Good people must kill bad people.
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Good people have to obey the law when bringing bad people to justice. Surely you follow the Church in this even if you don't follow the DOD Law of War or the Geneva Convention.
Don't be like this: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
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No. You're comparing Obama operating under the AUMF, although a good argument can be made for him stretching it farther than intended, it has nothing to do with the current situation.
These boats, even if they are drug smugglers, and there's been no evidence to prove they are, are a law enforcement issue. Calling them terrorists for the purpose of extrajudicially killing civilians and then committing a war crime by a second strike on survivors in the water can only be supported by an amoral administration and its amoral supporters.
Hegseth is on record as not wanting to be bound by the Geneva Convention, but they're already in the process of blaming the Admiral because they know what they've done. No wonder they went into hysterics (well, when Trump wasn't sleeping on the job again) when 6 members of Congress with military backgrounds reminded military personnel they have the right not to follow unlawful orders. Whoever fired that second strike obeyed an unlawful order.
The Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations similarly provides, “Intentional attack on a combatant who is known to be hors de combat constitutes a grave breach of the law of armed conflict” (§ 8.2.3). Indeed, as noted in the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare published by the U.S. Naval War College’s Stockton Center, Geneva Convention II sets forth a legal framework for the humane treatment and protection of victims of armed conflict at sea. The Convention requires parties to the conflict to, inter alia, respect and protect individuals falling within the scope of the Convention “who are at sea and who are wounded, sick or shipwrecked.” Parties to a conflict are thus required, after each engagement and without delay, to “take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked, wounded and sick,” without discriminating between their own and enemy personnel.
To be clear, there is no exception to the prohibition on attacking those who are hors de combat due to being shipwrecked because they might escape or otherwise receive rescue assistance from their forces. The only basis for treating them as subject to continued attack is if they are, in fact, not hors de combat because they continue to fight.
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Terrorists are bad people.
Doesn't bother me at all to see them killed.
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No wonder Trump is falling asleep all the time:
President Donald Trump unleashed a frenetic, late-night posting binge on Monday, flooding Truth Social with more than 160 posts in less than five hours, in a wild spectacle that saw him teeing off on political opponents and policies.
President Donald Trump unleashed a frenetic, late-night posting binge on Monday, flooding Truth Social with more than 160 posts in less than five hours, in a wild spectacle that saw him teeing off on political opponents and policies.
From 7 p.m. to nearly midnight (ET), the president reposted an endless stream of clips, some of which were duplicated in what appeared to be an automatic loop, amplifying MAGA-friendly pundits and conspiracy theories.
The torrent swung between nostalgia – including a ‘Make Christmas Great Again’ video featuring Trump’s cameo in Home Alone 2 – and a parade of attacks on his usual Democratic targets, from California Governor Gavin Newsom and Rep. Nancy Pelosi(D-CA) to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and former President Barack Obama.
Among them was a clip of Alex Jones, featuring Bed, Bath and Beyond founder Patrick Byrne, whose video carried the bizarre caption: “Michelle Obama may have used Biden’s autopen in the final days of his disastrous administration to pardon key individuals.” Other posts lauded his vow to nullify all of Biden’s Autopen orders.
He also posted what appeared to be an AI-generated video of Elon Musk discussing Trump’s vow to “immediately” revoke temporary protections for Somali migrants.
Even Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) was branded a “traitor” — again — in one of the few posts that the president authored himself as Trump rounded on the Democrat and his colleagues who featured in the now-infamous “illegal orders” video of encouraging military personnel to disobey him.
He also demanded the release of disgraced Colorado election official Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year sentence, writing: “Colorado, FREE TINA PETERS, NOW.”
The spree veered into other theatrics, with clips of users complaining about TikTok strikesand a repost of the moment he called a journalist “stupid.”
Despite the late night, the president was awake by 5:48 a.m. Tuesday to proclaim: “TRUTH SOCIAL IS THE BEST! There is nothing even close!!!”
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He writes the deranged ones, the COVFEFE kind. Other ones he writes with staff and the really racist ones I suspect might be Stephen Miller.
Who knows if anyone was with him at midnight during his posting binge.
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Something something narcotics
Former President of Honduras Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon
Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of flooding the United States with cocaine and had been sentenced to 45 years in prison.Wanna bet some cash changed hands for this?
I'd like to hear some justification for this move by Donald from Queens other than "he was treated horribly by the Biden administration". But then DfQ loves to pardon criminals. Guess it takes one to know one.
What President has time for this nonsense, this 5th grade name calling.
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Here's something interesting:
Finally, why pardon Hernández? What’s the connection to the crypto/tech broligarchy? It’s called Próspera.
Próspera is a for-profit city being built off Honduras’s coast. Its charter largely exempts the island from Honduran law. Instead, the city is run by a governing structure that for the most part gives control to a corporation, Honduras Próspera Inc., which is in turn funded by a familiar list of Silicon Valley billionaires including Thiel, Sam Altman and Marc Andreesen.
So while the city is being marketed as a libertarian paradise, it’s best seen as an autonomous oligarchy, government of, by and for billionaires. And you won’t be surprised to learn that within Próspera, Bitcoin is legal tender.
The 2013 Honduran law that made the creation of Próspera possible was initially ruled unconstitutional by the Honduran Supreme Court. But that ruling was reversed after Juan Orlando Hernández’s predecessor, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, managed to dismiss 4 of the court’s justices. Like Hernández, Sosa was a right-winger, who became president after a populist president, Manuel Zelaya, was overthrown by a military coup. Under both Hernández and Sosa, chaos reigned – corruption, criminal gangs, and drugs overran the country. The current president, Zelaya’s wife, has tried to claw back some sovereignty over Próspera, which has struck back with a mammoth lawsuit that could bankrupt the country.
Yesterday Honduras held an election in which Trump backed Nasry Asfura, a member of the same right-wing party as Hernández. Early results show the governing left-wing party well behind, but Asfura in a virtual tie with another right-wing candidate.
In any case, the point is that while Trump threatens and fulminates against Maduro in Venezuela, he is openly backing the Honduran political party that has allowed massive drug smuggling into the U.S. Why? The only logical answer is because of the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy and their interests in Próspera.
So the announced pardon of Hernández for drug smuggling isn’t really a departure from the pardons of Binance’s Changpeng Zhao for money laundering or Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht for facilitating illicit drug sales. In each case what’s being upheld is the principle that lawlessness in the pursuit of tech billionaires’ interests is no vice. In fact, it’s to be encouraged.
And Trump, whose only principles appear to be self-enrichment and vindictiveness, is happy to go along.
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She got the women's vote 50/44 He got the male vote 51/42
She got the women's vote 50/44 He got the male vote 51/42
Well, that's it. Eric can move his failing crypto business there and DfQ can build a golf course, where he will certainly be club championHere's something interesting:
Finally, why pardon Hernández? What’s the connection to the crypto/tech broligarchy? It’s called Próspera.Próspera is a for-profit city being built off Honduras’s coast. Its charter largely exempts the island from Honduran law. Instead, the city is run by a governing structure that for the most part gives control to a corporation, Honduras Próspera Inc., which is in turn funded by a familiar list of Silicon Valley billionaires including Thiel, Sam Altman and Marc Andreesen.So while the city is being marketed as a libertarian paradise, it’s best seen as an autonomous oligarchy, government of, by and for billionaires. And you won’t be surprised to learn that within Próspera, Bitcoin is legal tender.The 2013 Honduran law that made the creation of Próspera possible was initially ruled unconstitutional by the Honduran Supreme Court. But that ruling was reversed after Juan Orlando Hernández’s predecessor, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, managed to dismiss 4 of the court’s justices. Like Hernández, Sosa was a right-winger, who became president after a populist president, Manuel Zelaya, was overthrown by a military coup. Under both Hernández and Sosa, chaos reigned – corruption, criminal gangs, and drugs overran the country. The current president, Zelaya’s wife, has tried to claw back some sovereignty over Próspera, which has struck back with a mammoth lawsuit that could bankrupt the country.Yesterday Honduras held an election in which Trump backed Nasry Asfura, a member of the same right-wing party as Hernández. Early results show the governing left-wing party well behind, but Asfura in a virtual tie with another right-wing candidate.In any case, the point is that while Trump threatens and fulminates against Maduro in Venezuela, he is openly backing the Honduran political party that has allowed massive drug smuggling into the U.S. Why? The only logical answer is because of the influence of the crypto/tech broligarchy and their interests in Próspera.So the announced pardon of Hernández for drug smuggling isn’t really a departure from the pardons of Binance’s Changpeng Zhao for money laundering or Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht for facilitating illicit drug sales. In each case what’s being upheld is the principle that lawlessness in the pursuit of tech billionaires’ interests is no vice. In fact, it’s to be encouraged.And Trump, whose only principles appear to be self-enrichment and vindictiveness, is happy to go along.
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In a ruby red district that went +22 for Trump in 2024, there was a +13 swing to Dems which left him with a +9 win. Such a wide swing in a year bodes well for Dems in the midterms.
Why do you think he should cast a spell on people? You don't know the difference between persuasion and coercion. Nor do you know what love (agape) is. You should sit these discussions out and just learn for a while. Put on the ball cap and get your clip board.
Women are on the wrong side of every issue. Thank God the men are waking up to that fact
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We did wake up just long enough to elect Trump a second time, but we're all out of bullets after him. What are we going to do next? The Republicans are going to get decimated in 2028, and beyond, if we can't find somebody new. Trump's doing what he can, but he can only work with what he's got. He called Vance incompetent, even though he dismantled Tim Walz in debate. Rubio looks timid, shy, bashful. And Hegseth is the most masculine of those close to Trump. Could he carry Trump's mantle? The thing is none of these guys is stupid wealthy, like Trump. You're going to catch Hell if you succeed Trump. Trump has over a billion USD, he can afford to play lawfare with the government, but can any of these other guys? without like a blank check and the platinum card of someone stupid wealthy, who basically pays for all legal fees, of the best lawyers, just in self-defense, in this climate, you're in danger if you successfully succeed Trump; someone like Elon Musk or Peter Thiel?
And yes, women did this, and are doing this, and are going to do this. You need to convince enough women to vote for the Republican, enough so that the male majority that he's going to get outweighs that he's going to lose the female vote, because he will definitely lose the female vote. There's no way to win the female vote without compromising national security.
That is a waste of time. We have to get the men to act manly.