US Erection 12 *AND* 16 *AND* 20 *AND* 22 *AND* 24 *AND* Beyond

[5thhorseman]

ICE and border patrol should be able to do their job efficiently, with or without 'local support'.

Instead, they are given a daily quota (3000 detentions) that they are pressured to meet, so they are going after anyone they can.

I was unaware of the quota.

I'm stunned that you haven't heard of the quota. This must lead to a wildly different interpretation of what is going on, does it not?

[Cousin Strawberry]

https://www.threads.com/@lattice.works/ ... UfS&slof=1

Not sure if this link will work but it's one of the most succinct summaries of what is and has been going on for longer than anyone really knows.

Dude said more in 2 minutes than almost anyone I've heard from in a long long time

[Cornuck]

^ Interesting guy - I hadn't seen him before. He's running for congress, too - which would be fun if he won.

[5thhorseman]

A lot of vague gamblings from that guy.

"We are going to start as communities across the country in united sovereignty with each other."

What does that actually mean?

"We are going to start building dual power outside of the state."

Huh?

[dbr]

It's extremely vague but it's not like he's out there doing a TED Talk.

The terminology sounds to me like pretty standard leftist rhetoric; the idea is that community-level organizing and mutual aid fills the vacuum created by the state's failure to fulfill its normal obligations.

If that happens, the state has significantly less "soft power" than it had before, since a big part of the social contract is that we all agree to be ruled by the state because it accomplishes things that benefit the public.

[Cousin Strawberry]

My key takeaways are the illusion of choice mattering for voters as well as questioning why the fuck aid is being sent to an economic powerhouse with zero moral fabric in Israel.

The revolution talk wasn't anything more than worst case foreshadowing

[Meds]

My key takeaways are the illusion of choice mattering for voters as well as questioning why the fuck aid is being sent to an economic powerhouse with zero moral fabric in Israel.

The revolution talk wasn't anything more than worst case foreshadowing

Why do you say Israel lacks moral fabric?

[JelloPuddingPop]

My key takeaways are the illusion of choice mattering for voters as well as questioning why the fuck aid is being sent to an economic powerhouse with zero moral fabric in Israel.

The revolution talk wasn't anything more than worst case foreshadowing

Why do you say Israel lacks moral fabric?

I'm sure he just means Israel's current leadership Mëds... you know, the guy who has an arrest warrant out for crimes against humanity and all that jazz...

[5thhorseman]

My key takeaways are the illusion of choice mattering for voters as well as questioning why the fuck aid is being sent to an economic powerhouse with zero moral fabric in Israel.

The revolution talk wasn't anything more than worst case foreshadowing

Illusion of choice?

Weren't you griping about the choice that "77.3 million lunatic apologists" made a couple of pages back?

[Cousin Strawberry]

My key takeaways are the illusion of choice mattering for voters as well as questioning why the fuck aid is being sent to an economic powerhouse with zero moral fabric in Israel.

The revolution talk wasn't anything more than worst case foreshadowing

Illusion of choice?

Weren't you griping about the choice that "77.3 million lunatic apologists" made a couple of pages back?

I'm more progressive now than ever?

[5thhorseman]

Venezuela changes laws to accomodate oil companies, at Trump's request

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ven ... 19491.html

Will Trump now be able to convince big oil to restart their operations? Exxon gave it a hard no the last time around.

I thought the real problem is Venezuela's heavy crude is too costly to refine. With the low price of oil these days it's not even break-even.

[Topper]

Was Don Lemon fantasizing about going to prison?

[Topper]

Venezuela changes laws to accomodate oil companies, at Trump's request

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ven ... 19491.html

Will Trump now be able to convince big oil to restart their operations? Exxon gave it a hard no the last time around.

I thought the real problem is Venezuela's heavy crude is too costly to refine. With the low price of oil these days it's not even break-even.

From what I know, the infrastructure is a disaster. It isn't a case of going in and turning on the keys and taps. It is a complete rebuild. Nothing hybrid about it. It has been run into the ground.

Chavez and Maduro were to Venezuela what Rutherford and Alvin are to the Canucks.

[JelloPuddingPop]

Chavez and Maduro were to Venezuela what Rutherford and Alvin are to the Canucks.

That bad eh?

Is it a 3-5 year turnaround? Or a 7-10 year? To get infrastructure/investment etc. down there?

Or is this a pipe dream?

[Per]

American Jews reclaiming German citizenship and moving out before it’s too late.

https://youtu.be/XEkE4BZyu4Y?si=qEv2rysR-KXuP9AT