullible rinos getting played and looking like the fools they are –
    Lindsey Graham accuses Biden of making the GOP ‘look like a f—ing idiot’ after tying a bipartisan infrastructure deal to a larger spending package
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/biden-celebrates-infrastructure-deal-at-white-house-191727472.html
    But during his Thursday remarks at the White House, Biden said he expected the deal to make its way to his desk, and praised several Republican senators for their work in the negotiations, including Mitt Romney of Utah, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.
    “Mitt Romney has never broken his word to me. You know, the senator from Alaska, the senator from Maine, they’ve never broken their word,” said Biden, who was accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris. “They’re friends. The people I was with today are people that I trust.”
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/biden-celebrates-infrastructure-deal-at-white-house-191727472.html
    😉

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  33. RXCross Avatar
    RXCross

    Here is an idea.. why don’t you people stick your heads in the sand and put on your trumpphones so you don’t have to hear any real news stories you don’t like. Oh.. your heads are already in the sand.. Oh well.

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    Posted by: Roberta Cross | 26 June 2021 at 09:14 AM
    A “real story” from the establishment US media?

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  35. Walt Avatar

    Well Bobby,, I will give you two guesses where your head is..
    Hint.. Real dark, and smells like 💩.

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  36. George Rebane Avatar

    Administrivia – I draw your kind attention to the ‘Juneteenth’ piece addendum.

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  37. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    Ms.Cross: “Here is an idea.. why don’t you people stick your heads in the sand and put on your trumpphones so you don’t have to hear any real news stories you don’t like.”
    I’d say that the major problem is that the ‘Right’ (whatever that means anymore), ranging from just reg’lar tradesmen to the occasional torch-bearing Evilguy, simply don’t produce much news currently.
    We’ve been drowning in the crazy takeover of schools, statue tumbling and building burning, Men In Dresses, and now President Potato going through his predictable political payoffs, for some time. I’m super sorry that Buffalo Horn Guy (and the 200 or so other folks kept in isolation for wandering into the Capitol) and the murder of Ms. Babbitt by the unnamed mall cop just don’t produce enough novel controversy at this point.
    About all that’s left will be the inevitable anti-Trump lawfare via highly politicized state attorneys, and really that ain’t much and hard to get excited about.
    If Trump gets rolling again as a political figure, there might be something to talk about. In the meantime I’m afraid it’s just the ongoing destruction of the West by the Woke. Ms. Cross, perhaps you could bring up some international news. It’ll probably require an international newspaper or something like RT.

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    “If Trump gets rolling again as a political figure, there might be something to talk about.”
    …..something to again bring meaning into otherwise drab and empty lives.

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  39. Walt Avatar

    No need to do your homework Emery, someone did it for you.
    Told ya’ Biden was full of shit.
    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/26/fact-check-biden-falsely-claims-you-couldnt-buy-a-cannon-under-2nd-amendment/
    “Biden said, “The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of the people who could own a gun [and] what type of weapon you could own. You couldn’t buy a cannon.”
    Biden’s claim about not being allowed to purchase cannons is not new. He made it on May 21, 2020, and it was, at that time, shown to be false by PolitiFact.
    PolitiFact noted Biden comparing “assault weapons” to cannons, saying: “They have no rationale for being owned by individuals on the street. They should be outlawed… From the very beginning you weren’t allowed to have certain weapons. You weren’t allowed to own a cannon during the Revolutionary War as an individual.”
    Julie Anne Sweet, director of military studies at Baylor University, told PolitiFact: “It seems highly unlikely that there were restrictions on the private ownership [of cannons].”
    Independent Institute’s Dave Kopel told PolitiFact, “I am not aware of a ban on any arm in colonial America.””
    That was a LIE Emery.. Now what was your stance on liars again?

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    Posted by: Walt | 26 June 2021 at 11:07 AM
    That was a LIE Emery.. Now what was your stance on liars again?

    The I imagine as his stance on progressive senators belonging to All White social organizations and clubs….he looks the other way!

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    Crap!
    The same I imagine as his stance

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  42. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So Walt in your opinion it’s ok under the 2nd amendment to own cannons, bazookas, hand grenades,tanks and even anti aircraft missiles ?

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  43. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy… you forgot machine guns.

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  44. Walt Avatar

    You really know how to drown in the deep end, don’t you Emery?
    I can own a cannon today.(black power may it be)
    And with the right licenses, I can own everything you pitifully mention(maybe not in this Commie state)
    Getting back to the real issue, there were NO retractions
    when the Bill of Rights was written and passed.
    What party of that don’t you understand?
    Your mind messed up as bad as Biden’s?

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    Poll Emery: ” So Walt in your opinion it’s ok under the 2nd amendment to own cannons, bazookas, hand grenades,tanks and even anti aircraft missiles ?”
    World’s Largest Privately Owned Tank Collection.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOjBweiY3aM
    HOW THE WORLD’S FIRST PRIVATELY OWNED FLEET OF F-16 AGGRESSOR JETS BECAME A REALITY || 2021
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAceETiSh28
    First flight in the world of a privately owned MiG-29!!!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq92ZC5cYoM
    LG 440 40mm Grenade launcher Firing exploding rounds
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8diO5uFJOE
    50 cal full auto Machine gun from the hip
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEcCPs5YJtk
    Wait for it. “WALT?!!! DO YOU THINK PEOPLE SHOULD OWN NUKLEAR BOMBS???” Yet another question typically heard from precocious junior high boys in an arguin’ mood. Usually goes along with “WALT!??? IF LATE TERM ABORTION IS ILLEGAL WHY OH WHY IS IT LEGAL TO EXECUTE PEOPLE????”.

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    Posted by: Paul Emery | 26 June 2021 at 01:57 PM
    PunchyBot vaguely accusatory question subroutine: INITIATE

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    The best part of this is that an hour from now Paul will forget this exchange ever happened and we’ll get to do it all over again, in exactly the same way, the next time the subject comes up.

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