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Aussie105

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25. Wartime?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 08:14 PM

4 hrs ago

You mean the undeclared, illegal war America has declared on itself?

ICE . . .
Incels
Cretins
Extremists

Hope their neighbors see and voice their disapproval.
Some late night tyre slashing, perhaps?

Doesn't do much for their future job prospects, does it?

Q: What was your last job?
A: ICE!
Q. What did you do?
A: Beat up people as I felt like it!
Q: Felt good?
A: Yeah!

Well, I don't think working in this childcare facility would suit you.
Try sanitation instead. (Shit working with shit, seems appropriate.)

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ICE plans $100 million 'wartime recruitment' push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires [View all] demmiblue 14 hrs ago OP

But we have no money for food, housing, medical care, housing, science, vaccines, etc. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #1

And tell me how this is a "wartime" recruitment? ananda 12 hrs ago #10

Trump is not hiding the fact he is waging war against the US. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #12

I suppose they figured "wartime" sounded better than "open season. " Harker 11 hrs ago #15

That is true. Also, ananda 11 hrs ago #16

I'm not sure they care much about the legal definitions. Harker 10 hrs ago #17

But I think they do care about how it looks... ananda 10 hrs ago #18

They're Trump's private army... GiqueCee 7 hrs ago #21

Elmer's putting the old gang back together... Harker 5 hrs ago #23

Not all that long ago... GiqueCee 7 hrs ago #20

The rise of vigilante justice bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #2

military "fans" ? Like the people who cheer on our military during a war but never serve and ignore disabled veterans? ChicagoTeamster 13 hrs ago #3

People like this. Ray Bruns 13 hrs ago #5

They wouldn't fit in the clothes anyway. Or afford them. ChicagoTeamster 12 hrs ago #8

Gun nuts make the best jackboot thugs (nt) William Seger 13 hrs ago #4

"Wartime recruitment", I guess that means against us, the American public. Lord, are we in trouble. Firestorm49 13 hrs ago #6

Maybe if some of the current thugs liberalgunwilltravel 12 hrs ago #7

Don't use my American flag or the Statue of Liberty on those posters! Bayard 12 hrs ago #9

TV ad in Washington, DC, offers $70,000 signing bonus Grins 12 hrs ago #11

Just like putin opening up the prisons to supply more cannon fodder to his war machine. erronis 11 hrs ago #13

States need to record these actions lonely bird 11 hrs ago #14

Not unlike every other day a story that should be big news isn't even news. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #19

Surprised Rebl2 7 hrs ago #22

"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles Brother Buzz 5 hrs ago #24

Wartime? Aussie105 4 hrs ago #25

Can they find people to pass physical requirements ? underpants 4 hrs ago #26