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Of new enlistees, yes, but not for those currently serving (although that may change too under Trump)

Yes, indeed this will have a huge impact Transgender troops make up 0.7% (seven-tenths of one percent) of the military (Active Component and Selected Reserve).

It is, as he was going to be prosecuted in a show trial taken for no reason outside of payback and vindictiveness.

He started this dumb thread. I am not crying about it, just pointing out the absurdity of it.

https://x.com/AhmedBaba_/status/1890451746989711854 The Trump Admin has instructed federal agencies to begin firing most of an estimated 200,000 probationary employees—following the Project 2025 blueprint. This isn’t about cutting costs. It’s about engineering loyalty.

No, the OP seems to, if he is posting silly threads like this.

Yeah, why should we care about the price of eggs and groceries here when an immigrant is allowed to stay in the UK because of his kid's preference for chicken nuggets?

Not true. Fun Fact from Wiki: "Daydream Believer" is a song composed by American songwriter John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daydream_Believer

"There are too many women and non-white people working here!" is an odd thing to have a hissy fit over. I guess they need to distract folks from the price of eggs and groceries that Trump promised to lower when he took office.

I dunno if The Monkees should be in. They were a corporate manufactured band, like many of the "Boy Bands" are today. They had a bunch of nice hits but didn't write any of them (which were mostly products of the Brill Building). I can think of some more derserving 60s bands which I already named (Tommy James & Shondells in particular).

No link, of course.

Fun Fact for POTUS: Canada does have military protection: It is called the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The CAF includes the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force. The CAF protects Canada at home and abroad. https://x.com/atrupar/status/1890128005567058227 (video clip at link) Trump on Canada: "I spoke to Governor Trudeau ... they don't have military protection, and you take a look at what's going on out there ... people are in danger ... they need our protection."

And if you commit any crimes while doing it (like assaulting a police officer with the flag pole) you can expect a pardon.

They are? I don't think so.

Not in 1940, which is the date the post references.

https://x.com/WestWingReport/status/1889853581949542647 Trump today said Russia fought for that land in Ukraine and lost a lot of soldiers, so should keep it Can you imagine FDR in 1940 saying that Hitler should be able to keep France, Norway, Belgium, Holland, etc.? Trump is appeasing a brutal dictator

"What with this guy who keeps bumping the thread where he's named in the title?"

Morrissey's distinctive vocals/phrasing combined with his droll lyrics are an acquired taste. He has always been a bit of a jerk and his hateful, bigoted views of recent years only added to many folks already negative perception of him (to the point that when I post any of his solo work on Twitter I almost feel like I have to add some of disclaimer).

I doubt any of that is true.

I agree but they had a bunch of things working against them... I think a lot of their early work was too ahead of its time. While "Los Angeles" "White Girl" and "Blue Spark" got a lot of Alternative/Indie radio airplay and hold up well today, they were out of step with most rock fans in the 80s were looking for, to be a success. None of the their albums ever cracked the US Billboard Top 50 (Under The Big Black Sun charted the best at #76). None of their singles made the Top 25 nationally. They were a local L.A. band and my friends and I thought, when we first heard "Burning House of Love'' off of "Ain't Love Grand" in 1985 that this was going to be the hit that finally broke them on the national level. But it was not to be, as the tune, while starting out fast, inexplicably stalled at #27 on Billboard Hot 100 (and this was even after an American Bandstand appearance).

Foghat was a lot more than just a boogie band IMO, but I digress... Status Quo did have one big US hit "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" although viewed from what they did afterwards it does seem like an outlier. Fun Fact: Status Quo was the obvious inspiration for the band Spinal Tap in the film of the same name (although the producers/writers of the film deny that).

Best lead guitarist I ever saw live but has never even been nominated since he first became elgible in 1997. His omission is certainly not from a lack of talent or popularity (he sold 30 million records worldwide). Plus he made Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He never had a "hit" record but that should not be fatal to making the cut.

Another year and still no: Tommy James & The Shondells Paul Revere & The Raiders The Buckinghams The Guess Who Jethro Tull Rory Gallagher The Smiths