
MidWestGuy
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re: President Trump Body Bags Fake News ABC Reporter
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/30/25 at 5:01 pm
Apparently. There will always be a few on each side, just surprised I garnered 32 down votes at this time.
re: President Trump Body Bags Fake News ABC Reporter
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/30/25 at 2:17 pm
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Was it a gang tattoo? Yes or no?
Yes, I believe that the Marijuana and other symbols represent "MS13".
There is your "Yes".
But Trump confused things. At 0:53, Trump says "He had "M" "S", not interpreted, as clear as you can be"
At any rate, Kilmar should be deported, and I don't even care if he was 'mistakenly' deported to El Salvador. That was one judges opinion, based on Kilmar's claims of retaliation, and that was after he was already supposed to be deported. If he had been deported the 1st time as he should have, the second excuse would not have come up. I think he was coached on that excuse, or he would have used it the first time.
re: President Trump Body Bags Fake News ABC Reporter
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/30/25 at 2:07 pm
What am I missing with all the down votes? I'm not mad or anything, just trying to understand. What do you think I'm getting wrong?
Are the down voters saying that the actual letters "M" "S" "1" "3" are tattooed on his hand, and are NOT just superimposed as reference marks?
Look at that pic in the mwade91383 reply to me, there is no way the literal letters "MS13" are tattoos, the rest of the pic is not in good focus, those letters re clear - they are there for reference to show what the symbols are said to represent. I don't think the pic was meant to confuse anyone, but it seems it has.
Are the down voters saying that the actual letters "M" "S" "1" "3" are tattooed on his hand, and are NOT just superimposed as reference marks?
Look at that pic in the mwade91383 reply to me, there is no way the literal letters "MS13" are tattoos, the rest of the pic is not in good focus, those letters re clear - they are there for reference to show what the symbols are said to represent. I don't think the pic was meant to confuse anyone, but it seems it has.
re: President Trump Body Bags Fake News ABC Reporter
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/29/25 at 10:40 pm
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I hate to say it but that left hand in the x post is not his left hand. The hearts are covering his right hand. Might be there but that’s not his hand.
You should hate to say it. See the other comments about selfies and mirrors.
Look at his hat - flip the image, and you can make out "Mitchell & Ness" a sportswear company:
https://www.mitchellandness.com/en/men-hats/ga-45+d-20225586+z-965966-3974192475?_ref=m-TOPNAV
re: President Trump Body Bags Fake News ABC Reporter
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/29/25 at 10:31 pm
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I watched it. You’re inferring things that are not stated.
What were the tattoos on Kilmar’s knuckles?
At 0:53, Trump says "He had "M" "S", not interpreted, as clear as you can be"
At 0:47, ABC talks about how the tattoos can be interpreted as MS13 (but 'cleverly' denies being an expert - of course, they wouldn't bother to ask an expert, as they'd not get the answer they want).
The "M" was a marijuana leaf tattoo, not the letter "M". The letter "M" was the FBI notation. Trump sure seems to be talking about a literal "M" and "S" - I don't get it.
I don't doubt at all that the tattoos were symbols for MS13, but the only literal "MS13" I've seen were the notations.
re: Spain operated for a whole day on renewable only power this week
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/29/25 at 9:04 pm
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I don't what that means.
Most people don't. But yet, many of them vote to support 'green' initiatives, and don't understand the consequences.
'Spinning reserve' - pretty sure (I'm not cheating and looking it up, just going from some basic knowledge I have of power generation) is refers to actual steam (fossil and/or nukes) or hydro turbine power generators. They spin, and are massive, heavy machines, and when suddenly loaded, their inertia carries them through. Loads on the power grid can change very fast, and that inertia helps stabilize the grid. Exactly like a flywheel in a car.
Solar and wind don't have any 'inertia', nothing 'spins'. They need help (like big batteries), or from fossil/nuke/hydro turbines.
I don't think we have a root cause for the Spain outage yet, and renewables may or may not have played a part. But it isn't all rainbows and unicorns when solar/wind make up 30% of the grid power. You need those other sources, and it will be a problem w/o them.
edit: Just to prove I wasn't cheating, I went and looked it up, and I was off a bit. It refers more to having all those 'spinning' turbines on reserve, ready to fill in for renewables. My take was more on short-term inertia, but still correct in terms of providing stability to the grid. Intermittent renewables need help.
re: Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan "Temporarily relieved of Official Duties"
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/29/25 at 7:47 pm
I'd love to see an update on this other Judge that supported Dugan's (mis)actions:
LINK
Yes, start raising bail money.
If you don't want to do your job, quit.
LINK
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A Wisconsin judge is threatening not to hold court in protest of federal authorities arresting her fellow judge Hannah Dugan last week. Judge Monica Isham made the announcement in an email to judges across the state on Saturday. Her email, titled "Guidance Requested or I Refuse to Hold Court," made clear she had no intention of working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ...
"I have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE and sent to a concentration camp, especially without due process, as BOTH of the constitutions we swore to support require. Should I start raising bail money?" Isham wrote, referring to the Wisconsin state constitution as well.
Yes, start raising bail money.
If you don't want to do your job, quit.
re: Princess Karoline Already Working This Morning...
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/29/25 at 9:34 am
Best for me was @ 20:50 - Idiot reporter with loaded question about US " 3 US Citizen children who were removed with their mothers, who were in the United States... illegally" ... "are you concerned that due process at least for the US citizen children is being flouted ..."
The way she phrased that 'illegally', I wonder if she was trying to make it sound like she was describing the deportation, rather than the illegal status of the mothers?
Homan does a great job answering. (paraphrasing a bit) 'The mothers requested that the children be deported with them. If we didn't grant the mothers that request, you'd be accusing us of separating families.'
He went on to say that when that mother came here illegally and had a child here, she created the problem. Good response.
With 20/20 hindsight, the only thing I would have liked to see is if he turned it on the reporter. State that she phrased it as a loaded question, and then ask her " You call yourself a journalist, then you've done your homework, I bet you know more about this than you let on. You tell me what you know about the case". Get her to admit she knew that the mothers requested the children be deported with them. And if she doesn't admit it, point out this was all public info, she didn't do her research, she jumps to conclusions, and twists it in a biased way. And this is why MSM is not trusted.
The way she phrased that 'illegally', I wonder if she was trying to make it sound like she was describing the deportation, rather than the illegal status of the mothers?
Homan does a great job answering. (paraphrasing a bit) 'The mothers requested that the children be deported with them. If we didn't grant the mothers that request, you'd be accusing us of separating families.'
He went on to say that when that mother came here illegally and had a child here, she created the problem. Good response.
With 20/20 hindsight, the only thing I would have liked to see is if he turned it on the reporter. State that she phrased it as a loaded question, and then ask her " You call yourself a journalist, then you've done your homework, I bet you know more about this than you let on. You tell me what you know about the case". Get her to admit she knew that the mothers requested the children be deported with them. And if she doesn't admit it, point out this was all public info, she didn't do her research, she jumps to conclusions, and twists it in a biased way. And this is why MSM is not trusted.
re: AI answers the ultimate OT question: Can a 100 unarmed men defeat a gorilla in a fight?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/28/25 at 10:43 pm
Maybe a different strategy? Could the 100 men manage to let him starve, don't approach him at all? Wait him out? Gorillas eat plants, insects. The men could be fed steaks.
re: AI answers the ultimate OT question: Can a 100 unarmed men defeat a gorilla in a fight?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/28/25 at 10:40 pm
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100 men weighs almost 10 tons. All it takes is 100 to charge at once, get the gorilla down, and everyone jump on top of him. You will have a bunch of casualties but a gorilla does not have the strength to overcome 10 tons.
Even if they got the gorilla down, how does everyone (10 tons) jump on top of him? They'd have to be acrobats, standing on shoulders, several levels high.. And the gorilla would just knock down the one on the bottom, breaking bones in the process. And so on.
100 men can't all work together to bring it down. Others estimate maybe 7 at most before there's just no room.
re: If Trump ends income taxes for those under $200k per year..
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/28/25 at 3:28 pm
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quote: Isnt it essentially that anyone under 100,000 isnt paying any taxes anyway...
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What? :lol:
SFP, you don't seem to be too familiar with tax code. The above is pretty close to actual.
$100,000 of W2 income, MFJ, with 4 dependents not only doesn't pay any Fed Income Tax, they get a check for $458.
Three kids and $87,000 income is no tax FIT.
So no, not 'anyone' (need to have dependents), but it is fairly common.
LINK
re: More illegal votes cast in Michigan.
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/26/25 at 2:31 pm
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It's Democrats who's votes get purged for having a name like Deontay or Devon.
Do you have any sort of support for the claim that voters were purged from the registration roles solely on the basis of their name? BTW, it's "voters" that were purged from the roles, not their "votes". You can't purge a vote based on a name, votes don't have names on them, do they?
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Multiple folks have said over 3 million votes were purged, THOSE WERE NOT REPUBLICAN VOTERS DAWG.
Well, that's the point. The purging of the registered voter database is done by finding people who are ineligible to vote. So if (quoting you and your CAPS): "THOSE WERE NOT REPUBLICAN VOTERS DAWG", that means there were LOTS of DEMOCRATS registered that shouldn't be. Every illegitimate voter registration opens up an opportunity for a fraudulent vote to be cast.
Thanks for making our point for us.
re: Caitlin Clark looking hot.....
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/23/25 at 12:55 pm
Plus, (well, as far as I know, I don't really follow women's BB) she doesn't put herself out there as a beauty, she's an athlete.
It's the fake, self-important stuff that's the turn-off. She gets a couple points from me for just being herself.
It's the fake, self-important stuff that's the turn-off. She gets a couple points from me for just being herself.
re: One of the most inspiring speeches I have heard. It’s so strong & powerful
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/23/25 at 12:49 pm
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That passion will serve her well
In prison.
I just googled, and unfortunately, I don't see where charges have been issued yet.
How long does it take to verify a mortgage document? If she claimed residency there, it invalidates her position as AG in NY State.
re: "America should have been art deco"
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/21/25 at 9:48 pm
I toured the old Westclox factory museum last year (~ 1.5 Hr south-west of Chicago). I just stumbled across these examples of Art Deco watches by the Elgin watch company (another Illinois Watch maker):








re: Judge Cano has a TdA member living with him
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/21/25 at 9:18 pm
Wasn't easy to find a MSM report of this, but it seems to sum it up:
Newsweek
So shouldn't this judges rulings be reviewed in light of this? Harboring a criminal sure seems to put his decision making in question.
Newsweek
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A New Mexico judge has resigned after federal agents arrested a Venezuelan migrant with alleged ties to the Tren de Aragua gang who was living in a guesthouse on the jurist's property.
Joel Cano, a magistrate judge in Doña Ana County since 2011, submitted his resignation on March 3. The resignation came after the February 28 arrest of Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, a 23-year-old Venezuelan national who was taken into custody at a Las Cruces residence owned by Cano and his wife, Nancy, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
According to a press release from the Justice Department, investigators found social media posts depicting Ortega-Lopez posing with multiple guns, some of which were allegedly supplied by April Cano, the judge's daughter,
The Department of Justice has confirmed that Ortega-Lopez and three other Venezuelan nationals were arrested in a broader operation targeting illegal possession of firearms. If convicted, each could face up to 15 years in federal prison.
So shouldn't this judges rulings be reviewed in light of this? Harboring a criminal sure seems to put his decision making in question.
re: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem robbed in DC restaurant
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/21/25 at 1:58 pm
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she should stay kitted out in tac gear all the time
Well, it's a good look for her. I approve. :)
re: "America should have been art deco"
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/20/25 at 12:56 pm
Has this been posted?
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/amelia-earhart-trophy-chest-art-deco-tribute
Amelia Earhart’s Trophy Chest: An Art Deco Tribute to Her Legacy
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/amelia-earhart-trophy-chest-art-deco-tribute
Amelia Earhart’s Trophy Chest: An Art Deco Tribute to Her Legacy


re: Panel of scholars discuss recent violent event vs one older one.
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/20/25 at 9:21 am
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They know everything about the case ...
After the trial, my brother-in-law said something about the jury getting it wrong. I asked what he meant, and his wife (my wife's sister) jumped in "Well, he carried a machine gun across state lines to kill those people!!!!!"
Sigh. When I told her there was no machine gun, the gun he used was not taken across state lines, and there were no gun charges brought against him, she just walked away mad. Then I added "So you both think the jury got it wrong, but every thing you told me that you think you know about the case is factually wrong".
Makes no difference to them, they have been told what to think.
re: Remember When The MSM’s Tattoo Experts Dominated The News Cycle?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 4/19/25 at 8:59 pm
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Are you fricking retarded ? Who gives a shite whether he has a tatoo or not?
Huh? I think we agree, he should be deported, period. I don't care about the tattoo either.
I was just responding to the poster who seemed to think that the actual literal "MS13" in Trump's pic was the tattoo. It was just text to show what the tattoo symbolizes (and I have no comment regarding the veracity of that, I left that to Grok).
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