POLITICAL THREAD

[HymanKaplan]

What should happen at 9:00 am:

Thousands of "bankers boxes" are delivered.

By 10:30 am a long line of terminated employees should be escorted from the buildings.

As they leave, they can be seen dropping their security badges, parking passes, and office keys into a barrel which is situated just inside the front door.

Once security has searched a person's banker boxes to make sure it only contains personal items etc, and any thumb drives, office binders etc. have been confiscated, they will be allowed to leave and make their way to their vehicles to drive home.

 

[TheFrontRunner]

I watched a podcast on the cartels and the expert dude was saying the "head" is just the face of the cartel. He said there are 4 or 5 dudes behind the scenes who actually run these cartels and they live very quiet lives and you'd never know they were the leaders. I think we need to get some of these guys to make a dent in the cartels.

Maybe so, and yes one of them that we just got is 72 years old, but it's Raphael Caro Quintero, who was the mastermind in the torture and killing of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena (Amazon has a great documentary about it)

Understandably, we wanted him here. Getting 29 isn't much, but it is more than we have got before and it certainly doesn't hurt morale.

The murdered DEA agent's handcuffs being used on Quintero is really cool:
















DEA Acting Administrator Derek Maltz said there is “one name” in the group of 29 cartel members “that stands above the rest for the men and women” of his agency – Quintero.

“This is the highest number of extraditions [in one day] in the history of Mexico, without question,” former DEA head of international operations Mike Virgil






From the NY Post:


“The defendants taken into US custody today include leaders and managers of drug cartels recently designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists,” the Justice Department said in a statement.


The DOJ noted that many of the defendants had longstanding extradition requests that “were not honored” during the Biden administration and that the Mexican government complied as a direct result of Trump ordering drug cartels to be designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

“They are no longer just criminals,” Donovan said. “They are terrorists.”

Donovan noted the transfer of custody of a Mexican drug lord is easier if they’re labeled a terrorist since they don’t have the legal protections of someone being extradited.

 

[HymanKaplan]

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Among other things, I want to know who owns those buildings...

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Why would children dying and being scarred for life make anyone happy??
Pissed is the emotion I'm feeling.
Pissed that a large swath of our society has become completely brainwashed about vaccines and the science behind them.
Pissed that we have a brain wormed conspiracy theorist making decisions about vaccination schedules in this country.
MAPA..... Make America Polio Again!!

Why don’t you answer your own question. You are using this to take a shot at the current Administration when you said absolutely nothing when this was happening under Biden. Evidently it meant nothing to you then. You are being a hypocrite.

 

[TheFrontRunner]

@55wildcat

 

[yes_takeaside]

No I understand that. I waited tables in college and got paid like $2.30 an hour plus tips. Worked at a decent restaurant and probably made an additional $15-20 an hour in tips. So I averaged $17-22 an hour and was taxed on all of that. If I read the bill correctly, tips won't be taxed. So therefore in my scenario, I would only be taxed on my $2.30 from the restaurant and the tip money would not be taxed?? If that is correct, I think that is inherently unfair. The server earned that money through their job. They weren't doing anything extra; they were fulfilling their obligations. Just don't think it's fair to the cook in the back who makes $17 an hour, doesn't receive any tips and is taxed on the full amount

Cook can quit and become a server.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

 

[Cleatortoises]

Without looking it up: I'm 62, so how many prime number birthdays have I had so far in my life?

I almost had it.
Then, I lost count (of the beers I had).

 

[BBUK]

Nosey Dumbarse???

 

[BBUK]

Without looking it up: I'm 62, so how many prime number birthdays have I had so far in my life?

Dayum...

 

[BBUK]

This would be another hell yes as far as I'm concerned.

SIAP, didn't see it if so.

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Just what I wanted to see... A bunch of congress starting to introduce bills. Looks great but they mostly die on the floor...BUT it gets advertised like they are working hard... BUT, they die on the floor, BUT the optics are great... BUT they die on the floor... Wash, rinse, repeat...

Some substance any day will be fine....

DOGE any day over a Photo-opted Bill...


(Not at you brother Welder...)

 

[BBUK]

 

[AustinTXCat]

** Wise Words Department**

"It is not the business of the law to make anyone good or reverent or moral or clean or upright."

-Murray Rothbard

 

[BBUK]

 

[cole854]

Pissed that a large swath of our society has become completely brainwashed about vaccines and the science behind them.

So how many? Stats? Percentage?

 

[Bill Cosby]

I feel like Bondi and Patel deserve the benefit of the doubt. Until you’ve actually been Trump #1’d it’s probably hard to believe the SDNY and FBI would lie through their teeth and tell you everything they have is in a binder on your desk. I’m sure they won’t make that mistake again.

Or, maybe some of you are right and everything Patel and Bondi have said and done has been a total lie and they’re trying to protect pedos.

 

[Bill Cosby]

If you’ve had an mRNA shot, you’re in no position to criticize anyone for being brainwashed about “vaccines”.

 

[AustinTXCat]

DOGE hyperbole. 🤣

DOGE claims it has saved billions, but nearly 75% unaccounted for

DOGE hasn't provided evidence for approximately $38 billion in alleged savings — nearly 75% of its total claim.

www.yahoo.com

Meanwhile, back in the real world...

 

[cole854]

I feel like Bondi and Patel deserve the benefit of the doubt. Until you’ve actually been Trump #1’d it’s probably hard to believe the SDNY and FBI would lie through their teeth and tell you everything they have is in a binder on your desk. I’m sure they won’t make that mistake again.

Or, maybe some of you are right and everything Patel and Bondi have said and done has been a total lie and they’re trying to protect pedos.

We also have no idea of the legal red tape this may involve in regards to potential defamation, for example. I am going to let it play out and then see where all the chips fall.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

 

[HymanKaplan]

sambowieshin said:
Pissed that a large swath of our society has become completely brainwashed about vaccines and the science behind them.


sam, you ARE correct in that a large segment of our society has been brainwashed about vaccines. It's just not the segment that YOU'RE thinking of.

Additionally, it only pertains to one PARTICULAR "vaccine"* not the gamut. So maybe leave that dead horse with a modicum of flesh left on it's bones.

 

[HymanKaplan]

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New York Times - Front page ABOVE the fold:

Donald Trump Hates Mexicans!

 

[HymanKaplan]

Watching Trump deal with the press this time around reminds me of this scene. 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

[AshWilliams]

I feel like Bondi and Patel deserve the benefit of the doubt. Until you’ve actually been Trump #1’d it’s probably hard to believe the SDNY and FBI would lie through their teeth and tell you everything they have is in a binder on your desk. I’m sure they won’t make that mistake again.

Or, maybe some of you are right and everything Patel and Bondi have said and done has been a total lie and they’re trying to protect pedos.

That’s not the point. As the people in charge, they should’ve been prepared for this and those buildings should have been shut down overnight and people working there Frog marched out of there. Right now, Bondi and Kash Patel look weak.

 

[BBUK]

 

[HymanKaplan]

Just give all the ****ing jobs to Tom Homan. Problem solved.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

 

[HymanKaplan]

That reminded me of my favorite James Bond scene. (Goldfinger) 🤣

 

[Girthang]

Without looking it up: I'm 62, so how many prime number birthdays have I had so far in my life?

16ish?

 

[Cleatortoises]

18. I had it earlier but chose a wise ass comment about beer as is my nature.
25 of the first 100 are prime.
I can do all simple math quickly in my head.
I tried to forget all advanced mathematics concepts as soon as possible with a large degree of success.

 

[BBUK]

18. I had it earlier but chose a wise ass comment about beer as is my nature.
25 of the first 100 are prime.
I can do all simple math quickly in my head.
I tried to forget all advanced mathematics concepts as soon as possible with a large degree of success.

You need more beer....

 

[Cleatortoises]

Agreed

 

[AshWilliams]

 

[Girthang]

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Hate it when they blatantly misquote something

 

[vhcat70]

For those that think the Ukraine minerals deal will give the US $ back for our gifts to them, read this:

"Under the final deal, Ukraine will pay half of all revenue from developing these resources to an investment fund jointly owned with the U.S. The agreement says contributions will be invested “to promote the safety, security and prosperity of Ukraine.” The details will be worked out between the economic ministries, and Ukraine’s Parliament will have to ratify it."

I read this as the investment fund spending the money on Ukraine, not going to the US Treasury.

Also:

"Mr. Trump continues to peddle falsehoods about how much aid the U.S. and Europe have provided Ukraine. He claims the U.S. is “in for $350 billion” in Ukraine. But through December the real U.S. total was nearly $120 billion in military, financial and humanitarian support.

He says Europe has given much less than the U.S., but it has spent or promised $137 billion, according to Europe’s authoritative Kiel Institute. The U.S. has provided more arms because it has more, but Europe has provided more aid overall."

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mineral-rights-deal-ukraine-u-s-volodymyr-zelensky-donald-trump-4793cd71?mod=opinion_lead_pos1

 

[HymanKaplan]

Aside from Tom Homan, Stephen Miller is my favorite Trump "heavy" and it's a joy to watch him dismantle the mindless nincompoops. LOL

 

[vhcat70]

Democrats who whine and cry over Elon Musk can kiss my rosy red ass. YOU'RE the CORRUPT party whose largest "benefactor" is a TRUE Nazi: George Soros. So sit down and STFU already.

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These townhalls should require ID's & take photos of those that come. Should be limited to district or at least state residents.

 

[vhcat70]

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He's just now figuring this out?

 

[vhcat70]

When i got Real ID it was hell on earth. Their computers supposedly "went down" so after hours I bad to schedule and come back

No need for it if you have a passport. And passport is more versatile.

 

[HeismaNole]