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[LC]

Isn't this a State's rights issue? said zero people on the right.

This must be one of those "State's rights" we don't agree with, so it doesn't matter!

 

 

[Parsad]

14 hours ago, Gregmal said:

Those numbers are horrible lol wtf are you talking about? Two dozen shootings a week! 

 

Still about half of the per capita rate in most southern red states!  Now that is fucking horrible...lol!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

12 hours ago, Spekulatius said:

He just had a traffic accident in NH under dubious circumstances. Maybe similar to those:

 

 

 

 

Actually, I think he stopped short so the car behind him rear ended him.  He needs every penny to pay all of his penalties and lawsuits.  I'm sure he'll clear a few million by suing the other driver, which should help him out for a while.  Cheers!

[whiskybravo]

1 hour ago, Parsad said:

 

Still about half of the per capita rate in most southern red states!  Now that is fucking horrible...lol!  Cheers!

Correction: blue cities in red states. Literally specks of blue in a sea of red on a political map.

[whiskybravo]

1 hour ago, Parsad said:

 

Actually, I think he stopped short so the car behind him rear ended him.  He needs every penny to pay all of his penalties and lawsuits.  I'm sure he'll clear a few million by suing the other driver, which should help him out for a while.  Cheers!

Rudy has indeed gone loopy, particularly after the 2020 election.  Disgraceful.  However as a New Yorker, I will always remember his presence after 9/11.  Sad

 

As far as these things mentioned above in the interests of fairness he thought he was headed for a Monica Lewinsky special.  He was led into a private bedroom for drinks with a flirtatious, admiring young woman who the put her hand in his shirt to remove a microphone.

 

He and his driver were signaled by a distressed woman on the side of the highway.  Upon learning that she had been a victim of domestic abuse, he waited with her until authorities came.  He was rear ended and significantly injured when his driver pulled back out into the highway.

[Parsad]

59 minutes ago, whiskybravo said:

Correction: blue cities in red states. Literally specks of blue in a sea of red on a political map.

 

Looks pretty evenly split to me...and Washington is well behind many other cities...Chicago is way down the list.  So you can cut it up whatever way you want, there was no need for what Trump is doing.  Funding for additional personnel on a federal level to coordinate tactics against drugs, gangs, guns, trafficking, etc would have been more productive.  Cheers!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate

[Parsad]

51 minutes ago, whiskybravo said:

Rudy has indeed gone loopy, particularly after the 2020 election.  Disgraceful.  However as a New Yorker, I will always remember his presence after 9/11.  Sad

 

As far as these things mentioned above in the interests of fairness he thought he was headed for a Monica Lewinsky special.  He was led into a private bedroom for drinks with a flirtatious, admiring young woman who the put her hand in his shirt to remove a microphone.

 

He and his driver were signaled by a distressed woman on the side of the highway.  Upon learning that she had been a victim of domestic abuse, he waited with her until authorities came.  He was rear ended and significantly injured when his driver pulled back out into the highway.

 

OJ was a great football player.  Michael Jackson was one of the most talented singers in history. 

 

At one time, Giuliani was respected...a hero to New Yorkers after 9/11...a friend and admirer of John McCain.  But then he tied his horse to Trump's wagon and like most in that sphere, fell off the wagon, lost everything and walked off into an ignominious sunset. 

 

And he won't be the only one...there are dozens and dozens who fell to the same fate.  Probably by the time Trump is done, there will be a few hundred!  Cheers! 

[whiskybravo]

44 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

Looks pretty evenly split to me...and Washington is well behind many other cities...Chicago is way down the list.  So you can cut it up whatever way you want, there was no need for what Trump is doing.  Funding for additional personnel on a federal level to coordinate tactics against drugs, gangs, guns, trafficking, etc would have been more productive.  Cheers!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate

Agree on the question of constitutionality.  On the issue of who governs the cities with the most crime.  I sampled your link by choosing cities with greater than 1000 per 100,000 for total violent crime and gave up after the first ten were all democratically run cities (no matter whether red state or blue).

 

Maybe when they see positive results in DC citizens of these blue cities will demand more from their elected officials.  

[whiskybravo]

42 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

OJ was a great football player.  Michael Jackson was one of the most talented singers in history. 

 

At one time, Giuliani was respected...a hero to New Yorkers after 9/11...a friend and admirer of John McCain.  But then he tied his horse to Trump's wagon and like most in that sphere, fell off the wagon, lost everything and walked off into an ignominious sunset. 

 

And he won't be the only one...there are dozens and dozens who fell to the same fate.  Probably by the time Trump is done, there will be a few hundred!  Cheers! 

Yeah, but specifically what he did in contesting the 2020 election which was dishonest and undermined democracy . Guys like Chris Wright you might say are tying themselves to Trump, but what he is doing is very beneficial to the country.

[dealraker]

As our Trump fixes all crowd continues to rant "problem solved" it seems, at least according the Wall St. Journal today, that the royal family notched another $5 bil with their latest crypto scheme.

 

Cubs, while you're obviously feeling empowered...are you sure Trump's slaving away for your benefit as much as you think?  

 

 

[Parsad]

3 hours ago, whiskybravo said:

Yeah, but specifically what he did in contesting the 2020 election which was dishonest and undermined democracy . Guys like Chris Wright you might say are tying themselves to Trump, but what he is doing is very beneficial to the country.

 

70 lawsuits, hundreds of people investigating, don't know how many MAGA nutjobs insinuating, and still zero proof that there was any fraud in the 2016, 2020 or 2024 election of any significance...especially enough to turn the election!  So can it with the election fraud bullshit!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

3 hours ago, whiskybravo said:

Agree on the question of constitutionality.  On the issue of who governs the cities with the most crime.  I sampled your link by choosing cities with greater than 1000 per 100,000 for total violent crime and gave up after the first ten were all democratically run cities (no matter whether red state or blue).

 

Maybe when they see positive results in DC citizens of these blue cities will demand more from their elected officials.  

 

That's because about 75% of cities vote Democrat.  Doesn't matter if it is a red state or a blue state.

 

So explain to me why Trump has sent in the National Guards to Washington...which is relatively low compared to many other cities...and threatening Chicago, which is far down the list.  

 

Shouldn't he be sending them to the top ten?  How about the top twenty?  Washington isn't till number 29!  Not even number 19 by population.

 

So no rhyme or reason, other than he wants to make an example of Democratic governors!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

Genius at work again!

 

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/china-military-parade-xi-jinping-09-03-25-intl-hnk

 

He's got a big brain...big I tell ya...big, round, not squishy...it's a perfect brain...some might say handsome brain...IQ is so high, sooo high...might be the smartest man alive.

 

"Vlad's a friend, I believe him"..."I have a great relationship with Kim"..."I like CHY-NA, but I like President Xi very much, have always liked him!"

 

Cheers!

 

 

[cwericb]

Seeing Russia, China, North Korea getting closer and now with Trump's dumb move to piss off India and drive India closer to the Russia China and North Korea is, to put it mildly, concerning. Trump and his pals are acting like they think they are are the kings of the world, This will not end well.

 

[Gregmal]

7 hours ago, Parsad said:

 

Still about half of the per capita rate in most southern red states!  Now that is fucking horrible...lol!  Cheers!

I think we could take the data, and the facts, and put it in front of a 10 year old and that 10 year old would have no problem identifying say, maybe, 3-5 very dominant, high correlation characteristics of the most disgusting and dangerous places in America. Republican run, certainly wouldn’t be anywhere near the top of that list.

[Castanza]

52 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

That's because about 75% of cities vote Democrat.  Doesn't matter if it is a red state or a blue state.

 

So explain to me why Trump has sent in the National Guards to Washington...which is relatively low compared to many other cities...and threatening Chicago, which is far down the list.  

 

Shouldn't he be sending them to the top ten?  How about the top twenty?  Washington isn't till number 29!  Not even number 19 by population.

 

So no rhyme or reason, other than he wants to make an example of Democratic governors!  Cheers!

 

Because there is more to the issue than "top 10 lists." Chicago has the largest gang presence of any major US city. Gangs and drug trafficking crosses city and state lines. Washington DC is the face of the country where our government resides. Optics plays a role and likely probably some strategy with regards to Chicago (if this is even beneficial, definitely mostly optics). 

[cubsfan]

2 hours ago, dealraker said:

Cubs, while you're obviously feeling empowered...are you sure Trump's slaving away for your benefit as much as you think?  

Like you heroic Uncle - he'll go down in history as one of the greatest of all time!

[Spekulatius]

19 hours ago, dwy000 said:

If u flood a city with soldiers of course its going to drop - while theyre there. If you want long term, sustained improvement in crime it doesnt take a genius to understand this is doing nothing. Crime had been dropping for years already. 

 

And why not in cities with higher crime rates?  

Would be interesting how the locals

Like @thepupil think about the National Guard presence. After all, they are the major stakeholder, the rest of us are just shouting from the sidelines.

 

I think there are more folks here at CoBF that live in the greater DC area. Their input may mean more than all our opinion.

 

[thepupil]

2 minutes ago, Spekulatius said:

Would be interesting how the locals

Like @thepupil think about the National Guard presence. After all, they are the major stakeholder, the rest of us are just shouting from the sidelines.

 

I think there are more folks here at CoBF that live in the greater DC area. Their input may mean more than all our opinion.

 

 

I don't really qualify as a local. I live in the adjacent burbs and my life is very suburban and family oriented. between work and family, there' not much time for us to go galivanting in the city. we go in for museums, ball games, etc, but by no means city dwellers. 

 

I think DC had/has an embarrassing crime problem and I, as a relatively person who doesn't go into city often, would take certain precautions when going in for dinner, namely taking ubers so i don't have to park or ever be a pedestrian....going out late to a nice restaurant....uber to the restaurant...uber home. your uber can get jacked, but then you hopefully just get pushed out and lose a credit card and a phone. 

 

i welcome change...some of which was in  progress via the reversal of truly idiotic policies on crime and it seemed like they started to actually arrests / punish people. 

 

i have mixed feelings overall re national guard, but think it makes most sense in DC, which has long precedent of federal control and for obvious reasons has very strong ties to the federal government. 

 

as a marylander, i do have some fear DC's gain will be Maryland's loss (criminals adapt) but given that much of the motivation for the crime is non-economic and hihgly localized, it's not a huge concern...more of a concern regardign the vagrants taking the red line up to moco.

[gfp]

I live in one of the most violent dangerous cities in the United States, although we are currently on an upswing in peace and quiet like most bad cities.  We choose our vehicle differently depending on where it will be parked.  I would never leave a bicycle locked up outside anywhere in New Orleans overnight.

 

In the months after Hurricane Katrina we had a very large national guard presence policing our streets.  We had checkpoints with hummers and machine guns and the whole nine yards.  Curfews.  Personally I didn't mind it much but there is a lot of local nuance that a bunch of national guard soldiers that aren't from the area are going to be clueless of and that part was annoying.

 

Since the NOPD is understaffed by a large margin, the only thing that has worked to improve safety in New Orleans is a comprehensive high definition video surveillance program called Project Nola.  It uses facial recognition and firearm recognition to let a multi-agency group of law enforcement people know when a wanted person is walking into a convenience store in the French Quarter or when someone pulls an assault rifle out of their pants.  This system makes all the big-brother-surveillance state people VERY nervous but it has been extremely effective in our tiny city.  I know for sure that a system like this is way more effective in reducing crime than a bunch of non-local soldiers standing around with combat gear on just to show a presence.

https://www.projectnola.org

Edited September 3, 2025 by gfp

[John Hjorth]

Danmarks Radio - dr.dk [September 3^rd 2025] : Ukrainian arms company behind powerful 'flamingo' missile starts production in Denmark

 

Subtitle : The company FPRT expects to start production on December 1 in Skrydstrup.

 

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Zelenskyi on visit at Danish PM Mette Frederiksen today at her PM summer residence Marienborg.

 

It is about start of production of solid rocket fuel for the Flamingo missiles here in Denmark, outside Russias reach.

 

Nobody in Europe trust Putin anymore on any matter, and about all agree that Putin managed to play POTUS in Alaska, and none of POTUS' deadlines have been upheld with consequences, making POTUS look like a babbling fool.

[Parsad]

1 hour ago, cubsfan said:

Like you heroic Uncle - he'll go down in history as one of the greatest of all time!

 

Isn't that what they used to say about Nixon?  Cheers!

[cubsfan]

25 minutes ago, John Hjorth said:

Nobody in Europe trust Putin anymore on any matter, and about all agree that Putin managed to play POTUS in Alaska, and none of POTUS' deadlines have been upheld with consequences, making POTUS look like a babbling fool.

 

Yeah, but @John Hjorth - nobody can count on Europe anymore, because we know the leaders are a bunch of windbags that do nothing but talk.

 

What now if not POTUS actually trying???

[Parsad]

57 minutes ago, Spekulatius said:

 

 

I think there are more folks here at CoBF that live in the greater DC area. Their input may mean more than all our opinion.

 

 

Probably won't matter to the MAGA faithful.  No matter what I say about Canada, they still think the country is run by Trudeau, fentanyl flows like water and we use dinghies as our navy!  Can't see how what a Washingtonian says would matter to them.  Cheers!

 

[73 Reds]

3 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

Probably won't matter to the MAGA faithful.  No matter what I say about Canada, they still think the country is run by Trudeau, fentanyl flows like water and we use dinghies as our navy!  Can't see how what a Washingtonian says would matter to them.  Cheers!

 

It works both ways.  No matter what successes Trump achieves he will always be looked down on by his opponents.   So at the end of the day, who cares what anyone says or thinks?  Results - good or bad - are all that matter and at least we've got someone in office who is making an effort.