The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

It is tempting to assume that every technological answer is the best answer, but there are tried and true methods of doing some things that resist all attempts at modernizing them.

Voting is one of those. It's hard to beat a simple paper ballot for robustness and imperviousness to cheating. Does anyone think that they make cheating easier?

And physical barriers against most things...work! Lock the doors and shoplifters can't get out or burglars in. That moat surrounding a medieval castle worked very well for several hundred years. Sure, there are high-tech ways to defeat them, but when your enemies are low-tech, what's the point of worrying?

Homeland Security watchdog concludes barriers most effective at curbing illegal immigration: FOIA

Potential responses to illegal immigration studied in the report included sensors, cameras, mobile surveillance radars, a pedestrian fence with anti-climb capability, a vehicle fence and the deployment of additional agents.
Much of the 225-page report is redacted, but in every single area studied, a pedestrian fence was seen as the "most cost-effective." In several areas, the inspector general recommended a combination of sensors, cameras and radar alongside a pedestrian fence or to have a pedestrian fence with vehicle impediments incorporated, but overall, the most frequent recommendation is simply a pedestrian fence.
"The main takeaway from the audit is this: Physical barriers work. They successfully impede illegal traffic into the U.S. and do so at a cost-effective rate. Ultimately, the old adage that 'good fences make good neighbors' holds true," the institute said after publishing the report. "And, the only safe, humane and reasonable approach to deterring unlawful migration across the southern border of the United States is to construct a 'border wall.'"

A significant number of the illegal aliens pouring into America simply walk or drive in. No stealthy flights to remote airports, no miles-long tunnels..nothing but feet!

So a nice thick and tall wall or fence, designed intelligently to prevent scaling over or digging under will prevent the invasion. Sure...some will get in, but this is a perfect example of the perfect being the enemy of the good. Let's keep 95% of the law-breaking wetbacks out of our country with the simple, inexpensive, and well-understood wall, and then we can concentrate our technological prowess on the remaining 5%.

Hell, I'll bet that most of them don't even climb anything...they simply walk past our border guards who have undoubtedly been ordered to stand down.

I love this country, but I am outright hostile to the ruling class that seems to think it is theirs to do with what they wish. I hope and pray for a sea change in America's attitude toward them!

And if that means lamp posts and lots and lots of rope...so be it.

Posted by: CBD at 11:35 AM

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1 MONKEY

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM (cRrcX)

2 Walls....

How do they work again?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (7fElN)

3 Sure, there are high-tech ways to defeat them, but when your enemies are low-tech, what's the point of worrying?

Homeland Security watchdog concludes barriers most effective at curbing illegal immigration: FOIA

The phrase "no s***, Sherlock" comes to mind.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (CsUN+)

4 The only topic is how late the thread is!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (GBKbO)

5 The only topic is how late the thread is!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (GBKbO)
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Monkey pundit forgot his keys to the blog again...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 11:39 AM (7fElN)

6 Are we sure they studied the problem long enough?

Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 11:39 AM (Z8Yh2)

7 5 The only topic is how late the thread is!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (GBKbO)
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Monkey pundit forgot his keys to the blog again...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 11:39 AM (7fElN)

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Probably had a wall between him and the keys.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

8 And if that means lamp posts and lots and lots of rope...so be it.

I'm flexible. Trees, street signs, buildings, and other tall objects are all good alternatives.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (CsUN+)

9 10s of thousand of words in a government report and it all boils down to: Fences work.

Your tax dollars at work folks!

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (gmo/4)

10 Well, you see, Perfessor...
When a cinder block and a glob of cement love each other very much, they form a bond that grows and Grows and GROWS until there is a YUGE wall. A beautiful wall! The most perfect wall ever!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (cRrcX)

11 It's a shame there is no way to force politicians who refuse to defend our borders to therefore have no walls or fences (or private security) for THEIR homes, beach houses, vacation homes, etc.

That includes Dementia-Patient-in-Chief, too.

Make them walk the walk, as it were. At least then they can assume the same risks we great unwashed do.

Posted by: acethepug at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (aYyMD)

12 When a cinder block and a glob of cement love each other very much, they form a bond that grows and Grows and GROWS until there is a YUGE wall. A beautiful wall! The most perfect wall ever!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (cRrcX)
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LOL.

This sounds like a runaway condition kinda like "the blob" - just walls.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (zxP/x)

13 >>Potential responses to illegal immigration studied in the report included sensors, cameras, mobile surveillance radars, a pedestrian fence with anti-climb capability, a vehicle fence and the deployment of additional agents.

DHS: "We're not Border Security, we're Border Security Monitors.

All those gadgets designed to detect border crossers, but none to actually *stop* it. A "Virtual Wall" you guys, that's what they've been selling us since the 90's.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (izj35)

14 *crosses arms*
*taps toe*

Just where have you been young man!!??

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (W/lyH)

15 Barriers are a start but you need to patrol them or they get cut.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (xcxpd)

16 I am reminded of the 4' tall gallows of Jan 6th. The one with no trap door.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (Z8Yh2)

17 So a nice thick and tall wall or fence, designed intelligently to prevent scaling over or digging under will prevent the invasion. ....
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Walls don't work!
-Joe Biden, in process of having walls built around his Delaware compound

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (fs1hN)

18 And it would be a BIG help if the fucking Border Patrol didn't cut down barriers and fist bump illegals.

That asshole needs a bullet.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (xcxpd)

19 Shaving is another. I shave with a soap cup and old double edged razor. Gives me a shave equal to any of the high priced crap and costs a nickel per shave. Some things improve with time, some do not. Women come to mind

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (pohLc)

20 All those gadgets designed to detect border crossers, but none to actually *stop* it. A "Virtual Wall" you guys, that's what they've been selling us since the 90's.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (izj35)
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Detection without interdiction just allows you to know the scale of the problem. Knowing the scale is helpful, but not when getting that knowledge is at least as expensive as dealing with the problem.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:42 AM (zxP/x)

21 I love this country, but I am outright hostile to the ruling class that seems to think it is theirs to do with what they wish. I hope and pray for a sea change in America's attitude toward them!

And if that means lamp posts and lots and lots of rope...so be it.

Posted by: CBD

Do you by chance have a newsletter one might subscribe to?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 11:42 AM (/5TNL)

22 The calls are comng from INSIDE THE HOUSE

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (nnp+f)

23 "So a nice thick and tall wall or fence, designed intelligently to prevent scaling over or digging under will prevent the invasion."

Will it? These parasites aren't "sneaking" in. They are walking in and announcing they are claiming asylum. They know exactly what to say and how to do it, because they've been coached by NGOs. While their bogus asylum claims are pending, they get to remain in the USA. It's beyond insane.

You can put up all the walls and moats and laser-headed sharks you want. These parasites will just find the official entrance and walk in.

The only thing that will slow the invasion (maybe) is requiring these cockroaches to remain in Mexico or wherever else they came from while their bogus asylum claims are pending. But that would involve mass deportations pending such determinations. Ain't gonna happen.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (iFTx/)

24 DHS: "We're not Border Security, we're Border Security Monitors.

All those gadgets designed to detect border crossers, but none to actually *stop* it. A "Virtual Wall" you guys, that's what they've been selling us since the 90's.

Yup. When someone avoids saying the obvious, like "we'll be able to monitor them", but says nothing about the actual goal of repelling the invasion, it tells you very clearly what their intent is.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (CsUN+)

25 In Civilization, I would just invest my public works budget into creating mountain ranges. Shouldn't take more than a few turns.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (GBKbO)

26 CBD you rope and lamp post is fine but I prefer the more elegant violence of the guillotine.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (cRrcX)

27 Some things improve with time, some do not. Women come to mind
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*Crosses Xipe off list*

Posted by: MILFs at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (fs1hN)

28 Veep II: The Dumbfuckening

Ian Miles Cheong
@stillgray
I'm standing, here, in front of you, at a podium, at an event, reading my notes, looking at you, the audience, who's also in this room, right here, with me, in this place.

https://tinyurl.com/y6ftdywx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (FVME7)

29 One warning before lethal force. Because we're not monsters.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (C9G9F)

30 TX governor signs a law making it legal to arrest illegal aliens and send them back.

How was that not legal before?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (gmo/4)

31 28 Ian Miles Cheong
@stillgray
I'm standing, here, in front of you, at a podium, at an event, reading my notes, looking at you, the audience, who's also in this room, right here, with me, in this place.

https://tinyurl.com/y6ftdywx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (FVME7)

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"She's so smart, I came in my pants."
-DU, 99.9999% probability (but also a lie, they can't cum)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (GBKbO)

32 The problem is the asylum seeking shit. Build a 50 ft high wall on the entire border and it doesn't matter, if they can just walk in and apply for "asylum".

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (bWsRe)

33 Homeland Security watchdog concludes barriers most effective at curbing illegal immigration: FOIA

The phrase "no s***, Sherlock" comes to mind.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (CsUN+)
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And it only took 225 pages to write it up!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (W/lyH)

34 I am reminded of the 4' tall gallows of Jan 6th. The one with no trap door.

I know! We'll build a replica of Stonehenge, and use it as a gallows. A structure about 24" high should suffice.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (CsUN+)

35 *crosses arms*
*taps toe*

Just where have you been young man!!??
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (W/lyH)

He flew out to California and his arms were tired.

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (T4tVD)

36 Physical barriers and exit visas.

An ETA ststem like what the Aussies use would be nice. And the Aussies have a system of exit visas in place as well.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (bmNfW)

37 The only thing that will slow the invasion (maybe) is requiring these cockroaches to remain in Mexico or wherever else they came from while their bogus asylum claims are pending. But that would involve mass deportations pending such determinations. Ain't gonna happen.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (iFTx/)
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Power of and.

A wall? Yes.
"Remain in Mexico?" Yes.
Internment until sanctuary claims are adjudicated? Yes.
Tax remittances? Yes.
Punish those who hire illegal labor? Yes.

Complex problems require a complex of solutions.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (zxP/x)

38 30 TX governor signs a law making it legal to arrest illegal aliens and send them back.

How was that not legal before?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (gmo/4)

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That AZ SCOTUS case from about a decade ago where SCOTUS said that AZ didn't even have authority to check immigration status at regular stops because that was the fed's job.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:45 AM (GBKbO)

39 Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Lol!

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at December 19, 2023 11:45 AM (VMFAF)

40 The only thing that will slow the invasion (maybe) is requiring these cockroaches to remain in Mexico or wherever else they came from while their bogus asylum claims are pending. But that would involve mass deportations pending such determinations. Ain't gonna happen.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (iFTx/)
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Power of and.

A wall? Yes.
"Remain in Mexico?" Yes.
Internment until sanctuary claims are adjudicated? Yes.
Tax remittances? Yes.
Punish those who hire illegal labor? Yes.

Complex problems require a complex of solutions.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

$5 a left ear bounty. You suplly your own ammo & grub.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 11:45 AM (/5TNL)

41 37 Complex problems require a complex of solutions.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (zxP/x)

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'Member when illegal border crosses had effectively stopped by 2018?

I 'member...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:45 AM (GBKbO)

42 Two walls on the southern border. First one right on the Rio Grande that is merely razor wire stacked 10ft tall with danger signs attached that say things like "Mines" and "Poisonous Animals"

Then a thousand feet further inland, a more substantial wall of concrete about 20ft tall.

In between the walls make sure there is a healthy population of poisonous and carnivorous animals.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 11:45 AM (/8lfu)

43 30 TX governor signs a law making it legal to arrest illegal aliens and send them back.

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AZ did the same thing a while back? I want to say 2010-ish when Jan Brewer was governor. And then a Hawaiian judge said LOLGF and that was that. Expect the same thing to happen with TX.

And SCOTUS will probably punt as well because it's what they do best.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:45 AM (bWsRe)

44 ‘Anti-climb capability’
Is that when they run electricity through it?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (jbnUc)

45 'Member when illegal border crosses had effectively stopped by 2018?

I 'member...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:45 AM (GBKbO)
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The *threat* to build a wall, combined with "remain in Mexico" went a long way. The latter was more important.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (zxP/x)

46 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson knows whose fault it is: That Evil Damn Texas Governor!

https://tinyurl.com/t4wjappp

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (FVME7)

47 37 The only thing that will slow the invasion (maybe) is requiring these cockroaches to remain in Mexico or wherever else they came from while their bogus asylum claims are pending. But that would involve mass deportations pending such determinations. Ain't gonna happen.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (iFTx/)
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Power of and.

A wall? Yes.
"Remain in Mexico?" Yes.
Internment until sanctuary claims are adjudicated? Yes.
Tax remittances? Yes.
Punish those who hire illegal labor? Yes.

Complex problems require a complex of solutions.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (zxP/x)
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I don't disagree but . . . [hysterical laughter]

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

48 That AZ SCOTUS case from about a decade ago where SCOTUS said that AZ didn't even have authority to check immigration status at regular stops because that was the fed's job.
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*looks at AZ*
*sticks thumbs in ears, wiggles fingers*
Neener, neener!

Posted by: Feds at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (fs1hN)

49 That AZ SCOTUS case from about a decade ago where SCOTUS said that AZ didn't even have authority to check immigration status at regular stops because that was the fed's job.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Then local cops can't stop bank robbers.
Because that federal.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 11:47 AM (/5TNL)

50 45 The *threat* to build a wall, combined with "remain in Mexico" went a long way. The latter was more important.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (zxP/x)

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He didn't even get new laws passed. He just enforced existing ones, including things around asylum that the federal government had simply ignored.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:47 AM (GBKbO)

51 In between the walls make sure there is a healthy population of poisonous and carnivorous animals.

Okay, but we'll have to hire some Australian consultants.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:47 AM (CsUN+)

52 And it would be nice if the Feds would actually kick out all those who over stay their Visas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 11:47 AM (/8lfu)

53 My wife and I are watching Planet Earth III on the BBC. As far as I can tell, the main message is that if there were no longer any humans of the planet, Earth would be a paradise.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:47 AM (gmo/4)

54 Anti-climb capability’
Is that when they run electricity through it?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (jbnUc)

I'm good with that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 11:47 AM (C9G9F)

55 If we just send another $100 billion to Ukraine to defend their border, then we can have money for our border.

It's simple math really.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 19, 2023 11:47 AM (TzW+Y)

56 Illegal immigration is like drugs. The issue is the demand, not the supply. You'll never stop the supply of drugs as long as there's demand for it. And you'll never stop the supply of illegals as long as there's a demand for it.

The demand is two-fold. First it's businesses who want cheap labor. And second it's Democrats who want voters. As long as this demand exists, no wall is going to stop the supply.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (bWsRe)

57 I much prefer hanging chads to software-intensive dominion systems for vote counting. Anyone who claims high tech is needed to count votes is… not credible

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (9Tih0)

58 ‘Anti-climb capability’
Is that when they run electricity through it?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (jbnUc)
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Run all the power you want. It won't matter.
Install angled tops on the fences. It won't matter.
Install concertina wire. It won't matter.
Make the wall a mile high. It won't matter.

It will stop most. It will not stop me. I have never been stopped. I never will be stopped. There is nothing I can't climb.

Posted by: The Climber at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (zxP/x)

59 A wall is not enough. It needs to be patrolled, regularly.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (MvF+J)

60 What is a vehicle fence?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (63Dwl)

61
Punish those who hire illegal labor? Yes.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM

Folks in an upscale area near me who hire them as housekeepers, cooks, landscapers etc are being punished. You see they watch and learn your every move, any habit you have.

Go out to dinner every Wednesday night at 5:00 pm. Guess what happens at 5:15 pm when it's nice and dark?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (enJYY)

62 I don't disagree but . . . [hysterical laughter]
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
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Sure, of course. But that is also true of a simple barrier.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (zxP/x)

63 He didn't even get new laws passed. He just enforced existing ones, including things around asylum that the federal government had simply ignored.
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We need to reform immigration law, the system is broken! Until then, we can't do anything.

Posted by: Uniparty at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (fs1hN)

64 If we printed all the lies DC had told about why we can't build a wall and stacked them in the border, we'd have a border wall to rival the Great Wall.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (TzW+Y)

65 Tax remittances? Sure, so they’ll just be remitted in other ways. People refuse to learn a damn thing about how people will avoid taxes by all means.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (bmNfW)

66 53 My wife and I are watching Planet Earth III on the BBC. As far as I can tell, the main message is that if there were no longer any humans of the planet, Earth would be a paradise.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:47 AM (gmo/4)

Too general. If we killed all the fucking communists Earth would be a paradise.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (pohLc)

67 If we just send another $100 billion to Ukraine to defend their border, then we can have money for our border.

It's simple math really.

Oh good, I was worried that nobody would find some tortured way to introduce their Ukraine obsession.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (CsUN+)

68 60 What is a vehicle fence?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (63Dwl)

Duct taping a long skinny sword to your front bumper and yelling "en garde!!!" as you pop clutch and mat it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (9UlRk)

69 A shitter can only take so mush shit until it is full. All this shit coming here illegally is fine until the shitter is full.

What is needed is a Shitter Attendant to help out, have a comb and maybe some deodorant available, help you shake it if you need that too and tell everyone when the shitter is finally full.

Gotta tip the Shitter attendant too on the way out.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 11:50 AM (puDky)

70 What is a vehicle fence?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (63Dwl)

A guy who sells stolen cars ?

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 11:50 AM (T4tVD)

71 *pauses*

And 5ft in front of the second wall dig an anti-vehicle ditch just in case some gate crasher thinks they can crash through the wall.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 11:50 AM (/8lfu)

72 Shitcan the FBI.

Take the money we save to the bank and ask for singles.

Stack it up.

Bam. Border wall.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:51 AM (9UlRk)

73 I have it on good authority that walls don't work. Didn't anyone here see World War Z?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:51 AM (CsUN+)

74 Another way to help with expanding populations is to follow the research line to develop undersea cities, then you can build undersea settlers and move population there.

It helps if you also develop the undersea maglevs to move troops around a bit more easily.

If you've been investing in your public works since the civilization's foundation at 4000 BC, then this shouldn't be a huge exercise, especially if you've combined that with pro-growth policy and government types.

Has anyone brought these thoughts to our government's attention?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (GBKbO)

75 43 30
The Supreme Court did not punt on the Arizona case. That was the first backstab from Chief Judas Roberts.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (jbnUc)

76 ‘Anti-climb capability’
Is that when they run electricity through it?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:46 AM (jbnUc)

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I know I'd stop climbin' when someone sends a 50,000 watt jolt through me

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (ZV+pB)

77 Tax remittances? Sure, so they’ll just be remitted in other ways. People refuse to learn a damn thing about how people will avoid taxes by all means.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (bmNfW)
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Yes, of course they will. But all of those alternate options will be higher risk and more expensive, reducing the flow of dollars "back home" to the Cartels.

It would help in combination, especially if the tax is punitive - leaving only *very* high-risk options. Couple that with a harder time getting money (punish employers who hire them) and aggressive deportation when caught, and it would make a difference.

There is no perfect solution.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (zxP/x)

78 72 Shitcan the FBI.

Take the money we save to the bank and ask for singles.

Stack it up.

Bam. Border wall.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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A much better use of funds, I approve. Let's call our congressmen.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (fs1hN)

79 One warning before lethal force. Because we're not monsters.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (C9G9F)

What's this "we" shit??

Posted by: Attila at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (iODuv)

80 75 43 30
The Supreme Court did not punt on the Arizona case. That was the first backstab from Chief Judas Roberts.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (jbnUc)

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Ahh right. They'll probably punt this time around. It's how they rule for the left without ruling for the left.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:53 AM (bWsRe)

81 Another way to help with expanding populations is to follow the research line to develop undersea cities, then you can build undersea settlers and move population there.

Oh, Hell no! I don't need a bunch of aquatic McMansions in my neighborhood.

Posted by: Aquaman at December 19, 2023 11:53 AM (CsUN+)

82 Has anyone brought these thoughts to our government's attention?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (GBKbO)

"If you're lookin' for me,
you better check under the sea,
'cause that is where you'll find me...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:53 AM (9UlRk)

83 "And if that means lamp posts and lots and lots of rope...so be it."

Antifa/BLM have already adopted this thinking, and DOJ/FBI/etc. have their backs.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2023 11:53 AM (Cus5s)

84 Has anyone brought these thoughts to our government's attention?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (GBKbO)

It's all fun and games until they find the sea slugs and Ryan outlaws religion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:53 AM (zZu0s)

85 The demand is two-fold. First it's businesses who want cheap labor. And second it's Democrats who want voters. As long as this demand exists, no wall is going to stop the supply.
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (bWsRe)

Don't forget about us!

Posted by: Johnny And Susie Fentanyl at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (puDky)

86 The demand is two-fold. First it's businesses who want cheap labor. And second it's Democrats who want voters. As long as this demand exists, no wall is going to stop the supply.
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (bWsRe)
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I agree but will add that it's not just businesses who want cheap labor. It's everybody, including all of us. Is there anybody would rather pay $3,000 for a landscape job instead of $2,000? $75 for a steak instead of $40? $500 to open a pool instead of $300? $50 for a blowjob instead of $20 in town?

The country -- and indeed the world -- is addicted to cheap, near-slave labor and that ain't never gonna change. The demand for all these illegals is overwhelming.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

87 Another way to help with expanding populations is to follow the research line to develop undersea cities, then you can build undersea settlers and move population there.

Makes note to buy stock in Flex-Seal.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (/8lfu)

88 Hell, I'll bet that most of them don't even climb anything...they simply walk past our border guards who have undoubtedly been ordered to stand down.

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They've been ordered to facilitate the invasion. Even Air Marshalls now have been redeployed to the southern border as social workers.

An unserious clown show, if you can keep it -- and none dare call it Treason.

The Design and Fall of the Banana-in-the-Tailpipe Republic ...

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (00YaT)

89 One warning before lethal force. Because we're not monsters.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (C9G9F)

HEADS UP, JUAN AND JUANITA

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (gmo/4)

90 Kanye West Goes on Another Viral Antisemitic Rant at Las Vegas Hotel

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Well, at least he's keeping up with times.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (FVME7)

91 The demand is two-fold. First it's businesses who want cheap labor. And second it's Democrats who want voters. As long as this demand exists, no wall is going to stop the supply.
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (bWsRe)

Or us either!

Posted by: Comet Pizza Customers at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (puDky)

92 58
‘ It will not stop me.’
Are you bulletproof?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:55 AM (jbnUc)

93 84 Has anyone brought these thoughts to our government's attention?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (GBKbO)

It's all fun and games until they find the sea slugs and Ryan outlaws religion.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:53 AM (zZu0s)

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Posit:

Bioshock is an accidental celebration of Objectivism by a game designer too stupid to realize that his object of scorn actually comes off really well in the game.

The only reason the society fell, according to the game, was because of science gone mad, not because of an actual issue with Ryan's vision.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:55 AM (GBKbO)

94 Has anyone brought these thoughts to our government's attention?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:52 AM (GBKbO)

"If you're lookin' for me,
you better check under the sea,
'cause that is where you'll find me...."

Under the sea, under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we're devoting full time to floating
Under the sea

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:55 AM (CsUN+)

95

Oh, Hell no! I don't need a bunch of aquatic McMansions in my neighborhood.
Posted by: Aquaman at December 19, 2023 11:53 AM (CsUN+)

Meesa likesee idea!

Posted by: Jar Jar Binks at December 19, 2023 11:55 AM (C9G9F)

96 90 Kanye West Goes on Another Viral Antisemitic Rant at Las Vegas Hotel

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Well, at least he's keeping up with times.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (FVME7)

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So, he's gonna get his sponsorships back? He's just being pro-Hamas which means pro-peace.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:55 AM (GBKbO)

97 I love this country, but I am outright hostile to the ruling class that seems to think it is theirs to do with what they wish. I hope and pray for a sea change in America's attitude toward them!

And if that means lamp posts and lots and lots of rope...so be it.

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Every word of this. Every. Word. I also pray for a sea change, but I fear that the only way for that to happen involves ugly solutions at this point. They've (the so-called ruling class) given us no other way out. I wish I saw things differently, or with a more optimistic viewpoint.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 19, 2023 11:56 AM (mupln)

98 One warning before lethal force. Because we're not monsters.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Sgt: I told you to fire a warning shot.
Pvt: I did.
Sgt: That was a head shot!
Pvt: And now his friends are duly warned.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 11:56 AM (/5TNL)

99

NIMBY!

Posted by: Sea Monkeys HOA at December 19, 2023 11:56 AM (HRQvT)

100 The demand is two-fold. First it's businesses who want cheap labor. And second it's Democrats who want voters. As long as this demand exists, no wall is going to stop the supply.

The combination of smart policy, diplomacy with Mexico, and a partial wall, did during Trump's term.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:56 AM (CsUN+)

101 Collect the young men, ship to Ukraine, and then arm them. Only return is with Victory.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2023 11:57 AM (u82oZ)

102 99

NIMBY!
Posted by: Sea Monkeys HOA at December 19, 2023 11:56 AM (HRQvT)

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If we let black people take the first housing, then the sea monkeys will have no argument because black people are the top of the intersectional stack.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:57 AM (GBKbO)

103 90 Kanye West Goes on Another Viral Antisemitic Rant at Las Vegas Hotel

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So Hollywood loves him again.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:57 AM (bWsRe)

104 Bioshock is an accidental celebration of Objectivism by a game designer too stupid to realize that his object of scorn actually comes off really well in the game.

The only reason the society fell, according to the game, was because of science gone mad, not because of an actual issue with Ryan's vision.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:55 AM (GBKbO)

I think the argument IS actually that Ryan was not wrong per se, but that he did not follow his own reasoning completely. Once he established a society that was completely wide open, but outlawed some things, he created a black market, which led to Fontaine, which led to the wackiness.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:58 AM (zZu0s)

105 What is needed is a Shitter Attendant to help out, have a comb and maybe some deodorant available, help you shake it if you need that too and tell everyone when the shitter is finally full.

Gotta tip the Shitter attendant too on the way out.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 11:50 AM (puDky)

Shitter’s full!! — Cousin Eddie

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 11:58 AM (9Tih0)

106 Shaving is another. I shave with a soap cup and old double edged razor. Gives me a shave equal to any of the high priced crap and costs a nickel per shave. Some things improve with time, some do not. Women come to mind
Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 11:41 AM (pohLc)

Same here for shaving. However, I find older women to be much more congenial than the flighty, woke, tatted-to-hell young ones.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 11:58 AM (Q0kLU)

107 I know! We'll build a replica of Stonehenge, and use it as a gallows. A structure about 24" high should suffice.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:44 AM (CsUN+)
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Believe it or not, I work at a university that has a replica of Stonehenge (1/2 scale).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 11:58 AM (7fElN)

108 It might be worthwhile to have a national policy that plainly stated if you enter the country illegally you'd be shot on sight.

That alone might give some of the illegals a second thought and likely deter the ones that have been urged to make the trek to the US that wouldn't have otherwise.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 11:58 AM (Q4IgG)

109 Watch the sea of migrants crossing through Eagle Pass right now. Yesterday had the most crossings ever!

https://tinyurl.com/53h52yjp

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A tunnel with no light at the end is more a cave.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:59 AM (FVME7)

110 Just mine the uncontrolled areas. Problem solved.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 11:59 AM (SzI2j)

111 Oh good, I was worried that nobody would find some tortured way to introduce their Ukraine obsession.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (CsUN+)

Unlike you introducing your Russia obsession on the last thread, of course.

Posted by: spindrift at December 19, 2023 11:59 AM (B/KRV)

112 Am beginning to think we are already past tipping point, most illegals will never leave, some will as they do just keep coming in and out, the tiniest percentage will get tossed out

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2023 11:59 AM (fwDg9)

113 The demand for all these illegals is overwhelming.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

People keep saying this ... but....

Where?

Where are these fuckers working? What jobs are they getting, over or under the proverbial table? There ain't that many lawns to mow and babies to sit in the western hemisphere. There are no jobs to be had besides skilled trades and sitting in your ass in an office building in a cheap suit doing fuck all while you hate yourself, neither one of which are going to any spherical Guatemaloids any time soon. So what gives?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 12:00 PM (9UlRk)

114 Joey Bidet, "I will spend trillions to defend Ukraine's borders!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 12:00 PM (/8lfu)

115 Sgt: I told you to fire a warning shot.
Pvt: I did.
Sgt: That was a head shot!
Pvt: And now his friends are duly warned.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 11:56 AM (/5TNL)
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Yep. Some messages are impossible to ignore.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 12:01 PM (7fElN)

116 Believe it or not, I work at a university that has a replica of Stonehenge (1/2 scale).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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As a matter of curiosity, do you know if it is properly oriented, geophysically?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 12:01 PM (XeU6L)

117 104 I think the argument IS actually that Ryan was not wrong per se, but that he did not follow his own reasoning completely. Once he established a society that was completely wide open, but outlawed some things, he created a black market, which led to Fontaine, which led to the wackiness.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:58 AM (zZu0s)

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I think that's Ken Levine too much credit. He's an out and out leftist who hates everything to the right, so Bioshock was intended to mock Ayn Rand.

But, I don't think the plasmids were underground, were they? Advertisements everywhere, vending machines out in the open. It's the plasmids that drove the people insane.

There are tapes about there being poverty and inequality, which is supposed to be the inherent flaw of this vision of Objectivism (not everyone is rich like in Communist Russia!), but that ends up feeling like weak sauce, extra stuff when the collapse of Rapture was because people were driven mad by genetic engineering.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

118 Veep II: The Dumbfuckening

Ian Miles Cheong
@stillgray
I'm standing, here, in front of you, at a podium, at an event, reading my notes, looking at you, the audience, who's also in this room, right here, with me, in this place.

https://tinyurl.com/y6ftdywx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM (FVME7)

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"Kids, this is your brain on year's worth of semen ..."

Make Lobotomies Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 19, 2023 12:01 PM (00YaT)

119 Same here for shaving. However, I find older women to be much more congenial than the flighty, woke, tatted-to-hell young ones.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 11:58 AM (Q0kLU)

Concur. The older broads also appreciate some good whiskey and tips.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 12:01 PM (puDky)

120 What is needed is a Shitter Attendant to help out, have a comb and maybe some deodorant available, help you shake it if you need that too and tell everyone when the shitter is finally full.

Gotta tip the Shitter attendant too on the way out.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 11:50 AM

Bathroom attendants weird me out. I feel bad for them, I mean yuck. Shitty job, literally. But no I don't want a mint from the bathroom, nor do I need any cologne etc.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 12:01 PM (SzI2j)

121 *years' worth, a damn auto-cucumber!

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 19, 2023 12:02 PM (00YaT)

122 Wall with metal posts sticking out for 'decoration' deterrent - win win

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 19, 2023 12:02 PM (/6GbT)

123 Veep II: The Dumbfuckening

Ian Miles Cheong
@stillgray
I'm standing, here, in front of you, at a podium, at an event, reading my notes, looking at you, the audience, who's also in this room, right here, with me, in this place.

https://tinyurl.com/y6ftdywx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:43 AM

That hurt my brain to watch.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 12:03 PM (Wnv9h)

124 "...I am outright hostile to the ruling class..."

To some extent this is why Trump is still with us.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 12:03 PM (Z8Yh2)

125 "Perfessor" Squirrel

I looked a the Rolla Stonehenge, Scale seems really off for the horizontal stones. Is is astronomically fully functional?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2023 12:03 PM (u82oZ)

126 As a matter of curiosity, do you know if it is properly oriented, geophysically?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 12:01 PM (XeU6L)
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Oh, yes...They did meticulous research 50+ years ago when they built it to ensure it was properly oriented for our geographic location in relation to the original.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 12:03 PM (7fElN)

127 Wall with metal posts sticking out for 'decoration' deterrent - win win

A nice Tzompantli would be appropriate.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 12:03 PM (CsUN+)

128 Every day, I am amazed at the restraint shown by the border ranchers. Every day, the invaders cut fences, strew debris, and prowl around the ranchers residence, often threatening family. Of course, restraint comes with a government that would prosecute you for protecting home and family and gives an invader a bus ticket and a sack lunch to go where he wishes.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 19, 2023 12:04 PM (0EOe9)

129 Mexicans are big fans of broken glass set into cement at the top of walls. Lets do that too.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 12:04 PM (Z8Yh2)

130 Where are the illegals working? Homelessness is at an all time high.

It's a puzzlement.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at December 19, 2023 12:04 PM (nnp+f)

131 Bioshock is an accidental celebration of Objectivism by a game designer too stupid to realize that his object of scorn actually comes off really well in the game.

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In Far Cry 5, the bad guys are a bunch of damn Christians. The game begins when the Feds helicopter in to arrest the head bad guy Christian and the flock doesn't take it well. So far, the objective of the game is to shoot your way out of the Christian compound.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:05 PM (FVME7)

132 There are tapes about there being poverty and inequality, which is supposed to be the inherent flaw of this vision of Objectivism (not everyone is rich like in Communist Russia!), but that ends up feeling like weak sauce, extra stuff when the collapse of Rapture was because people were driven mad by genetic engineering.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

Even the plasmids (even though they were a ticking time bomb) came after the outlawing of the things which allowed the black market to already be established. Then Fontaine seizes on it and then Ryan 'eliminates' him and then we go from there.

I think to an extent, it is more a criticism of the perfect man Ayn Rand created than anything else.

Plus, the second one has a communist utopia trying to be established and it is not like it is any better.

The game is a bit muddled in what it is trying to say on the political side, I think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 12:05 PM (zZu0s)

133 "Perfessor" Squirrel

I looked a the Rolla Stonehenge, Scale seems really off for the horizontal stones. Is is astronomically fully functional?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 19, 2023 12:03 PM (u82oZ)
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Yep. They routinely bring in the local school kids during the equinoxes so that they can see the changes in the shadow on the annalemma stone.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 12:05 PM (7fElN)

134 In Far Cry 5, the bad guys are a bunch of damn Christians. The game begins when the Feds helicopter in to arrest the head bad guy Christian and the flock doesn't take it well. So far, the objective of the game is to shoot your way out of the Christian compound.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:05 PM (FVME7)

I hate FC 5.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 12:05 PM (zZu0s)

135 Am beginning to think we are already past tipping point, most illegals will never leave, some will as they do just keep coming in and out, the tiniest percentage will get tossed out
Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2023 11:59 AM (fwDg9)

They will not leave and it will take two generations to come close to any kind of assimilation into the American culture...such as it is.
This is, IMO, the single biggest thing killing America.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 12:05 PM (W/lyH)

136 spherical Guatemaloids
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 12:00 PM (9UlRk)

Stealing that.

Spherical Guatemaloids.

Hahahahahaha...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 12:06 PM (puDky)

137 That AZ SCOTUS case from about a decade ago where SCOTUS said that AZ didn't even have authority to check immigration status at regular stops because that was the fed's job.
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What i still can't figure out is the Federal government's enforcement mechanism on any of this Supremacy Clause bullshit.

So their court says the state can't do that.
And if the state keeps doing it anyway, then what?

The President sends Marines ... to do what? Arrest the governor? Arrest the TX police? Free the locked up illegals?

We're careening toward a point where a state will decide they have nothing to lose by casting aside this facade of federal power.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 19, 2023 12:06 PM (TzW+Y)

138 I looked a the Rolla Stonehenge, Scale seems really off for the horizontal stones. Is is astronomically fully functional?
Posted by: NaCly
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This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Spinal Tap at December 19, 2023 12:07 PM (XeU6L)

139 132 I think to an extent, it is more a criticism of the perfect man Ayn Rand created than anything else.

Plus, the second one has a communist utopia trying to be established and it is not like it is any better.

The game is a bit muddled in what it is trying to say on the political side, I think.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 12:05 PM (zZu0s)

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Perhaps.

The target of ire of the second one is more purely Christianity, though. I think Levine tries to inject nuance into his work, like with the resistance in Infinity, but he just ends up muddled and unclear. I think he's over educated and kinda dumb.

The games are good fun to play, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:07 PM (GBKbO)

140 To hell with walls anyway.

Put up a rickety little fence with "Trespassers will be shot without warning" in every language you can think of all over it, and then shoot the Trespassers. Anything crossing the border somewhere that isn't a controlled checkpoint is buzzard food.

What is so wrong with that? Handful of observation posts and patrol drones, a couple helicopters crewed in shifts. Easy. Cheap. Effective.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 12:07 PM (9UlRk)

141 113 The demand for all these illegals is overwhelming.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

People keep saying this ... but....

Where?

Where are these fuckers working? What jobs are they getting, over or under the proverbial table? There ain't that many lawns to mow and babies to sit in the western hemisphere. There are no jobs to be had besides skilled trades and sitting in your ass in an office building in a cheap suit doing fuck all while you hate yourself, neither one of which are going to any spherical Guatemaloids any time soon. So what gives?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 12:00 PM (9UlRk)
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It's every low-skilled job. We usually reference landscaping because that's the most obvious. But it's construction, agriculture, food processing and preparing, janitorial, transportation, and pretty much anything involving basic labor. These are all big businesses employing millions of people. Many are illegals. And many legal workers are kept in line and wages down by the threat of replacing them with cheaper, more pliable illegals (or even legal foreigners).

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 12:07 PM (iFTx/)

142 We're careening toward a point where a state will decide they have nothing to lose by casting aside this facade of federal power.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 19, 2023 12:06 PM (TzW+Y)
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Any state that manages to free itself of reliance on federal funding will have a mandate to do whatever they want and dare the feds to physically stop them. Things will get mighty interesting *when* that happens.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 12:08 PM (7fElN)

143 Spherical Guatemaloids.

So the sequel to Buckaroo Banzai has been green lit?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 12:08 PM (/8lfu)

144 So their court says the state can't do that.
And if the state keeps doing it anyway, then what?
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I have a Bonnie Blue flag.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 12:08 PM (XeU6L)

145 I'm standing, here, in front of you, at a podium, at an event, reading my notes, looking at you, the audience, who's also in this room, right here, with me, in this place.

What?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 12:09 PM (zZu0s)

146 Dang, the AI wars have begun:
Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators

https://tinyurl.com/esec9hmf

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 12:09 PM (CsUN+)

147 ... The President sends Marines ... to do what? Arrest the governor? Arrest the TX police? Free the locked up illegals?
We're careening toward a point where a state will decide they have nothing to lose by casting aside this facade of federal power.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at December 19, 2023 12:06 PM (TzW+Y)
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What you're describing is a nullification crisis, which is what I would actually like to see happen because there is a non-war outcome that is in the realm of possibility. Three possible outcomes of a nullification crisis:
1. The feds capitulate
2. The states capitulate
3. Nobody capitulates (civil war)

And yeah, what you're talking about *would* happen. Federales go to arrest state congressmen and executives and state cops doing, for example, border control. Then the federales get little if any cooperation from the state, and the state arrests the federales. Eventually, they negotiate a settlement or go to war.

But war is not the *only* possible outcome, which is why I favor it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:09 PM (zxP/x)

148 Over 200 Bomb Threats Reported at U.S. Synagogues Over the Weekend

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Yeah, this'll just blow over.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:10 PM (FVME7)

149 Any state that manages to free itself of reliance on federal funding will have a mandate to do whatever they want and dare the feds to physically stop them. Things will get mighty interesting *when* that happens.

I get the sense that once one of the governors sacks up like this, others will follow. The Feds really don't want another CW.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 12:10 PM (CsUN+)

150 143 Spherical Guatemaloids.

So the sequel to Buckaroo Banzai has been green lit?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 12:08 PM (/8lfu)

__________

I saw Spherical Guatemaloids open for Hexagonal Aborigines at the Garden in 1994

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

151 147 And yeah, what you're talking about *would* happen. Federales go to arrest state congressmen and executives and state cops doing, for example, border control. Then the federales get little if any cooperation from the state, and the state arrests the federales. Eventually, they negotiate a settlement or go to war.

But war is not the *only* possible outcome, which is why I favor it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:09 PM (zxP/x)

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The states effectively won the first nullification crisis which laid the groundwork for the first Civil War (the tariffs got renegotiated instead of imposed as they were which told the political class of SC that they ran Barter Town).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:11 PM (GBKbO)

152 Yeah, this'll just blow over.

Magic Eight Ball says "Up."

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 12:11 PM (/8lfu)

153 I'm standing, here, in front of you, at a podium, at an event, reading my notes, looking at you, the audience, who's also in this room, right here, with me, in this place.
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My first thought was Kamala...but possibly dopey Joe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 12:11 PM (XeU6L)

154 This is, IMO, the single biggest thing killing America.

I would have to agree.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 19, 2023 12:11 PM (V8he0)

155 Where I live now, highschool kids do the fast food jobs, not 37 year old mexican broads with kids who complain; along with white libs about living wages to raise thier family of 5 on.

I moved from Calif. Butthole of the country.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 12:11 PM (Z8Yh2)

156 Any state that manages to free itself of reliance on federal funding will have a mandate to do whatever they want and dare the feds to physically stop them. Things will get mighty interesting *when* that happens.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 12:08 PM (7fElN)
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One of many reasons that I hope Tennessee does what it is considering on education funding.

Short version: TN has a healthy economy and state finances are strong. It can afford to reject federal education funding - and the federal strings that go with it - and go it alone. If they do, it is going to be very, very interesting. The NEA will have a tantrum and there will probably be strikes. The amount of foreign (well, out-of-state) money pouring into elections will be staggering. The amount of federal retaliation is unknown but will likely be severe.

It will be very educational if TN does it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:11 PM (zxP/x)

157 I had Spherical Guatemaloids once... The ointment cleared them right up.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 19, 2023 12:12 PM (ZV+pB)

158 A ROE where we shoot those that get through any wall raises the effectiveness to about 100%.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 19, 2023 12:12 PM (ufFY8)

159 Put up a rickety little fence with "Trespassers will be shot without warning" in every language you can think of all over it, and then shoot the Trespassers. Anything crossing the border somewhere that isn't a controlled checkpoint is buzzard food.

There isn't a politician in America - including Teh Donald - who has the stones to order that, nor to resist the 24/7 caterwauling of the MFM.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 12:12 PM (Q0kLU)

160 124 "...I am outright hostile to the ruling class..."

To some extent this is why Trump is still with us.
Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 12:03 PM (Z8Yh2)

It was mentioned in the MR today. Trump is still with us because he’s a huge middle finger to the ruling class. At this point he might be the only way we can extend that middle finger.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 19, 2023 12:12 PM (9Tih0)

161 156 Short version: TN has a healthy economy and state finances are strong. It can afford to reject federal education funding - and the federal strings that go with it - and go it alone. If they do, it is going to be very, very interesting. The NEA will have a tantrum and there will probably be strikes. The amount of foreign (well, out-of-state) money pouring into elections will be staggering. The amount of federal retaliation is unknown but will likely be severe.

It will be very educational if TN does it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:11 PM (zxP/x)

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"We can fund schools at current levels without needing to listen to the Department of Education anymore."

"You're trying to kill trans kids!"

"I hate Republicans. They hate the gays."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:13 PM (GBKbO)

162 90 Kanye West Goes on Another Viral Antisemitic Rant at Las Vegas Hotel

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So Hollywood loves him again.
Posted by: Montec

I don't think this guy is going to survive 2024. By his own hand and no one else's.

Posted by: Cheri at December 19, 2023 12:13 PM (oiNtH)

163 I had Spherical Guatemaloids once... The ointment cleared them right up.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report
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This is one of those ads up top, right?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 12:13 PM (XeU6L)

164 Visa overstays are the silent illegal immigration. Millions of illegals stem from legally arriving via visas in the US and then staying on illegally.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:13 PM (JAi95)

165 Plant some signs that warn of landmines. Could even have some fake carnage

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 19, 2023 12:13 PM (/6GbT)

166 "Lampposts and ropes" is figurative ... the literal seems unlikely. More likely, assassinations from 300-500 yards, suspects never seen nor apprehended. Might take some planning, but a formal lynching seems like suicide for the "perps", especially in most big cities.

But right now we get all sorts of lawless destruction from the left, with almost no pushback. FBI given another year to secretly harass and threaten conservatives using lawless searches and spying ... AG still covering for Biden and other crime families. ...

A well organized revolt ... not sure about the militia part. Maybe "lone wolves" since DeepState infiltrates every group that gets critical mass.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2023 12:14 PM (Cus5s)

167 I hate FC 5.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

The music of the evil Christians is pretty good.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxujse8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:14 PM (FVME7)

168 Moats with Crocs and Blue Ring Octupii would be swell

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 19, 2023 12:16 PM (ZV+pB)

169 It will be very educational if TN does it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

OK is very much in the same boat and I think Ryan Walters (Ed sec) is angling to do it. The Dems are trying to impeach him tho they have no shot in hell at it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 19, 2023 12:17 PM (MGB5H)

170 It's every low-skilled job. We usually reference landscaping because that's the most obvious. But it's construction, agriculture, food processing and preparing, janitorial, transportation, and pretty much anything involving basic labor. These are all big businesses employing millions of people. Many are illegals. And many legal workers are kept in line and wages down by the threat of replacing them with cheaper, more pliable illegals (or even legal foreigners).
Posted by: Elric Blade
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Not really true of the recent arrivals Elric. Many are being illegally admitted as 'refugees' and estimates now are about 400-500 billion tax dollars are being spent on them this year.

Includes housing, medical, food, and other bennies such as cash, phones, etc.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:17 PM (JAi95)

171 And yeah, what you're talking about *would* happen. Federales go to arrest state congressmen and executives and state cops doing, for example, border control. Then the federales get little if any cooperation from the state, and the state arrests the federales. Eventually, they negotiate a settlement or go to war.

But war is not the *only* possible outcome, which is why I favor it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:09 PM (zxP/x)
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Would be interesting to see how the general public would react. A flash mob of 10 or 20,000 surrounding the fed court house would be a pleasant reaction.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 12:17 PM (W/lyH)

172 170 Not really true of the recent arrivals Elric. Many are being illegally admitted as 'refugees' and estimates now are about 400-500 billion tax dollars are being spent on them this year.

Includes housing, medical, food, and other bennies such as cash, phones, etc.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:17 PM (JAi95)

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I have every confidence that we'll make it up in volume.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:17 PM (GBKbO)

173 I always wanted a salt water fish tank with an octopus. Guy at the store said don't bother, they try to escape and die. You find them on the floor all dried out.

Ok then.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 12:17 PM (Z8Yh2)

174 173 I always wanted a salt water fish tank with an octopus. Guy at the store said don't bother, they try to escape and die. You find them on the floor all dried out.

Ok then.
Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 12:17 PM (Z8Yh2)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH0cV8FcfV4

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:18 PM (GBKbO)

175 168 Moats with Crocs and Blue Ring Octupii would be swell

moats with birkenstocks > moats with crocs

Posted by: anachronda at December 19, 2023 12:18 PM (sGtp+)

176 Many are illegals. And many legal workers are kept in line and wages down by the threat of replacing them with cheaper, more pliable illegals (or even legal foreigners).
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 12:07 PM (iFTx/)

Concur. Almost kinda like "Slavery" if you think about it. Morally and legally wrong but the rich don't give 2 shits about anything but profits and the poors want their 99 cents taco bell to keep their bowels moving while watching Netflix and sodomites ass fucking in the Senate.

Somethings Gotta Give.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 12:18 PM (puDky)

177 Octopi apparently have Maxine Waters sized brains

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 12:18 PM (/8lfu)

178 Suspect With 15 Prior Arrests Attacks "Lion King' Violinist, Is Immediately Released Without Bail

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Compassion: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore!

https://tinyurl.com/28ufech3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:19 PM (FVME7)

179 Octopi apparently have Maxine Waters sized brains
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 12:18 PM (/8lfu)
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But they do more with what they have...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 12:19 PM (7fElN)

180 178 Suspect With 15 Prior Arrests Attacks "Lion King' Violinist, Is Immediately Released Without Bail

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Compassion: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore!

https://tinyurl.com/28ufech3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:19 PM (FVME7)

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"I didn't vote for this!"
-the violinist

"Yeah, you did."
-97% probability

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:20 PM (GBKbO)

181 I saw Spherical Guatemaloids open for Hexagonal Aborigines at the Garden in 1994
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

Weren't they the band that was playing when Han shot Greedo?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 12:20 PM (W/lyH)

182 Yeah, I wanted an octopus too, but it looked pretty hard to keep them alive. Plus they don’t live very long either even if you do everything right. Their life span is like a year.

Now poison dart frog look like a winner.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2023 12:20 PM (uKeRS)

183 >Potential responses to illegal immigration
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Lets do what the E Germans did in Berlin
walls, wire, guns, loose ROE

Posted by: Don Black at December 19, 2023 12:20 PM (geLO8)

184 Octopi apparently have Maxine Waters sized brains
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 12:18 PM (/8lfu)
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I would guess that they're smarter and more honorable and more moral.

Apparently, an Octopus would rather die than live in captivity. The same cannot be said for Maxine Waters.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:20 PM (zxP/x)

185 I always wanted a salt water fish tank with an octopus. Guy at the store said don't bother, they try to escape and die. You find them on the floor all dried out.

Ok then.
Posted by: DOYLE

Isn't this the plot of Finding Dory?

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 19, 2023 12:21 PM (MGB5H)

186 Suspect With 15 Prior Arrests Attacks "Lion King' Violinist, Is Immediately Released Without Bail

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Compassion: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore!

Can you feel the love tonight....

Posted by: Sodomite Elton John at December 19, 2023 12:21 PM (R4t5M)

187 I always wanted a salt water fish tank with an octopus. Guy at the store said don't bother, they try to escape and die. You find them on the floor all dried out.

Ok then.
Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 12:17 PM (Z8Yh2)

The store guy is right. I had a salt water aquarium in which I put thing I found in tide pools. It was nice for months then I caught a baby octopus and put it in. After the first night it had eaten everything else, squirted ink, and escaped never to be found.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 19, 2023 12:21 PM (AiZBA)

188 >Guy at the store said don't bother, they try to escape and die. You find them on the floor all dried out.

well that's no fun

Posted by: Don Black at December 19, 2023 12:21 PM (geLO8)

189 Lion King violinist?

Were they playing "Circle of Life" at the time?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (/8lfu)

190 There isn't a politician in America - including Teh Donald - who has the stones to order that, nor to resist the 24/7 caterwauling of the MFM.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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Weird shit happens to public attitudes when an event occurs like Pearl Harbor. Attitudes change overnight. And a sneak attack is probably coming soon due to open borders--you can pretty much pick your villain--Iran, China, Cartels, Ham Ass, Hezbollah, whatever Sunni radical group du jour spun off of the Muslim Brotherhood, Russia, etc. that are willing to do that to the Great Satan.

We have pissed in a lot of people's wells around the world and payback is likely to come.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (JAi95)

191 I saw the Spherical Guatemaloids open for Rhombus at The Stone Pony in 2010.

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (00YaT)

192 >>A significant number of the illegal aliens pouring into America simply walk or drive in. N

Again, similar to how the maniacs in charge attempted to make it impossible to operate or simply live in this country if you were not VAXXED, that same paradigm must be applied to being in this country illegally.

That is the only way forward.

But again, this is more pissing into the wind.

I've harped on it for the last couple of days, and I will continue to harp on it, in the Junta's first term, they will have let in illegal aliens that totals in excess of a quarter of the black population and double the Jewish population of America.

12 Million becomes 24 million becomes 48 million extraordinarily quick.

This is going to literally transform the country overnight.

Remember that town in PA that went from 5 pct hispanic to majority hispanic in less than a decade, well that's going to happen to the whole of the US at the rate the Junta is cramming them in.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (XV/Pl)

193 Putin Files Documents to Register as Candidate in Russia’s Presidential Election

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It'll be an uphill battle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (FVME7)

194 Has California and Texas joined forces against the Federal Government yet?

-- Hollywood Idiots

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (gmo/4)

195 Compassion: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore!
https://tinyurl.com/28ufech3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:19 PM (FVME7)

Good. More Please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (puDky)

196 Lion King violinist?

Were they playing "Circle of Life" at the time?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Hakuna Matata, judge ruled attack warranted.

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 19, 2023 12:23 PM (MGB5H)

197 170 It's every low-skilled job. We usually reference landscaping because that's the most obvious. But it's construction, agriculture, food processing and preparing, janitorial, transportation, and pretty much anything involving basic labor. These are all big businesses employing millions of people. Many are illegals. And many legal workers are kept in line and wages down by the threat of replacing them with cheaper, more pliable illegals (or even legal foreigners).
Posted by: Elric Blade
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Not really true of the recent arrivals Elric. Many are being illegally admitted as 'refugees' and estimates now are about 400-500 billion tax dollars are being spent on them this year.

Includes housing, medical, food, and other bennies such as cash, phones, etc.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:17 PM (JAi95)
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All true. But as I did point out, it's not just these illegals actually replacing legal workers that keeps wages down. It's the threat of replacement that also does this. Any time any person knows he can be replaced, that person is more pliable and willing to accept things he wouldn't otherwise accept.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 12:23 PM (iFTx/)

198 I have every confidence that we'll make it up in volume.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Every trend comes to an end.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:24 PM (JAi95)

199 Weird shit happens to public attitudes when an event occurs like Pearl Harbor. Attitudes change overnight. And a sneak attack is probably coming soon due to open borders--you can pretty much pick your villain--Iran, China, Cartels, Ham Ass, Hezbollah, whatever Sunni radical group du jour spun off of the Muslim Brotherhood, Russia, etc. that are willing to do that to the Great Satan.

We have pissed in a lot of people's wells around the world and payback is likely to come.
Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (JAi95)
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TPTB are practically counting on one to happen, assuming they don't create one. They believe this will give them the mandate to seize absolute power in this country. So far, I have seen nothing that indicates they are wrong in their assumptions...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 12:24 PM (7fElN)

200 "It's every low-skilled job. We usually reference landscaping because that's the most obvious. But it's construction, agriculture, food processing and preparing, janitorial, transportation, and pretty much anything involving basic labor. These are all big businesses employing millions of people. Many are illegals. And many legal workers are kept in line and wages down by the threat of replacing them with cheaper, more pliable illegals (or even legal foreigners).

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 19, 2023 12:07 PM (iFTx/) "

exactly! for some reason the town with the biggest meatpacking plant in this area has two taquerias and a Mexican general store.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 19, 2023 12:24 PM (kc18b)

201 195 Compassion: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore!
https://tinyurl.com/28ufech3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:19 PM (FVME7)

Good. More Please.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (puDky)

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"That article references the fake, right wing fever dream of the 'knock out game', a debunked meme that should lead to imprisonment for referencing."
-DU, 95% probability

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:24 PM (GBKbO)

202 140 To hell with walls anyway.

Put up a rickety little fence with "Trespassers will be shot without warning" in every language you can think of all over it, and then shoot the Trespassers.

i used to occasionally do some contract work for dec in palo alto. there was this little hole-in-the-wall food court that had a "no smoking" sign in forty languages. one of the guys i was working with was finnish. he decided that he was allowed to smoke because finnish was not among the forty languages on the sign.

Posted by: anachronda at December 19, 2023 12:24 PM (sGtp+)

203 Walls work but 'we've' - all of our government is complicit - allowed millions upon millions of illegals to enter the country while also undertaking humanitarian parole for certain (more & more) countries; publishing policy manual guidance in August that applies to 'stateless noncitizens' in the United States (that'll turn out to be a dilly for the U.S.); ever extending and increasing the Temporary Protected Status for several nations, some of which have been in the program for decades; keeping big money entry visas going; DACA, and so much more.

It's all by design and the "anchor babies" and/or alleged anchor babies from an sundry 'entry' programs have already doomed (jobs, housing, education) much of the middle class - at the minimum.

What a shame our government couldn't have controlled the borders while vetting and increasing LEGAL immigration/refugee programs.

imo, all.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 19, 2023 12:25 PM (GshMh)

204 >>Not really true of the recent arrivals Elric. Many are being illegally admitted as 'refugees' and estimates now are about 400-500 billion tax dollars are being spent on them this year.

Refugees are supposed to be sent home once the danger to them has passed.

How is that working out for Minnesota and Maine?

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 12:25 PM (P0iqR)

205 This leggy blonde favors a wall:
https://is.gd/HlTT1b

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:25 PM (zxP/x)

206 Putin Files Documents to Register as Candidate in Russia’s Presidential Election

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It'll be an uphill battle.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:22 PM (FVME7)
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I'm surprised the Babylon Bee doesn't have an article about Putin registering for the ballot in the NH primary, which FJB apparently forgot to do.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 12:25 PM (7fElN)

207 205 This leggy blonde favors a wall:
https://is.gd/HlTT1b
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:25 PM (zxP/x)

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Stubby looking toes.

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:25 PM (GBKbO)

208 All true. But as I did point out, it's not just these illegals actually replacing legal workers that keeps wages down. It's the threat of replacement that also does this. Any time any person knows he can be replaced, that person is more pliable and willing to accept things he wouldn't otherwise accept.
Posted by: Elric Blade
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That too is coming to an end. When dollars are worthless and the bennies dry up, many of those illegals will end up going home and DC is putting the foot to the floor to accelerate deficit spending.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:26 PM (JAi95)

209 Congress can’t be bothered with a wall, they are too busy having butt sect.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2023 12:26 PM (uKeRS)

210 Octopi apparently have Maxine Waters sized brains
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 12:18 PM (/8lfu)

Fuck you!
We are nothing like that dumb bitch!
Your words offend me!

Posted by: Every octopus everywhere at December 19, 2023 12:26 PM (ufFY8)

211 And if that means lamp posts and lots and lots of rope...so be it.
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I got it! WE'll start a new party, the Lamp Posts and Rope party. Any federal official that blatantly refuses to follow the clear Constitutional law gets to be a decoration.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at December 19, 2023 12:26 PM (JNTt1)

212 I'd like a fence w/a feature something like this.

https://tinyurl.com/2kwyj9yy

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2023 12:26 PM (AwYPR)

213 @207

>>Would not bang.

I'm always suspicious of fully carpeted stairs.

They're hiding something.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 12:27 PM (XV/Pl)

214 Roofing crews = All illegals. The contractor (American) tells the one illegal he pays more than the others (bilingual) what he wants done, that guy tells the other illegals what to do.

Rinse and repeat all across America.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 12:27 PM (gmo/4)

215 Same here for shaving. However, I find older women to be much more congenial than the flighty, woke, tatted-to-hell young ones.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 11:58 AM (Q0kLU)

I have found numerous older women who, while different from your woke young ones, are just as intolerable and hard to get along with. Especially is she doesn't need a man financially.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 19, 2023 12:27 PM (pohLc)

216 This leggy blonde favors a wall:
https://is.gd/HlTT1b
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Me likey. Where's Wolfus? She has nice feet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 12:27 PM (R4t5M)

217 Guy at the store said don't bother, they try to escape and die. You find them on the floor all dried out.

We had one. It had a top with a light in it. No escapees. Think of it as a wall on its side.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 12:28 PM (CsUN+)

218 FBI given another year to secretly harass and threaten conservatives using lawless searches and spying ...

Supported enthusiastically by that rootin' tootin' six-gun shootin' fire-breathin' rock 'em, sock 'em conservative Ted Cruz.

Tell me again how that nickelfucker is any less a traitor than Rancid Labia or Ilhan Brother-Fucker?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 12:28 PM (Q0kLU)

219 Dwight Howard Claims Man Is Only Suing Him Due To ‘Unrequited Love’, Claims Messages Had Been Doctored

Dwight Howard and his representation submitted another filing Thursday to their petition in Georgia in an attempt to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit against the former NBA All-Star. And as the details continue to emerge, the story continues to get stranger and stranger.

https://tinyurl.com/3yrpbxvk

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Let the NBA be the NBA!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 12:28 PM (FVME7)

220 I worked for 23 years in civil litigation. Document requests only produce smoking guns by accident, usually by documents that accidentally slipped by due to numerous copies and/or too voluminous to fully review. Sickening but true. The answer - hire as many government employees as you can to catch all those accidents so FOIAs are never an issue. We're well on our way with the bloated staff to review aspect and no doubt regular system purges will cover the rest. Such is life where lack of ethical responsibility and corruption is the norm

Posted by: Son of Dad at December 19, 2023 12:28 PM (8JB5s)

221 The IRS could simply audit all SSN's, identify null number, numbers of people long dead. Go to the business using the number to send them taxes collected, and probably never have claim for refunds. Then go and arrest hiring managers and business owners using them. Hold without bail until trial. Take your times guys, plenty of green bologna samishes to keep them fed in PMITAP's. The probe will go away PDQ.

Posted by: Paladin at December 19, 2023 12:28 PM (+evAm)

222 >This leggy blonde favors a wall:

poor lens choice- makes her feet look big

Posted by: Don Black at December 19, 2023 12:28 PM (geLO8)

223 Roofing crews = All illegals. The contractor (American) tells the one illegal he pays more than the others (bilingual) what he wants done, that guy tells the other illegals what to do.

Rinse and repeat all across America.
Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 12:27 PM (gmo/4)
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Not my roofer, thankfully, or my HVAC company. Both are Americans who run other Americans in most of the crews I have seen. An occasional Latino, but always the kind that speaks English.

And neither is much more expensive than the competition, which isn't unexpected anyway as they're big, established companies with spotless track records.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:30 PM (zxP/x)

224 Refugees are supposed to be sent home once the danger to them has passed.

How is that working out for Minnesota and Maine?
Posted by: garrett
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What will happen is like Pakistan kicking out the Afghani refugees right now. Pakistan got what they wanted out of them as a supply of terrorists to attack the US there--they are of no use now and are being forced to go back.

What you are seeing is basically a government run by intel agencies via kompromat and as a matter of historical record--they are fools, traitors, and criminals. We are in about the same position where the Soviet Union was in the 1980's where the public by and large believes nothing that fedgov says anymore and is increasingly hostile to it.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:30 PM (JAi95)

225 This leggy blonde favors a wall:
https://is.gd/HlTT1b
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:25 PM (zxP/x)

Don't like open-toed shoes. Don't like white polish. And too much makeup, even for me.

Would not.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 12:30 PM (Q0kLU)

226 This leggy blonde favors a wall:

poor lens choice- makes her feet look big
Posted by: Don Black at December 19, 2023 12:28 PM (geLO

The Rex Ryan lens.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 12:30 PM (R4t5M)

227
>>Would not bang.

I'm always suspicious of fully carpeted stairs.

They're hiding something.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 12:27 PM

Likewise. The post at the bottom of the steps is covered in dust. Sloppy housekeeping is 77.5% correlated with sloppy sandwich making skills.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at December 19, 2023 12:31 PM (enJYY)

228 Actor Alec Baldwin went off on a pro-Palestinian protester in New York City

Why does this seem like BS to me? Can you say "an act/"

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 12:31 PM (W/lyH)

229 Likewise. The post at the bottom of the steps is covered in dust. Sloppy housekeeping is 77.5% correlated with sloppy sandwich making skills.
Posted by: Cliff Clavin at December 19, 2023 12:31 PM (enJYY)
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Tough crowd.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:31 PM (zxP/x)

230 228 Actor Alec Baldwin went off on a pro-Palestinian protester in New York City

Why does this seem like BS to me? Can you say "an act/"
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 12:31 PM (W/lyH)

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He was apparently just walking by, they mobbed him, and he lit into them because he has a short fuse anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

231 NOOD IRONY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 19, 2023 12:31 PM (zxP/x)

232 173 I always wanted a salt water fish tank with an octopus. Guy at the store said don't bother, they try to escape and die. You find them on the floor all dried out.

This really is the story of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 12:32 PM (SzI2j)

233 Even when things are kept squeaky clean, loose border policies destroy American jobs. I was clerking a job, and the super brought in one of his faves for trabajo concrete. This guy would fly in family members from los estados, work visas in hand. They would all shack up in a rental, Jefe promising to improve it, which he did. Guys did nice work, collected their pay, lower than what a native American would get, and fly home.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 19, 2023 12:33 PM (0EOe9)

234 The lowest ranking job within a department usually handled FOIA inquiries. (A cheat sheet was made available to the poor person, along with the usage of a copy machine so pages & costs could be tabulated.)

Nothing saw an agency FOIA attorney unless it concerned a member of Congress, a huge 'name' company or the rare, famous opposing attorney/law firm.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 19, 2023 12:34 PM (GshMh)

235 Actor Alec Baldwin went off on a pro-Palestinian protester in New York City

Why does this seem like BS to me? Can you say "an act/"
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 12:31 PM (W/lyH)
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Go back and read that he responded to the shouters "I support the people of Gaza."

RATED: NOT AN ACT.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 12:34 PM (zvEEc)

236 Ace used to post a lot of YouTube videos from a poster named The Dodo. If you go to that channel on YouTube there is a video of a really large octopus at the New Zealand aquarium which escaped from its tank thru an aperture smaller than a dime.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 19, 2023 12:34 PM (MeG8a)

237 This leggy blonde favors a wall:

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Would ya look at the beak on that painted Hoor...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 19, 2023 12:35 PM (ZV+pB)

238 TPTB are practically counting on one to happen, assuming they don't create one. They believe this will give them the mandate to seize absolute power in this country. So far, I have seen nothing that indicates they are wrong in their assumptions...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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I have. No one believes in fed government anymore and they have basically ruined all the relevant institutions that would be required to seize power.

Figure we are going to have a spate of Irish Democracy soon.

Posted by: whig at December 19, 2023 12:36 PM (JAi95)

239 This is, IMO, the single biggest thing killing America.

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Every destructive action flows from destructive ideas & philosophies.

IMHO, the root cause has been a century of the universities having been corrupted -- and now wholly owned & controlled -- by Marxists. Which has "unexpectedly" led to the corruption of even K-12 government and private schools Marxist & Satanic (BIRM) Indoctrination Madrassas.

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 19, 2023 12:36 PM (00YaT)

240 The fact that any minor inconvenience is now depicted as “disenfranchisement” is a disgusting slap in the face to those who paid the ultimate price to secure some lazy slob’s right to cast a ballot. Iqt SHOULD be a little inconvenient, if only to remind us that voting has value.

Posted by: red speck at December 19, 2023 12:36 PM (0Id0S)

241 ~~schools~~

*tag failure

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 19, 2023 12:38 PM (00YaT)

242 My DIL from Japan, has been married for several years to my son, and they have a baby daughter born in NC.

She is an MBA from Harvard (before Ivy League Urkel), worked at several US companies, and yet they still have to write letters begging for her citizenship annually.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at December 19, 2023 12:46 PM (nnp+f)

243 Now poison dart frog look like a winner.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
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Diamondback rattler would be a real conversation piece. The larger, the more interesting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 01:01 PM (XeU6L)

244 Actually, you want lots and lots of lampposts, and just moderately short pieces of rope.

Posted by: GWB at December 19, 2023 06:15 PM (sSx7k)

245 Landmines work at Korea's border. Recommend a trial. First around DC, then the Mexican border if it works.

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