deuceiswild

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There are people that will NEVER believe it was stolen even if said assailants came out and said they stole it.

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In all fairness, I'll never believe it was not stolen, whether anyone is ever perp walked or not.

100%!!!

We should intervene in the most minimal way possible, if at all, imo.

Some of those people may welcome our help in affecting change. But as soon as that change takes place, those people will go back to hating us. At least enough of them will.

This is the issue. You cannot try to impose western values on non western people. You have to let them be. They'll either figure it out, or they'll annihilate each other.

This is why I believe we have a decent chance at a good outcome in Venezuela. There are still a lot of people there who remember the good old days. They can be changed. Iran cannot.

Just my opinion.

My take...

Stay as close to the national mall as you can, even if it means getting a hotel, and choose a spot with easy access to the Metro.

See the monuments and prepare for a lot of walking. The Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol is about 2 miles. It may not seem like it while looking at a map but be prepared to walk. Wear comfortable shoes. As for the museums, I like Natural History and Air & Space. I've heard that the Postal Museum (next to Union Station) is very underrated therefore less crowded. Arlington Cemetery is highly suggested.

The National Spy Museum charges an entry fee, but it's well worth it. Kids love it. And it stays open a little later than most things.

If you want a capitol tour, you need to contact all of your representatives now and try to schedule that. You can do this up to 90 days in advance, so the window has been open for a while now. You can also schedule through the capitol website.

Get a half & half from Bens Chili bowl for a quick meal. Lincolns Waffle House (near Fords Theater) is a good breakfast. The Dublin Hotel (across from Union Station) has a decent restaurant inside and offers a great breakfast. It's open to the public. Gordon Ramsays Fish & Chips is good for a quick meal as well.

You will get nowhere with a car. DO NOT attempt it. Use the Metro. It's clean and safe.


I am looking forward to a return visit during the week of July 4th for America250 festivities!!!!!

It would surely be nice. But people survived without it for thousands of years. It's an emergency, meaning life and death. If it's a real, actual emergency, and not some blown out of proportion "crisis", then blankets can be brought in, in a hurry.

Shelters with generators can be opened. Fire wood can be brought in. Batteries can be brought in. Propane tanks can be brought in, along with propane heaters.

Lastly, electricity prices are already regulated.

He will be "literally worse than Trump", who was "literally worse than Bush", who was "literally worse than Hitler".

While it would be nice to perp walk several people over election fraud, in the grand scheme of things prosecution doesn't matter as much as proving the fraud and the means in which it was carried out in order to prevent future occurrences.

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I’d say the moment when Americans don’t care about masked federal agents shooting American citizens without justifiable reason is the moment

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Many people tend to believe this shooting was avoidable, or accidental. Pick your adjective. I happen to think it may have been avoidable.

But neither of those make the shooting unjustifiable, the way I understand things. The question that matters is could the officer reasonably felt himself to be in imminent danger in that exact moment. Perp is fighting and resisting arrest. Another officer yells "GUN!!". Several officers jump back simultaneously. Seconds later shots are fired.

I do not think it was unreasonable for him to feel imminent danger if he did not realize the perp had been disarmed two seconds earlier. But that's just me.

I am pro choice. Not for the same reasons they are, but I am nonetheless pro choice.

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They don’t have a first amendment. The U.S. does. I’m confused - MAGA wants to isolate and not care about other countries, right? So why do we care about UK laws?

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Honestly, I don't care about laws in the UK.

But when you start crying about the US being less and less supportive of a people who are aligning themselves less and less with our values.....

I mean, are you proud to see the UK implementing such laws? Do you agree with what they're doing? That isn't the same thing as asking if you care. I'm asking if you think it's wise of them to do this.