“IS IT TRUE” FEBRUARY 7, 2019

1. I will never understand why people continue to drink and drive.
   Now days we have Uber, Yellow Cab and a wrecker services.
   Those three options are cheaper than a DUI.
   Think before you drink and think before you drive.

2. New border crisis: 1,809 illegal crossing attempts a day, ‘ticking time bomb’

   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/new-border-crisis-1-809-illegal-crossing-attempts-a-day-ticking-time-bomb

   • Yet this crap Joe Posts is the same “old” crud that shows there is NOT a crisis, just Trump lies

     According to the latest statistics from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 396,579 undocumented people were apprehended after entering the country illegally in 2018.

     In 2000, however, more than 1.64 million illegal border crossers were apprehended

     That’s a 76 percent DECLINE in the number of apprehensions between the peak in 2000 and 2018

     So the FACT that “illegal” border crossings are at the lowest in 20 years, Trump and his mouthpiece Joe continue to LIE about this simple FACT all the time

     https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/25/us-illegal-border-crossings-analysis-trump-migrants

     • Record number of families crossing U.S. border as Trump threatens new crackdown

       More than 16,000 family members were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in September, the highest number ever and an 80 percent increase from July, according to federal statistics obtained by The Washington Post

       https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/17/family-border-apprehensions-hit-new-record-trump-threatens-new-crackdo/

       • Sigh….more Trumpsucker crap trying to get everyone to develop some sort of need for snorting Adderall and yell “SQUIRREL” to fund an unnecessary boondoggle

         “The number of migrants apprehended by Border Patrol at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2018—396,579 people—was the fifth-lowest total since 1973. The number of adult migrants traveling without families (239,331) was almost certainly the second-lowest total since 1970”

         “In 2018, the average Border Patrol agent apprehended 23 migrants all year long, even as his or her agency was assisted by the deployment of 2,400 National Guard soldiers. And since 40 percent of those were families and children (most of whom SOUGHT THE AGENTS out to request asylum) the average Border Patrol agent, in fact, apprehended 14 single adult migrants during all of 2018. One every 26 days”

         Yes, the majority of those “apprehended” were actually those LEGALLY requesting asylum

         “Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at the LEGAL ports of entry notably slowed their reception of asylum-seekers. During just three months (March, April, and May 2018) more than 6,000 children and families reported to ports of entry as what CBP calls “inadmissibles”

         But every month since June the number of children and families at the ports has held mysteriously steady at 4,000 per month, even as “zero tolerance” was encouraging them to approach the official crossings”

         Yeah, more obfuscation from you, this time using data almost SIX MONTHS OLD

         https://www.wola.org/analysis/us-government-2018-border-data-trump-immigration-asylum-policy/

         • RR, you believe everything on MSNBC. That is fine. But facts are stubborn things and may be an antidote to Trump derangement syndrome:
           ………………..
           “Last year, DHS encountered more than 3,000 “special interest aliens” — individuals with suspicious travel patterns who may pose a national security risk, or people from countries with ties to terrorism — at our southern border.

           We are also facing a humanitarian catastrophe. For the first time, families and children make up the majority of those entering illegally. Why? Because word has gotten out that our broken legal framework will give them a “free pass” into the United States. This has dramatically changed the migrant flows, and it is a crisis because our system wasn’t built to handle it.

           The trek has become a nightmare, with more than 30 percent of women reporting sexual assault along the way and 70 percent of all migrants reporting violence. Aliens, including children, are coming into our custody sicker than ever. Border Patrol refers an average of 50 cases a day to medical providers.

           The situation cannot be ignored. Despite the facts provided by front-line DHS professionals, some public figures and commentators claim that there is no crisis, or that it is “manufactured.” There is nothing manufactured about children arriving at our borders dehydrated and sick, migrants being abused on a lawless pathway, deadly drugs coming across in droves, or criminals evading our defenses. Facts are stubborn things and tell a completely different story. The situation is serious.”

           https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/09/dhs-we-face-humanitarian-and-security-crisis-editorials-debates/2531535002/

       • By using a pitiful article written by DHS Bimbo-In-Charge Kirstjen Nielsen. that has the accuracy and veracity of jack-squat. She lies for Trump (kinda like you) and is even facing a Congressional Subpoena for LYING to Congress. So a self-serving steaming pile means……jack squat

         The steaming pile you reference was part of a two-part set of opinion pieces, and the companion article is:

         Trump Wall Wouldn’t Fix Problems At The Border

         If there is a truly frightening crisis, it is in the White House. It comes in form of an erratic, fearmongering president making as much noise as he can while pushing hard on all of democracy’s pressure points

         In 2017, the last year for which the FBI has compiled data, there were 17,284 instances of murder and non-negligent manslaughter in the USA. These are serious crimes, and this is a serious matter. But few political leaders these days talk about a violent crime “crisis” because the problem is far less acute than it was in the 1990s, and because no one has any easy solutions

         Much the same is or should be, true about illegal immigration. It is a serious matter. The United States cannot be seen as providing a pass to those who come here unlawfully. And the nation is dealing with an upsurge in migrants from Central America

         This is a significant problem, particularly in the southern border states and for the migrant families themselves, but it is not a major national crisis. Illegal immigration is actually down sharply from its highs of the past two decades, thanks to fewer people coming from Mexico. The United States, moreover, has dealt with far larger influxes of refugees. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, and during the Ethiopian famine of the 1980s

         Trump wants there to be an immigration crisis, and he tried to make a case for one in a prime-time speech in January that repeated his usual litany of exaggerations, falsehoods, and guilt-by-association. In the latter part of the address, he focused on the violent crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, at one point indignantly asking, “How much more American blood must we shed before Congress does its job?” without acknowledging that these people actually commit crimes at a LOWER rate than the native-born population

         Trump wants/needs a crisis because he thinks it will gain him leverage in a mundane but damaging dispute he is in with Congress that shut down parts of the government. He wants $5.7 billion for his border wall, which he now calls a physical barrier made of steel, the one Mexico was supposed to pay for.

         In the days leading up to the January speech, Trump said he was considering an even more overwrought response: declaring a national emergency in a bid to repurpose national security spending to his wall project. But that would tie the wall up in lengthy legal challenges

         By invoking the language of crisis, Trump is hoping to shift the largely negative public opinion about his wall

         But the public understands that the wall is a costly, impractical solution to the illegal immigration problem, half of which consists of people who enter the United States legally and overstay their visas. And while drugs are an enormous challenge, virtually ALL the Mexican heroin comes through legal points of entry

         https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/08/donald-trump-border-claims-again-overplay-immigration-hand-editorials-debates/2518760002/

3. The map of things to come:

   https://www.americanthinker.com/cartoons/

   • It’s already happened

4. State Votes in Democrats… Now Citizens Face ‘Rain Tax’

   “When it rains, it pours — but the trickling sound coming from New Jersey could be taxpayers’ money going down the drain, at least if liberals get their way.

   Just months after residents in that state voted for nearly all Democrats in the last election, including electing Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy to replace Republican former Gov. Chris Christie, the left has found a bizarre new way to dig into people’s pockets: A “rain tax.”

   According to WLNY, a CBS station in New York, New Jersey has passed a stormwater utility bill that imposes fees on property owners — individuals and businesses — who have large parking areas that get wet during downpours.”

   https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/state-votes-democrats-now-citizens-face-rain-tax/

   • Looks like Joe is scraping the trash pile to find things he can use those liberal boogeymen to scare right-wingers with. Considering this article is from another Trumpsucker website, it is crap

     As water flows off of streets, parking lots, and building rooftops, it picks up fertilizers, pesticides, oil, and automotive fluids, pet waste, sediment, and other pollutants. This simple process of untreated stormwater flowing through gutters and storm drains pollutes rivers and streams and threatens drinking water. It also causes problems like local flooding of streets and homes, beach closures, fish advisories, and sewage system overflows.

     This BS moniker of a “rain tax” is blatantly false. It is designed to mislead and confuse. The truth is that this is a fee to reduce pollution from water that washes off hard surfaces and empties into local waterways. Runoff pollution is real.

     The bottom line is that this work must be done. There are federal and state requirements to reduce runoff pollution from urban and suburban areas. A fee on an impervious surface is often the best model to do this because the fee is connected to the cause of the pollution

     With all the challenges faced by state and local governments, they often have chosen to do the minimum required to reduce polluted runoff. With adequate dedicated funding, local governments can implement practical, proven solutions that were previously too expensive, or that could have only been done if money was taken from other important social services. The fee discussed here also provides important leverage for financing projects with bonds or state revolving loans

     Regardless of financing option, local creeks and rivers will get cleaner only to the degree local officials fund needed work. Little or no new funding will continue to mean dirty, unhealthy local waters

5. Please stop with ECHO Housing. There is no evidence anyone there besides the former director did anything wrong. To continually hammer a non profit that serves the community with no evidence or basis is just wrong. Those people have been through a lot, perhaps consider supporting your community? Honestly the coverage of this has been disgusting. Muckrake elsewhere and let those people be, they’ve had a long year and from what I hear, they’ve never stopped doing their job.

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