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Originally posted by joel9507:
Must be more illegals in the mix than we imagine.

Otherwise, this makes no sense at all.

interestingly enough, south philly is mostly my people, really REALLY italian italians, and asians... or at least it was the last time I was there.

JAllen, don't know if your O2 it turned up higher today, but I like it!
Preach it, brother!

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
I'm confused

Why did they cancel? I'm pretty sure it's illegal for ICE to randomly stop people with brown skin and ask them for their papers.

A little blurb in today's paper made this statement a little humorous.

On this date in 1892 the Geary Act became law.

The Law: Federal legislation designed to limit Chinese immigration to the United States

Date: Became law on May 5, 1892

Significance: Enacted to reinforce and extend provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the Geary Act prevented further immigration from China and required established Chinese residents of the United States to carry certificates of residence. The act grew out of an assumption that low-wage Chinese laborers were responsible for the economic downturn in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

The Chinese Exclusion Act, passed in 1882, put a ten-year federal moratorium on the immigration of Chinese laborers, and increased restrictions on Chinese immigrants already living in the United States. When the act expired in 1892, a new bill was proposed by California Democratic congressman Thomas J. Geary. Geary’s bill extended the immigration moratorium for ten additional years and required existing Chinese immigrants to obtain official certificates of residence from the Internal Revenue Service. Immigrants found without these certificates faced up to one year of hard labor followed by deportation. Bail was not permitted for immigrants arrested for being in the country illegally, and only a “credible white witness” could testify on behalf of an accused Chinese immigrant. The Geary Act was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1893, in Fong Yue Ting v. United States. In 1902, the act was extended indefinitely, but Congress eased restrictions during the 1920’s and finally removed them in 1943.

http://immigrationtounitedstat...ary-act-of-1892.html

I wonder why they really canceled it?
I doubt ICE has the manpower or interest in raiding an entire festival.

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Originally posted by CD228:
I wonder why they really canceled it?
I doubt ICE has the manpower or interest in raiding an entire festival.

The sale of Depends was outpacing the supply, as many illegals were in fear of soiling their shorts...

There is a coin operated laundromat near me where the only language is Spanish. Signs, TVs blaring, and conversations. There are lots of illegals and gangbangers in that area.

I went in on a Saturday a few years ago, toting my Glock 22 and wearing a black raincoat. The place was packed with easily 100 people. Five minutes later there were about a dozen.

I am going to get a blue windbreaker and paint ICF on it and go back. Maybe there'll be a stampede.

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
But Meester Trump we peoples just wan to celebrate de Cinco de Mayo...Joo cannot deport the millions of the peoples for thees!!

This is NO celebratory holiday in Mexico, purely a U.S. bar and restaurant created event like many others.

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
Victimhood is the most important status in our political publicity culture. They do stories, tear jerking segments, about victims, interviews on TV, internet glory. Nobody pays attention of the ordinary bruises and sprains of routine life. Congressmen rush to provide help, church groups hold bake sales, bingo games, fish fries, civic groups sponor booths at fairs, to gather aid to victims, of disease, famine, oppression, sociologists get grants to do studies, a perpetual edition of Queen for A Day. It's the American Way!

Absolutely. Should be a special twofer event when victim and oppressor are the same person. Wasn't there an old saw about a kid convicted of killing both his parents, who threw himself on the mercy of the court as an orphan?

"I scared myself into not celebrating my national holiday for no reason" really isn't an existential crisis.

But, hey, more Dos Equis and nachos for the rest of us.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
JAllen, don't know if your O2 it turned up higher today, but I like it!
Preach it, brother!

Thanks, Doc. As a matter of fact, I have just abandoned the concentrator that maxed out at 5 lpm for one that goes up to 10. It's like having a hurricane in your nose!

The idea, my supplier says, is that the other one was running full tilt to deliver 5 lpm. This new one is loafing along to deliver 5, and has more as needed.

I'm not sure what impact that had on what I responded with, but hey, whatever works!

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Originally posted by joel9507:

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
Victimhood is the most important status in our political publicity culture. They do stories, tear jerking segments, about victims, interviews on TV, internet glory. Nobody pays attention of the ordinary bruises and sprains of routine life. Congressmen rush to provide help, church groups hold bake sales, bingo games, fish fries, civic groups sponor booths at fairs, to gather aid to victims, of disease, famine, oppression, sociologists get grants to do studies, a perpetual edition of Queen for A Day. It's the American Way!

Absolutely. Should be a special twofer event when victim and oppressor are the same person. Wasn't there an old saw about a kid convicted of killing both his parents, who threw himself on the mercy of the court as an orphan?

"I scared myself into not celebrating my national holiday for no reason" really isn't an existential crisis.

But, hey, more Dos Equis and nachos for the rest of us.

Don't forget the avocado growers!

well, good

its is NOT Cinco de Mayo here in the US, its May 5th

now, if they want to cancel the Cinco de Mayo festivities in lets say - Mexico - or someplace like that, well, I don't have a problem with that either

whats so freakin' special about May 5th anyway?

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
whats so freakin' special about May 5th anyway?

If follows "May the Fourth Be With You" Day.

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Originally posted by jljones:

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Originally posted by JALLEN:

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Originally posted by joel9507:

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
They are victims.

There is nothing more important than that.

Victims of fear and oppression in this once happy carefree land.

Yeah, but in this case, they are oppressing themselves, out of ignorance.

Like a self-inflicted wound. I don't think they issue Purple Hearts for those.

Victimhood is the most important status in our political publicity culture. They do stories, tear jerking segments, about victims, interviews on TV, internet glory. Nobody pays attention of the ordinary bruises and sprains of routine life. Congressmen rush to provide help, church groups hold bake sales, bingo games, fish fries, civic groups sponor booths at fairs, to gather aid to victims, of disease, famine, oppression, sociologists get grants to do studies, a perpetual edition of Queen for A Day. It's the American Way!

I blame social media for a lot of it. And an ignorant population.

I saw a post on the face space this morning calling for justice for a boy's dog that had been shot by a mean old neighbor. The mean old police were refusing to "serve justice" for the killing. They had a hashtag calling for justice. They had 60 or so shares. They had posters calling for lawsuits, calling the state attorney general's office, calling the media, etc.

Now, the neighbor may be Norman Bates, I don't know. But, based upon the "victims" details in her post, the neighbor followed the state law, and was entirely within his legal ability when he dispatched Bucky to the sweet by and by. It sucks losing a pet, especially having someone kill it. But, they probably shouldn't have let it run free if that was the case. Or at the very least, understand what the state law actually says about dogs running free after the hours of darkness.

But, the internet was ablaze with wanting vengeance and "justice". With no regard to the actual law or pesky details. People were setting up a gofundme for the legal battle.

Everyone wants a cause these days.

This is really easy to understand if you are not reactionary old-timer (like me) talking about silly things like laws. Just ask any libtard or SJW and they'll tell you that this law nonsense is completely passé and what really matters is how they feel and what's trending on social media (two things that seem to be directly related).

Really novel concept: Understand and follow the law. If you don't like the law and think it sucks, work to get it changed.

 "I want our immigrant community to know that we want them"

I want LEGAL immigrant communities to know we want them here as well. It is the ILLEGAL immigrants everybody has a problem with.

It makes me crazy when they lump these two, very different, groups together.

Ken

Posting shit like that ^^^ Only helps the commies. Don't give them the view counts.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
well, good

its is NOT Cinco de Mayo here in the US, its May 5th

now, if they want to cancel the Cinco de Mayo festivities in lets say - Mexico - or someplace like that, well, I don't have a problem with that either

whats so freakin' special about May 5th anyway?

They don't celebrate it in Mexico anyway. It's the anniversary of a minor victory over French invaders, but it's never been a holiday in Mexico, only the US.

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Originally posted by brecaidra:

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
well, good

its is NOT Cinco de Mayo here in the US, its May 5th

now, if they want to cancel the Cinco de Mayo festivities in lets say - Mexico - or someplace like that, well, I don't have a problem with that either

whats so freakin' special about May 5th anyway?

They don't celebrate it in Mexico anyway. It's the anniversary of a minor victory over French invaders, but it's never been a holiday in Mexico, only the US.

So, the Spanish invaders beat the French invaders?

It's yet another fake holiday geared towards bringing in amateur drinkers into bars.