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Posts Made By: Brian McFarland

March 14, 2025 02:55 PM Forum: Politics

Hey, How's That Trump Economy Working For You!?

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll
Oil prices are down because of the rapid deterioration of both consumer sentiment and economic fundamentals caused by Trumps trade war the Wall Street Journal called the dumbest in history “and we’re being generous”

Demand for oil is dropping as the economy craters, and this damage will not stop until Dip Shitler backs away from his multiple trade wars. He is single-handedly creating a recession of choice, which could turn very ugly.
Not surprising in the least. After all, he managed to bankrupt casinos six times. Casinos!

March 14, 2025 03:05 PM Forum: Politics

Hey, How's That Trump Economy Working For You!?

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

That's the one that cracks me up. How in the hell do you lose money owning a casino. I'm not much of a gambler, but even I know the house most always wins, unless the house is owned by Donald Trump. LOL.
Owning a casino is like printing money.  At least for anyone else it is.

March 14, 2025 03:39 PM Forum: Politics

Hey, How's That Trump Economy Working For You!?

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Especially when he stiffs the small business contractors doing work for him. Yeah, he's a great businessman. He should write a book or even start a university or something to share his economic prowess. LOL
Oh yeah, Trump University. What a success that was.  Not accredited, no degrees, no credits, no grades. Wound up paying a $25 million settlement to the attendees of that fraudulent clown show.  I have to wonder, who in their right mind would even attend such a ridiculous thing?

March 17, 2025 01:26 PM Forum: Politics

Hey, How's That Trump Economy Working For You!?

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck
Come on down to the White House Motor Mall. Pennsylvania Ave. just off Rt. 29. Get yourself a Tesler. Everything’s computer. 

I still haven't purchased my Trump bible, gold sneakers, or Trump-as-superhero trading cards yet.

March 26, 2025 03:17 PM Forum: Politics

Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Lacey


It's crazy. They attack the journalist's character, call him a liar, and all kinds of vile stuff, yet they were the ones dumb enough to include him on a Signal chat about war plans? If a blunder like this doesn't get you fired, why do we even have laws trying to ensure and protect our national security? They should all be fired and charged; anyone who knew about it and wanted to cover it up should be fired, too.
Precisely. Anyone else would be in jail for doing something that stupid.  Just to be clear, any reference to timing, weapons packages, targets, etc., (even obliquely) is classified.  Anyone who says differently doesn't understand any of it.

That this happened is no surprise, though.  After all, this is the administration whose leader thought that the gold-plated swamp hotel in Mira Lago was a suitable place to store boxes and boxes of classified documents. LOL

March 27, 2025 02:26 PM Forum: Politics

Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



Well, no it isn't.  Any reference to weapons packages is classified?  No, that's complete horseshit, but it isn't surprising that you have your selective leftist outrage.  

Your statement above indicates that You yourself don't have any understanding of it.  

The Timing?   There was no notice of where those planes were in the hemisphere, what munitions they were carrying, and what their targets were.  

Were longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates revealed? No, not at all.

Now then, maybe you should consider this.  

59 enemy combatants were eliminated.  That's fantastic in my opinion.

I don't recall you speaking one word when the previous Sec. Def. Lloyd Austin got 13 AMERICAN military members killed in enemy territory.

Why is that?  Is it because of the fact that you are a selective outrage leftist fraud, who really doesn't care about whether a mission is successful, but rather how You and other leftist frauds can politicize it and capitalize on it?

I don't recall You saying one word about General Milley literally collaborating with our Chinese Enemy Xi's Military leader, discussing how he would STOP the Commander in Chief President Donald Trump from taking action against that Enemy China.  

Can You refresh my memory as to when you called for General Milley's resignation or court martial?

Oh wait, You mean to say that You didn't?  You were where again, when these 2 military leaders caused the deaths of 13 American soldiers?  Under Your desk, hiding?  Is that right?  

So when did You come on to this thread exhibiting outrage over the deaths of those soldiers?  Can you point me to Your postings about it?

Oh, never?  You never did?  Does this mean you're a partisan hack leftist?

Where were you to become hysterical about that military failure and massively pathetic withdrawal from Afghanistan?

And lastly, does this excellent military operation, which was highly successful, anger You because it was successful, while your hero Joe Biden didn't have any response, and are You pissed that this great military operation eliminated the Houthis who had attacked American military hundreds of times?

And so since this error in having this biased reporter in the mix didn't result in a failed operation, and resulted in a very successful mission, please explain how now that enables the Chinese, Russians, or the Iranians?

Tell me, do you support Iran? smile
Written proof right there that you have no idea what you are talking about.  Not even the tiniest clue.

March 27, 2025 02:28 PM Forum: Politics

Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Lacey


Our national leaders' standards are abysmally and ridiculously low. It was terrible before Trump, but I blame Trump and his near-constant assault on norms and expectations for behavior for this new low. As long as they can survive politically, that is all that matters. They will not be held to the same standard that would send any of the rest of us straight to prison.
They're a bad combination of low standards and abject stupidity.  Sad.

March 27, 2025 02:53 PM Forum: Politics

Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

They're a bad combination of low standards and abject stupidity.  Sad.
It looks like it might be even worse than anyone thought.  I'm seeing reports that they also discussed targeting an Iran-backed group in Yemen on the same stupid text app.  I'm hoping it isn't true.

March 27, 2025 02:57 PM Forum: Politics

Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Really, then YOU are all for Jailing the Journalist who released the so-called classified information correct, or are you a gigantic selectively outraged fraudulent leftist Democrat who doesn't care about the publishing of what you claimed is "classified" information?

Are you a proponent of holding Jeffrey Goldberg accountable for releasing what you claimed is classified information to the world?  

Yes or no please should Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic go to jail or be arrested?  After all you claimed that the information on the Signal chat was classified.  The Atlantic released the entire text messaging to the world.

So are you FOR arresting Jeffrey Goldberg?  

Also, I like the way you utterly ignored the inconvenient questions that I asked of you, about the previous administration's actions, such as their disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Are you too big of an intellectual coward to answer that, or give us all your take on the Biden administration for their sorry ass withdrawal from Afghanistan which caused the deaths of 13 military members due to the incompetence of Former Defense Secretary General Lloyd Ausin and General Mark Milley?

I don't recall you having the balls to speak out against their utter mismanagement of the Withdrawal, and their role in getting the 13 service members killed, unnecessarily.

Can you point me to the posting you made then, expressing your outrage and your demand that Lloyd Austin being relieved of command?

I mean you did that right?  You were outraged, got on this forum and called for their resignation correct?

Oh wait, you mean to say that You did not get on here with righteous outrage?

Does that make you a selectively outraged leftist clown?
The last thing in the world I need to waste time on is discussing classification rules and regulations with a screaming unemployed woodworker with zero knowledge of the subject. You never had a clearance, you never will, and you don't work in the business. Hell, you don't work at all.
Have a nice life.

March 27, 2025 03:23 PM Forum: Politics

Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Brown

Heck, the use of Signal by itself, for this sort of conversation is surely prohibited, notwithstanding the content of these messages.   Are secure internal channels that inconvenient?   I know that HRCs private and unsecured email server is old news, but what the hell, do these Washington types never learn from past errors?
Yes, the use of Signal for even Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is strictly prohibited.  Discussing classified information?  I still cannot believe they did that.  I thought literally EVERYONE knew better.

Secure channels are inconvenient.  Setting up a group conversation with different parties in different locales normally means finding secure rooms (on Gov property) with secure landlines or VTC for each party. It's a hassle, but it's the nature of the business. You deal with it.