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[Reminder] The Masked Oppressors are the Cowards - That's Why They Wear Masks!

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by SamFisher, Jun 10, 2025.

  1. El_Conquistador

    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    Every ICE agent is not "always so fat and unathletic." As a life tip, speaking in absolutes is something that high-IQ people avoid... because it leaves then exposed to being wrong. In your poorly constructed post above, you used the word "every" and "always". In this case, both are wrong, and your argument is easily nullified. Leaders can't speak in absolutes because many are looking for ways to discredit them... and speaking in absolutes is easily discredited.

    With this knowledge, I hope you are able to take a step forward in your speaking and writing.


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  2. adoo

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    look in the mirror, Traitor George,

    w Trump 2.0's "big ugly bill", the resultant budget deficit will far exceed that

    dizzying height of willful stupidity.

    the primary cause of inflation during Biden was Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the world's bread basket,
    leading to the rise of grains/cereal, etc.​
     
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  3. FrontRunner

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    Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter's truck

    Updated on: September 28, 2025 / 10:43 PM CDT / CBS Chicago

    The Village of Broadview said they've launched a criminal investigation after a CBS News Chicago reporter had a projectile fired at her vehicle by an ICE agent late Sunday morning.

    Reporter Asal Rezaei said there was no active protest or protesters at the facility, and she was alone with no one around her at the time of the incident.

    In a report filed with Broadview police, Rezaei said she was driving her truck with her driver's side window down, while approaching the 25th Avenue entrance to see if any activity was taking place, before leaving the area.

    That's when she said a masked ICE agent, who saw her window down, shot a pepper ball about 50 feet from the inside of the fence, hitting her truck's driver's side panel, causing the chemical agents to engulf the inside of her truck.

    Rezaei said the pepper ball left white powder on her windshield, and her face had "been on fire for at least the last 10 minutes or so." The chemical also caused her to vomit once outside of her truck, she said.

    Continued...
     
  4. FrontRunner

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    Notice the cowboy hat...
     
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    Now Antifa is in Chicago impersonating ICE? With pepper balls?
     
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  6. Nook

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    What I can tell you is that tariffs will increase the cost of raw materials needed to build homes and apartments - and that will mean home prices increase - and fewer homes will be produced as a result and there will be fewer workers because less homes are being made.

    This stuff really isn’t hard. Keep blaming it on illegal Mexicans though and living in the pipe dream that is Trump economics - where he and his select group of friends get wealthy and everyone else is ****ed.
     
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    You forget to mention the part that private equity is playing into housing costs. Private equity is the single largest purchaser of single family homes in alot of states like GA. In Atlanta private equity is purchasing almost 1/3rd of all new homes that come into the market.

    MAGA @Corrosion @cml750 have been taught from a young age to blame illegals for everything while thinking corporations are their best friends. They have no issue with their orange messiah deregulating and giving them bigger tax cuts
     
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  8. Corrosion

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    More MadeUpery.

    The fact is that most materials used in making a house are sourced right here in the USA and not subject to tariffs.
    That goes for lumber, concrete, brick, siding, roofing, drywall, paint and even the cheap ass cabinets.

    Like I said before, stick to things you know. This topic isn't one of those.

    Come with facts not opinion.

    I know it's really hard to not act like you know everything ....
     
  9. adoo

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    #89 adoo, Sep 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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    You can say it but that doesn't make it true.

    Lumber - Weyerhaeuser (Seattle, WA) and Georgia-Pacific (Atlanta, GA)

    MDF - Georgia-Pacific and Weyerhaeuser.

    Drywall - USG Corporation (Chicago, IL) and National Gypsum (Charlotte, NC)

    Concrete - Quikrete (Atlanta, GA) and Sakrete (Overland Park, KS) , Modern Earth Construction and Lone Star Hempcrete Both Texas.

    Roofing materials - GAF (New Jersey), CertainTeed (Pennsylvania), Owens Corning (Ohio)


    Paint -
    Sherwin-Williams Cleveland, OH
    PPG Industries Pittsburgh, PA
    Benjamin Moore Montvale, NJ
    Behr Paint Co. Santa Ana, CA
    Valspar Cleveland, OH
    Rust-Oleum Vernon Hills, IL
    Axalta Coating Systems Philadelphia, PA
    Romabio Paints Atlanta, GA

    Cabinet makers -

    MasterBrand Cabinets Jasper, IN
    KraftMaid Cabinetry Middlefield, OH
    Merillat Cabinetry Novi, MI
    American Woodmark Winchester, VA
    Wellborn Cabinet Ashland,
    Thomasville Cabinetry Nationwide
    Fabuwood Cabinetry Newark, NJ
    Omega Cabinetry Waterloo, IA
    Plain & Fancy Schaefferstown, PA
    Wood-Mode Kreamer, PA
     
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  11. adoo

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    merely listing the mfg does nothing to your false claim that they're not subject to tariffs.

    yesterday, [​IMG]
    he announced that he was slapping 10% tariffs on imported timber and lumber and 25% duties on kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered furniture, continuing his tariff assault on global trading partners.
    The action is the first in three sectors that Trump said last week would get steep new duties as early as October 1,


    if appears that you are current on the news​
     
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  12. Nook

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    Not made up - I did come with facts, but you are foolish or willfully blind.

    The cost of lumber, gypsum, drywall, appliances, steel, aluminum are just a few.... copper has gone up with a 50% tarriff,

    That doesn't even get into uncertainty of products in construction going forward which will increase costs to cover risks.

    “The huge increases in steel and aluminum tariffs appears to have enabled domestic producers to push up their selling prices,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. He noted that the AGC-NCCER survey found that 43 percent of contractors reported at least one project in the past six months had been canceled, postponed or scaled back because of higher costs. “These price increases are prompting some owners to rethink planned construction projects.”

    If you really were so concerned about housing, you would go after AirB&B and investment equity.... instead you need a basis to justify goons pulling people off the streets.
     
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  13. Nook

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    Nearly 75% of the soft lumber used in construction comes from Canada .... nearly 75% of drywall and gypsum comes from Mexico..... over 50% of all appliances in home construction are from China.......
     
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    Tariffs are working to shift that production back to the USA. A great thing for American jobs and real wage growth.


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    Correct on lumber. The massive spike in new housing costs during the pandemic housing boom was in large part due to Trump 1.0’s tariffs on Canada resulting in shutting down lumber production.

    @Corrosion stop getting your ‘information’ from Fox News, Newsmax or whatever echo-chamber propaganda machine you’re dopamine-addicted to.
     
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    ICE masked punisher logo dopes Did an Osama Bin Laden raid on an apartment complex in Chicago, brutalizing children & American citizens.

    Zip tying children.

    Throwing them into rental trucks.



    Disgusting ****, insanely illegal.

    The Union cannot exist with this level of lawlessness.

    Every single participant in this atrocity should be prosecuted
     
  20. El_Conquistador

    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    At this point if the illegals haven't self-deported despite all the warnings, then one can only assume they will be resisting. Force is necessary to accomplish the goal and to ensure the safety of our ICE agents working on our behalf.

    Oh, and a nice Michael Jordan quote at the 1:13 mark!


    GOOD DAY
     

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