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  1. I wish they'd take a cue from bands like U2 and play an entire album the whole way through to mark the anniversary of them. For example, March 2020 will be the 30th anniversary of the release of Violator. Do a tour where you play that front to back and then do some other hits/new stuff like U2 did with the Joshua Tree tour. I'd love to hear Clean, Blue Dress, Sweetest Perfection, and Waiting for the Night. Do some B-sides like Dangerous, Happiest Girl, and Sea of Sin. Or do a smaller tour in smaller venues and just play the deep cuts that long time fans would know. 

  2. It's just so hard to counter the need to hate the shrill lib prone to hyperbole against the actual horrible, inhumane actions this administration is doing. But I can see what Anastasis is having such problems. This is definitely a time to rail agains the shrill lib. 

  3. I'd be fine with both as I don't see it as an either or choice. Though with homelessness, there's a massive mental health issue involved that would also have to be addressed. There are plenty of existing places, such as local charities and government outreach programs (mostly city or municipal) that do exactly what you are suggesting. There are a lot more factors that go into homeless than just not having a job or a place to live. 

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  4. 4 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

    I am ok with that as well, so long as the program is large and easy to apply to. We need the workers.

    But it won't be and thinking 20 million people will self deport with their families is about as unrealistic as thinking ICE can kick all of them out. They are here now. There's a way to bring them into the fold or at least give them a good enough chance to do so where they're not fearful their kids are also screwed. 

  5. 5 minutes ago, Spankytoes said:

    About as ridiculous as equating separating families for breaking the law to sending children to the gas chambers due to Nazi tactics because Mexicans are subhuman I’d say.

    And you just pulled the what about card. Come on man. 

  6. 2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Because straw man.

    Seriously, I have seen that straw man trotted out dozens upon dozens of times.  It's what they've got.  And when what your opponents in an argument have is just logical fallacy upon fallacy, the argument is over.

    They'll keep arguing, of course.  But it's been over for a couple of days now.

    And it's why nothing meaningful will happen on immigration reform. A reasonable option, IMO, is a guest worker program where you bring illegals into the fold, get them paying taxes, and into the system. They don't get a vote. They don't get citizenship for a while. But there's a contingent of people who just can't get over that initial illegal act that stops anything meaningful from getting off the ground. 

  7. 3 minutes ago, XR4ticlone said:

    B. I agree.  I want freedom & liberty for everyone regardless of their zip code.  But mass importation of people from other cultures isn't a reasonable option.  We need to work to make these other countries safe, free, and provide a decent place for the people there to raise families, go to work, make a living, and live without fear. 

     

    What in any way, shape or form makes you think Trump is interested in doing any of that?

     

    As someone who grew up Methodist, it makes me ill that Sessions identifies as that. 

  8. 1 hour ago, BoomMF said:

    It's about to get krunk as fuck.

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    MOFI is so great. There's a decent sale still going on at Music Direct where you can get 20% off MOFI records. If I wasn't already over-vinyled, I'd get some more like that Layla record. As it stands, I have to get on a vinyl diet as I way more than I can listen to. 

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  9. Full text of that article because it's important for people like her to speak up. Thank you, Mrs. Bush.

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    Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’

     
     
     
     
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    Young occupants of Casa Padre, an immigrant shelter for unaccompanied minors, in Brownsville, Tex., on June 14. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Reuters)
    By Laura BushJune 17 at 8:45 PM

    Laura Bush is a former first lady of the United States.

     

    On Sunday, a day we as a nation set aside to honor fathers and the bonds of family, I was among the millions of Americans who watched images of children who have been torn from their parents. In the six weeks between April 19 and May 31, the Department of Homeland Security has sent nearly 2,000 children to mass detention centers or foster care. More than 100 of these children are younger than 4 years old. The reason for these separations is a zero-tolerance policy for their parents, who are accused of illegally crossing our borders.

    I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart.

    Our government should not be in the business of warehousing children in converted box stores or making plans to place them in tent cities in the desert outside of El Paso. These images are eerily reminiscent of the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, now considered to have been one of the most shameful episodes in U.S. history. We also know that this treatment inflicts trauma; interned Japanese have been two times as likely to suffer cardiovascular disease or die prematurely than those who were not interned.

    Americans pride ourselves on being a moral nation, on being the nation that sends humanitarian relief to places devastated by natural disasters or famine or war. We pride ourselves on believing that people should be seen for the content of their character, not the color of their skin. We pride ourselves on acceptance. If we are truly that country, then it is our obligation to reunite these detained children with their parents — and to stop separating parents and children in the first place.

    People on all sides agree that our immigration system isn’t working, but the injustice of zero tolerance is not the answer. I moved away from Washington almost a decade ago, but I know there are good people at all levels of government who can do better to fix this.

    Recently, Colleen Kraft, who heads the American Academy of Pediatrics, visited a shelter run by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. She reported that while there were beds, toys, crayons, a playground and diaper changes, the people working at the shelter had been instructed not to pick up or touch the children to comfort them. Imagine not being able to pick up a child who is not yet out of diapers.

    Twenty-nine years ago, my mother-in-law, Barbara Bush, visited Grandma’s House, a home for children with HIV/AIDS in Washington. Back then, at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, the disease was a death sentence, and most babies born with it were considered “untouchables.” During her visit, Barbara — who was the first lady at the time — picked up a fussy, dying baby named Donovan and snuggled him against her shoulder to soothe him. My mother-in-law never viewed her embrace of that fragile child as courageous. She simply saw it as the right thing to do in a world that can be arbitrary, unkind and even cruel. She, who after the death of her 3-year-old daughter knew what it was to lose a child, believed that every child is deserving of human kindness, compassion and love.

    In 2018, can we not as a nation find a kinder, more compassionate and more moral answer to this current crisis? I, for one, believe we can.

     

     

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