Quantumfreakonomics
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The entire livestream is still up on his personal YouTube channel (the action is all in the first hour or so). He travels with the group from the staging area to the church. It is clear from how he covers the lead-up that he is in on the plot.
I'm not sure how they'll get him specifically on the FACE Act charges, but he does seem to be part of the conspiracy, and that's what they need for the KKK Act charges.
Quantumfreakonomics
9hr ago
Prior to the Maduro operation, the US Navy was blowing up alleged smuggling boats in the Carribean and Eastern Pacific every week. The speculation was that the purpose of these was to put pressure on the Maduro regime. After Maduro was captured, they seem to have quietly stopped.
According to Wikipedia, there was one strike in the Pacific on January 23, so I guess it's a yellow light.
Quantumfreakonomics
10hr ago
I don't know why Trump wants lower rates. That seems stupid given that he just won an election due to high inflation.
I suspect that Trump's true objection is out of principle. Trump is the unitary executive theory personified. The idea that there is government policy that he has no ability to influence is offensive to him. The Federal Reserve is simply too important for Trump to not care about it.
Quantumfreakonomics
21hr ago
Thomas Jefferson was terrible at running a plantation (he was more interested in rewriting the bible).
Oh Thomas Jefferson was interested in his plantation alright. He just wasn't interested in the farming, the harvesting, or the marketing.
Quantumfreakonomics
22hr ago
So I guess Latin American drug smuggling boats have the green light now huh?
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
If you can find a clip of Charlie Kirk spitting on a woke snowflake and then roundhouse kicking her car causing enough damage that it is no longer street legal, then I will agree with this take.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
Is there a reason I'm missing why this kind of approach wouldn't work?
There are statutes that prohibit discrimination on the basis of national origin, citizenship status, or race. Anything more rigorous than, “did the person check the box that says, ‘I am not an illegal alien,’” would, in the absence of a giant nationwide database containing a digital ID number for every citizen and legal alien in the country, be arguably illegal.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
If one builds a test broad enough to incorperate the full spectrum of political thought, then we would expect to see people tending to cluster around the middle simply due to the central limit theorem. I have seen people on Twitter around the edges for what it's worth.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
I just added "higher ranking" to the prompt for that one because I wanted a slight variety of uniforms. In-universe I suppose we could imagine them as acheivement rewards such as quotas met or languages proficient in.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
New political compass test just dropped. Some people like taking these and I'd be curious where you guys end up.
I got
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
No hope of what? And why?
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
To be clear, I wasn’t attacking you. I simply find it amusing.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
I am continually impressed by your ability to write the exact same comment every single time regardless of the subject matter, a talent you share with @SecureSignals.
Actually, now that I type it out, I'm curious what his take would be.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
ICE Needs Better Uniforms
Everyone's in favor of immigration enforcement until the masked goons in unmarked SUVs show up. Are a lot of these complaints pretextual? Sure. But it is hard to deny that ICE looks unprofessional. Law enforcement must command respect, or failing that, fear. Why are they in camo pants? Are they hunting illegals from covered positions with tranquilizer darts like deer? Such attire projects weakness. Our officers must be dignified, projecting the full power and majesty of the federal government, the greatest instituion God ever gave man.
There is an idea in the water supply that cool uniforms are fascism. People are far too afraid of ever doing anything that the Nazis might also have done. Still, aesthetics that conjure images of 1930s Germany are to be avoided (that means you Greg). I propose looking back even further for inspiration. 1914 was the last time regular armies in battle uniform looked cool. This sort of style would both pay homage to the heritage that the DHS Twitter account seems to think it is protecting, and project an aura of seriousness and respect.
Because it's 2026, I have created a small album of AI-generated concept art. Feel free to offer your own suggestions.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
>NPR-style intro and voiceover
>Generic slop NGO name parent company
I'm suspicious. Can you or anybody else vouch that this is good?
Normally I hate outsourcing epistemology like this, but I don't have a good sense for when someone is bullshitting on China like I do for domestic politics.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
Somebody decided that they were going to investigate Good's widow.
This one specifically seems fine to me? It’s possible that she committed solicitation to commit a crime of violence by telling Renee, “drive baby drive,” while an ICE agent was in front of her car. Probably not, but you’d want to at least kick the tires and ask for an interview.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
Greg Bovino is reportedly out. I hate to let the agitators get away with a win, but Bovino really botched the messaging after the Pretti shooting.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
I had to do a double take. Wait, you're at the protests? As if that follows immediately and naturally from being in Minneapolis?
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
Always and everywhere democracy fails the same way. Even mottizens cannot resist the sweet sweet nectar of power over their enemies. You have seen it. You know it to be true.
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
Then you need to have the physical metal in your personal possession. There are brick-and-mortar gold and silver shops in most cities. I assume you can just walk in and buy some. Expect a moderate markup though.
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
Are you trying to swing trade it, or are you trying to hedge against financial collapse?
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
”At what point is this no longer just people exercising their first amendment rights? At what point is this a conspiracy to undermine the laws of this country resulting in the deaths of two people ?”
It is right now. This isn’t 1st amendment protected activity. The problem is that there isn’t a federal statute that clearly and unambiguously covers this sort of operation. There is no “use of noisemaking machines to harass federal law enforcement” section of 18 USC.
Potentially related: Will Stancil has been kicked out of ICE Rapid Response for allowing journalists to ride along and cover his activities. It will not be good for the defense of the activists in the church case that Don Lemon livestreamed the whole thing. I'm not sure how Stancil got this far without realizing how much his compatriots yell, "we love crime," while doing crime, but his youthful innocence goes a long way towards explaining why it is so much fun to make fun of him.
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