In the News II

Faces you make when you get destroyed by the vice president on Face the Nation.:

Quote: Evenbob

So you really really have no idea what it's like if there was a draft.

Your statement was that I had no idea what I would do. You seem to be wrong a lot.

Tracey Nix has been found guilty of negligence in the death of her 7 months Granddaughter, Uriel. Tracey already had a Grandchild die in her care, her Grandson Ezra. Ezra drowned in a pond while Tracey was babysitting and accidentally fell asleep. Ezra walked into a pond and drowned. 😫

She was not charged with Ezra's drowning death as it was ruled a tragic accident. Kaila Nix, Tracey's Daughter and Kaila's husband who is also the father of both Ezra and Uriel forgave Tracey for Ezra's death. They didn't allow her to be alone with their other Son, an older brother to Ezra and Uriel understandably.

They ALWAYS did supervised visits with Uriel and Tracey understandably, but one day, Kaila had a hair appointment and allowed Tracey to take Uriel to lunch with about 5 other Adults that Kaila knew and trusted. The assumption was that Tracey wouldn't be ALONE with Uriel, Uriel would have 6 Adults watching her. After lunch, Tracey kidnapped Uriel without the other 5 Adults permission or acknowledgement.

Tracey went home and forgot Uriel in a hot seat for HOURS while she played with her dog and played piano. Tracey's Husband came home with the surviving Grandson and that's when Tracey remembered she left Uriel in a hot car and rushed out and saw that poor Uriel was dead too, the second Grandchild to die in her care.

Kaila and her Husband got told the devastating news that their child was dead. Kaila and her Husband were understandably confused and replied something like,"We know Ezra is dead, he died last year."

The bearer of bad news replied something like,"Uriel died too a few hours ago. Kaila and her Husband were understandably devastated at this horrible and horrific news and saw their poor baby's dead body. Kaila pressed charges against Tracey for Uriel's death and Tracey was arrested. Tracey's mugshot has her inexplicably SMILING when she should have had either a zoned out zombie look, looked sad, or scared. Tracey was found guilty in negligence this month, a lesser charge than what she was facing, Negligent Manslaughter. She has been sentenced to 5 years behind bars and there are talks about Kaila wanting to reinvestigate Ezra's death as well. 💡

Quote: DRich

Your statement was that I had no idea what I would do. You seem to be wrong a lot.

You're almost 60 years old. I guarantee you have no idea what you would do if you were 18 and were subject to the draft. I know what I would do because I was 18 when it happened. Nobody can remember exactly what they were like 40 years ago especially when you're that young. We like to think we can but we really can't. You never know what you're going to do when a gun is pointed at your head until it is actually pointed at your head.

Quote: SOOPOO

Agree fully. Born in 1960. So no draft for me. I thanked my lucky stars that I was never subject to the draft. I thank those that have filled the need by volunteering ever since. In my new house here in The Villages. While walking dog meet a very old man. Super polite and nice. Wearing a Korean War Veteran cap. I as always, thank him for his service. He giggles, and says he can barely remember ‘my service’.

No way for me to be sure, but if I remember correctly I’d have been exempt due to college/medical school? It’s also possible it’s because I have flat feet?

Flat feet would have kept you out, for some reason I remember hearing that was a big one. One day I was internet surfing (remember that term?!) and found what my draft number would have been. I would have had to go. I remember asking guys how that all worked, they told me it was your birthday and they simply printed the numbers in the newspapers.

The draft being gone in a good thing though I think we lost 2 important things because of it. One was it killed childhoods. Too many people drift to their 20s still a child. Most of us either have our childhood killed by an event or just grow out of it, but more and more do not. These are the types who whine that they did not understand their student loans, don't know to show up to work on time, etc. Getting off a bus and getting screamed at, then entering basic will kill your childhood and make you and adult fast.

The other is the draft ensured mixing of people to people not like them. The farm boy from Kansas and the street kid from Queens, in the same platoon, training and serving together. Sure people will still clique up with others like them, but the draft made you meet people you otherwise would never meet and experience things you otherwise would not.

Doomsday clock reset.

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On Tuesday, the clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight — the closest the world has ever been to that marker, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which established the clock in 1947. Midnight represents the moment at which people will have made the Earth uninhabitable.

Quote: rxwine

Doomsday clock reset.

they set it closer than when they did when there was imminent WW3? Like the Cuban Missile Crisis? We're supposed to take them seriously?

oh, here is one reason given

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The impacts of climate change increased in the last year

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2025-statement/

Quote: odiousgambit

they set it closer than when they did when there was imminent WW3? Like the Cuban Missile Crisis? We're supposed to take them seriously?

I've never taken it seriously because it's totally run by the sky is falling Chicken Little liberals.

Quote: odiousgambit

oh, here is one reason given



https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2025-statement/

Thanks for showing what a total joke it has become. Yeah, climate change is a bigger threat than the Cuban Missile Crisis.