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Patrick
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JAN 19, 02:55 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
You'll have to excuse me. I forget that you (Patrick) don't have any interest in actually being PART of a conversation, just hanging around and making random comments about other people's comments.
Maybe you can break that cycle and tell me here right now how you stand on this topic?
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So you're openly admitting that you don't know where I stand on this issue, yet that doesn't stop you from going out of your way to name me personally and chastise me for my beliefs. 
| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work] Here:
Let me just lay this all out... I'm going to tell you why (in as clearest terms as I can) most people do not support this (the "trans" movement).
I fully acknowledge that I think people like you (Rinse), Patrick, Fred, whomever... are all doing what they think is right. I think you truly believe you're supporting something good.
But here's the problem...
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You just haven't been quite the same since Fred got into your head.
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BingB
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JAN 19, 07:42 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
Let me just lay this all out... I'm going to tell you why (in as clearest terms as I can) most people do not support this (the "trans" movement).. |
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Other than the very narrow issue of sports participation this just is not true at all. most Americans support the individual freedoms over anti-LGBTQ laws.
A solid majority of the public (66%) continues to favor allowing openly transgender men and women to serve in the U.S. military....https://news.gallup.com/poll/350174/mixed-views-among-americans-transgender-issues.aspx
Fewer than three in ten people support state laws that prohibit gender-affirming care for minors or that criminalize providers of that care.......https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-poll-shows-americans-overwhelmingly-oppose-anti-transgender-laws
Sixty-three percent of Americans in this latest poll support the Equality Act which would extend those protections in employment and housing discrimination under the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include transgender individuals......https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-poll-shows-americans-overwhelmingly-oppose-anti-transgender-laws
About four-in-ten U.S. adults (38%) say that greater acceptance of people who are transgender is generally good for our society, while 32% say it is bad and 29% say it is neither good nor bad. ....https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/02/11/deep-partisan-divide-on-whether-greater-acceptance-of-transgender-people-is-good-for-society/
The public is divided over the extent to which our society has accepted people who are transgender: 38% say society has gone too far in accepting them, while a roughly equal share (36%) say society hasn’t gone far enough. About one-in-four say things have been about right.......https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/
Nearly half of U.S. adults (47%) say it’s extremely or very important to use a person’s new name if they transition to a gender that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth and change their name.......https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/
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rinselberg
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JAN 20, 01:00 AM
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Six Is A Serious Numba
It’s The Fingers On Your Hand Plus Your Thumba
The U.S. Strikes More Houthi Sites in Yemen
| quote | | The strikes, the sixth round in 10 days, targeted Houthi missiles that were poised to attack merchant and military vessels in the Red Sea, according to a White House official. |
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| quote | For the sixth time in 10 days, the United States on Friday said it had destroyed Houthi missiles in Yemen that were poised to attack merchant and military vessels in the Red Sea, a pattern of strikes that the White House says will continue for the foreseeable future to weaken the militia group.
The U.S. military hit three Houthi missiles and launchers, John F. Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, told reporters on Friday. He did not say what weapons the United States had deployed in the attack, but previous strikes have used cruiser missiles and munitions dropped by fighter jets.
The strikes — the fourth U.S. salvo in as many days — have so far failed to deter the Houthis from attacking shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, going to and from the Suez Canal, that are critical for global trade. The Iran-backed group says it will keep up its attacks in what it says is a protest against Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip against Hamas.
President Biden said on Thursday that U.S. airstrikes against the Houthis will continue even though they have not halted the group’s attacks on Red Sea shipping. “Are they stopping the Houthis? No,” Mr. Biden said. “Are they going to continue? Yes.”
Last Thursday, American and British attack planes and warships attacked more than 60 Houthi targets, including air defenses, command hubs and facilities to store and launch anti-ship cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as drones.
But the U.S. officials cautioned on Saturday that even after hitting more Houthi missile and drone targets with more than 150 precision-guided munitions, the strikes had damaged or destroyed only about 20 to 30 percent of the Houthis’ offensive capability, much of which is mounted on mobile platforms and can be readily moved or hidden. |
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If only he could be alive today, to see my commentaries on this forum.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 01-20-2024).]
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olejoedad
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JAN 20, 08:49 AM
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He would think you a fool, I'm sure.
Ike was a serious man that made many serious decisions, nearly all of them with good outcomes.
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williegoat
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JAN 20, 11:42 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
He would think you a fool, I'm sure.
Ike was a serious man that made many serious decisions, nearly all of them with good outcomes. |
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Sometimes it seems that Ike is forgotten.
That picture is from his "farewell address" where he warns us against exactly what Biden has done. Rinselberg should understand, having been part of the "military/industrial complex".
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BingB
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JAN 20, 12:20 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
That picture is from his "farewell address" where he warns us against exactly what Biden has done. |
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I thought the criticism of Biden was that he was weakening our military instead of spending more money to build it up.
You think we should make big cuts in military spending?
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williegoat
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JAN 20, 01:32 PM
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Tell me, the military resources that are being expended in Ukraine and the middle east...who makes those? Who profits?
Tell me how Biden has reinforced our defenses.
Biden is not building up the US military, he is squandering our resources. Who benefits by this?
Bueller?....Bueller?
Two peas in a pod:
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williegoat
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JAN 20, 01:34 PM
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olejoedad
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JAN 20, 01:41 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by BingB:
I thought the criticism of Biden was that he was weakening our military instead of spending more money to build it up.
You think we should make big cuts in military spending?
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I shudder when I consider the possibility that you are entrusted with the minds of future adults.
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BingB
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JAN 20, 02:29 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
Tell me, the military resources that are being expended in Ukraine and the middle east...who makes those? Who profits?
Tell me how Biden has reinforced our defenses.
Biden is not building up the US military, he is squandering our resources. Who benefits by this?
Bueller?....Bueller?
Two peas in a pod:
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Whenever we use our military resources we have to replenish them. The military industrial complex benefits.
So are you saying we need to make cuts in defense spending?
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