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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. It would be satisfying if the generals/admirals would have all walked out on Trump but that feeling would be fleeting. Trump would fire them all and appoint personal loyalists in their position, which would take us closer to ending democracy. There's no doubt in my mind that some of them will be fired after yesterday anyway. You have to guess that both Loomer and Hegseth are running their own research into each military leader to find any possible connection to disloyal comments. This would especially be true if any of them rolled their eyes or displayed other disrespectful looks. Trump cares more about personal loyalty than the defense of the US since he feels that personal loyalty to him IS the defense of the US.
  2. Trump announces that the US is guaranteeing Qatar security: I'm sure this has nothing to do with the 747 that Qatar donated to Trump. Even if an foreign relation exec order is fully legitimate and in the best interest of the US, this is why we have those pesky rules of not allowing President to personally accept material gifts, like an expensive watch or a $400m plane. You can't decouple the legitimacy from the illegitimacy.
  3. Sick of the politicians or home remodelers spamming you via text messages, the new iOS 26 feature can hide all of those messages. How to Enable "Screen Unknown Senders" Open the Messages app on your iPhone. Tap the Filters button (it looks like three lines with circles) at the top-right of the conversation list. Tap Manage Filtering. Scroll to the "Unknown Senders" section and tap to turn Screen Unknown Senders on. this places all unknown numbers into another section of Messages. You must add a number to contact or mark it as known to show in the main messages section. This also kills the notifications. You also may need to check the unknown from time to time in case something is there that you want.
  4. I want to believe that any general officer would internally be laughing at this clown show while simultaneously crying for America. But then again Michael Flynn would have been in this room at some point in the past as well, and look at him.
  5. for anyone that doesn't know, the latest iPhone update (ios 26) allows you to hide text messages from unknown people, either defined by your contact list or if you manually set a phone number to known. How to Enable "Screen Unknown Senders" Open the Messages app on your iPhone. Tap the Filters button (it looks like three lines with circles) at the top-right of the conversation list. Tap Manage Filtering. Scroll to the "Unknown Senders" section and tap to turn Screen Unknown Senders on. Of course, following these instructions may drain your bank account. Seriously this is a great feature for security and to eliminate scammers and political requests. A bit redundant there. This also may "hide" text messages from legit sources like banks that are texting you codes. You can see what has been hidden by selecting the Filter button at any time and selecting unknown messages.
  6. Amazing at the misunderstanding of Trump and Pete on why general officers should never applaud like Cletus at a Arkansas MAGA rally. I imagine that they will all have to answer for their lack of enthusiasm to the message today.
  7. yeah but they would all be fired this afternoon and replaced with MAGA influencers. I have to hope that some of them, even ones who are republican, believe in the rule of law including not having the military provide police services.
  8. Takes a special kind of asshole to wear a MAGA hat in a non political situation.
  9. Off topic but the other day I realized that I dont think that I’ve ever seen true MAGA hat in the wild. Saw some young woman wearing a trump ball cap at a bar once but never a red MAGA cap.
  10. I haven't attended many Astros game in the last couple of years but they previously would play Take Me out the Ballpark followed by Deep in the Heart of Texas in the 7th inning stretch. Both of which can be fun songs to show people singing or dancing on the big screen. The only exception would be God Bless America on Sunday game's 7th inning stretch. I guess there was some connection that since it's church day and the song had God in its title. Who knows, maybe they sing God Bless America every day now. I've never understood the need to play the national anthem at sporting events. Except that now any team that didn't play it would be labeled as anti-American. Which makes zero sense. I find the song's main purpose at games is for those who want to virtue signal and don't get me started when someone goes after someone else for not removing their hat. Snowflakes who just want to get mad at someone.
  11. Maybe just maybe this big meeting is only some lame motivation talk to go over Pete's warrior ethos ideas, but this is also how a military enforcement of a Trump lifetime appointment as President would start. Weed out the military leaders who would be violently opposed to the idea. Then start working on the ones who are somewhat accepting or open, and promote them to the key roles.
  12. Yeah by February we may be at a point that just not saying something perceived as anti-Trump, isn't enough. You may have to thank President Trump as those in North Korea have to acknowledge Dear Leader at every turn or face the consequences.
  13. Makes sense. I was thinking solar for the battery backup to help with extended outages. Even if solar couldn't fully recharge it to 100%, solar would extend the use of the battery for an emergency. I'm reminded how I've been without power in Houston for up to 3.5 weeks in the past. That was once in 20 years but painful to experience.
  14. I watch personal finance channels on youtube. One recent one stood out because a guest told a story where her elderly mother tried to withdraw large sums of money from her bank, and the bank effectively refused (correctly) because the mother was being scammed. The guest said that the mother than switched banks to one that wasn't so up in her business. And then was scammed out of most of her money was the overseas scammer but still refuses to believe it.
  15. Can you educate me on these? I would assume that a whole house battery would also need solar whereas the generators are usually powered by some form of gas/gasoline. I guess it depends on what fuel sources access you have.
  16. I'm not a big fan but don't forget that the UFC is hosting a PPV on the grounds of the White House. EDIT: If someone doesn't think that won't be a full-on Trump rally, they're crazy. You know that Trump's entrance will be nothing short of something you would see in the WWE.
  17. One of the smaller companies involved with the TikTok purchase is a UAE firm that has done business with Trump’s crypto in the past. There’s zero understanding why this firm needs to be an owner or what happened to the idea that only Americans should own TikTok? or perhaps like we all guess, the Trump org is getting a piece of US TikTok for him to approve the sale.
  18. Hit by pitch to get eliminated. Geez.
  19. That's the bad news. They got nothing to play for the rest of the weekend. Yes but we needed Cleveland and Detroit to lose tonight to increase our chances. Worry about the tomorrow’s Red Sox and Rangers showing up tomorrow. this was a huge opportunity to have both lose tonight. Odds are now that at least one of them lose 2 if not 3 this weekend.
  20. I probably saw the same clip. For others, the other board members, almost certainly GOP as well, were telling Walters that some suspended teachers had been cleared by investigators and the board only had to review the findings, recommendations and decide on releasing the suspension. Walters was adamant that he and he alone would decide when the board would review the cases because he was protecting the children. Obviously in his mind, the teachers were guilty of something because he believed it. When a board member complained, Walters' answer was that the board member was free to run for the position held by Walters. What an ass.
  21. Outside of live sports, I don't understand how local TV makes much money or attracts viewers. I understand the basics of the advertising market but ad buyers are becoming smarter about the local TV audience is not part of any desired demographic unless you're selling catheters or asbestos class action lawsuits. And live sports could leave broadcast TV relatively quickly. Netflix's annual income is closing in on $40B per year. Fox and CBS both pay a little north of $2B annually to the NFL. Netflix could take on that cost which would add subscribers + get the advertising dollars. And not share them with any local stations. I realize the NFL has a financial stake in ESPN but that can be worked around. (Or replace Netflix in those sentences with Amazon.)
  22. Trump says that gas averages $1.79 across the country. If you personally are not experiencing that then its because of Biden and the violence in Chicago that is raising gas prices in your town. and Jimmy Kimmel.
  23. I mainly hear people talk about how they love their doctor and their hospitals, if/when they're unfortunate enough to need them.
  24. The Right likes to talk about education indoctrination from the Left, but Walters saw the goal of public education as only to create the next generation of GOP voters. I get that every politicians wants to build their base with next generations but Walters actively rooted out any disagreement with MAGA from the classrooms.
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