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« Reply #71565 on: January 09, 2026, 03:07:54 pm »
“…… After the shooting, her wife (covered in blood) handed the dog to a bystander for safekeeping, and folks were trying to reunite it with her. No mentions of the dog being injured at all. Sounds like it’s okay…..”

I asked the AI about the dog.
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« Reply #71566 on: January 09, 2026, 03:48:36 pm »
"..Oh, do I have questions...
After the Minneapolis ICE shooting, several elected officials were explicit about the lesson Americans are supposed to take from it.

"When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them...and then you get to keep your life." — Wesley Hunt, speaking on Newsmax, January 7, 2026

"Americans who 'get in the way' of ICE will 'end up just like that lady did,' and more Americans will die if people interfere." — Randy Fine, speaking on Newsmax, January 7, 2026

"I think we're going to see those deportation numbers ramp up as we get more and more people online, working for ICE, going door to door." — JD Vance, speaking on Fox News, January 7, 2026

What's alarming isn't just that this language was used, it's how openly it's being defended and celebrated.

And this language doesn't exist in a vacuum.
ICE is running a $100 million "wartime recruitment" campaign targeting UFC fans, gun show attendees, and people interested in "tactical gear." The ads call it a "sacred duty" to defend against "foreign invaders."
Wartime. Sacred duty. Foreign invaders.
Against whom, exactly?

At the same time, protesters exercising their rights to speak and assemble were met with pepper spray and crowd-control measures. And it doesn't stop with civilians.

When Minnesota's governor prepared his National Guard - as governors are constitutionally empowered to do - members of Congress called for his arrest.

"Invoke the Insurrection Act. Arrest Tim Walz." — Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), January 7, 2026

"What Walz is threatening has a name: insurrection. Mr. President, the law is on your side. Use it." — Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), January 7, 2026

A sitting governor, exercising explicit constitutional authority, is now framed as a criminal for not yielding to federal force.

So I want to understand something fundamental.

Americans are guaranteed constitutional rights.
Freedom of speech.
The right to assemble.
The right to dissent without being met by force.
Do those guarantees still matter?

If "comply or die" is being normalized as reasonable, what American value is that supposed to represent?

This country was formed through rebellion against authority, not submission to it.
Its history is defined by protest... labor movements, civil rights marches, antiwar demonstrations, women demanding the vote.
Those were not acts of obedience.
They were acts of resistance.

So if obedience is now being elevated above liberty...
If compliance is treated as the condition for survival...
If protest is met with chemical agents and threats rather than protected as a right...
If governors exercising constitutional authority are called insurrectionists...
At what point do we stop pretending this aligns with American values?

A nation built on rebellion, dissent, and protest does not teach its citizens that obedience is the highest virtue.

So if elected officials can openly tell Americans "comply or die"...

And a governor can be called an insurrectionist for exercising constitutional authority...

What exactly is left of the Constitution you claim to be defending?.."
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« Reply #71567 on: January 09, 2026, 04:57:13 pm »
I need to test my blood glucose levels.
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« Reply #71568 on: January 09, 2026, 05:35:39 pm »
There must be a source for more and better diagnostic equipment.
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« Reply #71569 on: January 09, 2026, 05:40:45 pm »
Far out. The Chinese don't give a shit about anything. They'll sell anyone anything....3 large:

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« Reply #71570 on: January 09, 2026, 06:36:31 pm »
This was in the backyard last fall:

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« Reply #71571 on: January 09, 2026, 09:40:24 pm »
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« Reply #71572 on: January 09, 2026, 10:23:42 pm »
Iran’s “zombie” regime is facing its most dangerous moment since it came to power in 1979, according to an analyst.

“This is probably the most existential moment the Iranian regime has faced since the 1979 revolution,” Karim Sadjadpour, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told CNN’s Bianna Golodryga and Zain Asher.



"“Its regional and global allies and partners have been deposed,” he said, citing Bashar al-Assad in Syria and Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. “Its regional proxies have been decimated by Israel. Its economy is increasingly bankrupt. Its nuclear program was destroyed by President Trump. And President Trump has put the Iranian regime on notice, saying that if they continue to massacre protesters, the US will intervene – that America is ‘locked and loaded.’”



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I read the cops are not only standing back and letting the revolutionaries act freely, some are joining the crowd. It is done time.

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« Reply #71573 on: January 09, 2026, 10:53:20 pm »
"..Arrest, seize all of their assets, try them and seek the harshest recommended punishment that our constitution allows. This goes for the administration and everyone "just following orders" Let's not make the same mistake Andrew Johnson made.."
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« Reply #71574 on: January 09, 2026, 11:18:00 pm »
"..Arrest, seize all of their assets, try them and seek the harshest recommended punishment that our constitution allows. This goes for the administration and everyone "just following orders" Let's not make the same mistake Andrew Johnson made.."
You’re just cranky cause you’re avoid of evil is falling. You leftist are so obvious. Vive the Iranian people!

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« Reply #71575 on: January 09, 2026, 11:27:22 pm »
You’re just cranky cause you’re avoid of evil is falling. You leftist are so obvious. Vive the Iranian people!

Sheet, you would be standing with the Mullahs.
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« Reply #71576 on: January 09, 2026, 11:32:30 pm »
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« Reply #71578 on: January 10, 2026, 09:06:06 am »
Trumpus Rex:

Update: President Trump will offer the Inuit people $100,000.00 each to join the United States, bypassing Denmark!! The Inuit natives from Greenland are Native Americans, not Europeans.


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Welcome aboard fat, rich eskimos !  A hundred grand can buy a lot of snowmobiles and metallic spray paint to huff !

Are we allowed to say "eskimo" anymore?  Snow Injuns nevertheless.

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