Tripnsweep

And this is why I don't take anything you say seriously.

When I say that, I actually worked with him on his application and filings. Immigration court is still a legal proceeding, so you have to be prepared.

Do you actually think before you speak or just copy and paste stupid stuff?

If that is how you need to do it because you're afraid of being murdered, yes. I once worked with somebody to get their application approved who hopped the border and immediately sought out the border patrol and practically kissed the ground up on surrendering to them. His parents got murdered over a dispute with a business rival who was connected to the government and his brother got disappeared as well. He was next and wisely split to avoid the same thing. You aren't in that situation. If it's life or death, you're going to hop that border and happily sit in detention and say thank you every step of the way because the alternative is being dragged out of your house and shot. Fortunately we are a nation that has due process and that extends to anyone in this country.

Generally showing up and asking is how it works. Usually if you're seeking asylum you don't tell anyone in advance because you're facing consequences in your home country. I've seen various reasons for claiming asylum. From "I got gang raped and would again if I returned" to "The government murdered my dad and would put me in prison for having a different opinion" as reasons. Usually if somebody is fearful of being killed, that's pretty good motivation for trying to stay here.

So there's a problem with people seeking asylum?

The guy who beat Robles in the wrestle off was actually a composite of both John Moraga and Ben Ashmore. I'm also disappointed there was no mention at all of Bubba J.

You sound like a child. It's not even worth conversing.

Do you just mash your keyboard and hope the results are something readable?

Johnni DiJulius played Matt McDonough in the movie. I think Cory Janzten was in it somewhere too. There were some liberties, like ASU losing a whole season, the program for dropped for less than 2 weeks. Also there was no mention of Thom Ortiz, the ASU coach when Anthony started as a walk on. Overall it was pretty accurate, just some Hollywood liberties to make it more dramatic like you'd expect.

This isn't about municipal fire departments. The people who fight wildfires are not part of that. How stupid are you? The forest service and other agencies handle these things. Not your local municipal fire department. They definitely can help but they are not the primary agency that handles wildfires. That is handled by specialist crews who are trained to handle it. I swear that it's a miracle you don't suffocate by forgetting to breathe.

No you aren't. You're laying the blame at politicians you disagree with, when it has nothing to do with them.

I'm sure something will change, but as usual it's too little too late. This is unprecedented really, which is why even if this was floated as a possibility, it just wasn't seen as likely to ever happen. About 10 years ago where I live we had really heavy rain for like 4 days in a row. I had to actually get sandbags because I thought where I lived might flood. That's an anomaly because we live in a desert. But because our infrastructure isn't designed to handle that, we had flooding in places nobody ever expected it to happen. After that, people made a big deal about upgrading our infrastructure to handle this when it happened again. So they upgraded some things and made a big deal about it. We haven't had storms that have even come close to that since, which even though money was spent, it is basically useless since there hasn't been a need for it. So I'm sure the results of this are going to be reactionary, and in 5 or so years, we'll have idiots who question the wisdom of having spent money to make those changes. But I doubt the changes that are made are going to really solve the problem.

Lack of preparedness for something like this. Generally with disasters, you plan for the worst, and I don't think anyone anticipated this as being something that could happen. Or they did but just considered it unlikely. Because they are dealing with 3 separate major fires in and around the LA basin right now, there aren't enough crews to quickly tackle it, I know that crews from other parts of the state and other states were mobilized, again because nobody anticipated something like this. It's like saying you should have police stationed inside a bank to prevent robberies. The problem is you can't put police everywhere, and even if you got lucky and the police were present when a robbery happened, they might not be able to stop it anyway. Wildland firefighting is a very difficult job, most of them it's a seasonal gig. My friend who was a hotshot was also a fisherman in Alaska when he wasn't doing this. The pay is shockingly low, and a solid 40% of them in California are convicts in prison who have extensive training and do this to shorten their time. Regular municipal firefighters are trained differently, they have different tactics and even though many of them are in great shape, it's like comparing a regular enlisted soldier to a Navy SEAL. Hotshots regularly work 18 hours days with little rest, no breaks, and a decent chance of being killed. Part of why they're attracted to it because of the thrill. So blaming the lack of preparedness of local firefighters and apparatus to fight local fires is stupid. Because you're talking about two different things. This is the absolute worst case scenario that somebody could have come up with, and I'm sure somewhere somebody floated the idea, but nobody seriously prepared for it because of it being unlikely. Except here we are. Where you can lay blame locally is with fuel not being cleared away or poor choices of construction materials, planning, layouts, etc. But municipal planning is a whole different thing, since nobody expected this to happen.

Tell us you don't understand how wildland firefighting works without telling us you don't understand how wildland firefighting works.

I like how many people here are all of a sudden experts on land management and blame the political party they don't like for anything that goes wrong. We have had many destructive fires here, including one that sadly killed 19 hotshots a few years ago. A close friend of mine was a hotshot/smoke jumper for 15+ years and he's told me that the only real way to avoid this 100% is to get rid of anything flammable in the wilderness. Since that isn't feasible, most of what they do is eliminating corridors for fires to get out of control. They'll back burn, dig breaks, etc. Those people are insane too. I thought I was in good shape wrestling, my friend put me to shame every time we hit the trails. I was happy with what I thought was a fast time, he practically lapped me while carrying a 50 lb pack. So anyone who does the insane stuff they do is pretty badass in my opinion. I once looked into it as a summer gig and I probably could have met the PT benchmark, but they want their people to exceed it always. And for what they get paid? I can see why it attracts lunatics like my friend, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.

Are you really that stupid?

I could see it as a very bad idea. Suppose Greenland went for it. Now we have the added expenses of not just taking care of the entire population of Greenland, which isn't big, but it's remote, isolated and more expensive to maintain. Not to mention being responsible for defending, administering, and dealing with a massive new territory, that is largely unexplored. Then there's other considerations, such as how to handle local conditions, disasters that may happen, etc. To a lot of people that doesn't sound complicated, but it is. Also transportation for anything coming or going is massively expensive. My guess is Trump is saying this for one of two reasons. One, somebody told him it's full of untapped resources which if we owned we could mine or take. Or two, he is saying this to distract from other problems that he knows are coming.

I wonder when or if we'll ever learn how old he really is. At this point there's no penalty for admitting it. Not like they can revoke his Fargo championship.

You mean like the teen beauty pageant circuit that parents push their kids on? Or the one Trump bragged about owning and being backstage at to peep at underaged girls?

Australia has guns, it's just a lot of people don't need them. People have hunting rifles and such now, but before they had a few episodes where mass shootings happened and passed laws to make sure guns were more restricted. You know, common sense. I personally don't think more guns is a good answer to mass shootings or criminals. Most civilians with guns don't shoot them enough or practice enough to be proficient in a combative situation. It's like owning an F1 car and saying you could be a pro race car driver, but you only drive it once a month or something.

You and @Husker_Du should team up to form an unstoppable investigative team. Apparently between the both of you, you can find information that nobody else can or is privy to.

Your English needs improvement.

Better than: I've got black accountants at Trump Castle and Trump Plaza. Black guys counting my money! I hate it.The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. I think the guy is lazy. And it's probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is. I believe that.

I think Trump just says crazy thing after crazy thing in hope that by the time people figure out it's just some crackpot idea, that he's already into the next crazy thing. Mexico is going to pay for the wall! I'm going to retake the Panama Canal! Greenland should be ours! And in between are things that only sound slightly less crazy.