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The DUmpster / Re: A simple (but serious) question about DUers
« Last post by Airwolf on January 15, 2026, 02:18:26 PM »
Quote from: FlippyDoo on January 14, 2026, 04:41:46 PM
:rotf:

I’ve been thinking about it, and I probably need to clarify. I’m sure that DUers have something within their skull (where normal people have a brain) that allows some sort of thought process to take place. By that, I mean that if their nose would fall next to a pile of dog crap, I assume that they have the process to decide it smells badly.

Of course, based on some of their posts, I may be giving them way too much credit with that assumption.

Anyway, back to subject and what I’m talking about. I’m going to use Airwolf as an example (maybe he won’t mind). Although I’ve never met Airwolf in person, I’ve been reading his posts way back since our CU days and have even interacted with him a time or two. From that, I’m able to decide FOR MYSELF that he’s an okay guy. I don’t need anyone else to tell me what to think. I don’t need to know every individual that he’s voted for or every ballot measure that he’s voted for. On top of that, if he happens to say something that I don’t agree with exactly, I don’t, by default, automatically kick him into the “evil” category. Instead, I just say “oh well, we don’t happen to agree on that” and go about my business with Airwolf still being a good guy that I just happen disagree with on a point. Do DUers have the mental ability to do that? Do they have the ability to decide whether they like or dislike an incident or a person without being instructed by their overlords or without knowing the person’s voting stance?

No, I don't mind at all. It is interesting that we all know about Omaha Steve at DU and I have had a few real-life interactions with hi, which have always been friendly and professional since it all took place in public. However, when I see his post I have to wonder where he gets his ideas from. And there are others in our mutual circle of friends who are just the same as Steve. One of them however ended up losing everything after spending all of his money and never taking responsibility for his own actions. He's now in a halfway house after spending time in a homeless shelter. It wouldn't have gotten to that point even if the guy had at least been nice enough to do the right thing and say thanks and so forth for the people who tried to help him and he would just "bite the hand that tried to feed him."
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The DUmpster / Re: A simple (but serious) question about DUers
« Last post by RonE on January 15, 2026, 02:06:17 PM »
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Speaking of myself, I have strong views, obviously, but I will listen, and if someone has facts I do not, I'm persuadable.

And that, I believe is the fundamental difference of most of us vs. most of them. Them being so open minded and all...
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The DUmpster / Re: So I had a dental appointment cancellation yesterday
« Last post by SVPete on January 15, 2026, 01:51:54 PM »
WRT the Hispanic woman, if this happened, either she is present illegally and should fear being deported, or she is here legally (possibly a citizen) scared by Progs lying about what ICE and CBP are doing. ICE and CBP are not picking up people because their skin color is not white.

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To which I replied, “No she did NOT. And, if you had watched it, you’d know that they’re lying through their teeth AS ALWAYS.” ...

Actually, if you watch a video that shows the front of her car and the officer without her whole car obstructing those areas, it is clear that she hit the officer, before he fired his gun.
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The DUmpster / Re: So I had a dental appointment cancellation yesterday
« Last post by ADsOutburst on January 15, 2026, 01:40:06 PM »
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Oh and one more thing: I was speaking with a good friend who has excellent politics as we would say here, and it was right after the Minneapolis shooting of Ms. Good. I exclaimed to him, “DID YOU ****ING SEE THAT HORROR?” To which he replied, “No, I can’t watch stuff like that.” And then he added, “But she DID try to hit him with her car.” Not a question, a statement.

To which I replied, “No she did NOT. And, if you had watched it, you’d know that they’re lying through their teeth AS ALWAYS.” His follow-up: “Oh, ok.”

Your side is lying through their teeth. You know how we know this?

1. Your side can't get their story straight, claiming Good was an unarmed protestor, and just dropping her kid off.

2. Your side tried to get ahead of the story, promoting your narrative ahead of the revelation of actual facts.

3. Your side selectively used evidence against the ICE agent, such as a single camera angle, or quoting Good as saying "I'm not mad at you" to make her seems leass threatening, when in fact, she said it with a snarky, passive-aggressive tone. Then again, for people like you, it may be difficult to distinguish snarkiness from a normal tone of voice.

So, it is your side that is lying, without conscience, and with mailce. Again. As always. Just like with Zimmerman. Just like with Rittenhouse. Just like with countless other incidents in which you put ideology over facts.

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The DUmpster / Re: So I had a dental appointment cancellation yesterday
« Last post by 67 Rover on January 15, 2026, 01:29:54 PM »
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PCIntern (27,993 posts)

So

Stopped reading right there. 0 bongs.
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The DUmpster / Re: So I had a dental appointment cancellation yesterday
« Last post by Carl on January 15, 2026, 01:19:19 PM »
They always have to make themselves part of the story.

Mutts.
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The DUmpster / So I had a dental appointment cancellation yesterday
« Last post by CC27 on January 15, 2026, 01:17:03 PM »
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PCIntern (27,993 posts)

So I had a dental appointment cancellation yesterday


because in the somewhat impoverished area in which i practice on Wednesdays, which possesses a heavily Hispanic population, we received a phone call from a child’s mom telling us that ICE was present around the school and she did not send her child to school nor does she wish to leave the house.

THIS…is “who we are” now. And I don’t want to hear the phrase “This isn’t who we are” ever again. This is what we are and are increasingly becoming very very quickly.

Oh and one more thing: I was speaking with a good friend who has excellent politics as we would say here, and it was right after the Minneapolis shooting of Ms. Good. I exclaimed to him, “DID YOU ****ING SEE THAT HORROR?” To which he replied, “No, I can’t watch stuff like that.” And then he added, “But she DID try to hit him with her car.” Not a question, a statement.

To which I replied, “No she did NOT. And, if you had watched it, you’d know that they’re lying through their teeth AS ALWAYS.” His follow-up: “Oh, ok.”

I rest my case. We have arrived when even the good guys are in the can.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220940275

This idiot is something else. Loves to hear himself talk.
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The DUmpster / Re: Here's a good question for Trump
« Last post by SVPete on January 15, 2026, 12:32:23 PM »
Venezuela Releases U.S. Detainees Following U.S. Military Capture of Maduro

https://www.rvmnews.com/2026/01/venezuela-releases-u-s-detainees-following-u-s-military-capture-of-maduro/

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Multiple American citizens previously detained in Venezuela have been released, the Trump administration announced Tuesday, a development officials described as a step toward improved cooperation with Venezuela’s interim authorities, as reported by the New York Post.

In a statement issued Tuesday evening, the U.S. State Department said, “We welcome the release of detained Americans in Venezuela,” adding, “This is an important step in the right direction by the interim authorities.”

The department did not specify how many U.S. citizens were freed.

A person familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss non-public details, said four Americans were released together on Tuesday, while another was quietly released on Monday.

Patience, Jackass Pototan.
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The DUmpster / Re: VIDEO: Minneapolis Police Chief's Eyebrows POP When Mayor Says the Cray-Cray
« Last post by ADsOutburst on January 15, 2026, 12:21:21 PM »
I had to stop the video about halfway through, becasue of the overload of stupidity.

First, why are his city's police stretched so thin?

Second, ICE is not creating chaos; the people who want to impede ICE are.

Third, the level of illegal immigration in this country is what's unsustainable.

And finally, if you don't want two government agencies fighting each other, then Walz probably shouldn't threaten to use the National Guard against ICE.
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Breaking News / Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 1/15
« Last post by SVPete on January 15, 2026, 12:17:03 PM »
Report: First Responder Called ICE Watch Mob to PROTECT Tren De Aragua Gangsters in Portland Shooting

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/01/14/somebody-calls-out-the-ghouls-of-ice-watch-after-tda-shooting-in-portland-n4948283

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Like Minneapolis, Portland has multiple anti-ICE groups. You've seen these larpers for months rioting and protesting outside the ICE facility in Portland. They want to stop the feds from deporting rapists, murderers, and other bad guys from the country in the name of nobility.

The shooting occurred when the Tren de Aragua member, who was ordered deported in 2024 (this is called "due process"), used his prostitution colleague's Toyota Tacoma truck to repeatedly ram the Border Patrol officers who were trying to arrest them. Both the driver, Luis Nino-Moncada, and his prostitution colleague, Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, the passenger, got away — but not before the officers fired a few rounds to stop them from mowing them down.
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Right after the shooting, one of the first responders reportedly alerted PDX ICE Watch to gather a mob at the scene to protect the Tren de Aragua gangsters from Border Patrol officials. The TdA mobsters were running a prostitution ring in Portland and were wanted in connection with at least one other Oregon shooting incident.

Reporter Andy Ngo discovered that a first responder — an ambulance driver or EMT — alerted Portland ICE Watch to do what they do: gather a mob, protest, block ICE, and protect the bad guys.

At this point the sourcing seems to be annoymorous, so consider the story rumor-grade at this point.
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