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I didn't even know Luxemburg had an army let alone a member of NATO. They are landlocked with a slew of countries between them as a buffer from any potential threat from Russia. I guess it might have made sense in the days of USSR. They'd be better off financially if they just leave NATO.

He is getting up there, 6 months old now. Place board training is coming along pretty well as well.

Well, Trump already said Article 5 of NATO was conditional and not set in stone (guess, depends on who sucks up to him) and we do not even have a similar treaty with Japan, Taiwan, or Philippines. I am sure China can come up with a promise of a trade agreement in return of us turning a blind...

I thought Trump was against NATO countries being dependent on Russian oil and gas.

Yeah, I have two Drover styles for Safari a dressy Fedora and now this for more formal occasions.

Well, keeping up with my Rand hat addiction. Just ordered a Homburg identical to the pictures below. 100% beaver, of course.

And because the MAGA are against transgender, lgbtq+, eco and DEI by extension became pro Russia and anti-Ukraine because the other guys were against Putin and for Ukraine. The "if the others are for it then we are against it" ideology is really hurting our country. We saw it during the Biden...

Snowden should be prosecuted. I think Assange was a bridge too far. People are breaking US laws all over the World and I don't think US should go after them unless a US citizen is involved. Bribing African officials for preferential business opportunities is illegal for US citizens. However...

Playing the devil's advocate, isn't it the journalist's job to gather information? He is not the one that is a government employee that is in charge of security. I don't see him as the guilty party. In regard to national interest, if his editor and in house counsel says publish it, I don't see...

I and many others took a short position on Tesla when the stock more than doubled before inauguration and saw the writing on the wall right after. We were right. Yes, for long term it does not matter. My FAANG stocks are all down, I don't care as I have had them for a long time, decades in...

Thank you Elon Musk for sinking the Tesla stock. I have been into medium format photography for a long time in the film days. Still have Zeiss lenses, cameras, 120 and 220 backs. However, the digital conversion in medium format took a while and was very expensive at the start. It is still...

I really, really hope you do in this matter. Unfortunately, I am not a zealot, so don’t have your faith.

Well. looking up facts is always a sound idea before spouting off numbers as if they are a fact. Something our President might want to do as well. :unsure:

It is based on what Trump did with F16s. I posted an article before that pointed out without US technical support and firmware updates the F-35s are basically bricks. Trump has proven to be an unreliable ally and if I was a European depending on US military technology for defense I would look at...

Keystone pipeline was to bring Canadian crude to the USA to be refined. I think that ship has sailed.

If you have any Lockheed Martin stock, dump it. Future doesn’t look good. https://apple.news/AW-cymboxRlyjLEMBVCJcuQ After US disabling (for all practical purposes) Ukraine’s F16s hard to prove a negative regarding F-35s or any other computer/digital driven weapons that rely on US satellites...

Trump wrote the book on criticizing the judges. :ROFLMAO:

And that's how the others should be.

A SCOTUS judge should be non-political.

:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: If this wasn't obvious to people once the "alleged" Nazi salute was shown to the world...

I think it depends on the location. I was at Von's last week they were about $9 a dozen, totally out at Whole Foods yesterday.

Well, “co stationed scholars” don’t agree all the time, hence the dissenting arguments in SCOTUS. Here is the DOJ advisement. The argument that someone might have changed a bill is bogus. No one is reading a thousand plus page a bill before signing it. It is not like there is a chain of...

Nope, here it is below. It is applicable to everything as long as he directs someone to do it. https://www.justice.gov/file/494411/dl?inline=

Bush DOJ opinioned in 2005 that it was legal and binding.

One thing I am puzzled about. If the intend is to cut defense budget by 8% each year then why did the recently passed CR increased it by $6B? Seems to be a disconnect somewhere.

Absolutely true. Here is the directory entry at DOD website. I guess they nixed it because he worked on DEI towards the end of his career. When you click on that link you get.

A bridge too far? It is getting ridiculous. On November 1, 2021, Major General Rogers' service was recognized on the defense.gov website as part of their Medal of Honor Monday program. On March 15, 2025, it was observed that the page honoring Major General Rogers had been deleted and the url...

Well, letting them run wild and helping them with homework are two different things. I think the only time I ever helped my daughter with her homework was when she was taking Calculus her senior year in high school. And that was because her friends were not available. Rest of the time she...

The gift that keeps giving. https://apple.news/Amp48VA9cRDGNUJzlFPKiDQ

Short baby, short. ;)

Same people that complain about quality of education also do not wish to pay the people doing the teaching.

I guess after all the bluster, the Democrats blinked. https://www.newsweek.com/schumer-tells-democrats-hell-vote-advance-gop-funding-bill-report-2044593

Yep. Had a lot of fun...

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-stock-decline-jp-morgan-analyst-guidance-2025-3 12 more days of decline, that's all I ask. :sneaky:

My dad and I were talking about a cousin of mine some time ago. How he had never made anything of himself, just living off of family money. My dad's comment: "He has a government worker mentality; he has to be told what to do and never wants to take a risk"

In free range countries you do not pay by the inch. Go hunt Zimbabwe etc., and stay away from game farms for DG.

Yes, my daughter and son make in 7 figures and same for their spouses. And that is without hardship at the start. I remember rolling quarters for gas money when my partners and I were trying to get our company going in the 80s as all we had were contracts from oil companies but no investment...

Actually, that is not how it works. A treaty is not binding until it is ratified by the Senate and once that’s done and registered at the UN it can’t be canceled by the POTUS. Otherwise it is just an agreement. Trump got out of the climate accords because it was never ratified hence not binding.

Ditto for most large cities here in the USA.

I am fine with it. On Jan. 24th I placed 60 day puts on Tesla stock in mid six figures. Should pay for a big tusker in Botswana and a full bag Tanzania hunt if trend continues. Wish I had done it in 7 figures.

Alawites by definition are a sect of Islam, not Christians. If they were then they'd just be Christian Arabs.

That being said, Turkey has an economic problem. Without Russian tourists and exports to Russia it is even more dire. Erdogan will have to straddle the fence very carefully.

Interesting read and food for thought. https://apple.news/A3JHGwvwcRCq-qWxw-8bGWw

I don’t know whether you negotiated any contracts or own your own business but as a rule one doesn’t concede everything before even sitting at the table.

On another note. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/minerals-deal-won-t-convince-trump-to-resume-aid-to-ukraine-nbc-news-says/ar-AA1AytPE?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=6155338923de45ff8824832eb6f0b4ca&ei=24 He couldn't have been more helpful to Russia even if he was a sleeper asset.

The gift that keeps giving, to Putin and Russia that is... After all this, why would anyone get equipment from the USA...

Did you read it? It is mostly how Trump could use the idea of lifting sanctions as a bargaining tool, not adding new sanctions to what is already there. Also, sanctions take time to have their impact felt. With stopping all aid to Ukraine and stopping intelligence sharing it seems the immediate...

I haven't done due diligence research on climate change. That being said I have been professionally involved with pollution monitoring for decades. If one were to do a Venn diagram of proposed "climate change" prevention methodologies and anti-pollution methodologies, there is tremendous...

I wouldn’t call a 2 vote majority in the House a mandate. The anti-DEI purge at DOD seems to be working well though. :unsure: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/war-heroes-gay-plane-images-flagged-removal-pentagons-dei-purge-rcna195344

Wow, what’s next mutual defense pact with Russia? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/03/08/us-to-cease-all-future-military-exercises-in-europe-reports/