Trump's border wall looks more like a fence

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Did yesterday's dudebro get turfed or is he just manually deleting his own posts slowly over time?

I was looking forward to the part where soy vaccines turn people into sphere cucks who think the world is round.
I think he was shown the door via a swift kick of his ass.
 

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I've lived with coal fires. One making them is a pita, see above. Two shoveling out the ashes every morning so that you can build a new fire is a pita. Three I have sat right in front of a coal fire and still been able to see my breath. Four if you touch coal your hands get black, ditto your pants or the carpet.
 
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I've lived with coal fires. One making them is a pita, see above. Two shoveling out the ashes every morning so that you can build a new fire is a pita. Three I have sat right in front of a coal fire and still been able to see my breath. Four if you touch coal your hands get black, ditto your pants or the carpet.
Did you hear that coal is flammable?
 

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I've lived with coal fires. One making them is a pita, see above. Two shoveling out the ashes every morning so that you can build a new fire is a pita. Three I have sat right in front of a coal fire and still been able to see my breath. Four if you touch coal your hands get black, ditto your pants or the carpet.
Me too. Used to have a coal stove set into the fireplace of my old house. Not my idea, my dad's, and he used to tend it, until he realized it was too much of a pita especially since it didn't turn out we saved that much.
The dog we had at the time loved it, though. 🐶
 
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Trump threatens to shut down southern border as government funding stalemate drags on

Can he actually do that, though -- does the POTUS actually have the power unilaterally to close the border with a neighbouring country save in time of war or other emergency?

If it's not just another empty threat, is such an order going to withstand judicial scrutiny for very long? Given the amount of legitimate cross-border traffic with Mexico, in both directions, I can't see it remaining unchallenged.
 

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Trump threatens to shut down southern border as government funding stalemate drags on

Can he actually do that, though -- does the POTUS actually have the power unilaterally to close the border with a neighbouring country save in time of war or other emergency?
No. Customs and Border Patrol have budgets set by Congress, and laws and regulations under which they operate. Donnie can't change those at all, or on a whim (for regulations). There are also treaties in force between the US and Mexico, which he can't change on his own. The new trade agreement which they negotiated, for example, between the US, Canada, and Mexico, isn't in force yet. The Senate has to approve it. So NAFTA is still in force, and it allows a lot of free trade.

If he tried, it would be even less successful than blocking people from Muslim countries, and that was thrown out by the courts.
 

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No. Customs and Border Patrol have budgets set by Congress, and laws and regulations under which they operate. Donnie can't change those at all, or on a whim (for regulations). There are also treaties in force between the US and Mexico, which he can't change on his own. The new trade agreement which they negotiated, for example, between the US, Canada, and Mexico, isn't in force yet. The Senate has to approve it. So NAFTA is still in force, and it allows a lot of free trade.

If he tried, it would be even less successful than blocking people from Muslim countries, and that was thrown out by the courts.
Actually it would wind up in the courts. Most likely he would rely on the same reasoning he used for his muslim ban ... which has failed how many times now?
 

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No. Customs and Border Patrol have budgets set by Congress, and laws and regulations under which they operate. Donnie can't change those at all, or on a whim (for regulations). There are also treaties in force between the US and Mexico, which he can't change on his own. The new trade agreement which they negotiated, for example, between the US, Canada, and Mexico, isn't in force yet. The Senate has to approve it. So NAFTA is still in force, and it allows a lot of free trade.

If he tried, it would be even less successful than blocking people from Muslim countries, and that was thrown out by the courts.
Actually it would wind up in the courts. Most likely he would rely on the same reasoning he used for his muslim ban ... which has failed how many times now?
Thanks, both. I see the Washington Post has further details of why this is so much hot air from Individual One: Trump threatens to shut down the border ‘entirely.’ Here’s why he can’t do that.
 

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Speaking of coal fires. Centralia, PA has been on top of a burning coal mine for 56 years (since 1962). The fumes and smoke are still seeping up through the fizzures, poisoning the air to the point that the town has been vacant all these years. This Abandoned Pennsylvania Town Has Been On Fire

It was the inspiration for the horror movie SIlent Hill.

 

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