• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    would be fuckin hilarious if they painted the US side and completely forgot about the Mexican side.

    then when they go to paint the Mexican side, Mexico says, “no, that’s our side”

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      15 hours ago

      Only thing I can think of is the black paint would absorb more solar radiation and make it hotter. But the sun isn’t out at night which is when many people make that crossing, so I’m not sure they’ve really thought it through.

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      The same way a fence prevents someone from flying in on a currently not-yet-expired visa. The whole announcement is an exercise of putting lipstick on a pig.

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    And Noem said Homeland Security was going to be trying black paint to make the metal hotter.

    'K… ish… I mean, I get the physics, but, doesn’t this murican know the concept of nighttime?

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        Rock climbers don’t, they need skin contact for good grip. Crack climbers do, but they’re the opposite of what you’d expect, they only protect the back of the hands.

        Ice climbers wear gloves because it’s usually too cold for bare hands.

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        Or the people who overstay their visas, which is where most “illegal” migration comes from.

        Or the border patrol stations who are staffed by people in the employment of cartels and other organizations who occasionally stage a huge bust.

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    Right… Because black paint is going to stop them how exactly? “It absorbs the heat, so they will get burns when touching the fence”.

    Ever heard of night?

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      18 hours ago

      We all know that border crossings happen in broad daylight on the least cloudy days. I mean, come on, people SLEEP at night!

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      Yes, but at the same time. A reduction of attempts during the day means you can have a concentration of manpower at night. And with the forcing day jumpers to wear gloves and long sleeves and pants. They are more likely to subcome to heat exhaustion. Because once over the other side they won’t really have time to stop and strip off the extra layers when running from border patrol.

      Hell it can probably make thermal cameras more effective to having g a cooler body with the back drop of hot as hell steel.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      Can we stop posting this everywhere?

      It isn’t like a random Lemmy comment is going to do anything

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        It keeps people remembering that this is a distraction from the Epstein stuff. A useful reminder, I’d say.

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          The reality is that the Trump administration doesn’t care

          You are just spamming. They will not released the files because they would incriminate Trump and some of his backers. It is messed up but the truth is sometimes hard to hear.

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            It is messed up but the truth is sometimes hard to hear.

            Which is precisely why we will never stop demanding the truth.

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              People will eventually move on

              Maybe I’ll be surprised but somehow I don’t see Trump releasing incriminating evidence against himself.

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            The reality is that we don’t actually need to wait for the epstein files to be released. We know Trump is a child rapist.

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              That is exactly my point

              The files are going to reveal that the mega wealthier did terrible things. (shocker)

              I don’t get why people are bent over the Epstein files. There are way more important things to protest like ICE and the attacks on the ICC.

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                ICE and the ICC target his lieutenants. Epstein targets the fucker himself.

                Take down ICE, and he commits his next atrocity with FEMA, or DEA or the Bureau of Land Management.

                Take him down, and Corporal Couchfucker can’t hold the GOP together.

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                  The couch fucker has all the real money and power behind him. If you think these MAGATs die with Trump, you are gonna be disappointed. We need to crush them in 2026, and if we can’t I’m gonna flee.

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                I don’t know, man I take issue with a child fucker leading the United States, your priorities may be different, you’re a little bit weird Iwill say that

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        I’m not doing this because I think Trump will read a Lemmy comment and decide to turn himself in. I’m doing it because I’m pissed off and I want to associate every possible bit of news about MAGA politics with this. They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with distracting people, and we should be allowed to express that we’re not being fooled, even if it’s ultimately just a gesture.

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        Why bro, are you on the list, you’re starting to sound an awful lot like Trump right now you weirdo

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      No, but the cops will burn through their entire budget on ammo shooting at it, and several of them will need time off to recover from shouting “stop resisting” too much

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        Request for medical leave states: Officer suffered vocal chord damage while responding to shootout. 6 to 8 weeks of paid leave.