Comments by wld4tatas (page 16)

>You know what I appreciate research. Then do more, and stop extrapolating fringe views to be representative of the majority. Widen your news consumption beyond NY Post.

>zero will be expelled; people being apprehended are being released into this country Comments like this reinforce that skibum is truly the dumbest low information voter on TUSCL. DHS Conducts Dozens of Removal Flights Every Week https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/04/27/dhs-conducts-dozens-removal-flights-every-week Release Date: April 27, 2023 DHS conducted over 1.2 million expulsions, removals and returns in first half of fiscal year 2023 U.S. to restart deportations to Venezuela in effort to reduce record border arrivals https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-venezuela-deportations-reduce-record-border-arrivals/ October 5, 2023

>the terrorist government of Biden admitted to 210,000 last month. 210,000 too many, @skibum - Those are 210,000 migrant apprehensions. A key question is: how many of those have or will result in expulsion, deportation or repatriation?

Trump for Prison would be more like it. The federal charges are sound and serious. It would be the appropriate outcome for Trump to join those whose lives have been ruined by their association with and support of him. Trump’s 2020 crusade has led to 700 years in prison sentences https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/06/trumps-2020-crusade-has-led-700-years-prison-sentences/

^ Name one lie, or be known as the liar yourself

Yeah crazyjoe has not signed on since January. One of my favorite posters here...

@rattdog - numbers from government, obviously. Federal, state or local as the case may be depending on the stat. They are the ones tracking it. For awhile now I've been trying to find some kind of article like "The Immigration Issue Shown in 9 Charts", with government data from this year (or last) and going back two decades, covering a range of statistics including border encounters, deportations/expulsions, border guard numbers, illegal immigrant population growth, public funding costs, etc. I haven't found exactly this type of article, but various different articles with pieces of information. It's a complex issue to connect the pieces together. Clearly, recent reports like those out of NY show there is a significant issue, but it's important to try to put it all in context. Only a fool would take the right wing narratives at face value.

>lol I'm stunned some of y'all are still down with cause What "cause" ? That Dems are intentionally encouraging and allowing illegal immigration to get more blue votes? Do you have any evidence of this age-old right wing conspiracy theory? See this is the problem with the discussion, many right wingers are so indoctrinated by the spin from Fox News, Breitbart, etc. that they can't step back and look at all the facts and come up with different opinions. I agree we can't afford to support an endless number of immigrants with public dollars. 100%. But we need more data and facts to understand how current numbers are trending vs. historical, and what unique events are happening today to explain the numbers. There are many efforts being taken to reduce the number of illegal crossings, so we know the "open border" rhetoric is a lie.

Of all the political topics that get the least amount of intelligent discussion, illegal immigration is probably at the top of the list. Every time there is a Democrat president, like clockwork Republicans dust off their playbook and howl that "illegals are flooding the country". No doubt, stats have proven this is an effective rallying cry to get Republicans to vote. Rather than provide a wholistic view of the issue, the right wing peddles a narrow set of facts and their commentators pile on with various narratives, some of the results of which are on display here. Brain-dead comments from the OP, and emotional rants like the last paragraph from gammanu. You would think the left would counter these narratives with more facts, stats and counterpoints to the discussion, and get more of the story out. But they haven't done much of that. So on this topic, I'd have to give Biden and most other elected Dems an "F" on the messaging.

LG, If there are more clubs like I described in Europe, they don't seem to have received nearly the same attention as the FKKs. At least from what I've read over the years, though granted I have not researched Europe extensively. Zurich is on my list somewhere, and the top class club you mentioned would be another reason to go. Though I have a feeling the prices might be double those in SA. We'll see who gets there first ;) I believe your comment on Dubai is spot on. I learned a bit about the scene there from talking with a gorgeous girl I met a few times at a top club in Brazil. She worked in both Sao Paulo and Dubai, and filled me in on the places and prices. Another destination on the bucket list. Alas, I've been visiting a few South and also Central America cities and rotating them regularly in recent years, and have a few favorites who keep me coming back. So it's hard to fit in new places, but I "force" myself to visit a new destination every year or two.

This guy TheeOSU talks about useful posts, but all he's done in the last month is chase around other posters and make disparaging remarks about them. I haven't even posted much lately, but every time I do this guy seems to pop up with his crap. His post above has an element of a compliment, but the swipe is still there. He's done it with another poster too. I'm putting him on ignore (mute), joining Icee as the only two I have on my ignore list.

Hey LG you definitely have a ton of experience with the FKKs, thanks for the latest report. I did a few FKK tours many many years ago, mainly Oase, Atlantis, Palace, Pascha and Samya. They were all fun. But around this same time or soon after I discovered the clubs in South America and never looked back. A few main differences I found were the women in the FKKs just weren't as sexy walking around naked or topless, the FKKs felt more transactional with less opportunity to hang out and socialize, and no take out or OTC options for dinner, dates, extended hotel visits or overnights. In contrast, in many SA clubs the attire is classy but sexy, social time w/ drinks first is the norm, and take out or OTC options are fairly easy to arrange (at some places take out is the only option). So you have a much wider spectrum of options, depending on your mood. So I'm wondering, did you ever visit some of these other types of clubs, and conclude that you still liked FKKs the best? Perhaps the options in Europe are limited though. I'm not aware of these other club formats in Europe, except for Lisbon and Madrid.

Nope, it's compounded so 80%.

It has been reported that autoworker wages dropped by more than 20% over the past two decades when adjusted for inflation. Compensation grew by just 18.1% from 1978 to 2021. This is frankly jaw-dropping. Nowhere near the fairly consistent 3% annual pay raise I've had for the past two decades (80% raise over two decades). Meanwhile, profits at the Big 3 increased 92% from 2013 to 2022, totaling $250 billion, and the companies paid out nearly $66 Billion in shareholder dividend payments and stock buybacks. I hope they clean house with the CEOs and boards who are completely shafting their workers.

Of course Biden and Dems are going to weigh in on the strike, this is exactly the type of issue that is at the core of the Democratic Party - ensuring the wealth created by capitalism is more evenly shared and less concentrated at the top. Which is precisely the opposite of the core Republican position of cutting taxes, under the guise of "letting you keep more of your hard earned money" while providing massive windfalls to the top 0.1%. Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut” https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-irs-files-reveal-how-much-the-ultrawealthy-gained-by-shaping-trumps-big-beautiful-tax-cut

I wouldn't fuck her, she is not worthy

Well done, sometimes you have to seize the moment.

The indictments are not about helping Biden win in 2024. If anything, Dems would rather have Biden run against Trump than some of the others. The indictments are about bringing justice to Trump's attempts to undermine our Democracy, which most Americans feel strongly about.

While I generally consider him a slimeball, Greg Gutfeld does make me laugh sometimes. In his post-debate recap, discussing exchanges between Haley and Ramaswamy, he said: "Wow, talk about some hot Indian-on-Indian action right there. If Joe Biden had just turned on the debate, he'd think 7-Eleven started a talk show." LMAO

^ Exactly, and the other candidates see right through it.

I didn't watch it, I don't have those cable stations. But from what I read, Christie had a pretty good line: “This is the great thing about this country, booing is allowed, but it doesn’t change the truth.”

The smearing and suspicions will come from the right on this one, and it's already happening if you see the article on Fox News and the comments people are posting there. The left doesn't have any major problem with Soros, who the right have painted to be a bogeyman.

We have DEI where I work and it gets its 5 minutes of attention, but at the end of the day hiring decisions are based on ability to do the job. I have never been unduly influenced in the slightest on any hiring decision I've made. And I can't afford to hire someone who can't do the job. This DEI topic seems like any other Fox News overblown programming effort to create a distorted version of the country for low information voters.

I saw that Soros article earlier today and had to LOL. Vivek Ramaswamy is now linked to Soros, one of the biggest villains of the right wing. 50:50 odds someone brings it up at the Republican debate tomorrow.

^ Haha good one