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MidWestGuy
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re: Secret Service agent on JD Vance's detail put on leave after O'Keefe video
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/14/26 at 8:38 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
This guy is low IQ. You'd think the SS assigned to the prez and VP would be cream of the crop, and ooze confidence. This guy is a doofus.
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re: Paperwork to impeach Walz officially filed
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/13/26 at 8:44 pm to tadman
Supposedly, whistle blowers are saying they informed him, and they were sidelined. We'll see how that plays out.
re: US Directed Energy Weapons
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/11/26 at 9:12 am to Classy Doge
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How do friendly troops avoid being affected by the sonic weapon?
Obviously it is focused, so maybe staying behind the transmitter might be enough to keep the good guys put of harm's way?
Two things:
1) I'm pretty sure these are high frequency waves. They are "sound waves" in the sense that they act the same - a wave of compressed and rarified air, but far above what humans can hear. High frequencies are very directional.
2) If you focus multiple high frequency sources to converge on a single point, that point will react to all the interference waves. That point will have much more energy concentration than the space where the waves are merely passing through.
Perhaps a board physicist can chime in with a more authoritative view.
re: Popstar Zara Larsson admits that she fully supports absolute degeneracy
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/11/26 at 8:59 am to ZIGG
Geez, page 2 and the rules have not been honored?
I would attempt to fix her, but it seems like a serious case. May take many, many attempts:
I would attempt to fix her, but it seems like a serious case. May take many, many attempts:
re: “You want to come at us, I say go get yourself some lunch big boy.”
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/10/26 at 1:40 pm to TX Tiger
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Google search: The claim that Renee Nicole Good was a "trained agitator" was a narrative pushed by some conservative figures and media outlets following her death. However, this characterization has been strongly disputed by her family and other sources.
Oh, what a shock - her friends and family are trying to protect her!
Meanwhile, the NY Post had this quote from another mother at her kid's school:
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“She was a warrior. She died doing what was right,” a mother named Leesa, whose child attends the same school, told The Post
It was through her involvement in the school community that Good became involved in “ICE Watch” — a loose coalition of activists dedicated to disrupting ICE raids in the sanctuary city.
“[Renee Good] was trained against these ICE agents — what to do, what not to do, it’s a very thorough training,” Leesa said. “To listen to commands, to know your rights, to whistle when you see an ICE agent,” she added.
It appears you are wrong. Any chance you could admit it?
edit/add: Notice it says "disrupting" ICE, not "protesting" ICE?
re: “You want to come at us, I say go get yourself some lunch big boy.”
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/10/26 at 12:49 pm to TX Tiger
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It is reasonable ... to believe that this would have produced a very different result.
It is reasonable to believe that she would therefore not have panicked and tried to drive away, at which time she was shot.
There is nothing in the actions of that woman or her wife that justifies attaching the word 'reasonable' to anything they might have done.
re: Short, comprehensive video of what happened in Minneapolis ICE shooting
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/9/26 at 9:18 pm to RelentlessAnalysis
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Based upon your post, it seems to me that it is YOU who has already "made up his mind."
So what did I write that isn't based on fact?
I said:
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she should not have been there (blocking ICE agents is not a 'peaceful protest', it is an illegal interference).
She's interfering with Federal agents, her vehicle is blocking the road - how the hell are the agents not within their rights to command her to exit the vehicle?
Is it 'mind made up', or simply stating the facts?
re: Short, comprehensive video of what happened in Minneapolis ICE shooting
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/9/26 at 8:41 am to RelentlessAnalysis
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Maybe Good should not have been there. Maybe the instruction for her to exit the vehicle was a lawful one. Maybe she was breaking the law by failing to do so
How the hell can you say "maybe" to any of that? There are some gray areas here, but clearly she should not have been there (blocking ICE agents is not 'peaceful protest', it is an illegal interference).
She's interfering with Federal agents, her vehicle is blocking the road - how the hell are the agents not within their rights to command her to exit the vehicle?
All of that is breaking the law - where is the 'maybe' in any of that?
At this point, the only "maybe" is that maybe the officer over-reacted. But we were not in his shoes, we can't judge from these other angles exactly what he experienced.
But there is no maybe that, if that woman didn't break the law, and further ignore commands to stop and exit the vehicle,and further attempt to drive away, the agent would not have been put in a position to make a split-second decision to fire or not.
I hope we can see more body cam video, but we already know that many people like you have already made up their mind based on totally made up 'facts'.
re: NY Post: Renee Good Was Trained In Anti ICE Resistance
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/8/26 at 6:51 pm to deeprig9
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This is exactly what happened. I have some family members on my wife's side that "fled" the US to Canada last December to escape Trump's Tyranny. After their 90 day visa ran out, Canada declined their long term visa and sent them back to the US. Canada enforcing their immigration laws, wild stuff.
They're gonna run out of countries to leave.
I asked AI: "some nations, often due to conflict, instability, or unique regional agreements, have less stringent enforcement or significant gaps, including countries like Honduras, Venezuela, Haiti, Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Burma (Myanmar), and Lebanon".
Those sound like wonderful, inclusive places to live. They should check them out! :)
re: actual Venezuelan human beings who have spent the last decade eating sleep for dinner
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/5/26 at 9:26 am to blueboy
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Came here to find out what 'eating sleep for dinner' means.
No luck yet.
+1. My guess is, going to bed without dinner?
re: How many pieces of jewelry can a gentleman get away with besides a watch and wedding ring?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/3/26 at 3:02 pm to shutterspeed
I don't like wearing a watch, so the only jewelry I wear is my wedding ring.
I always carry a pocket knife, does that count as 'jewelry'?
I always carry a pocket knife, does that count as 'jewelry'?
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/3/26 at 2:44 pm to Cdawg
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Man, you just don't see a good trailer park like these much anymore.
Tornadoes got 'em.
re: You Moon landing deniers are all complete idiots...
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/1/26 at 12:44 pm to Heyes
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All it would take to convince me we can go would be to send a life ( dog , cat , rat , mouse whatever , into the radiation belt and back to earth. If that animal is still alive , I would be more inclined to at least believe we CAN go .
Ummm, help me jump across the massive logical gap you just presented.
A) You don't believe that any astronauts made it out of low Earth orbit.
B) But you are willing to believe that it can be done if we sent some animals?
Why wouldn't you claim the animal mission was fake?
Would you believe that the Soviets sent animals:
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In September 1968 Zond 5 carried the first Earth lifeforms, including two tortoises, to travel around the Moon and return safely.
re: You Moon landing deniers are all complete idiots...
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/1/26 at 12:30 pm to grizzlylongcut
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I don’t know how much clearer I can be about this, I don’t think they faked the moon landing. What’s not getting through to you about that?
I’m simply stating that I would not put it past the government to lie about it.
It's fine to be skeptical. It's fine to think the government *could* want to lie about it.
But any serious review of the information makes it clear that it was not faked. At that point, give up the skepticism. Why keep up they "they could", when it's clear they didn't?
re: You Moon landing deniers are all complete idiots...
Posted by MidWestGuy on 1/1/26 at 12:22 pm to JodyPlauche
quote:Another post that has me wondering if the 'deniers' are serious, trolling, or ?
They also communicated to Earth, from the Moon, in 1969, yet...in 2025, we can't get cell reception in certain areas and can't get DirecTV when it rains.
If you are serious, you'd do a modicum of research yourself, and question your own statements. As another poster replied, there is a massive difference between covering all areas with cell reception, and doing it at a monthly price people can afford, using a $200 receiver with a tiny internal omnidirectional antenna, versus getting signal from the moon.
So, if you are serious, do some research, and come back and explain to us the difference between the tiny omnidrectional antenna, and the kind of high gain antenna used for Apollo communications. That would be a start to you understanding that your 'gothchas' are not.
Hint: The Apollo mission land based antennas will not fit in your pocket. It's like saying that since a John Deere garden tractor can only go 5 mph, that the Bugatti Chiron can't possibly exist. They are just very different things, with different design goals and budgets.
I'll await your reply.
re: Mouse in car
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/31/25 at 10:24 am to cheobode
Snap traps, not glue traps (it's gross dealing with a stuck, live mouse - snap kills 'em quick). Get a dozen traps, the more the better, you want to get *all* the mice in the area, as quickly as possible. Set 4 in the car, a couple under the hood, and the rest all around the car. Any place they might hide.
I like to attach the trap to a long, thin board, then you can slip it into and out of places that are hard to reach, mice like to hide out there. Put them in the path along walls.
I like to attach the trap to a long, thin board, then you can slip it into and out of places that are hard to reach, mice like to hide out there. Put them in the path along walls.
re: Anyone here ever not filed their taxes?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/30/25 at 10:24 pm to fairweatherfans
And you didn't address a single point I made.
re: Anyone here ever not filed their taxes?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/30/25 at 12:33 pm to LemmyLives
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I have paid north of $10,000 over the past several years at filing time.
How bad are you at taxes that you've owed that much, repeatedly, years on end?
Right, there's going to be some big penalties at that rate. I always try to get it down to me owing a couple hundred. I might have to change the withholding later in the year as I get a better handle on total income.
re: Anyone here ever not filed their taxes?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/30/25 at 12:31 pm to muttenstein
I'll have some small satisfaction for my IL State income tax this tax year.
IL does not tax retirement income (yet), and pension, SS, and IRA w/d cover most of our spending. The rest is dividends and some LTCG if I need to sell some stocks. This year, I offset that with 529 contribution to our 5 grand-kids, so IL should be a net zero after all credits/deductions.
Of course, we still pay a ridiculous property tax and high sales tax, but it's something.
IL does not tax retirement income (yet), and pension, SS, and IRA w/d cover most of our spending. The rest is dividends and some LTCG if I need to sell some stocks. This year, I offset that with 529 contribution to our 5 grand-kids, so IL should be a net zero after all credits/deductions.
Of course, we still pay a ridiculous property tax and high sales tax, but it's something.
re: Anyone here ever not filed their taxes?
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/30/25 at 12:18 pm to fairweatherfans
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The super rich like Trump gross millions every year and yeah they file a tax return BUT they still pay little to NO TAXES !
Educate yourself.
There is a difference between "gross" income and "taxable" income.
Clearly, Trump hasn't broken any laws with regards to his own personal income tax filings, or that would be on 24/7 (his company was charged, and it's being appealed).
If you take $400 out of your checking account for walking around cash, should you be taxed on it again? No, you already paid tax on it. If you sell an investment, you pay tax on the gains, not the gross sale amount.
Come back after educating yourself.
Oh yea, how about the super rich Democrats? They get a pass for doing the same (or worse)?
re: Trump has done a great job with his number one promise
Posted by MidWestGuy on 12/30/25 at 10:11 am to Lsujacket66
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FWIW we did have total negative net migration this year
Even the MSM admits this (sort of buried in their mish-mash of data and very weird collage graphic at the open):
LINK <<<< nbcnews
Looks like ~ 10K 'encounters' / month recently, and ~ 15K deportations. Not sure if that includes self-deportations (I guess no record of that?).
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