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He's definitely given an honest attempt at understanding a lot of this stuff, many people just have a hard time questioning their priors and admitting there's a lot more "grey area" in 20th century political movements than most want to concede. You can also still find the works of Giovanni...

https://fortune.com/2025/03/04/honda-civic-production-us-tariffs-mexico/ Add the next Honda Civic to that list

I personally was hoping it would be some Admiral who's a PACOM hawk and wants more ships, but Gen Caine isn't a super crazy pick if you look into his background.

The woke nonsense, cultural undermining, and disruption of internal affairs USAID is responsible for inside countries around the world is a big reason these countries turn to China for development. Kamala Harris visited Zambia in 2023, she landed at an airport built by China, drove on a...

Pretty Good stuff from Jordan Peterson

Yea chest holsters can be tricky with the tension. The harness also has to be tight enough to not move when you go to draw the pistol. What kind of adjustment on the harness did you go with?

How was the fit? Did it droop at all when u bent over or moved around?

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2025/02/04/marine-corps-passes-second-straight-audit-as-other-services-lag-behind/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_dfn "From the halls of congressional appropriations, To the pages of excel sheets... We fight our countries battles, and...

You would be shocked at the number of service members who are not just out of branch height and weight standards, but downright obese. Just do a quick google search on it, I'd wager it's even worse than what's being reported.

They probably got Bangladeshi's doing it for less than we pay the Mexicans!

If the minimum wage in Mexico is 1 dollar an hour, and they're making 16x that (or more) working on a sod farm, it would be like me being able to go somewhere and make $116 an hour (7.25 x 16). Without overtime that comes out to about 240k a year. You show me the place I can go and make 240k a...

Are they hiring? How much work do they have lined up?

I get that, but the point I'm making is these H2A guys are making around 5x what they would be making in Mexico, and they spend that money in Mexico, where the dollar buys a lot more. They aren't planning their future around living on those wages in the US. If an American started working at...

This is pretty cursory search from the Economic Research Institute so I'm sure it doesn't apply to all of Mexico, but according to them crop farm workers in Mexico make about 77 pesos an hour, which is roughly $3.76. https://www.erieri.com/salary/job/crop-farm-worker/mexico Of course your H2A...

I can say my experience while I was in was along the lines of the old saying "everyone has their 10%". Meaning 90% good, which really isn't bad. You could see things starting to shift in a weird direction though, hard to put your finger on it.

Totally agree, a campaign cover doesn't make you a psychiatrist.

No, the Marine Corps doesn't have those even to this day.

I think mental illness is probably one of the biggest issues in the US military. Not depression or PTSD related stuff, just straight up weird behavioral issues. At a place I was employed at a little over a year ago I was a supervisor and had under me a younger guy, about 23 years old, who had...

Ahh, okay yea that was the part that was throwing me off.

What was the source on this and what does that 305k number for the US represent? There were absolutely more than 305k slaves in the US by the mid 1860s.

It would probably be hard to nail down exact numbers on how many were born versus brought in on ships, but the importation of slaves was banned in the US in 1808. Another important point that I think is overlooked is that we weren't actually The United States of America until either 1776 or...

I mean money really isn't the object, selling Greenland to the US so Denmark can buy more artillery is sort of a joke. But in all actuality, the US is better poised to defend shipping lanes in the Arctic than Denmark is, so the territory might as well be ours. Building permanent defense...

Denmark's contribution to the War in Afghanistan is commendable, and the sacrifices made by their troops should never be forgotten. Article 5 was invoked by President Bush and they answered the call, which is what is expected of a NATO member. The problem with Denmark being considered a loyal...

With all this talk of secret technologies, government coverups, what government's will or will not do, what capabilities do or do not exist, etc. I felt that I should participate (perhaps my duty to participate????hahaha ) to this chaos by reminding everyone that the CIA was very interested in...

Investigations into certain operations aren't really a new thing, they've occurred throughout the GWOT at various times with nearly all combat units. Sometimes they're overreaching and unnecessary, and the guys involved are usually cleared without issue. Sometimes, for a number of reasons...

I'm sorry, but this was too good, I had to do this.

Another technique is to tell them to call back when they've made the right choice and bought a Glock, then hang the phone up. Haha

100% Then it's just a matter of getting your name out there on places like here or other hunt forums or whatever. There's a bunch of companies out there making cool stuff that you just don't hear about. For me, I'm always going to have a light on my bear defense handgun (I have lights on all...

@mdwest These dudes are making some cool stuff..... https://invaderconcepts.com/

For western hunting, you may want to look into seeing how whatever holster you end up making doesn't only work as a standalone, but can also be incorporated into a bino harness, there's a handful on the market. Chest holsters are pretty popular here in MT. I see everyone from hunters, hikers...

Again, that is not nor was it ever my claim. However, 127e CONOPS do generally begin life at the TSOC, and the funding for those programs (to include the purchase of arms for forces other than US Forces) come from the DOD. The DOD also does have policies and procedures for "requesting...

You objecting to the implication doesn't mean that's not exactly what happened. Again, Timber Sycamore took place from 2011 to about 2015, this was the covert arming of anti-Assad forces by the CIA. Many of those forces would lose their direct funding and support from the US as they were...

I fully understand that and I never made that claim. I believe I stated that in my initial response here.

You got that rite!

Okay I guess I'm confused as to what you're referring to as policy. This is a link to USSOCOM Directive 525-19..... https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/127e-directive/d892427fa1bd632e/full.pdf Under Section 1 Paragraph 1 it states, "This directive establishes policies and procedures for...

Kind of splitting hairs aren't we? While the use of 127e funding does require concurrence from the relevant Chief of Mission, the money is earmarked for, and comes from, the DOD does it not? https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section127e&num=0&edition=prelim

been seeing the same rumors online, people were tracking an IL76 on flightradar24 and it appears to have either gone down, or turned the transponder off, no actual confirmation from what Ive seen

If the Assad government does collapse completely, another thing that may come out of this situation in Syria is those leaders in Iran who want nuclear weapons (which isn't all of Iran's leadership) could potentially get their way.

Excellent, excellent posts haha

I'd wager HTS running Syria and the region in chaos is preferable to Netanyahu's corner. https://www.timesofisrael.com/syria-rebels-appear-to-credit-israeli-strikes-on-hezbollah-with-aiding-shock-advance/

The mental gymnastics of people in the West cheering for Takfiri militants from all over the world never ceases to amaze me. A not insignificant percentage (maybe the majority) of these anti-Assad forces are almost cartoonishly evil. There will likely be another huge wave of migrants into...

Kinda looks like an NVA helmet

Wrapped up the 2024 season here in Montana with another nice buck yesterday afternoon. I was still riding pretty high from last week's buck (posted earlier in the thread). I was hunting very close to where I killed the other one. Feeling unbelievably blessed! About a 140 yard shot, 300 Win...

Got this one near Libby, MT this morning. The horns have some neat character around the bases. Pretty sure it's the same buck a friend of mine missed 3 times last year while I watched in agony. He was chasing two does around 0815, about 175 yards away, 300 Win Mag 180 grain Partitions...

Yes....but..... You can tag along with a member and shop there. Anchor Costco shoppers, haha.

I can understand the empathy, and I share it, but there has to be a firm reestablishing of order within the US immigration system, to include legal immigration. The United States should be treated like a Nation comprised of citizens again, not just an economic zone. Even if people view the US...

Was talking about this with some guys earlier. I think Election Day should be a Federal Holiday anyway, most employers are good about giving people time to vote, but this would give people all day. If you're non-political and don't care to vote its a paid day off, if you're a hunter you get a...