I’ve seen that design. Seems like it wouldn’t be too difficult to insert a jack of some kind between the slats and force them apart. They’re only anchored into the ground, so the higher up you go the more leverage you’ve got. It wouldn’t be trivial to do, but with the right equipment and a little time…
What about the illegal migrants who come here and are mugged, raped, or killed by American citizens? If the migrant hadn’t been here, that crime would have happened to an American. They’re taking one for the team.
I think it’s the oft-repeated trope that illegal immigrants commit more crimes than Americans, which has been debunked several times, yet Trump and company continue to trot it out as an actual fact.
Wait, if illegal immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than Americans, wouldn’t (or at least couldn’t) that lower the number of crimes committed against Americans? Some of the illegal immigrants will commit crimes against Americans, but some of the Americans will also commit crimes against the illegal immigrants instead of the other Americans.
I have to agree with HD about this. We’ve seen fluctuations like this before. Wake me up when his average approval on 538 drops below 40, or his average disapproval climbs above 55.
HD started a thread a few months back when Trump’s approval hit 42.8% on 538, as if it were some big improvement. Now that it’s bouncing back down, it’s just statistical noise, according to him. Seems a little inconsistent.
If it was such a crisis, why did he wait until Democrats took the House before he started making it out to be the biggest of all fucking deals? He had Paul Ryan, who would dutifully do his bidding and Mitch McConnell, who would burn the Constitution if he can keep confirming right wing judges. Now that he can be stopped, he brings it up. Dumb ass.
Back in 2008 the Republican legislature passed a law requiring e-verify be used to deter employers from hiring undocumented aliens. It seemed to be working. With the shutdown, e-verify is not working at the moment which means nobody can be legally hired in this state, maybe for years, if Donny Two-scoops is to be believed.
Of the three+ years of the Trump candidacy/presidency, truly nothing deserved the “nothingburger” label more than that speech last night. A low-energy, unpersuasive whine from a man with zero credibility to speak on the issue other than the job he currently holds, if I were told this speech would convince me to keep working for free, effectively a GOP slave - I would call in sick today with Monster open on my phone and Indeed on my desktop.
As we have seen on even this board, those who are furthest away from the border support it the most. In other words, the further away you are from the border, the more likely one is to allow themselves to be lied about what is happening at the border. To quote:
40? He was under 40 from May '17 to late January '18. Wake me when he breaks into new ground by more than a hair and that means 35 or less.
When we see him at 32 or less that means his rocky core is beginning to flake off too, and that’s when any proven high crimes become actionable by the Senate.
Whatever. Fact is, after all the swings of his first year in office, his approval ratings have been pretty steady since last February. Sure, I’ll wait until later to wake you up, but it still will mean something when his approval breaks out of the range it’s been in for the past 11 months.
Yes. But a wall isn’t the answer. Most people familiar with the subject seem to agree that there better ways of spending the money. Our money, not Mexico’s. And that’s what this is all about. Trump’s damned wall.
May I direct you to the post I made on the last page? This is the oldest trick in the racist demagogue’s book. There is literally no group you cannot apply it to, and indeed, nearly no marginalized group it hasn’t been applied to. Declare a group “not us”, complain about literally any kind of “not us” victimizing “us”, and use that to demand violant action against “not us”, regardless of how warranted that action may otherwise be. And who is “not us”? Could be illegal immigrants. Could be refugees. Could be a portion of the populace you don’t want to see as quite “American” - usually new migrants, far too commonly Jews. Could be blacks, gays, democrats…
Even if he didn’t solicit during the speech itself, this seems like it should be a violation of campaign finance law. Lawyers? If it wasn’t illegal the law is an ass.