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DO NOT POST DIRECT DPS PHONE NUMBERS!!!

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Maybe now there's a reason to wear a mask

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Auction - online - Midland - Sept 17

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No affiliation, just passinit along. Couple dozen handguns, rifles, shotguns. Bunch of lots of ammo. Some lots of magazines and some holsters. All...

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9/11 events

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by powerboatr » Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:55 pm

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camela is to speak at ground zero, should be interesting
and bandon will be at pentagon

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Word salad with a side of stupid.

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Wed Sep 07, 2022 6:52 pm
Ed Monk on Effective Responses to Active Shooters

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by Paladin » Mon Jun 20, 2022 12:13 pm

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Some discussion about what a proven, effective response to an active shooter actually looks like:

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What To Do After The Active Killer Is Stopped:

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Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:04 pm
Karine Jean-Pierre

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Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:34 pm
Armed Antifa at Roanoke’s drag show

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by parabelum » Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:21 pm
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Yep, Roanoke Texas…

“Masked, black-clad Antifa protesters showed up brandishing weapons at the Sunday morning drag brunch in Roanoke.

Police...
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Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:16 pm
Who knew there were millenials in 1906?

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by puma guy » Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:58 pm

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Apparently there were no Tide Pods to try.

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The Gullah people, who live in coastal South Carolina and Georgia, eat clay, aka kaolin.

If you ever hear the Gullah people speaking, their...

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Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:36 pm
The New CNN

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Happy Labor Day! but not for some

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home and auto insurance renewal increases farm bureau

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by powerboatr » Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:26 pm

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Good Afternoon
just looking to see if any body else has farm bureau insurance for both home and vehicles
we have had Farm Bureau since 2009
we just...

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My deductible won't even cover my roof being replaced. Unless I use one of those companies that play with the prices.

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Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:16 pm
inflation reduction act 2022

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by powerboatr » Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:06 am

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good link of a great digestion of the act,
should be climate change act of 2022
some things that jump out are medicare negotiation for lower drug...

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Interesting tidbit surfaced about what was touted as the stellar unemployment results for July. Turns out that 82% of the jobs filled in July--not a...

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Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:56 pm
Joe Biden's AR-15 super bullet remark!

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by puma guy » Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:43 pm

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Here's the exact quote:

Do you realize the bullet out of an AR-15 travels five times as rapidly as a bullet shot out of any other gun …?
So the...

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Snopes is as big a liar as Biden. They never ever completely tell the truth.

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Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:21 am
Mac computer assistance

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by LDB415 » Wed Aug 31, 2022 1:58 pm

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We have two Mac computers my best half uses for her work. To move documents between them she uses a memory stick and has to move it back and forth....

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Thank you everyone for the help. This should keep us busy for a day or two testing options.

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Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:53 pm
A Moscow post…

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by philip964 » Sun Feb 27, 2022 8:12 pm
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I have a friend in Moscow. He is careful what he posts.

Since the invasion, there is more police presence at the subway. Which are very clean and...

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President of Russian oil company died after falling from hospital window.

Seems there have been a number of tragic accidental deaths in Russia...
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Thu Sep 01, 2022 6:15 pm
My dad's personal records…

Last post by Paladin « Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:15 am
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by The Annoyed Man » Thu Aug 25, 2022 5:53 pm

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My middle brother and I are taking steps to catalog, digitize, and distribute to the family copies of a bunch of interesting letters and documents of...

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Thanks for posting! Iwo was one of the toughest battles in American history

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Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:15 am
Well duh!

Last post by 03Lightningrocks « Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:23 am
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by philip964 » Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:37 am

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CA County saw 70% of suspects released with $0 bail commit new crimes.

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People from Kalifornia are brain damaged. Back in the late 60's all their momma's took too much LSD and it screwed up their gene pool. FACT!

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Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:23 am
China NAILS Greta Thunberg!!!

Last post by jmorris « Fri Aug 19, 2022 1:53 pm
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by Ruark » Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:54 am

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Here's a good one!

Thunberg complained to China that they need to stop using chopsticks, because they have to cut down too many trees to make them....

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We bought a house in Florida where someone had planted bamboo. At one point I thought we were going to have to abandon the place and nuke it from...

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Fri Aug 19, 2022 1:53 pm
House GOP Pledges Investigation Of DoJ With November Win After FBI Raids Trump's Mar-A-Lago

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by Paladin » Tue Aug 09, 2022 8:26 am
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I feel like these guys have been living on another planet... like this raid happens and they say ... we'll investigate in November... NO!!! it's...

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Lengthy, but outstanding legal breakdown of how the warrant is illegal and should have never been issued in the first place:

As I'm understanding...
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Wed Aug 17, 2022 6:54 pm
Smith & Wesson CEO Issues Statement on Anti-Gun Rhetoric

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by parabelum » Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:26 am

Hat Tip S&W! :tiphat:

“A number of politicians and their lobbying partners in the media have recently sought to disparage Smith & Wesson. Some have...

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Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:26 am
Whole Foods' John Mackey: 'I Feel Like Socialists Are Taking Over'

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by The Annoyed Man » Thu Aug 11, 2022 6:47 am

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Maybe he’ll have his stores pull down the 30.06/30.07 signs… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Besides Whole Foods is owned by Amazon who’s definitely not pro-2A.

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Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:56 am
Gun Stores off the Beaten Path

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by puma guy » Fri Aug 05, 2022 5:01 pm

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I didn't know where to put this other that Off-Topic.

I often see little gun shops when I travel between Houston and DFW and Houston and New...

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I will definitely try it. Thanks

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Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:43 am
Washing DC Mayor Calls National Guard

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by carlson1 » Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:03 pm

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Well Washington DC is now getting a small taste of The Presidents open border policy. All I can say is welcome to the party. Republicans were accused...

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I don’t think we should have to donate either as a general proposition, but that’s not the point. The point is the federal government is not doing...

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Tue Aug 09, 2022 6:21 pm
Keep digging Nancy

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by wheelgun1958 » Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:51 am

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Nancy Pelosi’s younger days digging holes at the beach gave her a ‘special connection’ to China

What a maroon!

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Whoah! To think of her position and the state of mind of someone with so much power, I think that is the scariest remark I've ever heard. Even more...

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Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:50 am
Washington, DC police officer killed during training by retired DC Metro Lt.

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by puma guy » Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:31 pm

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Tragic incident with very few details. My prayers go out to the dead officer's family. I assumed it was the Library of Congress, but it's the...

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In addition Porter was personally in control of the weapons, real and dummy, and through his own personal negligence is responsible. He also,...

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Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:29 am
Dallas County Needs a DA - WHY?

Last post by Paladin « Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:47 am
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by carlson1 » Tue Aug 02, 2022 6:26 pm

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I don’t have an answer of why. This guy should be facing the death penalty if anyone should. This is a death penalty case if there has ever been one....

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Cruezot is another Soros DA with blood on his hands:

Just like Florida we need to remove every one of them from office ASAP. Do it for our...

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Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:47 am
debit card / credit card

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by powerboatr » Tue Jun 28, 2022 4:05 pm
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2 times now since april, my wifes debit card has been used without permission
one was with a different bank and the other was just with our primary...

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a little update on the AUTO update of credit card numbers. I finally got some more details
We as consumers probably are not aware of this program...
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Wed Aug 03, 2022 6:45 pm
Alyssa Milano

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by philip964 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:01 pm
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Alyssa Milano a Hollywood soft porn anti police defund police activist calls 911 to report a gunman on her property sparking massive police...

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Excuse me for stepping into this conversation, but I've been intrigued the the Bitcoin concept for awhile, and it seems like there are a couple folks...
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Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:38 pm
Prayers needed

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by cmgee67 » Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:20 am
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Hey everyone please pray for my wife’s cousin.

She went to the doctor recently and they discovered a mass in here stomach that had shifted her...

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Just read this and it was a very good description of all of the different emotions involved with a cancer diagnosis. Myself and 2 of my daughters...
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Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:45 am
Heat and gasoline

Last post by The Annoyed Man « Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:24 pm
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by BigGuy » Wed Jul 27, 2022 1:25 am

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I had cause to review my 2017 book, The Funny Thing About Bladder Cancer today. It related to events that took place in 2011. I found this passage...

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One of the things that SoCal does bigger than texas (besides communist stupidity) is heat. Yeah, it’s been hot here in Texas lately…but by SoCal...

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Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:24 pm
Facebook Suspends Well-known Firearms Instructor John Farnham

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by Rafe » Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:43 pm

(Quotation of John's communication sent 30 minutes ago used with permission)

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Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:43 pm
No place but the UAE except maybe Houston

Last post by Paladin « Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:16 pm
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by philip964 » Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:55 pm

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If you watch, see how the guy driving the boat or in Houston a lifted pick up drives through the neighborhood sending a giant wake crashing into the...

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They should have thought to post a No wake zone sign! :biggrinjester:

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Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:16 pm
Victor Davis Hanson: How To Erode The World's Greatest Military

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by Paladin » Thu Jul 28, 2022 8:50 am

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The specific examples of unpunished illegal behavior of high ranking officers under the UCMJ by Victor Davis Hanson cites should be sobering to us...

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TINVOWOOT

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Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:00 pm
Fauci: Masks Have to Be ‘Well-Fitted’ and ‘High-Quality’ Like an N95 or KN95

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by Paladin » Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:50 am

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This is only a few years late :

This was obvious from the beginning, as I stated back in 2020, and repeated ever since.

Can I get Dr. Faulty's...

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I see that statement as a sideways admission of the failure of their precious mRNA vaxxes (because I personally do not believe they fit the proper...

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Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:24 am
'We do not understand what antidepressants are doing to the brain exactly'

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by Paladin » Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:18 am

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After decades of widespread use of mind-altering chemicals the medical establishment shockingly just admitted that they don't know what they are...

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yes VA provided it, you have to get a consult for phys therapy and they do the intial tests and show you how to use it, then they issue you one...

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Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:59 am
TV Show "COPS" cancelled

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by puma guy » Wed Jun 10, 2020 1:00 pm
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I don't have the link, but my wife just notified me Cops which has been on for 30 years has been cancelled due to protests. Does anyone doubt we've...

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JOKINGLY...EX BROTHER-IN-LAW ONCE SAID HE WAS ON COPS
A CRIMINAL RAN THROUGH HIS BACK YARD
SAYS NEXT TIME HE'LL JUMP OUT A DIFFERENT WINDOW NOT A...
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Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:14 pm
Gazprom Reportedly Declares Force Majeure, Will Halt Gas Flows To Germany Indefinitely

Last post by Paladin « Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:08 am
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by Paladin » Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:03 am

This is catastrophic to Germany:

The move will shut down the entire German economy. The German leaders responsible are the same retards that shut...

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Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:08 am
Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech

Last post by NotRPB « Sun Jul 17, 2022 3:21 pm
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by Paladin » Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:03 am

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Japan is a gun free police state... and gun control fails again:

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cylindrical coils of metal (springs) may be next

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Sun Jul 17, 2022 3:21 pm
Starbucks

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by philip964 » Sun Jul 17, 2022 10:08 am

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From the bastion of liberalism.

Will he be purged, or will they listen to him?

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I'm pretty certain Hoffman misquoted Schultz, and that Schultz actually said abdicated their responsibility, not advocated. That kinda changes the...

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Sun Jul 17, 2022 12:15 pm
Uh-oh.... another ugly trend

Last post by 03Lightningrocks « Sat Jul 16, 2022 11:59 pm
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by Ruark » Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:59 pm
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Now climate-change extremists have started slashing tires of SUVs (like that's going to make any difference). They slash the tires, or deflate them...

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When renewing my commercial policy for our company vehicles, they did not offer a policy with any less than a 1000 deductible for Comprehensive...
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Sat Jul 16, 2022 11:59 pm
The Physics of Freedom

Last post by BigGuy « Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:12 pm
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by Paladin » Sat Jul 16, 2022 6:38 pm

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is a new way to look at the idea of freedom from a scientific perspective.

I'm not sure if the author has this down exactly right. He talks about...

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- John Milton. Better to Rule in Hell than serve in Heaven.

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Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:12 pm
please turn on the ac

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by powerboatr » Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:04 pm
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hey hmmm send cool air our way
we just went 104 on our personal weather station at lake fork :reddevil :reddevil :reddevil

29% humidity and...

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heat i dont really mind
but 2 weeks of 103 to 105, with a 2 days at 107 (for over an hr ) at my house is above average by 6 degrees. the 103 to 105...
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Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:02 am
AP Stylebook said what?

Last post by The Annoyed Man « Thu Jul 14, 2022 10:30 pm
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by jmorris » Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:49 pm

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Excerpt from Emily Miller's latest newsletter.

The AP Stylebook is like a mix of the dictionary and a bible for journalists. We use the reference...

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The Volokh Conspiracy blog brought it up: .

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Thu Jul 14, 2022 10:30 pm
WWII GI Harley Davidson

Last post by puma guy « Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:32 am
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by puma guy » Wed Jul 13, 2022 10:58 pm

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I don't know how authentic the bike is, but I thought it was cool. My son-in-law has a side business storing and brokering mostly vintage vehicles. I...

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I can't afford the dust off any of the cars. They had the 1928 Rolls Royce supposedly used in the film The Great Gatsby one consignment, but the...

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Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:32 am
Trump 2024?

Last post by extremist « Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:34 am
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by RoyGBiv » Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:33 am

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Check out the flags hanging in the last few seconds.

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Absolutely 💯

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Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:34 am
2000 Mules - must watch and share

Last post by Paladin « Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:38 am
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by extremist » Sat May 07, 2022 9:01 pm
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It's up streaming now.

If you don't want to pay for it (you should, it deserves support), you can watch it here.
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Last post by Paladin
Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:38 am
United States Army

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by philip964 » Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:00 pm

Please vote in November.

It may be the most important thing you can do for America right now.

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Last post by philip964
Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:00 pm
Booze and fireworks

Last post by PUCKER « Thu Jul 07, 2022 2:16 pm
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by jmorris » Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:24 pm

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Mix no better than booze and guns.

Group in San Antonio drinking and setting off fireworks. Individual thinks is a fine idea to sit a mortar on his...

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We had a fireworks malfunction years ago (no booze involved, that I recall)...at a buddy's place in Mettaire, LA....almost blew up his...

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Thu Jul 07, 2022 2:16 pm
Paul Harvey on Our Founding Fathers

Last post by LDB415 « Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:26 pm
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by puma guy » Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:34 pm

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I responded to a post on Face Book demeaning our Founding Fathers as old ignorant, superstitious, rich elite white men. Some people really are...

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Always appreciate Paul Harvey. It's a shame we don't have more like him now.

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Last post by LDB415
Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:26 pm
Happy 245th Fourth of July America

Last post by puma guy « Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:56 am

by puma guy » Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:56 am

Happy Fourth of July

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Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:56 am
4th of JULY weekend

Last post by carlson1 « Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:35 pm
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by powerboatr » Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:21 pm

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Everyone be safe and sound have a super weekend celebrating our great country :thewave

and of your in a fire danger area..no fireworks

look out...

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:iagree:
Yep right in the middle of the City

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Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:35 pm

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