Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "CNN" channel.

  1. People always hesitate and refuse to give up their false religion and man pretending to be a god.
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  2. Governors have no authority over what is in the air, that's federal. And it'd shut down two major airport approaches for NYC and a major international ones at that.
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  3.  @Makroti1050-z9y  Russia is bombing Gaza, Netanyahu and the ICC? Given that this story is about Russia attacking Ukraine, which is decidedly far afield the Levant.
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  4.  @notapplicable4567  pity you jump in to defend Russia without viewing the video, which shows the kid's body being removed.
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  5. Sort of like My Fellow American meets Grumpy Old Men. Which are actually two of my favorite films (well, the both of the Grumpy Old Men films).
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  6. Red is the new orange.
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  7. I KNOW THE FEELING, STILL GETTING USED TO THIS NEW KEYBOARD AND ITS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LOCATION OF THE CAPSLOCK KEY. Sorry, couldn't resist a truism that nearly bit me a few times now... We can put people into space for over a year, we still can't quite standardize a cheap frigging keyboard... Seriously though, yeah, ignorance is bliss and oddly, the blissful are phenomenally loud. And oddly, also sore losers and sore winners, they're just sore all over and still accepting that which generates their pain in the first place and blaming everyone else for their fuck-ups.
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  8. Sentencing guidelines. It's a class E felony, the lowest grade felony there is in NY. Add in, he's a first time offender. Hence, lighter gloves, rather than start out slapping people with an anvil.
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  9. To have a mindset, the commentards first must have a mind. :/
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  10. The only problem is, they're interviewing Bolton on a military subject. There's one truism in the DoD, whatever Bolton says, Bolton's wrong. Remember, Bolton was one of the champion against Iraqi nukes that never existed, we bled while him and W were searching the Oval Office for Iraqi nukes.
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  11.  @beckydoesit9331 OK, crimes are legal. No need to put people in prison for murder or rape either then.
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  12. We all defy physics by merely walking. What we don't do as responsible adults is taking others down with us if we trip and fall. Meanwhile, everyone fixates upon carbon fiber, ignoring the lexan that was rated at half of its depth and well, a thousand other ignored fuck-ups in the design. There are 3 submersibles that use carbon fiber. Two still exist and entirely failed to crush. One of the two was examined after every dive by x-ray and ultrasound, unlike this one, which was "examined" visually and using just a plain microphone to detect when it implodes. From my seat, I'd have his death certificate list suicide as cause of death.
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  13.  @malahammer  really good engineering and manufacturing. The stresses involved are phenomenal. It staying together likely factored into the lower injury rate, which in and of itself is unusual as one wants some buckling to lower the impact upon the occupants. Great design, pure and simple!
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  14.  @soldetardeaguilera2250  there aren't enough warheads in service in Russia or the US to give global fireworks. First targets would be the other guy's nukes, then military communications centers and nexuses, airbases, naval shipyards that aren't nuke capable, followed by staging areas and depots. That pretty much wrings out the stockpiles of both post START treaties nations. Given I'm in south-central PA, in an area ringed with depots, I'd definitely see fireworks - assuming a few miss first, otherwise I'll not notice anything but Saint Peter.
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  15.  @rodneyoneil-kb1xk  actually, my read is that the individual agrees with you. Money and politics aren't a terrible mix, they're a toxic to democratic institutions mix, as is well evidenced in Russia today.
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  16. He'd suffered at least one TBI, likely multiple given his MOS. That predisposes him to PTSD, due to cumulative damage from those injuries and clouds thinking and predisposes the patient toward self-harm. Toss those into the mix of major personal problems that could easily end his career just before he'd be able to retire at 20 years, add another drive toward the deep end. Then, one needs only fixate upon some "message" and desire to make a showy egress so that the press picks up the spectacle. And we all are familiar with IED's that utilized the gas cylinders and fuel to build damage locally, accelerated by an explosive. He chose to utilize a low explosive, rather than mixing up a high explosive, which suggests he wasn't wanting to harm others or destroy property.
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  17.  @happ-hobby  so, saying someone is guilty after they plea guilty is unconstitutional? With that last sentence, that's literally an end result of a guilty plea. Just as finding someone guilty of fraudulently signing a document would be unconstitutional under that argument, legalizing fraud and counterfeiting money. Perhaps, a rephrasing of that last sentence is in order? Such as, "Saying someone is guilty without a guilty verdict is unconstitutional"? After all, if I sign a document stating that I'm God and hence, via that document, requiring specific funding be paid by the receiving party, that remains fraud or I am indeed God. And if I become God, I'll be forced to become an atheist.
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  18. Ah, but now the worthless stock is worth less. What are penny stocks again? Still, I'm impressed, having personally met the man, I didn't think he was smart enough to manage a pump and dump. He's more a pump and dumpster fire kind of guy.
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  19.  @davidleandro7026  yeah, reporting what they saw. It's called the news.
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  20.  @gbh5912  it's called remembrance, hence why we have memorial day. May you be swiftly forgotten and remain unburied.
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  21.  @jimrobinett2254  yeah, go for putting an oval office inside of Rikers. It'd be unique for foreign heads of state on visiting day... Oh, even if somehow he won, you do realize that New York state does not have to release him from prison, yes? State rights and all.
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  22.  @beckydoesit9331 so, crime should always go unpunished. Close the criminal courts too! Just convict and release.
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  23.  @SuperSunrise69  and all of that, irrelevant, as none are unlawful activities. What is relevant is, there was a week to prepare a venue that should normally take a month to prepare for in terms of security.
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  24. That's what people cried with Genghis Khan and Atilla the Hun.
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  25.  @catwrangler7907 hey, it worked great for Russia. It worked so well in Berlin, the Soviets built a wall completely around the Soviet Union - oh wait, they didn't.
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  26. Naw, but he did comment again on the rather large verdict against him, guess he wants to give the woman even more money.
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  27. Well, that's what one gets when one worships Machine Gun Jesus from the Prosperity Gospel. The antithesis of what the actual gospels said, which actually is just updated paraphrasing of much of the Old Testament minus all of the war crap.
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  28. MrJamesIkanov , as you said, criminals use concealable firearms first, gangbangers might try a drive-by with a semi-auto AK or something. Long range, precision marksmanship firearms are beyond their class. That said, I've heard of some who did manage to acquire unlawfully converted fully automatic firearms and even one who had a full blown Ma Deuce guarding his drug distribution facility (a house in Allentown, PA area). Those are vanishingly rare. As for your description of an SSBI (that is what is performed for ownership of NFA firearms), "anal probing" is rather appropriate. Everyone you've worked with, neighbors, former neighbors, etc, for the past decade are interviewed. I know, I've passed such investigations a number of times for the military. In the middle of the initiation of yet another, again for the government. Interest in full automatic, despite my military proficiency with them? Zero, I'd have to triple my income to be able to afford to fire in such abandon as recreation. Something I also have very little interest in doing anyway. Dirties the weapon too much and wears the barrel. Worse, there are three chances of my firing full automatic out of any of my national match barrels. Slim, fat and none.
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  29. Jar-Jar Binks , while I personally lack interest in competing in this class, I know men and women who to compete in one mile and longer competition precision shooting. Indeed, this rifle is short, compared to other competition models that have longer barrels. I'm not into it due to the weight and punishment to the shoulder and spine it delivers, too many years in the Army. I'll stick with .308 long range and 5.56 intermediate and short range competition. Then, there are those who want to own one because our military uses them. Frankly, to me, it's a waste of money, but I'm not one to tell another person how to spend their hard earned money. The final type who would want one is the one who earnestly believes that they can fight "tyranny", a ridiculous notion, as one puny rifle against artillery, MLRS, B-52's, various fighter aircraft, tanks, smart bombs, dumb (iron) bombs, AC-130 gunships, helicopter gunships and Special Operations, plus infantry, just isn't happening.
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  30. MrJamesIkanov , actually, I've researched it. As one who argues with both militant pro-second amendment types and anti-firearms types, getting facts straight is super important if I don't want to lose my point by making an ass of myself. There have been no civilian crimes committed with a .50 BMG in living memory. There has been one case I am personally aware of (and verified via restricted means) of a DEA raid in Allentown, PA where the drug dealer (senior type) had a fully functioning and loaded M2 .50 BMG machinegun that was stolen from the military some time before. Zip otherwise. For myself, that rifle would be a waste. I'm unwilling to lug it around, my osteoarthritis prohibits it. Firing it? Thanks, but no thanks. Did so earlier in my military career, now, I'm retired from that after damned near 28 years. Now, my back would hate me and I'd hate life after that much torque would be thrust into my spine. Still, I know people who do compete with them and admire their precision. I'd love to join them, but today, I've acquired way too many dings and dents to race in that particular class of race.
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  31. +Noble 9 except for rounds like .22LR, which can be completely silenced. Even 9mm can be fully suppressed, it isn't until one goes into high power rifle rounds where one only suppresses a fair amount. It all comes down to size, the more propellant used, the larger the can has to be. One could fully silence a .50 BMG system, but the suppressor would be the size of a fucking trash can.
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  32. No, everyone capable of learning basic first aid should be taught it. I remember one case where an 8 year old kid clunked his head, bled out an entire unit of blood while he and his friend wandered looking for help, nearly died before someone directed them to the fire department. He'd not have required hospitalization had basic first aid and say, his shirt used as an improvised bandage.
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  33. Makes Don the Con have a whole new meaning, Don the Convict.
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  34. Well, at least he knows success. In making himself an abject failure.
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  35.  @tonyjones1560  I dunno, I'm 62 and things aren't getting any easier. I'm thinking of one chance out of three I'd be willing. Slim chance. Fat chance. No chance. And considering that life in prison and the death penalty loses deterrent value as one ages, what would happen to the individual suggesting that job would be, well, most unfortunate. "Honest, Your Honor, his head just imploded and I found him that way!"
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  36.  @whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306  that's fine, within reason. After all, having used one myself, I've been known to fuck up. In my own defense though, I am dyslexic. In Trump's defense, he is an idiot. I'll just get my hat...
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  37.  @davidmcgann9111  more likely, he's hoping they can delay things until past the election, then delay the trial while hoping to be in office, then demand dismissal due to expired statute of limitations.
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  38. So? Donald Trump works for the FSB.
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  39. That's because facts are getting found by those investigators folks and investigations, unlike "I Dream Of Jeanie" don't take a wink and blink, but require time and looking at things, interviewing people, etc. So, the media either interviews each other or reports whatever they hear to get the big scoop and well, most of the time, well over half of it isn't only wrong, it's not even wrong.
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  40. There's a big difference between Trump and me. I'm not Presidential anything myself, the difference being, I know and acknowledge it, Trump doesn't know or care, as long as his whims are catered to and his ass properly kissed.
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  41. Aliens again, after all, there was that invasion in 1938, a very similar panic occurred. Aliens spotted all over the place too.
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  42. I'm shocked that egg prices remain high! After all, he's laying an egg everywhere he goes, especially in court.
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  43. Required by law. For many decades.
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  44.  @Tom-xn8nn  nope. One can swear or affirm and not to God, but to the court, the ultimate authority at that location. That practice existing even longer than our nation has.
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  45.  @RBCharger  well, Trump already compared himself to Mother Teresa.
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  46. Or maybe they wanted to see my pictures from my youth, when I used to walk my pet dinosaur. ;) Hey, some mornings, I feel like I'm 65 million years old...
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  47.  @rosiedean7504  yep, peace, quiet and no stench.
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  48.  @fungoorstitch  yeah, but you'd offer one thing that'd be superior to his meadow muffin product. Someone intelligent behind it. His comes with leadership whose intellect is on par with that of a potted plant.
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  49. Where is Jackson and his cane...?
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  50.  @SP2X1369  when the defense delays it, that "right" obviously was waived.
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