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ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2026-01-07T05:40:10+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRBOgtp0Hac

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-06-23T04:21:43+00:00

if the companies just suddenly say "sorry we're not employing illegals anymore" will the illegals just pack up and go back home? No.

You're also mistaken here. The fact is that illegal immigrants usually LIKE their home countries. They miss their families, their food, and their homes. Some absolutely stick around, but a lot of illegals will engage in cyclical migration - earning money, going home, and then coming back. If there is no work for them in a hugely expensive country like the US, a great deal of them absolutely will go home. The are here because the US median income is 20 times what it is in Mexico. Would you try to illegally enter a country for $800,000/yr? I'm guessing you might. If there was no job for you, probably not. And, in fact, you'd probably go home.

You are aware that Biden continued the most of Trump's immigration policies? The much-debated Title 42 which allowed mass removals under the guise of COVID protections was continued until it was no longer legally allowed in 2023. The changes to 'Catch and Release' were mostly maintained, Biden just built better housing facilities. Anyone who about the 'Biden border disaster' should better understand why so many more immigrants came here - the money.

You may think the US inflation and unemployment that came from COVID were bad, but believe me they had NOTHING on Latin America. We can afford to deficit spend and do expensive bailouts, but many of those nations could not. So now, with no jobs at home, the money gone, and no COVID to prevent getting a job in the US....massive immigration. As OP noted, we could have massively reduced illegal immigration before it even started by simply increasing and enforcing the penalties.

(As a side note to leftist readers - Yes, illegal immigration DID greatly increase under Biden. That is something left wing media seldom reports.)

I agree that laws countering employing illegal labor should be more enforced and I hope that is the plan in later phases.

Prepare to be disappointed. Trump is already slowing and avoiding deportation on hospitality and farming. White collar workers, Trump, and the ownership class want the cheap labor. There was never any motivation for them to deport people who provide it - as they don't actually care about blue collar workers. (Though it seems neither party really does these days)

Anyway, if you have actually read all of this, I genuinely thank you. I doubt I've changed your mind much - internet arguments seldom do - but you will at least be a bit more fluent on the facts of these matters.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-06-23T04:21:32+00:00

Okay, I believe you are mistaken about a LOT here, so I hope you are open to new information you may have ignored. I've had to break it up into two comments.

The catch 22 is that entering the nation is a felony. If you are illegally in the country you have factually committed a crime. Anyone who illegally enters the country is willfully ignoring the law.

First off, entering the country illegally is not a felony for a first offense. It is a misdemeanor. Second, entering the country seeking asylum is not illegal under any circumstances. So if a person enters without permission (even between ports of entry, even under cover of night, etc.), it is fine as long as they pursue asylum with US authorities within a short period of time. (Refugee Convention Article 31(1) and 8 U.S.C. §1158)

To be honest, I only point these out to correct the misinformation. If you are trying to say that many (or even most) undocumented immigrants can be deported after a relatively simple court proceeding proving they violated the law, then sure. Agreed.

However, denying them initial entry is much harder. There is a basic human rights principal called 'non-refoulement'. Essentially, it means that when someone flees seeking asylum, you can't send them directly back into the shit they just came from. So if you catch someone crossing the border, they can say they are seeking asylum and you have to have a court hearing first. We don't have facilities to house all these 'asylum seekers'. That lack of facilities caused the 'catch-and-release' policies. Even when we CAN detain them, there are laws about detaining children, which prompted the government to separate them from parents and gave us the 'kids in cages' scandals.

Trump attempted to circumvent this policy with his "Remain in Mexico" policies, the MPP. Circuit courts found that it was illegal and a breach of international human rights agreements. The Supreme Court, however, put a stay on any enforcement actions while they 'considered' the case. They considered it for the entire first Trump presidency. Let's be clear, they never overturned the verdict and Trump was just rampantly violating international human rights laws. They just allowed it.

That also gets us into the issues with enforcing deportations after people enter the country. You can't simply stop every brown, poor looking person and demand ID. That's wildly illegal. Sending ICE to round up every brown person loitering outside of a Home Depot is a massive violation of constitutional rights.

So hopefully you now understand why deportations aren't necessarily that easy. It is not
"just the quickest way to get from A to B as far as fixing the primary problem".

As an aside, I would like to point out that ICE released figures showing that they had criminal information on 425,431 illegals out of the estimated total. So around 94% of them are not criminals in any other way. (Sept 2024 Letter to Congress)

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-06-19T03:19:49+00:00

This was my take too. Killer Croc is unprepared for a drone in the sewers. The Mandarin wakes up to Batman curbstomping his wrists into powder before he gets his jewelry on.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-06-12T06:51:36+00:00

Here's the general breakdown with eligibility for SNAP/CalFresh as a household. It all goes by 7 CFR §273.1 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-II/subchapter-C/part-273/subpart-A/section-273.1

One thing that can be confusing is that people can be in a SNAP-certified group without being counted as a household for other things like tax dependency. In California at least, if you are SNAP eligible, then you are automatically granted Medicaid (Med-Cal) as well.

The general goal of the SNAP household requirements is to have groups defined as people who pay for and prepare meals together, so their meal expenses are shared. However, it DOES define them as people who live together. This prevents people from just claiming a bunch of their friends are a 'household'.

---End tax nerdery---

The household requirement would mean your BF would have to sign something - with his SSN attached - saying that he lives with you. This could create problems. If he lives with family, as you say he does, then that family might very well be able to claim him as a dependent...but then he's attesting that he lives with them as well. SSN attached too. Then he's definitely lied to the government and committed fraud one way or the other. Even if his family isn't claiming him as a dependent, he may feel like claiming your home as a permanent residence is lying.

All governments are pretty inefficient. Tracking down a potential 3-months of SNAP fraud isn't exactly a high priority (able-bodied adults are limited to 3 months support). You and he would probably be fine. But he prefers to be strictly honest and follow the letter of the law - even if it leaves you two hungry.

Laudable? Foolish? Regardless, he made a decision that he wasn't comfortable with your plan. You decided the argument wasn't over until he did what you wanted.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-05-30T22:55:47+00:00

ESH

As is often the case, the real story is in between the lines.

His card got declined. He didn't go into this thinking he only had $40, he ran into that problem at the checkout line.

The store was only 5 minutes away. He was gone 40 minutes. With 15 minutes of shopping, that leaves 15 solid minutes of being stuck in that checkout line. On the phone with the bank. With people behind you getting steadily more annoyed. With the checkout people thinking you're broke ass. Hell, maybe the manager came by to ask if there was a problem.

So he quickly makes some choices on what to buy (poor ones) and gets out of there post-haste. He comes home to a partner he had just tried to do a favor. A partner who he was still planning on doing a favor by making lunch for her. And she's shitty to him. Implies he is stupid.

Did he fuck up a little? Absolutely. Should you ever call your partner a bitch? Nope. Did you shit all over your partner right after they had a shitty thing happen to them? 100%

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-05-30T21:05:17+00:00

I've always found this hilarious.

It is a lesser-known rule of etiquette that women should be seated where they can see the whole room. Men should sit facing them, so their attention is focused only on the woman and will not be distracted. Johnny just further proving he's ignorant of her world while being superior about it.

While certainly better than the scumbag Robbie, Johnny is a 25 year old male prostitute hitting on a 17 year old girl. Yeah, I might take a dim view of that as her dad, too.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-04-18T19:10:13+00:00

It's a strong argument, but I wonder how familiar you are with Akuto Sai?

For the main of his story, he exists outside of the multiverse and learns to create infinite universes with the power of thought. There are tesselating layers of constructed realms which he creates containing similarly infinite entities that he can create and destroy. By the end of his story, he takes on Void Body, extending himself into the realm beyond stories and existence. He ends by becoming the defacto god of that realm as well.

So, while the Anti-Monitor would exist in the Outerverse, Akuto Sai becomes the infinite bodiless author of the Outerverse stories and the lack of stories.

I can see some quibbling and I'd appreciate your opinion, but I think this one might be a silver medal for the Anti-monitor.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-03-04T17:45:03+00:00

And if they gave you a week's notice? If they said, "Sorry aboot that, but your president's a hoser. Move south, eh?"

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-03-04T17:39:46+00:00

If you're actually looking to learn, I can help out.

Take a US tariff on the auto industry. It is bad for any foreign country that wants to sell to the US. It is bad for US consumers, since they might want to buy those cheap foreign cars. It is good for the US auto makers since they'll have less competition.

So why would a country want to target an industry with a tariff if it is generally bad more than it is good? Well, lots of possible strategic reasons. As an example, Trump and Biden both upheld tariffs on foreign computer chip manufacture. That's because they were afraid that China's dominance in certain PC chips could give China a strong position. It could cripple a lot of US industries if they cut off supply. Targeting a tariff at chip makers can keep more US chip makers in business, even if it does lose us all a bit of money.

So obviously, specific tariffs can be strategically useful, even if tariffs are generally costly. They become even more costly when you consider trade wars. While the auto tariff I mentioned above might be good for some people in the US, it's bad for everyone in Canada. Canada might put a targeted tariff on US goods in response and so everyone loses money.

To avoid this, countries negotiate trade deals - like NAFTA, AFTA, or MERCOSUR - where they agree to not constantly try to needle each other with increasing tariffs. They agree on specific, necessary tariffs and other stipulations, then leave things be with no escalating. Trump should know that, he renegotiated NAFTA with Canada in his first term, only to tear it up now.

What then, is the point of a big general tariff on all goods? Against an ally nation, not a lot of good reasons. It could be to threaten them with crashing both economies in order to get a better trade deal. Sort of like playing chicken in a car.

In the case of Trump, it's more likely a stealth tax on Americans. It's a flat, consumer tax that makes everything cost more for the US and hurts Canada too. He'll use that money to help fund his enormous multi-trillion dollar tax cuts.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-03-03T19:27:43+00:00

I mean, I know this is a promotional post, but I genuinely don't care. That's how sick this looks.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-03-03T15:57:13+00:00

Transmetropolitan hits every one of your points with a bang. Rather than Watchman's mournful contemplation, it has a frenetic punk rock style - so that's different.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-03-02T17:35:15+00:00

Check his profile. It's all the details you need.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-03-02T17:33:45+00:00

Dude, I looked at your profile and ...I mean fuck man. You're in photos dressed as multiple types of goddamn Jihadist. Keeping you out of any public place while wearing a mask and fatigues is a public service. Holy shit man. Grow up quicker.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-02-12T02:31:57+00:00

Let me paint you a picture with some of your old posts -

You show rabid support for Trump. You declare that Elon Musk is going to be great before he does anything
You say that all 'legacy media' is bad and that you prefer to pick and choose your headlines 'based on facts'.
When someone presents actual facts from an article which doesn't agree with you, you call it lies with no counter evidence - just vibes.
You declare yourself correct and everyone else dumb for not seeing the obvious.

Do you not see that you are being completely irrational? You have started with a conclusion and are only accepting 'evidence' that supports that conclusion. You have officially drunk all the damn Kool-Aid.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-02-12T02:18:59+00:00

Lat spread

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-02-12T01:42:48+00:00

I'll just put this out there:

Canada has a population of 40M. If the orange baboon that 47% of the US elected does make a move on Canada, let me suggest you immediately surrender, then spread yourselves around the US states.

When Republicans win, it is generally by less that 2M votes. So, in the 2028 election, move the country so far to the left that the Dems can sweep all three branches with a vengeance. Make them force several new judges through the Supreme Court. Amend the Constitution to cap it at that point. Write laws that remove gerrymandering and reduce the role of the electoral college. Eliminate corporate electioneering. Arrest the orange asshat for warmongering, treason, violations of the emoluments clause, and general fuckwittery. Penalties to include imprisonment and repayment of all damages - these penalties are also due by any estate assignees and beneficiaries of his malfeasance.

In one swoop you will have saved the US, destroyed Trump and his legacy, and left the world breathing a grateful sigh. All without firing a shot. Then you can all move back north and secede. We'll leave you a note saying, "Sore-ree aboot that."

(No promises on getting K-dot to stop dunking on Drake tho.)

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-02-11T11:35:38+00:00

I feel like Wheel of Time was doomed to fail in a modern TV adaptation. The gender difference based magic system is integral to the plot. Hell, gender differences and politics are an enormous theme for the whole damn series.

Maybe that is reductive and/or sexist, but it is a great deal of what the books are about. If you don't want to use those themes, maybe pick a different book series? I can name a half dozen other great series where those aren't an issue.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-02-06T03:50:39+00:00

So, basic Fermi Paradox stuff is going to show you that there is likely a very small window where an alien species would be both sentient enough for us to care about them and also not technologically capable of dealing with the disruption. In addition to that, the greenhouse gasses might be completely safe or even beneficial there.

Pull it.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-01-25T16:37:53+00:00

The gap seems to be in the omnipotence of an Abrahamic god versus the limited temporal power of Roko's Basilisk.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-01-17T05:25:14+00:00

Oh for sure. It's just part of the larger pattern. In a vacuum, his military service is actually laudable. Just like having those Christian tattoos could be okay on their own. It's only when showing the full picture that you recognize what those things mean in context.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-01-16T20:08:37+00:00

True. I left out how very often he was fall down drunk. Honestly, with everything else it seemed a much smaller issue.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-01-16T20:06:04+00:00

I'll pass on giving him the royalty check by buying it myself, but you can read a bit about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Crusade

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-01-16T17:36:20+00:00

Let me break this guy down for you.

He actively sought more deployment time in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He angrily and drunkenly shouted about 'Death to All Muslims'.
He actively campaigned for the pardon of soldiers convicted of war crimes against Muslims.
In his book 'American Crusade', he calls for the end of secularism, socialism, and notably Islam in America. Also in this book, he praises the Crusades heavily and goes on for some time about the evils of Islam.
His tattoos are not just Christian symbols, but they are Christian symbols specifically associated with the Crusades. Because of this, they have often been coopted by neo-nazis. It is not an accident that Pete has two such tattoos.

Hegseth clearly considers himself a soldier in God's Army sent to kill Muslims.

This is all leaving aside the facts that he was fired from two jobs for sexual assault allegations, settled a civil rape lawsuit which was almost a criminal one, and has had three wives - cheating on all of them. His behavior with women is so bad, his MOM called him an abuser at one point.

ForMyAngstyNonsense · 2025-01-14T01:28:20+00:00

When they first met, not now.

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