ICE-Berg, Right Ahead?; Nice Shootin’ Volodymyr! – International News With Local Implication
Ch-ch-cha-changes – as Mr. Bowie used to sing. No matter your leanings we think you’ll agree we’re headed for some re-direction in our social landscape in the days and months to come.
We’ll admit it feels as if we’re suffering from some kind of mind fracture of late, with actual discourse on whether to livestream a Paths of Glory-type execution, runaway government officials, and daily revelations of senators, congressmen and a certain ambassador to Greece selling out their positions to anyone with a hundred grand to spare. Homeland Security agents are also in the process of executing a search warrant at the home of a sitting member of congress today, so… stuff is churning.
You “there he goes, all non-local again” naysayers are probably warming up your keyboards to bring down hell on your inoffensive and generally well-meaning local scribbler but there’s a reason our train of thought is taking us down this particular stretch of track this morning.
Our Flash Subscribers report sightings of camo-clad ICE agents at various locations in the East Bay and video of encounters is starting to circulate as public discourse on ICE and its mission carries on at the national level. Another international development with local implications appears to have been the recent, particularly well-aimed drone attacks by Ukraine defense forces against key targets in Russia.
Now, many Russians and apparently some American-type people questioned Ukraine’s ability to reach out and touch the aggressor nation pressing in on its borders and killing its people but Ukraine and president Volodymyr Zelenskyy dispelled that notion with effective weekend strikes on oil refineries, data centers, and other key infrastructure.
Those Russian data centers appear to have been home to state-sponsored “bot farms” which have been churning out a great deal of the coincidentally identical “Veteran, Christian, Father, MAGA”-themed bull whackery inundating our little patch of independent journalism since, oh, the day after Election Day 2016.
We noted its arrival at the time and remarked that each meme and missive seemed curiously identical to the hundred or so preceding it – marked by the same misspelled words, bad punctuation and surety of messaging more common to your garden variety GRU operative than your home-grown ‘Merican patriot. Turning these bot farms into smoking ruins had an immediate impact on the influx of Texas separatist/2nd Amendment/Anti-Biden messaging we’ve endured over the years and, we must say, it is appreciated.
So, good shooting Volodymyr – you accomplished with a few $500 drones and some Semtex what our government couldn’t/wouldn’t deal with since Russia began it’s not-so-subtle campaign to peel our country apart so many years ago.
As nice as that little victory is it’s also crystal clear there’s still a lot of work left to do. We’re committed to staying in the fight long enough to see the country get back on track, descend into obscurity or reach the Final Incarnation of Hell our enemies envision for us.
We’ll just have to see how that plays out.
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Cleaned Twitter up almost overnight! Looks like MAGA was 75% Russian.
ICE is cool.
Firestone 11R
Right … masked men with guns snatching people off the streets and shooting some of them is just so cool. Worked so well in Germany.
They are criminals when they crossed our border illegally. Let’s double the legal immigration quota.
Firestone 11R
You know BK-Hammond is right. Would you mask up like the KKK to do your work? An honest answer would be appreciated.
I voted already. I did what Trump asked. I imagined him on the ballot.
ICE is just doing their job. If people weren’t here ILLEGALLY. this wouldn’t be happening. You can defend the law or defend illegals. I choose not to defend them.
If Trump didn’t think it would help his brand, it wouldn’t be happening. It has zero to do with any type of legality. Trump has proven over and over legality is not a concern.
It’s a huge problem and way beyond the ability and power of this president to fix. Simply flooding the streets with armed goons may excite his base, but it is neither sensible or destined for success. The immediate effect can be seen in our workplace and on our farms. The base may be cheering the active and armed removal of people – apparently some of them citizens and veterans – and writing off the occasional murders of American citizens but the cold truth is that MAGA doesn’t work in the fields and it definitely doesn’t do dishes. This is all a show for people who hate other people because of their race.
“You can defend the law or defend illegals. I choose not to defend them.”
Your comment is oversimplified to the point of being nonsensical. You conflate “the law” with the actions and aims of law enforcement. They are not the same. We have due process to resolve matters of law. Your comment implies that someone arrested or killed during arrest is here illegally, without legal or moral standing. No, we have courts to determine that.
Masked men with weapons in unmarked vehicles snatching people from school zones, home depots, and immigration court proceedings is tyranny. Their job is FEAR and division, not “the law”.
And if people weren’t here ILLEGALLY than ICE wouldn’t have to do what they do. If prior presidents (Democrats and Republicans – I’m neither) would have taken illegal immigration more seriously, Trump wouldn’t have to crack down and have ICE doing what they’re doing. Too many BLEEDING HEARTS defend illegal immigration, and it’s pathetic. If you and I break the law, we’ll end up in jail and prison. Why should illegal immigrants get a free pass? Illegals cost California taxpayers BIILIONS of dollars, and as a taxpayer. I’m SICK OF IT! If you want them here, you can pay my portion as well. Get out your checkbook. And I’m sick of people defending illegals who haven’t “broken the law.” No, the minute you stepped foot in America ILLEGALLY, you’ve already broken the law, and you should be DEPORTED. The law is the law, and none of us are above it.
Immigrants of any kind are a net positive for the economy. Violation of any law does not justify extrajudicial violence by state agents. It’s that simple.
You drive a car at any LEO and you’re going to be shot.
Firestone 11R
Yes, they will be shot. And once again they’ll have more than a few bleeding hearts defending them. What I’ll never understanding is what do people gain by defending illegals. Do they feel better about themselves? This has nothing to do with “race.” I want white people who are here illegally deported as well. Flooding the streets with armed ICE officers is EFFECTIVE. Law breakers are law breakers.
What’s that got to do with any of of this conversation on this thread??
November can’t get here quickly enough. Even if it goes badly and MAGA come out on top at least we’ll know what kind of country we have. This slow decline is painfull for us to watch.
I think we already know what kind of country we have. Despite the American exceptionalism mythology and the protestations of our innocence, we show ourselves at last to be not so different from 1930’s Germany. It’s a very scary moment when the commonly accepted mythology has exploded. American exceptionalism – POOF!. American dream – POOF! Now is the time to stand up and be heard.
David,
Never has any country or civilization brought up the living standards of so great a percentage of it’s population as the USA.
Firestone 11R
You forgot the disclaimer: past performance may not be indicative of future results.
You put a self-dealing narcissistic sociopath as your lead in the prospectus, and you have a recipe for disaster. Prior performance is not even in play.
I did not think the day would ever come when we would see America desert its friends and longtime allies in favor of an aggressor nation that has promised to topple it.
I also hope we are able to recover from the course this country appears to be on and make all necessary and needed repairs to a system the president has attempted to tear down himself.
“Stuff is churning.”
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2026 is essence of MAGA, Eau de Toilette
Breathe it in. Inflation was vanquished IMMEDIATELY! World peace on Day II. And finally, men adoring men’s butts today and every day from this day forward by Executive Order.