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[Lorne Armstrong]

LOL! Good grief.

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Who the fuck thought this was a good idea? Fire that person.

I want anyone who thinks that Trump is some kind of “4-D Chessmaster” to take a good long look at that pic. He’s with a group of folks attending to their veteran relatives graves. Someone produces a camera and points it. Trump decides a pic is a good idea, proceeds to gather the folks ‘round, flashes a shiteating grin, and a thumbs-up to boot. The man is an idiot. Not saying that the other “side” is any better, just saying that both choices are shit and folks ought to stop deluding themselves otherwise.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

I want anyone who thinks that Trump is some kind of “4-D Chessmaster” to take a good long look at that pic. He’s with a group of folks attending to their veteran relatives graves. Someone produces a camera and points it. Trump decides a pic is a good idea, proceeds to gather the folks ‘round, flashes a shiteating grin, and a thumbs-up to boot. The man is an idiot. Not saying that the other “side” is any better, just saying that both choices are shit and folks ought to stop deluding themselves otherwise.

I guess that the grieving families who happily took the picture with him shouldn't be smiling either, then?

I guess they're dumbasses too?

GTFOutta here

 

[WelfareNiggerQueen]

I want anyone who thinks that Trump is some kind of “4-D Chessmaster” to take a good long look at that pic. He’s with a group of folks attending to their veteran relatives graves. Someone produces a camera and points it. Trump decides a pic is a good idea, proceeds to gather the folks ‘round, flashes a shiteating grin, and a thumbs-up to boot. The man is an idiot. Not saying that the other “side” is any better, just saying that both choices are shit and folks ought to stop deluding themselves otherwise.

It's a 4D chess move.
The democrats are behaving more irrationally.

Kamala is going to use the memorial service as some retarded ass gatcha then Trump will spin it into talking about the Afghanistan withdrawal.
"You got those people killed Kababla, you and crooked Joe."

 

[Pissmaster]

Guys, look at this poll. It's over. I'm doompilled here. I am going to drink a gallon of piss and commit unalive. Kamala's just gonna Walz into the White People House and ruin the entire nation overnight. At least I can die knowing that I was smart enough to not vote in the first place because what's the point anyhoo.

 

[tehpope]

Supercut of all the times the dnc used Trump or Donald Trump.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

I forgot they tried demure and brat too haha it’s going that fast

There ain't nothing "demure" about that cackle of hers.

Euphoric seems like a perfect word for the Harris campaign to move onto. Like the way trannies talk about their "gender euphoria."

"Euphoric."

We going with the real definition or the average woman Democrat definition: "The moment when the wine and the benzos hit at the same time" ... ?

Because if we're going with the latter, then that fits Harris to a T.

 

[John Badman]

Supercut of all the times the dnc used Trump or Donald Trump.

My favorite part is when they said Donald Chump

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

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"Why haven't you done anything in 4 years" is the softball version of that question, and she had no answer. That was CNN warning her "you are weak here and Trump is going to knife you in the gut over this in the debate"... and she had nothing. Even an idiot like me recognizes that's a huge problem for her. She HAS to have been prepping for it. And it has to be something more than her just going "that was the Biden admin, I'm Kamala."

She also can't make the "vice president can't do jackshit" excuse since Dick Cheney was in office twenty years ago.

 

[Amelia Troonheart]

Euphoric seems like a perfect word for the Harris campaign to move onto. Like the way trannies talk about their "gender euphoria."

In this moment I am euphoric. *tips wine glass*

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS]

I guess the consensus is that the interview was weak as fuck. Not gonna do much but "my value has not changed" is a gold line.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

why would the same person get 9 refunds?

And here I was all this time being led to believe there were NO REFUNDS...

Reservoir Dogs, bro. Mr. Brown.
One of my favorite movies ever.

The original discussion started with a guy saying "Ever since Pulp Fiction, QT has made bad cameos in all his movies."

I think the real issue is he's just such a shit actor it seems that way!

 

[Catch The Rainbow]

https://www.defenseone.com/business/2024/08/rtx-fined-200m-exporting-defense-tech-china-russia-iran/399220/

Raytheon will pay a $200 million fine for the unauthorized export of defense technology to China, Russia, Iran, and elsewhere, the State Department announced today.

The settlement will cover 750 violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR, according to State’s press release. It allows the company to put half of the fine toward “remedial compliance measures to strengthen RTX’s compliance program.”

The settlement “addresses RTX’s unauthorized exports of defense articles resulting from the failure to establish proper jurisdiction and classification; unauthorized exports of defense articles, including classified defense articles; unauthorized exports of defense articles by employees via hand-carry to proscribed destinations,” according to the statement. Those destinations include China, Iran, Lebanon, and Russia, according to the department’s charging letter, which includes additional details about the settlement. The letter describes violations from August 2017 to September 2023 Company employees traveled to these countries bearing classified and controlled technical data from a slew of Pentagon aircraft and weapons programs, including the stealthy F-22 fighter jet and the E-3 radar plane.

Last month, RTX told investors during an earnings call that it set aside more than $1 billion to settle a number of government investigations, including a State Department inquest into export-control violations.

The document is attached and this is insane

In 54 disclosures submitted to the Department since 2019, Respondent
disclosed that it exported, reexported, and retransferred without authorization
hundreds of defense articles, some of which qualified as SME, to or within 25
different countries, including the PRC. The defense articles that Respondent
exported, reexported, or retransferred without authorization relate to multiple U.S.
and foreign military platforms, including but not limited to the:
• Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System;
• B-2 Spirit Bomber Aircraft;
• F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Fighter Aircraft;
• F-15 Eagle Fighter Aircraft;
• F-16 Fighting Falcon Fighter Aircraft;
• F-22 Raptor Fighter Aircraft;
• F-35 Lightning II Fighter Aircraft;
• National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System;
• PATRIOT Air Defense System;
• Phalanx Close-In Weapons System; and the
• RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile.

Multiple employees brought their work laptops to enemy countries

Unauthorized Exports to Lebanon
In a 2021 disclosure, Respondent described the unauthorized export of
defense articles to Lebanon, a proscribed destination listed in 22 C.F.R. 126.1,
during two personal trips one employee took in 2020 and 2021. The employee
hand-carried his RTX-issued laptop, which contained ITAR-controlled technical
data and was “capable of accessing the Raytheon U.S. network using a secure
Virtual Private Network,” on both trips. In preparation for the first trip, the
employee submitted a request via the Raytheon Global Export Management
System (RGEMS) to bring his laptop but did not list Lebanon as an intended
destination on that request. Upon return from the trip in November 2020, the
employee annotated his RGEMS entry indicating that he had been rerouted to
“Luban” during travel. Respondent reported that the employee who reviewed the
updated RGEMS entry failed to appreciate that “Luban” was a reference to the
romanized Arabic name for Lebanon “and did not elevate the matter for further
investigation.” In April 2021, the same employee submitted a second RGEMS
request to bring his laptop and RTX-issued smartphone on personal travel, but
again did not list Lebanon as an intended destination. The employee again visited
Lebanon and, upon return to the United States, annotated his RGEMS entry to
report a stop in “Liban,” i.e., the French name for “Lebanon.” Respondent again
“failed to identify and escalate the deviation for investigation.”
Harm to National Security
Respondent discovered these violations during a standard monthly
compliance review in July 2021 and, following an internal investigation,
determined that the employee’s laptop contained USML Category IV(i) technical
data related to the Standard Missile-3, Standard Missile-6 (SM-6), and ESSM
Block 2. The U.S. government reviewed copies of the files referenced in this
disclosure and determined that the unauthorized export of technical data harmed
U.S. national security and adversely impacted a DoD Program of Record.
Unauthorized Exports to Russia
In a 2022 disclosure, Respondent described the unauthorized exports of
defense articles to Russia, a proscribed destination listed in 22 C.F.R. 126.1, during
one employee’s personal trip in May and June of 2021. The employee hand carried his RTX-issued laptop, which contained ITAR-controlled technical data, to
St. Petersburg, Russia and attempted to use the laptop while in Russia. Respondent
reported that its cybersecurity team “first received an alert for the subject laptop on
June 1, 2021, but incorrectly dismissed the alert and several subsequent alerts as a
false positive” because Respondent was transitioning to a new cybersecurity tool
and had “experienced a temporary increase in false positive geolocation alerts.”
Respondent did not restrict the employee’s access to the RTX network until June
10, 2021, after which the employee returned to the United States.
Following the employee’s return from Russia, Respondent determined that
the employee’s laptop hosted 152 files that contained USML Category VIII(i),
XI(d), and XII(f) technical data, including SME, related to the F-15 Eagle Fighter
Aircraft, F/A-18 Hornet Fighter Aircraft, the F-22 Raptor Fighter Aircraft, the F-35
Lightning II Fighter Aircraft, and the U-2 Reconnaissance Aircraft. Respondent
also determined that the employee “had traveled to Russia on personal travel on
four prior occasions since the start of his employment in July 2019 . . . to visit his
fiancée” and that he had taken his RTX-issued laptop with him on at least one of
these earlier trips.
Unauthorized Exports to Iran
In a 2019 disclosure, Respondent described the unauthorized export of
defense articles to Iran, a proscribed destination listed in 22 C.F.R. 126.1, during
one employee’s personal travel. In March 2019, Respondent’s employee hand-
carried his company-issued laptop, which contained ITAR-controlled technical
data, to Iran. Respondent detected the employee’s attempt to use the laptop to
connect to the internet while in Iran and initiated a “freeze” in response, restricting
access to the laptop’s hard drive. Following the employee’s return to the United
States, Respondent determined that the laptop contained USML Category VIII(i)
technical data related to the B-2 Spirit Bomber Aircraft and F-22 Raptor Fighter
Aircraft.

Only 200 million dollars and the employees were not charged

 

[Pascal's Wagie]

The document is attached and this is insane

Somebody forgot to bribe the right guy.

 

[Catch The Rainbow]

Somebody forgot to bribe the right guy.

No one is being charged and Iran/Russia/china will likely pay way more than 200m for this information

 

[clipartfan92]

The Kamala interview for those that missed it:

https://preservetube.com/watch?v=Dl9gPBasyv4

https://preservetube.com/watch?v=Rus0ght1j34

https://preservetube.com/watch?v=HQkojD8zLr0

 

[boxtail]

They have so successfully brainwashed women into believing that any blip in a pregnancy will result in total maternal death instantly, they have a whole couple generations of young women who are clinically tokophobic and antinatalist to the point we are going to die off if things don't correct course soon.

I think it was either @Diana Moon Glampers or @Otterly who at some point dug up a lot of shocking research showing that even ectopic pregnancies rarely kill the mom. But even conservative diehard pro-lifers accept it as simple common sense that no, they actually are fatal and common and need to be accounted for in the law.

But this terror of pregnancy- any pregnancy at all, not just ectopic or rape or whatever- is an enormous cultural issue we will have to overcome first. And then we can work our way back from there, outlawing late term, mid term, changing the culture so early term no longer is something people feel comfortable about either...

A long, difficult march. Not impossible. But it's going to require a lot more thoughtful planning than just throwing money at foundations.

I didn't connect this with politics before but making women absolutely terrified of pregnancy is a growing issue. I see it all the time, young women especially genz is told about pregnancy like it's some boogeyman that's going to 100% destroy your body- if it doesn't kill you. Picrel is from a popular tiktok that gets referenced a lot in which a girl lists the 100 reasons you shouldn't get pregnant, on tiktoks where they share a problem people will comment "add it to the list". I remember seeing this list pre-preg and being terrfied... turns out literally none of it happened. They vastly vastly overstate it and scare the fuck out of women for no reason

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

No one is being charged and Iran/Russia/china will likely pay way more than 200m for this information

seriously this is fucking Raytheon, that's what they have in the couch cushions

 

[GunCar Gary]

I didn't connect this with politics before but making women absolutely terrified of pregnancy is a growing issue. I see it all the time, young women especially genz is told about pregnancy like it's some boogeyman that's going to 100% destroy your body- if it doesn't kill you.

the "trans" phenomena extends beyond groomed girls and boys getting surgery and drugs. it's merely one part of the transhumanism obsession by boomers that's leeched down into younger generations. any reminder that you're a biological being that is under the control of entropy and mother nature is forbidden. your body must work exactly how you want at all times, forcefully by drugs if required. being a human being is cause for panic, not celebration

this is also a side effect of abortion messaging from the last few decades and the fixation on all the things that can go wrong with pregnancy instead of how right it goes most of the time, especially with modern medicine. abortion activists would have a lot less power if women shrugged off fear mongering about relatively rare pregnancy issues with "well, all of my friends and family seemed to give birth just fine"

 

[boxtail]

I want anyone who thinks that Trump is some kind of “4-D Chessmaster” to take a good long look at that pic. He’s with a group of folks attending to their veteran relatives graves. Someone produces a camera and points it. Trump decides a pic is a good idea, proceeds to gather the folks ‘round, flashes a shiteating grin, and a thumbs-up to boot. The man is an idiot. Not saying that the other “side” is any better, just saying that both choices are shit and folks ought to stop deluding themselves otherwise.

Sitting on the fence so hard its up your ass. He showed up and took a picture, god forbid

 

[STARS158]

Looks like the open border policy is having an effect