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[mdwest]

Ok so hear me out. We all think pedo’s deserve a cruel and untimely death correct? How about any person associated with the Epstein files is sent to GTMO and they can get to the bottom of what transpired there? Surely they don’t deserve better treatment than terrorists

While I think a convicted pedo deserves the worst fate possible, the problem with Gitmo is that it’s reserved for enemy combatants and doesn’t afford certain US constitutional protections..

Step one would be stripping a convicted pedo of US Citizenship… after that MAYBE you could get away with sending them to Gitmo..

All of that said.. it’s not really necessary…

There is a code among hardened criminals… one of the “rules” is there is no tolerance for “short eyes”… one thing many lifers have in common is they had young children when they got locked up…and they are protective of those kids..

The solution is simple… put pedos in max security facilities and put them in gen pop.. stop putting them within the protected population or in isolation..

Once the lifers find out there is a pedo among them.. that pedo will experience every imaginable hell on earth from that day until his day of release, or until they kill him (which won’t come quickly, painlessly, or with any mercy),,

 

[Aaron N]

While I think a convicted pedo deserves the worst fate possible, the problem with Gitmo is that it’s reserved for enemy combatants and doesn’t afford certain US constitutional protections..

Step one would be stripping a convicted pedo of US Citizenship… after that MAYBE you could get away with sending them to Gitmo..

All of that said.. it’s not really necessary…

There is a code among hardened criminals… one of the “rules” is there is no tolerance for “short eyes”… one thing many lifers have in common is they had young children when they got locked up…and they are protective of those kids..

The solution is simple… put pedos in max security facilities and put them in gen pop.. stop putting them within the protected population or in isolation..

Once the lifers find out there is a pedo among them.. that pedo will experience every imaginable hell on earth from that day until his day of release, or until they kill him (which won’t come quickly, painlessly, or with any mercy),,

I’m thinking about a little waterboarding to get the beans spilled. And THEN in with the general population

 

[deewayne2003]

The whole voter ID = discrimination is the biggest pile of dog excrement ever perpetrated by politicians..

I’m 56 years old.. my beard is white.. my face is weathered… it’s obvious I’m not a young guy…

I had to show ID today to buy cold medicine…

I had to show ID last week to buy spray paint…

There are no legal voters in this country that don’t have a state issued ID…

Amen!

If I’m not mistaken, Texas offers a voter ID card; it’s a state issued ID, valid for 10 years and free to any legal state resident.

I don’t believe it’s a “REAL” ID, so I doubt you can fly with it, but you can vote and buy a firearm with it.

This ID not only secures the ballot, but also provides a state ID for many who reside in low income/high crime areas, not only as a service to community but also aide law enforcement in identifying people during street and road encounters.

 

[deewayne2003]

While I think a convicted pedo deserves the worst fate possible, the problem with Gitmo is that it’s reserved for enemy combatants and doesn’t afford certain US constitutional protections..

Step one would be stripping a convicted pedo of US Citizenship… after that MAYBE you could get away with sending them to Gitmo..

All of that said.. it’s not really necessary…

There is a code among hardened criminals… one of the “rules” is there is no tolerance for “short eyes”… one thing many lifers have in common is they had young children when they got locked up…and they are protective of those kids..

The solution is simple… put pedos in max security facilities and put them in gen pop.. stop putting them within the protected population or in isolation..

Once the lifers find out there is a pedo among them.. that pedo will experience every imaginable hell on earth from that day until his day of release, or until they kill him (which won’t come quickly, painlessly, or with any mercy),,

I believe it was a federal prison in Colorado that was originally housing only habitual sex offenders of the highest danger level.

This was discussed at length by JD Delay who is an ex con turned treatment counselor and social media personality.

JD has 52 felonies and was laughing about this prison full of sex offenders had this one “diaper sniffer” that was doing life and filing suit against the prison system all the time for harassment.

This idiot filed suit saying that housing only sex offenders at the facility was isolation and therefore cruel and unusual punishment.

The court agreed with him and the feds were forced to bring in mainline federal inmates and like @mdwest said … they have rules and when a man has 3+ life sentences plus 100 years and his appeals are exhausted, what is left that you can take from him?

For those true convicts; the decision to kill you or not could literally boil down to how long they lose commissary privileges for.

 

[DaddyFlip]

Ecclesiastes 8:11-13
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Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

I'm always reluctant to pass judgement on others for their wrongdoings when I'm not in a position to judge them or execute their sentence, especially when my own wrongdoings, though benign in the sight of men, might be worthy of death in the sight of God. Not sure how we got to the place where going to prison was a "good thing" for many people. I was thinking the other day how some convicts call prison "the pen" (a place where you lock up animals) when the real word, penitentiary, means, "a place to become penitent" or sorrowful before God and man for the wrong you have done. That's gone; prison is a place of defiance for most.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Back to the Trump class BBG.

Size does matter and big ships pack more of a wallop.

BUT ! It’s the training, tactics and earned experience of the crew and its officers that win engagements and battles.

You can place the best technology and firepower with an inexperienced crew and they will not do well in battle.

War college, time at sea and centuries of naval battle tactics and skills, And good leadership win.

China of course has been sailing for longer than the U.S. but does not have recent centuries of experience at sea.

It’s the crew that wins at sea. Not the ship.


How they fought doesn’t start until 30:00 in

 

[Brent in Az]

Do your due diligence.

You should do yours, since the claims are coming from the typical left-wing media sewage department

 

[Rifleman97]

Anyone else concerned about the hypocrisy of trump ordering missile strikes on drug traffickers in international waters, while simultaneously pardoning drug traffickers who are currently in prison, and pardoning a guy convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribe money from foreign countries such as Azerbaijan?

Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Cuellar in federal bribery and conspiracy case

President Donald Trump has pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a case brought by federal prosecutors.

www.pbs.org

Trump pardons cocaine kingpin who ruled Honduras

Trump said Nov. 28 that he planned to pardon the former Honduran leader, and a White House official confirmed Dec. 2 that the pardon had been issued.

www.usatoday.com

This second article, the guy was convicted guilty of helping bring 400 tons of drugs into the US, with more than that being likely. He got his prison sentence and was set completely free… what the hell trump? What possible excuse would you have for pardoning a man taking millions in bribe money from middle eastern countries to vote on anti US policy, or to give a full pardon to one of the kings of drug trafficking?

 

[Altitude sickness]

Rifleman, I would be. If I thought the only benefit of the strikes was killing Tren De Aregua gang members. And only because a $50-$100k weapon is too expensive for a large Boston Whaler.

Not because I care about Face tattooed idiots being fish bait. Read my post on page 3308 for more details.

The primary reason we have such a large naval presence in the Caribbean is to show China that part of the ocean is our backyard, and to pressure China to get out of the Caribbean. The side benefit is sending Tren De Aregua to the bottom of the ocean, but that’s not the primary reason we are there.

 

[MauserDuff]

You should do yours, since the claims are coming from the typical left-wing media sewage department

AI is left wing?

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Zelensky Makes Major Concession to End Ukraine War​

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has indicated he is willing to pull Ukrainian troops back from parts of the eastern Donetsk region still under Kyiv's control and establish a demilitarized zone under potential peace terms.

Seemingly irreconcilable positions on territory have repeatedly stalled peace talks pushed by the U.S. since President Donald Trump was reelected for his second term in office. Zelensky's comments offer some hint that weeks of labored discussions have yielded steps toward a deal to end Europe's largest land war in decades, although obstacles do still remain to the inking of a final agreement.

Zelensky told reporters on Tuesday that one option could see a "free economic zone" in demilitarized areas of eastern Ukraine, according to local media. Russia would also have to pull out its forces from parts of the east, but Moscow has not indicated it is willing to do so.

 

[Aaron N]

AI is left wing?

Anything anyone disagrees with is made up now a days, don’t you know?

 

[Brent in Az]

AI is left wing?

AI regurgitates information it sniffs out across the internet. That information is not an absolute.
I've personally seen inaccurate AI generated info.
I don't trust it in the slightest.

 

[SaintPanzer]

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/in-hoc-anno-domini-d0d5a77e?st=QWRtg4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Anyone else concerned about the hypocrisy of trump ordering missile strikes on drug traffickers in international waters, while simultaneously pardoning drug traffickers who are currently in prison, and pardoning a guy convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribe money from foreign countries such as Azerbaijan?

Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Cuellar in federal bribery and conspiracy case

President Donald Trump has pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a case brought by federal prosecutors.

www.pbs.org

Trump pardons cocaine kingpin who ruled Honduras

Trump said Nov. 28 that he planned to pardon the former Honduran leader, and a White House official confirmed Dec. 2 that the pardon had been issued.

www.usatoday.com

This second article, the guy was convicted guilty of helping bring 400 tons of drugs into the US, with more than that being likely. He got his prison sentence and was set completely free… what the hell trump? What possible excuse would you have for pardoning a man taking millions in bribe money from middle eastern countries to vote on anti US policy, or to give a full pardon to one of the kings of drug trafficking?

In a word, yes.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Zelensky Makes Major Concession to End Ukraine War​

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has indicated he is willing to pull Ukrainian troops back from parts of the eastern Donetsk region still under Kyiv's control and establish a demilitarized zone under potential peace terms.

Seemingly irreconcilable positions on territory have repeatedly stalled peace talks pushed by the U.S. since President Donald Trump was reelected for his second term in office. Zelensky's comments offer some hint that weeks of labored discussions have yielded steps toward a deal to end Europe's largest land war in decades, although obstacles do still remain to the inking of a final agreement.

Zelensky told reporters on Tuesday that one option could see a "free economic zone" in demilitarized areas of eastern Ukraine, according to local media. Russia would also have to pull out its forces from parts of the east, but Moscow has not indicated it is willing to do so.

As most folks with an average IQ know, Putin has no intentions of seeking peace. I am quite certain "continue successfully stalling while continuing to attack" is on his New Year's resolutions list.

 

[Red Leg]

Our trip to Croatia keeps getting more expensive.

Dollar set for worst year since 2017, yen still in focus

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[cwpayton]

Need to revisit that history lesson. Finland got about 12% smaller. So not all of it did

Yep thru ,treaty. my point was Russia didnt steam roll over them like they planned.

 

[cwpayton]

Won't operate from an aircraft carrier.

Surprised it wont but with a 1000 mile combat capabilities with out air refueling it can strike alot of adversaries.
The Navy is not left high and dry , with the development of the FA XX.
if congress doesnt kill it.

 

[Red Leg]

Surprised it wont but with a 1000 mile combat capabilities with out air refueling it can strike alot of adversaries.
The Navy is not left high and dry , with the development of the FA XX.
if congress doesnt kill it.

The problem is the administration and not Congress. The Navy has been prepared to announce the down-select since last February (Boeing or Northrop Grumman). The White House has delayed the selection. Perhaps because Navy aviation hasn't come up with a clever way to evoke Trump's name like the P47 or Trump Class Battleship?