• You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Fri Apr 24 17:25:38 2026
    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.

    Transcript:

    ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Keep in mind the Iranian regime is the biggest
    state sponsor o terrorism. Ten years from now, 20 years from now, they
    may try to strike the homeland, they may try to strike troops in the
    region. This doesn't go away just because you sign a piece of paper.

    WHOOPI GOLDBERG: No, nothing goes away. And hat's why they're planning
    on a draft! They're planning on a draft! And you're bitching and
    moaning that there are women who are part of the - the Army, Navy, all
    the - and you're getting rid of people and talking about who shouldn't
    be -- what the hell are you people doing?!

    FARAH GRIFFIN: What it is is they're changing that you no longer - you
    used to have to opt into the draft, now it makes it automatic.

    GOLDBERG: It's a draft! I can sorry, it's a draft! Because if you are
    18 to 25, they're looking at you!

    SARA HAINES: Well, they're increasing that age, too -

    GOLDBERG: How old is it now?

    HAINES: I think it's 42.

    FARAH GRIFFIN: Oh I'm - (as if she'd be drafted).

    ANA NAVARRO: Why don't we make it 80?

    HAINES: I just made it! I'm just kidding.

    NAVARRO: Make it 80 and see how he feels about it.

    [Applause]

    GOLDBERG Well, he has sores. Right?

    NAVARRO: Bone spurs.

    GOLDBERG: He has bone spurs. He has bone spurs.

    https://x.com/i/status/2046254494967554157

    Also, Whoopie has claimed America is about to run out of gasoline and
    food.

    --
    Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
    love this country.


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  • From danny burstein@3:633/10 to All on Fri Apr 24 22:07:16 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    In <10sgn4j$cnmf$1@dont-email.me> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.
    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and A.I. Arms
    ......
    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military and instituting
    universal military service in the United States, committing the nation to an A.I. arms
    race, and suggesting that the west needs to weaponize against multiculturalism.
    ========
    rest: https://meidasnews.com/news/palantir-releases-nightmare-manifesto-that-calls-for-military-draft-and-a-i-arms-race




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    [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Fri Apr 24 22:23:49 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 24, 2026 at 2:25:38 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.

    Transcript:

    ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Keep in mind the Iranian regime is the biggest
    state sponsor o terrorism. Ten years from now, 20 years from now, they
    may try to strike the homeland, they may try to strike troops in the
    region. This doesn't go away just because you sign a piece of paper.

    WHOOPI GOLDBERG: No, nothing goes away. And hat's why they're planning
    on a draft! They're planning on a draft! And you're bitching and
    moaning that there are women who are part of the - the Army, Navy, all
    the - and you're getting rid of people and talking about who shouldn't
    be -- what the hell are you people doing?!

    FARAH GRIFFIN: What it is is they're changing that you no longer - you
    used to have to opt into the draft, now it makes it automatic.

    Jeezus, these women are stupid. No, you didn't 'opt in to the draft'. There hasn't been a draft since Vietnam. You had register with the government so
    they would have records in case of a future hypothetical draft.

    The only thing that changed was that it used to be up to the individual to
    sign up when he turned 18. Now all 18 year-olds are automatically registered.

    But there's still no draft and no actual plans to implement one. Although in this #MeToo era of female empowerment and equity, they absolutely should
    change the law and force females to register for the draft also.

    Women benefit from all the rights and liberties this country bestows on them every bit as much as men and they should have the same responsibility to sacrifice for it as men do. I'm not suggesting putting women into combat as ground troops in some future war, but if we're at the point where the threat
    to America is so dire that they're forcing men out of their normal lives and sending them to war, then women should have to do their part as well. As we
    saw in WWII, there are plenty of administrative, logistical, and manufacturing jobs here at home that need doing and women should be drafted to do them.

    GOLDBERG: It's a draft! I can sorry, it's a draft! Because if you are
    18 to 25, they're looking at you!

    SARA HAINES: Well, they're increasing that age, too -

    GOLDBERG: How old is it now?

    HAINES: I think it's 42.

    FARAH GRIFFIN: Oh I'm - (as if she'd be drafted).

    ANA NAVARRO: Why don't we make it 80?

    This level of stupid is actually caustic. The cut-off age is relatively young because older people physically can't do it. I know that at 57, my knees
    simply wouldn't be able to handle basic training. A drill sergeant could
    scream at me until his throat bled but that wouldn't make my knees capable of
    a 15-mile run with a 30-lb. ruck on my back. They'd give out pretty quick and no amount of yelling and threats would change it. And you can't put someone in the stockade for being old.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Fri Apr 24 22:29:33 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

    In <10sgn4j$cnmf$1@dont-email.me> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.
    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and A.I. Arms
    ......
    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military and instituting
    universal military service in the United States, committing the nation to an A.I. arms
    race, and suggesting that the west needs to weaponize against multiculturalism.

    Well, I can certainly get behind that final point.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Fri Apr 24 22:32:55 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

    In <10sgn4j$cnmf$1@dont-email.me> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.
    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and A.I. Arms
    ......
    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military and instituting
    universal military service in the United States, committing the nation to an A.I. arms
    race, and suggesting that the west needs to weaponize against multiculturalism.
    ========
    rest:

    https://meidasnews.com/news/palantir-releases-nightmare-manifesto-that-calls-for-military-draft-and-a-i-arms-race

    "And ICE has a $30 million contract with Palantir to develop the ImmigrationOS system which tracks migrants for deportation."

    The article says that like it's a bad thing. And of course it uses the soft-pedal term 'migrants' in place of the more accurate 'illegal aliens'.



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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Fri Apr 24 21:57:38 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On 2026-04-24 6:32 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

    In <10sgn4j$cnmf$1@dont-email.me> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.
    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and
    A.I. Arms
    ......
    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military and >> instituting
    universal military service in the United States, committing the nation to an >> A.I. arms
    race, and suggesting that the west needs to weaponize against
    multiculturalism.
    ========
    rest:

    https://meidasnews.com/news/palantir-releases-nightmare-manifesto-that-calls-for-military-draft-and-a-i-arms-race

    "And ICE has a $30 million contract with Palantir to develop the ImmigrationOS
    system which tracks migrants for deportation."

    The article says that like it's a bad thing. And of course it uses the soft-pedal term 'migrants' in place of the more accurate 'illegal aliens'.



    Of course they do. They're sticking to the narrative that "migrants"
    enrich any society they enter even when many people are really REALLY
    tired of the "enrichment".


    --
    Rhino

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Fri Apr 24 22:04:28 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On 2026-04-24 6:23 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 2:25:38 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.

    Transcript:

    ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Keep in mind the Iranian regime is the biggest
    state sponsor o terrorism. Ten years from now, 20 years from now, they
    may try to strike the homeland, they may try to strike troops in the
    region. This doesn't go away just because you sign a piece of paper.

    WHOOPI GOLDBERG: No, nothing goes away. And hat's why they're planning
    on a draft! They're planning on a draft! And you're bitching and
    moaning that there are women who are part of the - the Army, Navy, all
    the - and you're getting rid of people and talking about who shouldn't
    be -- what the hell are you people doing?!

    FARAH GRIFFIN: What it is is they're changing that you no longer - you
    used to have to opt into the draft, now it makes it automatic.

    Jeezus, these women are stupid. No, you didn't 'opt in to the draft'. There hasn't been a draft since Vietnam. You had register with the government so they would have records in case of a future hypothetical draft.

    The only thing that changed was that it used to be up to the individual to sign up when he turned 18. Now all 18 year-olds are automatically registered.

    But there's still no draft and no actual plans to implement one. Although in this #MeToo era of female empowerment and equity, they absolutely should change the law and force females to register for the draft also.

    Women benefit from all the rights and liberties this country bestows on them every bit as much as men and they should have the same responsibility to sacrifice for it as men do. I'm not suggesting putting women into combat as ground troops in some future war, but if we're at the point where the threat to America is so dire that they're forcing men out of their normal lives and sending them to war, then women should have to do their part as well. As we saw in WWII, there are plenty of administrative, logistical, and manufacturing
    jobs here at home that need doing and women should be drafted to do them.

    I remember when they demanded the right to go into combat, not just work
    in defence industries. And certainly *some* women do frontline service,
    fly fighters, etc.

    Even the enemy has women fighters. All kinds of women were persuaded to
    strap suicide vests on and blow them up in Israel and Leo Kearse
    reported on a team of all-women terrorists the other day:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgmP4Q55shw [10 minutes]

    If Islamists can recruit women, who are we to pass up on the idea?

    By the way, during WWII, quite a number of women served in the Red Army
    - Germans at Stalingrad were very aware of the "Night Witches" - while
    Hitler was much more reluctant to let women serve, thinking their place
    was at home. Remind me which side won....


    GOLDBERG: It's a draft! I can sorry, it's a draft! Because if you are
    18 to 25, they're looking at you!

    SARA HAINES: Well, they're increasing that age, too -

    GOLDBERG: How old is it now?

    HAINES: I think it's 42.

    FARAH GRIFFIN: Oh I'm - (as if she'd be drafted).

    ANA NAVARRO: Why don't we make it 80?

    This level of stupid is actually caustic. The cut-off age is relatively young because older people physically can't do it. I know that at 57, my knees simply wouldn't be able to handle basic training. A drill sergeant could scream at me until his throat bled but that wouldn't make my knees capable of a 15-mile run with a 30-lb. ruck on my back. They'd give out pretty quick and no amount of yelling and threats would change it. And you can't put someone in
    the stockade for being old.




    --
    Rhino

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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 02:11:20 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 24, 2026 at 6:57:38 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-04-24 6:32 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com>
    wrote:

    In <10sgn4j$cnmf$1@dont-email.me> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes: >>>
    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on >>>> a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled >>>> out Selective Service cards.
    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and >>> A.I. Arms
    ......
    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military and >>> instituting
    universal military service in the United States, committing the nation to an
    A.I. arms
    race, and suggesting that the west needs to weaponize against
    multiculturalism.
    ========
    rest:


    https://meidasnews.com/news/palantir-releases-nightmare-manifesto-that-calls-for-military-draft-and-a-i-arms-race

    "And ICE has a $30 million contract with Palantir to develop the
    ImmigrationOS
    system which tracks migrants for deportation."

    The article says that like it's a bad thing. And of course it uses the
    soft-pedal term 'migrants' in place of the more accurate 'illegal aliens'.

    Of course they do. They're sticking to the narrative that "migrants"
    enrich any society they enter even when many people are really REALLY
    tired of the "enrichment".

    More importantly, they're pushing the idea that there's no distinction between legal and illegal immigration.



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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 12:11:46 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    In article <10sgqhk$dfmu$2@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 2:25:38 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.

    Transcript:

    ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Keep in mind the Iranian regime is the biggest
    state sponsor o terrorism. Ten years from now, 20 years from now, they
    may try to strike the homeland, they may try to strike troops in the
    region. This doesn't go away just because you sign a piece of paper.

    WHOOPI GOLDBERG: No, nothing goes away. And hat's why they're planning
    on a draft! They're planning on a draft! And you're bitching and
    moaning that there are women who are part of the - the Army, Navy, all
    the - and you're getting rid of people and talking about who shouldn't
    be -- what the hell are you people doing?!

    FARAH GRIFFIN: What it is is they're changing that you no longer - you
    used to have to opt into the draft, now it makes it automatic.

    Jeezus, these women are stupid. No, you didn't 'opt in to the draft'. There >hasn't been a draft since Vietnam. You had register with the government so >they would have records in case of a future hypothetical draft.

    Speaking of stupid, the one I think claims to be a lawyer claims that the amount of money spent on the Iran War is more money than this country has spent since World War II.

    --
    Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
    love this country.


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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 17:28:58 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    Ubi's crosspost to groups he doesn't read cut

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote: >>Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted, >>>another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled >>>out Selective Service cards.

    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and >>A.I. Arms
    ......

    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military
    and instituting universal military service in the United States,
    committing the nation to an A.I. arms race, and suggesting that the
    west needs to weaponize against multiculturalism.

    Well, I can certainly get behind that final point.

    How is the First Amendment an inadequate shield? Part of the civil right
    to liberty that I enjoy here in America is that you cannot impose your
    culture upon me.

    In any event, you and I have never seen eye-to-eye on this issue, for I
    have always seen the danger of imposing religious value in civil law as
    long as the motive is widely known but the language of the law itself
    remains silent on religious motivation.

    Christians have done this for centuries. Muslims, if they gain any
    political power locally or in a state legislature, aren't doing anything different.

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually
    exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 18:08:23 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 25, 2026 at 10:28:58 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    Ubi's crosspost to groups he doesn't read cut

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on >>>> a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled >>>> out Selective Service cards.

    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and >>> A.I. Arms
    ......

    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military
    and instituting universal military service in the United States,
    committing the nation to an A.I. arms race, and suggesting that the
    west needs to weaponize against multiculturalism.

    Well, I can certainly get behind that final point.

    How is the First Amendment an inadequate shield? Part of the civil right
    to liberty that I enjoy here in America is that you cannot impose your culture upon me.

    Well, it helps if we don't go out of our way to import the 3rd-world.

    In any event, you and I have never seen eye-to-eye on this issue, for I
    have always seen the danger of imposing religious value in civil law as
    long as the motive is widely known but the language of the law itself
    remains silent on religious motivation.

    Christians have done this for centuries. Muslims, if they gain any
    political power locally or in a state legislature, aren't doing anything different.

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually
    exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

    I don't think the draft would cure the multi-culti nonsense the far Left pushes, but I think a couple of years in the military for every kid-- both
    male and female-- would be a good thing.



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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 19:39:26 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 6:57:38 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >wrote:

    On 2026-04-24 6:32 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com>
    wrote:

    In <10sgn4j$cnmf$1@dont-email.me> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes: >>>>
    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on >>>>> a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted, >>>>> another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled >>>>> out Selective Service cards.
    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and >>>> A.I. Arms
    ......
    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military and
    instituting
    universal military service in the United States, committing the
    nation to an
    A.I. arms
    race, and suggesting that the west needs to weaponize against
    multiculturalism.
    ========
    rest:


    https://meidasnews.com/news/palantir-releases-nightmare-manifesto-that-calls-for-military-draft-and-a-i-arms-race

    "And ICE has a $30 million contract with Palantir to develop the
    ImmigrationOS
    system which tracks migrants for deportation."

    The article says that like it's a bad thing. And of course it uses the
    soft-pedal term 'migrants' in place of the more accurate 'illegal aliens'. >>
    Of course they do. They're sticking to the narrative that "migrants"
    enrich any society they enter even when many people are really REALLY
    tired of the "enrichment".

    More importantly, they're pushing the idea that there's no distinction between >legal and illegal immigration.

    Let's make the distinction, instead, between having committed a felony (not related to illegal presence) and not. If someone works and takes care of
    his own needs and those of his family, then he's a net benefit to the
    economy. That's what I care about.

    Trump made the economy smaller.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 19:56:12 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Apr 25, 2026 at 10:28:58 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    . . .

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually
    exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

    I don't think the draft would cure the multi-culti nonsense the far Left >pushes, but I think a couple of years in the military for every kid-- both >male and female-- would be a good thing.

    Middle-aged men with families and something real to lose should not be
    exempt from the draft, and yeah, I'm talking about men my age. We voted
    in the shitheads in Washington. A boy fresh out of high school shouldn't
    have to die on the front in Iran.

    I never got why you had to prove you were healthy enough to be shot at
    by the enemy to be drafted.

    I admire the Swiss and the Israelis and other countries in which men do
    their army service and nearly everybody stays in the reserves. October 7
    would have been worse if certain men hadn't taken their army training
    and rescued family and friends from the Palestinians who tried to kill
    them or take them hostage. The occupation of the West Bank, on the other
    hand, has been disastrous at times as kids and not adults are in charge,
    with unacceptable levels of brutality,

    In Ukraine, if you can fight, you fight without regard to age. If you
    can't fight, you build drones in your garage.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 20:02:14 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 25, 2026 at 12:39:26 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 6:57:38 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:

    On 2026-04-24 6:32 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> >>>> wrote:

    In <10sgn4j$cnmf$1@dont-email.me> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on >>>>>> a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted, >>>>>> another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled >>>>>> out Selective Service cards.
    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and
    A.I. Arms
    ......
    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military and
    instituting universal military service in the United States, committing the
    nation to an
    A.I. arms race, and suggesting that the west needs to weaponize against >>>>> multiculturalism.
    ========
    rest:

    https://meidasnews.com/news/palantir-releases-nightmare-manifesto-that-calls-for-military-draft-and-a-i-arms-race

    "And ICE has a $30 million contract with Palantir to develop the
    ImmigrationOS system which tracks migrants for deportation."

    The article says that like it's a bad thing. And of course it uses the >>>> soft-pedal term 'migrants' in place of the more accurate 'illegal aliens'.

    Of course they do. They're sticking to the narrative that "migrants"
    enrich any society they enter even when many people are really REALLY
    tired of the "enrichment".

    More importantly, they're pushing the idea that there's no distinction
    between
    legal and illegal immigration.

    Let's make the distinction, instead, between having committed a felony (not related to illegal presence) and not.

    Why a felony? So you can break into our country and so long as your lengthy
    rap sheet only consists of a list of misdemeanors, you can stay? To hell with that. You're a guest in our country and we're tolerating you even though you committed a crime breaking into it. You'd better be on your best behavior.
    It's not hard to not commit crime. I've gone 57 years without doing it and I didn't even have to try. If you're an illegal and you commit one? I don't
    want to hear your sob story. Goodbye.

    If someone works and takes care of
    his own needs and those of his family, then he's a net benefit to the economy. That's what I care about.

    Not in California. Newsom has given illegal aliens free cradle-to-grave health care. (I, as an American citizen, still have to pay for my own health care,
    and now I apparently have to pay for Jose the Illegal's as well.) That costs the state $12 billion/year.

    Now add in all the other freebies and government programs and handouts that illegals receive-- everything from free education for their kids, taxpayer-funded college scholarships, free food, free rent assistance, free public transportation passes, exceptions from government inspection and permit fees, free downpayments to buy a home, etc. (I, as an American citizen don't get a free $20,000 of tax money to buy a home. I have to pay for my own. Now I apparently have to pay for Jose the Illegal's as well.) Add all that to the
    $12 billion health care bill and the cost of illegal aliens balloons to $20 billion/year.

    But they pay taxes! you say. Sure. Some of them do. The ones who don't get
    paid cash under-the-table. The California receives about $8 billion/year in taxes from illegals. Now you're a smart guy. You can do that math. Twenty billion out the door and only eight billion coming in leaves us a yearly deficit of $12 billion that illegals cost us every year. So even the 'good ones' who just want a better life are financially killing us.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 20:04:49 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 25, 2026 at 12:56:12 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Apr 25, 2026 at 10:28:58 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    . . .

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually
    exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

    I don't think the draft would cure the multi-culti nonsense the far Left
    pushes, but I think a couple of years in the military for every kid-- both >> male and female-- would be a good thing.

    Middle-aged men with families and something real to lose should not be
    exempt from the draft, and yeah, I'm talking about men my age. We voted
    in the shitheads in Washington. A boy fresh out of high school shouldn't
    have to die on the front in Iran.

    The problem with older men, as I noted in another post, is that a much higher percentage of them can no longer physically do the job.

    I never got why you had to prove you were healthy enough to be shot at
    by the enemy to be drafted.

    I admire the Swiss and the Israelis and other countries in which men do
    their army service and nearly everybody stays in the reserves. October 7 would have been worse if certain men hadn't taken their army training
    and rescued family and friends from the Palestinians who tried to kill
    them or take them hostage. The occupation of the West Bank, on the other hand, has been disastrous at times as kids and not adults are in charge,
    with unacceptable levels of brutality,

    In Ukraine, if you can fight, you fight without regard to age. If you
    can't fight, you build drones in your garage.




    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 20:11:51 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 25, 2026 at 12:39:26 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> >wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 6:57:38 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >>> wrote:

    On 2026-04-24 6:32 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> >>>>> wrote:

    In <10sgn4j$cnmf$1@dont-email.me> Ubiquitous
    <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted, >>>>>>> another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled >>>>>>> out Selective Service cards.
    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military
    Draft and
    A.I. Arms
    ......
    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer >military and
    instituting universal military service in the United States, >committing the
    nation to an
    A.I. arms race, and suggesting that the west needs to weaponize against
    multiculturalism.
    ========
    rest:

    https://meidasnews.com/news/palantir-releases-nightmare-manifesto-that-calls-for-military-draft-and-a-i-arms-race

    "And ICE has a $30 million contract with Palantir to develop the
    ImmigrationOS system which tracks migrants for deportation."

    The article says that like it's a bad thing. And of course it uses the >>>>> soft-pedal term 'migrants' in place of the more accurate 'illegal >aliens'.

    Of course they do. They're sticking to the narrative that "migrants" >>>> enrich any society they enter even when many people are really REALLY >>>> tired of the "enrichment".

    More importantly, they're pushing the idea that there's no distinction
    between
    legal and illegal immigration.

    Let's make the distinction, instead, between having committed a felony (not >> related to illegal presence) and not.

    Why a felony? So you can break into our country and so long as your lengthy >rap sheet only consists of a list of misdemeanors, you can stay? To hell with >that. You're a guest in our country and we're tolerating you even though you >committed a crime breaking into it. You'd better be on your best behavior. >It's not hard to not commit crime. I've gone 57 years without doing it and I >didn't even have to try. If you're an illegal and you commit one? I don't >want to hear your sob story. Goodbye.

    Fine. No misdemeanor convictions either. I'm making the point that
    gardener, bus boy, dishwasher, day laborer, etc., are taking care of
    themselves and not on welfare and make a positive contribution to the
    economy regardless of illegal presence. You never acknowledge this.

    If someone works and takes care of
    his own needs and those of his family, then he's a net benefit to the >>economy. That's what I care about.

    Not in California. Newsom has given illegal aliens free cradle-to-grave health >care. (I, as an American citizen, still have to pay for my own health care, >and now I apparently have to pay for Jose the Illegal's as well.) That costs >the state $12 billion/year.

    That's illegal discrimination on the basis of country of origin and
    nationality and you should file a lawsuit.

    Now add in all the other freebies and government programs and handouts that >illegals receive-- everything from free education for their kids, >taxpayer-funded college scholarships, free food, free rent assistance, free >public transportation passes, exceptions from government inspection and permit >fees, free downpayments to buy a home, etc. (I, as an American citizen don't >get a free $20,000 of tax money to buy a home. I have to pay for my own. Now I >apparently have to pay for Jose the Illegal's as well.) Add all that to the >$12 billion health care bill and the cost of illegal aliens balloons to $20 >billion/year.

    But they pay taxes! you say. Sure. Some of them do. The ones who don't get >paid cash under-the-table. The California receives about $8 billion/year in >taxes from illegals. Now you're a smart guy. You can do that math. Twenty >billion out the door and only eight billion coming in leaves us a yearly >deficit of $12 billion that illegals cost us every year. So even the 'good >ones' who just want a better life are financially killing us.

    You already know how I feel about welfare for the able-bodied.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 20:16:48 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 25, 2026 at 12:56:12 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> >wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Apr 25, 2026 at 10:28:58 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    . . .

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually
    exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

    I don't think the draft would cure the multi-culti nonsense the far Left >>> pushes, but I think a couple of years in the military for every kid-- both >>> male and female-- would be a good thing.

    Middle-aged men with families and something real to lose should not be
    exempt from the draft, and yeah, I'm talking about men my age. We voted
    in the shitheads in Washington. A boy fresh out of high school shouldn't
    have to die on the front in Iran.

    The problem with older men, as I noted in another post, is that a much higher >percentage of them can no longer physically do the job.

    I've read that the main issue is adult conscience doesn't fully form
    till age 25 or so and it's easier to train boys to become soldiers than
    men over 25 for that reason.

    The boys drafted to serve in WWI or Viet Nam weren't responsible for
    America's involvement, but older men were. Gee, people might take voting
    more seriously if they could be drafted.

    I never got why you had to prove you were healthy enough to be shot at
    by the enemy to be drafted.

    I admire the Swiss and the Israelis and other countries in which men do
    their army service and nearly everybody stays in the reserves. October 7
    would have been worse if certain men hadn't taken their army training
    and rescued family and friends from the Palestinians who tried to kill
    them or take them hostage. The occupation of the West Bank, on the other
    hand, has been disastrous at times as kids and not adults are in charge,
    with unacceptable levels of brutality,

    In Ukraine, if you can fight, you fight without regard to age. If you
    can't fight, you build drones in your garage.






    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 16:55:07 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On 4/25/2026 4:16 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 25, 2026 at 12:56:12 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Apr 25, 2026 at 10:28:58 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>>
    . . .

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually
    exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

    I don't think the draft would cure the multi-culti nonsense the far Left >>>> pushes, but I think a couple of years in the military for every kid-- both >>>> male and female-- would be a good thing.

    Middle-aged men with families and something real to lose should not be
    exempt from the draft, and yeah, I'm talking about men my age. We voted
    in the shitheads in Washington. A boy fresh out of high school shouldn't >>> have to die on the front in Iran.

    The problem with older men, as I noted in another post, is that a much higher
    percentage of them can no longer physically do the job.

    I've read that the main issue is adult conscience doesn't fully form
    till age 25 or so and it's easier to train boys to become soldiers than
    men over 25 for that reason.

    ...

    I've read that the adult conscience might *re*form after age 50 or so.
    (Or maybe I wrote it...)



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 21:05:51 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 25, 2026 at 1:16:48 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 25, 2026 at 12:56:12 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Apr 25, 2026 at 10:28:58 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>>
    . . .

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually
    exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

    I don't think the draft would cure the multi-culti nonsense the far Left >>>> pushes, but I think a couple of years in the military for every kid-- both
    male and female-- would be a good thing.

    Middle-aged men with families and something real to lose should not be
    exempt from the draft, and yeah, I'm talking about men my age. We voted >>> in the shitheads in Washington. A boy fresh out of high school shouldn't >>> have to die on the front in Iran.

    The problem with older men, as I noted in another post, is that a much higher
    percentage of them can no longer physically do the job.

    I've read that the main issue is adult conscience doesn't fully form
    till age 25 or so and it's easier to train boys to become soldiers than
    men over 25 for that reason.

    That may be part of it, but I know that with my knee problems (and now a hip that's starting to bother me, too) I would physically not be able to even complete boot camp, let alone go on 20-mile infantry marches or scale walls or other obstacles in combat. I simply can't do that sort of thing anymore.

    If we were in a national emergency and there was a draft, I'd be more than happy to serve in some capacity, it just couldn't be in a physically demanding job for me anymore.

    The boys drafted to serve in WWI or Viet Nam weren't responsible for America's involvement, but older men were. Gee, people might take voting
    more seriously if they could be drafted.

    The answer to that is to make sure those older mens' kids go to the front lines, not deferments or rear-echelon assignments.

    I never got why you had to prove you were healthy enough to be shot at
    by the enemy to be drafted.

    I admire the Swiss and the Israelis and other countries in which men do >>> their army service and nearly everybody stays in the reserves. October 7 >>> would have been worse if certain men hadn't taken their army training
    and rescued family and friends from the Palestinians who tried to kill
    them or take them hostage. The occupation of the West Bank, on the other >>> hand, has been disastrous at times as kids and not adults are in charge, >>> with unacceptable levels of brutality,

    In Ukraine, if you can fight, you fight without regard to age. If you
    can't fight, you build drones in your garage.



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 14:46:47 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On 4/25/2026 10:28 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Ubi's crosspost to groups he doesn't read cut

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on >>>> a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.

    The current Administration is implementing automatic Selective Service registration for everyone within the age bracket and when 17-year olds
    turn 18 going forward.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.14
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 21:50:41 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 25, 2026 at 2:30:30 PM PDT, "Pluted Pup" <plutedpup@outlook.com>
    wrote:

    On 4/24/26 2:25 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:

    Also, Whoopie has claimed America is about to run out of gasoline and
    food.

    So is The View a comedy show?

    ABC promotes it as part of their News Division, so this coop of cackling hens are apparently the state of journalism in 2026.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Sat Apr 25 22:21:20 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Apr 25, 2026 at 2:46:47 PM PDT, "Dimensional Traveler" <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 4/25/2026 10:28 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Ubi's crosspost to groups he doesn't read cut

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com>
    wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on >>>>> a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted, >>>>> another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled >>>>> out Selective Service cards.

    The current Administration is implementing automatic Selective Service registration for everyone within the age bracket and when 17-year olds
    turn 18 going forward.

    Good. It is the law, after all. It's not like they have a choice to register
    or not. This just solves the problem of the scofflaws.



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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Sun Apr 26 06:17:31 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 25, 2026 at 1:16:48 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 25, 2026 at 12:56:12 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Apr 25, 2026 at 10:28:58 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>>>
    . . .

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually >>>>>> exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

    I don't think the draft would cure the multi-culti nonsense the far Left >>>>> pushes, but I think a couple of years in the military for every kid-- both
    male and female-- would be a good thing.

    Middle-aged men with families and something real to lose should not be >>>> exempt from the draft, and yeah, I'm talking about men my age. We voted >>>> in the shitheads in Washington. A boy fresh out of high school shouldn't >>>> have to die on the front in Iran.

    The problem with older men, as I noted in another post, is that a much higher
    percentage of them can no longer physically do the job.

    I've read that the main issue is adult conscience doesn't fully form
    till age 25 or so and it's easier to train boys to become soldiers than
    men over 25 for that reason.

    That may be part of it, but I know that with my knee problems (and now a hip >that's starting to bother me, too) I would physically not be able to even >complete boot camp, let alone go on 20-mile infantry marches or scale walls or >other obstacles in combat. I simply can't do that sort of thing anymore.

    If we were in a national emergency and there was a draft, I'd be more than >happy to serve in some capacity, it just couldn't be in a physically demanding >job for me anymore.

    I have a feeling Ukraine has no boot camp, just minimal weapons
    training. I realize not everyone can serve but I just never bought 1A
    versus 4F ratings for the draft. Just because I'm over 25, why should I
    be exempt when Trump does something against Canada and they invade?

    The boys drafted to serve in WWI or Viet Nam weren't responsible for
    America's involvement, but older men were. Gee, people might take voting
    more seriously if they could be drafted.

    The answer to that is to make sure those older mens' kids go to the front >lines, not deferments or rear-echelon assignments.

    I like it!

    I never got why you had to prove you were healthy enough to be shot at >>>> by the enemy to be drafted.

    I admire the Swiss and the Israelis and other countries in which men do >>>> their army service and nearly everybody stays in the reserves. October 7 >>>> would have been worse if certain men hadn't taken their army training >>>> and rescued family and friends from the Palestinians who tried to kill >>>> them or take them hostage. The occupation of the West Bank, on the other >>>> hand, has been disastrous at times as kids and not adults are in charge, >>>> with unacceptable levels of brutality,

    In Ukraine, if you can fight, you fight without regard to age. If you >>>> can't fight, you build drones in your garage.





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  • From NoBody@3:633/10 to All on Sun Apr 26 10:39:59 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:11:46 -0400, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
    wrote:

    In article <10sgqhk$dfmu$2@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 2:25:38 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on
    a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled
    out Selective Service cards.

    Transcript:

    ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Keep in mind the Iranian regime is the biggest
    state sponsor o terrorism. Ten years from now, 20 years from now, they
    may try to strike the homeland, they may try to strike troops in the
    region. This doesn't go away just because you sign a piece of paper.

    WHOOPI GOLDBERG: No, nothing goes away. And hat's why they're planning
    on a draft! They're planning on a draft! And you're bitching and
    moaning that there are women who are part of the - the Army, Navy, all
    the - and you're getting rid of people and talking about who shouldn't
    be -- what the hell are you people doing?!

    FARAH GRIFFIN: What it is is they're changing that you no longer - you >>> used to have to opt into the draft, now it makes it automatic.

    Jeezus, these women are stupid. No, you didn't 'opt in to the draft'. There >>hasn't been a draft since Vietnam. You had register with the government so >>they would have records in case of a future hypothetical draft.

    Speaking of stupid, the one I think claims to be a lawyer claims that the >amount of money spent on the Iran War is more money than this country has >spent since World War II.

    Libs can say any lie they want and it's perfectly ok with the
    audience.

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  • From NoBody@3:633/10 to All on Sun Apr 26 11:08:25 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:28:58 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Ubi's crosspost to groups he doesn't read cut

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote: >>>Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on >>>>a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted, >>>>another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled >>>>out Selective Service cards.

    [snip]

    Palantir Releases Nightmare 'Manifesto' That Calls For Military Draft and >>>A.I. Arms
    ......

    Bullet points from the plan included ending the all-volunteer military >>>and instituting universal military service in the United States, >>>committing the nation to an A.I. arms race, and suggesting that the
    west needs to weaponize against multiculturalism.

    Well, I can certainly get behind that final point.

    How is the First Amendment an inadequate shield? Part of the civil right
    to liberty that I enjoy here in America is that you cannot impose your >culture upon me.


    That only applies if you are on the left. When the left is in power
    they regularly impose their cultures upon the rest of us. Witness the
    rise of open border policies and trans education if you need examples.

    In any event, you and I have never seen eye-to-eye on this issue, for I
    have always seen the danger of imposing religious value in civil law as
    long as the motive is widely known but the language of the law itself
    remains silent on religious motivation.


    The left has no such concerns of pushing their "religions" of
    environmentalism, trans culture etc.

    Christians have done this for centuries. Muslims, if they gain any
    political power locally or in a state legislature, aren't doing anything >different.


    For that to be true you should expand your viewpoint to include named
    religions and include all value systems that meet that criteria.

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually
    exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

    Huh?

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  • From NoBody@3:633/10 to All on Sun Apr 26 11:15:03 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:16:48 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 25, 2026 at 12:56:12 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> >>wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Apr 25, 2026 at 10:28:58 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>>
    . . .

    How the hell does the draft cure this? Americans have to actually
    exercise their liberty against those who would take it away.

    I don't think the draft would cure the multi-culti nonsense the far Left >>>> pushes, but I think a couple of years in the military for every kid-- both >>>> male and female-- would be a good thing.

    Middle-aged men with families and something real to lose should not be
    exempt from the draft, and yeah, I'm talking about men my age. We voted
    in the shitheads in Washington. A boy fresh out of high school shouldn't >>> have to die on the front in Iran.

    The problem with older men, as I noted in another post, is that a much higher >>percentage of them can no longer physically do the job.

    I've read that the main issue is adult conscience doesn't fully form
    till age 25 or so and it's easier to train boys to become soldiers than
    men over 25 for that reason.

    The boys drafted to serve in WWI or Viet Nam weren't responsible for >America's involvement, but older men were. Gee, people might take voting
    more seriously if they could be drafted.

    You make a great argument to start drafting women!


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  • From NoBody@3:633/10 to All on Sun Apr 26 11:18:50 2026
    Subject: Re: You're Going to Get Drafted! How Do You Know? Because Whoopi Said So.

    On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:46:47 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 4/25/2026 10:28 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Ubi's crosspost to groups he doesn't read cut

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Apr 24, 2026 at 3:07:16 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims "they're planning on >>>>> a draft" to go fight Iran. One cast member thinks she'd be drafted,
    another says he just beat the a revised cut off.

    Fact check: misinformation. There is no draft and none of them filled >>>>> out Selective Service cards.

    The current Administration is implementing automatic Selective Service >registration for everyone within the age bracket and when 17-year olds
    turn 18 going forward.

    That has never been suspended. Don't blame it on "the current
    administration".

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