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bolverk

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  1. Oh, yeah, the whole Obama executive order thing. I remember that particular rant being a big one amongst the crowd that used to dominate the old CR back in the day when I dipped my toes in these waters. Obviously, that once-popular topic went away immediately in January 2017 for some reason. For context, Trump made more executive orders annually during his first term than any president after Carter. And he issued 26 on his first day of this one.
  2. Rex cares most about his wallet, and the ONLY reason Rex doesn't like Trump is he's bad for business. Rex is perfectly fine with everything else.
  3. A day or two ago, NPR interviewed the mother of one of the Venezuelans, and she said her son agreed to sign a deportation form (I don't know exactly what that is, but you probably do), thinking they would send him back to Venezuela with the understanding that "surely, the United States would respect human rights." She claimed he had no criminal record and had never been a member of any gang. Sure, that could very well be a "he's a good kid" kind of thing, but the reporter indicated that the regime had admitted many of them did not have criminal records. All of the above might not be new news since I haven't followed this particular story closely other than what I've read here on Surly.
  4. Wordle 1,369 3/6 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #647 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1150 4️⃣7️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
  5. Come get all your new, red-hot reaction gifs.
  6. I'm not sure Kristol was ever on the Trump train. I remember when my dad would hush the kitchen table when the guy came on the teevee during the 1980s. Later, after 26 years of Fox News conditioning, he thought he was a RINO. Anyway, Kristol, as an actual conservative with conviction, has been critical of Trump for years. But, yeah, I don’t disagree.
  7. Completely lucked out. Wordle 1,368 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very tough one. Connections Puzzle #646 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟦🟪 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1149 8️⃣7️⃣ 4️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  8. Oh yeah, of course, they've got to feel pain, and I'm all for that. That's a given which should go without saying. But I'm also suggesting we "shape the battlefield" or "condition them" so they're more amenable to the idea when each of them gets burned. And it will. And God help them when it does. Repeating the word "corruption" a) is fucking true, b) has no ideology, c) plants the idea, and d) will be fertile fucking ground. Even the non-evil numbskulls of the bunch will get it. Shit, the idea that everything is fucking corrupt is what actually brought down the Iron Curtain.
  9. It always boils down to corruption in some form or fashion. If sanity is ever going to prevail, "corruption, corruption, corruption" has to be the leading message to the masses...on repeat and ad nauseum. There's nothing ideological about it, and everyone "gets it" on a gut level, so the head-in-the-sand independents, low-information voters, and the conscientious conservative crowds could, theoretically, eventually comprehend what the fuck is going on if hammered home consistently and constantly.
  10. Oh man, our ol' boy @Earl Haffler had better hope the regime doesn't cut this program (https://www.nadtc.org/). Otherwise, how the hell is he supposed to get his checks all the way up in Nacogdoches?
  11. Given how pathetic and outdated your "meme game" is (Rosie O'Donnell, really? as if she were somehow some sort of an au courant liberal avatar), my guess is you're getting mighty close to retirement age, that is, if you haven't already surpassed it. So, yeah, you would know all about social security, old man. You'd better pray the senile senior citizen whose dick you're sucking on doesn't take it away soon.
  12. Just came to post this. It took a little longer than usual because I wanted to find one where the guy looked like BurntEyes. This one's a reasonable facsimile.
  13. Refresher on who Walt Nauta is:
  14. That's still mas o menos 15 square miles gone up in smoke.
  15. Musk forced to halt Cybertruck deliveries as parts fall off Elon Musk’s Tesla has been forced to halt sales of its electric Cybertruck pickup amid mounting concern about metal panels falling off the supposedly indestructible vehicles. Customers posting on the Cybertruck Owners Club website – as well as on Mr Musk’s own X, formerly Twitter – said they had been told by agents that deliveries were on hold. Electric vehicle-enthusiast website Electrek said the decision was taken amid increasing instances of trim and panels “flying off the supposedly ‘bulletproof’ electric truck.” https://archive.is/c7G59 Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won’t buy a Tesla car A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle. It doesn’t bode well for the automaker, whose sales had already been falling off a cliff in the important European market. In 2024, Tesla saw a 41% reduction in sales in Germany compared to 2023 despite EV sales surging 27% during the year. This has already raised red flags about Tesla’s future in Germany, but it is nothing compared to Tesla’s performance so far in 2025. Tesla’s sales were down 70% in the first two months of 2025, and again, that’s compared to its already poor performance in 2024. https://electrek.co/2025/03/14/tesla-is-done-in-germany-94-say-they-wont-buy-a-tesla-car/
  16. I harangued the staff of my State Rep, my State Senator, and my U.S. Rep late Friday afternoon. It felt so good to unload on them, I'm pretty sure I'm going to make it a weekly thing to call just before 5 pm while they're getting ready to leave the office for the weekend.
  17. Don't mind statsman over there chugging the copium to assuage his guilty conscience. He's found a single data point on which to hang all excuses and rationalizations for our cheeky and "childish" shenanigans, so he started posting in the thread again last week when he learned that Euros are still buying a lot of Russian gas because, you see, the regime couldn't possibly be behaving in a way that seriously undermines our status as the leader of the Free World, which we've held for at least the last 80 years. This is all just fun and games, though. I can't believe people actually Krasnov's trivial teasing of our allies so seriously.
  18. From the article: Electric vehicle-enthusiast website Electrek said the decision was taken amid increasing instances of trim and panels “flying off the supposedly ‘bulletproof’ electric truck.” One such problem is afflicting the pickup’s cantrail, a decorative trim part that follows the edge of the Cybertruck’s roof from back to front. The latest development adds to a litany of build-quality issues with the pickup, which entered production in 2023. While Tesla has made great play of the Cybertruck’s ultra-high, stainless-steel exoskeleton in reducing chips, most of the visible panels are attached rather than being part of a combined body and chassis as they would be in a traditional car design. Tesla has had to issue a number of recall orders for the Cybertruck, including one last year that concerned the detachment of a cosmetic exterior panel glued on to the vehicle. Owners have reported that the issue is more acute in cold-weather conditions, suggesting that the low temperatures may be affecting the adhesive used. Had to look up what a cantrail was; looks to be this bit:
  19. Yet another German citizen, in addition to the other two from the story above: US resident ‘violently interrogated’ on way home from Luxembourg Fabian Schmidt, a permanent resident in the US since 2008, was detained after returning from the Grand Duchy, his mother has said A green card holder living in the US for almost two decades was detained by American immigration authorities and “violently interrogated” after returning from Luxembourg, his mother has said. Fabian Schmidt, a German citizen and green card holder living in New Hampshire, was detained at Logan International Airport in Boston over a week ago on his return from Luxembourg, Newsweek reported on Saturday. The 34-year-old electrical engineer has been living in the USA since 2007 and has held a permanent residence permit since 2008. On his return to the USA, Schmidt was told by officials from the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that his green card had been “flagged”. He was reportedly questioned intensively for several hours without being told why. His mother told Newsweek that her son was “violently interrogated” by two officers, stripped naked, placed under a cold shower and pressured to surrender his green card. Schmidt was deprived of sleep, food and water - as well as his prescribed medication for anxiety and depression, according to the news report. He eventually collapsed and was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was diagnosed with the flu. The US CBP denied the allegations, with assistant commissioner of public affairs Hilton Beckham telling Newsweek: “These claims are blatantly false with respect to CBP.” Schmidt was later transferred to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) regional headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts, and then to the Donald W. Wyatt prison in Rhode Island, where he remains at the time of writing. His family, including his partner and their eight-year-old daughter, both US citizens, have reportedly not received an explanation. They state that Schmidt’s green card was recently renewed and that he has no outstanding legal issues. His partner is working with a lawyer and the German consulate to secure his release on bail. Schmidt has a minor criminal record, with one charge of marijuana possession of less than 30 grams, dropped in 2015, and one charge of drink-driving dating back more than ten years ago, which has since been settled. According to legal experts, green card holders can be deported for certain offences, even if they are minor or time-barred. However, Schmidt's case appears to be extreme and raises questions about the treatment of legal residents in the US.
  20. Guys, we're going to have to put a pause on the trade wars, deportations, threats on neighbors, playing golf, etc., for a short while later today. Krasnov has a board meeting to attend. Trump will attend today's Kennedy Center board meeting as its new chair
  21. From the DPS website: https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/driver-license/apply-texas-driver-license Step 1. Gather the Required Documentation: Proof of U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Presence (if not a U.S. Citizen) Proof of Texas Residency Proof of Identity Social Security Number Evidence of current Texas Vehicle Registration for each vehicle you own. Visit Texas Vehicle Registration website for more information. Proof of vehicle registration applies to new residents who are surrendering an out-of-state driver license only. Proof of Insurance for each vehicle you own or a statement affirming you do not own a vehicle. Impact Texas Driver (ITD) certificate, if you will be taking a driving test for the issuance of your driver license. The certificate must be dates within 90 days for your driving skills test. A six-hour adult Driver Education course, if you are 18 through 24 years of age and applying for your first Texas driver license. This requirement is waived for new residents 18 or older who are surrendering a valid, unexpired driver license from another state. (No driver education requirements for ages 25 and older)
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