"I don't believe that torture is an effective method for obtaining reliable information from thick-skinned enemies. Interrogation methods have gotten so sophisticated that inflicting torturous pain has become obsolete as a means of obtains valuable information."

But how about as a way to secure the border.

Word gets out that we are torturing illegals, that would be a strong deterrent border policy.

You want a strong deterrent at the border to dissuade illegal entry.

So naturally you would support torture as an effective method for securing the border.

"Imagine holding a protest to ensure fraud and abuse continues."

That was Jan 6.

You are literally fighting to keep the US from deporting violent gang members that illegally entered the US.

You're missing it, on purpose, because that's what you do.

The difference between us is we want the government to follow the law.

You want anything the government does to your enemies to be deemed legal.

Which court order did Biden fail to comply with?

There isn't one.

End of story.

"I thought SS was one of those third rail type things."

That was before Trump realized his Republican followers will gladly push Grandma off the cliff.

We're through the looking glass now.

"Who was running the Executive branch during the last 4 years?"

At this point, what difference does it make?

What were the policy shifts or other changes from the White House that led you to conclude, unlike any news outlet, that Biden was not in charge, and when did the change happen?

"How about charge them with a crime"

This will never get addressed.

They just know, in their hearts, security of the nation means the President has to be able to black bag people at will.

They know it must be that way.

For our safety.

They trust the government to black bag the right people. They really do.

"Random Elon hater involved in running the site receives order to remove DEI and complies maliciously by removing anything related to anyone non white knowing it will receive the exact attention we are discussing."

But that's just... complying with the order.
That's what the order tells them to do.

Remove anything related to diversity, equality, and inclusion.

That means remove the inclusion of non-whites.

But think of the savings when the old people don't get their checks any more!

Empathy causes inflation!

Congress can't decide it's Necessary and Proper to make an independent agency?

"CFPB isn't under the control of the Executive or Legislative branch."

And the Fed?

The police usually put them underground, so yeah, there isn't enough space, but it's not like there's a good mechanism to get them into treatment or halfway homes or what have you either.

It's a thing our nation has chosen not to care very much about, at the highest levels.

Vagrancy used to be a crime. Trump and the Republicans would like to return us to those days.

And we will certainly have the prison space, after the number of camps needed to detain millions of illegals pending deportation.

I had been thinking of going to Turkey but now I don't wanna go.

"A judge ordered the planes to be turned around."

Sorry, you're breaking up.
(crinkling paper)

Say again, over.
(more crinkling paper)

a man who is experiencing a "mental health crisis."

^
Looks like someone read one too many JFK Files.

Say hi to TonyRoma for me. I respect his decision to not come back. And I figured I must have been an irritant with my racist pastiche comments so I hope I didn't drive him away. If that is a thing that happened I'm sorry. He did have good things to say. So did Sully. I often felt like if both Sully and I agreed on something, there was no other way to slice it.

Dude. China will win.

China winning does not get the American consumer the best value for long.

We should all be more like Gal Tuesday. Including Gal Tuesday.

In these troubling times, we need Gal Threesday.

Now I understand why doctors sometimes have to perform a lumpectomy.

"Trump Vows To Plug Critical Holes In Mexican Border Girl"

Vague memories of Russian history is things were decent under Peter the Great, things were okay under Ivan III aka the Great,

And Ivan IV would have taken the title of Ivan The Great from his predecessor
For he was a beloved Tsar who greatly improved Russia
ad he not gone crazy in the second half of his tenure
and went on a crusade to sweep out corruption across the land,
literally -- get this -- riding on a horse with a black broom
symbolically sweeping out the corruption for the peasants to see
and ruthlessly firing or executing, I couldn't say
countless government officials
crippling the effectiveness of his own country to function,
ushering in an era of economic misery
Earning the name Ivan The Terrible

That's about what I remember.

"The next century will see a new golden era for Russia."

They had an old one?
We must not have read the same novels.

So now, since it wasn't racism on the part of the Executive,
but rather, "malicious compliance" on the part of those implementing the Order,
that provides justification
to fire all the people who complied,
maliciously.

DOGE should hire me. I could really make the heads roll. My country needs me.

It's a malicious order, doofus.