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  1. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    I think this is exactly the tactic they're counting on. Make going to vote too perilous to risk the chance of apprehension, notwithstanding your legal status. ICE can arrest you, and take hours to days to release you, well past the point where the polls have closed. I would expect an ICE surge...
  2. ModlrMike

    Trump administration 2024-2028

    For those keeping score, this would be consistent with step 6 of the stages of authoritarianism. One might argue that the ICE raids and demonstrations are step 7, completing the transition, but I think that will be reserved for invocation of the Insurrection Act. The seven stages, according to...
  3. ModlrMike

    Trump administration 2024-2028

    I almost want to write this up as a codified diagnosis.
  4. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    Dollar to donuts the government argues that because the date is invalid, so is the judgment.
  5. ModlrMike

    Religious/Extremist Terrorism: Non-Muslim edition

    Maybe a little too early to say if this is organized crime or terrorist activity, but it certainly has the hallmarks of the later: 4 charged after potential bomb-making chemicals found at northwest London, Ont., home...
  6. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    Classic DARVO tactic, which seems to be the standard response from this administration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
  7. ModlrMike

    Becoming a reservist need advice please

    It is quite reasonable, and common for people to join the Reserves in an occupation that is different from their regular work.
  8. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    So, my youtube is frequently populated with police videos. One of the things I notice is that in nearly every encounter, the police approach calmly, and almost always start with non-lethal force. The ICE videos I've seen show none of that. From my perspective, ICE appears all in, all the time.
  9. ModlrMike

    Air Maintenance Sgt fined $2000 for signing an inaccurate certificate

    No crew is going to trust him from now on.
  10. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    Thought experiment: What happens if ICE and the NG go toe-to-toe? What happens if ICE attempts to arrest NG personnel for obstruction?
  11. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    It's not the what, but the how. Masked armed men throwing people into vehicles and whisking them off to detention centres is never going to be the right way to do things. Neither party should be in support of this method, regardless of who the target is.
  12. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    From 2021. I wonder how much sentiment has changed since then: https://www.newsweek.com/47-west-coast-dems-66-southern-republicans-want-secede-us-1609875
  13. ModlrMike

    Quebec Election

    IIRC, the feds said no to this idea the last time it came up. All the way in, or all the way out.
  14. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    Looks like Pam Bondi has sent a letter to Tim Walz effectively stating that ICE will draw down if Minnesota gives up its voter information. https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-update-pam-bondi-demands-voter
  15. ModlrMike

    CAN-USA Tariff Strife (split from various pol threads)

    I think one of the key factors in bolstering our economy was the speed at which we realigned our trading. We are now less reliant on the US. I see very little chance of this or future governments changing this in any substantive form.
  16. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    Blue on blue?
  17. ModlrMike

    A Deeply Fractured US

    From the video, it looks like ICE walked up on him. Filming is neither confronting nor obstructing.
  18. ModlrMike

    Trump administration 2024-2028

    His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will...
  19. ModlrMike

    Ryan Wedding arrested - in US custody

    According to reports, he was in contact with US authorities. Perhaps there is some quid pro quo to be announced, like maybe taking the death penalty off the table.
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