deuceiswild
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re: Massive Influx Of Transgender Refugees Is Causing ‘Civil Emergency’ In Leftist City
Posted by deuceiswild on 7/10/26 at 4:17 pm to Tarps99
You may be on to something. It even changes every three months or so, which will allow you to keep current with the workplace required password changes!
You’ll never forget your password since you can just look up the current iteration.
You’ll never forget your password since you can just look up the current iteration.
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re: Trump fires last members of election commission
Posted by deuceiswild on 7/10/26 at 9:47 am to TBoy
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Setting up the Republican cheating.
I disagree. But I LOVE the fact that this sets up the optics for cheating, and leaves doubt in the minds of people like you. You’ll now question every election that a Republican wins. And I love that.
It ain’t no fun when the rabbit has the gun, is it?
I mean, this could have been avoided. Easily. But nah, people like you didn’t care. There was no cheating you said, regardless of how things may have appeared. You didn’t care that half the country lost confidence in the election system. But now you do, since you’re on the other half.
And I love that.
re: Historical Moments of Badassery
Posted by deuceiswild on 7/9/26 at 3:51 pm to Deep Purple Haze
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Flight 93 bros on 9/11.
This is what immediately came to mind for me. And I have a story about it that I don't know what to make of it.
Last week, while visiting the US Capitol, we were taken to a memorial in there for the Flight 93 crew and passengers. There was a historian type lady whose job it was to talk about the memorial and answer questions.
Someone asked about Todd Beamer.
The lady said it was a myth. She said that Beamer spoke those words to his kids while on the phone with them, and it had something to do with them doing homework or chores, or something to that effect.
This baffled me, and it even hurt in some ways. Because I love that story.
This country makes up tons of stories. We love heroes. We frame stories all the time to make them more courageous, or more palatable to the American people. Maybe that's good, and maybe it's bad. I guess it can be both.
Maybe the widely accepted story is true (I hope it is). But it seems there are some who are trying to squash it.
re: Should Americans be allowed to easily own the same weapons as law enforcement?
Posted by deuceiswild on 7/9/26 at 3:15 pm to roadGator
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The FBI will have special opps teams with full auto but a field agent will not carry such a weapon.
Interesting. Spent last week in DC for the 250 celebrations. Did the FBI tour and we were taken to the indoor shooting range inside the building to watch some agents take their qualification test. The guy heading up the gun range stood there and took tons of questions from the tour group and there seemed to be some gun nuts in the group asking lots of questions about the guns themselves.
I feel like I heard the guy answer that no one in the FBI uses fully automatic weapons.
Anyways, this tour was better than I expected and I'd highly suggest it to anyone visiting DC. But you can only request it through one of your representatives.
re: Should Americans be allowed to easily own the same weapons as law enforcement?
Posted by deuceiswild on 7/9/26 at 9:02 am to roadGator
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SWAT usually is the only unit that carries fully auto variants of the AR platform.
I have no idea if you're correct or not, but the FBI doesn't even carry full auto. Unless I was lied to, by the FBI.
re: Iran will not let up until they have financial interest over the Strait
Posted by deuceiswild on 7/9/26 at 8:38 am to Brosef Stalin
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The strait was open and toll free before Trump started bombing them.
In your opinion, how long was it going to stay that way?
re: My America 250 / Freedom 250 experience
Posted by deuceiswild on 7/8/26 at 7:01 pm to HagaDaga
While it took a while to really push the point of how big the fireworks display was going to be, Trump did say it was going to break records many months ago. Possibly as early as at the end of 2025 he said this.
I didn't expect cheap food. But unless you're in a very nice restaurant, I'd not expect to pay $20 for a burger with no fires. It's just my opinion.
I agree with you 100% on the evacuation. There was either something else happening that we may never know of, of they just wanted to shift responsibility off of the secret service in the case of a lightning strike with injury or death. As for the storm, we barely got a drizzle.
I didn't expect cheap food. But unless you're in a very nice restaurant, I'd not expect to pay $20 for a burger with no fires. It's just my opinion.
I agree with you 100% on the evacuation. There was either something else happening that we may never know of, of they just wanted to shift responsibility off of the secret service in the case of a lightning strike with injury or death. As for the storm, we barely got a drizzle.
re: My America 250 / Freedom 250 experience
Posted by deuceiswild on 7/8/26 at 6:56 pm to cajunangelle
Fetterman did a better job with the PA tent than several states who participated did.
And yes, the fireworks were unreal! There weren't any fancy ones or anything like that. Just a lot of giant and loud explosions. The entire show was set up over a span of a mile on the River, plus the length of the reflecting pool.
And yes, the fireworks were unreal! There weren't any fancy ones or anything like that. Just a lot of giant and loud explosions. The entire show was set up over a span of a mile on the River, plus the length of the reflecting pool.
My America 250 / Freedom 250 experience
Posted by deuceiswild on 7/7/26 at 8:31 pm
Now that I've returned and settled down and read through some of the threads from a couple days ago, I'll share my experience for those interested...
I am happy and proud to have been there. Those who said it was a once in a lifetime thing and there will be lifetime memories made were correct. Most of those memories were amazing, but I'll also share the few bad ones too.
We started by heading to the Jefferson memorial where I knew there were hundreds of newly planted cherry trees with straps holding them up. We wanted a picture with one of those trees and the monument behind us, with hopes that our kids or grandkids could return years down the road and visit that same tree and retake that picture.
Then off to the state fair... I found it very enjoyable, but at the same time hard to really soak in and enjoy it the way it was intended to be enjoyed due to the heat. Cold water was free and you could always go and get as much as you wanted, including walking away with as much as you could carry. The crowds were respectable considering the heat. The pictures don't do it justice, as most people were inside the various tents at any given time. It's impossible to estimate the crowd size due to the sheer size of the national mall, and due to only being able to see small section at any given time depending on where you were standing. But I'd definitely say it was crowded. It was well done overall. The only real complaint from a production standpoint is the food prices.
The flyovers... wow! Incredible! I am not a jet guru. I didn't know which planes were which, but they were loud and freakin awesome! think on both Friday and Saturday I had a mild case of PTSD. I was hearing jets even when there weren't any around, and I'd flinch everytime I caught a bird flying by in my peripheral vision. You never knew where they were coming from, and they were buzzing by literally every few minutes. Sometimes just one, other times in formation, and other times performing stunts.
A Capitol fourth concert.... about what I expected. We had pretty good seats on the Capitol lawn. I enjoyed seeing the astronauts (which I saw again the next day, except this time from about 20' away). I also saw them a third time on the stage with Trump, but I dont count that one cause it was almost impossible to see from the distance.
Freedom 250 (Trump & Fireworks).... this is where things changed somewhat. The lines to get in reminded me of scenes at the superdome following Katrina. I'm not making light of that situation, as this was voluntary and we could have stepped away at any moment, unlike those people. But it was even hotter than they experienced, and every bit as crowded in those lines. Our line stretched from 14th st NW back to at least 7th st. DC doesn't have normal sized city blocks. 7 blocks in DC is a LONG way. There were hundreds of thousands between the four entrance points. I have no reason to believe the other three entrances were any different than ours at Constitution & 14th St NW. We waited for about 3 hrs. Peoples feet hurt, they were aggravated and on edge due to the heat, some were pushing and being pushed, people were drenched in sweat, and people were dropping due to the heat what seemed like every five minutes. You either had to deal with it, or give up the reason you went there. We fought through it and made it onto the grounds of the Washington monument. But make no mistake, when they say once in a lifetime, the key word there is ONCE. Looking back on it, I believe I put myself and my family in a potentially unsafe situation. Fortunately nothing happened.
Then we got kicked out due to weather. Like 90% of the crowd, we were in no mood to leave. We watched across the lawn as some people got rowdy and we watched secret service and national guard sprint toward them to calm things down. It felt like an "incident" could have erupted at any moment. We kept our distance from the disturbances as best we could while trying to delay our exit. I had no doubt they'd be letting people back in soon, so I was in no rush. Needless to say, we were forced to leave eventually. What pissed people off is that during the evacuation, the flyovers continued. It wasn't safe enough for us to sit on the lawn, but it was apparently okay to continue an air show. It didn't make sense. I realize war doesn't stop in bad weather, and those planes were perfectly capable of flying.... but this was an air show. I still can't figure that one out.
Once out, we waited near the African American history museum. We had a light drizzle at best, which felt great combined with the sun finally going down. At 9:45 the gate reopened. We had already positioned ourselves in that god awful line again, well before then. We were dedicated to the cause. But this was not for the weak or faint of heart. You had to want it. And this is why we were there. It was hard seeing the look on my family faces at times. I was legit sorry for putting them through that. But like a few hours earlier, we fought through it and got in a second time. We returned to our original spot about 30 feet in front of the Washington monument ring of flags. We spread our beach blanket just in time to hear C Maccio sing, followed by Lee Greenwood, and then President Trump. Trump said 150,000 people returned. Well, that may have been the number when he started his speech. But I can tell you with 100% certainty there were at least 3x that many who were still in line and still pouring in during his speech. Everyone had to go through security screening. Twice for many of us.
Fireworks.... again, wow! Absolutely incredible! Pictures, videos, or tv can never do it justice. That curtain of fireworks behind the stage was a mile wide on the Potomac River. Additionally there was the entire length of the reflecting pool lined with fireworks.
In spite of the few negatives, I am glad we did this. It was incredible to see so many people gathered in that setting, on that day, and all proud to be there. The miserable lines always seemed to have large groups of strangers singing the national anthem together, or take me home country roads. I was fully impressed at the secret service and national guard ability to maintain their professionalism, and even their politeness in such a situation. They were likely hotter than we were and even more aggravated.
Lifetime memories were indeed created.
I am happy and proud to have been there. Those who said it was a once in a lifetime thing and there will be lifetime memories made were correct. Most of those memories were amazing, but I'll also share the few bad ones too.
We started by heading to the Jefferson memorial where I knew there were hundreds of newly planted cherry trees with straps holding them up. We wanted a picture with one of those trees and the monument behind us, with hopes that our kids or grandkids could return years down the road and visit that same tree and retake that picture.
Then off to the state fair... I found it very enjoyable, but at the same time hard to really soak in and enjoy it the way it was intended to be enjoyed due to the heat. Cold water was free and you could always go and get as much as you wanted, including walking away with as much as you could carry. The crowds were respectable considering the heat. The pictures don't do it justice, as most people were inside the various tents at any given time. It's impossible to estimate the crowd size due to the sheer size of the national mall, and due to only being able to see small section at any given time depending on where you were standing. But I'd definitely say it was crowded. It was well done overall. The only real complaint from a production standpoint is the food prices.
The flyovers... wow! Incredible! I am not a jet guru. I didn't know which planes were which, but they were loud and freakin awesome! think on both Friday and Saturday I had a mild case of PTSD. I was hearing jets even when there weren't any around, and I'd flinch everytime I caught a bird flying by in my peripheral vision. You never knew where they were coming from, and they were buzzing by literally every few minutes. Sometimes just one, other times in formation, and other times performing stunts.
A Capitol fourth concert.... about what I expected. We had pretty good seats on the Capitol lawn. I enjoyed seeing the astronauts (which I saw again the next day, except this time from about 20' away). I also saw them a third time on the stage with Trump, but I dont count that one cause it was almost impossible to see from the distance.
Freedom 250 (Trump & Fireworks).... this is where things changed somewhat. The lines to get in reminded me of scenes at the superdome following Katrina. I'm not making light of that situation, as this was voluntary and we could have stepped away at any moment, unlike those people. But it was even hotter than they experienced, and every bit as crowded in those lines. Our line stretched from 14th st NW back to at least 7th st. DC doesn't have normal sized city blocks. 7 blocks in DC is a LONG way. There were hundreds of thousands between the four entrance points. I have no reason to believe the other three entrances were any different than ours at Constitution & 14th St NW. We waited for about 3 hrs. Peoples feet hurt, they were aggravated and on edge due to the heat, some were pushing and being pushed, people were drenched in sweat, and people were dropping due to the heat what seemed like every five minutes. You either had to deal with it, or give up the reason you went there. We fought through it and made it onto the grounds of the Washington monument. But make no mistake, when they say once in a lifetime, the key word there is ONCE. Looking back on it, I believe I put myself and my family in a potentially unsafe situation. Fortunately nothing happened.
Then we got kicked out due to weather. Like 90% of the crowd, we were in no mood to leave. We watched across the lawn as some people got rowdy and we watched secret service and national guard sprint toward them to calm things down. It felt like an "incident" could have erupted at any moment. We kept our distance from the disturbances as best we could while trying to delay our exit. I had no doubt they'd be letting people back in soon, so I was in no rush. Needless to say, we were forced to leave eventually. What pissed people off is that during the evacuation, the flyovers continued. It wasn't safe enough for us to sit on the lawn, but it was apparently okay to continue an air show. It didn't make sense. I realize war doesn't stop in bad weather, and those planes were perfectly capable of flying.... but this was an air show. I still can't figure that one out.
Once out, we waited near the African American history museum. We had a light drizzle at best, which felt great combined with the sun finally going down. At 9:45 the gate reopened. We had already positioned ourselves in that god awful line again, well before then. We were dedicated to the cause. But this was not for the weak or faint of heart. You had to want it. And this is why we were there. It was hard seeing the look on my family faces at times. I was legit sorry for putting them through that. But like a few hours earlier, we fought through it and got in a second time. We returned to our original spot about 30 feet in front of the Washington monument ring of flags. We spread our beach blanket just in time to hear C Maccio sing, followed by Lee Greenwood, and then President Trump. Trump said 150,000 people returned. Well, that may have been the number when he started his speech. But I can tell you with 100% certainty there were at least 3x that many who were still in line and still pouring in during his speech. Everyone had to go through security screening. Twice for many of us.
Fireworks.... again, wow! Absolutely incredible! Pictures, videos, or tv can never do it justice. That curtain of fireworks behind the stage was a mile wide on the Potomac River. Additionally there was the entire length of the reflecting pool lined with fireworks.
In spite of the few negatives, I am glad we did this. It was incredible to see so many people gathered in that setting, on that day, and all proud to be there. The miserable lines always seemed to have large groups of strangers singing the national anthem together, or take me home country roads. I was fully impressed at the secret service and national guard ability to maintain their professionalism, and even their politeness in such a situation. They were likely hotter than we were and even more aggravated.
Lifetime memories were indeed created.
re: Why is a Republican Senator joining Elizabeth Warren to raise taxes for social security?
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/26/26 at 2:36 pm to Breauxsif
If they get rid of the cap, they need to make the SS tax progressive.
re: 10X bigger than any fireworks show in US history
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/26/26 at 2:14 pm to Clockworkoranjeooo
You may be right, and you may be wrong.
But what's certain is that you live in the greatest country in the history of the planet. Rather than bitch, you should step outside and kiss the ground you walk on. Because this is the best that life has to offer.
Can it be even better? Sure. But personally I'm taking a break from solving our problems and I'm gonna wallow in my patriotism for a week in our nations capitol.
But what's certain is that you live in the greatest country in the history of the planet. Rather than bitch, you should step outside and kiss the ground you walk on. Because this is the best that life has to offer.
Can it be even better? Sure. But personally I'm taking a break from solving our problems and I'm gonna wallow in my patriotism for a week in our nations capitol.
re: 10X bigger than any fireworks show in US history
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/26/26 at 1:48 pm to Clockworkoranjeooo
It's pretty easy nowadays to pick your team. Just look for the blue hair and big glasses... round them all up and shoot your shot.
This is all funny to me. It really pisses you off, doesn't it? Seeing a million people on the national mall celebrating America, rather than protesting and destroying things. While it does make me laugh, I honestly feel sorry for people like you.
This is all funny to me. It really pisses you off, doesn't it? Seeing a million people on the national mall celebrating America, rather than protesting and destroying things. While it does make me laugh, I honestly feel sorry for people like you.
re: 10X bigger than any fireworks show in US history
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/26/26 at 1:42 pm to Clockworkoranjeooo
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I want a refund this ain't what our ancestors died for not even close
I think many of our ancestors would disagree. At least this one does, and he was pretty important.
"It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more." -John Adams, in a letter to his wife, about July 4th.
NOTE: I am well aware that the letter actually referenced July 2nd.
re: 10X bigger than any fireworks show in US history
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/26/26 at 1:37 pm to i am dan
Pyrotecnico is doing the show in DC.
re: 10X bigger than any fireworks show in US history
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/26/26 at 1:35 pm to uggabugga
I'll be there!
re: Do you think there are any long-term effects of the pro USA crowds
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/25/26 at 9:23 pm to Shamoan
It's relevant because he's been there several times and knows for a fact that it's very common for random "USA USA USA" chants to break out at any given moment in that city.
Youve honestly never seen that? I'm only estimating, I admit, but I'd say about 30% of the time I see a street interview with anyone in L.A. it happens. A few interviews had to be abruptly ended due to the volume of the chants.
Youve honestly never seen that? I'm only estimating, I admit, but I'd say about 30% of the time I see a street interview with anyone in L.A. it happens. A few interviews had to be abruptly ended due to the volume of the chants.
re: Since Communists are taking over our country
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/25/26 at 8:04 pm to Powerman
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I'm not expecting things to be improved. I'm challenging your notion that everyone will just become dependent. And I'm challenging it because it's one of the most asinine things ever.
So if these people are able to implement a modest 25% of the policies they'd like to see, you believe those things will just go away if/when the experiment fails? Govt grocery stores, free healthcare, cheap/free housing. You think that'll just be taken away? lol
I for one, do not. In fact I believe it will create a population that keeps demanding more and more. All while the money makers leave the city/state. The slow nature of implementation is a feature here, not a bug.
re: Since Communists are taking over our country
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/25/26 at 1:48 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Reminding people why it will always fail, after it fails again.
That's the best you can hope for. But I have my doubts that that's how it will play out. They will be bailed out long enough to give an entire generation a taste of how "good" those people used to have or had it. It doesn't matter if it was actually good or not. There will always be enough idiots and news media to claim it was good. Or to claim how much better it could have been, or that it wasn't done correctly.
Why not just stomp the shite out now? I mean, we seem to be on the same page for the first time ever, from the viewpoint that socialism will fail. But in this country, a failed govt policy sure as hell does not mean that policy goes away. Sometimes they even keep growing. If you believe (as I do) that nothing good can come from it, why be contrarian and make arguments?
re: Since Communists are taking over our country
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/25/26 at 1:40 pm to Powerman
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There is no evidence that we are trending towards socialism on a national level
Every two years having a higher number of admitted socialists and people born on foreign soil elected to offices all around the country and in DC don't represent a negative trend to you? If not, then what would be a legit trend, in your opinion?
re: Since Communists are taking over our country
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/25/26 at 1:37 pm to Powerman
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Why would you think they would become totally dependent? That's just sillyness.
Silliness to assume people will become dependent on free childcare, free healthcare, govt grocery stores, cheap or free rent, etc? Now that I think about it, you're right. No way people can become dependent on that kinda thing.
re: Since Communists are taking over our country
Posted by deuceiswild on 6/25/26 at 1:34 pm to SlowFlowPro
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We literally just saw this less than a decade ago in NYC when Adams (a moderate DEM) replaced BDB (as socialist)
Does the stock market go up every single day? Of course not, but it always keeps going up, even after corrections. It's the same with socialism right now.
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