Good. He was never a cadet, Applied to West Point and not the US Air Force Academy, NEVER SERVED, and in general was a regressive bigot.

I did, of the 170 only 20 were held over night. This is hardly the kidnapping wave you are implying.
#12 | Posted by oneironaut

Lets weigh some things ....
20 citizens being held over night given the 100s of thousands ICE is processing.
vs
ICE arrests 171 noncitizens with pending charges or convictions for murder, homicide or assault against children during nation-wide law enforcement effort

Whats a life worth to you? Whats stopping sexual child abuse worth to you?
As I have stated during Bidens term, many citizens are having their lives ruined by illegal immigrants. Why would you allow that to your own people?
Fixing for the helpless citizen isn't going to be easy given the emotional energy of people like yourself.
#17 | Posted by oneironaut

So, are we a nations of law or not? Taking citizens even for a brief time without a legal reason against their will is tantamount to kidnapping. I don't care if it is 10 minutes. If I force you into my vehicle I have kidnapped you even I only hold briefly. What would I be charged with if I took anyone against their will, put them in my car and drove a 100 yards away? Kidnapping. If I was an federal agent with no jurisdiction over citizens it should be the same penalty. Who cares what language I CHOOSE to engage with you in or what the color of my skin is?

Yes, let's weigh some things. I am all for punishing the heinous crimes you have outlined. But how disingenuous you are talking about charged and not convicted individuals. How many were arrested during a booking? How many were already in jail? How many were out on bail? How many were arrested at the court house? How many would ICE have detained in an average year regardless of this crackdown? I would hope most or all 171, but then again traditionally they have a trial, go to jail and are THEN deported.

It isn't how much a life is worth, how many American citizens are charged with those same crimes every single year? And for that matter it seems that MAGA are just fine with watering their version of the liberty tree with the blood of the innocent. The REAL question is, are we a nation of laws or not?

The Constitution is being flouted time and again as agents round up people on the streets without warrants and break into homes for warrantless searches. We also have what is known as Due Process as part of our legal system that is being thrown out the window. Right now I don't care what Obama did as that is the past and a combination of a whataboutism and a strawman and nothing to do with today. How many of those 171 are guilty and how many are innocent? I have little doubt most are bad people or at least guilty of a crime but they are due their day in court. No matter what I think of the accused and the evidence against them they are DUE their day in court. Should we just deport them back home, what if they are here legally AND innocent? Being charged with a crime does not make you a criminal.

Us immigrants are required to carry our papers and show them on demand.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut

Some serious BS there.

First off - Immigrants who have become citizens are NOT required to do so.
Second - Nobody who is a citizen is required to show papers legally.
Third - ICE has no jurisdiction at all over Citizens period. They are not legally empowered to stop or detain them.

Yes, technically passport/visa and green card holders are required to carry them. (Special note: not all visitors require a visa.) Just like you are technically required to carry your passport on you when you visit other countries. I say technically because virtually nobody does and frankly you are an idiot to do so. Carry a photograph. The reason for that is simple - the loss or theft of these items is a big deal and it is far more likely to happen outside the home or hotel. In fact you are warned not to carry them in many places we have been. It only becomes an issue if you run afoul of the law in a normal country and we are no longer normal as we have gone "full ------".

This was already on my mind because literally just yesterday, I was at an airport and my companions ear buds did not come out of the machine. TSA was able to locate them. While we were waiting a woman's driver's license was lost. TSA was eventually able to locate it. While I then waited for 2 hours I heard them page at least 3 people to return to the checkpoint for their lost passport.

Wow. I'll have to try his music. About time an actual Christian with right wing appeal spoke up. I have been saying these same things for decades. Most Christians are simply CINOs, worse actually they are soldiers of the Anti-Christ.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter

The point isn't to jail them, but that would be a bonus for the jackboots. The point is make life hard and expensive. To break them.

This just fits with the Republican Chat group busted. Really, I have been around enough of these guys - THIS IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

I just spent a couple days in deep AI conversations with security experts and some software engineers. AI can be incredibly useful but people have to understand the issues.

Missing out alright - the AI remembers everything exactly as said for eternity. Some Boards have banned AI note taking - for good reason. It is ALL subject to discovery in lawsuits. Now there is not only a "board member" in the form of an AI but also a photographic memory sitting on the board. Other companies are banning them from all meetings. Again for good reason.

Keep in mind, something said off the cuff or without context is now recorded. Some people deserve to be but at the same time perfectly innocent things can and will be used against you in your next lawsuit without all the relevant context.

RIP Ace - The man battled his demons but gave us some great Rock along the way.

#49 | Posted by visitor_

In addition to what Corky posted, "universal availability" is not the same as "universal vaccination" either.

With the Dem panic/Plandemic largely over and Fauci no longer around to suppress treatments, doctors are free to try new therapies without losing their licenses and being accused of peddling horse paste. Pfizer is not amused.

#26 | Posted by visitor_

You Ych"n de hndn - this was TRUMP'S "PLANDEMIC". Trump was responsible for everything - Fauci, operation warp speed, the lock downs, the initial "handouts" and the fact that the US stood head and shoulders above other modern nations in our death rate.

But hey, I was at work making sure our products made it out so they could make the required vents for trumptards and others.

Republicans villainize and demonize that which they find most dear to their hearts. Just saying.

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

LDS have been considered heretical from go. They are essentially the same thing as Muslims to Christians. Muslims and Mormons believe in Christ, just not the same was Christians see him.

Let's not forget all other farm products. I can hear the Soy Bean farmers crying from here. If he thinks we had a trade deficit before...

BTW at 77 Clearance Thomas does not have a "long term".

#20 | Posted by Nixon

It's too long for my taste in all honesty. The only thing worse is him dying while Trump is in power.

#22 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Says who?

#55 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

Sad but true.

So I talked to a coworker. His dad's neighborhood is across the road from the shooters neighborhood and his kid's have a bunch of Mormon friends from that congregation. The guy definitely had the Trump/Vance sign up still and his dad knew the truck. According to him, the guy called in a bomb threat to the Meijer in the area the day before. If you don't know Meijer, think walmart mega center but good and a 1000% better experience.

So the guy was from Burton. Just north of Grand Blanc. It is a really dumpy low income area. Real mix of folks but primarily Democrat voting.

According to the internet the shooter has a trump Vance sign up in his front yard

#27 | Posted by Tor

I was driving in rural central Michigan by the same old dumps I have been driving by for like a decade thinking, "I really should take a picture of these dumps decorated like it's Christmas with Trump signs and paraphernalia." I mean DUMPS. 8+ old rotted worthless cars in the year, 50 year old ag equipment just rotting in the "yard" - not decoration stuff, dilapidated homes...

I was also thinking "I just wouldn't want to get shot..."

Apparently religious freedom now only applies to MAGAnites.

#15 | Posted by Corky

That's always been the case in their minds, I know it was obvious to you and most - any religion that fits in their twisted narrow Christian definition.

I know right were this is. It's about 45 minutes from my place. Grand Blanc is a Flint suburb, almost directly east on the South Side. Been to the "nearby hospital" more than once. Basically it is just inside the civilized edge of Thumb Militia country.

Looking at the truck with the American flags hanging from poles in the bed (everywhere in the rural areas around here) - right wing nutter with a revenge for Kirk motivation is my solid bet.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

That's because there are VERY FEW far left. They are mostly boogeymen.

What's funny is I just watched Mehdi Hasan on Jubilee. They aren't afraid to even call themselves fascists any more. To say the Constitution should just be ripped up.

Musk tells German nazis to move past the guilt of the holocaust.

www.npr.org

#12 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

An apartheid baby telling the nazis they shouldn't feel guilty. I mean does it get any more surreal?

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

That comment made no sense. But then again when do they ever? What would you call that specific rally?

#5 | Posted by BellRinger

They are not they would have cut the show long ago if that was the case.