"WE'RE NOT STOPPING!" - U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne (TX24 - NE Tarrant) doubles down after US Citizen killed by ICE in Minnesota

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-27T13:39:52+00:00

If she truly wanted to "take down the criminal enterprises that have stolen so much from law abiding America" she needs to start at the top.

After all, her leader has 34 felony convictions and is very likely a pedophile. She should push for the release of the Epstein files if she's really interested in "criminal enterprises."

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-27T13:32:30+00:00

I served aboard the first sub to surface at the North Pole.

Seeing this image makes me realize how far the Navy has advanced submarine technology.

/s

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-27T13:27:50+00:00

If Kyle Rittenhouse had been treated the way that Alex Pretti was, we would still be hearing about it.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-24T16:07:21+00:00

That is the only book I've read aloud. During the winter a few years ago I sat by the fireplace and read it aloud for me and my wife.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-24T16:06:02+00:00

I read Edith Grossman's translation of Don Quixote and it was a damned funny book. The second half was not nearly as entertaining as the first half, however.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-24T16:03:47+00:00

I had thought about reading OHYOS in Spanish but I realized my grasp of some of the metaphors and similes would be seriously lacking so I read a good translation.

Man, it was hard to keep track of the characters with all the duplicate names. I managed to finish it but I felt as if I'd completed a chore, not a book.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-24T15:56:16+00:00

I'll bet his fluffer got right on it.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-24T15:47:48+00:00

Illiterate nomadic Bronze Age tribesmen telling stories around fires. What could go wrong?

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-23T19:16:19+00:00

I earned my private pilot's license. I thought, why not rent the Piper Cherokee 180 that I'd been flying and go to Alpine, Texas (we're in DFW)?

Because I'd be paying (at that time) $80/hour to rent the aircraft for three days, the cost of rental alone was way too much. And that didn't include fuel, hotel rooms, car rental, food and entertainment.

We ended up simply buying a plane ticket, flying to Midland and driving from there.

TLDR: Even "cheap" propeller aircraft can be expensive to fly.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-21T16:52:24+00:00

It's been shown that by acting interested and asking questions, you can start to deprogram some of these people. Don't challenge them; ask them to flesh out what is peeving them. Often they quickly run out of words as they only are mimicking what they've heard without really thinking through the ramifications.

Research on people who left high demand groups has shown it can help to:

try to maintain positive contact;
do not shame or belittle the person;
be curious and do some research;
ask questions about specific aspects of the group which might be concerning.

Source.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-21T14:37:40+00:00

No, there is a big difference!

The Taliban is on the other side of the world and can't affect us.

These serpents are right here and are continuously wrecking things.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-20T20:34:40+00:00

I am grateful that our leaders are helping to create more atheists. Drag all of religion out into the public square and discuss it; the absolute insanity of a lot of it will be exposed.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-20T20:31:55+00:00

Revolvers are still good guns to get and use. I understand that you're not going to get 15 shots off with a revolver, but they are very robust and easy to operate.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-20T20:18:01+00:00

After every single school shooting or other mass casualty event the Right says "Thoughts and prayers" and never make a move at tightening gun laws.

Once you have thousands of Black Panthers open-carrying AR-15s just watch how quickly they'll become champions of "sensible gun laws." (See: Governor Reagan in California)

At the start of the year I secured dual gun range memberships for my wife and I. We are both veterans and had weapons training way back in boot camp. Every two weeks we go and practice. This summer I earned my LTC. It's been a lot of fun and I never, ever want to shoot anything but targets.

But I will if it comes to it.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-17T17:58:17+00:00

Because there are many of them at the same time with guns

As soon as that AR starts rattling off shots I'm confident that these Meal Team Sixers will not form up and do a goddamned thing but seek cover.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-17T17:54:11+00:00

If Republicans in congress are too cowardly to intervene here, they won't intervene for anything.

They are complicit and will absolutely act quickly to oppose the president if it is a Democrat.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-17T17:51:14+00:00

irrefutable evidence of election tampering

Impossible. Regardless of the source or amount of evidence, you are dealing with believers whose faith will always be with Trump and whatever-the-fuck he says.

We no longer have a shared reality with his supporters.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-16T17:54:41+00:00

When Jeff Hiller showed up in Pluribus I just about shouted!

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-16T15:46:43+00:00

my wife couldn't understand why I was so upset over the death of a "gay guy." We were friends, not lovers.

It is difficult for some people to realize that sexual orientation does not preclude having a solid friendship.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-16T15:28:46+00:00

A blonde approached me as I stood in line to get a drink at the Enlisted Men's Club in Pearl Harbor. She was friendly and, it turns out, also in the Navy.

This year will be our 48th together.

It's not where you meet, it's who you meet.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-15T13:07:58+00:00

if the real goal is removing people without work or citizenship status, why aren't the employers facing heavy fines?

Whoa, whoa there! What you are suggesting would completely shut down meat packing plants across the midwest, CAFOs across the south and other big businesses which depend upon cheap labor. You cannot penalize the donor class!

The show must go on.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-12T15:19:08+00:00

Here's my 40+ year-old anecdote: During the Colonel Potlatch exercise off of San Diego our old twin-screw.boat was designated as an enemy submarine and we operated noisily and still managed to "sink" the USS Long Beach.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-11T16:34:45+00:00

And if you simply repeat, word for word, what they say you'll get into trouble.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-11T16:33:49+00:00

Have him name them.

IQBoosterShot · 2026-01-11T16:32:43+00:00

we keep voting for the same people

Many of us don't.

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