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  1. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    Today, 03:36 AM

     the broken, on 22 January 2026 - 02:15 AM, said:

     amphibian, on 22 January 2026 - 12:07 AM, said:


    Add to all this that ICE is not actually arresting a good chunk of the people seized. Their officers are doing a forced abduction and drop off often many miles away from where they were picked up. They are vanishing small children without parents, they are tear gassing and pepper spraying people, and they are shooting people then leaving the scene of the crimes.


    Still. With all the efforts to document what ICE is doing, someone should be collating it.

    Ok, who would be doing this if the police do not want to, if the FBI does not want to, if the federal government appointees do not want to? Then with which disclosures and what money?

    What you are asking is a Very Big Task - even if it's the right thing to do - and the methods to get that information are extremely piece meal and frequently unsuccessful.
  2. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    Today, 12:54 AM

    https://apnews.com/a...91b160758aeb2d?
  3. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    Today, 12:45 AM

    This is an article about the 5 year old taken by ICE in Minnesota and moved to Texas. 4 other students have been vanished from that place. https://sahanjournal...dents-detained/

    "“Instead, the agent took the child out of the still-running car, led him to the door, and directed him to knock on the door, asking to be let in, in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait,” she said.

    Liam’s middle-school brother returned home to a missing father, a missing little brother and a terrified mother, she said.

    “This family is following U.S. legal parameters and has an active asylum case with no order of deportation,” Stenvik said. “I have viewed the legal paperwork with my own eyes. Why detain a 5-year-old? You can’t tell me that this child is going to be classified as a violent criminal.”"
  4. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    Today, 12:07 AM

     the broken, on 21 January 2026 - 09:51 PM, said:

    It should be trackable, at least at the ballpark level, there must be some organisation at least trying to keep track of these things.

    You don't know how messed up the answers to your question are. American police are intermittently interested in or capable of reporting accurate numbers and the non uniformity of them plus unwillingness of federal law enforcement agencies to compel accurate reporting means the numbers reported are hard to decipher and often aren't accurate.

    This is so messed up that the Guardian has a multi multi part series that is as true today as it was ten years ago. https://www.theguard...police-killings

    Add to all this that ICE is not actually arresting a good chunk of the people seized. Their officers are doing a forced abduction and drop off often many miles away from where they were picked up. They are vanishing small children without parents, they are tear gassing and pepper spraying people, and they are shooting people then leaving the scene of the crimes.


    On top of this, ICE/DHS have been distributing a secret memo that says ICE agents are able to enter homes without warrants (which is counter to American law and jurisprudence until now). This is only known because of whistle blowers. https://whistleblowe...thout-warrants/

    Things are extremely messed up and something like 20+ people have died at the hands of ICE in the last year alone.
  5. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    19 January 2026 - 07:24 PM

    This is especially galling since Briar King is part of the group that may slightly dodge having to do work requirements to keep healthcare and payments from the Social Security administration.

    The knife is cutting closer and closer to you and cheering the wielders of it is an insane thing to do.

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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2025 - 20:07
    happy #40 dude, have a good one.
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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2024 - 12:03
    happy #39, wow
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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2023 - 09:14
    happy #38
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2022 - 20:52
    Happy another one, hope things are looking up for you.
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2021 - 22:43
    happy birthday
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    EmperorMagus 

    13 Apr 2015 - 21:01
    I love how well you write in discussions. It's like a far more articulate version of me saying things I want to say.
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    Terez 

    26 Nov 2014 - 09:15
    I needed an excuse to change my profile status so I used it to respond to your incredulity that I am still alive.
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    QuickTidal 

    29 Nov 2012 - 20:46
    Um, the NEW SANDMAN trades have the Absolute -recolouring-...but the older trades don't. You can see a comparison here at the link below and personally I think it's staggeringly different for tonal value of the panels. http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/09/23/absolute-sandman-recoloring/
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    Illuyankas 

    17 Aug 2012 - 16:02
    Oh, and cheers for calling me out on the pics on the election thread, I have a bad habit of not registering if a thread's in Discussion or not but I will cut down on the no content posts there.
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:34
    heh, sorry, didn't mean to make it look like you were resentful of my presence or anything. I just felt most comfortable approaching you about it. As QT mentioned there are others who feel the same as him. I'll still be around, but I'm just saying I wouldn't be offended. :p
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:11
    By the way, if you guys want to have a Terez-free WoT thread, I wouldn't object to that. To be honest, I probably won't be discussing WoT online much longer anyway. It's not good for me. ;) I'm told some people feel like they have to defend a dissertation to discuss WoT with me. Not true, really, but I get it.
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    Greyfrog32 

    11 Jan 2012 - 20:26
    and dont be rude you little bastard
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    LinearPhilosopher 

    09 Nov 2011 - 03:48
    You doubled back for GOTM and DG? tell me did you read them in the correct order?personally i read DG b4 GOTM
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:53
    I will look into getting my hands on it :) By myself.
    Have you seen Valhalla Rising?
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:46
    I saw you said something about Winter's Bone, I recently watched it :D I liked it :D
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