Starker on 15/5/2025 at 23:18
As for the specific examples brought, such as...
Quote Posted by heywood
Western European powers colonized all of North America, South America, Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia and carved borders through all of them. Some of the borders were drawn along ethnic lines, but most were not.
Almost none of the borders in North or South America can be attributed to ethnicity or religion. Yet most of it is stable with small pockets of instability. The island of Hispaniola was divided with a border to separate two cultures, and one of them is stable and one is not. If not for the border, the whole island would be a mess. The other hot spots in Central America and Columbia are due to cartels.
The argument about North America simply doesn't work in this case for the very simple reason that the colonisers never left. We don't know what problems this division would have caused for the various American nations and tribes, because many of those nations and tribes were destroyed entirely, driven into reservations or forced to assimilate.
And can you honestly say that colonialism has had no impact on the island of Hispaniola and that its problems are solely down to half of the inhabitants culture/religion? Can you really say that the creation of castes based on racial features has not had any impact on the troubled history of this island, especially the part of it that has been heavily taxed and ostracized by European powers? Could it be that the centuries long trade embargoes and economic strangulation has had just a little bit to do with why one part of the island is by far the poorest in the region and the extreme poverty in turn has had just a little bit to do with its problems?
As for the border being the only thing that is keeping the island peaceful on one side, how do you then explain things like the (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_massacre) Parsley Massacre or any of the numerous territorial disputes between the two countries? If the border has brought stability to the island, why has this stability inducing border been moved for a number of times over its history?
Pyrian on 16/5/2025 at 00:14
I imagine the relative peace of the reservations (nevermind the crime rates) has a lot to do with the complete inability of our many geopolitical enemies to smuggle weapons into them.
Starker on 16/5/2025 at 09:40
Ah, yes, the dog killer bragging about shooting a puppy is seeking more attention, who'd a thunk it?
I wonder if there will be any events American Gladiators style, though? Make the people fight in a pit with oversized batons or something.
I mean, I'd be more surprised if the ICE Barbie didn't already pose with political prisoners in the overseas concentration camp while in a cosplay costume.
PigLick on 16/5/2025 at 11:11
Christ that sounds like the plot of a Stephen King story.
Nicker on 16/5/2025 at 20:45
Survivor not only ruined television, it wrecked reality.
It's hard to believe it is coming up on a quarter-century of me hating that series and all of it's creatively diseased spawn.
Cipheron on 17/5/2025 at 07:55
The pressure is working:
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https://www.reuters.com/world/vietnam-approves-15-billion-investment-plan-by-trump-organization-partner-2025-05-16/)
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Vietnam approves $1.5 billion investment plan by Trump Organization and partner
HANOI, May 16 (Reuters) - Vietnam's government has approved a plan by the Trump Organization and a partner to invest $1.5 billion in golf courses, hotels and real estate projects in the Southeast Asian country, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper reported on Friday.
Pure protection racket stuff: "nice economy you got there, it would be a shame if anything happened to it". Then they open up the economy just for Trump to invest in, personally, so he won't wreck them.
Nicker on 19/5/2025 at 03:11
You can bet that none of Trump's cronies nor the 0.01% are paying any tariffs on their imported treats, toys and trinkets.
Cipheron on 20/5/2025 at 08:32
New news is that Qatar is denying offering the $400 million plane as a gift.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/qatars-gift-to-trump-of-a-400m-jet-wasnt-their-idea-at-all/)
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Boeing reportedly provided U.S. defense officials with a list of its other clients with planes that could be used in the meantime.
“Qatar was one of the clients,” the second source told CNN, adding that the Pentagon “offered to buy the plane” and that Doha said it was willing to sell.
Discussions facilitated by Witkoff reportedly began after the White House backed the idea. The third source told CNN that the initial talks were about leasing the plane instead of buying it.
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But the new reporting counters Trump's repeated assertion that the $400 million jet will come “free of charge” as a “gift” after Qatar reached out to the president.
Feels a lot like they were going to lease this plane but Trump's tried to pressure them into him getting a free plane by making it a big deal. The most obvious answer at this point is that there was no deal and no plane coming, this is all self-inflicted by Trump.
Cipheron on 22/5/2025 at 18:43
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https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/trump-supporter-snatched-shackled-and-imprisoned-by-ice-after-forgetting-to-fill-out-form-10-years-ago/)
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In November, Mississippi father-of-four Kasper Eriksen couldn't wait to see Donald Trump return as president. Six months later, he was in chains and being deposited in the nightmarish Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, tossed into a cramped cell with 100 other unfortunate people snatched off the streets by ICE.
On paper, Eriksen is a model conservative. He worked as a welding foreman, lived on a family farm, had no criminal record, and, judging by his social media activity, was shoulder-to-shoulder with all things MAGA. None of that mattered to ICE, as back in 2015 Eriksen failed to complete Form I-751 “Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence”, just one of the countless steps on his legal path to getting full U.S. citizenship.
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Nobody ever told him he was missing a crucial piece of documentation and, as 2025 rolled around, he was preparing to fully formalize his naturalization. ICE had other ideas. At what he thought would be his final meeting with immigration officials on Apr. 15, he was clapped in chains. His reaction, understandably, was bewilderment and shock.
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Without even being able to say goodbye to his wife and family, that was Eriksen's last moment of freedom. As of writing, Eriksen remains imprisoned in Louisiana. His entire life is now a wide cell crammed with other immigrants, with a few hours of yard time now the only way to stay sane.
Owning the libs.
