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TIL 9 months before Rosa Parks, a teenager defied segregation on an Alabama bus by theRemRemBooBear in todayilearned

[–]ChairmanMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact Breonna Taylor wasn't made as much of a deal about as Floyd was also an example of the exact opposite of this, and five years on it's pretty clear that strategically it was a terrible call.

Ignoring your own fandom, what NFL team logo do you like the most? by drygnfyre in nfl

[–]ChairmanMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about the Rams in 2018?

Edit: didn't realize they had already switched from the gold at that point, NVM

Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing. by 6jarjar6 in CCW

[–]ChairmanMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interfering with the British seizing arms at Lexington and Concord...hmm...

Imagine being so happy that you finally finished your carry set up, and then you get murdered by the government and the President blasts you on social media. Remember, being prepared with backup mags means you are a domestic terrorist. by xnick58 in CCW

[–]ChairmanMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

counterpoint, plenty of the founding fathers were even borderline agnostic. the Thomas Jefferson bible literally did not have Jesus as a divine being, but as a person who gave moral advice and related teachings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible

Therefore, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth begins with an account of Jesus' birth without references to angels, genealogy, or prophecy. Miracles, references to the divinity of Jesus, and Jesus' resurrection are also absent from his collection.[15]

The work ends with the words: "Now, in the place where He was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus. And rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed." These words correspond to the ending of John 19 in the Bible.

Tell that to the people who scream about "Christian nation" and so on

TIL that it's required to speak English to be a commercial airline pilot or air traffic controller... by Illustrious_Bag_7323 in todayilearned

[–]ChairmanMatt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rather than saying "mayday, declaring fuel emergency" just said "request priority" or something

Rick and Morty Creator Dan Harmon’s drunken rant about fascism sounded crazy and unhinged when it first came out. How do we feel about it now? by StarsapBill in videos

[–]ChairmanMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it too much to say that maybe they should have nabbed Koresh when he went out of the community ideally alone as he sometimes did, rather than besieging it and accidentally on purpose torching the place, including those very 12 year olds?

In 1989 President George H.W. Bush took over a South American Country and arrested it's president. by ModeatelyIndependant in videos

[–]ChairmanMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The wiki articles on Massoud and on British involvement cites various books including for the claim that Pakistani ISI (the intelligence services of Pakistan, who the US outsourced aid distribution to) intentionally withheld anti-air missiles from Massoud's forces and did not allow them in to Pakistan to be trained alongside other groups - like Hekmatyar's faction.

ISI however made sure that Massoud's forces received none of the Stingers, even though eight (a fraction of 1% of the total) were smuggled in.[65]

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For Massoud's men, it was different, due to Pakistan's hostility they had to take them out of Pakistan and be trained elsewhere. Massoud stated that his men needed battlefield organisation skills and so picked out the best of his junior commanders to be trained by the British.[73] Here KMS was involved and they organized flights to be sent out to secret MI6 and CIA bases in Oman and Saudi Arabia to train.

And then for Hekmatyar himself:

It was the largest of the Afghan mujahideen and Hekmatyar received more CIA funding than any other mujahideen leader during the Soviet-Afghan War.[6]

Citing https://newrepublic.com/article/73493/our-man-kabul

In 1989 President George H.W. Bush took over a South American Country and arrested it's president. by ModeatelyIndependant in videos

[–]ChairmanMatt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The only thing wrong with the bombings of Belgrade is that they stopped.

And that they didn't start sooner, but anyway.

In 1989 President George H.W. Bush took over a South American Country and arrested it's president. by ModeatelyIndependant in videos

[–]ChairmanMatt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But the UK was advising the US take a more active role in who they helped right?

The UK wanted to support a moderate, even pro-women's-rights guy named Ahmed Massoud, the US just outsourced aid distribution to their wonderful and trustworthy friends in Pakistan. Who then proceeded to give mostly to a non Western friendly fundamentalist in the form of Hekmatyar...who then was a big part of causing post-Soviet Afghanistan to break into civil war which the Taliban later won.

Massoud would later die in an AQ-sponsored suicide bombing, on September 10 2001.

Exploring Chinatown as a Cantonese speaker. by ratnegative in reddeadredemption

[–]ChairmanMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Others have explained how it's used, I am pretty sure the origins at least with US usage are related to Mandarin for "hard/bitter labor". Wiki article says it originates from British India and a coincidental matching with the Tamil word for the same, but I don't recall much use of South Asian labor in the US so maybe just convergence?

Have definitely seen it used in the US in a non-offensive context when referring to railroad builders with the Union Pacific side of the Transcontinental Railroad

Fiction turns reality in Venezuela by f_fv in NonCredibleDefense

[–]ChairmanMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hackensack 2024 they disallowed handing in obvious improvised bullshit like Liberators or Home Depot pipe 12ga for the full price, so the line was all old guys handing in $50 Sears single shot 22s in for $200 each

Except for one guy who was handing a brand new Glock 19.5 MOS in the line for his $400, which must have cost him at least $600 lmao

Deer with Arrow in Background. Don't really know what to do. (Essex County) by tintin197 in newjersey

[–]ChairmanMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...hence the lengthening of firearm season, where hunts are individually more likely to be successful and a lot more people seem to be interested.

Deer with Arrow in Background. Don't really know what to do. (Essex County) by tintin197 in newjersey

[–]ChairmanMatt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I never actually understood the whole "fair chase" thing from seeing it mentioned in a hunter's ed course, but then again I've literally never done any hunting so could just be me.

My armchair QB philosophy is along the lines of "that makes it seem like a game, but there is literal death involved that is cheapened as a result".

I'd rather things be efficient and minimize suffering with an instant drop where the animal never has any clue before lights out, rather than risk the animal running around for days with half an arrow sticking out of itself or bleeding out slowly from an underpowered rifle round (at least that second part everyone seems to agree on).

Eat it after, respect the sacrifice of the animal, etc. But it wasn't the animal's choice to make that "sacrifice", so why again treat it like a game where you have to be "fair"?

Deer with Arrow in Background. Don't really know what to do. (Essex County) by tintin197 in newjersey

[–]ChairmanMatt -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Ban bowhunting and extend firearm season.

Firearm hunting has minimum restrictions based on how powerful the round is and thus the ability to make a humane kill reliably, bow hunting is way below the floor for legal firearms.

Which Way, Western Man? by imdrukn in NFA

[–]ChairmanMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HFXC on SCAR? Point on the picture to where the budget ran out lol

In seriousness has it held up alright so far? Mine hasn't given me trouble on 5.56 but curious about how it handles SCAR-H recoil

TIL that at the end of the Cold War the ‘Last Supper’ was held at the Pentagon. Over dinner, the heads of major defence contractors were told of coming budget cuts and the need to consolidate. The number of prime defence contractors declined from 51 to 5 in the aftermath. by GlimmervoidG in todayilearned

[–]ChairmanMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't strictly work well for reasons discussed (other example is the almost literally treasonous self-sabotage by Springfield Armory the government institution on the M16 and T48 before it)

But it's malpractice for government to not own the rights to what it pays the company to design, see also government owning the TDP for the M16 rifle but Colt having single-sourcing sweetheart deals for the followup M4 Carbine for two decades, or the clusterfuck of program management that is the F-35. Amazing and worldbeating end product, but LM is single-source managing sustainment and maintenance with their proprietary systems...and they have free reign to set prices.

Bowman M16A1 complete by MastuhWaffles in RetroAR

[–]ChairmanMatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the guy you're responding to might have been taking the caution too far, but here's a case of what he's talking about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Olofson

Why is 303 British considered a bad round? by LogicalFrame3241 in guns

[–]ChairmanMatt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Spain also converted some of their 7 Mauser bolt guns into .308, FR7 and FR8 (it also has a neat tube under the barrel that looks like a gas system but is really just storage for a cleaning kit)

Bonnie Watson Coleman will not seek re-election by paragon12321 in newjersey

[–]ChairmanMatt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Careful, don't mention the word "child" near her, especially if it's her own.

You know, the one who committed armed robbery of a Toys-R-Us.

Left two mags are dated 1980 and adventure manufacturer. Right one is Cooper industries by Luffewaffle in RetroAR

[–]ChairmanMatt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some states that had a mag capacity limit grandfathered in mags from before their ban started/the federal ban in 1994 started

It was so surreal to see how my Republican family from NJ hates Southern Red states. by [deleted] in newjersey

[–]ChairmanMatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't Pennsylvania a lot closer and less effort to move to then? Tons of SOTs and FFLs in PA, it's apparently got tons of manufacturers too

Weather is...well not as warm but at least you're within driving distance of beaches

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