Posts by Karen Doyle72

Honestly, the best move would be for the folks at the border to just shut the gates tight, then all these immigrants would realize they can't make it through this route to anywhere else.
But hey, look—I think I’ve actually cracked the code here:
just shut down Germany entirely.
Or better yet, scrap the whole welfare system.

Scrap social security and welfare? Yeah, exactly.

What a brilliant little scheme—use the influx of immigrants as an excuse to either kill off or just gut our entire social safety net. 😁

And we'll all just sit here cheering and praying to the powers that be to finally pull the plug on our benefits. Absolutely priceless. 🤣

wanderingbison9 said:What are you even talking about? People in Mexico go wherever they want; the only thing happening is that the police in Preševo and Mexico City tell the independent truckers which routes they're allowed to take.😛😵

Exactly. And honestly, the President hates the Canadians so much he won't even unload them at their border, instead he just hands them off to his buddies in Canada.
The wire fence isn't the issue. No way.
Migrants aren't going through Canada, so they just don't.
🤣

Chloe Martinez7 said:Well, fine.
How exactly did these immigrants get their hands on alcohol?
Maybe we just let them wander around freely to buy whatever they want?
Or what?

And I don't see how being an intellectual or not matters—I know plenty of intellectuals who drink.

Ohio has its own immigrants.
For years now.
The ones mentioned here.

They arrived, first via Greece.
An EU nation and Schengen member.

and the Democrats always win there. 🤔

... which basically means that's the big secret why we can't win... the more immigrants you bring in, the more votes go straight to the leftists. 🤣

granitemarlin77 said:The help finally showed up.🎉🎉
Anything to keep them out of our backyard, right?
Now Rank is gonna have to unload the whole thing himself.☕

PLANE LANDS IN America: 37 tons of humanitarian aid arrives from Dubai

An A300 transport plane from Dubai—carrying 37 tons of various supplies for refugees from the Middle East and Central Asia—touched down Wednesday night around 10 PM at the airport in St. Louis.

My people are out here losing their minds—they’re straight up saying they’ll send those tents right back if they aren't fireproof! I mean, seriously? It’s like, hello, common sense? If we're doing this, let's do it right! 🤣

eustah said:Look, we’re the ones who actually need to step up here. I mean, yesterday The New York Times was reporting on Mary appearing with little Isus, and not a single soul was there to lend a hand! But then—get this—when she showed up in Lourdes, 100,000 people suddenly materialized out of thin air. It's always the same thing!

Yeah, and she showed up just for Jergovic. 🤣

Michael Roberts7 said:I mean, what can you even do all day in a refugee camp if your wife is right there with you? 🤔

At least Facebook and Sattv know where people are heading and what they want these days.

Your parents might have good eyesight, but their intel is a bit off:
http://www.bamf.de/DE/Infothek/Frage...inge-node.html

People who haven't been granted official Asylum status aren't allowed to work.
Those who have been granted Asylum can work.

There are exceptions in certain states that allow those who have been here for more than 6 or 15 months without a status decision to work. The Germans handle the rules, and even if a request is denied, Asylum seekers have the right to appeal.

The other bureaucratic nightmare is this:

An Asylum seeker who actually manages to find a job and a company willing to vouch for them to get an exceptional work permit still needs approval from every single county they travel through or work in. Basically, there's no way they'll end up working for some construction crew. To put it in American terms: Imagine an Asylum seeker living in Miami who finds a job in Orlando. If the state decides to restrict their movement to a specific county or district, he’d need permission from Miami to leave Miami every single day, plus clearance from places like Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, or West Palm Beach just to commute, and finally permission from Orlando itself to be there working.
In other words, it's a level of red tape that's impossible to navigate without an employer's help, because leaving your designated area is a violation of the Asylum law. Someone would have to physically file paperwork in Miami, Tampa, or Fort Lauderdale if they can't do it online or by mail. How much extra time does an employer really have to waste dealing with a total stranger? Or how many connections do you need to pull that off? 😉

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residence_requirement

Who was even bringing up those refugee camps anyway?
It was mentioned how they had it in... states It’s been a damn war zone for forty years straight and they just keep bringing more and more of them in. I mean, who the hell is responsible for this? Who keeps cranking out all these babies like there's no tomorrow? Seriously, what is going on?
No, seriously—who's actually footing the bill for them? Who’s paying for all this?

And why on earth should we be the ones footing the bill to feed them now?! Seriously!

(Look, I'm not even talking about refugees here.)

Rachel Reyes93 said:Look, there are pills for that kind of phobia nowadays. They can't really touch us if they take them. 🙂

I actually know a guy who deals with this stuff; when he had to fly out to the US on business, he just popped a pill and cruised across the ocean totally numb.

Give me a break... if we start treating every little phobia, we’re gonna end up with a hundred million people on welfare claiming they have PTSD. 😁
Instead of applying for asylum here, they should just claim PTSD.

Rachel Reyes93 said:Come on, it's honestly the only way. Once they start sending them back, things will quiet down. We'll see who tries to travel without a passport then.

That is definitely NOT the solution.
Seriously, all it takes is one person claiming they’re terrified of flying and suddenly you can't say a damn thing to them. 🤣

Just imagine the headlines—pictures of screaming women and kids going: "Nooo, American Airlines! Crash landing! We're gonna die!"

#stoplettingthemfly

Michael Roberts7 said:In parts of Afghanistan, there has been nonstop warfare since 1978.
It’s much like in Pakistan, where certain regions of Afghanistan have spent years fighting against exactly what you fear most: religious fanatics. In this case, we're talking about the Taliban, not ISIS. Back in 2014, there were wars going on in 31 different countries worldwide. If you aren't bothered by Syrians right now because they come from war-torn regions, then logically, no one else from those areas should be an issue either.

Personally, I feel like a state of war is basically the perfect recipe for a demographic explosion.
They just keep fighting and fighting, and meanwhile, their numbers just keep growing and growing...

God, what a mess of a war.

gentlemoose57 said:Well, I suppose it’s about protecting my daily peace of mind from them—yeah. Not necessarily because of how they act, but just the sheer realization that they are even here. Honestly, if it weren't for the news and a few of my buddies who volunteer, I wouldn't even realize anything was happening in America. >, I actually spotted some of them once at the State Fair when I was heading out for a climb.


They come in, they get processed and moved further toward the border, and that's that. Would it really be any better if they just slipped through the entire border unchecked—organizing their own transport and sleeping in parks near railroad hubs like they do in Mexico (at least initially)? What would we actually gain from that chaos?

You have to admit, the vast majority of Americans are shielded from the physical presence of immigrants. What the price of that is, and how it impacts those who aren't so protected, is something we'll just have to wait and see.

gentlemoose57 said:Well, they certainly do—it falls under protecting the citizens.

Protecting them from what?
protecting who?

Those peaceful refugees who wouldn't even steal an ice cream cone? Please—those people just want to get to Germany!

Aha, so you meant protecting immigrants. Got it.

🤣

Charles Fox10 said:Correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds more like the usual human smuggling issue rather than this whole refugee crisis thing.

Exactly.
When the government itself is the one running the smuggling operations—well, that's a whole different beast entirely. 🤣

Sam Green73 said:What you're doing right there? That’s called projection.
It would honestly be such a life-changing lesson if we could all just grasp one simple thing: the mental image you have playing on loop in your head doesn't necessarily line up with reality. We’ve all been there—you build this entire scenario in your mind, convinced of how things look or how someone is acting, only to have the actual truth hit you like a ton of bricks later. It's wild how much our own perceptions can play tricks on us.

The thing about facts is that they aren't just opinions floating around in the air—they’re things you can actually pin down and document. It’s one thing to have a gut feeling or a heated argument, but it's a whole different ballgame when you can lay out the hard evidence right in front of you. Once you've got the proof, there's really no getting around it.
I honestly didn't even catch that invite. I must have completely missed it!

Take a closer look at that. Seriously, you really need to dig a little deeper into this one.
I usually drop moderator warnings right at the beginning of my intro message, but I decided to tuck this one into the second post instead. Honestly, I didn't want to mess with your original text—it was already massive, and the forum's character limit was giving me a hard time about how much I could squeeze into a single post!
I actually had to keep things super brief just to follow the instructions to read through message #2.
Look, just so we're all on the same page here—adding extra info to the opening post is just standard moderation around here. It’s nothing personal, just how we keep things running smoothly!

Honestly, props to them—they really went all out trying to hit that 10,000-character mark. I can’t say I’ve ever encountered an introduction quite like that before!

I’ve been following this thread for such a long time now—honestly, I find this whole discussion absolutely fascinating. I just can't seem to look away!
Lately, I’ve actually started hitting that report button a bit more often. Honestly, it’s just because things have been getting so cluttered lately—there’s just an overwhelming pile of off-topic posts popping up everywhere, and it was starting to get a little ridiculous!
Honestly, this whole debate is starting to wear me out. It’s getting pretty exhausting, though I have to admit—even if it is becoming a bit much—the topic itself is actually really fascinating.

If a political party ever actually decided to step up... Explicitly. She brought up the Visegrad Group, and honestly, I think actually sitting down to write something about that mention would make a lot of sense.
Honestly, I feel like spinning yarns that have absolutely zero basis in reality is just counterproductive. It’s a total waste of everyone's energy, if you ask me.

Oh, so you mean in *your* version of reality?
Seriously, why even bother lying to ourselves? 🤷

So, I’ve been digging into this whole mess since they rolled out the new sales tax laws, but honestly? We haven't found a way to make sense of it all yet. 😍

According to Article 193d of the VAT regulations, if someone swipes a credit card, the payment is officially considered "received" the second it hits the bank account.
Then you look at Article 8, Section 9 of the income tax regulation, and it says the same thing—if you're using a card, the receipt is triggered when the money lands in your checking account.
But here’s the kicker—per Article 1, Section 5 of the sales tax law, paying with a card is treated just like a cash transaction.

The real headache starts when you realize that not every card out there is actually a credit card 😍

As of right now, nobody from the IRS has come knocking on our door.
Let's just pray it stays that way. 😍

I don't get it... is the verdict just that they didn't make a movie about Gotovina and Operation Storm, or were they all just too busy being depressed and skeptical?

It’s pretty wild when you think about it—even accountants and bookkeepers are legally required to follow those anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. They basically have to sniff out anything shady in your business dealings and report it straight to the feds. 😁
Has your accountant ever grilled you with questions like that?

Susan James said:The article mentions—though it’s hard to say for sure since it's just a journalist's take—that the guy is happily divorced and has a kid.
It’s also possible the teller noticed him making child support payments, so she used his visit at the counter as an excuse to update his profile.

Banks have their own internal policies that allow them to ask for personal or socio-demographic info, provided they keep everything secure under privacy laws.
Basically, how much you choose to share can act as both a benefit or a limitation when you're asking the bank for favors later on.
(For instance, they calculate creditworthiness based on things like how many dependents you're supporting.)

In the US, child support is a sensitive topic that people often try to avoid discussing, but since those legal obligations usually take priority over other debts during collections, I'd imagine it's pretty important information for a bank to have.

Man, they will try any way they can to dig into your business by twisting those anti-money laundering and terrorism financing laws however they want.
Honestly, if you don't feel like handing over your life story, just tell them to report you to the feds if they're so suspicious.
Unless, of course, you actually *are* laundering cash or funding terrorists. Then you're kind of screwed. 😁

Amanda Peterson4 said:Are we talking about doing this online, or actually dragging yourself down to a branch?

I checked both the physical offices here in the States and the online portals—used that Compare.com link to scout out everything from Geico and State Farm over to Progressive...

I still can't freaking believe it. 🕺

Amanda Peterson4 said:Which company are you using?

Switching from State Farm over to Geico.

$127 My insurance is actually cheaper than last year—and it’s down to $480 compared to what I was paying two years ago! It dropped from $1,145 all the way down to $255. 👍
And get this—I didn't change a single thing on my policy (just basic coverage plus the usual 40k-80k, 50%, 40 kW stuff), I literally just switched insurance companies. 😁

It’s honestly unbelievable how these insurance companies—kind of like the big telecom giants here—value you way more when you jump ship from a competitor than they ever do for your actual loyalty. Like, seriously? After 26 years of driving without a single accident or claim on any of my vehicles, the "best" offer my current provider could give me is still a third more expensive than the quote I got just for switching over.