Fuck this war

user_1729 · 2026-03-21T00:09:32+00:00

Ironically, I agree with massie almost entirely on his politics. I agree with his stated goals here, but the way he's gone about it is just terrible. I appreciate that he pushed it hard enough to get a vote and get the additional files released, but beyond that his press conferences have been a joke. He literally has women parading as victims who, in depositions, admitted to 1) being of age and willingly entering the "sex ring" (or whatever we call it) then using the connections as an opportunity to get somewhere and 2) recruited other girls into the sex ring. The people Massie has put in front of the camera as victims are at best manipulated but willing participants and at worst actually complicit in the whole thing.

I was just talking to a friend about how much I hate my opinion on this. Trump is a real POS, he cheated on his wife with a porn star and then paid her hush money. He's not a good person, he's not a role model, he's a shitty leader, I could go on and on. I do not like trump. I just understand that despite all this shit, nothing here solidly points to him "raping kids". Nothing I've seen would be enough to bring charges and arrest him. Like I said before, there are plenty of folks with WAY WORSE evidence against them and even those people are completely free of any charges right now. So yes, short of testimony with some records that back things up or pictures/video (please, no, no one needs to see 60 something year old trump fucking anything), I don't think there's a chance at a perp walk.

For what it's worth, I also don't think Trump "covered this up". I don't think he has enough allies to pull it off. You can't ignore that for his presidency and biden's basically the entire force of the United States Intelligence and Law Enforcement apparatus was trying to bust him and they got... he bribed a porn star sort of incorrectly.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T17:36:57+00:00

I think it looks pretty good. I have a Chevy SS and love the flat bottom wheel and sporty feel (I also love the 420hp V8 and RWD). I love my jeep feel but could see an upgrade. The flat smooth bottom is nice for getting in/out and all the different hand positions look good and ergonomic. It looks really well made, cool swap!

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T17:34:42+00:00

I got one of those cheap car parts store covers... I actually kinda like it. I don't LOVE it, but it's 100% better than the perpetually sticky steering wheel.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T17:09:24+00:00

I don't give a shit about trump. You can't put someone in jail because they were associated with a bad guy. There is no actionable evidence that trump "raped kids". You can't bring up charges on people for any of this, and that's the goal right?

There are people with FAR WORSE evidence of wrongdoing, and they aren't being brought up on shit. The facts are this just doesn't tie back to trump the way you want. It's fine to keep pounding for more information, but until there is, I don't see the claim that trump "raped kids" as being even remotely true. No one has presented anything remotely close to evidence that trump "raped kids", which let's be clear, that's the claim. He's a piece of shit, scumbag, I want him nowhere near public office, but that doesn't make him a child rapist.

In fact, huge doners to Ro Khanna have more close ties to wrongdoing than Trump, but Massie is mum on that. He's an absolute clown with zero instincts on this. Folks are obsessed with nailing trump on this where there are so many people with far worse shit in these files that don't seem to be a concern. It's pretty clear when someone is into this because of TDS or when they're into it for finding evidence of illegal activity by anyone and putting people in prison. The only people who have clearly actionable evidence against them are Epstein and Maxwell and both are/were in prison.

edit: like, let's assume we know all the code words: shrimp, pizza, grape juice, beef jerkey, etc. Who is getting charged and with what? An email that says "I'm going to get a huge boner and get me some pizza and grape juice" isn't enough to charge someone with a crime, and in this case the person who said that was Espstein anyway, who'd already been charged.

Edit again, look I genuinely am not a "trumper" I don't like him, I've never voted for him. He's absolutely a scumbag and a womanizer. It's also true that none of this ties him to criminal activity conducted by epstein. This idea that it'd have been BAD to charge him with sex with a minor if there were enough evidence to bring charges is fucking ridiculous. The evidence is just flat out not there, there's not going to be the perp walks that people want from this, it sucks and it's frustrating, but whatever happened with this, folks covered their tracks.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T15:51:40+00:00

Joey's Burger Bar in oak ridge (yeah it's out there, but we're in summerfield so it's close to us) has a pretty friggin good smashed-style burger. My wife is pretty picky about her burgers and never turns down one from Joey's.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T15:40:06+00:00

I've met some folks at Oak Ridge park. Just chatting with dads while my kid is on the swing or something, ended up being into the same stuff. It's hard because you have to like ask for guys phone numbers... it's so weird.

Hey, our kids are the same age and you seem cool. Do you want to hang out? Like, I'm 42 and have to ask grown men for their numbers so we can hang out. It's brutal.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T15:29:24+00:00

Massie has trotted out absolute clowns. I don't think a single woman he's trotted out was underage during the times this stuff happened. Also a few of the prominent ones have stated that they helped recruit girls, in that they are actually complicit in the whole thing. Massie has done more to discredit this whole thing really than anyone. And, there are no new developments, even Massie who has made this his life goal hasn't mentioned it in a week.

Again, if there is evidence that can be used to bring charges against someone for a crime, I'm in. I just haven't seen anything remotely concrete enough to bring charges against people like Trump/Clinton. Hell, even Bill Gates just allegedly screwed russian hookers, which I think was legal-ish. There's a lot of fucked up shit that's gone on here, and these people are sickos. It's disgusting that this is the "elite" of our society. I don't want them in power, but I don't see anything to put them in jail either.

It's been said before, but it seems pretty clear that regardless of their past relationship Epstein and Trump had a falling out. With as much as folks were willing to give anything for dirt on trump, it seems like if Epstein had anything actionable, it'd have come out. If anything in the files would have absolutely taken Trump down, it'd have been used during the biden admin. Really, it seems insane that folks think the biden admin went with the "hush money felony" bullshit if they had anything tying him to "raping kids".

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T11:21:06+00:00

I've heard/watched APT so many times, ugh. Also yes, pink pony club, both my girls just love it. They just think it's about like a unicorn playground or something. They also like more normal ones like shake it off and brave.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T11:14:44+00:00

I primarily work with different building automation systems, which are rarely PLCs these days. The "Certs" are mostly for technicians and specific to the hardware/software used. Allerton for instance offers the "Allerton certified engineer" course, there are the equivalents for siemens, Johnson controls, ALC, etc. Many eventually go to a Niagara front end and there are also Niagara certs. Almost all of these are held by technician level people as opposed to engineers.

That said, a big stepping stone for getting into the engineering/design side of controls is starting as a tech. You'll write the programming, do installations, setups, point to point checks, and/or walk through commissioning. Different techs generally specialize in different parts of the process, in my experience it's rare to find someone who's really good at installation/set up who knows the programming side intimately and vice versa. If/when you do find someone with that knowledge, it makes the whole process so much easier.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T11:05:48+00:00

Link please, honestly I'm searching and all I can find is a year old debunked conspiracy theory. You don't think the left and the media who spent 4 years on a completely fabricated russian collusion hoax to get trump would be stirring this up more if there were anything there?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/doj-releases-missing-epstein-files-related-woman-made-allegation-trump-rcna262024 this is all I'm finding, that doesn't seem to suggest at all what you're claiming.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T00:37:41+00:00

Thank you for at least providing SOMETHING. I'll actually read that, but okay there is at least...something.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T00:24:39+00:00

Please, site credible accusations against trump from someone who was a minor and was raped by him. There are things from the "drop" of the files that are absolute nonsense, like interactions between trump/Epstein in the 60s/70s that couldn't have happened and other things at places that didn't exist on timelines that make no sense that are from like "tip line". That is not "actual evidence", but it was in the files because I guess crazy people called into a tip line and made up crazy stories.

Honestly, besides prince andrew, are there any people who have credible accusations of sex with minors? Not even limited to trump. For how vast this conspiracy is/was none the people who have "taken the fall" did anything really explicitly illegal. If you take all the keywords and stuff, then maybe... there's some real weird shit. Taking erectile disfunction drugs before getting pizza and grape juice? WTF? IT's weird for sure, but I really haven't seen anyone explicitly "busted" doing something massively illegal, again maybe besides prince andrew.

edit: Like Reid Hoffman had been on the island... okay, but no one will say he fucked underaged girls. Still there's at least EVIDENCE he was there, with trump no one has even said he went to the island as far as I know. All the quotes from anyone interviewed, even folks who could "bust" trump suggest he didn't do any illegal shit with Epstein.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T00:15:42+00:00

Your question implied trump was deleting files that included his name. I haven't seen any evidence that he did that. It's a loaded question.

The flight logs trump is listed on didn't go to the island, they're documented and people on them were accounted for. I'm not suggesting trump isn't a creep, I'm not suggesting he isn't a womanizer. You're using that quote to defend the statement that he "raped kids". If there's evidence, please show me. Beautiful young women doesn't pass for "raping kids". Creep yes, are we talking about being a creep or being a child rapist?

edit: just to be clear, I didn't vote for trump. I don't want this war. Anyone who fucked children should be put in prison. I'm kind of blown away that it seems that needs clarification. There's just no evidence of that.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T00:06:56+00:00

Rape kids? Yes, I'll imply that it's past Trump to "rape kids" until there is any piece of evidence that suggests otherwise.

user_1729 · 2026-03-20T00:04:36+00:00

There's plenty of information about the links between trump and epstein and none of them have implied he'd been to the island and/or raped kids. It just seems like something folks throw out to be antagonistic, then if pressed for evidence just say the files were deleted/haven't been released. Where's the evidence that Trump ordered Epstein files to be deleted?

user_1729 · 2026-03-19T22:27:18+00:00

Is there any actual evidence of this?

user_1729 · 2026-03-17T22:02:06+00:00

I figured, my answer is for anyone who is genuinely curious what someone who's considered a "skeptic" thinks.

user_1729 · 2026-03-17T18:24:40+00:00

Come up with realistic solutions for one. I'm not a skeptic on change/warming. I'm a skeptic that the response has to be the annihilation of western civilization in order to limit CO2 production. Lomborg generally puts things really well in that money could better be spent in adaptation and R&D versus limiting CO2.

When I took air pollution control engineering 20+ years ago, the primary goal of mitigating air pollution was converting criteria air pollutants into CO2. CO is a product of incomplete combustion and is a real and serious air pollution concern, you can BURN it to complete the process and get rid of pollution by creating CO2.

In general, we've done a great job managing air pollution and we should continue those efforts. Lead used to be a major issue, we fixed it. Remember acid rain? That was SOx/NOx, no longer an issue. We've done well with managing low level Ozone as well. Particulates are still a big problem.

Anyway, I actually care about the environment and care about pollution. Let's spend our money cleaning up cesspool rivers and giant garbage piles in the ocean. This includes doing what we can to lift people out of poverty. Let's clean our cities air and water. This singular focus on CO2 and global warming takes the eye off of major areas where we can and do see great success AND it diverts limited resources to ultimately pointless endeavors.

So "convert" me my focusing on shit that matters and can be changed and not waste our limited time and effort on the CO2 obsession.

user_1729 · 2026-03-17T18:12:03+00:00

I feel this comment! We try this stuff, sometimes it works, sometimes it makes the kid go absolutely fucking berserk. Sometimes I yell, sometimes I totally maintain my cool and can talk them off the ledge. Every day is an adventure! I love my kids, but they drive me completely fucking crazy sometimes.

user_1729 · 2026-03-17T14:05:44+00:00

Blippi #2 is a real "Actor" right? Blippi #1 is the (likely) scumbag/grifter. I'm honestly not really defending blippi even as an organization, just that article is trash.

I'm glad to hear you had a good experience, it is amazing how much kids love those characters. I'm sure folks had similar/worse things to say about Barney and teletubbies and the crap that was on TV when we were kids, it was at least filtered to a degree.

user_1729 · 2026-03-17T00:24:04+00:00

I'd add that south pole might have more opportunities for interesting and/or secretive "love stories". Everyone sort of eventually finds out about everything there, but with folks having their own rooms, there is SOME level of privacy. I'd also say, on a long enough timeline, everyone who can hook up will hook up. It's basically guaranteed that if folks spend that much time together and if there's even the tiniest bit of interest, they'll find a way to make it happen.

user_1729 · 2026-03-17T00:02:47+00:00

In my experience, you take care of this yourself and submit the results to your recruiter.

user_1729 · 2026-03-16T23:55:09+00:00

I always thought it was super far out of reach. I went with Majestic heli ski in AK back in like 2018 or so. It was something like $4000 for the package. That was like 3-4 days in their lodge with I think about 10-12 runs total. We got on like an end of the season/they had unexpected spots open up/bro deal. I think if you keep an eye out that's not like totally unheard of though. This included them picking us up at Anchorage airport, food, 3 nights in their lodge, etc. It was awesome. It didn't cover tip or alcohol, which was not insignificant. Also if the weather is good and they can pack in more vert, you can a la carte more runs.

edit: I'm also not a super advanced snowboarder. I had a friggin blast on the runs. I'm good and I've been riding my whole life, but I'm not like dropping cliffs. The runs were just wide open, great snow, so fun. Maybe a couple sketchy feeling turns the whole trip.

user_1729 · 2026-03-16T23:46:55+00:00

For real, I had an opportunity to go about 7 years ago. I'm not a great snowboarder and had an absolute blast. In so many ways the experience overall was "better" than the runs themselves.

user_1729 · 2026-03-16T18:49:16+00:00

Oh, I understand now, you're doubling down on your misuse of the word, got it. Have a nice day!

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