#8

20 years or so ago I had several friends who were LE. None of them are still active in LE the atmosphere drove them out. For years I have defended LE against ACAB because of my past associations. Turns out most of them would now agree ACAB and why they left the force. I believe we may have crossed the tipping point and the cops will only get worse as they drive the last few good cop hold outs off the forces.

I will say there are a few jurisdictions where the ones who got into LE to protect and serve are still the majority; but at least in my state the state cops, who are some of the worst of the bunch, will ignore the locals if they want, so just being in the jurisdictions is no guarantee of fair and honest policing.

I am not sure what the answer is but at this point if a leader wants a police state it seems the police will be happy to enforce it.

"Well, Trump did like 100+ executive orders ordering ICE to do all kinds of things, so the job description has changed radically."

Yes that is why I said traditionally. I'm not talking about what is "legal" since Trumps EO pen started getting more of a workout than Melania's --------.

"They're apathetic to the fact that powerful men prey on the young. It's kind of just the way the world is, and always has been."

One of the most depressing and disturbingly true statements I've ever read for just so many reasons.

#12

I don't disagree but honestly not sure what the laws and standards for ICE have traditionally been. I mean the "joke" about if there's a long line at home depot and you are in in a hurry just yell ICE has been around a lot longer than the Trump Presidency. That would imply that profiling by location and skin tone is not new. I don't like it regardless of age. It really sucks for the couple first and second generation immigrants I know who carry documentation with them everywhere they go and worry about going certain places regardless of their documentation status.

#13

See above response. While the behavior has been abhorrent and the number of citizen and documented people that they are rounding up is unacceptable I don't know that it is worse than standard for ICE. So possibly not the best use of outrage.

This admin is doing everything it can to flood the zone with outrage. So we need to be careful to properly target outrage instead of giving in to the daily cascade of it.

I saw some photos from the NY/VT state line and it was pretty amazing. I mean they used a slow shutter speed so it looked even more impressive but even taking that into account the number of fireflies was beyond anything I remember in at least a decade probably two.

Trump trying all these distractions but Josh Johnson already gave him the answer.

"If you ended the wars in Gaza and Ukraine that would be extremely distracting. If you put up affordable housing Americans would be like what Epstein files I'm too distracted memorizing my new home address. If you want to think about it in terms you understand think of it as a bribe Mr. President"

I mean not for nothing if my job were to round up undocumented immigrants am I going to have a higher success rate at Franklin and Sons CPA (since 1948) or Home Depot parking lot.

No love for ICE but you go where the work is.

#4

Up her ----- but she's too old so Trump will never see it.

#38 & #39

So stupid you had to say it twice.

None of the facts Gabbard released have any bearing on the actual Russian interference claims. Once again you have to read past the headline to see the truth.

Trump has been quiet on this one. For a man who has to rage tweet about the smallest slights to not respond at all?

Tell you what I'll put in 20 dollars if you let me punch every cabinet member in the face.

Heck I'll go as high as 20 each.

Something like this was/is inevitable.

Sounds wonderful. Lets build more places to experimentally blow things up, experimentally blow more things up, cut back on the rules for experimentally blowing things up, and give control over blowing things up experimentally to those kind and benevolent corporations that care so very much for the environment and public safety.

This all sounds like a brilliant idea that couldn't possibly lead to any issues whatsoever.

#25

That passage is specifically about taxation not about any other law. Start at 12:14, context clues matter (like the context where the pharisees and herodians specifically ask if they should pay)

Maybe if inflation gets bad again Trump will talk about Epstein to distract from it.

I know quite a few cruise people. They all try and get me to go on one but I have yet to succumb to peer pressure.

I've done peak season Vegas, I don't feel the need to do the same but on water. I'll take the cost of the cruise and rent a nice cabin with a view of the sun rising or setting over the mountains, no neighbors in sight, and a private hot tub. Much more my speed for a vacation.

Yeah Hitachi invented that technology in 1968.

Cave women in 10,000 BCE invented that technology. Hitachi just made it better.

Shame a woman commandant is so threatening to the Secretary of Drunkfense. Maybe he wouldn't feel so emasculated if he hadn't taken a job as a secretary.

I should also add that the value is the land so even if we wanted to down size the house a smaller house in the same area will cost the same as ours, assuming I could grab one before a developer does and tears down the house to put up a McMansion for 12x our income.

#13

Fortunately we are in the moving down stage of life but even so we are looking at 60-90 min away.

When we bought this house it was about 3x income but interest rates were stupid low so with 20% down and paying cash for closing costs the payment was only 20% of income.

Now this house would sell for at least 6x our income and thats with about a 30% increase in income. Add on the higher interest rate and if we bought today our mortgage would be close to 50% of the new higher income. That's assuming we could come up with about 70k more to close than we did when we bought, if not add some PMI and we get a payment well over 50% of our income (aka. no mortgage since no company is loaning a +50% debt to income loan)

Yes I am in one of the 25 cities in the article.

Couple of things that support the insane price growth. RE here is still only middle/high middle so we get people moving from NY/CA etc who have tons of equity to throw at property. Also those same people are making 2-3x the "average" income in the area. So lots of people moving in who can afford it but at the cost to a lot of people who live here who have gone from a low middle/middle COLA to a middle/high middle COLA without changing location. Heck our property taxes an insurance are now equal to my mortgage payment so not even sure how long I'll last here.

We are looking at a few places an hour out of town where we could move and have no house payment but I worry how long before high property values chase out even an hour away.

#55

Thank you. You saved me a lot of typing. I read not only the "news" article but also the linked documents.

None of it was addressing the general claim of collusion and pushing narratives on social media etc. In fact it even specified that there were attempts to undermine confidence in the electoral systems via social media.

So cherry picking the point that Russia never actually affected the final count. Then using that to say the whole concept of Russian interference is a lie, is well a lie.

#32

Yup. Usually I would agree that it is not the presidents economy yet.

Usually presidents don't bypass congress to cut funding and implement tariffs mid fiscal year. Since Trump has repeatedly changed both the budget and trade terms ignoring congress and the budget the fiscal year no longer means much.

I mostly go for Guatemalan coffee so will I still be affected?

#2

You are correct no one will notice. Some because there is too much ---- on their plate already, some because they support it so even if they notice they won't say anything, and some because a 5% increase isn't really noticeable.