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Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by jordanb »

fundad wrote: post #107
beloch wrote: post #32

The U.S. government shutdown has halted pay to the TSA, but not ICE, so ICE is taking over from the TSA in airports[1]. If you fly to the U.S., starting Monday apparently, the first think you're likely to see is masked gunmen giving you the eye. No thankyou. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cede0qyvqz3o

Enter the country and you interact with CBP and that hasn't changed. CBP agents are the ones who murdered the legal observers in Minneapolis so there's that. TSA checks bags for commercial airlines which is a service that should never have been nationalized.

It would really be amazing if the end result of all of this is the post-9/11 DHS finally gets reverted back to what we had before.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by derf_ »

nandomrumber wrote: post #75
beloch wrote: post #32

The U.S. government shutdown has halted pay to the TSA, but not ICE, so ICE is taking over from the TSA in airports[1]. If you fly to the U.S., starting Monday apparently, the first think you're likely to see is masked gunmen giving you the eye. No thankyou. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cede0qyvqz3o

Would anyone argue that the TSA, Theatre Security Agency, shouldn’t be defunded?

The TSA is responsible for more than just airports. As someone with family who works (worked) on port security in the maritime division, I would argue that Chesterton's Fence [0] applies here just as much as anywhere else.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_...

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by atq2119 »

ggm wrote: post #94

Would the current state of affairs qualify for cancelling the mid-terms? Is that overly cynical? Not in the US, not a US citizen or voter. My suspicion is the answer is "no, but it is not a given that a competent supreme court which looks likely to overturn the WH exists, if they say they want to do this"

AFAIUI, elections in the US are not run by the federal government but by the states.

Trying to cancel elections seems like it'd be a lot harder than in other countries.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by [deleted] »

ggm wrote: post #94

Would the current state of affairs qualify for cancelling the mid-terms? Is that overly cynical? Not in the US, not a US citizen or voter. My suspicion is the answer is "no, but it is not a given that a competent supreme court which looks likely to overturn the WH exists, if they say they want to do this"

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Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by mattoxic »

gotwaz wrote: post #104
taneq wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like "form your own private paramilitary organisation with minimal oversight, then expand their reach by having them take over the operations of other government departments" has been done before somewhere, as part of a larger plan.

They dont have all the skills to do anything super complex in a sustainable way. Already proved in the first term. What their existence demonstrates is winning election is not super complex if you can find enough groups to precisely target and pander/capture attention. Social media has been a force multiplier for such behavior and the people that have emerged dont have any other skill other than attention capture. Bu…

They dont have all the skills to do anything super complex in a sustainable way.

And that's stopped them?

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by readitalready »

cj wrote: post #18
readitalready wrote: post #10

When do we expect Iranians to actually attack US military bases outside the middle east? I heard there were already drones flying over bases in the US: https://wjla.com/news/local/unidentified-drones-fly-over-for...

They technically have: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-fires-missiles-remot...

NATO says they can't confirm this Israeli claim: https://aje.news/ohi6b8?update=4425189

And Iran denies it as well: https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2035477318055985648

Makes you wonder who really did launch those missiles?

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Post by awnird »

JPKab wrote: post #105
jghn wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly thought you were talking about the US in your first paragraph.

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Israel has killed more civilians than Russia and Iran combined.

I don’t think your concern for civilian casualties is genuine.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by JPKab »

dotancohen wrote: post #103
JPKab wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I worked in the Pentagon for 10 years, and got my beak wet with neural nets there very early, back when we were using Playstation 3s for their GPUs.

I was staunchly against the Iraq war, but even when Bush was president I didn't let it compromise my patriotism.

The amount of people on here who ignore the fact that Iran was the primary enabler of Hamas' attack on 10/7/23, and therefore sowed the seeds of the destruction of Gaza, is insane. Basically, if Trump does a thing, they are against it, independent of the thing. There is no principle, just reactionary hatred. If Biden had launched this war, none of these people would have had a problem with it. I am 100% positive on that assumption.

Re: Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

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Post by lyu07282 »

JPKab wrote: post #76
mrbombastic wrote: post #11

Crazy how effective at making everything worse this admin has been.

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I agree THAT ethno nationalist country in the middle east, with long-range ballistic missiles, secret nukes and a secret nuclear doctrine that hasn't signed any Non-Proliferation treaty should make everybody worried. But that country isn't Iran.

It's the only country in the world with nuclear weapons that at this moment gets bombarded by missiles right now, if that doesn't make you worried you aren't paying attention.

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