Political cartoon and meme thread for both sides of the spectrum.

[Stapes]

If thats true then I'd say that shows exactly why we need a better wall and stronger border security.

That is the better wall genius.

maybe walls don't work and are a colossal waste of time, money and resources. Strong border security doesn't have to include a boondoggle of a wall.

[Stapes]

Democrats: Walls don't work, Billions of dollars wasted, money can be used in other security measures and processing of asylum seekers


Trumpian morons: "Libs want open borders!!!" waaahhhh

[PimpDaddy]

The Asylum Seekers denial rate is quite large. I think the court % was crazy like 80% denial. Do you think those denied accept their fate, say "Rats, we tried" and just return home? Would they be tempted to illegally cross the border if 'the wall' did not exit?

If a shit ton more money was thrown at immigration, and Seekers were processed with lightning speed, would that change the denial rate? Or by 'process' to you simply mean 'approve'?

[Cassandros]

If thats true then I'd say that shows exactly why we need a better wall and stronger border security.

That is the better wall genius.

maybe walls don't work and are a colossal waste of time, money and resources. Strong border security doesn't have to include a boondoggle of a wall.

No, its not.

That is the old style Bush 43 and Obama were putting in.

One picture that refuses to copy/paste from 2011 here

Also


Picture from 2008, Source


Trumps wall is similar, but different where it counts:

Cite

What were you saying about lying being a hallmark of one political party?

Stapes, thanks for proving my point that BOTH parties are full of shit.

[DandyDon]

If thats true then I'd say that shows exactly why we need a better wall and stronger border security.

That is the better wall genius.

maybe walls don't work and are a colossal waste of time, money and resources. Strong border security doesn't have to include a boondoggle of a wall.

As a foreign reporter visiting the US I was stunned by Trump's press conference

Despite being subjected to a daily diet of Trump headlines, I was unprepared for the president’s alarming incoherence

The press conference I tuned into by chance from my New York hotel room was held in Otay Mesa, California, and concerned a renovated section of the wall on the Mexican border.

I joined as the president was explaining at length how powerful the concrete was. Very powerful, it turns out. It was unlike any wall ever built, incorporating the most advanced “concrete technology”. It was so exceptional that would-be wall-builders from three unnamed countries had visited to learn from it.

There were inner tubes in the wall that were also filled with concrete, poured in via funnels, and also “rebars” so the wall would withstand anyone attempting to cut through it with a blowtorch.

The wall went very deep and could not be burrowed under. Prototypes had been tested by 20 “world-class mountain climbers – That’s all they do, they love to climb mountains”, who had been unable to scale it.

It was also “wired, so that we will know if somebody is trying to break through”, although one of the attending officials declined a presidential invitation to discuss this wiring further, saying, “Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing it”, which the president said was a “very good answer”.

The wall was “amazing”, “world class”, “virtually impenetrable” and also “a good, strong rust colour” that could later be painted. It was designed to absorb heat, so it was “hot enough to fry an egg on”. There were no eggs to hand, but the president did sign his name on it and spoke for so long the TV feed eventually cut away, promising to return if news was ever made.

He did, at one point, concede that would-be immigrants, unable to scale, burrow, blow torch or risk being burned, could always walk around the incomplete structure, but that would require them walking a long way. This seemed to me to be an important point, but the monologue quickly returned to the concrete.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... conference

[Cassandros]

As a foreign reporter visiting the US I was stunned by Trump's press conference

Despite being subjected to a daily diet of Trump headlines, I was unprepared for the president’s alarming incoherence

The press conference I tuned into by chance from my New York hotel room was held in Otay Mesa, California, and concerned a renovated section of the wall on the Mexican border.

I joined as the president was explaining at length how powerful the concrete was. Very powerful, it turns out. It was unlike any wall ever built, incorporating the most advanced “concrete technology”. It was so exceptional that would-be wall-builders from three unnamed countries had visited to learn from it.

There were inner tubes in the wall that were also filled with concrete, poured in via funnels, and also “rebars” so the wall would withstand anyone attempting to cut through it with a blowtorch.

The wall went very deep and could not be burrowed under. Prototypes had been tested by 20 “world-class mountain climbers – That’s all they do, they love to climb mountains”, who had been unable to scale it.

It was also “wired, so that we will know if somebody is trying to break through”, although one of the attending officials declined a presidential invitation to discuss this wiring further, saying, “Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing it”, which the president said was a “very good answer”.

The wall was “amazing”, “world class”, “virtually impenetrable” and also “a good, strong rust colour” that could later be painted. It was designed to absorb heat, so it was “hot enough to fry an egg on”. There were no eggs to hand, but the president did sign his name on it and spoke for so long the TV feed eventually cut away, promising to return if news was ever made.

He did, at one point, concede that would-be immigrants, unable to scale, burrow, blow torch or risk being burned, could always walk around the incomplete structure, but that would require them walking a long way. This seemed to me to be an important point, but the monologue quickly returned to the concrete.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... conference

I personally don't care for a wall; but this is a lazy critique at best.

No shit people can walk around the unfinished parts; that is a stronger talking point on getting Congress to appropriate more funds to it so the damn thing is complete and not full of holes rendering the whole thing meaningless.

Also, he was taught to talk in sound bites for a reason... That in and of itself is a non-issue, especially if you are trying to discuss something of importance, like border security.

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[DandyDon]

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Coinkydink?

Ladder-maker Werner Co. to close Louisville plant, ship jobs to Mexico

https://www.wdrb.com/news/business/ladd ... d1964.html

[DandyDon]

As a foreign reporter visiting the US I was stunned by Trump's press conference

Despite being subjected to a daily diet of Trump headlines, I was unprepared for the president’s alarming incoherence

The press conference I tuned into by chance from my New York hotel room was held in Otay Mesa, California, and concerned a renovated section of the wall on the Mexican border.

I joined as the president was explaining at length how powerful the concrete was. Very powerful, it turns out. It was unlike any wall ever built, incorporating the most advanced “concrete technology”. It was so exceptional that would-be wall-builders from three unnamed countries had visited to learn from it.

There were inner tubes in the wall that were also filled with concrete, poured in via funnels, and also “rebars” so the wall would withstand anyone attempting to cut through it with a blowtorch.

The wall went very deep and could not be burrowed under. Prototypes had been tested by 20 “world-class mountain climbers – That’s all they do, they love to climb mountains”, who had been unable to scale it.

It was also “wired, so that we will know if somebody is trying to break through”, although one of the attending officials declined a presidential invitation to discuss this wiring further, saying, “Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing it”, which the president said was a “very good answer”.

The wall was “amazing”, “world class”, “virtually impenetrable” and also “a good, strong rust colour” that could later be painted. It was designed to absorb heat, so it was “hot enough to fry an egg on”. There were no eggs to hand, but the president did sign his name on it and spoke for so long the TV feed eventually cut away, promising to return if news was ever made.

He did, at one point, concede that would-be immigrants, unable to scale, burrow, blow torch or risk being burned, could always walk around the incomplete structure, but that would require them walking a long way. This seemed to me to be an important point, but the monologue quickly returned to the concrete.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... conference

I personally don't care for a wall; but this is a lazy critique at best.

No shit people can walk around the unfinished parts; that is a stronger talking point on getting Congress to appropriate more funds to it so the damn thing is complete and not full of holes rendering the whole thing meaningless.

Also, he was taught to talk in sound bites for a reason... That in and of itself is a non-issue, especially if you are trying to discuss something of importance, like border security.

Trump wasnt "taught" to speak in sound bites. A polyglot is someone who knows and can use several languages. A monoglot is someone who knows and uses one. Trump is a semiglot.


Trump Said This Wall Can’t Be Climbed. Professional Climbers Say He’s Full of Shit

The problem? The country’s top climbers have no idea what the hell Trump is talking about.

“I have never heard of any climbers ever being recruited to try and climb a border wall,” said Jesse Grupper, who won the gold medal in the men’s sport lead category of this year’s USA Climbing Sport & Speed Open National Championships.

“I absolutely have not heard of anyone testing sections of border wall,” said Kyra Condie, who currently ranks second among the nation’s women boulderers and is considered a serious contender for the U.S. team when the sport makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo next year. “It would even be hard to find any of us willing to do anything to help Trump and his efforts in any way.”

“Definitely no well-recognized U.S. climbers have taken part in something like that,” said Ross Fulkerson, a seven-time member of the U.S. national team who is currently ranked third in the country. “I haven’t heard of any climbers ever helping out with testing.”

“We live in strange times,” said Marc Norman, CEO of USA Climbing, the sport’s national governing body. “I am not aware of any of our athletes being contracted to do such work. Ironically, I have heard rumors of climbers being contracted by zoos to test animal enclosures, but that is about all.”

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-said-wall- ... 15488.html

[CHEEZY17]

Stapes is wrong about something yet again.

[DandyDon]

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[Cassandros]

Trump wasnt "taught" to speak in sound bites. A polyglot is someone who knows and can use several languages. A monoglot is someone who knows and uses one. Trump is a semiglot.

LOL!

That is pretty funny and, sadly, fairly true.

But I stand by my statement. If you look at older interviews of him he was much more articulate. The buzz word, sound bite format of addressing people and issues came about during his time as a TV personality. And it wasn't by accident.

[DandyDon]

Trump wasnt "taught" to speak in sound bites. A polyglot is someone who knows and can use several languages. A monoglot is someone who knows and uses one. Trump is a semiglot.

LOL!

That is pretty funny and, sadly, fairly true.

But I stand by my statement. If you look at older interviews of him he was much more articulate. The buzz word, sound bite format of addressing people and issues came about during his time as a TV personality. And it wasn't by accident.

Yeah, it has nothing to do with age, syphilitic, and adderall induced mental decline...

[FSchmertz]

Trump wasnt "taught" to speak in sound bites. A polyglot is someone who knows and can use several languages. A monoglot is someone who knows and uses one. Trump is a semiglot.

LOL!

That is pretty funny and, sadly, fairly true.

But I stand by my statement. If you look at older interviews of him he was much more articulate. The buzz word, sound bite format of addressing people and issues came about during his time as a TV personality. And it wasn't by accident.

Yeah, it has nothing to do with age, syphilitic, and adderall induced mental decline...

You really shouldn't say he's a drug user, diseased, or just old and senile, when he's clearly just a moron.

[Cassandros]

Trump wasnt "taught" to speak in sound bites. A polyglot is someone who knows and can use several languages. A monoglot is someone who knows and uses one. Trump is a semiglot.

LOL!

That is pretty funny and, sadly, fairly true.

But I stand by my statement. If you look at older interviews of him he was much more articulate. The buzz word, sound bite format of addressing people and issues came about during his time as a TV personality. And it wasn't by accident.

Yeah, it has nothing to do with age, syphilitic, and adderall induced mental decline...

The world may never know for sure.

I have my guess based on what I see.

Your guess seems more like a wish list...

[Cassandros]

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[DandyDon]

[Cassandros]

Ouch, too honest.