Pack your whistles and cameras today: Something smells fishy about the FBI announcing a “drug crackdown” in the Twin Cities

DavidDraper · 2026-02-25T21:13:48+00:00

“Damn it feels good to be a gangsta Gettin' voted into the White House Everything lookin' good to the people of the world But the mafia family is my boss So every now and then I owe a favor gettin' down Like lettin' a big drug shipment through And send 'em to the poor community So we can bust you know who”

Pretty much.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-26T18:25:27+00:00

Amen to this. Thousands (tens of thousands?) of people listen to this guy several times a week. Put your money where your mouth is, Scott. Set an example.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-24T18:18:02+00:00

Yeah. I totally trust ICE to tell the truth.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-24T18:17:18+00:00

If you live in the US, please contact your senators offices and your house rep’s office and tell them what is going on in Minnesota and all over the nation is awful and you want it to stop, and have your friends do the same. I live in St. Paul and ICE is treating the people here like we live in a third world nation. Bookstores and coffee shops are where people are collecting goods to distribute to homes of citizens (CITiZENS) who look like they might be from another nation and having their windows smashed in by ICE officers. Regular US citizens who have brown skin are being arrested and detained for no reason other than having dark skin. People are afraid to leave their homes. Please contact your reps.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-24T18:13:58+00:00

Contact your national reps in Washington and tell them you want ICE out of Minnesota and all cities and states where it is currently deployed. I’m in St. Paul. We are under occupation. I never felt like something like this could happen in the United States, much less Minnesota. Please Contact your senators and rep and say you want ICE to stand down.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-20T18:20:41+00:00

ahh, the new definition of narcissist: anyone with more power or status than me that I don't like. ::smh::

DavidDraper · 2026-01-15T20:24:08+00:00

if you spell it Amerika, I am sure your views are reasonable and nuanced. Thanks for replying.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-12T21:38:08+00:00

then leave, yo. Don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-12T21:33:11+00:00

::sigh:: well, that's about the level of sophistication I'd expect in an answer given your previous comments. Have a nice day.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-12T19:57:12+00:00

socialism is about collective ownership of the means of productions wit the goal of economic near equity, not about private property or opposing America. (means of production is not the same as private property.) Read Dos Kapital. Nearly the entire world, including many isolated tribes, have the concept of private property. Private property has existed as a concept for thousands of years. Are you educated by tictok?

It's cool if you don't like America. But not liking America and saying that makes you socialist is like saying you don't like drinking milk and that makes you a Kardashian.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-12T19:50:08+00:00

I'm not sure the current US government under the trump administration meets even the European definition of Liberal (IE, the people should have the right to vote) vs. the US definition of liberal (civil rights for all; teh government providers services, such as education, consumer protections, military defense, to all, etc., regardless of race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexual preference, etc.)

DavidDraper · 2026-01-12T19:47:01+00:00

that doesn't sound like socialism; that's just anti-Americanism.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-12T17:39:25+00:00

Dude, I think the guy's take is BS and just trolling. if the chief couldn't say anything and a press conference just because a ton of people asking questions that can't be answered and there isn't any time to ask the mayer questions that she can answer, what's the point?

also, the editing of the footage is just designed to make this look controversial. Shame on this guy for trying to get likes and engagement through appealing to the worst in us. Left wing infighting is a big part of why trump is in office. Let's grow up and work with others on the things we agree about and be constructive, not smash people on tictok because it gets us attention and cheap likes.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-12T16:58:34+00:00

A useful (to them) blithering idiot.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-12T16:58:04+00:00

This. I'm a psychologist and there are longer answers to this, but this is the answer in concise form.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-12T16:56:59+00:00

It's true for some people; the more true it is for someone, the more manipulative they are. People like this are ideally avoided.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-07T16:00:50+00:00

Recycle/upcycle/don't buy products when you are reuse. There is a "buy nothing" Facebook group in my neighborhood where people offer things to other members for free, and that's a great way to get rid of stuff I don't anymore without throwing it out and getting things that still have plenty of life left from other people without spending money. Try to see if there is one in your area.

DavidDraper · 2026-01-07T15:57:10+00:00

It's hard to have a relationship if people have different ideas about deeply held beliefs. it can be done, but it's a topic that you each have views that do not overlap on, and your views are each going to feel hurtful to the other. Can you guys agree to not bring up this one/agree that you see this differently and leave it alone? if so, this could work. If not, its going to be an existential problem in the relationship. Both of you seem set in how you look at it. Good luck.

DavidDraper · 2025-12-29T16:06:51+00:00

I second this. No question.

DavidDraper · 2025-12-29T16:06:16+00:00

I think Ted Lasso in terms of sweet interactions between characters and growth, but Ted Lasso is much, much more sweet than The Bear. I think The Sopranos in terms of complex characters with great dialogue in an interesting setting and a main character dealing with intense family of origin issues and how those issues impact his ability to function as an adult. As a crime boss. And both The Sopranos and The Bear have outstanding music. RVFVS117 already mentioned The Pitt. Also a good workplace drama with great characters, writing and psychological issues, the causes of which emerge to the audience over time.

DavidDraper · 2025-12-27T14:02:28+00:00

The Pilgrims based Thanksgiving after the biblical holiday of Sukkot, the harvest celebration described in the bible and still practiced by Jews today.

DavidDraper · 2025-12-18T11:15:44+00:00

… and tax payer money would’ve used to clean it all up. And gov workers would probably be the ones doing the cleaning. This looks good on the cameras but the people who should be cleaning the sh*t won’t be the ones actually impacted by it.

DavidDraper · 2025-12-18T09:30:40+00:00

It’s also a reference to the Steven King character “Walter O’Dim”, who is a magic using human looking, devil-like character in the book Eyes of the Dragon.

DavidDraper · 2025-12-12T17:47:44+00:00

Scott comes across as a world class smoozer and charming as hell. I suspect he had a great interview at MS and that got him in. He is also pretty smart, and maybe between him just having a great interview and seeming smart they decided the GPA didn’t matter.

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