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hey folks - just a quick update. I was released from the hospital on the 6th and now in a rehab for PT to see how much strength I can get back. No idea how long I’ll be here or how much strength but every day I’m moving around a bit better!

I'm locking this topic for three reasons: 1. TGO David just locked the general politics forum 2. A political article by a person with one post is likely designed to spread the reach of the article as opposed to contributing to the community. 3. Politics is a participatory sport. You cannot expect that things will stay the way they've always been - you have to get involved to help create the community you want.

They are just going to get run out of Texas when the locusts have completed their migration.

I saw a brief interview on Fox news this morning with Mark Pulliam (the author of the article). iirc he's from Maryville. He makes some good points in his article, especially regarding complacency and inattention.

It really pisses me off that the Confederate Battle Flag has been turned into a symbol of hate. I happen to be proud of my Southern Heritage, but I don't dare show it without people judging me wrongly. Another thing is the Celebrate Diversity thing. Be proud of your heritage, family history, national lineage, etc. Except of course if you happen to a Southern, White American. In that case its perfectly acceptable to discriminate and automatically assume that person is a racist, anti-government idiot. Equality is for other people.

They pick that flag because they are ignorant rednecks who know nothing of history. As far as "treasonous secessionists" goes, where does it say a State cannot secede from the union?

He doesnt have a right to carry that flag there... he doesnt have a right to even be there. That is why he is in jail.

No. It used to work great but then the plug-in became very, very buggy and I think even caused issues with the main site. It hasn’t worked in years.

My hometown has had a lot of new out of state residents move in over the last 10 years. When manufacturing jobs leave because the bunny huggers don't like paper mill smoke or ore mining is bad for the environment they like to shut you down. In moves what we used to call Flat Landers and ruin it for the local citizen's. My Son's FIL has owned family land for near 100 years-down at the end of the road-in move's the new guy at the other end near the highway and starts calling the local Sheriff's Office and complains about the other guy shooting and he can hear it. This continued for awhile until the Sheriff got sick of the calls and having to go out and check the commotion. The Sheriff finally told the new guy to either shut up or move back to Chicago-

They've been doing this for years. Its called "i completely effed up the city i lived in so I better just go move out to the country!" A little while later..... "we need to raise taxes because the road i live on has fading stripes! And im scared to death of all of my neighbors because I hear shooting (even though I've never met them) someone dooooooo something!"

I do want to note that this will be the third "road rage" post within a week or two on TGO. I really do believe that in the mix of COVID, election/politics, social media, all very heavily intertwined with paranoia, fear, and conspiracy theories, a lot of people are on edge more than they've likely ever been and as such reports of road rage and similiar events does not surprise me in the least. I initially considered posting about it but decided against it. However, after seeing other somewhat similar posts I decided it was important for me to do this. I was out running errands about a week ago. It was shortly after 5:30 PM and I decided to grab a few beers before heading home. I stopped at the convenience station, grabbed the goods, and waited in what seemed to be a decently long line for probably 5-10 minutes. I remember not speaking to anyone in the line, but instead watching outside two men assisting a young lady with her old, old F O R D pickup. I was pleased to see they helped her get it started rather quickly, and all seemed right in the world. After checkout, I started to leave. Generally speaking, from this gas station, I can be home within 3-4 minutes. There is exactly one red light and then three additional intersections before I am in front of my driveway. Fast forward about 2 minutes. I'm sitting at the first intersection after the red light. There is a single vehicle in front of me at the stop sign. I quickly notice this driver turned 180 degrees around, facing me and generally looking rather wide eyed at me. At the time, I didn't think much about it other than it seemed odd considering this guy should have simply turned left or right instead. I concluded he either thought he knew me or someone else, or had a case of the heebee jeebies. So, he turned left and I turned left. He sped up rather a bit and I generally thought all was well. As we neared the next turn (for me) off the main road, I was hoping I'd see him continue straight. Well, last moment he threw his turn signal on and turned the same direction. Since I was going home and didn't want to go anywhere else, I turned too. This is a country road with residential houses alongside. He pulled approximately a few hundred yards up that road and stopped the vehicle. I quickly realized that something was about to get interesting as he exited the vehicle towards me. I'm a rather caring guy. There are, potentially, legitimate reasons for approaching another driver. Maybe he needed help, or saw something on my vehicle that needed addressing. That is all certainly possible. I made sure to leave a lot of room between my vehicle and his. I also left the vehicle in D with my foot on the brake. I also I slightly cracked my window as he was waving his arms and yelling at me. I missed what he said initially, so I asked if he could repeat what he said. It's been a week, but I'll paraphrase to the best of my ability. Hey, I want to know what your problem is. What do you mean? You've been following me ever since I left the store up there. What's your problem with me? Sir, I'm just trying to get home. Where do you live? I don't need to tell you that. I knew you didn't live on this road. You need to get out from behind me. You need to go on right now. So, at this point, I carefully but quickly just passed him and kept going. I was very afraid that he would attempt to follow me and had plans on diversion, but he very speedily turned his truck around and went the other direction. In hindsight, he may have very well been in front of me a place or two in the convenience store. I'm sure in his mind, I made eye contact with him once in the store, followed him out of the store, and was going to follow him home for some sort of mischief. I'm mostly sure he was either certifiably paranoid or on drugs of some sort. But, I didn't care to get to know him, anger him, or stick around much longer than needed. The whole encounter was probably 10 seconds. My point? Deescalation is always the preferred method of handling conflict. Even though he flew off the handle immediately I treated him with respect and called him Sir. Had he given me the chance, I would have simply apologized for anything that I had done and assured him I stopped at the store for beer and was headed home to my family. I could have verbally disputed with him, I could have upped the game by cursing/name calling. I could have acted big and tough by acting in threatening manners. At the end of all of it, I just wanted to get home to my family without incident and drink my beer. Be careful out there folks.

I'd prefer hillbilly since my family settled in the hills on the lower plateau. That family is Irish on one side, English and Cherokee on the other. In modern slang terms I'm a damned yankee since I was born in Toledo, Ohio.

They are not "rednecks" as Patrick Huber labeled them in 1995. They are just ignorant. from WV Public broadcasting: Mingo County native, Wilma Lee Steele, is one of the board members for the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum. Steele is a retired art teacher. For her the passion of sharing this history started from telling young activists about the history behind the word "redneck" and the red bandana. Striking miners tied Red Bandanas around their necks during the march on Blair Mountain.

I need to read up on it some more but I am always up for buying a new rifle.

Limos, custom tailored wardrobes, exorbitant salaries, private jets and European vacations are expensive. They need every dime of those donations to keep up the appropriate lifestyle for Wayne and Co. Edit: At least Russian spies still work cheap. Maybe they can hire some more of those ... Translation: We have no intention of cutting off the money spigot for our vaunted leader.

A few weeks ago Outdoor Junction in cookeville had large rifle primers for $79.99. As I have said many times, you don't have to control the guns, just the ammo.

The best advice I can give anyone who's concerned about the ever changing local political climate is to get involved in their community. As many here have admitted to the "text rather than talk" won't get it done. If you don't show up and voice your opinion and choose a passionate email instead then you better be prepared to lose your argument. I saw it first hand 20 years ago in my county when someone didn't like "lean to's" for a dog house. That led to wanting to tell me how I kept my yard 20 miles out in the country. I showed up as well as a lot of other "passionate" residents and it was tabled and eventually buried. Doesn't work every time but to this day when I see one of the proponents of the proposed resolutions he still remembers me

I never said it wasn't. I just said the idea that doctors and researchers would withhold viable medical treatments to make more money is laughable. Our advancement in cancer treatments alone in the last 20 years is a herculean effort. Have you seen this country lately? No one needs to withhold anything to ensure high demand for medical care is sustained, we eat, drink, and drug our way into plenty of need.

I can't speak for to the particular model, but I have a RIA in 9mm that wouldn't feed HP ammo. I suspect it was because the previous owner attempted to polish the feed ramp and messed it up. I contacted RIA and they told me to send it to them. The turn around was pretty quick and the customer service was great. Most importantly, they actually fixed the issue.

Jeff Foxworthy had a routine where he mentions this tendency somewhat obliquely. I'm paraphrasing, as I don't have the audio in front of me, but basically his point was "southern folks are as intelligent and accomplished as other groups. The difference is that we can't seem to keep the most ignorant among us off television". There's probably something similar going on with the Confederate flag, and other aspects of southern heritage ...

E4, I totally agree. Their tracking system is as useless as teats on a boar hog. I'll say it again, I long for the day when they shut USPS down & let it go private. BTW, it doesn't matter how much cheaper USPS is, if don't arrive when it's supposed to.

Is this a serious question? Ever heard of HPV vaccine? It’s gonna save millions of women from cervical cancer in the coming generations. “Cancer” isn’t just one thing. It’s hundreds or thousands. As the husband of a physician it’s pretty offensive (not really I don’t care what y’all do or do not believe) that people think that cures would be suppressed for money. They amount of universal collusion it would require to keep that farce going is virtually impossible. Much like the idea that Covid-19 is a ploy to manipulate humanity. I just don’t believe that many people can all agree to follow the same plan for such a thing to be successful

Buy it cheap and stack it deep is really good advice. Of course, people with little foresight and a poor understanding of economics will call you a hoarder, but that's OK. While they're wailing and gnashing their teeth, you'll have ammo ...

The government doesnt "bailout" the USPS. The USPS isnt a business. We dont expect the Defense dept to pay for itself do we? No, because it's a service. Does the dept of Interior? Agriculture? DOT? Services.

Shay’s rebellion and the Whiskey rebellion are both interesting reading as well, you can learn a lot through studying history. I don’t think you would have convinced me of that when I was in school.

The original term of redneck was used by union coal miners who wore red bandannas to identify themselves in fights. Later on rednecks were the union enforcers. Check library of congress or printed dictionary that doesn't bend to modern slang usage.

While I am not a happy camper with Wayne and Co, I am all for sticking it to NY. Every company that is even close to being conservative should up and leave NY for better pastures.

He's a idiot because he did what he did and he wanted people to think he was a Rebel.

except, yeah, glad he wasn't from around here because he did make a fool of himself doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. And look up the origin of redneck. it's not what you think.

The corruption has always been where politicians and lobbyists have been involved. The change is that the two parties are not playing well together. They both are pointing out the others faults more than normal.

Watch a few videos, get a good workspace to do it in. It's a bit of a pain with the springs, but otherwise simple. The triggers are awesome. I get the cost can be off-putting to some, but they really do perform that well if you've got the money to blow on cool gun accessories. Never tried the LaRue triggers, but have only heard good things, and know the company makes a solid product.

Eggs Zacktly! The mayors of those cities were willing to drive their economies into the ground, and now that the political reason for a shutdown no longer exists, they want their economies running again. The conditions you cited existed months ago, right? But the timing of the desire to reopen the economies is suspect in my eyes. There appears to have been a political reason for keeping the economies down. The stated reason for shutting down, Covid, still exists and isn't showing any sign of going away. Why reopen now? If the people were in so much danger from the virus six months ago that the economy had do be sacrificed, why not now? What suddenly changed?

I wouldn't underestimate the budget deficits they're under. Both those cities are probably approaching junk bond status, so unless the Fed is buying, they're SOL. With offices closing or reducing size to allow work from home to become a permanent thing, and vacations, conventions, and all other forms of travel down to a trickle, a lot of commerce that kept a city budget in good order just isn't happening in big cities anymore. McCormick Place in Chicago being a ghosttown has to be a sucking chest wound in the budget right about now. Add to that the costs of turning a brick and mortar school system into a virtual classroom had to have been staggering for school systems those size. It all comes out to a lot of red ink.

I was about 3 months “late” to the game with TSLA...once I realized Tesla was legit and the mainstream finance guys hadn’t caught on yet, I had a limited time to get all the shares I could, which wasn’t much given the stock price and my income but I managed to get 7 shares before the split announcement. The first share I bought was $814 pre split. And that stung. $814 would go a longer way with a cheaper stock right? But I held to my convictions and the future outlook of this company. Fast forward to today, I’ve continued to add to my shares as I can. Just incredible to see my first share was $814 pre split and now after the split the shares are above what I paid pre split. Tesla is NOT a car company it’s a technology company and now the mainstream is catching on. Is it overvalued? Heck yes!! But so was amazon from day 1. Tesla is not for the value investing crowd, it’s stock price has and will continue to be traded off of the future potential of the company. I’m hoping for another split in 2021-2022! I’ve also killed it in WKHS, first 100 shares I bought at $2.48. I see a lot of growth coming in the EV Space. Who knows what will happen in the coming years, but as evidenced by history, the market always comes back and usually faster than anyone could imagine. I’d guess a conservative investment strategy would be to have something like a total market index or S&P index. Throw in a few growth stocks and also keep some cash reserves to take advantage of any dips/crashes. in my opinion, there will always be good stocks to buy regardless of who’s president and any policies signed into law. I believe companies will adapt. May be harder to find now than they were over the last few years, but they will be out there. Also make sure you are taking advantage of tax advantages retirement accounts... 401k, ROTH 401k, ROTH IRA’s etc Also, Bitcoin has my attention. I understand the risks and I’ll never “invest” what I’m not willing to lose. I do think it has some advantages to it and I’d treat this as a hedge in my portfolio. Not trying to strike it rich by any means with it. I also would not be laundering money or trying to shield any gains from the government.

WoW!!!! that was quick!

I don't know if he is an idiot but I would ask what is the point of flying the rebel flag inside the capitol? I bet he's feeling like an idiot while he sits in jail facing many years in prison.

Dunno what to tell you there, as 110-20100 is shown as the lowest starting number. Like you, I would assume that anything starting with the 110 would have to be in those two years, but that's odd. I would recommend staying with Ruger BX 25 or BX 15 mags. - OS

I use to have the full size GI model. Never had an issue with any ammo i ran through it. Great basic beginner 1911 if you don't want to break the bank your first time out.

I’ve just gone to waving and smiling at road rage idiots. If that don’t work I try blowing a kiss.

Not going to matter, that message will never change the opinion of the left or the way the MSM portrays this.

This is an excellent point. One could possibly argue that maintaining health and fitness is patriotic, since it’s good for the well being of the country and can reduce an individual’s impact on society when a pandemic arrives by being less likely to get it and/or more likely to recover quickly. I’m no fitness fanatic or health guru, but I try not abandon common sense when eating and I can run five miles in less than 45 minutes. My blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol are good. I’ve had the virus and fully recovered without issues. I like my unvaccinated odds, but would probably have a different attitude if I were a 70 year old obese diabetic. I’m trying not to become that, however, and I wish more Americans would do the same.

Here's what you want to buy. These are my best ideas after retiring from 40+ years of this stuff. I'm not going to elaborate on any of these, just Google them, then decide. You're on your own, because you're not paying me a dime! ATOM CRLBF EXPI FAN Wind energy. Imagine that. GDXJ GLD ICLN LIT NIO RIOT ***Buy, but at this point not much! It's a pure Bitcoin play. They make Bitcoins. Buy a little bit, if Bitcoin goes nuts, you're golden. SLV SILJ SPXU is a 3X ETF on the downside moving value of the S&P500. Important to have as a hedge. TAN Solar energy. Imagine that. That is all. Good luck everyone! Oh, and TSLA. It's probably the best play out there. I just can't bring myself to pay that kind of valuation. But I'm probably making a huge mistake. This may be one of the most world class companies of all time.

Translation: Avoid bitcoin like plague ...

Eagle.

USPS Tracking: 1. We have it! 2. Ain't got a clue? 3. Delivered!

Look, I am really sick of this crap. Everything we have done lately has been designed to keep TGO available for all of us. Read this story: https://rantingly.com/godaddy-cancels-ar15-com/ This could easily happen to us. I am working NOW to set up a contingency plan. If you can't work with us on this, then get the hell off of TGO and go somewhere else. I can't fight THEM and fight you guys here.

I might be listing a Custom Dan Wesson Commander Length Bobtail soon. Thanks for looking.

Consistent compression of a spring does not make it wear. The compression and decompression or movement of the tempered material, or the movement of the molecules is what causes the breakdown of the microscopic structure of elements. In laymens terms,, load em up and keep em loaded as long as you like. You will be long gone in a pine box before you have to worry about single compression breakdown of tempered spring steel.

There are clips, and then there are magazines. In any case, it should not damage either one to keep them loaded. Springs wear from being cycled, not from being compressed.