(January 11, 2026 at 11:38 pm)Jackalope Wrote:

(January 11, 2026 at 10:16 pm)Fireball Wrote: ^ Right. How many "red" states has he sent the Guard or ICE to?

Yeah, don't even try to tell me there aren't any swarthy aliens in Oklahoma City or El Paso.  It's no mystery why they're targeting cities like Portland, Chicago and Minneapolis for brutal tactics.

The politicosymp angle is totally hidden. Pay no attention ...

(January 12, 2026 at 1:02 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(January 11, 2026 at 11:38 pm)Jackalope Wrote: Yeah, don't even try to tell me there aren't any swarthy aliens in Oklahoma City or El Paso.  It's no mystery why they're targeting cities like Portland, Chicago and Minneapolis for brutal tactics.

The politicosymp angle is totally hidden. Pay no attention ...

Totally. Hidden in plain sight.

Boru

Desse23:
 
There is this riddle with the man walking in the forest with the road going in two different directions.
 

 
- This is to demonstrate they there is truth and untruth in this world. Populists and highly ego-centered individuals don’t really understand this. So they keep doing their nonsense believing that their nonsense is the truth. But at the end of the day we’re the group that’s “better informed” if you like. So we must constantly remind them of the realities of this world.
 
   I’m not underestimating the power of being brainwashed by some corporation-controlled media + the brainwashing that is occurring in all these “social media” posts with all of the troll activities etc. But all they these are affecting are the perception of the people viewing them. The reality in this world is not changing when they believe that (for instance) “If the US doesn’t invade Greenland China will do it instead”.
 
   So the key here is patience. And of course, to do things to maintain your own sanity (by not watching Fox-News, not reading the tweets that come from unsafe sources and blocking the social media accounts that you know are troll accounts)
 
   This is still a long path. But it can be done

The formal Democrat Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson has also interesting comments on this issue:

ICE vs ice.





I'm surprised his didn't open fire on that ice he slipped on. Self defense and all that.

Boru

Not That It Will Change Anything, But...

Quote:Days after the shooting, Americans disagreed with Trump and Noem by almost two-to-one. Respondents to a YouGov poll taken between January 9 and January 11th uniformly showed opposition to ICE on every question.

Americans were asked, “Do you think the ICE agent should face criminal charges for shooting the woman in Minneapolis?”

Fifty-three percent answered “yes” versus just 30 percent “no” — including 54% to 23% among independents — with the remainder responding “not sure.”

There was a similar spread when participants were asked “Do you think the ICE agent was justified or not justified in the amount of force he used in shooting the woman in Minneapolis?”

On that question, 53% said “no,” Ross wasn’t justified, to just 28% “yes.”


Elsewhere in the poll, a stunning 61% said ICE “often” or “sometimes” arrests immigrants “who are authorized to live in the U.S. and have not committed immigration or customs violations.”


And similarly, 60% said that Trump’s ICE agents use “unnecessary physical force against U.S. citizens who have not committed immigration or customs violations.”

The survey also showed that ICE now has a net favorability rating of minus-12, compared to a plus-16 net favorability in February, just weeks after Trump was sworn in. That’s a 28-point swing in less than a year.

Boru

Quote: Elsewhere in the poll, a stunning 61% said ICE “often” or “sometimes” arrests immigrants “who are authorized to live in the U.S. and have not committed immigration or customs violations.”

Is this supposed to be an opinion poll or a test on news comprehension? The earlier questions suggest the former, but the question above is one with an objectively correct answer.

In one year, the administration has swung more Americans to the opinion that ICE should be abolished than think that it should be kept.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestunson...ok-office/