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elleng

(141,926 posts)
3. Rand appears to be USING his mind, recently.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 06:13 PM
Oct 2025

“For decades, if not centuries, when you stop people at sea in international waters or in your own waters, you announce that you’re going to board the ship and you’re looking for contraband, smuggling, or drugs. This happens every day off of Miami. But we know from Coast Guard statistics that about 25 percent of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship there are no drugs. So if our policy now is to blow up every ship we suspect or accuse of drug running, that would be a bizarre world in which 25 percent of the people might be innocent.”

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Rand is going woke! Blues Heron Oct 2025 #1
Even the markodochartaigh Oct 2025 #5
Probably trying to go from a 100% asshole to a 99.999999% one in case he decides to run for President in 2028. cstanleytech Oct 2025 #15
If we had a reliable MSM, Sneederbunk Oct 2025 #2
Rand appears to be USING his mind, recently. elleng Oct 2025 #3
I wonder where he got the number "25 percent." ananda Oct 2025 #13
Hey Rand, here me out: SSJVegeta Oct 2025 #4
Oh hell no. He can ally himself with us, but don't let it fool you ms liberty Oct 2025 #8
If he were a true libertarian then his goals would align far more with Democratic goals of preserving civil SSJVegeta Oct 2025 #9
Him and timms139 Oct 2025 #16
I disagree. The voters voted in Beshear as a rational dem SSJVegeta Oct 2025 #18
The people timms139 Oct 2025 #29
These boats aren't "off Miami," they're off the coast of Venezuela, 1500 miles away from Florida, and we're not at war. sop Oct 2025 #6
Gee whiz, Rand... CTyankee Oct 2025 #7
God, I hate agreeing with Rand Paul. LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #10
I know! ... I think this is a first for me too FakeNoose Oct 2025 #11
I know. First, MTG going "Me Too"... ananda Oct 2025 #14
And yet... skypilot Oct 2025 #12
Ok. Passages Oct 2025 #17
Rand enabled this shit, he needs to quit whining and start demolishing the notsee "empire" he's helped to create. Clouds Passing Oct 2025 #19
My opinion of Rand has changed COL Mustard Oct 2025 #20
He's a Libertarian (like his father and people like Bill Maher) BumRushDaShow Oct 2025 #22
I dabbled in Libertarianism a while back. COL Mustard Oct 2025 #26
Yup BumRushDaShow Oct 2025 #27
He makes sense at times. Just don't fuck with his leaves. twodogsbarking Oct 2025 #21
You know, one of these days, all this extrajudicial killing is going to come home to roost on all of us. Ray Bruns Oct 2025 #23
I hate it when I agree with Rand Paul. NT Happy Hoosier Oct 2025 #24
As the orange pedophile's polling deteriorates they're all going to jump ship... NNadir Oct 2025 #25
I Read A Report Yesterday That Said DallasNE Oct 2025 #28
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