Outside of the evanescent and inconsequential nature of existence, for my money there is no more depressing topic to consider than guns in America. Enormous problem about which nothing meaningful will ever be done, and for dumbass reasons. Lots of "it ends here" speechifying though, so that's fun.
From the link: "“It’s like Donald Trump’s staff is sabotaging Trump by convincing him to make the worst possible endorsements,” conservative radio host Erick Erickson tweeted."
That's hilarious. Yeah, I'm sure dotard's staff is the reason he picked some D list TV personality and quack. These people are truly dumber than shit. It's almost like these people don't know anything about their God.
I don't agree with your conclusion though. They love Trump mostly because he says the sort of ignorant bullshit they wanted to hear in a bellicose fashion, and it makes them feel better for being ignorant assholes. What did he give the magats besides some judges, which any R potus would have done?
It's time to give the Ukrainians all the weapons they want within reason. I understand a limiting factor is the knowledge of how to use various systems. But we shouldn't be afraid of "offensive" weapons. Short of us hooking them up with WMD, I don't see it making a shit whether we cross some arbitrary line like offensive/defensive weapons.
Fuck it, give them all the advanced shit. Sharks with frickin laser beams on their heads, whatever. I bet they could learn how to use it on YouTube, you can learn anything on YouTube.
I haven't heard of any requests for artillery from them, seems like they're good on that so far. They've mostly been begging for air defense (SAMs) and planes from what I've read.
The "offensive weapon" distinction is fucktarded and weak.
We should try doing more of the same instead of promising we won't get involved directly and never putting Putin off balance in the slightest about what NATO will do about his atrocities.
The reports of widespread rapes are just abhorrent and it's hard for me to wrap my mind around how so many men are capable of raping or tolerant of their comrades raping. I find myself wondering whether the propensity towards rape says something about the character of Russian men or culture of Russia, or if instead that's naive and our soldiers would do likewise if our command structure and discipline were as shitty as Russia's.
The idea that the reason anyone becomes a public defender in order to help advance crime is retarded enough to resonate with his base. And it's yet another example of him saying something he definitely knows is 100% bullshit.
No, they were part of the mall cop brigade. The article quotes guardsmen's complaints about being deployed to wealthy and politically connected private ranches. It doesn't quite say that they were all Abbott donors.
That said, a lot of companies and rich people will donate to both parties' candidates in an election, not to help one in particular win but rather to curry favor with whoever does.