spookyturtle

Maybe the other was a no name and it was better to try to damage DD reputation. I wouldn’t be surprised.

The other rifle probably wasn’t a scary AR-15.

I was being a wise guy. Did you see the Pennsylvania snow shoveling shooting video a couple of years ago? Woman was hit a few times and still alive.

Open minds, closed minds. Either can be bad.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/7/4/23194354/highland-park-fourth-july-parade-gunfire Highland Park is an affluent, low crime suburb of Chicago. 22 year old suspect in custody. Allegedly fired high power rifle from a roof top. I’m guessing this will be front and center in MSM. Although I haven’t read what weapon was used, if it was an “assault rifle” it will add to the drama. I’m guessing that Chicago has already had 50 + people shot this weekend not including this incident. Of course no one cares about the dozens shot on a weekly basis and there is no call to stop the violence. I’m not belittling the incident or making light of the victims. The hypocrisy of the MSM and politicians amazes me. Ditto for BLM. They don’t seem to care that a dozen or so are killed every weekend and 30 or 40 wounded. The weapons used aren’t even mentioned.

You can put fish back in the water after you catch them. Catch and release. I know a lot of fisherman who practice that and only keep what they eat or not keep any at all. I’ve thrown back more fish than I’ve kept.

All men are created equal, except those who have a different viewpoint and beliefs than we do. Or belong to an opposing political party. Kinda like free speech, we’re all for it when we agree with it and against it when it differen from what we think.

Every deer hunter I know takes the meat. Anecdotal, but I would guess that the majority does.

Why waste good meat and risk breaking a tooth on a piece of lead?

One. Well placed.

67% hit rate is a high hit percentage in this situation. Almost unbelievable compared to many police shootings.

Do you think that would be the case considering the rising demand from China and other countries? Do you think the American oil companies would flood the market with oil to drive prices down? I don’t. Corporate greed.

Exactly. So why do people think if we produced more oil the price would drop? It will be sold to the highest bidder.

Shutting down the pipeline was a poor decision. We should have been energy independent a couple of decades ago. Remember the oil embargoes back in the 70’s? That’s when we should have started to plan for energy independence. And we still haven’t. Too much money to be made. Alternative energy sources will get a huge boost when the last drop of oil is pulled from the ground. Oil companies could care less about us, it’s all about the profits. Why would they sell oil for $75 barrel when they can get $150? Oil is the life blood of the developed world. And a lot of it comes from “enemy” sources.

I’d like to know how the people sitting at home are surviving. The extra $600 a week unemployment benefit ended in July of 2020. That was 2 years ago. The extra $300 ended in September of 2021. No one out of work since 2020 or 2021 can still be collecting unemployment. I’d be curious to know how many people lost their jobs because of vaccine mandates. Obviously just about everything is affected by the cost of fuel. And here in New England, a lot of homes are heated by oil. Heating oil prices are currently about $3 gallon higher than they were 2 years ago. Another big hit to the paycheck.

I hate to use a cliche, but you reap what you sow. Yes, he donated his salary, for his own good. It probably made him 10x the amount he gave up. Ego, personal gain for himself and his wealthy friends.

I meant this was a Trump/GOP thread. There are other threads discussing Biden. Agreed, the vaccine was developed while Trump was President and promoted by Trump. That is a fact that seems to be overlooked. Gas prices are through the roof. Big oil is making record profits again. Grocery prices are atrocious, and the pack sizes are shrinking while the prices are increasing. Groceries have put a bigger hit on my budget than gas prices. And the gas prices suck. Lots of shortages at the supermarkets, too. I think this is much more than a US problem, it’s worldwide. Biden has nothing to do with the chip shortages in Taiwan and Trump had nothing to do with them when the supply was plentiful. The effects of Covid worldwide had a lot to do with what we are experiencing. What happened to the supply of labor? At least here in New England, there is a massive shortage of help. Where did everyone go? Literally every business large and small is looking for help. I work in construction, can’t find a truck driver for a job that pays $35-40 per hour. Can’t find mechanics/technicians. This includes companies like Caterpillar, Cummins, etc.

I’m in MA, which Biden won by a large margin. Currently I only know a couple of people who will even admit to voting for him and none of them will even comment in a friendly discussion what they think of his job performance. For the record, I think Biden and the current administration sucks.

What does Biden have to do with the discussion?

I hear many people in real life say that Trump was the best President in modern times or in their lifetime. What did he accomplish? What did he do for America? Maybe, just maybe the election was legit and he couldn’t take the thought of losing and is so corrupt he fabricated the election fraud conspiracy? Just throwing it out there for thought. Why do you believe everything he says, yet dispute anything negative that has been aired recently? Not provoking you, just curious. Is it logical to believe that anyone who testified anything that reflects poorly on him is a liar? Everyone is corrupt, his VP, and the dozens of people he appointed and canned? He’s the only one who is honest? The entire government is out to get him? He has said nothing or done nothing to attract all this attention? He’s the only person in the history of our government without corruption, skeletons in his closet or out for himself? Doesn’t seem to be rational to me.

Definitely a failure to impeach him. More information has come out the past year or so, some of it difficult to sort out and determine what is true and what isn’t. Personally I believe he is as crooked as a $3 bill, but innocent until proven guilty. To those who believe Q that he was going to expose the Cabal, I laugh. If there was a Cabal and a plan for a new world order, he’d be part of it and and want to be the leader. His ego convinces me of this. He’s only into anything for his own personal gain so he can tell people how wonderful and amazing he is. An egomaniacal blowhard. And he blew it own his own.

A neutral, unbiased source.

Agreed.

Trump should be charged and tried for treason. His ego destroyed him.

No Hillary, no Trump. No Biden. Make America great again.