@bswagspeare@ThomasSowell You completely missed the point, sir. The exact numbers, sir. From memory, sir. NOW, SIR. YOU'RE WRONG, SIR. WHATS THE EXACT CASE BEHIND THE CRIME STUDY, SIR. NOW SIR, WHATS THE NUMBER SIR!
@ThomasSowell But she's correct. "RICO" is not a crime.
RICO is a statute that allows groups of people who ARE charged with a crime to be prosecuted together.
For example, you can charge a group of mobsters with murder together under the RICO statute - but the crime is murder.
Dumb.
@simon_saying@ManyMuchCheese@capeandcowell It's called self sufficiency. Learn about it, practice it. For the record, this isn't a game of who gets the last word; you already lost. You're absorbing the benefits of all the lifestyle features you're arguing against.
@ProICE1776@ManyMuchCheese@capeandcowell Do you only feel safe if you are carrying around lethal force with you at all times?
Because that doesn't ring of "safety" to me.
Yesterday, an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel tried to evade the U.S. blockade after leaving Bandar Abbas, exiting the Strait of Hormuz, and transiting along the Iranian coastline. The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) successfully redirected the vessel, which is heading back to Iran.
Ten vessels have now been turned around and ZERO ships have broken through since the start of the U.S. blockade on Monday.
@simon_saying@ManyMuchCheese@capeandcowell The only person calling the US a hell hole is you, chump. I feel plenty safe anywhere I choose to go. Feel threatened? Sounds personal; perhaps some self defense classes would be in order for you...
@simon_saying@ManyMuchCheese@capeandcowell We all would; but guess what? You don't. In any country. There is no utopian society that is a myth. There will always be someone that wants what you have; always someone willing to take it from you. Its up to YOU to prevent that. Anything short is a disservice to yourself.
@simon_saying@ManyMuchCheese@capeandcowell I never said a word about EDC; regardless of if I do or not, if I were carrying and you were I danger, I would also protect you with it, too. You fail to realize law enforcement will not save you; they come to clean up the mess. Its concerning you don't recognize this.
@ProICE1776@ManyMuchCheese@capeandcowell Yeah, the fact that you feel you have to go outside with a gun, ready to use it at any moment to defend yourself, is kind of what I'm talking about.
🚨 BREAKING: Iran has agreed to NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS and they will HAND OVER the nuclear dust, per President Trump
This is a monumental win!
"Very important is that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon and they've agreed to that! Iran's agreed to that and they've agreed to it very powerfully."
"They've agreed to give us back the nuclear dust that's way underground because of the attack we made with the B-2 bombers."
"So we have a lot of agreement with Iran and I think something's going to happen very positively."
@simon_saying@ManyMuchCheese@capeandcowell It could certainly seem as such to someone who is used to authoritarian rule and depending on law enforcement for self defense. Depending on 2A and range time, I thoroughly believe I can handle any reasonable threat that presents itself. Europeans can not say the same.
@ProICE1776@ManyMuchCheese@capeandcowell It's just insane to think you understand a place you've never been so well, and deny all the statistics that prove you wrong.
America is a dangerous hellhole compared to Europe.
🚨 SECWAR PETE HEGSETH JUST SENT SHIVERS DOWN THE IRGC!
This blockade "is the POLITE way that this can go. Your energy is not moving and will not move and we can do this all day."
"The math is clear. We're using 10% of the world's most powerful navy and you have 0% of your navy. That's real control.
"But it's not DESTROYED yet."
"You like to say publicly that you control the Strait of Hormuz, but you don't have a navy or real domain awareness."
"You can't control anything. To be clear, threatening to shoot missiles and drones at ships, commercial ships that are lawfully transiting international waters, that is not control. That's PIRACY."
"That's terrorism. The United States Navy controls the traffic going in and out of the Strait because we have real assets and real capabilities. And we're doing this blockade, performing it with less than 10% of America's naval power."
@simon_saying@ManyMuchCheese@capeandcowell Could you be any more condescending? Perhaps I have zero desire to step foot into foreign territories because I would rather be allowed to defend myself and have my own thoughts. Maybe you should head back over there, if its so great. No one is forcing you to stay stateside.
@MatejFabiani@Kristin82489364@EricLDaugh "China broke through the blockade" 5 minutes later, its Trump let them. Do you have any idea how delusional you sound? Its not possible its for humanitarian reasons, is it? The target is not the people of Iran, it's the IRGC or are you being willfully ignorant?
@rascal113646@pr0ud_americans@VL__Atlas Try chrysler, new fob 290$, locksmiths cant get into the immobilizer anymore, only FCA dealers can. Another 120$ for a 5 second programming.
1994: Change brake pads on your truck in the driveway for $30.
2026: Electronic parking brake says 'DIYers not permitted.' Needs $6k dealer tool + subscription.
They call it 'security.' We call it a software lock scam to kill DIY and force you back to the dealer.
Right to Repair now. Who's with me? 🔥🚛🔧
#RightToRepair
@ZombieJesus198@simon_saying@SekturEnjoyer@capeandcowell Seriously? Your argument over illegal alien invaders is to point at an socially unacceptable derangement that exists in every society? Accuse us of 'open arm embrace'? While you have grown men allowed to enter women's safe spaces in Canada? A whole 'political movement' of NPCs...
@MatejFabiani@EricLDaugh A YouTube video? Seriously? I saw a YouTube video yesterday that showed a guy bounce off a waterslide and slam into the sidewalk, I wonder if that really happened, too?
@EricLDaugh These claims are circulating as quotes, but there’s no verified transcript or confirmation of a US “blockade” of the Strait of Hormuz. Treat it as political rhetoric unless backed by official DoD statements or major news outlets.
@MatejFabiani@EricLDaugh Slovenia is on top of the world with military intelligence and situational awareness, I see. Oddly, there seems to be far more traffic now that we're blockading iran's ports. And curiously, nothing has made it out of iranian ports at all.. 🤫
@EricLDaugh Iran controls the strait. Yes with guns as they did at start of the war. They decide what goes trough its their territory. China smacked you so hard that your delusional. Easy on the gin. You lost, pack up.
@sfdb@AGJamesUthmeier@GeorgetownLaw In 1786, congress afforded slave populations to be considered at 3/5 status. This a reference to that, NOT illegal aliens. Are you arguing for illegals aliens to be counted at 3/5 status? Sit down. You're embarrassing yourself.
@AGJamesUthmeier Since 1790, the "whole number of persons" residing in America, regardless of their legal status or citizenship have been counted in the census.
But now, some 236 years later, far-right extremist James Uthmeier says we've been doing it all wrong.
@GeorgetownLaw, come get ure boy
This week, we petitioned the US Census Bureau to correct the errors that led to Florida losing at least one Congressional seat and gave left-leaning sanctuary states more electoral power than they are entitled to hold.
@krae9836@thejimechols@ClownWorld If you're willing to be disrespectful to the very person responsible for your safe arrival at your destination, what danger COULD you pose to the other paying customers? Are you going to be unpredictable? Get violent? He is not your daddy, he can't just pull over to correct you.
@thejimechols@ClownWorld Good for you!!! Since you’re a captain and you have the final say…if an F16/35 pulls up next to you and tells you to land you gonna say no? Also word hurt your feelings?