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Cake day: August 5th, 2023

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  • Lol I know, right?

    They are literally cancelling student visas with no notice and then arresting the students

    The only thing I can figure is they want to push a court case to establish precedent of no due process for ICE cases. That will open the door for imprisonment without trial, which then leads to “legal” slavery. Rent the prisoners to the farmers that used migrant labor, farmers pay what they did before, private prisons make money and get federal dollars per head, and the prisoners get more prison and work until they’re not useful, then deported

    Remember when people were press-ganged into naval service? That, but no pirates







  • an Alabama law that looks like its written to de-escalate an already escalated event

    Which is probably why the case hasn’t already been dismissed over “qualified immunity”. They had no legal authority to be there without a court order, according to that law. They’re arguing they were there to “keep the peace”, but that’s a thin argument in the face of the law you mentioned.

    Dude absolutely shouldn’t have been brandishing a gun at the repo man. That doesn’t justify summary execution by what can be described most charitably as a frightened, unqualified cop and most likely as someone looking to kill a dude. I hold little hope of justice being done, sadly






  • Something I find delightful is how Terry Pratchett worked this event into his novel Night Watch. Of course the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May is inspired by many public revolts to oppressive rule, not the least of which is the June Rebellion in Paris in 1832. But it’s also no accident that some of the villains of the story work for the Cable Street Particulars, an enforcement arm of the fascist ruling Patrician.

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  • Joshua Dean had a memory keen

    He was strong and he ran every day

    But his lungs turned to goo And he had a stroke too

    At 46, he was sent on his way

    Oh, and Swampy Barnett loved his mama

    And he took a lot of pride in his work

    He found 300 reasons why a plane couldn’t fly

    And now he’s over his head in the dirt

    You can know a lot

    You can know a little

    But whatever you know

    Just don’t blow the whistle