heybruce

On 5/14/2024 at 4:50 AM, GinBoy2 said:

So this is getting off topic, but here goes.

 

I grew up as a kid of farm workers in the CA Central Valley. Drive down I-5 and you'll see a ton of uber right wing stuff about immigration.

 

The irony is that the same folks paying for all that stuff are the ones employing illegal immigrants to works in their fields. 

 

My parents were legal but I'd say half of the other people they worked with were illegal, all paid by I'm sure fully paid up GOP members!

I'm dealing with a recent tornado issue in my neighborhood in the US.  Thank god for those immigrants! 

I was amazed at how fast they were in removing trees from the tops of houses, blocking driveways and side-streets, and other essential places.  Large tree removal in urban areas is difficult and potentially dangerous.  Yes, they were paid (very well I hope) but they were very good in quickly and safely removing large trees and debris from places where people were trying to salvage their homes and get on with life.

I don't know if any or all of them were illegal and I don't care.  This neighborhood, where my very elderly Mom also lives, would be in chaos without the work they'd done.

16 hours ago, G_Money said:

Been wanting to pull the plug on California for years but…it’s called procrastination.

 

And now another 2 reasons.  We already have the highest gasoline prices and electricity rates in the country.  Increases coming in gasoline and electricity.  
 

Very “authoritarian” dictators (Democrat leadership) telling us more and more everyday how to live.  And they think Trump is a dictator.

 

Someone has to pay for freebies.

 

The golden era of the golden state are over.

 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/californias-secret-gas-tax-hike-coming-in-2025?cmpid=FNC_app#

California is a dictatorship?  I'm pretty sure they have elections.  And get this, the losers in these elections respect the outcomes and the choices of the voters.  Weird, isn't it?

If they dropped their weapons and fled, they have some claim to being refugees.

However if they kept their weapons and retreated across the border then they are using, or attempting to use, Thailand as a base for continuing their ugly war.

There's a big difference.

13 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

China started selling US treasury bonds rabidly two years ago. They went from 2 trillion to less than 600 million now. I expect them to sell all out within 2024. Money's going home or to gold and other fungibles. There is an increasingly important BRICS Central Bank headquartered in Shanghai which is very much a work in progress.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Development_Bank

What has BRICS accomplished?

To my knowledge BRICS has been less influential than ASEAN.

5 hours ago, johng said:

They are significant because they where found near to the vice president on the day,  when they where reported to police stationed nearby outside the vice presidents office  they casually dealt with the situation  even letting some school children pass right by the bench

the area should have been swept for bombs etc in the hours before but weren't found   the timers on the bombs could only have been set a few hours before hand.  It's been postulated that these bombs where known about before hand  hence the casual  police actions and that they may have been a backup plan in case "insurrection day"  at the Capitol failed to materialise.

 

Strangely  Kamala Harris and MSN never mention this grave threat to her life on "insurrection day"

 

The person setting the bombs is on CCTV footage but  yet to be apprehended.

Are you suggesting the deep state under Trump was attempting to disrupt the proceedings to certify the election results so Trump could remain President?

I don't think so, but it is certainly a more credible conspiracy theory than most.

The cheapest airlines that cross the Pacific are the ones most likely to nickel and dime you on seat selection.

Many of them are now flying the Boeing 777 with the ten across seating in economy.  It is a flying sardine can; many of the passengers rely on sleeping pills or other aids to get through it.  As much as possible I avoid it, even if it means paying a few hundred more.

3 hours ago, JoePai said:

Very bad -today at 11.00

I'm of west of the old city and can't see the mountains.  Definitely a day for wearing a mask.

21 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

what conspiracy? do you know about the 2 pipe bombs allegedly found? there is surveillance video of the person placing them. they still cannot find them. 
 

 

OK, I'll bite:  Why do you think this is significant?

1 hour ago, nauseus said:

 

I don't think Biden needs any help blowing his election chances - he is doing just fine on his own.

 

OK, so there is no evidence that Trump's "followers" are taking his orders.

You can believe that if you want.  Better informed people know better.

5 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

The bulk of the money in this proposed bill goes to the Ukraine. The Democrats know that this is a sticking point with the Republicans but, as is their style, they want to mix everything up together in the hope that they can get it all rammed though together. Split it up and might happen.

 

Where is the evidence that Trump's "followers" are taking his orders?

Correct.  Trump wants to deny Biden any semblance of success this year, even if it means more illegal immigrants, more illegal drugs, and handing Russia a tremendous victory in Ukraine.

Trump disparages something/someone and his followers go nuts announcing their hatred of that thing or person.  Haven't you noticed that?  That was enough to shoot down the bill. 

28 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Phillips Lab was the darling of the space movement for a short time. I can't remember who was the Director, but I knew him at the time, maybe Pete Worden or Jess Sponable.

I moved on shortly after it was renamed Phillips Lab.  Almost all the work was classified so it was a very low-key organization then.

BTW:  Any classified that I might remember from back then is at least 30 years past its "Use By" date, but I still treat it as classified.  That's how responsible military and civil service members behave.  Too bad some Presidents and politicians (many actually) can't do the same.

1 hour ago, nauseus said:

 

He was. This idiot story only considers drug seizures. Because the borders are more open now, there is less fentanyl getting intercepted.

Yeah! Why don't they do something about that?

Oh wait, they tried.  It was part of the immigration bill Trump told his followers to shut down.

"The package also includes bipartisan sweeteners, including the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which would target, sanction and block the financial assets of people involved in the fentanyl supply chain, from chemical suppliers in China to drug traffickers from Mexico. The anti-fentanyl bill is authored by the leaders of the Senate Banking Committee, Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Tim Scott, R-S.C., and it has support from 67 senators."  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-immigration-asylum-reform-bill-released-senate-text-rcna136602

"Yet only about 20% of lorries and less than 5% of cars are x-rayed as they enter America. The administration wants to increase that and send more agents to the border to curb both drug-trafficking and illegal immigration. (The two problems are quite distinct, Mr Mayorkas points out: the vast majority of drugs are intercepted at regular border crossings, not carried into America by undocumented migrants.) But last month Republicans in Congress killed a bipartisan bill that would have beefed up policing of the border, at the behest of Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president."  https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/02/29/americas-ten-year-old-fentanyl-epidemic-is-still-getting-worse

51 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

theres your problem..watching CNN!!

and with regards to voilence..remember all those shops and business boarded up in the run up to 2020....no violence from Trumpers after the result, , so just who were those business owners scared of?

No violence from Trumpers after the 2020 election result?  Wow!  Now that's TDS!

Does the date Jan 6 mean anything to you?

7 minutes ago, G_Money said:

Don’t be upset that I proved you lied.

 

Now I’m having second thoughts about agreeing with your “Retired AF “ claim.  Most people who lie, lie about multiple topics.

 

I know you weren’t in combat arms, highly doubtful you worked the flight line.  Was it Motorpool, Administrative, Messhall or passing out basketballs at the base gym?

 

My guess based on the context of your post, basketballs.

 

You have not proven that I lied.  That's another one of your lies.

Along with ICBM DT&E/OT&E I did studies I will not discuss in the AFWL/WL/Phillips Lab at Kirtland AFB and I managed the on-orbit testing of the first GPS Block IIR satellite, among other things.

20 minutes ago, G_Money said:

Adderall is most likely covered under Tricare.

 

Check it out.  It may help you.

Go back to your echo chamber.