I think the idea is that it’s practice, but also a warning shot.

Well short of a coup or government collapse/dissolution, we’ve got to wait for an election.

We’ve got to hope Polanski and Sultana have got their feet underneath them by then.

How’s that policy of appeasement and boot-licking going now, Kier?

Starmer really thought that being a doormat for the playground bully meant he would get to keep his lunch money.

That does lend some credence to the idea that it’s just there to make the gun bigger.

Presumably the aim is that the gun doesn’t even get pointed at anyone, let alone fired.

I suspect it’s for intimidation.

“Tacti-cool” gear.

But he said he wanted to have a bigger gun than the other guy, and this is a great way to do it.

I just did a quick Google and didn’t find any instances of Black Panthers ever opening fire on cops.

Obviously that’s barely research but it’s good odds that it happened few enough times that it will take more more than 30s to find.

To be clear, I’m on their side. I think adding peripherals to the guns to make them more intimidating is the exact kind of thing that will work on bullies.

I just was entertained by it all. Getting down to the level of “big gun scarier than small gun” because they’re trying to communicate to really dumb, macho assholes.

It’s the only way to deal with bullies.

Show them a potential consequence.

It’s nice of him to put the massive suppressor on it.

To help with the noise pollution.

We should stop saying detained or arrested if the agents fail to identify themselves properly.

Grabbed is the lightweight but accurate one.

Snatched, kidnapped, abducted all fit.

He’s held off this long, and it’s clear he’s wanted to do it.

When it does happen, Fox and Tucker and Jones and all those guys are going to start frothing at the mouth for violence.

The reason to not do that is that Trump wants you to kill ice agents.

That’s why he’s ramping up the violence and rhetoric constantly.

He wants an excuse to use the insurrection act before / at the midterms.

Oh they’ll activate for sure if you ask for left-of-center policies.

“Apolitical”

“I’m not left or right. I’m common-sense”

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Bezos was talking about computer rental being the future of the market.

Presumably with him reaping the rewards.

What if it’s all a big misdirect and Trump invades Denmark while the army is away.

THINK ABOUT IT

/s

I’m surprised they dumped him at all. What do they usually do with the people they take?

The Alligator Alcatraz style camps they still have?

Or CECOT?

I hate that he was taken at all, but I’m very very glad he’s been returned. I can’t even imagine the nightmare that awaits the people they don’t give back.

I worked at a company that helped people find the best loans for their situation.

Basically a price comparison site. No sponsored content or anything.

One day I was asked about setting up a payday loans option for the site and just said no.

I’d listened to some podcast about just how predatory the industry was, and even though our national regulations meant it couldn’t get as bad as some places, it was still unacceptably predatory.

I showed the manager stats for repayment, interest and average income of a customer and said if he went forward with this I would not be participating.

And if he was going to ask me to participate regardless, I would hand him my notice on the spot.

They never did anything with payday loans after that. I think most people were pretty happy about it.

He’s like 70% ego (10% hairspray, 10% bronzer and 10% hamberder)

So psychologically, is it important to maintain his ego.

It’s a health decision

/s

If the bubble pops before they use the ram maybe prices will go back d…

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