Technobarbarian <technobarbarian@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 1:24:01 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
>> On 9/24/2023 12:47 PM, bfh wrote:
>>> Technobarbarian wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 7:48:01 PM UTC-7, kmiller
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 9/23/2023 9:58 AM, bfh wrote:
>>>>>> kmiller wrote:
>>>>>>> On 9/22/2023 11:29 PM, bfh wrote:
>>>>>>>> kmiller wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 9/22/2023 12:36 PM, bfh wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> George.Anthony wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/22/2023 11:33 AM, bfh wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> George.Anthony wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Technobarbarian <technob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  ÂÂÂ
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   Yeah,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this guy is an all American hero. The only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thing he cares about is his own fat ass.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Trump, who led the longest government shutdown
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in US history, calls on Republicans to let it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happen again in 9 days so they can 'defund
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these political prosecutions against me'"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-longest-government-shutdown-tells-gop-meet-funding-deadline-prosecutions-2023-9
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> TB
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> A government shut down is always a good thing
>>>>>>>>>>>>> regardless of which side you are on.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't articulate my own opinion, because I've
>>>>>>>>>>>> been diagnosed by our resident psychiatrist with
>>>>>>>>>>>> having problems with the English language, so I'll
>>>>>>>>>>>> just say that's a pretty good - and pleasantly concise -
>>>>>>>>>>>> description of my opinion also.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder what it's like to be all-knowing, all-seeing
>>>>>>>>>>> and a Google expert?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I don't know. I'm not smart enough to figure out how to
>>>>>>>>>> figure that out, because a lot of the tools in my
>>>>>>>>>> toolbox have been lost or stolen - which is only part
>>>>>>>>>> of the problem because I seem to have also transitorily
>>>>>>>>>> misplaced my table.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What!? You haven't asked LLaMA?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've become moderately disillusioned with LLaMa - it acts
>>>>>>>> and performs a lot like some Real People in here. And you
>>>>>>>> should at least try to spell its self-identified name
>>>>>>>> correctly. If it should happen to crawl RORT and see your
>>>>>>>> blatant disrespect, it might go find a safe space.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As long as it doesn't cross the border illegally, it should
>>>>>>> be OK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It can't cross the border - the border is secure.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Of course it is. Look at all the work the retrumplicans are doing
>>>>> in Congress to secure it. Oh, wait. HqwHawHaw!
>>>>
>>>> It's not like the retrumplicans haven't done anything. They have
>>>> been grandstanding on the issue with a border bill that has no
>>>> chance of passing. As usual they can't find any way to find common
>>>> ground with the Democrats, so they just stand by and wring their
>>>> hands. Shit, if they compromise it might look like Biden won one.
>>>>
>>>> "May 11, 2023 House Republicans pushed through a sweeping border
>>>> security bill on Thursday that would crack down on unlawful
>>>> immigration, blowing past solid Democratic opposition and narrowly
>>>> avoiding an embarrassing mutiny within their own ranks on one of
>>>> their signature midterm campaign promises.
>>>>
>>>> Republicans timed approval of the measure, which has no chance in
>>>> the Democratic-led Senate, to spotlight their hard-line stance on
>>>> immigration just as President Biden is facing a potential border
>>>> surge with Thursday night’s expiration of Title 42, the
>>>> pandemic-era rule allowing for swift expulsion of migrants.
>>>>
>>>> The bill would revive and codify a variety of border policies
>>>> championed during the Trump administration, including construction
>>>> of a border wall, the “Remain in Mexico†practice of keeping
>>>> migrants seeking asylum either in detention facilities or on the
>>>> opposite side of the border and expedited deportation of
>>>> unaccompanied children. It also would mandate that companies verify
>>>> their employees are legally eligible to work in the United States
>>>> through a program known as E-Verify, and criminalize visa overstays
>>>> of more than 10 days.
>>>>
>>>> The 219-to-213 vote to pass the bill came only after months of
>>>> internal Republican feuding capped by a final, marathon round of
>>>> haggling this week that highlighted the party’s tenuous hold on
>>>> its fractious majority and led to a series of last-minute changes
>>>> to win over holdouts. Two Republicans, Representatives Thomas
>>>> Massie of Kentucky and John Duarte of California, joined Democrats
>>>> in opposing the legislation, citing objections to the E-Verify
>>>> requirement.
>>>>
>>>> The Republican divisions had threatened to muddle a debate the
>>>> party had timed for maximum political advantage, in which G.O.P.
>>>> lawmakers denounced the Biden administration for rising waves of
>>>> migration that are expected to surge further after Title 42
>>>> expires."
>>>>
>>>> "https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/house-republicans-immigration-bill.html"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are at least a couple of things worth noting here. For many
>>>> years the majority of our undocumented immigrants are people who
>>>> entered the country legally and overstayed their visa.
>>>>
>>>> The number of undocumented immigrants in this country has been
>>>> relatively stable for a long time at around 12 million people.
>>>
>>> Yeah, right. That's why even Democrat mayors and governors are starting
>>> to complain and ask for money?
>>>
>>> Then there's this:
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ...
>>> Figure 3. There is a lot of variation from month to month, but the
>>> foreign-born population grew much more slowly during Trump's presidency
>>> than during Obama's or Biden's. (January 2010 to February 2022, in
>>> millions)
>>> ...
>>> Conclusion
>>>
>>> We estimate that in January 2019, the number of illegal immigrants in
>>> the country was 11.48 million, similar to DHS’s estimate of 11.39
>>> million for 2018. By January 2021, we estimate the number had dropped to
>>> 10.22 million as a result of travel restrictions and other policies
>>> imposed as a result of Covid-19 and perhaps the deterioration in the
>>> U.S. economy. The number then rebounded to 11.35 million by January 2022
>>> — a 1.13 million increase since President Biden took office at the
>>> beginning of 2021. This means that growth in the illegal immigrant
>>> population accounted for very roughly two-thirds of the 1.6 million
>>> increase in the total foreign-born population (legal and illegal
>>> immigrants together) in President Biden’s first year in office (January
>>> 2021 to January 2022). The share of growth in the total foreign-born
>>> population accounted for by illegal immigrants is even larger if we
>>> compare the number in January 2021 to our preliminary February 2022
>>> estimate of 11.46 million. What’s more, the total foreign-born
>>> population reached 46.7 million in February of this year, a new record
>>> high in American history.
>>>
>>> While the large swings in the illegal-immigrant population may seem
>>> unlikely, we find indirect evidence in the monthly CPS that the number
>>> of illegal immigrants fell between 2019 and 2021 and then grew
>>> dramatically by 2022. The number of both non-citizens and non-citizen
>>> Hispanics declined then rebounded over this time period. Changes in
>>> these populations should be highly correlated with trends in the
>>> illegal-immigrant population. We think the recent increase in illegal
>>> immigrants reflects policy changes by the Biden administration and the
>>> lessening of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the recovery of the economy.
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> https://cis.org/Report/Estimating-Illegal-Immigrant-Population-Using-Current-Population-Survey
>>>
>>>
>> Well, you just sent Captain Google scrambling for something he can rebut
>> with. I still say it's impossible to know the number of undocumented
>> alien democrat voters in this country. Estimates are just that and it
>> depends on who is doing the estimating. Of course the libs' estimate
>> will be lower or unchanging over the years but anyone with half a brain
>> knows that's impossible... just over the past two years.
>> --
>> Thousands of unchecked illegal aliens are crossing the border all the
>> while I have to get my pecker x-ray'd or get felt up by a TSA agent just
>> to get on an airplane.
>
> Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me. Another significant difference
> between me and the average rort dweeb is that I frequently backup my
> opinions with facts. It makes the know nothings crazy because all they
> have to rebut it with is ignorance.
>
> TB
>

Your facts are your opinions.

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One out of three Biden voters is just as clueless as the other two.