Red Mosquito

LetMeSleep wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

run2death wrote:Man, the GOP really loves their Arizona "Border Rancher" story lines.

But isn't Bush's Secure Fence Act actually to blame for the increase of crossings on private land?

I've read a couple of stories that say the new fences in AZ border towns basically pushed crossers out into the ranches.

I've wondered about this. Theoretically the "wall" will be built closer to towns and populated areas first, right? So at least in the short term, you'll see more people crossing in more remote ranch areas, right? I'm not too familiar with where a fence/wall currently exists. How do ranchers along the border actually feel about all of this?

That was the intention through Bush W and Obama. There’s a couple of great podcasts from Radiolab about this exact plan of deterrence. I’m on my phone but I’ll try to find the links.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/border-trilogy-part-1

Radiolab Border Trilogy part 1 is the one. All three are great listens.

Part 1 is harrowing stuff

richard painter is my man crush

doug rr wrote:richard painter is my man crush

I love him but did he have a seizure once or something?

Strat wrote:

doug rr wrote:richard painter is my man crush

I love him but did he have a seizure once or something?

yeah, he's awesome..he has ramsay hunt sydrome..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsay_Hu ... ome_type_2

bune wrote:

Looks like he got a tummy tuck too.

There is some cartel violence and human-trafficking, but the idea that the Southwest and Southern California is a war torn land full of violence is complete bullshit.

El Paso, PHX, San Diego and L.A. are among the safest cities in America. PHX has had less than 200 homicides the last 10 years.

The GOP has been pushing this BS narrative for years.

doug rr wrote:

Strat wrote:

doug rr wrote:richard painter is my man crush

I love him but did he have a seizure once or something?

yeah, he's awesome..he has ramsay hunt sydrome..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsay_Hu ... ome_type_2

Prof. at the U of M i believe at one point. Republican turned democrat thanks for Trump.

Strat wrote:

doug rr wrote:

Strat wrote:

doug rr wrote:richard painter is my man crush

I love him but did he have a seizure once or something?

yeah, he's awesome..he has ramsay hunt sydrome..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsay_Hu ... ome_type_2

Prof. at the U of M i believe at one point. Republican turned democrat thanks for Trump.

his wife had been a music prof at UM for years too

i'm going to stay in this thread until tomorrow at 3pm eastern time

verb_to_trust wrote:

bune wrote:

Looks like he got a tummy tuck too.

I can't stop laughing at this.

Ruh roh.

That is very strange.

What's a play here?

I can't imagine Buzzfeed making such statements without having some fact. A charge that strong and damming and being complete lies would totally bring down their company and credibility.

But.....did they jump the gun? What is muellers move here? is he protecting his own investigation?

If the reporting was indeed inaccurate, it's going to be fun watching the WH talk about it. "You see? FAKE NEWS! The totally illegal witch hunt full of biased Democrats and FBI investigators that are just fucking each other all the time confirmed it."

Special Counsel statement did use the word "inaccurate" and not "False"

So.....

All Things Considered interviewed the top guy at BuzzFeed this afternoon and they made a point to make sure everyone understood this information came from two separate sources and neither of them were Cohen.

those semantics aside

isn't the president directing him to bribe people to influence polls a crime? isn't that conspiracy to commit fraud?

If creating second accounts to vote in polls was a crime, we'd all be doing life.

So he won’t declare a national emergency but it’ll be enough to distract from Cohen, right?