True story: in May I "filed" my Taiwan taxes by going into the Tax Bureau, presenting my health card ( has a chip in it, also $28/month fwiw), verified the info, and was out in under 3 minutes on account of no line, and station on first floor. Could have filed online, but would have taken me longer.

Local police actions can also be scams to rake in overtime pay, and arrests and escalation used to justify it all. Maybe they are quite willing, maybe they lean MAGA, but like the private prison industry they have financial incentives to escalate.

Release the Bruce files!

4. Backing up slowly, looking for an exit...

Nope, I just switched to Daily Beans as soon as as Meidas played a JD clip...

Third stair sisyphus.

Reminds me of Otto Warmbier killed by North Korean government.

OK, no Washington Post job for her!

He was a frat boy in college...same age as me...maybe he is right.My dorm room was surrounded by frat boys and some of them were selling weed to support their coke use.

Don't ask what you can do for your country.Ask what you can do for Halliburton.

Leave those frogs alone! They were at a "meeting".

Actually watching the 8 minute video makes it clearer. Looking at the time stamps, they show you could have seen only 2 minutes at most, though likely none.

Exactly how many pacifists does he think there are in the U.S. military officer corps?

And then the next day, and the next day!