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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jan 30, 2024 1:48:01 GMT -5
I'm guessing so. Given her age I'd guess mid 80s maybe early 90s. Really, illegal immigration used to not be such a big deal. My dad worked with illegal immigrants when he was young - they just wanted to come do seasonal work, and there was no real problem. He said they'd get a call from the plant down the road that ICE was coming and the Mexicans would just hide. ICE would come, watch the few American teens still remaining frantically try to keep up with the line (knowing full well what was up) and then leave. When the seasonal work was over, they would actually call ICE who would pick the migrants up and "deport" them back to Mexico. I see no harm with that. If do the same for my family if I was in their place. The real issues with the surge of undocumented immigrants evading border patrol goes back to (IMO) the rise and fall of organized crime in the major US cities. When the Mafia was being dismantled in the 70s and 80s, gangs like the Crips and Bloods (who had typically been contained to small areas like Harlem) expanded their reach, aided by Jamaican and Haitian crime organizations. As the African American gangs' influence was waning with the "war on drugs", Mexican, Central and South American Cartels saw the opportunity to sell drugs and humans into the states. And since it's easier to find a stationary drug lab than a mobile dealer, supply became predominantly out of country manufactured. So now there are incentives given for Cartels to sell product to Mexican gangs in the US cities. That's what the people who immigrated legally were trying to escape. It's really unfortunate that our organized crime in the US isn't more US based. Maybe cocaine needs a "buy American" campaign! This is all to distract from the one less glamorous but most critical problem of all. There is no infrastructure in place to process legal immigration in any circumstance. Legal immigration from Mexico can last longer than it takes to raise one's child to adulthood -- pi$$ poor promise of an American dream. It is quicker if you are a model and like sugar daddies.
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Post by rk0atheist on Jan 30, 2024 8:06:39 GMT -5
Evolution Apologies to those of you who are outside the United States. I don't know what your access is to PBS NOVA. Generally after a NOVA show Premiers in on-air broadcast it will then be available on the PBS website and on YouTube for a few weeks. I don't know if access to either of these sites is blocked by location of viewer. Anyone living in western Washington state should have access to it, one way or the other. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/when-whales-could-walk/
When Whales Could Walk Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved.
PREMIERES: 1/31/24
In Egypt’s Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground. This fossil graveyard, millions of years old, is known as the “Valley of the Whales.” Now, paleontologists have unearthed a whole new species of ancient whale dating to 43 million years ago, and this predator wasn’t just able to swim – it also had four legs and could walk. Follow scientists as they search for new clues to the winding evolutionary path of mammals that moved from the land into the sea to become the largest animals on Earth. (Premiering January 31, 2024 at 9 pm on PBS.)
Here is a reminder about the premiere tomorrow night.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2024 16:16:48 GMT -5
This is all to distract from the one less glamorous but most critical problem of all. There is no infrastructure in place to process legal immigration in any circumstance. Legal immigration from Mexico can last longer than it takes to raise one's child to adulthood -- pi$$ poor promise of an American dream. It is quicker if you are a model and like sugar daddies. Melania Trump moved to New York in 1996. She became a citizen in 2006. I don't know how seriously she was pursuing citizenship though - it may be that she didn't even apply till 2005 when she married the Donald. In which case, it was a super quick process.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2024 16:33:11 GMT -5
Jamie Dimon, CEO of Morgan Chase Bank who was a big Obama supporter (after he was bailed out) and has recently endorsed Nikki Haley, said something bad. Bad Bad Bad.
"Dimon, who has clashed with Trump in the past and previously described himself as “barely a Democrat,” said that people are “basically scape-goating” Trump supporters. He said Democrats use the “MAGA” label to accuse Trump supporters of being like the former president instead of listening to their underlying concerns.
“I don’t think they are voting for Trump because of his family values,” Dimon said. “Just take a step back and be honest: He was kind of right about NATO. He was kind of right about immigration. He grew the economy quite well. Tax reform worked.”
Dimon went on to say Trump was also right about some his criticism of China.
“I don’t like how he said things about Mexico,” Dimon said, referring to Trump’s 2015 announcement of his candidacy when he said the country was sending criminals and rapists into the United States. “But he wasn’t wrong about some of these critical issues and that’s why they’re voting for him.” "
So now you have people who are not fans of Trump and are actively endorsing his rivals speaking .... the truth? What has this world come to? Trump did all things bad always forever!! Get with the program! I know.... Dimon is a Russian Spy! He's a mouthpiece of Putin!. Dimon and Snoop Dogg... who know? Filthy Russian spies. Dimon also dared to not bash Trump supporters, but.... gasp!.... actually suggested that they might have valid concerns? What a MAGA-loving Swastika wearing Russian scum!
There are only two possible conclusions for those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome: Dimon must be a secret racist Russian agent, or Dimon must not know anything about anything.
www.cnn.com/2024/01/17/business/jamie-dimon-trump-maga/index.htmlA few people are blinking their eyes and waking up at least.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2024 2:33:54 GMT -5
If you were to find the two most opposite groups in America in terms of basic ideology, Cenk from The Young Turks and Tucker Carlson would be good faces of each side. And our GOP war hawks have gone so insane that Cenk and Tucker are in agreement. youtu.be/whQ4S_M2mts?si=2yB5gsyUL-D8IqdwThe Young Turks and the MAGA Movement also are finding common ground: The Democrats are so pathetic and moronic that the only thing they know how to do at this point is screech "Russia Russia Russia!" whenever someone disagrees with them. youtu.be/DMXMvjr5mI8?si=Fsh5VJqZcGikAIJVIt's an odd world where the extremes on either side are discovering that those in the alleged "middle" are more insane than either of them.
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Post by Lee on Feb 3, 2024 16:22:09 GMT -5
This is interesting. I’ve been stoked on Trump in the past. More recently, I’ve become concerned he’s not as independent from the deep state as he presents to be.
As far as that goes, my working assumption is the world remains hostage to bad actors. Life as we know it is colored by them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2024 16:47:58 GMT -5
youtu.be/dBn7D0AEc98?si=cQ3bJF-NMD_YtiK8CNN hosts are shocked to learn why illegal immigrants travel to Democrat-controlled New York to do their crime, and then travel to Florida to spend their money. Why not just stay on Florida? Because in Florida, you go to jail. I mean. Of course!
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Feb 3, 2024 18:27:34 GMT -5
This is interesting. I’ve been stoked on Trump in the past. More recently, I’ve become concerned he’s not as independent from the deep state as he presents to be. As far as that goes, my working assumption is the world remains hostage to bad actors. Life as we know it is colored by them.
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Post by Lee on Feb 4, 2024 0:19:27 GMT -5
www.dollute.com/video/ERVgBnVj1VbK/This hit piece and or expose of trump concerns me. Converting to Judaism is ostensibly, a denial of Jesus. dollute = b*i*t*c*h*u*t*e (remove asterisks)
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Feb 4, 2024 14:34:41 GMT -5
Source, please, for your Martha's Vineyard comments. I no longer waste my time citing sources for you. It wouldn't matter. Never does, so I don't bother. You'll just tell me to "F- myself" again. They were actually flown there, and I don't have sources for the exact value of the golf carts nor caviar. Not to worry though - even with a plethora of open hotel spaces that easily would've accommodated the 50 migrants, they had those folks gone within a couple days. I imagine they were kind to them while they were there - the people living at Martha's Vinyard aren't bad people - just insanely rich. Rich enough to accommodate 50 migrants for years. But in typical fashion, they made sure that the "problem" was "taken care of" ASAP. Melania rump is proof that there are foreigners that will take a job no American would ever want.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2024 17:44:01 GMT -5
I no longer waste my time citing sources for you. It wouldn't matter. Never does, so I don't bother. You'll just tell me to "F- myself" again. They were actually flown there, and I don't have sources for the exact value of the golf carts nor caviar. Not to worry though - even with a plethora of open hotel spaces that easily would've accommodated the 50 migrants, they had those folks gone within a couple days. I imagine they were kind to them while they were there - the people living at Martha's Vinyard aren't bad people - just insanely rich. Rich enough to accommodate 50 migrants for years. But in typical fashion, they made sure that the "problem" was "taken care of" ASAP. Melania rump is proof that there are foreigners that will take a job no American would ever want. 😂😂😂😂 Pays pretty well though... and as long as you're the last one, the pension is outstanding!
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Post by BobWilliston on Feb 4, 2024 19:34:23 GMT -5
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Feb 4, 2024 19:48:53 GMT -5
The republican party seem to have a different version of the constitution. One which is written on damp tissues.
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Post by BobWilliston on Feb 4, 2024 19:56:06 GMT -5
The republican party seem to have a different version of the constitution. One which is written on damp tissues. They treat the Constitution like the Bible -- they cite it not because it proves their point, but because mentioning it like they're a believer gives them immunity from disapproval.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Feb 4, 2024 20:02:52 GMT -5
The republican party seem to have a different version of the constitution. One which is written on damp tissues. They treat the Constitution like the Bible -- they cite it not because it proves their point, but because mentioning it like they're a believer gives them immunity from disapproval. It's possible they do not understand either, based on what I have read on here.
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Post by BobWilliston on Feb 4, 2024 20:18:26 GMT -5
They treat the Constitution like the Bible -- they cite it not because it proves their point, but because mentioning it like they're a believer gives them immunity from disapproval. It's possible they do not understand either, based on what I have read on here. It's a telling point when you hear them reminding people that the word "democracy" doesn't appear in the Constitution. There used to be a democratic republican party, but "democracy" became their principle ideology. Yet vestiges of the pre-Civil War non-democratic republic survive quite strongly. Democratic Republican Party DEFINITION a US political party that was founded in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson and was a forerunner of the modern Democratic Party.
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Post by Lee on Feb 5, 2024 11:47:33 GMT -5
'Democracy' has become a politically charged word. The duplicity by which its present meaning was constructed intentionally as a means to deceive. Today, the defintion of democracy to the uni-party and the elites they serve is:
1)to deprive, divide and conquer people adhering to classical meanings and values,
2)to destroy and replace the mentality of individualism with collectivism.
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Post by Lee on Feb 5, 2024 11:56:21 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder about the import of the US constitution, I relate everything to theology.
Is the american revolution in any sense a return to the old covenant?
Is there not one way to salvation, the white flag of surrender to Jesus, as he represented in residency and righteousness, a contrast with the immediate world, and its powers that shouldn't be?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2024 12:35:29 GMT -5
Worked for Andrew Jackson. The Supreme Court has no power to enforce any ruling they make, though disregarding the Supreme Court in actuality should have consequences. Funny thing though..... I remember being lectured after the Roe V. Wade decision about how the constitution never says the Supreme Court is the final authority on matters. Lest I be lumped into the group of "everyone with a different opinion than me who therefore must be completely ignorant to the constitution", maybe we'd best remind our left leaning friends what Chief Justice Sotomayor said not even 2 years ago. "there’s so much that’s not in the Constitution, including the fact that we have the last word. Marbury versus Madison. There is not anything in the Constitution that says that the Court, the Supreme Court, is the last word on what the Constitution means. It was totally novel at that time. And yet, what the Court did was reason from the structure of the Constitution that that’s what was intended.” www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/03/dont-expand-the-supreme-court-shrink-it-00043863This is the problem with playing a game meant to defeat the opponent instead of playing by the rules. You just make it up as you go, and count on everyone to forget what you said not two years ago. The executive branch can check the power of the Court - there's nothing that says they can't. Recall the cries from the left for Biden to use executive action after the abortion decision. However, there is a significant cost of you defy the Supreme Court recklessly. If the president were to do so, congress can impeach him if they choose, and the public can protest. The entire judicial system could also see it as a challenge to their legitimacy and make life a living nightmare for the rest of the presidents term, as could congress. Let's just try to be balanced. We weren't telling Biden to get his "goons" in line in 2022. Heck, we couldn't even be bothered to condemn Schumer for threatening the court, nor the nut job who showed up outside Justice Kavanagh's house to assassinate him.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Feb 5, 2024 14:32:14 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder about the import of the US constitution, I relate everything to theology. Is the american revolution in any sense a return to the old covenant? Is there not one way to salvation, the white flag of surrender to Jesus, as he represented in residency and righteousness, a contrast with the immediate world, and its powers that shouldn't be? How do you think an American version of Iran would work out for people who have different beliefs to yours or the state sanctioned beliefs?
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Post by Lee on Feb 7, 2024 0:33:10 GMT -5
To state sanctioned beliefs, badly.
I’m persuaded America and our Allies have come to represent “Babylon the Great” of the Bible. This represents a shift in my persuasion over the past couple years.
There are a lot of good people here, but we are outnumbered and outmaneuvered.
To my own beliefs, not so badly. There’s an untapped demand for Jesus, and a peaceful world everywhere.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2024 17:59:20 GMT -5
In a stroke of good luck, the special counsel decided today not to seek charges for the improper storage and retention of documents.... for Biden of course. "Special counsel Robert Hur said he will not recommend charges against President Joe Biden for his handling of classified documents while out of office, despite finding evidence that Biden "willfully retained" materials -- capping a yearlong investigation that loomed over the 2024 presidential election.
"We conclude that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter," said Hur's report. "We would conclude the same even if there was no policy against charging a sitting president. Our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified information after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen."
Despite this, the special counsel "uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified information after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen," the report said.
"These materials included (1) marked classified documents about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, and (2) notebooks containing Mr. Biden's handwritten entries about issues of national security and foreign policy implicating sensitive intelligence sources and methods.
The materials were found in "the garage, offices, and basement den in Mr. Biden's Wilmington, Delaware home," the report said.
Still, Hur's office felt that the "evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."
Notably, Hur believed that at trial Biden could come across not only as "sympathetic," but forgetful and not capable of the willfulness required to convict.
"We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory," the report said. "It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him -- by then a former president well into his eighties -- of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness."abcnews.go.com/US/white-house-finishes-review-special-counsels-report-biden/story?id=107047339--------------------------------------------------------------- Been saying it since before the election: it's a good thing to have the privilege of a Biden. Trump of course, had an FBI raid and OF COURSE charges were brought against him. What happened to the "nobody above the law" I've been hearing about from everyone here? I don't even care that he wasn't charged. If we've learned anything, it's that mishandling classified documents is a systemic problem in Washington. But there's ONE person who sure can't afford to slip up. And his name is Donald Trump. What everyone needs to realize is that, while this sort of double standard in justice and prosecution seems outrageous, it's been this way since Trump announced his candidacy in 2015. It's just that now, they don't even have to pretend. The American people have accepted that the game is rigged. At least all 9 justices on the Supreme Court seem to agree that states can't just remove opponents from the ballots like the Democrats are trying to do. A buffer from the progressive Democrats' version of "Democracy". They have no clue what the word "democracy" means. No clue. And whatever you do, don't breathe the word "freedom". It hurts their feelings! Their rationale: "m'eh... he knowingly shared classified documents (remember the FREAK OUT about Trump possibly allegedly doing it once? ?), but whatever. He's an elderly man with a bad memory. How could you prosecute such a nice person?" Americans are going to be very clear come November. I will now be voting for Trump, in the hope he actually does clean house in DC and stops the series of armed conflicts popping up under Biden's "well-meaning elderly" nose. It's time for the adults to take charge and fix things. Don't you love the place Democrats find themselves in? "Oh no - Joe Biden is perfectly capable and with it! Clearly the best and wisest choice to lead America! Oh, but if you put him in front of a jury on charges of sharing classified material, the jury will see him as so weak and dim that they won't have the heart to actually convict him of what he did without question" Good luck with that campaign message. Although.... it worked in 2020 didn't it?
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Post by BobWilliston on Feb 10, 2024 19:05:05 GMT -5
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Post by fixit on Feb 11, 2024 21:03:52 GMT -5
Who is holding up funding to fix immigration?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2024 21:36:52 GMT -5
Who is holding up funding to fix immigration? To complete the wall? Trumps wall? The wall that used to be racist until an actual racist president entered office then wasn't racist?
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Post by fixit on Feb 11, 2024 21:50:21 GMT -5
Who is holding up funding to fix immigration? To complete the wall? Trumps wall? The wall that used to be racist until an actual racist president entered office then wasn't racist? It's disingenious of Trumpists to deny Biden funding and then whine about lack of progress on the southern border.
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