Muda69

So you don't agree that Ms. Griner committed a crime under Russian law? Are these statement by Mr. Van Buren, a former U.S. diplomat, untrue?:

DeSantis: America’s Conservative Leader: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/desantis-americas-conservative-leader/ Trump is too much of a narcissist to think that any other conservative could be POTUS besides himself.

Is Brittney Griner Worth It?: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-brittney-griner-worth-it/ The State Department has declared Griner to have been "wrongfully detained" -- this, even though she admitted to breaking Russian law, and the evidence was found in her bags as she arrived in Moscow. What kind of idiot tries to smuggle drugs into Russia? There is no way in the world that Griner didn't know that drug possession is illegal in Russia. In 2020, Griner, an out lesbian and woke political activist, told the media that she would refuse to go onto the court while the National Anthem was being played. Back then, she said: That's certainly her right to have done that, and it by no means justifies this long prison sentence (nothing does!), but to us in the Unwoke-American community, that makes her a less sympathetic figure than she otherwise might have been. Van Buren writes that there are 4,000 Americans around the world who have, according to the State Department, been "wrongfully detained." What makes Griner so special as to receive this kind of high-profile treatment by the US Government? He goes on: What Van Buren is saying is that Brittney Griner is a black lesbian whose identity and outspoken wokeness make her dear to the hearts of certain Democratic Party constituencies. That is why the US Government is in talks with the Russians to send a convicted arms dealer to Russia in exchanged for a black lesbian pothead athlete who wouldn't stand for her horribly racist country's national anthem. This is privilege in Biden's America. Free Brittney Griner? Absolutely. She doesn't deserve this sentence. But if bringing her home after she knowingly tried to smuggle drugs into Russia means letting Viktor Bout -- a would-be murderer of Americans, international arms dealer, a helper of terrorists, and likely a Russian spy -- go home, it's not worth it. Not even close -- and not even with the former American Marine Paul Whelan, imprisoned in Russia for allegedly having a thumb drive with classified information on it, included in the deal. Are there no other US citizens wrongfully detained in Russia? On what grounds does the State Department even claim she was wrongfully detained? Unless the Russians are supposed to turn a blind eye when a professional athlete bearing identity characteristics from not one but two ruling-class-approved victim groups breaks their drug laws...

And doesn't the 2nd Amendment exist because the Founding Fathers didn't trust the government to not infringe on that right? Constitutional Carry laws just better enumerate that right.

The Rise of "Constitutional Carry" Is a Sign of Failing Trust in Government https://mises.org/wire/rise-constitutional-carry-sign-failing-trust-government And, as one New Jersey study concluded after surveying young residents of high-crime areas, The perceived need for personal protection is likely more urgent and immediate in high crime areas, but the sentiment certainly is not unique to these areas. Suburban and rural advocates for broadening concealed carry frequently invoke the need for personal protection from violent crime as justification for new laws expanding the right to carry in nearly every situation. Laws Passed Over Police Opposition Although many individual police officers support nearly untrammeled gun ownership by law abiding citizens, many others do not. In the case of Alabama's legislative battle over permitless carry, for instance, "the bills have been roundly criticized by police and gun control advocates, who argue that removing permits poses a safety risk to citizens and officers." The head of Alabama's Sheriff's Association wants to change the Second Amendment to ban concealed carry altogether. And elsewhere "Some of the loudest opponents of permitless carry laws are the police. They spoke out in Indiana, Texas, and Kentucky but that didn’t stop lawmakers from passing “constitutional carry” laws." In Georgia, many law enforcement officers voiced their opposition to conceal carry, much to the delight of the state's Democratic party. In Ohio, constitutional carry has been opposed by the Fraternal Order of Police—the public labor union that provides free lawyers to abusive and incompetent police officers. Even in Republican-controlled legislatures—where professed support for police runs high—police efforts to quash expanded conceal carry have failed repeatedly. The continued spread of constitutional carry is, of course, related to the surge we've seen toward more private gun ownership overall. For example, Americans in 2020 and 2021 went on what CNN calls a "gun buying spree" and this included a 58% surge in gun purchases in 2021 among Black men and women. Violent and destructive "mostly peaceful" protests exposed the limited ability of law enforcement to do much other than protect government property during periods of unrest. In the wake of lockdowns, which shut down vital social institutions such as churches and schools, crime surged in the US, and not just in the "usual" places like urban cores. Police legitimacy also suffered a serious blow with the abject failure of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies at the Uvalde school shooting in May of this year. The officers who chose to do nothing while children were massacred will likely face no serious legal repercussions, and this will further highlight that police officers are under no legal obligation to actually protect the public from violent crime. It's no wonder that permitless concealed carry continues to make gains in American states. In the past, many Americans may have simply trusted to the regime to provide "law and order." But that sentiment is apparently becoming more and more rare. Indeed it is.

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What year and model?

Is this your car?: https://jalopnik.com/chevy-offers-bolt-owners-6-000-to-waive-right-to-sue-o-1849357351

It is.

https://reason.com/2022/08/02/jon-stewart-accuses-gop-of-cruelty-for-wanting-minor-amendments-to-deficit-busting-veterans-bill/ Another third rail of the federal government: Veteran's entitlements.

Then frankly move somewhere else. It's a free country, vote with your feet.

The New York Times Is Surprised To Find Public Defenders Championing the Second Amendment: https://reason.com/2022/08/01/the-new-york-times-is-surprised-to-find-public-defenders-championing-the-second-amendment/ Really like that quote by Mr. Douglass.

Wasn't he also into real estate at one point?

Something the free and open market could provide as well. Yet FDR and his socialist cronies realized they could enamor generations of Appalachian and southern region voters to their socialist cause if they gave them a virtually "free" electric infrastructure, paid for by generations of other American citizens. And still the TVA harbors tens of billions of dollars in debt. A typical government boondoggle.

Typical that a socialist like yourself supports government subsidies and heavy regulation in most if not all industries. So you also believer the current wave of inflation was caused by Mr. Reagan ending subsidies?

https://www.cato.org/commentary/how-big-government-infrastructure-projects-go-wrong etc.

https://cei.org/studies/repeal-or-reform-the-jones-act/

Because U.S. shipbuilders couldn't be competitive with their foreign counterparts, and instead of trying to be competitive through effective cost cutting and changing manufacturing methods they instead leaned on government subsidies to stay afloat. And when Mr. Reagan ended those subsidies, as he rightly should have, they quickly faded away. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2021/07/23/us-shipbuilding-is-at-its-lowest-ebb-ever-how-did-america-fall-so-far/?sh=3a2f65756c87

There has been talk of an overpass or underpass on 1-2 major streets in town, but nothing ever comes of it. I think primarily because of the expense. In the meantime the Fire Department has to maintain and staff two small fire stations on the north side of the tracks (the main fire dept. headquarters is south of tracks) in case they get a call while a train is basically splitting the town in half.

https://reason.com/2022/07/29/the-federal-student-loan-program-was-supposed-to-pay-for-itself-now-itll-cost-taxpayers-197-billion/ Yep, another failed government program. Imagine that.

They should love and embrace the Detroit Lions. 🙂

Agreed. A busy railroad line run right through the middle of Frankfort, which a railyard on the west side of town. The city is frequently cut in half, north to south, by stopped trains, up to as long as 30 minutes. People around here bitch and complain about it but such is the cost of free enterprise.