TylerDurden

So they agents got the wrong location? Damn, what a waste. At least they got to get some shopping in. So again, what is the real Chicago? I've only been a half-dozen times this year, but I keep missing the war zones and gang bangers. Are you saying it's a specific location, related to drug turf wars, and not the whole city? That would be good news. It means Chicago isn't as dangerous as the main stream media wants you to believe. Perhaps there should be a focus on those areas instead of shopping districts. That might be a better use of resources, per DOGE. I don't think anyone would be against rounding up cartel members. Let's do it.

I'm simply thankful that these runners were able to survive the war-torn city. It's amazing these folks can run 26 miles and avoid the real Chicago. It's almost as if the violence is concentrated in a few areas. I don't believe it myself. I know it's burning constantly. No one goes outside anymore. Damn shame.

Please tell me more about this real Chicago. Are you saying that the agents marching down Michigan Ave were in the wrong spot? Have we been bamboozled?

I'm so very thankful that all 50,000+ runners in this year's Chicago Marathon were miraculously able to avoid all the violent riots and lawlessness that I've read about in the war-torn city. https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a69001597/chicago-marathon-results-2025/ What a huge relief it must have been for all the runners.

You should see about auditing the course.

You can add them to mac and cheese if you're preparing it with a proper cheese sauce.

You can't release files if cases are ongoing for a number of reasons. You don't want to compromise the ongoing cases, victims need protected, etc. There are also various legal hurdles, both state and federal- that protect grand jury testimony, for instance. Also, the President doesn't get to unilaterally decide to release files. Any reasonable person would want to expose child sex traffickers, rapists, pedophiles and their associates. There certainly were ongoing cases during the Biden administration. From what I can find, the only ongoing legal matter related to those files is the Maxwell appeal to the Supreme Court. I don't want the DOJ to compromise cases against these a-holes, but I would like all of the affiliated people exposed as soon as the last case related to those files is finished. This is only a political matter because there are sure to be politicians involved on some level. All of them should face the consequences of their actions. ALL OF THEM.

I'll take your deflection and projection to mean that you know your position is untenable.

I'm wrong about selective outrage? I'm sure Ross has a nice AI list he can post that shows all the grievances conservatives have about whatever they're supposed to be upset about this week, but that doesn't mean selective outrage is a one-way street. To argue otherwise might be the most intellectually dishonest position anyone has ever tried to take on this board - and that's saying something. https://archive.ph/fsOoa - Not that I expect anything to satisfy your standard of proof, but I sidestepped the paywall for you. Even hyper-partisan Ted Cruz knows what it is. Maybe you prefer Fox News, who classified it as a threat: https://www.foxnews.com/media/fcc-chair-levels-threat-against-abc-disney-after-kimmel-suggested-charlie-kirk-assassin-maga Feel free to use the Google machine for countless other reports.

Acting as if selective outrage is a partisan issue is laughable. Did you forget Bud Light, Coca-Cola, Cracker Barrel, Taylor Swift, Megyn Kelly, or anything related to a rainbow? Or do you just ignore that because it's from people you like and agree with? Kimmel didn't get fired for anything he said about Kirk - watch the monologue, he doesn't really say anything about him, but rather he makes fun of Trump's reaction to questions about it. But just like you, I don't care if Kimmel got fired/suspended, whatever they're call it. I do have an issue with the administration using the FCC to threaten networks for a comedian making fun of the President. That is not the same as Roseanne being an overt racist on social media and a network canceling her show.

Roseanne made a post on social media saying a black woman was the offspring of planet of the apes and the Muslim brotherhood.

You most certainly are.

There really isn't any need to compare Helen with any of her male counterparts.

This speaks to how competitive the spots will be if we're writing off Mendez three years out.

The real question is what ages you faster: Hookers or blow?

World-level wrestling is hard.

How do we feel about Team USA’s performance so far? Spencer: 1-1 (eliminated) - Disappointing. Jax: 3-2 (5th) - This feels really good, especially when you consider that he (arguably) should have been a medalist. Real: 1-1 (still hope for a bronze) - About what I expected. Duke: 1-1 (11th) - Can't be mad about this effort. Carr: 3-1 (going for bronze vs Sidakov) - About what I expected, but in retrospect it feels like he could have been a finalist. Haines: In the finals - Better than I expected. Zahid: Champ - Not a surprising result, but his dominance was at least slightly more that I expected. Hidlay: In the finals - Feels about right. Snyder: In the finals - Snyder just medals in world/Olympic events. Hopefully he can get another gold. Wyatt: 0-1 (17th) - Not that surprised, but slightly disappointing.

The video I saw had the takedown about 15 seconds in. I don't think there was much striking beforehand.

It really is ok to say that you liked the way Obama handed immigration. He's been the best Republican president in a long, long time.

Trump also undercut a bipartisan immigration bill that would have provided more appropriate resources to work through the years-long backlogs of immigration cases so he could play political games with people. For all of his tough talk and his supporters eating it up, Obama's deportation rate was higher and more targeted to people with actual criminal records. I really don't understand why Trump supporters didn't love Obama. He did all the stuff Trump talks about. Must have been the tan suit. Bill Clinton literally signed a law that expanded the crimes that were grounds for deportation and saw a 4x increase in deportations during his last term after the legislation was passed. Hell, that legislation got the ball rolling on deportations.

That's a red herring. Why would anyone support of the deployment of the United States military into the streets of its cities so it can act as a police force? It's amazing to me how many people support and cheer on the erosion of their rights.

There's no room for sensible takes on this forum. You're supposed to ignore evidence or make up your own to support whatever your favorite media outlet tells you to support.

By definition, hyperbolic statements aren't true or meant to be taken as such. My guess is this thread will be full of a million examples of things that aren't hyperbole being presented as hyperbole.

It's simply FBI data dating back 34 years. This stuff isn't hard to find.

It's been on a downward trajectory since 1991.