"what they claimed government was but never was until they put their kind of people in charge?"

Do you really believe that? It's fair enough to say that they've turned it up to 11 and are even more shameless about it than anyone else in recent history, but it was never like that before...?

I think someone either didn't understand how the Mercator distortions work, or doesn't know that Florida is closer to the equator than most the rest of the USA.

Either way, I've never heard of that comparison between Florida and a body part before.

On one hand, this sends a terrible message that engaging in certain types of tactics will be rewarded with statehood. On the other hand, Netanyahu and his government pretty much made this inevitable with their own tactics. I would say a pox on all extremists' houses, except they're already poxed.

#12, tell your friend that while I'm a supportive ally, my busy schedule and current geographical location prevent me from joining your meetings.

One time when I was playing a guitar when I was teenager, I was electrocuted by an amplifier after I played a chord with the volume off and then turned it up.

I blamed "the media" for that.

Humans are violent. Like all animals. We'll never move past that as long as we keep indulging in tribalism like this Left-Right nonsense.

Fun fact: Equatorial Guinea is the only Hispanic country in Africa.

Old recycled news. Why do stories like this always focus on Africa and not Malaysia or Latin America, or the equatorial region in general? Oh yeah, silly clickbait.

I always assumed DHS would have had automatic access to this data, since 2001.

Next up: Peace Corps will officially become spy agency.

It's also Mexican Independence Day.

Just wait until Dark Brandon gets back into office...

Western democracy is done. It was a fun experiment.

"my friends and I would go to "Windows on the World" on occasion to meet female tourists at the resto-disco. The place was pricey, but ritzy."

At first I thought you were talking about the Window of the World exhibition, in Shenzhen (a few miles north of Hong Kong).

Roman Empire and all that.

The people who voted for this will be squealing when the shoe is on the other foot.

#19-21, if it were only about drugs, you guys might have a point, but more astute people know it's not. The cartels have been involved in mass murder, kidnappings and extortions on an international scale, and it's gotten much worse during and since the pandemic. The current admin apparently picked a soft target for theatrics, and to troll people into defending the activity of the cartels. It appears to be working.

"People like them"

This us-vs-them mentality is why the top .01% have been able and will continue to fleece the rest of us.

Whether it's red vs blue, or urban vs less densely populated areas, or different countries, or whatever, it's always easier to blame the other while claiming the higher ground.

"So, what's your solution?"

>"Doing Nothing.
>That's the best option"

Like I said, a violin...

The Trump administration is obviously doing this for hyper-cynical reasons, but it looks like it's successfully playing many of its opponents like a violin. It's pretty much the same playbook that Bush-Cheney used, just far more open about conflating the WoT and WoD.

"Privateers used against the Cartels?"

So, what's your solution? Other than that, direct involvement, or doing nothing?

"This is about playing by the left's rules - controlling the language. Unfortunately the left's rules are stupid which makes this stupid."

Are you referring to the apostrophe abuse here? Either way, I disagree; whether it's the left claiming they're playing by the right's "rules", or vice versa, it's just a lame excuse to avoid owning one's own behaviour and/or to carry the water for others.

"If they are truly on the level of Al Queda/ISIS then this strike is righteous."

Bull. In extraordinary circumstances, like in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, one could claim something like this is a necessary evil, but not "righteous".

Speaking of raping neighbors, Venezuela has been moving to annex about half of Guyana's territory recently.

"I don't recall terrorist entrepreneurs innovating ways to serve the unmet pharmaceutical market needs of the American consumer."

You don't recall how opium poppy was/is used to fund terror groups?

"Good Rapists Make Good Neighbors."

Sounds like a Russian proverb.