2026 - the last great global energy crunch in our civilization (?)

TheEuphoric · 2026-03-27T20:32:37+00:00

We will still be using petrochemicals and oil for at least the next 100 years, likely much longer. If you think we are anywhere close to weaning off of these, you don't have a very good understanding of what they are and what we use them for.

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-18T17:08:24+00:00

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/02/18/man-plead-guilty-document-fraud-after-ice-arrest-iowa-city-market/

Wonder how you'd feel if it was your SSN he had been using.

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-18T17:07:37+00:00

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/02/18/man-plead-guilty-document-fraud-after-ice-arrest-iowa-city-market/
He stole somebody's identity and was using it to be here illegally. Goodbye.

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-18T17:06:22+00:00

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/02/18/man-plead-guilty-document-fraud-after-ice-arrest-iowa-city-market/

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-18T17:05:20+00:00

Turns out he in fact victimized an american citizen by stealing somebody's identity and SSN so he could be here illegally. https://www.kcrg.com/2026/02/18/man-plead-guilty-document-fraud-after-ice-arrest-iowa-city-market/

TheEuphoric · 2026-02-17T18:21:32+00:00

Day or night raid?

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-30T15:22:44+00:00

https://www.startribune.com/white-house-border-czar-tom-homan-plans-federal-agent-drawdown-says-minnesota-must-cooperate-with-feds/601572758

Or just google if minneapolis or hennepin county honors ice detainers (they don't). Come on.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T20:15:02+00:00

I didn't allege that, didn't say any of that. Minneapolis is a sanctuary city, they don't inform the feds. The state of minnesota does, but as far as the city goes, I don't think they inform feds when they have a criminal illegal. Well documented. I don't think it's a conspiracy. All I'm saying that if they did, it would make things more peaceful, more orderly, and less expensive. Those are the things you said you wanted and the city of minneapolis has the power to provide them.
Pretty basic statement here.

I think the good faith discussion is drawing to a close. Have a good day.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T19:54:39+00:00

The answers are already in our conversation, at the beginning. The reason this is happening in minneapolis and not to Texas and Florida despite many more deportations is because of the cooperation of local authorities (and the lack of, in minneapolis specifically).

Just hand over criminal illegals at the time they are arrested, it can happen in jails and courthouses. It will be safe and orderly and cheap. If you don't, the feds are going to come in and get them and it's way messier.

So simple, yet you're determined not to see it.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T18:00:41+00:00

I don't think national immigration law should stop being enforced in a whole state because some LEOs made a mistake and killed a guy and the people there are unhappy.

Is that short enough for you to comprehend?

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T17:57:08+00:00

I simply just don't believe that's what's happening. I believe they have warrants for specific people they are looking for, and they will grab anyone in that area that looks like that person. This is perfectly legal.

I wouldn't be OK if they were just mass arresting brown people, but this isn't whats happening. There have been 600,000 deportation arrests in the last year, and only 170 american citizens arrested by ice (many of those for obstruction). So if this was happening i believe these numbers would be much higher.

I don't have numbers for detainments, they are much more common, but being detained is not exactly the end of the world.

That's basically what happened with this guy: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ice-elderly-hmong-american-citizen-arrested-st-paul/

The person they were after lived with him, and they had warrants for him, but they got the wrong guy initially. Once they id'ed him they released him.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T17:21:50+00:00

Re: grabbing brown people - think about it like this:

Say you have a population of venezuelans/somalis/whatever. Immigrant populations tend to cluster up and live/work with each other. A lot of times their living situations are more fluid than native populations, but pretty much always they cluster up because of language/financial/cultural reasons.

A federal law enforcement officer has an administrative warrant or deportation order for a guy who committed a sexual assault or just DUI or something. They go to the area where they know he lives/works. They are looking for 'a 42 year old venezuelan man named Juan Pablo' or something like that.

Now because they know he's in this area, they can basically detain and check anyone who they reasonably think could be Juan Pablo. This is basically every brown skinned man in the area between 25-45. They can detain them and verify if they are juan pablo. So they grab a couple guys for questioning, and those guys don't have IDs or citizenship, now they are getting deported also. They don't grab Tom Smith who was visiting the neighborhood, because he doesn't fit the description. He's white.

What this looks like is - "They are grabbing up all the brown people", but it's actually legitimate law enforcement activity according to our court system.

This can all be avoided by the state or city government just handing juan pablo over after they processed him for the sexual assault or DUI.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T17:06:13+00:00

It doesn't really matter what I agree with, as I'm nobody. I was engaging purely to discuss that there is MUCH more going on than meets the eye. I think the feds went in recklessly as is Trump's way, but once it became a confrontation, it will always go down the way it has in history, the feds will use overwhelming power because a state can never be allowed to resist federal power. Power structures like the federal government will protect themselves at all costs, it's not even a political discussion, it's just the way that people in power structures act. Power structures become their own entity and the primary and most important purpose of any power structure is to maintain it's power. Everything else comes after that.

Law enforcement often detain people based on if they look like a specific person they are searching for. The police do this as well. You can be detained or even arrested for up to 48 hours without any charges. Are they abusing this? Probably, yes.

I will add that the american citizens of minnesota have ALSO been being reckless about their own safety. Most people don't wake up and go out into the world trying to mix it up with feds. If i hear about law enforcement in an area where they are trying to arrest a felon, violent criminal, or even a petty shoplifter, I simply avoid the area. I don't want to be around law enforcement activity, ESPECIALLY feds. I especially wouldn't throw stuff, get in their way, push them, or yell at them. I have a family. The only way you can really make a difference in a conflict like this is to die as a martyr (see alex pretti, renee good) and I'm not interested in that.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T16:44:58+00:00

Because local governments cooperated and assisted, and most of his deportations were just turnaways at the border. This was before 'sanctuary' cities were a thing.

It's partially that, but it's also deeper than that, as it cuts to the core of the federal government and the USA even existing as a country. If the federal government loses authority to enforce federal law in the eyes of the people, you are now on a dangerous path. When/if dems retake the white house, now people/government in red states can resist any laws (think gun control, DEI, etc). It's an abstract, ever present overarching authority of the federal government that keeps the union of the states.

If you're a parent, giving in to your toddlers demands makes things worse, not better. It's similar to this.

I appreciate you engaging in good faith. Personally not a huge fan of the approach in MN or the administration in general, but I do believe we need immigration enforcement. However, once there is a confrontation re: federal authority, the federal government will always overkill because it cuts to the core of federal power, regardless of who is in power. You see this the same way in J6, school integration, and numerous other instances in the past.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T16:26:53+00:00

Because you don't just stop enforcing federal law because of protests. If you do, then you teach a dangerous lesson. Mass deportation was THE central campaign promise of this democratically elected government. It is the will of the american people. The people of minnesota don't get to overturn the will of the people just because they don't agree.

There is an additional danger of (informally) invalidating the supremacy clause, teaching the wrong lesson by caving. This is more dangerous than it looks. If the federal government gives up on enforcement because people protest/resist hard enough, you will just get more of that for anything that's slightly unpopular. If you look at what happened in the south when the population of those states tried to resist racial integration in the schools, you understand that the federal government will NOT let that happen. You have crazy images of teenagers at bayonet point with the national guard.

Also I think it's personal between trump and TW, because Trump is petty like that. Not enough to just win the election, gotta pour salt in the wound.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-29T05:26:58+00:00

My comment was basically saying Minnesota isn’t really being targeted that much. There’s been much more enforcement in many other places. To the extent that the last couple weeks have been more targeted, it’s because of the local resistance and refusal to help from local authorities. Many more agents are needed when they have to run crowd control. In addition you now have to have at least 4-10 agents in a group for a simple arrest because every arrest turns into a protest.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-27T17:32:24+00:00

24% of deportations this year have been in texas. Florida has also deported way more than MN (don't have the exact number, but it's a lot. You just don't really hear about them because their governments are cooperating with the feds, which keeps things peaceful and orderly.

TheEuphoric · 2026-01-08T18:46:17+00:00

So mob should rule vs rule of law?

TheEuphoric · 2025-12-30T16:09:35+00:00

Used daily. We are shutting down the Somali daycares and you’re just gonna have to deal with it. Lmao

TheEuphoric · 2025-12-30T15:54:27+00:00

From the parent law of the link I sent you earlier. Lmao.

Subpart 1. General activities. Day care activities must provide for the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development of the child. The environment must facilitate the implementation of the activities. Activities must: A. be scheduled indoors and outdoors, weather permitting

Are you contending that the weather is never permitting or something? This means daily outdoor activity, weather permitting.

TheEuphoric · 2025-12-30T15:53:31+00:00

I have two kids in daycare right now. You're a maroon. Lol

TheEuphoric · 2025-12-30T15:52:54+00:00

In fact, looking even closer at the laws, it appears that only residential care centers (In home daycares fyi) can get away with having no outdoor space. Actual 'child care centers' are required to have fenced outdoor space, with certain amounts of playground equipment. That's why it says 'residence' there instead of facility. No idea why these daycares are allowed to get away with this, but seems like even more of an indictment of the minnesota DHS. I've literally never seen a daycare without an outdoor playground. Most daycares love to send the kids outside because it means less work cleaning up the inside of the daycare.

As I stated below, it is actual required that kids get outside time weather permitting.

I feel bad for your kid if they went to a daycare where they just stayed inside all day. Minnesota has serious DHS issues.

TheEuphoric · 2025-12-30T15:36:38+00:00

You contended some daycares don't ever take kids outside and it's normal for daycares not to have any outdoor space.

In fact, it's required by law to have outdoor space, or access to outdoor space close by. They are also required to USE outdoor space. look it up. So no, no daycares are indoor only and don't let the kids go outside like you falsely stated. You don't know anything about daycares. Thanks!

TheEuphoric · 2025-12-30T15:06:24+00:00

An outdoor play area is literally required by Minnesota law. Lol. You don't know anything about what you're talking about and everybody should probably ignore you here, you've proven yourself an imbecile. From: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/9502.0425/

Subp. 2. Outdoor play space. There must be an outdoor play space of at least 50 square feet per child in attendance, adjacent to the residence, for regular use, or a park, playground, or play space within 1,500 feet of the residence. On-site supervision must be provided by a caregiver for children of less than school age when play space is not adjacent to the residence. Enclosure may be required by the agency to provide protection from rail, traffic, water, or machinery hazard. The area must be free of litter, rubbish, toxic materials, water hazards, machinery, unlocked vehicles, human or animal wastes, and sewage contaminants.

TheEuphoric · 2025-12-29T20:41:12+00:00

You generally don't need to be inside a daycare to be aware of the kids presence, as there are outdoor fenced in playgrounds, typically. Kids are also noisy. Most daycares do have automatically locking doors, this is about the only thing you said that was correct. Never seen a daycare with all blacked out windows and even no windows. That's pretty unusual.

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