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Served 24 years. Put in for his retirement in Feb 2005 BEFORE they were to POSSIBLY be deployed in "mid to late" 2006. Spent his adult life as a Teacher, in the Armed forces. *Said something about the guns he "carried in combat," which is not accurate, misleading or call it an outright lie if you want rather than misspeaking. It still absolutely pales in comparison to the lies told by Trump and Vance. Vance HAD it right when he said Trump was unfit for office, he was noxious and he was America's Hitler.... But hey, you never know how they're going to Govern, right? Except we do. One lost an election and then tried to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power by attempting to strongarm the Georgia Sec of State, Gov and Court System, after REFUSING to concede(for the people who compare it to Hillary, she conceded the night of the election...or maybe it was past midnight so technically the next morning, but in that ~12 hour period. Trump still hasn't. And then there's...Project 2025.

I like presidents who weren't nearly assassinated. LOL...seriously, save the moral outrage for the guy who called those who did serve "losers and suckers," while asking, "what's in it for them." That tells you everything you need to know about Trump. He looks at the service and says, "what's it in for them." If it's nothing, he's out. He's only looking to serve if there's something in it for him... But hey, don't worry. If Trump wins, you won't have to worry about voting in '28. "You won't have to ever vote again."

Even if that's true...and I doubt it is, JB wasn't competing for a NC his Soph year, much less for the Olympic/World team. I can't project 5 years out. Maybe O'Toole takes the weight and holds it for ~10 years. Maybe it's Haines, maybe it's...PJ Duke? Maybe it's Carr. I don't know, I don't care, saying there's not talent coming up to replace what's there is just so insanely stupid.

You should change your name to alliseeiswhatiwantosee. 9-8 match won on riding time between a RS Freshmen and a 6th year Sr who'd gone 1,3,2,1 in his 4 years....BOTH of whom won Gold Medals at their age levels and Carr, who was gassing and pushed around the mat and won the match in the 2nd period when he just hung onto the leg as riding time ran up...that "wasn't close?" You're not a serious person. On top of all that, Messenbrink should have been a '57, not a '65, but he still took 2nd in the toughest weight class in the tournament. What is your angle? I'm still trying to figure that out. That without Jordan Burroughs, the US Mens team will never be great again after an Olympic Cycle we were probably ~3 exchanges away from 3 Golds? Which doesn't change the final results, we didn't get those three TDs, it's just...your takes are so ridiculous, what is your point?

Yes. I remember seeing the Jacob Blake story, IMMEDIATE story, Jacob Blake was just a father brining his kids home and this poor man stumbled upon a fight and because he was SO law abiding, he just felt it was his duty to break that fight up and alert the Police as a GOOD citizen would do. Not that it really matters. About 40% of the people who said the shooting was justified right away and 40% thought it was murder(because he was dead per the immediate reports). Then we learned who/what he really was and...most people didn't change their minds, they just changed their arguments. Same thing with Arbery. He was a criminal who looked inside the building and nobody runs in clothes like that(except for him every day) and there were about 30 people who'd stopped and looked at the construction as people do with new homes being built. X isn't some haven for truth and honesty, it's just more people posting misinformation. I had an uncle send me a video of the head of Pfizer saying he wanted to eliminate 50% of the population and then another where Obama is giving a speech in Germany and he's talking about doing what the Nazi's did. Both EASILY disprovable fakes(the editing didn't even match up well, but that was years ago). The fact is, most people don't go any deeper than finding the information they WANT to see and then they that becomes the truth.

Well...the idea being he's going up to HWT or he'd be done, but...yes, also that. Just assume Snyder is gone. Does Brooks fare better at 86 or vs Taz/Sad at 97KG? What would be the motivation for him? Starocci? So they can both

You am for new levels of stoopid and you consistently one up yourself. We have a number of age level world champs, Messenbrink just lost to one in the finals as a Freshmen on riding time, but sure...juuust like Jordan.

I cannot see how people have Brooks at 97KG! The dude doesn't lift! LOL...and I get that's a running joke, but...does he have the frame to go from ~189 to ~212 and compete? There's just too much length there.

It certainly seems like it. Good to remember the people are not always their Gov't.

LOL...holy shit, you REALLY do struggle with reading comprehension! "So seeing a video of someone speaking is a bad way to tell how they feel about the issues." Jeeesus...did you read what he wrote at all? Are you just dumb or is this honestly a good faith attempt to characterize what he just said? Something happens and social media has SO many false and misleading stories. YOU'RE pretending Social Media is ALL just videos of people sharing their policy positions.

Hmm...so no, Scout, you can't keep two thoughts in your head at the same time. Again, people aren't going to care about this. 1981-Walt enlists He spends 24 years in. 2004 he decides to run for Congress. 2005 he puts in for his retirement. He learns his unit MAY be deployed LOL...again, this is beyond ridiculous when the guy who called Service Members "suckers," for enlisting and asked "what's in it for them." I'm done on this one now. I'm just gonna enjoy watching as Walz and Harris poll numbers keep improving!

Your reading comprehension isn't a strong suit, is it? Go back, read the thread...it was very specifically about Walz and his handling of the protests in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder. As I said, you seem to struggle to hold two thoughts in your head at the same time.

Nope. Just pointing out the hypocrisy.

Are you restarted? Are you capable of holding two thoughts in your head at once?

Yeah, it...really is. See...the Olympics are over and you're derailing yet ANOTHER thread belaboring the same points. Wait, every 4 years you say? The Olympics? Oh...well now I guess the horse is alive again...

I can't imagine we can actually answer this. When they're all at the same RTC, you have the best of the best competing vs each other. This certainly seems to have benefited the likes of Dake, Taylor among others in their goal of just getting to that level, making the teams and then winning world or Olympic Titles. The other point, yo can focus on one athlete a bit more...I don't know how much that helps...which isn't me arguing it doesn't, it's just hard to quantify. If Brooks was at another RTC, does he take that shot late in the match? It just feels like a guess. I'd lean toward the argument that the more elite, world medalist-type athletes you have in the room...the better you're going to be, but I don't know. It didn't seem to hurt Brooks ability to game plan for DT and beat him(or did it hurt DT's ability to game plan for Brooks? Though...I wouldn't really think arguably the best Wrestler in the world...at the time would need another coach to help him game plan).

Yeah...also, they kinda were out to get us. See, Kolat, Cary.

Absolutely this. I hate how guys have to make a decision to cut 20 pounds or gain 20 pounds if they're a tweener. Also...I can't help but go back to the Australian Breakdancer. There's some added commentary here...but I feel like this is the video you need to provide to the IOC when arguing, 'really? We can't get 4 more weights? REALLY?'

Oh...cool. Another anecdote. Look...if you think the word specifically used for the caricature of a witch's laugh is not sexist...then sure. It's mental gymnastics. Remember all the times Trump, Obama, Biden had to hear about their "cackling," or their "shrill" voice? I mean, of course you do, your friend group has a vastly different lexicon than the rest of the United States and the Western World! C'mon, it's clearly reserved for women, and....to argue otherwise is just silly. As for the rest of your 50/50 diverse "friend group," I don't think I can adequately put into words how little this interests me. I'm also not arguing in anecdotes as I have an extremely diverse group of friends and I could sit here and tell you 'all the republicans I know have told me cackling is a female characteristic," and it'd hold as much meaning. None. An anecdote about a personal friend group in a biased conversation...again, could not be more pointless when discussing American Vernacular and where words come from.

The Cost of College has gotten absolutely insane. There's absolutely no doubt if you just canceled all student loan debt in the US right now, the Economy would benefit from it...tremendously. And then you'd be back in the same place in 4-5 years. I'd like to see a hybrid system put in place(this would never happen and it's poorly thought out, but I think it'd be a good idea). Every student takes a year off of school between HS and College unless they have a VERY specific field they want to get into. STEM would be an obvious one. They want to be an Engineer, cool. Otherwise, the people just going because that's the next box on their parents to check off, they could spend a year in a modern day CCC type program. You spend 3 months in California building affordable houses. You spend 3 months digging wells somewhere else. You spend 3 months just digging ditches. I'm sure I'll hear shit about this as it's not a good idea and we're on the Political thing right now, but if you do that, if you spend a year learning different real-world skills, being of SOME use to the US Gov't(you could spend 3 months working on road construction, I'm sure there's plenty of infrastructure programs to work on with the state of our country and the outdated grid, bridges among other things)... Then you're eligible for some type of grant if you choose to go to College. And I'd imagine a LOT more students would have a much better idea, not waste a year of College and get to work on an actual, degree that's going to either allow you to repay those loans as opposed to a Philosophy degree where you go and manage a Dollar General after school. I'd also be personally willing to help pay for more people to get sociology degrees. One that teaches people HOW to think for themselves. A little financial literacy would come a long way. I just talked to a VERY intelligent College-educated man, a former Wrestler, Coach, someone who's done well financially...and he didn't know what compound interest was. *That's one area I think this generation is better educated than others. There's a lot of bullshit about Crypto(some of it's not bullshit as states are not investing in it s part of pension funds) and those stupid meme stocks, but I think people understand better how to accumulate wealth via the market and long term investing. But we need to gut Higher Education in this Country and try and start over(at least state schools). It costs several times more(relative to the cost of living IIRC) for kids to go to school now than it did in the 70s, 80s, and even 90s. Maybe offer to pay for more 2 year degrees so more people get into plumbing, welding, fields that are sorely lacking skilled labor. That could be another avenue to helping solve SOME issues.

Sure. And I will stand by my synopsis of how Trump inheriting an exponentially better economy than Biden did and Trump ignoring Covid and dismantling the ENTIRE pandemic response apparatus around the WORLD is why it's lazy and ignorant to just give him a pass for the 14 TRILLION dollars Covid Cost the US Gov't. Same with the pretending to shut down all flights in and out of China without ACTUALLY doing so. Here's a number that you CANNOT deny. INCOME under Joe Biden has outpaced inflation...and now wages are catching up.

Please, tell me you don't know how trade wars without telling me you don't know how trade wars work?

I'm not disagreeing. I'm actually indifferent and not well-informed on the issue. I'm simply TAKING issue with the fact that when Harris does it, it's somehow...bad because she's "looking at the polling," in Nevada...but Trump did it because a waitress in Wisconsin said they're taxing too much of her tips. The program itself, how it impacts restaurants...I just spent about 3 minutes browsing a WSJ article on why SOME economists are against it. My issue was more the double standard. Harris suggests it=Bad, Trump=....crickets. Hell, whoever brought it up on here clearly didn't even know Trump proposed it. Edit-I didn't even realize, it was YOU and Scout. Trump actually came up with this one first for better or worse. He heard the women in Wisconsin talk about it, and realized how popular it was. Why are you not calling THAT out as "idiotic populism?" Or are you? Also...why is Scout nodding like a bobble head doll? https://www.ibtimes.com/how-1-waitress-got-both-trump-harris-change-tax-policy-3739606

Oh bullshit. Trump said it like a Month ago. A "lot of leftists?" I remember seeing some peripheral articles about how it would raise costs or...some other minor shit, but PLEASE don't tell me how "the left" was all up in arms about THAT Trump comment. This was roughly the same time he was telling people this would be the last election they'd ever need to vote in... BUT, it's funny, it was JUST Harris who was pandering because she "saw the polls," and knew how many people in Vegas rely on tips and that's what delegitimized it. So I pointed out Trump said the same thing and it's "well yeah but "the left." No, there are some economists who have talked about how it could lead to higher prices and...other larger economic issues, but this was not panned by "the left." I really need to understand the double standard here though. Again, Harris says it and it's pandering. Trump says it after a waitress gets up and speaks and it's....what? Somehow NOT pandering?

There. I fixed it for you. I'd keep doing this...but it's tiring and takes a lot to continually prove some of you wrong. Plus there's the old saying about don't argue with a fool...it's that much worse when it's 3-4 on one... Trump said AT THE TIME, he did a great job. Full stop. You want additional "context," to that, but when Walz puts in for his retirement 2 months before he even finds out his unit MIGHT be going to Iraq in 2004 and they don't go until 2006, the guy who spent 24 years in the National Guard and Teaching...he did something wrong despite retiring how everyone else does MINUS the political part where the right Swift Boats him like they did with Kerry. The polls are a shifting. The rest is all noise. Good luck. Hey, I hear if Trump wins, you won't ever have to vote again. I mean, what could possibly go wrong there, right! So...good luck!