Whats going on in the World

Elaborate if you have experience with firearms.

it aimed and fired all by itself....you should get one!!!

This is the first time I read through this. How long can we continue this? I don't mean this thread in particular. As someone who almost lost my life twice - stroke and then cancer - this thread is both sad and laughable at the same time.

I have very strong political feelings and leanings but I could never bring myself to actually hate anyone, or spew some of the stuff I'm reading here. First - we're all Americans and then we have that second very special bond of fishing. Yet we sit here and attack one another when the truth is when push comes to shove we all would do what we can to help anyone that's in trouble on the water. We wouldn't ask what their position is on the supreme court, we'd throw them a line and do all we can to help that person.

Left - right - middle - we as anglers have to stay united to protect our right to fish. If we battle amongst ourselves we'll lose everything.

interesting read - your mileage may vary....

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*Nothing could be more threatening to the legitimacy of the Russian state, founded as it is on the promise of restoring Russian power and glory, than peacefully accepting Ukraine's drift into the Western orbit. That doesn't mean appeasement would prevent war; it's far more likely that abandoning Ukraine would, indeed, make Russia all the more convinced it can press further. It means that what looks to Washington like deterrence and support for the integrity of a U.N. member's sovereignty looks to Moscow like provocation that must be answered.

The same dynamic is operating across the Taiwan Strait. From one perspective, is not "rational" for Beijing to initiate military action against Taiwan. This would risk pushing China's neighbors more firmly into America's arms, rupturing important economic relationship with Europe, and, not incidentally, destroying much of the economic value of Taiwan itself.

But reunification with Taiwan has been the central aim of Beijing's foreign policy since 1949. Nothing would be more threatening to the PRC's legitimacy than acquiescence in Taiwanese independence. So any move by the United States to bolster the island's ability to achieve and sustain that status is viewed on the mainland as no different from an attack on China itself. This too is a provocation that must be answered.

America's Catch-22, then, is that to sustain the pretense of a rules-based international order, we must oppose any Russian effort to seize more of Ukraine, even though our opposition may provoke precisely the attack it's meant to prevent, and leave us less able to respond to other, arguably more important contingencies. But if we were to reverse ourselves, and abandon Ukraine to subsumption in a Russian sphere of influence to focus more on the Chinese threat, we'd lose our moral basis for objecting to Chinese demands on Taiwan — which, after all, isn't even officially recognized by the United States (or most of the world) as an independent, sovereign state. We'd trip ourselves with our own pivot.*

China goes for Tawian at the same time Russia goes for the Ukraine?

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Will the Public Finally See What Happened in the Capitol Tunnel? › American Greatness

Can’t wait, I seen the video of the woman getting beaten with that pipe. Like to see that one go public.

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[HEADING=1]I DOUBT IT!!![/HEADING]
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Ad Fontes Media rates [American Greatness]('https://adfontesmedia.com/american-greatness-bias-and-reliability/#') in the Hyper-Partisan Right category of bias and as Unreliable, Problematic in terms of reliability. [American Greatness]('https://adfontesmedia.com/american-greatness-bias-and-reliability/#') is a news and opinion website created following the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The site aims to be the “leading voice of the next generation of American Conservatism.” The website records more than 2.4 million visits per month.

[HEADING=1]Overall Score[/HEADING]
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**Reliability: 19.75

Bias: 23.09**

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The safety is there to protect against accidents, but you should not rely on it to make the gun safe. Even with the safety on, a weapon should be handled as though **[SIZE=7]it can fire at any time.

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Let em all go. Not their fault. It's the system.

Let em all go. Not their fault. It's the system.

A according to Ginger the Big Guy says it’s from COVID. They can’t help themselves.

[HEADING=2]Video: Jan. 6 Insurrectionist Goes Viral After Crying In FBI Interview About Tasing an Officer During Capitol Riot, Claims He Was Coerced[/HEADING]
Video: Jan. 6 Insurrectionist Goes Viral After Crying In FBI Interview About Tasing an Officer During Capitol Riot, Claims He Was Coerced

Just in case you didn’t think Double Standards apply.

Sheep in Melbourne Australia protesting those fighting for freedom.
They look exactly like what you’d expect them to look like ???

SF and NYC in a race to the bottom

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ANOTHER GENIUS!!

Brazil's Supreme Court has opened an inquiry into comments made by President Jair Bolsonaro wrongly claiming that Covid-19 vaccines may increase the chance of contracting Aids.
The comments, made during a social media livestream in October saw him temporarily banned from Facebook and YouTube under their fake news policies.
Mr Bolsonaro has frequently cast doubt over the effectiveness of vaccines.
He is already facing a separate inquiry into his handling of the pandemic.
During the livestream on 24 October, Mr Bolsonaro claimed that reports "suggest that people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are developing Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) much faster than expected". The assertion has been strongly rejected by scientists and medical experts.
The embattled president, who has refused to get vaccinated himself, has defended the comments and claimed that he was simply quoting from an article in a magazine.

ANOTHER GENIUS!!

Brazil's Supreme Court has opened an inquiry into comments made by President Jair Bolsonaro wrongly claiming that Covid-19 vaccines may increase the chance of contracting Aids.
The comments, made during a social media livestream in October saw him temporarily banned from Facebook and YouTube under their fake news policies.
Mr Bolsonaro has frequently cast doubt over the effectiveness of vaccines.
He is already facing a separate inquiry into his handling of the pandemic.
During the livestream on 24 October, Mr Bolsonaro claimed that reports "suggest that people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are developing Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) much faster than expected". The assertion has been strongly rejected by scientists and medical experts.
The embattled president, who has refused to get vaccinated himself, has defended the comments and claimed that he was simply quoting from an article in a magazine.

Mad Magazine????

Sun and sand… and a rising cost of living.

[Tel Aviv, Israel]('https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fears-new-omicron-covid-variant-prompts-israel-ban-entry-foreigners-rcna6858'), was ranked the [most expensive city]('https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/12-days-christmas-are-expensive-year-rcna6914') in the world, according to this year’s Worldwide Cost of Living report released by the Economist Intelligence Unit on Wednesday.

The Mediterranean metropolis rose to the top spot from fifth place last year, beating out [Paris ]('https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/eric-zemmour-french-far-right-commentator-announces-presidential-run-rcna7038')and [Singapore]('https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/singapore-close-vaccinating-eligible-people-covid-rcna7199'), which were tied for second place. The top American city on the list, [New York]('https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/states-cities-running-out-rental-assistance-monies-n1285066'), came in sixth, ahead of [Hong Kong]('https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/she-wants-out-he-s-not-sure-hong-kong-splits-n1251135') and Zurich. Los Angeles was the only other American city in the top 10, coming in at number nine, ahead of Osaka, Japan.

Part of the reason for Tel Aviv’s rise to the top was the strength of its currency, the shekel, when translated into dollars, the report said. Prices there in shekel terms increased around 1.6 percent, [led by groceries]('https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/get-ready-higher-grocery-bills-rest-year-n1263897'), household goods, cars and fuel. The city was the second most expensive place to buy alcohol.

While the report doesn’t include property prices, it noted that they have also risen in Tel Aviv, especially in residential areas. That’s a major drain on locals’ wallets, according to Oren Kessler, a political analyst and author who moved to Tel Aviv from Washington D.C. two years ago.

“Prices here are similar if not more expensive than in Washington, yet the salaries don’t compare,” he said in a phone interview, noting that the price of a renovated apartment in the capital was similar to that of an older place in Tel Aviv. “Most Israelis at one point or another want to spend time here. It’s a magnet in that sense.”

Overall, [this year’s inflation]('https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/-cant-even-afford-buy-cart-groceries-spiraling-inflation-leaves-grocer-rcna6436') rate across cities was the fastest recorded in the past five years at 3.5 percent. That number was pushed up by the [rising price]('https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/producer-prices-climb-small-business-optimism-sinks-rcna5035') of transport, as well as by the cost of recreation, tobacco and personal care. In 2020, inflation increased 1.9 percent, while it was up 2.8 percent in 2019, according to the report.

Mad Magazine????

that source would be a STEP UP for some!!!! lol