Well shit, I would if I could. Not touristy shit but like a nice quiet spot, a fire and a drink in my hand

I agree! The 2nd amendment isn’t for the right or left. It is for EVERYONE, some people just chose to ignore it because they could. It’s easy to make fun of open carry gun nuts and paranoid preppers, but you know maybe a government that is unwilling/unable to help you isn’t so far fetched after all

Anyone can buy similar stuff, train at a range every month or so to get proficient (dry fire is fine too if you don’t have a range), read a few military manuals your tax money paid for. Being a responsible gun owner may sound daunting but it’s not.

Then work on physical fitness a bit, enough to take a 5+ mile hike without dying. Learn some first aid too because everyone should be able to deal with a gunshot wound anyway.

In the end you can’t assume that your political opponents to take risks for you

True and say what you want about American wars, they don’t take territory for themselves. Russia on the other hand

Ukraine was invaded, twice, with Russia as the aggressor. That isn’t Ukraine’s fault and they have every right to kick Russian ass as long as it takes for Russia to pull out or negotiate. Both will be politically painful so the war goes on.

And if you’re in a shooting war with Russia, who better to ask for weapons than the US? Even old outdated US equipment was designed to take on Soviet equipment so yeah you want them as friends to give your nation a fighting chance and prove to Russia and the international community that they won’t be pushovers.

And look at NATO. They are bumping defense GDP to 5%. Finland, Poland, Estonia and others are withdrawing from agreements that forbid the placement of anti-personnel mines. Even if this war ends tomorrow, nobody seems to think Russia will be satisfied for long

“checkmate atheists!”

Calling someone’s AR military grade is a pretty good insult!

20 miles one way is going to be a rough commute to start. I agree with other comments about riding for fun to get the setup right for you and build endurance

I don’t know if this is feasible for you but maybe get a bike rack and drive part way, park somewhere public and ride the rest of the way in?

Your comment reminded me of number stations. They are radio broadcasts with seemingly random numbers getting transmitted every now and then. A well known one is “The Russian Buzzer”

They are really long range, and just about anyone can listen in to these transmissions. But only a tiny number of people (in the buzzer’s case maybe Russian spies) know the meaning and act on those signals.

I guess my point is that ultimately nobody can really stop the signals, including dog whistles. And I think it’s silly when people try to make some of those words taboo. For example if “roommates” is a code word for a queer couple living together the legit use of the word doesn’t just disappear

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last I heard everything is a dog whistle for everything

hoo?

Good ole Baghdad Bob, the OG “this is fine” guy

It can only mean one thing

“WhatsApp doesn’t collect your data!”

(because everything else they own does)

Yeah…yeah. It’s heartbreaking how many people are going to get caught in the middle

The IAEA released a statement that Iran wasn’t holding to their non-proliferation agreements. Acknowledging that Iran is in the process of making nukes depite what they claim.

UKMTO was warning mariners of heightened tensions on June 11th

About the same time the US was evacuating non essential people from Bahrain, Kuwait and similar places

The people in the know were aware that Israel was getting a liiiiiitle more hands on with Iran’s nuclear program. Nobody seems willing to get involved to support or stop it.

That would give any third party a good cop bad cop negotiation position. Have Iran make a deal with them or let Israel continue to have some quality 1v1 time

“strawman”

does not eleborate further, thinks they won, leaves

You should do this with the Lorem Ipsum text lol

People who don’t know might think it’s some based quote from a Caesar or something

Many people I know agree with deporting illegal immigrants and see it as a problem that had been simply ignored for far too long. I found an article talking about deportation flights as early as 2023 (I’ll try to find and link it here, and here’s one from 2024) so it’s not brought on by the Trump admin, but he greatly expanded the scale and publicity.

There are disagreements though, mostly with how it’s being carried out. If the agents are unidentifiable as feds some day someone is going to fight back, or a third party will intervene thinking they are getting mugged.

And there is a big lack of due process to make sure those arrested actually meet the criteria for deportation. No way they are all 100% legit with no mistakes. If everything is legit more due process and transparency shouldn’t be an issue if your case is solid.