That’s not how human behavior works…

Someone thinks they’re very clever and they aren’t.

My mom forgot about the dark alley part though so it was public.

Yeah that’s true but the English language is known for stealing words.

They can absolutely get their hands on names and add them to the list of people not allowed to cross the border.

Hey, the contractor said this was how they save money. Who cares if it’s also torture amiright?

/s

They’re imparting general information to the general public. You are absolutely on a tourist visa while you are there and they can (and do) deny entry and deport people. You do not have some kind of right to visit Canada just because you are American.

I highly recommend foreign travel. For example Colombia seems to be completely developed in some places and stuck in the 1950’s in other places.

The “correct” modern terms are Global North and Global South. But 1st/2nd/3rd are taking on a new meaning of Highly Developed/Developing/Undeveloped. Cold War era political scientists are raging against it but it’s much more easily understood than Global North and Global South which also extend the idea that Northern countries are superior. (The given reasoning is that Northern countries are better developed on average, but come on…)

Honestly? That sounds no different than living in the lowest income areas in the US.

You absolutely need a visa. Just because you don’t personally have to apply does not mean you aren’t on a visa. And Canada already has a blacklist at the border. Adding more names is super easy.

People already bitch about not being able to go to Canada because they got a DUI. This is will absolutely cause someone’s vacation plans to be fucked up. But more importantly this should be a policy of the EU and Mexico too.

24 hour light is considered torture. Imprisoning someone without telling them why, how long, or what should happen next is also considered torture. They are literal torture techniques practiced in countries without human rights.

Then there’s the stories of people needing medical attention after border patrol “interrogated” them.

This. Is. Not. Normal.

I’m not oblivious, I enjoy that they have a space around them. If I can befriend them I can have a space around me too.

You forgot the dark alley and truncheon…

Just the number? The Aryan Soldier part is fine? Dude there’s no redeeming part of that name. It translates as IamANaziIAmANazi.

Hey I’ve got them beat I’ve never tried Linux!

(I need to though, I really do.)

Stop making sense. I want to go back to the 90s when such an idea was laughable.

Entirely possible with this asshole. And with more coffee on board it strikes me that making the FTC unable to function at all may be the goal.

It took me a second but I think you’re saying this is a factional thing within the GOP. Where the Christian fascists just wanted the FTC dead and they got Trump to listen to them?

Here’s the thing. The way the American highway system works is it goes from city to city. And millions of people in the northern cities voted against him. We don’t need to shut down the roads in the rural red areas. His Canadian state idea also wasn’t a part of his campaign and many Americans still think it’s nothing more than him being his normal blathering self. So we aren’t seeing true opposition get captured in polling yet.

I agree that he’s dangerous. And I don’t know what we could do to stop him but I am absolutely sure the military would suffer high rates of desertion compared to orders to invade Panama, Mexico, or Venezuela. I am also sure that Congress would not use the war powers act to stop him in any invasion, nor would he listen to them if they did. So whatever has to happen is up to the people, and there are at least 80 million pissed off Americans right now. You’re right that I can’t guarantee anything on their behalf. I can only offer an inside perspective and my apologies.

This makes no sense unless he can’t get his own people on the FTC or the FTC Republicans aren’t amenable to his agenda. It’s a bipartisan agency and the head leaving earlier left a spot open to swing the 5 person board to the Republicans.