That is, the opposite of whatever squickiness, by whomever, was going on. Thus, nothing involving children, prurience, or cover-ups.
- I'll gladly get on these assholes' enemies list, and it will be entirely appropriate because I've actually lived overseas… and had to deal with fallout from their predecessors. It's not much of a coincidence that ADF so strongly resembles AfD, both as abbreviations and in their cryptofascist politics — neither being a good thing.
- And then there's another individual who has "conscious parallelism" with AfD, especially on immigration policy:
Dr EvilStephen Miller. It would be unseasonable, vicious, and curmudgeonly — so, of course, I'll do it! — to point out that Barron Trump is a child of an immigrant who has contributed exactly nothing in work, or innovation, or any of the other values espoused by Miller and his ilk (and the AfD!) to the American economy. The Orange One's father was a child of two immigrants (and 1890s Bayern/Bavaria qualified as a shithole country); the Orange One himself is a child of an immigrant (his mother).I'm not suggesting deporting the Orange One and his family; I wouldn't impose that on Germany. Neither am I suggesting that the tender embraces of ICE (or their foreign proxies) are appropriate. I am, however, suggesting that the gander should be very, very careful about the goose's sauce.
- Meanwhile, the Administration has proven that it can't count, indicting the Broadview Six for opposing violent, warrantless seizures of people in the Chicago area. Dammit, if you're going to indict protesters in Chicago, you need to have seven (and then put the case in front of a judge long past his best). The purpose of ICE is not to prevent disorder… But at least you might get a popular-music anthem out of it — hey, wait, there's a foreign-born person on that stage!
- If it can't sabotage the historical sources of this nation's population very effectively, maybe this Administration can just sabotage foreign relations for a decade or so. That's about how long it takes to rebuild an embassy's credibility after it is rendered untrustworthy in the eyes of the locals (especially low-level government officials and nongovernmental people). And we're not talking about tiny Pacific island-nations, either — this includes (selected, alphabetically) Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, Nigeria, and Rwanda <SARCASM> fortunately, none of which have any adverse history with the US or influence in their regions </SARCASM>. Follow this up by banning people doing their jobs in a way that inconveniences The Orange One's friends from entering the US.