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https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/tripping-up-monday-september-8-2025

The news was sparked by last week’s targeted destruction of a small cartel drug-smuggling boat and its 11 ‘crew’ by U.S. military forces off Venezuela’s coast. Of course this immediately became controversial. Democrats and libertarians ironically howled that the military aren’t policemen and the smugglers got no due process. ...




Legal technicalities aside, most Americans are probably ready to embrace a final solution to the cartel problem. Once again, Trump has forced his political enemies into uselessly defending some of the worst criminals on earth— and they have no practical way to prove they are right in court.

You’d think they’d have learned their lesson by now. But they keep stepping right on the political rake.

Patrick says

Legal technicalities aside, most Americans are probably ready to embrace a final solution to the cartel problem. Once again, Trump has forced his political enemies into uselessly defending some of the worst criminals on earth— and they have no practical way to prove they are right in court.

Wasn't it in international waters anyway? Maybe that makes us air pirates, but who cares. That wasn't a small boat, at least for drugs if there were 11 people on it. Looks like 3 engines. That's clearly a fast boat that's big but can fly under the radar so to speak. Also read they didn't have their night running lights on. That's not suspicious.

The picture in the comment I'm quoting tells it all. Everyone on this site has hit a rough patch I'm sure. But nothing like that photo. I think most here are white collar and probably in solid neighborhoods or town. I don't see that in my town at all. Even if it wasn't a drug run at some point and innocents were killed, you think the cartels and gangs might think twice now? I don't want to see dudes completely f'd up like that.

The problem is rehab in this country is a joke. The relapse rate is insane. They focus on the wrong stuff. It's hard to cure people of addiction, but just cut them off and lock them up. Not a prison, well maybe one not in use, but you have to get them away from drugs for probably 90 days. In the process line up a job for release. 60-70% will still relapse, but it's roughly 90% I believe now.

WookieMan says

The problem is rehab in this country is a joke. The relapse rate is insane. They focus on the wrong stuff. It's hard to cure people of addiction, but just cut them off and lock them up. Not a prison, well maybe one not in use, but you have to get them away from drugs for probably 90 days. In the process line up a job for release. 60-70% will still relapse, but it's roughly 90% I believe now.

Oddly, prison is probably one of the most effective 'rehabs'. Drugs can be had, but more expensive than the typical prisoner can afford, so reserved for the upper prisoner echelons in cahoots with the guards.

Most addicts and alcoholics don't WANT to recover. Of those who want to recover, only a percentage make it, so it is a low yield process and resource expenditure ratios vs. long term results are poor to zip.

Meanwhile, infusing drugs into a society is the best way to assure an enormous drag on society and the economy as the drug addict zombies slowly slouch their way to death while being effective spanners in the social works. They also degrade the morale of society and wreck the social units around themselves and exploit any sympathy they can mop up.

Once an addict, they are effectively also sociopathic around their need for drug aquisition. The scene of course is complicated by SJWs who are co-dependent with the addicts, and, of course, the government who use them for their various laundering tactics while being bribed by the dealers.

It is a chronic blindness of people that addicts have a terminal deteriorating condition that over 95 percent will never overcome. The common idiocy is that they drink or use because they are sensitive souls who have 'demons'. When the drugs are withdrawn, the demons go away, so it is not organic sensitivity

I think the addicts should be sequestered, offered recovery assets for the small percentage who might make it, but give the rest all the drugs they want in generally humane conditions with minimal medical intervention until they pass. It's better than having them engaging in crimes while they pass out on street corners.

This was in August, but hilarious!

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1960346140018086245

Whoever runs the X account for Homeland Security is awesome.

Whatever you think of Pam Bondi, she's doing an AMAZING job ramming the Agenda through the Courts.

SCOTUS zombie demonstrates disregard for any semblance of law vs. arbitrary prejudice.

https://patrick.net/post/1385561/2025-09-09-trump-speaks-about-iryna-fucks-anti

Did the white hats turn the double agent Fetterman body double? Looks like.

Duality of the purposeful with malice destruction and installed destructors vs. those remaining who are not corrupt. Where does one begin and the other end?

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-lifts-restrictions-on-immigration-stops-in-southern-california-5911940

This means the FBI found some evidence, perhaps social media or a diary, linking this attack to an ideology/religion.


https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1965517130323067191

Backing off of Chicago for a more bite size nest of crime and feral Dem corruption? The Kommie Revolution is strong in Chicago, and blood on the streets will have to wait?

One wonders if he is prioritizing based on insurgency nesting. NO is major port for Venezuela.

ANTIFA declared a Terrorist Group!

DemoralizerOfPanicans says

ANTIFA declared a Terrorist Group!

Soros will still walk. Both him and his son.

MolotovCocktail says

Soros will still walk. Both him and his son.

The 'revelation of the plan' means that the archons in human flesh get a lot of free publicity for their heinous crimes while the 'public' figure it out. Then, as the coup de grace, the public is promised 'arrests' which never occur. Thus the archon flesh puppets continue to be empowered by crimes while causing demoralization in the population by the powerlessness and inefficacy of the enforcement.

'Revelation of the plan' is part of the plan aka they always know that even when revealed, they will get away with their most heinous crimes. The optics of 'punishment pending' without any real actions are just their way of showing more ritualized contempt.

Trump winds up for a cannonade broadside on Omar. Hey, if it's that bad, where's the ARREST? More arrest, less blather.

I agree.

Where are the arrests?

I think it's outside the Statute of Limitations FOR HER.

However, Congress needs to have her in front of in the ethics committee and she can CERTAINLY be Denaturalized and Deported.

It's a fact - even Polifact admits - she has offical forms, including sharing official addresses, with Elmi.

Who is Elmi?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2zk4l8g26o

Trump to add $100,000 fee for skilled worker visa applicants

US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order that will add a $100,000 (£74,000) fee for applicants to the H-1B visa programme aimed at bringing in skilled workers from abroad into certain industries.

The proclamation will reportedly mention "abuse" of the programme and will restrict entry unless payment is made.

https://patrick.net/post/1309521/2017-08-30-antifa-crimes?start=96#comment-2208486

Booger says

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2zk4l8g26o

Trump to add $100,000 fee for skilled worker visa applicants

US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order that will add a $100,000 (£74,000) fee for applicants to the H-1B visa programme aimed at bringing in skilled workers from abroad into certain industries.

The proclamation will reportedly mention "abuse" of the programme and will restrict entry unless payment is made.

Wow this will reduce H1Bs dramatically, there may be a few cases where the employer pays but that's it.

mell says

Wow this will reduce H1Bs dramatically, there may be a few cases where the employer pays but that's it.

AND this is why employers have been mass firing Americans and replacing them with H1Bs. They saw or were tipped off that this was coming.

Trump should make the fee yearly per H1b.

The fee is a great idea. The whole point of H1b is to fuck American tech workers by replacing them with cheap labor from India in the US.

Very similar to illegal aliens, except legal.

If the H1b workers are really contributing much more than American workers, they should be paid much more than American workers. But they never are. This proves that the program is a scam.

The greatest beneficiary of the programme the previous fiscal year was Amazon, followed by tech giants Tata, Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Google, according to government statistics.

The poor dears! How will they manage to survive?

Just signed, $100,000/year...for very, very valuable specialists.

Patrick says

Trump should make the fee yearly per H1b.

That is as they say a DONE DEAL ! ! ! !

MolotovCocktail says

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115233555445134712

On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans. The strike killed 3 male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel, which was in international waters. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!

I presume they were racing to get back into Venezuelan territorial waters. They should have been doing zig-zags to make it harder to be targeted.

"We have some job openings for fast boat operators". Great pay, and a retirement plan to die for.

REpro says

Just signed, $100,000/year...for very, very valuable specialists.

already sadly, backtracked big time.

https://apnews.com/article/cocaine-speedboat-trump-dominican-republic-e42c255ec0e8d5c2d85a7670d12adfdf

Dominican Republic says it seized cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by US Navy

zzyzzx says

https://apnews.com/article/cocaine-speedboat-trump-dominican-republic-e42c255ec0e8d5c2d85a7670d12adfdf

Dominican Republic says it seized cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by US Navy

It'll be warehoused in bond for a while before being recirculated for sale and distribution.