Joe Ferguson forever

I need to give credit where credit is due. Today’s reported tongue lashing of Iran’s and Israel’s leaders gave them cover to say they had no choice. They save face. How long it will last is the question. It’s a good start.

The RINK alliance: Russia, Iran and N Korea. Except for nukes, they are all much weaker than us. Nukes are the equalizer, if there's anything left after. I guess 2 nuclear powers are better than 3 but there is still great danger. I hope Sting was right about the Russians. Not at all sure about NK....

get back to your patients...your more necessary to them to us.

at least you chose an analogy with something that's bad for you. I think liking puffer fish would be more apt.

i think Fox has an open spot for a military "personality".

yes, we know. not interested in any rebuttals. stop pretending you're the last word on any military operation.

and we're to understand that because of that, trump wasn't conspiring with Israel to finish their job. confidence doesn't equal knowledge of this situation. No doubt their are military men with as much or more experience that disagree. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858612#google_vignette “Four days ago, there was a phone call between Netanyahu and the US president, during which Trump said, ‘I’ve decided to launch a strike,’” an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post. Since Israel began attacking nuclear sites and other targets inside Iran about a week and a half ago, Netanyahu and Trump have spoken almost daily. According to both Israeli and US sources, the US president, along with senior US officials, was impressed by Israel’s success. In the days leading up to the operation, both Israel and the US employed deception tactics to create the impression of a profound disagreement between the two nations on whether the US would participate in the strike. There was plenty of time to involve Congress.

I didn't state it as fact. The "if" kinda gives it away. Was it a "five day delay" or was it a planned delay to let Israel neuter Iran's air defenses first? You don't know. I don't know. But you seem to believe your view as fact. I anticipated your argument to be "it doesn't matter. Needed to be done". And I would argue against that because of war powers....

We don't know this. "I want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. We worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we’ve gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel. I want to thank the Israeli military for the wonderful job they’ve done." The timing is vague at best. If we were working with them from the onset of the attack, that changes things imo. That would mean we were planning war all along which congress should have least been apprised of, if not voted on. The timing matters.

Putins propaganda machine is hardly a trusted source. But I certainly hope they are wrong. If not, we will likely see more 30000 pound bombs dropped. At this point, we're in for penny, in for a pound.

What he said 10 years ago is meaningless. Hell, he was a dem not much longer ago than that. his most recent promise on this was no new wars. At this point, I don't know if this was the correct move or not. It was (or should have been) a gut wrenching decision. We need to see the results and the retaliation before we brag about is power and lethality. Iran's regime is evil. A prolonged war is worse. We'll probably never know how close Iran actually was too a deliverable nuke.

the initial ruling found it unconstitutional. The appeals court did not. Long way to go before you can make the above statement. But the judiciary has been purposefully politicized by trump. It's what dictators do. "Earlier Thursday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled the Guard deployment was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority. The order applied only to the National Guard troops and not Marines who were also deployed to the LA protests. The judge said he would not rule on the Marines because they were not out on the streets yet." from PBS. unfortunatley, there are several deranged rhino clones here....or at least like minded morons.

ummm, because it's against the governor's wishes. he's using the military to police US citizens. I know you're OK with that. Most Americans are not.

Yup. The federal deep state is deeper than ever. Supposedly, we had bureaucrats secretly running things. Now we have a dictator who has removed all guardrails and is doing it openly.

All true. But I don't envy him this decision. I think waiting is the right decision here. Can the Israelis win without us? The iron dome is in jeopardy of running out of missiles. So are the Iranians. A stalemate and negotiated peace may be the best option. Meanwhile in Ukraine...what a mess.

for the old orange man missing golf cuz of the world...I'm missing it too.

First day of summer

better than trump 1 As of April 2024, President Joe Biden has increased the national debt by $6.17 trillion throughout his presidency. The debt increased by $8.18 trillion during Donald Trump’s presidency, but experts say a large proportion of this was due to relief during the coronavirus pandemic. but now we're 8 years down the road, far removed from the pandemic and supposedly being bolstered by tariffs and a soon to be booming economy per sec treasury. R's are in control, cutting services while projected to add trillions more in deficits. not good.

Wait til they come for you. trump has a tendency to turn on his own people...

I keep telling you small minded mental midgets that all national topics must be seen through the global prism. If the dollar loses reserve status or we can't pay the interest on the debt, we're done as a global economic power, which after all, is the most important source of power. The big ugly bill pushes us further toward that end at a critical juncture. And the fiscally conservative "Republicans" cower with their hands in their pockets. Meanwhile, a large percentage of maga voters yell "communism" and socialism while feeding at the medicaid, food stamps, welfare, disability trough. It's all a shell game. Medicaid maga's are going to find out soon. But one thing is obvious: Freedom does not mean to maga's what it meant to the founding fathers. You want freedom for your tribe and not for anyone else.

why would the Dodgers lie? Why would the masked agents when asked by the press who they were would only say "DHS"? Why are you an apologist for fascism? https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-agents-denied-entry-dodger-180703698.html In photos posted on social media Thursday, a procession of vehicles appeared to attempt to enter Dodger Stadium through the ballpark’s main Sunset Gate off Vin Scully Avenue around 8 a.m. However, they were prevented from passing through a security checkpoint leading to the parking lot. The caravan then relocated to the stadium’s Downtown Gate near the 110 Freeway. Dozens of vehicles gathered outside a closed parking lot fence, according to witnesses, before many began dispersing. Later in the morning, several dozen protesters gathered near what remained of the agents, who stood around three unmarked SUVs closer to the stadium’s entry gates but still outside the stadium parking lot. Five agents — several covering their faces with gaiters and armed with pistols — stood between the vehicles. They did not wear identifying items or badges. When asked by a Times reporter which agency they were with, they said “DHS” and declined to comment further.

Yup. We tried to stop people from dying or killing others... trump is the single most divisive figure in modern American history.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/06/19/we-are-witnessing-the-death-of-american-democracy/

from the beginning, I told people it was most likely disseminated by aerosolized droplets and the most common methods other known viruses are known to spread via that pathway.

we got the big 3 over the air from Buffalo on a rooftop antenna. CBC from Toronto was the best reception of them all. We got whatever station did the Bozo show from Grand Island.😆