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erronis

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2. When the crooks get to run every part of the government...

Reply to hunter (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2025, 06:36 PM

Jun 2025

In the good old days, there were checks and balances, rules and laws.

Now we're all going the way of two-bit sheriffs from some down-south state. In cahoots with the politicos and the businesses.

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First they deport you and then they steal all your stuff. [View all] hunter Jun 2025 OP

Aye. By coincidence, I'm sitting down to dinner right now with a woman who's telling me about her family's internment. Mister Ed Jun 2025 #1

When the crooks get to run every part of the government... erronis Jun 2025 #2

What else would you expect when the law and courts deemed slightlv Jun 2025 #3

Yes, a friend's family KT2000 Jun 2025 #4

History Iamscrewed Jun 2025 #5

German Americans were also rounded up moniss Jun 2025 #6

Very well said, monies. chouchou Jun 2025 #7

My grandfather lived next door to a Japanese family in the west addition of SF kimbutgar Jun 2025 #8

that is a wonderful story Tree Lady Jun 2025 #9

I was wondering about pets Figarosmom Jun 2025 #10

That's another consideration for anyone who might be detained in this madness. hunter Jun 2025 #12

My late brother in law was a guard at one of the camps and knew some of the internees. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #11