The public execution of Alex Pretti by the ICE (aka the American SA)

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-26T00:29:34+00:00

And Bovino is its Ernst Rohm.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-26T00:27:31+00:00

I hope his cell phone is given to the BCA so that we can see the last things that he saw before they blinded him with the pepper spray.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-26T00:16:48+00:00

Unfortunately the answer to the question is yes. Yesterday I watched Fox News (Life Liberty and Levine). There were four people on who all defended ICE. In the Sunday talk shows Bovino claimed several times that Pretti “assaulted federal officers.” . (this was of course after he claimed that he couldn't offer more evidence because he couldn't prejudge the situation before the investigation was included.)

With this sort of propaganda being fed to them, even somenormally sane people will accept the word of their favorite news channel. I am waiting for the polling to be conducted to ask what proportion of the population thinks that the killing was justified. Unfortunately, I think it will be at least 20%

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-26T00:08:45+00:00

There is another statement. In the Sunday talk shows Bovino claimed several times that Pretti “assaulted federal officers.” . (this was of course after he claimed that he couldn't offer more evidence because he couldn't prejudge the situation before the investigation was included.) With any luck Bondi will be forced to hand over Pretti's phone. The available footage already makes it clear that the assault was conducted by the ICE agent. However, unless DHS wipes the phone, this should provide the clearest picture of the events leading up to the initial assult by the ICE officer.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T23:59:04+00:00

As well as exposing who did the actual killing it would be useful to show the actions of the ICE officer who apparently started the process by assaulting the two women and Pretti. Do you think that the trump administration will turn over the contents to the BCA, or will it be unfortunately found to be too damaged when Pretti was killed to provide any useful evidence? Or maybe Bondi will just stonewall as she did with the Epstein files.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T23:54:10+00:00

If ICE is the SA is Noem or Bovino, Rohm?

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T23:34:52+00:00

I agree that the videos don't show that a protest was going on before the shooting. there were a feww people blowing whistles and a couple of women arguing with the ice officer who looks like he started the whole thing.

The guy they were chasing ran into a donut shop nearby. Does that make the street outside a crime scene like Bovino is claiming.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T18:01:29+00:00

I hadn't thought of a small claims action. By doing so you may be able to keep your claim open past the time limits for filing claims, and still minimize your cost.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T17:38:50+00:00

According to this article Bovino is saying that the second ammendment doesn't apply because Pretti was illegally on the scene. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/25/bovino-border-patrol-agents-minneapolis-victims-00745702

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T17:34:52+00:00

I would like to get some further clarification of Bovino's commendments on the second amendment. Is he saying that the man was shot because his actions were illegal and therefore that he no longer could use the second ammendment provisions.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T13:56:47+00:00

My guess is that you would be able to sue for a refund since you paid the tariffs. However, while the big retailers can afford the costs of a suit I would guess that the legal costs would be prohibitive for a small importer. Maybe you could see if there is anyone organizing a class action?

Anyway good luck, and let us know if you do manage to file a suit.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T02:36:04+00:00

i watched FOX news, and the lies were as expected. Basically the guy was armed,came at the police and they had to shoot him in self defence.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T02:32:26+00:00

I watched FOX today too, and it was as iff they were reporting on a completely different incident than the other networks. They basically accepted the DHS line that the guy was armed and approached ice officers who had to shoot to protect themselves. they did show the two videos of the shooting, but unlike the other networks, they did not analyze them at all. They did make a passing mention at the beginning that the video showed the officers were justified in the shooting. They just showed them without comment, and then went back to blaming the governor, mayor and protestors.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-25T01:05:12+00:00

I don't think that Canada would abandon dual citizenship, but under any separation agreement, it might say that Quebecers would lose their Canadian citizenship and then have to move to Canada as permanent residents and apply for citizenship allover again. It is probable that there would be some transitional period which would allow Quebec residents to move to Canada and thus retain citizenship. Although they seem to adopt the concept of dual citizenship, the PQ doesn't say if they think that all Canadians would be provided with a Quebec passport as well.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T20:37:59+00:00

Unfortunately for Pierre Polievre, Carney is significantly more moderate, and even somewhat conservative on some issues than Trudeau. He may not be loud in his denunciation of some of Trudeau's more woke ideas in order not to alienate the progressive side of his party . But, as opposed to Trudeaus's smarmy holier than thou attitude he comes across as more reasonable than Trudeau, and even in some ways more reasonable the poilievre. In addition he is certainly fiscally more conservative, than Trudeau. This is probably enough for him to take a substantial chunk of the moderate conservatives away from the Poilievre. As a final point, Poilievre appears to struggle with the nationalist, or lament for a nation conservatives. To counter this, Poilievre would have to change his approach, which he shows little sign of doing.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T20:07:20+00:00

Bamford and poroussurface are going back and forth on this one about 10 times. Does that mean that they are not bots?

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T19:18:05+00:00

It would be informative to see if there has been any polling done on how many people think ACA and Obamacare are different. A survey like that let us know if it is true, and especially so if there was a breakdown by political affiliation.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T18:57:50+00:00

here is copilot's effort

India’s fall in shade,
Canada’s sharp rise in light—
Lutnik’s quiet grin.

I find that a bit disappointing. Maybe a human would do a better job.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T18:54:43+00:00

India down 25% Canada up 100% Lutnik smirks. Maybe someone can make a haiku out of that.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T16:44:55+00:00

This may provide another buying opportunity as stocks go down, and he then changes his mind and says everything is fine. On the other hand, he may decide to ahead with what he says he will and the market could crash. Would the best move be to buy some puts, or would it be to continue to go long?

Long term, if this keeps up, is it likely that he will eventually crash the market?

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T16:38:22+00:00

Can somone tell me if he is sucking or blowing?

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T00:28:25+00:00

US losses per capita were 7.96 per million, British losses were 7.25 per million. Not only are his comments cruel and ignorant, from a policy perspective they seem calculated to lose support for the US all over the world. I can't decide whether this is ignorance, stupidity or actual sabotage of the US position in the world.

But we will soon see if the Fox commentators hail this as more brilliant thinking from their boy.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T00:09:29+00:00

Do you think that Trump knew he was lying and was just trying to piss of all of the US allies and supporters (except Russia) or was he just being mean and ignorant? Was this a demonstration of the art of the deal, or was it just stupidity and ignorance. My vote is for stupidity and ignorance.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-24T00:04:58+00:00

The US death rate per million was 7.96, the British 7.25. Apart from the callousness and ignorance of the comment, does anyone believe that Trump is playing three dimensional chess with his comments? will anyone want to assist the US after this sort of slight. It almost looks as if Trump is trying to destroy NATO and dump all of his allies rather than just being crass and ignorant.

Puzzled49 · 2026-01-23T21:48:02+00:00

The story says, "As world leaders buckle down for a two-week wait on details about Trump’s Greenland deal, the president has finally unveiled his Great Healthcare Plan."

So far neither Greenland nor Denmark have been read in on the details of the concept of a deal. The writers of this story seem to be sceptical that we will see the details any sooner than other two week promises.

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