Zesty posted:

"Cancel Culture" is just "Free hand of the market" working against them.

Cloud Potato posted:

Guardian:

"Steve Bell on the Labour party and policing – Labour changes stance to vote against crime bill following police’s actions at vigil for Sarah Everard" Also Corbyn ignored: Starmer reveals he has not spoken to former Labour leader for FIVE months After Raphael.

Agents are GO! posted:

He Has Risen! His Pants Have Fallen!

Trapezium Dave posted:

Leunig:

idonotlikepeas posted:

If there isn't a bed in a shelter for the children, the border patrol hangs onto them, resulting in the kids in cages (or at least surrounded by plastic sheets) we've been seeing on the news, because the Border Patrol absolutely does not have appropriate spaces to house children in. Since nobody wants that, HHS has been trying to find anywhere they can put these kids. They're looking at public buildings near the border, military bases, wherever they can find to keep them, because they are way, way over capacity and the flow isn't slowing down. Ironically, the early efforts the Biden administration made to open more shelters were decried as... building cages for kids.

Raised By Birds posted:

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idonotlikepeas posted:

The short-term solution to this problem is probably throwing a lot of money at HHS so that they can get that emergency space and make it as comfortable as possible, and possibly increase their speed at placing children with their families, but I'm gonna guess the Republican ghouls complaining about this would be aghast at the idea that we need to spend more money helping migrant children.

Moon Slayer posted:

At this point Republican ghouls will oppose anything short of turning the border into the Maginot Line and gunning down anyone approaching without warning.

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This country has literally billions of discarded tires piled up around America, and we discard another 240 MILLION tires annually. These tire piles are always seen as a “problem.” I see them as not only a solution, but the BEST SOLUTION to the border problem!

I know that there are some problems inherent in the existence of a tire pile, but they are certainly no greater than the problems we are currently facing with countless deaths, kidnappings, drug smuggling, and everything else that is a REALITY given the pathetic excuse for a “fence” we now have and will never complete.

Imagine a wall of discarded tires along the border, two or three miles in width and 100 feet above ground level. Consider carefully the enclosed photos as you read further.


Before you summarily reject this concept, consider for a moment the FOLLOWING points.

* NO ONE can RUN across a tire pile. It is physically impossible! The tires will tip and roll, catch feet and collapse under the weight of any passersby. Anyone crossing something like this can easily be spotted and captured, using modified 4WD vehicles that use track systems similar to tanks or snow cats rather than conventional tires to drive over the pile as needed.

* The construction of a tire pile requires NO engineering, NO structural framework, and NO special equipment. Simply piling tires onto tires will eventually build a magnificent wall that is not one or two feet thick, but one or two MILES thick. Where the wall needs to be taller, simply add more tires.

* Tunneling can be eliminated if a trench is dug first, say … 50 feet deep. Fill the two-mile wide trench with tires, and then keep piling them up until the wall is sufficient to discourage even the most determined illegal border crosser.

* A wall of tires does not need to be maintained, painted, or repaired. There is no need for welders, painters, stone masons or carpenters. Even PRISONERS can loosely pile tires effectively! Vandalism to the wall by the illegals would not matter.

* Graffiti could be completely ignored, and would be little more than colorful spots along the wall of tires which would have NO flat surface for tagging.

* A wall that is impervious to damage and decay. If gunfire erupts, should the border patrol agents miss their target, the only thing they will hit … is a pile of TIRES.

* The pest “problem.” Tire piles retain rain water. They are normally seen as undesirable because they create breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Normally this would be a problem, but I see a two-mile wide tire wall infested with mosquitoes as a good deterrent to crossing over it, don’t you? Mosquito abatement can commence on the American side of the wall or by crop dusting the length of the wall if needed.

* Nature’s border guards. The wall could be populated with mice, rats and venomous snakes. The mice and rats would feed the snakes, and the illegals that still ignore our sovereignty and attempt unsuccessfully to cross over the wall will feed the snakes.

* FREE building materials! I am certain that if you call the governors of the other 49 states and tell them that you want all of their discarded tires, you will discover that they will be more than happy to gather up every tire pile within their state lines and transport them at their cost to our southern border, where you can arrange to distribute them as needed. They should not be stacked or neatly arranged. They should be randomly piled, as if dropped from the sky. This will make them far more difficult to cross on foot.



What about TIRE FIRES? Certainly, those wishing to cross our border illegally will try to wreak havoc by setting the tires on fire. That’s okay. A system can be devised using existing technology, so that these fires can be extinguished effectively wherever they are started. The foaming machines used at airports for fire resistance can be modified to belch out millions of cubic yards of an inert fire retardant where needed. Remember the volcano experiments from grammar school? Vinegar and baking soda create a very large quantity of liquid foam, very quickly. Machines capable of smothering large tire fires using a similar mixture of an environmentally friendly foam would work well.

We also have all of the water from the Colorado River that reaches the border! Now, I know there is some silly ‘treaty’ that demands a certain amount of water be allowed to flow beyond our southern border in Mexico for their farming and ranching needs, and I am all for allowing that to continue on one condition. If the Mexicans are going to set the tire wall on fire, well gosh … I guess ALL of that water will have to be diverted to the fire through a piping system built along the American side to fight the fire. We would send a very clear message to the Mexican citizens. If you want OUR water, stop igniting OUR tires! When their crops begin to die, and they are all suffering from dehydration due to the water source from the Colorado River being diverted to reservoirs along the American border for fire fighting purposes, they will begin to understand the value of allowing the tire wall to exist undisturbed. If they complain about the water being shut off, tell them to stop invading our country!

You may be laughing. I am not. The problem of the illegal Mexicans crossing onto American soil is monumental. It is destroying our schools, our neighborhoods, our hospitals and our workforce. All of the “feel good” talk and toothless measures coming from the federal government are worthless. It is abundantly clear that the federal government has NO interest in controlling our border.

Unless you can come up with a better plan, a way to build a wall that can be built by people with NO construction skills, using FREE materials that require NO maintenance, that offers a formidable barrier that would challenge even the toughest U.S. Marine, I suggest you start piling tires along the border A.S.A.P. and finally put a stop to the problem of illegal aliens in America.

I dont know posted:

Your already required to get your car inspected annually to ensure roadworthyness as part renewing your plates. Among other things, they note your car's mileage. This wouldn't take anymore information than what the government already has.

Twelve by Pies posted:

Now I'm reminded of Freep's idea of having a two mile wide pile of tires along the border instead of a wall.

Twelve by Pies posted:

Now I'm reminded of Freep's idea of having a two mile wide pile of tires along the border instead of a wall.

Raised By Birds posted:

Which gave us "A Song of Tire and ICE".

Twelve by Pies posted:

Now I'm reminded of Freep's idea of having a two mile wide pile of tires along the border instead of a wall.

Srice posted:

Mostly homophobia but with enough satanic panic to rile up that crowd too.

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

I don't understand the Lil Nas X controversy at all. He did a music video where he twerked on Satan. But rock musicians have been hailing Satan for years, I thought we as a society had stopped caring about that decades ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swmTBVI83k

Is it because it's gay? It's because it's gay isn't it, this is less a religious thing and more a homophobic thing.

Vivian Darkbloom posted:

"Bum Rush Hour"

drunkencarp posted:

Is this scene supposed to be that the cyclist is passing the car on the right while occupying the same lane, rather than any kind of bike lane? Cause that does seem like bad behavior on the part of the wicked latte-sipping bike rider, which is weird for Kelly.

Space Gopher posted:

Have you ever ridden a bike in traffic, or even watched how drivers interact with cyclists?

I dont know posted:

Your already required to get your car inspected annually to ensure roadworthyness as part renewing your plates. Among other things, they note your car's mileage. This wouldn't take anymore information than what the government already has.

Shugojin posted:

I saw someone explain what he did that has them mad as "Be gay blackly" and that seems pretty succinct

quote:

Lookin' at the table, all I see is weed and white
Baby, you livin' the life, but nigga, you ain't living right
Cocaine and drinking wit' your friends
You live in the dark, boy, I cannot pretend

Terrible Opinions posted:

That is not true in some states. You just get a new sticker mailed to you after submitting an online form.

drunkencarp posted:

Is this scene supposed to be that the cyclist is passing the car on the right while occupying the same lane,

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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