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>> but Argentina is a hell of a lot worse.<<

Not really. So the Argentine Navy tossed a bunch of their revolutionary student communists from helicopters into the sea—the US would never have the guts to solve our own communist problems in that manner!

>>There is no dispute. The territories are British.

There is nothing to discuss.<<

I can tell you didn’t read the attached story. Argentina disputes that the Falkland’s are part of Great Britain. That qualifies as a dispute.

Frankly, from a US point of view, best to slowly disengage with Great Britain now that they are going Islamic. They are not the nation they one were. I would support Argentina’s ownership.

Good riddance. Germany is a ruined nation, we can all see it.

>>blah blah blah<<

better hope it doesn’t happen to you

When I was a kid, growing up in Portsmouth Virginia, a friend of mine found an American canon ball from the Battle of Craney Island (June 22, 1813) from the War of 1812. Made the local newspaper.

>>Build them a new power grid in exchange for free elections. It beats hell out of the Bay of Pigs. Probably cheaper too.<<

Probably the most ridiculous thing I’ve read today.

The biggest problem with the death penalty is that it is know with certainty that some people executed for murder were actually innocent of the crime.

Based on a landmark peer-reviewed study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, at least 4.1% of people sentenced to death in the United States are innocent. While the exact percentage of already executed individuals who were truly innocent cannot be known with 100% certainty, legal experts and data researchers point to several key metrics:

The 4% Base Error Rate: The study led by the University of Michigan Law School concluded that because the judicial system operates with a conservative error rate of roughly 1 in 25 capital cases, it is virtually certain that a comparable percentage of executed individuals were innocent.

The Exoneration-to-Execution Ratio: According to the Death Penalty Information Center, for every 8 people executed in the modern U.S. era, 1 other person on death row has been found innocent and officially exonerated.

The Post-Execution Data Gap: The known number of wrongful executions is artificially low because once an inmate is executed, legal systems and defense attorneys almost always stop investigating the case. Funding disappears, and courts rarely grant posthumous DNA testing, which permanently leaves many wrongful executions unproven.

Additional details and case histories of wrongfully convicted death-row inmates are continually tracked by the Innocence Project and the Death Penalty Information Center.

The following ten men are widely recognized by legal scholars, innocence organizations, and investigative journalists as having been wrongfully executed for murders they did not commit:

1. Cameron Todd Willingham (Texas, 2004) - Convicted of a triple-homicide for an alleged arson fire that killed his three children. Evidence later concluded the fire was accidental.

2. Carlos DeLuna (Texas, 1989) - Executed for the 1983 fatal stabbing of a convenience store clerk. Decades later, an extensive Columbia Law School investigation proved he was a victim of mistaken identity, and the real killer had confessed.

3. George Stinney Jr. (South Carolina, 1944) - A 14-year-old boy who was the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 20th century. A judge vacated his conviction 70 years later, ruling his confession was coerced.

4. Joe Arridy (Colorado, 1939) - A mentally disabled man falsely coerced into a confession for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl.

5. Timothy Evans (United Kingdom, 1950) - Hanged in London for the murder of his infant daughter. It was later revealed that the actual serial killer, John Christie, was the true culprit, and Evans was subsequently granted a royal pardon.

6. Jesse Tafero (Florida, 1990) - Convicted of murdering two highway patrol officers. Key witnesses recanted their testimonies, and the real shooter’s confession later surfaced.

7. Larry Griffin (Missouri, 1995) - Convicted of a 1981 drive-by shooting. Eyewitness and investigative discrepancies later revealed Griffin did not commit the crime.

8. Claude Jones (Texas, 2000) - Executed for a liquor store robbery-murder. DNA testing on a hair fragment—the sole piece of evidence tying him to the crime—proved nearly a decade later that it did not belong to him.

9. Ruben Cantu (Texas, 1993) - Executed for a 1984 murder in which he always maintained his innocence. Years later, his co-defendant came forward to confess that Cantu was not present during the crime.

10. David Wayne Spence (Texas, 1997) - Executed for the 1982 Lake Waco murders. Evidence later surfaced indicating the case against him was fabricated, leading investigators to conclude he was innocent.

>>Who made the law that every male superhero had to have a female counterpart?<<

You mean like Captain America?

No thanks. I am boycotting it because I don’t want to support the empty headed actress with the big mouth who plays Supergirl.

COURT MARTIAL

What, the Germans stopped driving?

Why doesn’t the USA issue an international arrest warrant on these two and then gather evidence to ascertain their location and swoop in and arrest them? Then confiscate their assets—all of them? Foreign interference in US elections ought be a crime of the most serious kind.

>>I know quite a few. They are all older folks. And they are patriots. Some are vets. They put the flag out on holidays, and believe in hard work. They also think the Democrat Party is still the center-left party of JFK.

And so they vote straight D.<<

They are the fools who will acquiesce in the nation’s destruction.

When Nixon was elected president I was 13. I hadn’t yet learned that the network news was fake and horribly slanted, and I bought into all the anti-Nixon hysteria. I hated Agnew also—that dude seemed wrong in a way that Nixon did not. In fact, Nixon seemed nice personally, lots of smiles from him, but I hated that gesture where he thrust his two arms in the air. It took me until Jimmy Carter before I saw how messed up the Democrats were. Still, Nixon did some messed up things as President. He took the first step towards Communist China. He ordered his infamous “Wage and Price Freeze”. Still, I like him now and still smile at how he completely massacred the Democrat nominee George McGovern in 1972.?

GROK says: Evaluation of the Free Republic Thread: “New Flu Shots Increase Chances of Sickness & Death”
The webpage is a forum thread on Free Republic, a user-generated conservative online community known for hosting discussions critical of government institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and mainstream public health policies. The thread was posted on June 27, 2026, at 8:51 AM PDT by user “delta7.” It shares and amplifies content from biotech analyst Karen Kingston, primarily drawing from her Substack article and a related interview.
Summary of the Main Post
The post warns that new flu shots—particularly Moderna’s investigational mRNA-based influenza vaccine (mRNA-1010, also referred to as mFlusiva)—increase the risk of sickness and death. Key elements include:

Reference to a recent FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) meeting on June 18, 2026.
Claims of 199 total deaths (102 in the mRNA arm) in the Phase 3 trial data, equating to a 0.3% death rate over six months—described as more than ten times higher than CDC-reported flu mortality rates for adults 50–64 (0.015%) and 65+ (0.05%).
Emphasis that the trial was not placebo-controlled but compared the mRNA vaccine against “enhanced” trivalent/quadrivalent flu vaccines from GSK and Sanofi, with similar death rates in both arms.
Assertions that mRNA technology turns cells into “virus-producing factories,” that safety and efficacy standards were disregarded for speed-to-market, and that the process constitutes “illegal human experimentation.”
Advice to avoid the shots, citing statements attributed to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. regarding increased susceptibility to respiratory infections.
Link to Kingston’s analysis on usawatchdog.com and her Substack.

The tone is strongly cautionary and alarmist, framing regulatory decisions as reckless.
Factual Assessment of Key Claims
The thread accurately reports certain raw numbers from Moderna’s FDA filing and the VRBPAC materials:

Pooled Phase 3 data involved approximately 35,965 participants receiving mRNA-1010 and 35,951 receiving comparator enhanced flu vaccines (primarily GSK’s Fluarix).
There were 102 deaths (0.3%) in the mRNA group and 97 in the comparator group—balanced between arms.
The VRBPAC voted 9-0 that benefits outweigh risks for adults 50–64 and separately for adults 65+, advancing the vaccine toward a potential FDA decision (PDUFA target date August 5, 2026).

However, several interpretations are misleading or lack critical context:

Causality and comparator design: The post highlights the 0.3% death rate but does not sufficiently emphasize that rates were nearly identical in the active-comparator arm (traditional enhanced flu vaccines). FDA reviewers noted deaths were balanced, with no pattern or clustering indicating a specific safety signal for mRNA-1010. Serious adverse events and deaths were comparable across groups.
Comparison to CDC flu mortality rates: Equating trial all-cause mortality in a study population of adults ≥50 (many with comorbidities) to general-population flu-specific mortality rates is not a valid like-for-like comparison. Trial participants represent a higher-risk cohort; background mortality in such groups over six months is expected to be substantially higher than seasonal flu death rates in the broader population.
Mechanism description: The characterization of mRNA vaccines as turning cells into “virus-producing factories” is sensationalized. mRNA instructs cells to produce a viral antigen (e.g., hemagglutinin) to elicit an immune response; it does not produce infectious virus particles capable of replication or transmission.
Regulatory process: The VRBPAC reviewed integrated safety data, including deaths, and concluded benefits outweigh risks after extensive discussion. FDA staff had noted some evidence gaps (particularly efficacy data in older adults), but found no major deficiencies precluding advancement.
Efficacy context: Published trial data indicated the mRNA candidate showed improved relative vaccine efficacy (approximately 27% better protection against flu-like illness versus standard-dose comparators in one analysis), though real-world performance would require post-marketing confirmation.

Kingston’s Substack acknowledges the balanced death rates and FDA’s assessment of no clustering but still concludes the product should not be approved and frames mRNA technology as inherently harmful with “zero benefit.”
Credibility of Sources

Free Republic: Functions as a discussion forum rather than a journalistic outlet. Content reflects the community’s predominant skepticism toward public health institutions and pharmaceutical regulation. Threads often prioritize narrative alignment over comprehensive sourcing or balanced presentation.
Karen Kingston: Presents herself as a biotech analyst and former Pfizer employee. Her professional background is in pharmaceutical marketing and strategy rather than vaccine research, clinical development, or medicine. Multiple independent fact-checking organizations have previously identified inaccuracies or misleading interpretations in her commentary on mRNA and COVID-19 vaccines (e.g., claims regarding graphene oxide content, which were unsubstantiated). Her Substack focuses on critical analysis of mRNA technologies and consistently highlights risks while applying skeptical framing to regulatory and trial data.

Discussion Thread Sentiment
The limited replies (approximately six visible) are predominantly supportive of avoiding mRNA-based flu shots, with expressions of distrust toward mandates (including references to military requirements) and mRNA mechanisms. One commenter offered a more nuanced observation, noting that higher observed mortality may reflect the frail populations (nursing homes, hospice, assisted living) often required or strongly encouraged to receive vaccination, rather than proving causation, and highlighting challenges in designing ideal placebo-controlled studies in such groups.
Overall Assessment
The Free Republic thread selectively presents data from the recent Moderna mRNA flu vaccine regulatory review to support a strongly negative conclusion. While it correctly cites death counts and the comparator-controlled design, it omits or downplays key contextual facts: balanced safety outcomes across arms, the absence of a specific mRNA-related mortality signal per FDA review, and the advisory committee’s unanimous positive benefit-risk determination.
The presentation aligns with a broader pattern in certain alternative media and forum spaces of framing new vaccine technologies through a lens of inherent risk and institutional failure, without equivalent weight given to efficacy signals or the limitations of historical comparators.
Recommendation for readers: Health decisions regarding influenza vaccination should be based on primary regulatory documents (FDA briefing materials and VRBPAC transcripts), peer-reviewed publications (such as the NEJM report on the pivotal trial), and individualized medical advice considering age, comorbidities, and local epidemiology. The mRNA flu vaccine candidate, if approved, would represent the first licensed mRNA seasonal influenza product in the United States and would undergo standard post-marketing surveillance. Individuals with questions about any vaccine are advised to consult their physician or review official sources such as FDA.gov or CDC.gov directly.
This evaluation is based on publicly available regulatory summaries, news reporting, and the original thread content as of June 27, 2026.

“Chinese medical journals revealed that many were executed on the operating table.”

>>I suppose that’s just how democratic socialists do things.<<

It us the Communist/Socialist way, comrades. What value is the life of a criminal and dissident? They are liabilities to society. But by the miracle of state medicine and technology, these useless eaters amazingly have the ability to save the lives of others with their organs.

If Benteen and Reno had ridden to Custer’s relief, they too would have died, along with all their men. They tried to do so by following Capt. Weir as far as “Weir Point” There were far too many warriors fighting against the 7th Calvary that day. The only way Reno and Benteen survived was by digging in.

“Prosecutors also reminded the public that all five suspects are presumed innocent while the investigation continues.”

See what their priorities are? Making certain the brown skinned murderers of the white child are not hastily judged! How despicable!

>>It smells like justice to me.

Their bio-engineered virus took my sense of smell and gave me tinnitus.<<

Took my sense of smell as well.