U.S. Politics

[Goldbug]

The Hague is not where I would hope Hegseth would wind up, I hope due process takes him and others to a far more final position.
I do doubt that America has the moral and intestinal fortitude for all that, though, or even to imprison these obvious criminals and traitors, so we’ll deal with the surviving members of this administration for a long time.

Oh I would totally send all of them there. If just in case another Trump-like Republican comes along trying to pardon them all he couldn't if they were in jail somewhere else. ICC is the place for war criminals. Besides they said Presidents can do anything now so vote for me!

... I forgot what we used to call the Coast Guard. ...

was it Coasties?

Trump directs generals to defend US from 'war from within'

The president lamented about the lack of applause from the crowd.

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Kidnapping people from their homes now...

LIVE: ICE raids South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

Questions remain after the announcement that the federal government plans to send military personnel to the Chicago area.

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They have been randomly shooting & spraying pepper balls

Broadview conducting 3 criminal investigations into ICE activity, mayor says

Village of Broadview officials accused of ICE of endangering first responders, residents and protesters near the ICE facility through the use of tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets.

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Anti-ICE protesters shut down portion of Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago

A group of demonstrators protesting ICE activity and federal troop deployment in Chicago marched along Wacker Drive on Monday evening.

www.nbcchicago.com

 

[altcunningham]

At least they're still being transparent about their moves and goals.

 

[Damien]

Thanks for sharing, SDC. I would love for there to be more education out there about what the US Military does -beyond- the murder. Not that I ever, ever, ever want to give them a pass on the murder. But I'd like everyone, especially conservatives, to stop thinking of the military purely in terms of 'what can we blow up this week?'

 

[SDcomics]

was it Coasties?

Yep, Coasties was another nick name, but not as derogatory as Puddle Pirates. They REALLY hated being called that.

Okay, I looked it up. Men and women who serve in the Coast Guard are Coast Guardsmen/Coast Guardswomen. Or Coasties or Puddle Pirates if you want to piss them off and start a fight that ends with spending the night in the brig.

Men and women who serve in the Army are called Soldiers, as Damien said. Want to watch them turn different shades of red? Call them a Grunt.

Men and women who serve in the Marines are called ... well, Marines. They're also called Devil Dogs (They like that), Leathernecks (They like that too) and Jarheads (Don't call them that. That results in fisticuffs).

Men and women who serve in the Air Force are called Airmen/Airwomen. Zoomie and Airedale are words they hate.

And in the Navy we were called Sailors. Or Squids if you wanted to start some crap. Back in WW II we were called Swabbies because we were often seen mopping the deck.

Pretty sure that was more than any of you wanted to know.

 

[Ru1977]

My experience... I knew a guy who was on a submarine, called himself 'a bubblehead', and I knew a guy in the Air Force who referred to it as the Chair Force. I knew a guy in the army who called Marines "Crayon-eaters", and other more offensive terms. My uncle was in the Navy, but he was a doctor. An OBGYN to be exact, and he actually served in Desert Storm as a combat gynecologist.

 

[Damien]

Everyone is forgetting Space Force, which is a real actual fucking thing America made up because America is the worst country on earth. I believe they are called 'guardians.' Which is just... amazing in how fucking stupid it is.

 

[Chooch555]

Combat gynecolgist Braxton Hicks, Code Name: Ultrasound. "She can bring them into this world, so she can take them out too."

 

[altcunningham]

Combat gynecolgist Braxton Hicks, Code Name: Ultrasound. "She can bring them into this world, so she can take them out too."

That's so weird because I just pitched my new life cleric tonight and she's a midwife who communes with the god of life and death in this campaign. So sometimes she brings life in and sometimes she does not heal the dying because she is told it's their time.

 

[TheSameIdiot]

Man they really wanted to emulate that Patton opening didn't they

Apparently it was one of Reagan's favorites. Add it to the list of movies conservatives don't understand.

At least they're still being transparent about their moves and goals.

The great thing about Trump is that he's never had a thought that he didn't immediately repeat in front of a camera. The bad thing about Trump is that, despite this, we still couldn't stop him.

 

[Goldbug]

free speech only if it makes them look good

Judge finds Trump administration violated constitutional rights of pro-Palestinian protesters

A federal judge has found that federal officials unconstitutionally violated the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian protesters.

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ICE agents grab and shove journalists at NYC immigration court, send one to hospital

Federal agents grabbed and shoved journalists in a hallway outside a NYC immigration court, sending one to the hospital in the latest clash between authorities enforcing President Trump’s immigration crackdown and members of the public seeking to observe and document their actions.

www.nbcnewyork.com