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black and zoomer pop culture: Lil Pump

let's be fair here
neither of those groups care about lil pump

 

[ZMOT]

We have this Dunning-Kruger nightmare where the ruling class thinks they are so smart, their opponents have nothing to offer and are only a burden or obstacle.

you mean we're ruled by fucking reddit?

god help us all...

 

[tehpope]

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/waste-day-over-1-billion-weapons-missing-ukraine

https://www.realclearwire.com/articles/2024/02/07/waste_of_the_day_over_1_billion_in_weapons_missing_in_ukraine_1008519.html

Topline: The Department of Defense has failed to properly track $1 billion worth of weapons provided to Ukraine, according to an internal audit released on Jan. 10 by the DOD Inspector General.

Key facts: The DOD is supposed to use special “enhanced end-use monitoring” techniques” to “safeguard” key weapons such as smaller, high-tech weaponry provided to Ukraine, which are likely targets for theft.

The audit says these monitoring procedures are not properly being followed in Ukraine, due to staffing shortages, poor internal logistics and more.

The audit found that $1 billion of the $1.7 billion — or 59% — in enhanced end-use monitoring designated weapons provided to Ukraine as of June 2023 are “delinquent,” meaning they can’t be accounted for in inventory reports.

Maybe the weapons are being used properly; maybe they have been stolen by Russian forces. No one can be completely sure.

The 59% delinquency rate is an improvement over the 86% of weapons that were unaccounted for in December 2022.

The weapons include night-vision devices, anti-tank missiles, attack drones and small-diameter bombs.

The report also found that inventory databases were not regularly updated and that the Ukrainian Armed Forces failed to properly report missing weapons.

Officials have stressed that the weapons may in fact be completely fine. Just because the DOD failed to keep track of the weaponry does not necessarily mean it was stolen.

The Army, Air Force and more agreed that procedures would be fully updated by September 2024.

Background: The Biden administration has sent over $75 billion to Ukraine since February 2022, including $44 billion in military aid.

Some Republican leaders are already trying to block Biden’s request for additional funds for Ukraine. The missing weapons could strengthen their arguments.

This is not the first time weapons have gone missing during Biden’s administration. In Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban seized seven U.S. helicopters, each worth as much as $21 million. The DOD also lost track of $174 million of drones provided to Afghanistan.

Biden officials then removed official reports on Afghanistan weaponry spending from government websites.

The DOD has a long history of inadequately tracking its finances, having failed its last six annual audits.

Supporting Quote: “There remains no credible evidence of illicit diversion of U.S.-provided advanced conventional weapons from Ukraine,” Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, said. “We do see some instances of Russia continuing to spread disinformation to the contrary, but the fact is, we observe the Ukrainians employing these capabilities on the battlefield.”

Summary: While there is no direct evidence that weapons in Ukraine have actually been misused, the $1 billion inventory error calls into question the White House’s constant assurances that any aid would be carefully tracked.

The #WasteOfTheDay is brought to you by the forensic auditors at OpenTheBooks.com

Not a surprise since the DOD and Pentagon have lost trillions of dollars over the last 20 plus years.

Hopefully Johnson really does Kill the Bill.

If it passes, we get 1,800,000 immigrants a year. Not "illegal" immigrants, just immigrants. They are caught and released and "awaiting a trial" where they will be rubber stamped as "asylum seekers."

So if you're one of the first 150,000 over the border a month, you're legal.

If Biden wins it will be Amnesty and Citizenship for the 13 million or so already here. Let's say only 10M are adults who can vote, and only 40% vote. That's still 4M voters in place for 2028. Voting Democrat.

Then they fast track the 150k a month to citizenship, say after 5 years. By 2029, even at a 40% rate, you get 2.8M new Democrat voters every Presidential election. They'll greatly influence House and Senate races as well. There will never be a Republican President again, and they few left in Congress will be impotent heels flapping around accomplishing nothing.

In 15 years, being a Republican supporter will be about as meaningful as being a Washington Generals fan.

Stop chugging the black pills ffs.

I don't think millions of legal citizens will take having no voice in government sitting down. We still have guns. And even if the government attempts to take them away, there's still like 12 guns for every person.

 

[likeacrackado]

He has gained tremendously even in the black racials, and peer pressure probably suppresses those polls, because the word i'm hearing from the street levels is every black dude is voting Trump.

To put a window into black and zoomer pop culture: Lil Pump just showed off a Trump tattoo across his entire thigh on his socials, and Snoop Dogg is now in Trump's camp.

They have created a martyr and exposed the corrupt machinations of our "justice" system.
Anyone who bothers to read beyond headlines now knows we don't live by constitution and law but by megalomaniacs in robes who believe they know better.

Trump had these types of guys campaigning with him in 2020. Lil Pump was fading in relevancy then and is probably irrelevant now(don't keep with 'the culture' like I did in 2020). I remember Trump becoming popular among prisoners after the GOP let a bunch of them out. Did it end up mattering? No, blacks still voted for Biden at the same or better rate they did for Hillary in 2016. The idea of blacks flipping to the GOP is a complete fantasy. My own 'street level' intuition tells me black women are the important part of the black vote and they'll keep voting for the party of gibs me dats and promises of reparations.

 

[dustbuster]

Trump had these types of guys campaigning with him in 2020. Lil Pump was fading in relevancy then and is probably irrelevant now(don't keep with 'the culture' like I did in 2020). I remember Trump becoming popular among prisoners after the GOP let a bunch of them out. Did it end up mattering? No, blacks still voted for Biden at the same or better rate they did for Hillary in 2016. The idea of blacks flipping to the GOP is a complete fantasy. My own 'street level' intuition tells me black women are the important part of the black vote and they'll keep voting for the party of gibs me dats and promises of reparations.

Blackpills get the bullet.
Snoop put out a music video in 2017 where he kills Trump in effigy.
He is now on Trump's side.
Cry more.

 

[likeacrackado]

Blackpills get the bullet.
Snoop put out a music video in 2017 where he kills Trump in effigy.
He is now on Trump's side.
Cry more.

Not blackpilling. If you think Snoop Dog will win Trump the election you're dumber than the people who believe Taylor Swift will win it for Biden. I'm ready to be wrong, but I don't see a way Trump gets more than 10-12% of the black vote. Which is perfectly fine, Trump can easily win with those numbers.

 

[WonderWino]

So apparently trump somehow doesn't have presidential immunity for the jan 6 stuff. Looks like it'll end up having to be an issue for the supreme court

Not really a good look or a good precedent. Especially given the shitshow the biden administration is turning into

 

[dustbuster]

So apparently trump somehow doesn't have presidential immunity for the jan 6 stuff. Looks like it'll end up having to be an issue for the supreme court

Not really a good look or a good precedent. Especially given the shitshow the biden administration is turning into

Expecting anything sane from a trump-deranged DC circuit bench is too much for anyone.
Trump doesn't suddenly cease to be POTUS over J6.
He was still in office until the inauguration.

Hopefully Thomas can buck-break roberts behind the woodshed, because if the DC circuit is upheld we no longer have a republic, we have Brazil.

 

[George Lucas]

So apparently trump somehow doesn't have presidential immunity for the jan 6 stuff. Looks like it'll end up having to be an issue for the supreme court

Not really a good look or a good precedent. Especially given the shitshow the biden administration is turning into

If Biden gets tried the court will suddenly decide presidents do have immunity.

 

[World Famous Quasi Payer]

I no longer believe they'll try and run him as candidate in November. They just can't. So the only question now is who they will.

And run who exactly? Kamala is a black hole of charisma and like-ability. Newsom has the name brand recognition for all the wrong reasons. And Hillary was passed over in 2020 for good reason. Who do they have?

 

[mandatorylurk]

Julie Kelly made the point it's no loss for the liberals on the immunity thing, since DC is 95% faggots, any charges against a liberal will be rejected like that Michael Sussman getting away with the russiagate hoax. The only way to make this new lack of immunity mean something is to dissolve the DC district court, which can only be done with a red house and senate with Trump.

All Trump needs to do is continue fracking (obvious), stop illegals, and get the DC court removed so it returns to VA and MD and he'll be the best president.

 

[dustbuster]

Julie Kelly made the point it's no loss for the liberals on the immunity thing, since DC is 95% faggots, any charges against a liberal will be rejected like that Michael Sussman getting away with the russiagate hoax. The only way to make this new lack of immunity mean something is to dissolve the DC district court, which can only be done with a red house and senate with Trump.

All Trump needs to do is continue fracking (obvious), stop illegals, and get the DC court removed so it returns to VA and MD and he'll be the best president.

You forget they can try and convict liberals in states like AL, FL, or TX

Aiding and abetting illegal immigration is a federal crime, it happened in Texas.
Time to prosecute Biden.
Charge list off the top of my head:

Aiding and abetting illegal immigration.
Bribery
Insurrection under color of law.
RICO, pulling in most of the senior DNC, the managers of his 20 shell companies, and on-shore chinese and cartel assets greasing his palms.
Full financial audit of all of this.

 

[Meat Target]

You forget they can try and convict liberals in states like AL, FL, or TX

Aiding and abetting illegal immigration is a federal crime, it happened in Texas.
Time to prosecute Biden.
Charge list off the top of my head:

Aiding and abetting illegal immigration.
Bribery
Insurrection under color of law.
RICO, pulling in most of the senior DNC, the managers of his 20 shell companies, and on-shore chinese and cartel assets greasing his palms.
Full financial audit of all of this.

Well, before that, the GOP needs to get over its habit of pissing its pants and waving the white flag at the first sign of Democrat displeasure.

 

[dustbuster]

Well, before that, the GOP needs to get over its habit of pissing its pants and waving the white flag at the first sign of Democrat displeasure.

either the supreme court stops this bullshit, or MAGA will punish the shit out of the GOP until they start fighting just as dirty.

 

[The Ugly One]

I don't think millions of legal citizens will take having no voice in government sitting down. We still have guns. And even if the government attempts to take them away, there's still like 12 guns for every person.

Yeah, what's the government gonna do, issue some sort of nationwide edict ordering everyone to hunker down in their homes and wear a muzzle in public? American people are a free, spirited bunch who don't tolerate tyranny! Because we have Fudd cannons with Picatinny rails and foregrips!

 

[Meat Target]

either the supreme court stops this bullshit, or MAGA will punish the shit out of the GOP until they start fighting just as dirty.

Well, they need to hurry up. The aforementioned Julie Kelly also pointed out that all those "ethics complaints" against conservative lawyers, judges, and AGs are disingenuous lawfare, intended to enventually ensure no Chud or wrongthinker ever has adequate legal representation.

They want you to have public defenders who will only offer the option of a doubleplusguilty plea.

ETA: My mistake, that was Joy Pullmann, not Julie Kelly.

https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/05/democrats-work-to-strip-all-opponents-of-representation-in-court/

 

[John.Doe]

Expecting anything sane from a trump-deranged DC circuit bench is too much for anyone.
Trump doesn't suddenly cease to be POTUS over J6.
He was still in office until the inauguration.

Hopefully Thomas can buck-break roberts behind the woodshed, because if the DC circuit is upheld we no longer have a republic, we have Brazil.

I've read through the brief, briefly, and its primarily hyperbole, emotional rhetoric, and special pleading that essentially says "Orange Man Bad, so this ONE TIME HERE AND NEVER FOR ANYONE ELSE immunity doesn't exist."

I hope the Supremes have found their balls.

 

[dustbuster]

Yeah, what's the government gonna do, issue some sort of nationwide edict ordering everyone to hunker down in their homes and wear a muzzle in public? American people are a free, spirited bunch who don't tolerate tyranny! Because we have Fudd cannons with Picatinny rails and foregrips!

The lockdowns happened during a census year.
The census caught the START of those lockdowns before people got really fed up.
California and NY lost congressional seats for the first time in living memory.
Had the census been delayed using the pandemic as an excuse, I get the feeling they'd have lost a lot more, to the gain of stronger states like UT, AZ, FL, and TX.
2030 is going to be extremely fun if you're on the right.

Ever wonder why house prices in red states increased 30% during the panedemic?
A moving truck costs less personally than a boogaloo.

 

[tehpope]

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-planning-flip-new-york-amid-illegal-immigrant-crisis

Former President Donald Trump said he plans to give New York “a heavy shot” in his campaign, as he believes there is potential to “flip” traditionally Democratic-leaning states in the general election.

The Republican presidential candidate told Fox News on Feb. 4 that he would hold rallies in South Bronx and Madison Square Garden as part of his campaign for a second term in office.

“Do I think we have a chance? New York has changed a lot in the last two years. We have migrants all over the street. They are living on Madison Avenue. Nobody can believe what’s happened to New York,” he said.

President Trump said he believes Democratic strongholds such as New York, where he claimed people are “unhappy” because crime rates have hit “record levels,” can be “flipped” in the general election.

“The people of New York are angry. People that would have never voted for me because I’m a Republican. I mean they’re Democrats … I think they’re going to vote for me. So, I think we’re going to give New York a heavy shot,” the former president said.

“The other thing is, and very importantly, New Jersey. I think New Jersey can be flipped. I think that Virginia can be flipped. I think that New Mexico could be flipped. And I think Minnesota could be flipped. And I’m not even sure that everything can’t be flipped,” he added.

New York, the most populous city in the United States, has struggled to contend with the arrival of over 120,000 illegal immigrants in the past year.


About 60,000 are currently in shelters run by the city, which is legally required to provide emergency housing to homeless people. The obligation is unmatched in any other major U.S. city.

Mayor Eric Adams announced in July that New York would start giving adult illegal immigrants 60 days’ notice to move out of city shelters. The policy has since been extended to families with children and tightened to 30 days for adults not accompanied by youngsters.

A Sienna College poll published last year shows that more than 80 percent of registered voters in New York view the recent influx of illegal immigrants as a “serious problem.”

Meanwhile, about 51 percent of New Yorkers said they disapprove of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s efforts in handling the influx.

“Voters disapprove of the job that Hochul is doing to address the influx 51-35 percent. They disapprove of the job Mayor Eric Adams is doing 47-31 percent.

“And they disapprove of the job the Biden administration is doing 59-34 percent,” Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in a statement.

Mr. Greenberg stated that, for the first time in a Siena College poll, a higher percentage of New Yorkers now hold an unfavorable view of President Joe Biden compared to those who view him favorably.

“For the first time in a Siena College poll, more New Yorkers now view Biden unfavorably, 50 percent, than view him favorably, 46 percent. His job approval rating, 47-50 percent, is little changed from June and remains underwater,” he said.

According to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the border patrol had only encountered 458,088 illegal immigrants attempting to cross the Southwest border in fiscal 2020 during the Trump administration.

This jumped to 1.73 million in fiscal 2021 under President Biden and then to 2.38 million in fiscal 2022. During the first six months of fiscal year 2023, there have already been 1.22 million encounters.

Naveen Athrappully and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

[Meat Target]

Ever wonder why house prices in red states increased 30% during the panedemic?
A moving truck costs less personally than a boogaloo.

And because shitlib carpetbaggers want to flee from the consequences of their own votes.