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.

" Can't even destroy the Houthi's."

Destroy the Houthi's what? Which Houti?

Does anyone know how to use apostrophes anymore?

Some things are grey in this world. Raping your neighbors and causing a civilian passenger jet to be shot down are not among them.

" Didn't MSNBC start out as Microsoft NBC?"

I remember when it was Pre-MicroSoft NBC.

I've heard a lot of lame excuses to avoid doing taxes, but c'mon...