The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

Key · 06-20-2018, 07:20 PM

^I do remember reading that the numbers were so small that it wasn't worth keeping count. I haven't really done a lot of research so I don't know the actual numbers of kids being separated, but I suppose all in all, kids shouldn't be separated in the first place.

The Batlord · 06-20-2018, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Business Insider - Trump reportedly threw Starbursts on a table before Germany's Angela Merkel at the G7 summit and said, 'Don't say I never give you anything'

Real talk that's cold ****.

Anteater · 06-20-2018, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

always waving the poms poms for Trump, pathetically forced

this is a result of Sessions and Trump's enforcement of the laws, nothing else, he doesn't get a hand for walking back part of the humanitarian disaster his administration created, and we all know he wouldn't have done **** if the backlash wasn't so heavy

Lol bull****. There are a multitude of factors at play in this manufactured crisis. The fact Trump responded as quickly as he did is pretty remarkable. I've read reports from Human Rights First going back to last year about people supposedly being turned away from ports of entry and in the vast majority of cases the problem is on the Mexican government's end. Like needing "government official approval" to be officially recognized or some other garbage. Trump has nothing to do with any of that nor has control over them. Though if we played "pin the tail on the tariff" maybe they'd change their tune hmn?

You might find this illuminating as well.

Rich Lowry - Immigration - The Truth About Separating Kids: History & Precedents

**Frownland** · 06-20-2018, 08:16 PM

Yep, the ambiguous laws that are in place are defo the product of former administrations. Different levels of selective authoritarianism is what's caused this particular controversy though.

Chula Vista · 06-21-2018, 12:10 PM

Once the SOTH and GOP senate walked back, you knew this EO was going to happen fast.

*Trump gets forcibly led into a darkened room and sat in a hard chair. Duct tape seals his mouth and hands. A bright hot light comes on directly over his head. He starts to sweat. Mitch and Paul start circling him ominously.

Mitch: You gotta stop this ****.
Paul: You're ****ing over the party.
M: We have mid-terms coming up.
P: We have to maintain control.
M: Put your ego in check Donnie.
P: If you don't, your last 2 years in office,
M: are going to be as impotent,
P: as your 70 year old dick.

Both: GOT IT?????

Trump signs EO under the pretense that it was his wife and his morals that made him do it.*

**Frownland** · 06-21-2018, 12:18 PM

Next up: workplace raids

OccultHawk · 06-21-2018, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Melania wears 'I don't really care do u?' coat on migrant visit

unfortunate

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44570688

That’s weird.

Reminds me of Paris Hilton

**Frownland** · 06-21-2018, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I don't really care do u?

Not particularly.

The Batlord · 06-21-2018, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

That’s weird.

Reminds me of Paris Hilton

She was a model. I doubt Trump married her for her brain or winning personality.

OccultHawk · 06-21-2018, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I care in that it's funny

It would be funny if it said *** dumpster

06-20-2018, 08:16 PM	#12274 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Yep, the ambiguous laws that are in place are defo the product of former administrations. Different levels of selective authoritarianism is what's caused this particular controversy though. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-21-2018, 12:10 PM	#12275 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Once the SOTH and GOP senate walked back, you knew this EO was going to happen fast. Trump gets forcibly led into a darkened room and sat in a hard chair. Duct tape seals his mouth and hands. A bright hot light comes on directly over his head. He starts to sweat. Mitch and Paul start circling him ominously. Mitch: You gotta stop this *. Paul: You're ing over the party. M: We have mid-terms coming up. P: We have to maintain control. M: Put your ego in check Donnie. P: If you don't, your last 2 years in office, M: are going to be as impotent, P: as your 70 year old dick. Both: GOT IT?????** Trump signs EO under the pretense that it was his wife and his morals that made him do it.* __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.” Last edited by Chula Vista; 06-21-2018 at 01:54 PM.

06-21-2018, 12:18 PM	#12276 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Next up: workplace raids __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-20-2018, 07:20 PM	#12271 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	^I do remember reading that the numbers were so small that it wasn't worth keeping count. I haven't really done a lot of research so I don't know the actual numbers of kids being separated, but I suppose all in all, kids shouldn't be separated in the first place.