And Faux News and other right wing propaganda. They certainly get no pass here.
From AP News:
A low-flying police helicopter hovered overhead as the migrants waded in large groups through the Suchiate River’s murky waters, apparently trying to use the downdraft from its rotors to discourage them. Guatemala’s Noti7 channel reported that one man drowned and aired video of a man dragging a seemingly lifeless body from the river.
Once on the Mexican side the migrants were surrounded and escorted by dark-uniformed officers as sirens wailed. The standoff at the riverbank followed a more violent confrontation that occurred on the bridge over the river Sunday night, when migrants threw rocks and used sticks against Mexico police. One migrant died from a head wound during the clash, but the cause was unclear.
The group was much smaller than the first caravan. In the Mexican border town of Ciudad Hidalgo, they said they hoped to continue onward early Tuesday morning.
It’s not clear how many were violent or dangerous from the reporting I’ve found. For a large group of desperate people facing armed government resistance, this kind of thing is fairly standard, that some portion of them will get violent in turn.
Looks like Gladys Overnow isn’t interested in backing up his or her claims.
Shepard is an important person in my book and I hope he stays right where he is. He’s about the only newscaster that’s preaching to the unconverted and I hope some of his viewers are listening.
In normal times, he’d probably be too much of a mainstream conservative for me, but these aren’t normal times. But if he were to defect to a “real” network, like Megyn Kelly did, he’d probably also quickly become too conservative for the room.
Every now and then I flip to Fox just to check out the propaganda. I did it a few times during Shepherd’s show and I quickly forgot I wasn’t watching CNN.
Looks like the Leprosy Caravan is starting to fall apart!
What a rottin’ thing to say.
Said Tom Swift, giving Trump the finger, offhandedly.
I figured it out, they are coming to start the war on Christmas!
I’ll drive down and give some a lift.
It’s a great system. Lie all you want, and if someone calls you on it,* they* get warned.
Unsurprisingly, Trump wants a blanket denial of all asylum claims made by these migrants.
Hm. And yet conservatives constantly whine that gun control advocates “don’t understand guns”. I must confess, I had been unaware that rocks were a kind of firearm.
Forgive me if I have mentioned this in the past.
In the Wagner opera, Das Rheingold, Wotan asked Albrich, the bad guy, “Are you malicious, or merely insane?” Again, forgive the translation; my libretto was translated from German to Italian to English.
But I digress.
Is Trump evil, or incredibly stupid?
Why can’t he be both?
My True Hope is that the troops go “weapons free” and take out every fucking one of the “militiamen” that are going to the border to “help out law enforcement.” Total annihilation.
Leaked US Army documents assessing the caravan.
“Based on historic trends, it is assessed that only a small percentage of the migrants will likely reach the border.”
“Most likely course of action: the caravan dwindles as it nears US; limited Transnational Criminal Organization exploitation and no terrorist infiltration…”
They actually seem more concerned with dipshit Minutemen and the like…
“Estimated 200 unregulated armed militia members currently operating along the southwest border. Reported incidents of unregulated militias stealing National Guard equipment during deployments. They operate under the guise of citizen patrols supporting Customs and Border Protection primarily between Points of Entry.”
What, a pointless and expensive flexing of military might so the President can pose as a leader? Nonsense, this is America! By the way, how is that Grenada Memorial coming along?
Which we knew 251 posts ago.
The caravan spent Wednesday night in Juchitán, a mere 866 miles from Brownsville, TX.
They’ll be pounding on the gates by Monday night, right? :rolleyes: