Off topic Current events thread

stoneaxe27

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Old people? Mothers and children? Wow! You forgot dads. Of, wait. No you didn’t. Your feelings are not the law. Thankfully we are a nation of laws. Illegals are in the US illegally.
So that warrants sending in masked ICE wearing flak jackets, carrying automatic weapons, smoke grenades , tear gas, arresting everyone with brown skin, even American citizens or those here legally?. If you find that American, you do not share American values.
 

rillaman

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The National Guard's role in D.C.​

In addition to the more than 900 members of the D.C. National Guard who are deployed across the district, six Republican governors – West Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee – have sent upwards of 1,300 combined additional members of their states' National Guard to the nation's capital.
The National Guard footprint thus far has been mostly limited to protecting federal buildings and parks, as well as patrolling 10 Metro stations in the district, but in recent days the service members started to assist with "beautification" across the district, assisting in "restoration projects" in D.C.'s federal parks, according to a Joint Task Force D.C. spokesperson.
A spokesperson for the Joint Task Force also told CBS News on Aug. 24, that the defense secretary had directed National Guard members deployed to D.C. to begin carrying their assigned service weapon. A military official said likely fewer than 50 were to be armed starting that night. This was a reversal from earlier in the month, when a Defense Department official told CBS News that deployed Guard members would not be armed, at the request of local law enforcement partners. The official also said at the time they would not have weapons in their vehicles.

So they protected federal buildings, Metro stations, and cleaned up parks? All this happened while violent crime, burglaries and car theft plummeted?

The horror!!!!
 

rillaman

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The analysis, reviewing every crime incident reported to the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department from Aug. 7 through Aug. 25, also shows violent crime is down in comparison to the five-year average for the same dates.
Beyond violent crime, reported burglaries also are down 48% and car thefts have fallen 36%.
Identifying the specific causes of changes in criminal activity is complex because it can be driven by many factors – and local police data was already showing that reported crimes were trending downward in Washington prior to the president's action.

Violent crime, for example, in the two weeks prior to Aug. 7, was down about 20% already from the same period in prior years, according to the MPD data.

And then it went down 50%
 

rillaman

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This is actually happening. Career criminal repeatedly let free because liberal crime policy is “let’s just take our chances.”

Can you believe Trump wants to protect metro stations? No one ever gets attacked at metro stations.
 
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tjfleck6

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How many lives has Trump saved at home and abroad? Amazing. Yet, Jeff is concerned about a single whacked out lefty who was aiding in the disruption of ICE duties. Perhaps it wouldn’t have happened if Jeff’s Chicago PD supported the FEDs instead of leaving them to fend for themselves.

 

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So that warrants sending in masked ICE wearing flak jackets, carrying automatic weapons, smoke grenades , tear gas, arresting everyone with brown skin, even American citizens or those here legally?. If you find that American, you do not share American values.
Serious response. Whatever far left hyperbole you’ve allowed in your head for so long to create all of these fake issues and fantasies has taken over your brain. Please seek a reputable mental health professional.
 

ILisBest

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To get an indictment doesn't take much. The first federal prosecutor said there was no case and he is gone. Trump picked a stooge to secure an indictment. Her staff said there was no case. Trump is using the DOJ to harass political enemies. Wouldn’t expect anything else from Trump.
One of the charges was not indicted. You are on a real roll.

Says the party that attacked its political enemies using the DOJ.
 

ILisBest

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J. B. Pritzker. I think he’s the worst Governor in the country. Makes Gavin Newsom look like John Hancock. The guy is awful.

For six and a half years, he’s sat in Springfield, Illinois, and done absolutely nothing as about 4,000 Chicagoans have been murdered. Pritzker could have called in the Illinois National Guard to assist the Chicago P.D. in dismantling the drug gangs that commit most of the homicides. Did you know that 80 percent of the murder victims are African-Americans?

But, no, old J.B. was otherwise occupied, raising taxes and spending money on windmills. What a guy.

Now, President Trump has embarrassed Pritzker by sending federal authorities to Chicago in order to impose order.

The Governor’s incoherent response is to say Mr. Trump wants to “rig” the election in 2026. Yes, Chicago is familiar with rigged votes, but J.B. is living in the Twilight Zone. He’s traveling in another dimension.

You didn’t do your job, Governor. Simple as that. Too many coffins. That’s the blunt truth.
 

BigWill

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I haven’t seen dtrain comment on “Maryland Man” here. He wanted due process. When will there be enough due process with this gang banging, human trafficking, crap stain that doesn’t belong in the US? 20 orders now? When can Congress impeach these judges? It only takes a majority vote in the House.


Due Process is NOT awarded to non citizens who ALL fall under Article 2.
Due Process is awarded to ALL United States citizens under Article 3.
 
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BigWill

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Herschel is the embodiment of the rise of the African American in the South !

Too poor to have fancy weights or to belong to a gym !

He worked himself into a sprinter by tying a rope to a junk tire and around his waist and sprinting, dragging the tire !
Skinny upper body ? No weights ? No problem, hundreds of Pushups ! Eventually too easy ? Another no problem ! He would have his Sisters sit on his back !

I saw him win the 100 Meters sprint for Under 18 USA. A man among boys !
 

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Herschel is the embodiment of the rise of the African American in the South !

Too poor to have fancy weights or to belong to a gym !

He worked himself into a sprinter by tying a rope to a junk tire and around his waist and sprinting, dragging the tire !
Skinny upper body ? No weights ? No problem, hundreds of Pushups ! Eventually too easy ? Another no problem ! He would have his Sisters sit on his back !

I saw him win the 100 Meters sprint for Under 18 USA. A man among boys !
I remember video of him being upside down against the wall simulating overhead press using his body weight. Truly incredible desire to achieve.
 

tjfleck6

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Several RB's from the Deep South used to run the levees up and down, up and down, ad Infinito !
Walter Payton's workouts are also the stuff of legend.

As for Ambassador Walker, I support this move on so many fronts.

1) It is a relatively low-key position for Ambassadors
2) Unlike the prime positions, I doubt Herschel donated HUGE money to get the Bahamas.
3) This is payback for Herschel running for Senate and getting torched by the media. Trump does "owe" him.
4) With the narco campaign ongoing in the Caribbean, good to have an ambassador in the Bahamas who you don't want to screw with.

This one does not move the needle for me in any way.
 
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AzIllini

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Here are a few stanzas in English from Bad Bunny's hit: Titi Me Pregunto (Auntie Asked Me)

"Ey, auntie, asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends, a lot of girlfriends
Today I have one; tomorrow I’ll have another,
hey, but there’s no wedding, there’s no wedding, auntie
Auntie asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends; he, a lot of girlfriends
Today I have one; tomorrow I’ll have another

I’m going to take them all to the VIP, the VIP, hey
Say hi to auntie
Let’s take a selfie, say “cheese,” hey
Let the ones I already slept with smile
In a VIP, a VIP, hey
Say hi to auntie
Let’s take a selfie, say “cheese”
Let those who have already forgotten about me smile"


Jay Z and the NFL are a couple of winners with this one.

Glad Turning Point has an alternative.