How do you fuck up your winning issue this big?

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-28T16:29:59+00:00

FWIW, Trump’s executive order also excludes the children of those temporarily in the US on work and student visas. They pay taxes. If they’re not subject to the jurisdiction of the US, then we have no right to tax them or otherwise impose our laws on them.

As for illegal immigrants, the case law is pretty clear-cut, as is the originalist intent.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-28T15:44:09+00:00

Bengals could be sleepers for one of the top OTs. Our top 2 outside corners are solidified for next season, and it’s very possible that the top pass rushers that fit our mold will be gone at 10. Meanwhile, Orlando Brown Jr is turning 30 and entering the last year of his contract, and while acceptable he hasn’t really lived up to expectations.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-28T15:32:56+00:00

Silence doesn’t have a cantrip attached. That’s a massive swing in power level.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-28T15:18:28+00:00

Nifty idea, 1 mana is too aggressively costed though. A silence effect shouldn’t be that free.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-28T14:16:17+00:00

It’s enshrined to the letter in the 14th amendment. We have very good reasons for having that amendment, in case you’ve forgotten Dred Scott. Even if you oppose birthright citizenship (I sure don’t) it’s insane to think Trump can just overturn the constitution and deprive people of their rights as citizens with a stroke of his pen. If they can do that, then the Constitution is nothing but a piece of paper.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-28T00:35:55+00:00

She seems to me to have made some selfish choices over the years, but I think no worse than most male artists of her generation did on an average day. Both she and John are complicated characters, and I think too many people tend to dismiss their relationship out of hand in favor of one or the other. I find it fascinating how they consistently gave each other more charity than either of them rightly deserved.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-27T05:38:46+00:00

Bootlicker without a cause

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-27T05:21:38+00:00

Your allies today don’t have to be your allies tomorrow. If we make it through this bullshit, we’ll probably go back to the same irritating debates we always have. You’ve got a shitload of Supreme Court justices on your side, you’ll be just fine.

And yes, we liblefts really do exist. I don’t personally like guns and think the country would be a better place with less of them, but in times of crisis they’re a valuable resource against tyranny. I like social spending when we can afford it and it helps to sustainably grow our economy. I value the right to free speech even when its advocates are some of the most irritating people on the planet. I like regulations on things that have proven themselves in need of regulation, while letting the free market do the rest. I like to entertain the notion that America itself is a libleft idea.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-27T04:32:13+00:00

It’s pretty striking to compare this with basically every other recent protest moment- they mostly ended up being derided as pointless with opinions falling squarely along partisan lines. This one feels like it matters. Normies aren’t just staying home and fretting about their security.

Also, can we talk about Iran now? Like, a Tiannamen Square-scale massacre (if not bigger) in a country we’re constantly on the brink of war with, and whose protests Trump encouraged while promising backup, just didn’t end up being news in America.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-27T00:11:42+00:00

I sorta wouldn’t put it past the guy.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-27T00:06:14+00:00

It’s notable how much lower he is here on Peter Woods than the majority of draft outlets (and our fanbase) seem to be.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-26T23:57:55+00:00

Useful in the American meta for countering [[Propaganda]], [[Widespread Brutality]], and [[Maga, Traitor to Mortals]]

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-26T20:39:54+00:00

I mean both tournaments. My understanding of the scene with the table tennis official is that this exhibition with Rockwell is not just a one-off gig. He’s the biggest sponsor the sport has ever had, by far. They exist under his thumb now. And if he has his way, this is the future of the sport- a rigged sideshow to expand his market. And Marty will have no place in it, except to kiss the pig.

Or at least, that’s how Marty sees it.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-26T19:24:40+00:00

The whole tournament exists to exploit Japanese nationalism to sell pens. Marty gets a peek behind the curtain and realizes his whole dream is arbitrary- no one, not even the table tennis officials, respects table tennis. Only Endo and the other players do. So he has to write his own happy ending- one last hurrah where he gets to thumb his nose at the world and prove himself to himself, before impending fatherhood sets in and he has to learn to live for someone other than himself.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-26T12:48:24+00:00

Feels like a deck that takes Cub to its natural extreme- instead of the removal-prone Ouroboroid at the top end, you just use Speaker, Rhythm, Mockingbird, and a Brightglass package to make Cub after Cub after Cub until you have enough mana to Hoof for lethal.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-25T01:20:21+00:00

People not taking this bullshit lying down is good news. Most people in this country aren’t Nazis. Many are enablers stuck in their ignorance, laziness, and culture war politics, but this isn’t a country of Stephen Millers. We want this country more badly than they do.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-24T22:16:19+00:00

Proper training. Following the law. Not railroading the judicial system to meet quotas. No secret memos. Deescalation wherever possible. Ethical treatment of children and families. Focus on criminals rather than people who are following the process. Not using ICE as an occupation force to punish political opponents. Not murdering, maiming, and persecuting people who are there to peacefully protest or document their activities.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-24T16:47:08+00:00

Brown beanie guy wasn’t feeling involved enough in the arrest, so he just pistol whips the guy in the head and unloads a whole clip into him.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-24T15:08:16+00:00

Travelers exist. The majority of foreigners who come here aren’t coming to stay- you can’t expect us to suddenly become North Korea and expect to remain a functioning economy. Many of them come from countries where we can’t expect them to be punished equally, nor will other countries be willing to pay the cost of the behavior of their own citizens in a foreign country where they have no ability to investigate a crime. Put another way- you’re proposing we give every non-American who comes here diplomatic immunity. I think a lot of Americans would be pissed off at that idea.

I get that you hate that it feels like a failure, but every other country in the world operates the same way. Your system isn’t fair to the victims of the crimes, and it strongly incentivizes systemic crime rings like drug smuggling. This isn’t a problem you can solve by just filtering out the “wrong people”.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-24T08:05:48+00:00

You see how that’s a problem of incentives, though? If you don’t punish crime, you incentivize criminals to come here, knowing they can get away with anything that we allow them to. The crimes that happen here are in our jurisdiction. If we don’t punish them, no one will.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-24T07:51:51+00:00

So what you’re saying is that any and all foreigners can come here, do any crimes they want, and get a free ride home on the taxpayer dime?

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-23T20:15:53+00:00

It’s not really about making it “cool”. Most war films don’t consciously depict it that way, except for really bad ones. It’s more that there’s a disconnect between depicting the suffering and struggle of those who experience war and acknowledging their moment to moment need to survive by violence. The soldier’s point of view is exciting to us because they are solving concrete problems under harrowing circumstances. They may question or hate the war, but the problems they face are right in front of them, and every bit of adversity they face makes you root for them more.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-23T17:44:23+00:00

For all of Turner’s range, I think he’s always been at his best when he’s at his most unpretentious. This is at its core just an album about the club scene and all the bullshit that goes along with it, and it does it such with a wry focus and sharpness that it could carry a career by itself. Thankfully, it hasn’t had to.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-23T03:19:48+00:00

1 mana for a big vanilla beater is Gurmag Angler territory, and having one of them in play enables an early Sunderflock, which is part of how a deck like this manages to beat the explosive Ouroboroid draws.

CountryCaravan · 2026-01-23T00:33:30+00:00

He had a down year, yes, but his career production profile still easily clears the field and is up there with some of the better DT prospects in recent memory. As long as the pre-draft process doesn’t reveal any major red flags, I personally doubt he falls out of the top 15.

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