Capitalism is a gateway drug

I believe mass firings are in order.

Beyond ridiculous.

America the disgusting

You know what I would like? I would like our tourism industry to collapse entirely. I want a complete and total destruction of the US economy, and I want it now. Real estate, tourism, manufacturing, service, everything. I mean, we're already 50% of the way there, let's just let it all go. Let's complete the job of turning "republican" into a profanity.

Seriously, why the fuck would anyone want to come here, if this is the potential result?

Some key quotes:

"Ms. Cooper, 23, who had promised to show her boyfriend another side of her country on this visit — meaning Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon — eventually learned that he had been sent in shackles to a rural Virginia jail. And there he remained for more than 10 days, locked up without charges or legal recourse while Ms. Cooper, her parents and their well-connected neighbors tried everything to get him out."

"They were pretty shocked that the government could do this sort of thing, because it doesn’t happen that often, except to people you never hear about, like Haitians and Guatemalans.”

And because such “arriving aliens” are not considered to be in the United States at all, even if they are in custody, they have none of the legal rights that even illegal immigrants can claim.

One recent case involved an Icelandic woman who was refused entry at Kennedy Airport because, a dozen years earlier, she had overstayed her visa by three weeks. The woman, Erla Osk Arnardottir Lillendahl, was deported Dec. 10 after what she described as 24 hours of interrogation and humiliating treatment — locked in a cell and barred from making phone calls.

Ms. Cooper said that at the airport, when she begged to know what was happening to Mr. Salerno, an agent told her, “You know, he should try spending a little more time in his own country.”

Ten days after he landed in Washington, Mr. Salerno was still incarcerated, despite efforts by Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia, and two former immigration prosecutors hired by the Coopers.

“He’s just really scared,” Ms. Cooper said in an interview last Thursday. “He asked me if Virginia has the death penalty.”

Luis Paoli, a lawyer hired by the Coopers, said there was no limit on detention while waiting for an asylum interview. But even after officials agreed the asylum issue had been a mistake, Mr. Salerno was not released.

Own this, you stupid fucking GOP voters. OWN IT. You can't cherry-pick your "republican values." You can't say "well, I'm not a racist/sexist/xenophobe/whatever, I just believe in low taxes" or some shit like that. You own all of this. You are it.

So, after we reclaim our nation from the rethuglicans...

...can we then work on purging the fucking cops?

I sure hope so.

The rate at which people are being Tasered (and die from it) is on a steady climb (freakin' 5 people died in January alone). Here are some videos for your viewing displeasure.

There's no doubt in my mind (though I'm not sure how to go about proving the correlation) that a lawless administration has only exacerbated the problem with a police force that has always been a largely corrupt element of society.

Where is the outrage? Are people still too busy with the TERRA TERRA TERRA calls from Preznit Fucknuts. I don't think so. Maybe 25% of the population is still stupid enough to give a shit about what comes out of that asshole's mouth any more. What's wrong with the rest of us?


UPDATE: more from the Dark Wraith. Now we throw paraplegics out of their wheelchairs and onto the floor. You know, just because.