-Did we expect those idiots to learn anything?

Yes, I believe most others did expect them to learn something.

And if this poll reflected that, everyone would be saying "See?? I told you this would backfire!!!"

And to a certain extent, even I believed these idiots would figure out something eventually.

-And in a free society, one should be allowed their own philosophy without condemnation, judgement, or penalty as long as it doesn't harm others.

Oh, we can't exclude anybody from condemnation or judgement. Free Speech.

-It's hard to draw any conclusions other than Vance is really, really, really, hated and Trump is really, really hated.

It found that Vice President JD Vance was the most popular figure among Republicans with a net favorability rating of +65 overall and +54 among Republican voters under the age of 30. Over 53 percent of Republicans would support Vance if he stood in the 2028 GOP primary, the poll found.

-How come you can't understand the written language?

most of us speak English.

Snoofy, lamplighter, and Boaz speak their own language.

-I'll be doing an install for Department of Defense later this month.

plumbing?
flooring?
light fixtures?

or those new cool soap dispensers?

-Any of that sound worrisome?

maybe it should be but I'm not as worried about it as COVID since we've had a pretty effective vaccine for the past 55 years or so......

Again, you're really worried our economy will be impacted similarly to COVID?

-Or should we wait till it becomes a pandemic and we're forced to shut down our economy?

what? a measles pandemic that shuts down our economy?

-Congratulations, you're part of the problem!

The juco where you got your welding certificate doesn't have the same research expectations as we have from Harvard....no question about that.

But I'm not part of the problem, or really.....your problem.

You believe what you want.

maybe you should go read about yourself on the medicaid thread corky posted.

You seem like the kind of person who's on medicaid, but doesn't realize it.

There are all kinds of stupid people out there who are unaware of their own circumstances. People tell themselves anything to get through the day. And much of it lies.

Which doesn't really matter to anyone.

It's not that they care how stupid these people are....it's how they vote. That's what has their asses chapped.

-I love how readily the mouth breathing dumbf*+^s offer up their active membership in that club.

I believe there are a lot of moderates and liberals who would agree it's not an unreasonable argument to question their tax dollars going to a university miles out of their reach with a $53B endowment.

I don't think that means they support this threat by Trump. I would set that aside completely.

But questioning why are giving $9 Billion to Harvard isn't all that crazy.

This article is old but it gives some insight into Harvard's admissions....

It's not that Harvard isn't serious about education.

It's that Harvard is very particular about who they want to receive their education and how their school is perceived.

Legacy and large donor admissions are a big big deal to them.

Harvard tries to be ranked very high on various lists.

law school
business school
engineering
medicine
etc...

They want to be ranked high but they also need to balance it with lowering their standards for legacy and donor admissions.

FWIW, their law school recently dropped out of the coveted T3 of law schools.

For good reason, the for-profit prison system takes a bad rap in this country.

We've crossed another milestone here.

We've managed to outsource incarceration jobs now.

This is a foreign prison outsource move.

I did some reading on this...I didn't realize the federal govt. supported unemployment as much as it does. I thought it was almost entirely funded by the respective states.

Turns out the Fed govt provides quite a bit of administrative help.

Not that I give a crap what DOGE says....which I don't.

-OK, SCOTUS has ruled that he should be returned to the US.

The highlighted portion above orders the US to "facilitate" his release from El Salvador.

El Salvador still has to volunteer to give him up. If they don't, then I don't know what "facilitate" means but since it's in "" then maybe it's defined specifically somewhere in that document issued by the court.

He's got you pissed..

That was a reference to the entire left who's vocally against this.

not "you".

and not "me".

"It doesn't anger you...."

don't tell me what I'm angry about or should be angry about. It's not about my emotions. If you want to argue my position, fine. But leave my emotions (that you assign to me) out of it.

we all have our triggers.

This is sadistic and wrong. I already said so.....but I still have no morals nor a conscience.

You're so desperate for attention, you have to go down this very muddy road every time, don't you?

Well, I tried to talk to you like an adult. I already know it's a waste of time but I was hoping you'd get further before -------- yourself.

You smell now......go change.

"They're not "just" sadists.
But they are sadists."

I agree it's sadistic, no question.

But it's about the money to them and it's about the optics to Trump. He loves it being displayed that way.

"Finally, a president gives a ---- about getting rid of these violent savages!!!!" - MAGA

That is why we saw what we saw....it's exactly what Trump wanted.

He's got you pissed....and his supporters all sporting wood over it at the same time. A 2-Fer.

-The Cruelty Is The Point.

Then why give them $6 million. If they'll do it for free then let them.

I think money is the point to the Salvadorans. Have these "criminals" done anything to the citizens of El Salvador? Committed any crimes? We've established there is no evidence they committed crimes in the US that would alarm them.

You think they're just sadists?

It's about the money.....

It's all good, Danforth.

One of my best friends is a CPA....he's a complete SOB to talk to right now and it's always been this way.

Danforth, between your rage and your sarcasm...you can't be talked to.......I don't disagree with you but communication is impossible.

-My guess is they "escape", and they're "never heard from again".

you mean they'll be executed? I suppose.....but I think we'll have to pay for such services.

-Define "go".

open the door and let them walk out.

The El Salvadoran government doesn't care about any of this except the money....right?

They only took these folks because we gave them $6 million. They aren't going to spend all that on incarcerating them and are we going to keep paying them?

Because sooner or later, they'll just let them go unless we keep paying them to keep them locked up. It's about profit to El Salvador. They don't give a crap about these migrants.

Has anyone bothered to draft a funding formula for SS that reflects ideas/strategy such as the one Galloway mentions?

Anything more than just "wealthy shouldn't be receiving SS".

As if that helps. What's "wealthy"? How do we measure that? I could ask a dozen more questions that have no answer.

Is anybody serious about this?

-You're like, trying to open my eyes to that fact,

No, I'm not. I thought I was talking to Clown.

-But can you get Boaz to see it? Impossible.

Correct.