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@ChristiJunior @sickburnbro Previously he was that type, as he was able to win and be relected in a district in Minnesota that was traditionally red (and now is represented by a Republican). Since becoming governor he has gone off the deep end and has no trace left of the supposed moderate he was portrayed as. Did he stray from what he was before, or did he just show who he truly was? Either way, he gets no sympathy from me for his downfall.

@Aether Yeah, no part of the colonoscopy is fun. Especially not the preparation the night before. You will never forget the feeling of the burning sensation of stomach acid coming out where the sun don't shine.

@sickburnbro I recall a whole lot of Louis Rossmann videos going over how much NYC makes no sense financially. For example, how much it costs to rent out a space for a store front in NYC is ridiculously high. To the point that there is no way for a lot of places to remain profitable.

I would not be shocked to see NYC call for a bailout in the future. It happened once before in the 1970s.

I frequently see topics of discussion where I want to chime in, but I realize in order to do so, I must reveal a part of myself that I fully intend to keep private. It is not worth accidently leaving a trail of evidence about yourself for some asshole who wants real harm done to you just for a discussion which will most likely no longer have relevance a week later.

@deprecated_ii I saw in a group chat of my real life friends basically saying "there has to be another way" when it comes to ICE operations. As if there can be a non-messy way to deal with people who are defiant to the point these commies are.

Far too many people do not realize that every law has the implicit threat of violence if you decide to be non-comliant long enough.

@atomic You can take the relationship element out of this video, and it still has relevant context for anyone when discussing earnings. That is why when I see someone proclaim how they are making 6 figures, I figure on most cases they are living somewhere that has a high cost of living. Not that there are no exceptions, but you should measure your earnings based on what you can get for them, not just the raw number itself.

@sickburnbro "Men are bad" as a generalization is the refuge of a woman who refuses to confront her own methodology and standards for picking men. There are many good men out there that get overlooked by women because of some superficial and unpragmatic standards. So when such women choose the remaining men, many of these men have options and have no need to not be "bad."

But if "all men are bad," then a woman will proclaim that her choices do not matter, since she cannot pick a good one.

So when we are dealing with having ICE operate in Minnesota, we still need to look at the bigger picture. If they can successfully make a difference in rooting out those committing fraud and make the system less corrupt, that would be a step in the correct direction to having more freedom. Because having your money stolen is bad enough when the government does it, but when it is stolen again through those who are cheating the system (gov officials included here), then it makes for less freedom.

Tangenting for a moment regarding Colorado and marijuana. Libertarians may point to legalization of marijuana as a victory of "more freedom," but consider the outcomes of this legalization. Did Colorado become more free or Libertarian as a result of pot legalization? I would argue no. Libertarians who think in such short sighted ways will not only not get more freedom, but often work against themselves. It turns out many people who are pro-marijuana actually do not care about freedom.

So when we have a corruption with the system when it comes to fraud with tax dollars, how do we address this? Libertarians may not like the idea of having different parts of government coming down on one part of the government (since they are often purists), but maintaining principles would come at the cost of having nothing done. Because it is not merely the immigrants who are the problem here, but other parts of government who are enabling and possibly getting their own cut from the fraud.

Like many other agitators, she was there in attempt to disrupt ICE from carrying out their actions. And what are these actions? Dealing with those who were committing fraud and should not be in this country.

And here is where we need to confront Libertarians about the bigger picture. What is their plan to deal with this fraud? Usually they are fine grandstanding about how they are against having welfare of any kind, but they have neither the will nor the capability to actually cut any welfare.

A perfect example of the issue I have with many Libertarians came up again with the Renee Good shooting. No surprise, many Libertarians were against the ICE agent shooting Good.

The thing about this situation is that like many other scenarios, Good being shot was not an event that happened in a vaccuum. There are many, many other factors that cannot be ignored. One of which is why she even had her car there in the first place.