Words sharper than swords.
I like tinkering with machines and minds, especially when I find a few loose screws.
All thoughts here are mine. Go get your own.
@PhilAnthTX@ReedReports "Yes"?
So you're openly riding for a regime that butchers its own people by the thousands and arms terrorists who target civilians worldwide?
Cool.
@FBI@TheJusticeDept@FBIHouston@FBIDallas β found one for you.
Put that Patriot Act to good use.
Iran?
You mean the regime that massacred thousands of its own citizens in the 2025-26 protests β with death toll estimates from ~7,000 confirmed to over 30,000?
The same one that exports terrorism via proxies targeting civilians, races for nuclear weapons while chanting "Death to America," and runs a theocratic police state that treats women as property and dissent as a death sentence?
I'd love to hear you rationalize giving that regime the "moral high ground."
Fair enough β this vindicates both of us in a way.
You were right to suspect it was shot down. I was wrong in not realizing just how tough AH-64s can be even without ejection seats (The Apache goes hard, I guess).
I was right that there *was* a confirmed rescue, despite your earlier "no evidence" claim.
Trump confirming both pilots safe and uninjured is the important part. Solid outcome for the crew. Call it a draw.
Media has absolutely been in the tank for Democrats since Obama. But only the Democrats β I'm old enough to remember the first Trump administration.
Which makes it even harder to buy "they're covering for Trump" on this rescue. The guy who calls our press the enemy of the people? They'd leap at a fake rescue story to destroy him with glee.
They haven't. Multiple outlets still reported the crew was rescued safely. That's a hell of a tell.
I'd love to see your source.
Grok flagged it immediately as a viral AI/fake, but I verified myself with reverse image searches (Google, TinEye, even Yandex).
All led to Tempo's fact-check: their Deepfakes Unit found unnatural uniform edges, distorted fingers, inconsistent lighting, and ~79% AI probability.
I'd trust a left-leaning outlet here anyway β they'd be first in line to crucify the Trump admin if it was real.
Drop your prior legitimate source if you have one. Happy to check it all the same.
You know, I don't fully disagree with you here.
COVID had real issues with shifting guidance and media overreach β but that was global chaos with evolving science, not a single verifiable military event under today's intense media spotlight.
If the Apache rescue was fabricated, the same free press that spent years hammering this administration would be all over it. They aren't, because multiple sources (including independent reporting) confirm the crew was rescued safely.
OPSEC intentionally limits details; that doesn't mean its total fiction, it just means we don't *need* to know the whole truth yet.
Respectfully, blanket "government lies about everything" doesn't hold when scrutiny is this high.
That bloodied pilot photo is from the April F-15E incident β and it's fake.
Tempo (left-leaning, but solid on this) fact-checked it with their Deepfakes Analysis Unit.
Reverse image search traces it to AI-generated content.
Anomalies: unnatural uniform edges, distorted fingers, inconsistent lighting (dominant only on left/rear, and what the fuck is going on with the shadows cast by the flashlight in the lower right?).
AI detection: 79% probability (Nano Banana, Stable Diffusion, etc.). And because it was sourced from Farsnews (a heavy affiliate with AI-slop-incorporated, a.k.a. the IRGC), I'd take those odds.
https://t.co/j7Fe2AUlZL
Anyway, different incident. This Apache had a confirmed quick rescue (no injuries). OPSEC means we don't get every detail publicly, but the truth will come out.
Appreciate the new fake though β hadn't seen that one yet.
Expecting full public evidence on active military ops is naive. OPSEC exists for a reason.
Besides, we aren't like Iran, lying wholesale to our people.
Think about it for more than five seconds: our free press would crucify the Trump administration if the rescue was fake.
But they haven't, have they? Could it be because the rescues happened (per multiple sources)? Or are you really going to claim our media is carrying water for Trump?π€¨
Of course, cameras should be used for accountability. You'll find no disagreement with me there.
The distinction I'd like to draw is proximity and interference vs. simple documentation.
Filming from a reasonable distance during an active operation is one thing. But closing in and arguing on the street risks escalation that could put themselves or others in harm's way β which doesn't help anyone.
If the goal is real accountability, the cleaner approach remains the same: maintain a reasonable distance and use the courts.
I appreciate the civil back-and-forth.
Welcome to Earth β no one's a saint, just varying degrees of sinner.
That said, the roles here aren't equal. One side is trying to carry out an enforcement action with vehicles moving and people to manage. The other is stepping in close with a phone and arguing on the street.
If she's legitimately their attorney and wants to help them, the better play is simple: film from a reasonable distance, don't interfere, and fight it in court.
AH-64s don't have ejection seats.
Given that the crew survived unharmed, a direct SAM hit is less likely than mechanical failure or a controllable incident β especially since the Apache is designed to take punishment and still get them down.
What's your evidence it's "most probable"?
@HowardAulsbrook@Osint613 Could've been seagulls. Or your mother.
What's the point in speculating when we don't know shit? Or are you just hoping it was a SAM?
@81716ja37821615@World_Warrior@RupertLowe10 Then why use 19th-century framing to imply Western borders are illegitimate now?
The "silly" part is pretending history only cuts one way while kids get stabbed and nearly beheaded under current policies.
Correction: Attempted beheading was Belfast, Northern Ireland (mixing up the two with Southampton).
Incidents ramping up too fast to track.
Same pattern β Britain and Ireland both drowning in imported/repeat violence their leaders won't control.
Colonial paintings from centuries ago still don't excuse kids getting stabbed or nearly decapitated today.
Every empire in history conquered and redrew maps β Mughals in India, Ottomans in Europe, Arabs across three continents, Mongols, Aztecs, Zulus, etc., etc.
Why is it then that only the West gets told its past means it must dissolve its borders and accept imported violence today?
A British kid nearly got beheaded in Southampton.
Are you really going to try to argue that "colonialism" from 80 years ago justifies that?
@nocontextmemes Yeah, classic red flag.
They're having retention issues and the weird blame-shifting question tells you management has likely been pointing fingers when people leave.
Good on OP for flipping it back.
You only see her phone's perspective.
From one angle it's easy to misjudge distances. Arms extend a couple feetβshe could easily have stepped forward and stuck the camera right in his face while he was focused on the vehicle turning nearby.
These encounters are better handled by filming from a reasonable distance and fighting any issues in court, not by escalating physically on the street. That's how you actually help clients or make a record.
Don't assume the full picture from a single clipped POV.
Why would anyone learn to fish if they get fed for free every day?
Empty stomachs have been one of the strongest incentives throughout history β and that's coming from someone who used to nourish himself on fucking ramen noodles.
Medieval peasants made next to nothing but still worked their asses off because the alternative was worse.
Poor people don't stay poor primarily because of SNAP. They stay trapped when the system removes the pressure to build skills and contribute.
I'm not saying starve anyone. I'm saying stop subsidizing the choice to stay dependent.