Publicly televised military massacre. Trump is doing Saddam shit, and I wouldn’t put it past him to simply try to order the military to either start a shooting war with a near peer during said parade, or order them to gun down Congress/the SC.
Yeah, this is pretty much it. There’s a TON of students who already left, probably closed out everything on this side of the border for them as well - apartment leases, class enrollments, etc. They aren’t coming back just because ICE said “we promise it won’t happen again”, and now all the dumb idiots who weren’t paying attention can now point at a soundbite and say “well ICE reversed those because they did them wrong/weren’t supposed to, so it’s fine”. Combine this with the woman who was literally black-bagged off her college campus in full daylight and full view of surveillance cameras by ICE, and I sure as hell wouldn’t wanna come back just because the government pinky-swears it won’t happen again.
Yeah, the thing a lot of Catholics in America don’t wanna look at is the fact that we very well might see another schism between American Catholicism and Roman Catholicism within our lifetimes, possibly within a decade. The American church has been drifting REALLY far from the RCC, and not in the good ways.
Recommend growing what you know is safe. The amount of “could kill you” mushrooms in the US is fairly low IIRC, but the amount of “this looks almost identical to an edible species but will make your day/week Not Fun” species is high enough in most places that I wouldn’t chance my luck on foraging.
There’s a reason El Salvador is outsourcing and staffing this place with foreign soldiers. Makes it easier to rotate people in and out, makes it easier to keep things hush in-country.
Middle Manager syndrome. There’s a lot of people out there who will happily do horrible, terrible things to their fellow humans so long as doing so allows them to exert a little bit of power.
This. To quote my favorite podcaster: mental illness isn’t your fault, but it IS your responsibility. Recognizing that you did wrong is an important first step, but you should definitely seek professional help and treatment if able.
Even worse now. Remember, that DOGE whistleblower said he got a physical, taped threat on his door, with what appear to be drone photos of him walking his dog.
Imagine having to fight for your parental rights against a dude who has the Literal US President for a friend.
Their runaround is stupid. “Well it said we only need to FACILITATE, and he’s in Salvadorian custody, so all we can do is ASK them. Since Bukele doesn’t WANT to, we can’t really do much else, we’re just some backwater little regional power compared to the mighty El Salvador.”
Nah, these guys want a war. War is incredibly profitable, can last forever especially against a near-peer, and wartime presidents tend to get power expansions. They’re hoping this is the push they need to go full Palpatine and say “well we’re in a war, no elections until the war is done, also we’re taking a page from Lincoln and suspending habeas.”
They know. It is literally why they chose the name. Al Qaeda was arguably the most successful insurgency against the US since the VC, and these neo Nazis specifically seek to emulate their strategies of decentralized, religiously motivated terrorism.
Honestly I welcome the extermination. It might be better this way.
Yeah, I’m thinking they’ll do the “he attempted to escape/kill one of his guards in transit, we had to shoot him” thing - I feel like the entire entourage of armed guards will provide cover for the news networks to go “well he was incredibly violent, anyone could’ve seen this coming”.
Pretty much this. The US will now end up with an automotive ecosystem (including fun things like ambulances, firetrucks, buses, etc) where everything is built as cheaply and dangerously as possibly profitable (see: Pinto et al). Sure, the autos we build here aren’t going to be able to be sold anywhere with a functioning regulatory body, but that’s OK because we managed to save $20 on each car we build by not having to include pesky things like airbags or a steering column that won’t impale you in a crash or a body that won’t telescope into you and crush you.
Road trains are too Australian.
No actually. My job doesn’t offer one. Many people either are in the same position where their job doesn’t offer retirement benefits or they’re not paying into it because they need every last cent they can spare.
Vacations in the US where he already sexually assaulted a woman after being here two weeks.
Awful nice automotive industry you got here. Be a damn shame if a training accident dropped some bombs on your factory. A real shame, it’d be.
Reminder that West Virginia exists exclusively because of slavery. Especially that part of Appalachia was a HUGE haven for self emancipated people and free black people alike, because if you get deep enough into the mountains, you basically cease to exist as a legal entity unless people want to put a significant amount of effort into reaching you and the same amount in extricating you.
Arguably, our whole approach to small housing spaces needs to be looked at. Unlike in the UK and a lot of other European countries, you can’t lease or buy out your apartment, which really leaves you at the mercy of your landlord or your property company when they sell out or decide to throw you out for someone who can pay more.