You need to lighten up. You shouldn't be this angry.

#5 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

I suppose it's quite joyful to be an Orc this year.

But there is a lot to be angry about.

Costs of living going thru the roof. Healthcare costs out of control. A lawless President in denial of reality and bumbling and sleeping thru his own disaster. People dying. Civilians are being killed in cold blood in our names. We are abandoning our allies and our common sense. Gaza is a disaster. The people of Ukraine are being toyed with and left to be killed and ravaged by Putin's hordes. Lives and families are being destroyed.

Not feeling very Joyful and Triumphant yet this holiday season.

What is internal combustion?

#39 | POSTED BY SIT_GOODBOY AT 2025-12-06 04:59 PM | FLAG:

"Are you stupid?" "Are you a stupid person?"

"And you're just asking questions because you're a stupid person."

...

You guys are really hardcore stupid.

#40 | POSTED BY SIT_GOODBOY

We are not your google.

Look it up yourself. Or just get to the point. If you actually have one.

Re 5

Thoughts and prayers.

From sunny Northern California

Post 35 was supposed to be for post 25.

Same guy wrong post!

Re 15

Excellent point.

And along that same thought when did Americans start thinking that human rights (which we consider to be self evident) end at an artificially drawn border. Like what side of an imaginary line in the sand determines what your rights are.

Used to be we took the constitution and we enforced OUR laws and helped the less fortunate wherever we went in the world.

Now we leave the constitution behind and join in with the lawless hordes of thieves and criminals when we cross an imaginary line on the map?

I don't give bad reviews. I just don't go there anymore.

That IS my review.

Without some record how do you know?

#90 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Just make up a conspiracy theory about it and fill in the missing details you think should be there like you usually do.

Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.

I believe this is very close to the truth of the matter.

After watching the American Revolution by Ken Burns it feels like Zelensky is in the same boat George Washington was in.

He does not have to "win" the war. He just has to not lose it. A stalemate is actually a win for Ukraine.

Are civilians ever valid military targets?

Assuming they are never valid targets how many civilians are you allowed to kill via collateral damage?

Making America Great Again. Like in the 1970s.

Arresting and discrediting activists, using false evidence, and engaging in illegal break-ins. These actions were conducted under the broad umbrella of national security and were uncovered by the Church Committee in the 1970s.

Majority votes to disenfranchise the minority.

You just described the current Republican controlled Congress in 6 words.

Well done!

Hello babies. Welcome to Trumplandia.

It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to deport them nasty immigrants!"

All this nonsense is temporary.

But unfortunately the next democratic President will get nothing accomplished in their first term because he (or she) will have to spend their entire first 4 years undoing all of Trumpy's nonsense.

It becomes very difficult.

POSTED BY DBT2

It's become retarded.

Re 116

Any comment on the 2 rescued "terrorists" mentioned in post 110?

But most of the "evidence" is classified.

#116 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

Wasn't asking you. While you may be confused you are not a liar.

And.

This is not a war. It's a crime. Why would drug charges be classified unless you are protecting the dealers at the top?

No matter what Trumpy and his JAGOFFS say this is not a war.

It's a police action. (Even though Trumpy promised we would no longer be the policeman of the world)

FTA

Investigative journalist Jacqueline Sweet posits, "This honestly puts Kash's FBI in a hilarious position, especially if the J6 pardon extends to Cole. One of the funniest own goals ever, with Kash on TV last night claiming Biden's DOJ deliberately didn't find this guy. Will they prosecute him only to be pardoned [because] he confessed his love for Trump?"

And you think there was no evidence whatsoever?

Prove it. In a court of law. The civilized way.

You trust a recently convicted felon's word.

I do not.

Now did you know that after all these excuses and evasions they have rescued two of these "narco terrorists" in a similar episode and return the TERRORISTS to their home country.

Can't wait to hear you maga maroons Trumpsplain this one:

The U.S. military rescued two survivors from one of the strikes on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean in October 2025 and subsequently returned them to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia for detention and prosecution.

They returned the terrorist to their home countries for "detention and prosecution". For crimes they committed against America.

Awww.

Lil Whiskey Pete is so cute!

Re 83

Exactly correct. Gave that one a NW!

Our issues with drugs (you are correct it's not war) is not going to be solved by illegally bombing some boats.

All it is doing is creating more problems.

Just another SNAFU from the FAFO.

Would you have fixed aircraft that, during WWII, were conducting daily raids on cities in Germany and Japan? Raids that killed hundreds of thousands of people?

Brother. I was a young Marine. If ordered to in a Time of War I'd have done what I was told to do. And how on Earth would I know what the aircraft was going to be used for?

But I did not join the SS. I joined the Marines. They are professional warriors under the UCMJ. I would never have been told to kill a helpless enemy sailor floating in the water except maybe as a test. And if I was ordered to then yes I would have refused that order. Because I could pass that test. Could you?

Each situation is judged in its own merits.

What you are describing has nothing to do with the current situation.

You're the one saying these are innocent fisherman who got blown up for no reason.

No I am not. Trumpy obviously has his reasons. Just not legal ones.

I'll trust US intelligence over you .

lol. You trust this administration but not the previous one. Because you obviously don't have good sense. Who cares who YOU trust.

Also. Don't trust me. Trust the Law.

For decades we had the coast guard try and do the job and it didn't work.

Define "work".

Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25): The Coast Guard seized a historic record of nearly 510,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean.

Fiscal Years 2021-2023: The Coast Guard interdicted an estimated 421.9 metric tons of cocaine.

Maybe it's not "working" because the War on Drugs will never work if Americans keep demanding it and buying it.

This deters the smugglers.

lol

And if Trumpy was really interested in stopping drug trafficking he would not have just pardoned the guy who smuggled 400 tons of it into America. What kind of message does that send to drug smugglers?

You really are a stupid person aren't you?

Fortunately there are educational opportunities available Fishpud.

"People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf."

Been there done that. But while I was standing Watch on the Wall I never felt the need to commit violence for violence sake. And I wasn't interested in doing evil on anyone's behalf.

And no I don't sleep peacefully knowing my country is executing Venezuelans in my name and without evidence of a crime or any due process whatsoever.

It was a civilian ship ...

And they are required by maritime law to aid distressed shipwrecked sailors. Regardless of nationality.

Especially if they did the ship wrecking.

SO, I guess technically, had there been a civilian US ship in the region, they would have been obligated.

It was a civilian ship

Although they could probably use the argument that picking up survivors from a valid military target may put their own crew in jeopardy.

#55 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

Sure they could "argue" that but they'd be lying. Obviously.

The U.S. Navy was in no danger from the shipwrecked sailors. Other than the fact that they could testify against the Navy later in a war crime tribunal.