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    10 hours ago, f7ben said:

    Some people still fight for decency in this country. Chelsea deserves respect and our admiration.

    • During the Iraq War, U.S. authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape, and murder by Iraqi police and soldiers, according to thousands of field reports. Guardian 2010
    • There were 109,032 “violent deaths” recorded in Iraq between 2004 and 2009, including 66,081 civilians. Leaked records from the Afghan War separately revealed coalition troops’ alleged role in killing at least 195 civilians in unreported incidents, one reportedly involving U.S. service members machine-gunning a bus, wounding or killing 15 passengers.  Telegraph 2010... Maybe?  IDK...
    • The U.S. Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country that opposed genetically modified crops, with U.S. diplomats effectively working directly for GM companies such as Monsanto.  Guardian 2010
    • British and American officials colluded in a plan to mislead the British Parliament over a proposed ban on cluster bombs.  Guardian 2010
    • In Baghdad in 2007, a U.S. Army helicopter gunned down a group of civilians, including two Reuters news staff.  

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      U.S. special operations forces were conducting offensive operations inside Pakistan despite sustained public denials and statements to the contrary by U.S. officials.  Pakistan where Bin Laden was found and killed.
    • A leaked diplomatic cable provided evidence that during an incident in 2006, U.S. troops in Iraq executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence. The disclosure of this cable was later a significant factor in the Iraqi government’s refusal to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution beyond 2011, which led to U.S. troops withdrawing from the country.  

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      A NATO coalition in Afghanistan was using an undisclosed “black” unit of special operations forces to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial. The unit was revealed to have had a kill-or-capture list featuring details of more than 2,000 senior figures from the Taliban and al-Qaida, but it had in some cases mistakenly killed men, women, children, and Afghan police officers.
    • The U.S. threatened the Italian government in an attempt to influence a court case involving the indictment of CIA agents over the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric. Separately, U.S. officials were revealed to have pressured Spanish prosecutors to dissuade them from investigating U.S. torture allegations, secret “extraordinary rendition” flights, and the killing of a Spanish journalist by U.S. troops in Iraq. Der Spiegel 2010
    • In apparent violation of a 1946 U.N. convention, Washington initiated a spying campaign in 2009 that targeted the leadership of the U.N. by seeking to gather top officials’ private encryption keys, credit card details, and biometric data. Guardian 2010

     

     

    That Chelsea, she's a shrewd one!

     

     

     

    9 hours ago, f7ben said:

    Some people still fight for decency in this country. Chelsea deserves respect and our admiration.

    • During the Iraq War, U.S. authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape, and murder by Iraqi police and soldiers, according to thousands of field reports.
    • There were 109,032 “violent deaths” recorded in Iraq between 2004 and 2009, including 66,081 civilians. Leaked records from the Afghan War separately revealed coalition troops’ alleged role in killing at least 195 civilians in unreported incidents, one reportedly involving U.S. service members machine-gunning a bus, wounding or killing 15 passengers.
    • The U.S. Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country that opposed genetically modified crops, with U.S. diplomats effectively working directly for GM companies such as Monsanto.
    • British and American officials colluded in a plan to mislead the British Parliament over a proposed ban on cluster bombs.
    • In Baghdad in 2007, a U.S. Army helicopter gunned down a group of civilians, including two Reuters news staff.
    • U.S. special operations forces were conducting offensive operations inside Pakistan despite sustained public denials and statements to the contrary by U.S. officials.
    • A leaked diplomatic cable provided evidence that during an incident in 2006, U.S. troops in Iraq executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence. The disclosure of this cable was later a significant factor in the Iraqi government’s refusal to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution beyond 2011, which led to U.S. troops withdrawing from the country.
    • A NATO coalition in Afghanistan was using an undisclosed “black” unit of special operations forces to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial. The unit was revealed to have had a kill-or-capture list featuring details of more than 2,000 senior figures from the Taliban and al-Qaida, but it had in some cases mistakenly killed men, women, children, and Afghan police officers.
    • The U.S. threatened the Italian government in an attempt to influence a court case involving the indictment of CIA agents over the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric. Separately, U.S. officials were revealed to have pressured Spanish prosecutors to dissuade them from investigating U.S. torture allegations, secret “extraordinary rendition” flights, and the killing of a Spanish journalist by U.S. troops in Iraq.
    • In apparent violation of a 1946 U.N. convention, Washington initiated a spying campaign in 2009 that targeted the leadership of the U.N. by seeking to gather top officials’ private encryption keys, credit card details, and biometric data.

     

     

     

    Chelsea who?!

    3 hours ago, Badger** said:

    Talked to a dealer in Wisconsin he said they are using random emails "family and friends" and buying sleds to have on their dealership floor, Cat's whole program seems to be bull shit.

    I can not figure out why anyone would want to be a Cat dealer anymore.

    I owned multiples of all 4 brands at the same time for several years back when I worked at a dealer!

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    3 hours ago, Turbo Kitty said:

    Your stuttering problem is excused🙄

    That's what I get for trying to be an optimist.

    51 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

    How do you feel about the 2023 graphics though?  

    :)

    been there with the submit button too... :lol:

    Meh, they're ok.  :lol:

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    7 minutes ago, J. Jackson said:

    Sad to say but you can have vids like these played 24-7 and to you and me, It tears at our hearts. To an addict, makes no difference. Trust me. I've lost 1 nephew from od-ing and a SIL and BIL to long term effects. They lose their souls to the drug and will say and do ANYTHING to get high. Makes no difference, young or old, poor or wealthy. I question if there really is a "God" who looks after humanity.

    You're absolutely correct.  My nephew has been MIA for a few years now.  I don't know if he's alive or not, and neither do his parents and sister.  I'm sorry you and your family had to go through that.

    2 hours ago, Badger** said:

    Fentanyl, it killed my little friend.  Honestly Jacob was a good boy and hard working wonderful baby but he tried the wrong drug funny thing he never drank a drop in his life. 

     

    I've been in several of these, very powerful. 

    59 minutes ago, Badger** said:

    Very nice sled but Dam!! :$ My first new car was $7500 Dodge Shelby my first new sled $4300 Cat EL T 5000 my first new Cycle Honda 650 Night Hawk $1600  my first house $75K. I'm getting old. 

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    I'd like to have one of those too... Or a Riot 9000... 

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    I'd love to have a new RXC as a spare and as a sled my son or daughter could ride, but not biting.  I don't need it and I'll keep my ZR 8 for them when I possibly get something next year.  Good looking graphics though, I will say that.

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    8 hours ago, Badger** said:

    One night I did not have my GPS coming up from Gogebic to White Pine how the hell I ended up on trail 102 by myself I'll never know but at 10pm at night that's a long ass ride in the middle of nothing. That was the night I crossed paths with a wolf.    

    Mentioned this somewhere before, but group of 11 of us got lost on Gogebic one night in a bad snowstorm.  We were staying on the East side of the lake about 2/3 of the way up.  Left the lodge (one guy lost his headlight) and rode about 20 minutes when here comes the lodge again, on our right.  We did one big circle.  Left again and after a bit, found some slush in a little bay just south of the Root Cellar.  Had no idea where we were and couldn't see shit.  I didn't have cell service but had a compass on my phone so we finally found the Root Cellar and rode the road the rest of the way back.  It was a bit spooky, especially for the older guys that don't like riding lakes!

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    People don't know how to let anything go anymore.  They don't know how to laugh at themselves or realize that life's too short to spend so much time being angry about dumbass politicians that don't give two shits about anyone but themselves.

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    4 hours ago, SayatodaU.P.eh? said:

    My one long time Cat buddy put his ‘16 ZR8 into a tree, sold it for cash/parts, took his loss, and walked away. He says the only other Cat that he will ever own is the 2001 ZR8 still sitting in his barn. He had nothing but problems with that ‘16. 

    My '14 ZR 8 Suzuki was excellent, with the exception of the tri-hub and its aftermarket replacement.  My '20 ZR 8 has been flawless (knock on wood) with the exception of the shitty stock fuel mapping.  Flashed it and it's much better.  Otherwise normal maintenance and it runs great.  I'll ride it for another year and see what's out there then...  Maybe a turbo something, who knows?!