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She did. But that's not surprising given that it looked more like a tag team event than a one on one debate.

Investigation by the city’s Immigrant Accountability Response Team formed in October of 2023 has revealed the possibility “there were companies that knew they were going to make an effort to bring in individuals who were crossing the border based on federal regulations that they could do that,” Rue said. “I’m upset at the fact we didn’t get a chance to have an infrastructure in place if there were going to be 20,000 more people from 2020 to 2025. We didn’t get to do that.” https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-mayor-investigation-into-businesses-immigration-continues/W4OJQYSNUBF7JCMSD72VVQGNQI/ Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday he doesn’t oppose the Temporary Protected Status program under which some 15,000 Haitians have arrived in the city of about 59,000 people since 2020, but said the federal government must do more to help impacted communities. https://apnews.com/article/springfield-ohio-haitian-influx-governor-dewine-f5a552d7ebc6e246882dca96a39a3aaa The number of migrants varies depending on the source... The county has more people than the city proper.

Politicians fib. They embellish, they ignore inconvenient information, they exaggerate, they skew statistics to make themselves look good. We're fine with that. It's been going on for 250 years. Americans aren't looking for a saint. Take Bill Clinton. Horrible morals, but a pretty good president. Unlike Carter. Extremely moral man, who was a disaster in the White House. Americans are looking for someone to get us out of the morass that has gotten so much worse in the past 3-1/2 years. Which is what Trump should have focused on. He wouldn't need a plan to deport 10 million illegals if they hadn't been let in by the border czar. Nobody needed to announce a plan for Ukraine or Israel or WW3 after the Trump years. I'm disappointed that Trump took the bait. But I'm not surprised, given that the ABC moderators were anything but neutral in their extended leadups to many of the questions. And Kamala reminds me of the people I've encountered in my career that are great at getting jobs and wangling promotions. But they're horrible at actually doing the job. I can't think of a single place that was better for Kamala having worked there. Border? Nope. California crime? Nope. Economy? Nope. Afghanistan, Ukraine and Israel? Nope.

Wasn't that last month? And the month before... And the month before... And the... As I recall from the AN thread on the Easter Sunday debacle, there are around 240 "special days" on the LGBTQ+ calendar.

seems like you are lying there. Yeah. I think the plan is to fire the deadwood and not replace them at all. Edit: To clarify, since it's almost impossible to fire a civil servant for being incompetent, the plan is to eliminate entire dead weight agencies.

I see the ABC moderators are being fair and balanced. Not.

It wasn't the city, but I was kayaking under the bridge on the River Kwai when I came on a coiled up snake that was easily as long as my 14' kayak. I couldn't tell if it was coiled around something it was going to eat, or coiled up because it just got run over by a longtail boat. Seeing it writhing in the clear water (and me right on the water in a tiny boat) spooked me from getting a closer look. Sucker was huge.

You can't get any clicks if you don't have the video.

That's what the Dems predicted about his debate with Joe. How did that work out for Joe?

One of the chief instigators of that fiasco (probably the main one) just endorsed Harris for President.

There's been lots of discussion by people who never have, and never will read the actual report. For anyone who cares to actually read it, here it is. It's 353 pages, so not exactly a light (or unbiased- in an election year) read. https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/getting-answers-on-afghanistan-withdrawal/ No comment on my part... Edit: There's a 15 page Executive Summary linked on the page.

When they catch 51 intelligence officials in a bald face lie just before the last election, you'd be an idiot to think 10 former military people wouldn't lie before this one. American voters aren't idiots. Talk about weak sauce: Harris “has demonstrated her ability to take on the most difficult national security challenges in the Situation Room and on the international stage, from rallying our allies against Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine to standing shoulder to shoulder with our allies in the Indo-Pacific against China’s provocative actions, to advancing U.S. leadership on space and artificial intelligence,” they write. The only skill that Harris has demonstrated is the ability to fail upward. She's an expert at getting the jobs... Not so skilled at doing them. Edit: Much to the dismay of Fluffy's former owner in Springfield Ohio...

You forgot to mention Obama's half brother, planning to vote for Trump. Again. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6361750572112

Meanwhile, Trump has the support of Ducks and Cats... Especially in Ohio. I doubt you'd find that on CNN or MSDNC, though.

They're not supporting the only president that didn't get us into any new wars in decades and kept Putin from invading Ukraine.

I bought my collapsible batons, pepper spray, illegal pellet rifles and legal airsoft pistols in Chinatown on these alleys marked in red. Across the street from Khlong Thom market. That was before Covid. (I gave away the illegal stuff (pellet guns and some big honking machetes) when I found out people were getting arrested for having them. Many of the kiosks that sell them are still there, but they're a little more discrete about displaying their illegal wares. There was a crackdown a few years ago. You have to look below the top shelf to find the goodies. If you spend a few minutes perusing their legal stuff, they may steer you to the stash... Where that alley hooks into Yawarot (sp?) has a row of shops with the nastiest looking selection of stuff you'd want if you ever got into a knife fight. They also have batons. There used to be a nearby row of shops selling amped up airsoft guns and accessories on Thanon Wiwat Wiang, but it looks like they never came back after Covid.

Yup. Warmongers don't like Trump.

Gotta say, if I was Burmese in Thailand and came home to find my wife beaten to death, I'd be on my way to the border in a New York minute, whether I did it or not.

With 20+ million followers, he could write that off as a cost of doing business and still be way out ahead.

I know it's widely available, and I used to carry it when I worked in Bangkok. But is pepper spray legal on LOS? There are lots of products sold in the wide open light of day that are actually illegal in Thailand. I'd hate to be on the Thai news with my face blurred, pointing at my can of pepper spray, and the headline reads "Netizens condemn foreigner for torturing local dogs with illegal pepper spray".

Apparently, he's caught some attention from Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6361765198112 Interesting what Tyrus says about him. Personally, I'm a fan of his acting.

Nobody seems to remember that the guy is still president. When even Jen Psaki wonders if he's okay. When Israel is facing an existential threat and WW3 and nuclear annihilation is a distinct danger in Europe, we've got a president whose own DOJ has declared unfit to stand trial because he's an old guy with a bad memory.

I, on the other hand, think he'll be remembered for the $$trillions of dollars it will cost to clean up his messes on immigration and the economy. We'll be paying for decades.

Speaking of the idiot Musk, and throwing in some Russkie red meat, here's a fun one: Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first dollar trillionaire by 2027, according to the global education company Informa Connect Academy. The projection published on Friday is based on Musk’s average annual wealth growth rate, which stands at 109.88%. https://www.rt.com/news/603696-musk-set-to-become-first/ Maybe he's not an idiot?

But there were mean tweets. No new wars, great economy, border under control. But those mean tweets...