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Should be a wild four years.

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On another "Isn't it funny how-" note too, It's genuinely interesting that things as big and important as the geopolitical so heavily mirror the small and petty scale. In real time we're witnessing countries go through the same motions as a spoiled little shithead kid used to a spineless father who just opens his wallet whenever asked and lets him run wild with no consequences suddenly face the harsh real world of repercussions and accountability.

They throw the mother of all tantrums when told NO for the first time in years, til the punishments start being listed and doled out. Then suddenly like magic it's not so fun to be a little shithead anymore. Who knew? :story:
 
"They are RAPING CHILDREN and KILLING WOMEN ON THE STREETS."

"But the food..."

"They are SETTING CALIFORNIA ON FIRE."

"The tacos are REALLY good, though!"

It paints a very grim picture, doesn't it?
That's literally what Mollie Tibbetts dad said, "Sure an illegal murdered my daughter as he tried to rape her, but the Messicans and their heckin tacos"
 
The thing I always disliked about the food argument is that they do not understand that most all of the immigrant food is Americanized anyway by virtue of making do with what ingredients are available here and if you're making a business out of it you need to suit the palate of the hosts. Most Mexican food popular in America is pretty much just Tex Mex already and it's not arcane knowledge. You don't need the people here to make it. They already don't make it like they would down home anyway. It's always been a disingenuous argument.

Edit: sort of ninja'd. I should also say that the vast majority of ethnic groups we don't see any food get popularized from. Haitian food...uh...Afghan food? no.......most of the Asian foods are brought here by legit immigrants and not illegals.
Can't find it now, but I once saw a documentary about a woman travelling the world, collecting ethnic recipes. When she got to Africa, she wasn't really able to collect any recipes, because they didn't have any. They all ate cassava, taro, plantains, local vegetables, and sometimes a bit of meat. They didn't have special recipes, holiday recipes, or even measurements. They made their food in the same pots and pans and measured that way--two plantains for each family member, then water up to the permanent water stain on the side of the pot.

Most ethnic-American foods are not only Americanized to utilize American ingredients and suit American palates, they're based on the feast-day, special occasion foods of the cultures they're based on. Mexicans rarely eat enchiladas, for example. They eat beans, rice, and a bit of meat, and use torn-up bits of tortilla to pick the food up off their plates, that's the most common Mexican food. They don't even use a lot of cheese, and the cheese they do have is usually white. Also, the vast majority of their food is very bland; all the heat and flavor is in the sauces. Even the salt is in the sauce. If you went by Mexican-American restaurants, you'd think that shrimp cocktails, enchiladas and rellenos, all slathered in melted cheese, are everyday meals. Mexican seafood is particularly egregious, because they serve all the best fish and shellfish in the restaurants, but mostly eat tilapia and trash fish themselves. Fish tacos as we know them, breaded fish, coleslaw, and hot sauce on a corn tortilla, are definitely an invention to please tourists and not a genuine Mexican dish. Their real coleslaw is more like kimchi, pickled cabbage, except BLAND. So bland.

Central and South American food gets more primitive the farther south you go. For instance, I had a Guatemalan chicken "tamale" that still had the bones and skin in it. The corn dough, the masa, was essentially the same, as was the sauce, but the filling was a boiled, tasteless, unboned chicken wing. Totally haram. The Squatemalans mostly lived on one-pot, horrible tasting soups that they would leave out on the stove for DAYS at a time. This is not uncommon for Central and South America, since their power in the smaller villages is not dependable enough for refrigeration in many cases. They eat a lot of deer and small animals they can hunt, as well as eggs and chickens. Guatemalans also eat guinea pigs, it's a national treat. They don't eat them as much when they're in the US, because the pet store doesn't take EBT.
 
The columbian Foreign Ministry released a statement. TLDR, buck broken. People are making fun of them in the comments. Translated below.

The Government of Colombia reports that we have overcome the impasse with the Government of the United States. In this context, Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and Ambassador Daniel García-Peña will travel in the next few hours to Washington, D.C., to hold high-level meetings to follow up on the agreements, the result of joint work and exchange of diplomatic notes that They occurred today between the two governments. We will continue to receive Colombians who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions, as citizens subject to rights. The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has the presidential plane ready to facilitate the return of Colombians who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, on deportation flights. Colombia ratifies that diplomatic channels of dialogue will be maintained to guarantee the rights, national interest and dignity of our citizens.

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The columbian Foreign Ministry released a statement. TLDR, buck broken. People are making fun of them in the comments. Translated below.

The Government of Colombia reports that we have overcome the impasse with the Government of the United States. In this context, Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and Ambassador Daniel García-Peña will travel in the next few hours to Washington, D.C., to hold high-level meetings to follow up on the agreements, the result of joint work and exchange of diplomatic notes that They occurred today between the two governments. We will continue to receive Colombians who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions, as citizens subject to rights. The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has the presidential plane ready to facilitate the return of Colombians who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, on deportation flights. Colombia ratifies that diplomatic channels of dialogue will be maintained to guarantee the rights, national interest and dignity of our citizens.

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God it feels fucking GREAT to have Trump back.
 
the food can be industrialized and taste better without foodbourne illnesses.
I don’t want restaurants to all be run by more or less the same 10 mega conglomerates. When I eat out I try my best to eat local.

A big reason we got into this mess is because big businesses generally motivated to maximize profits.
 
What I love most about this skull fucking of Colombia is how it's happened barely a week into Trump's second term and was an almost instantaneous response. There's no more excuse to think Trump doesn't mean what he says - this isn't negotiation anymore, it's a baseline and anyone not agreeing with the US position will suffer for not complying. I really don't think Europe and Canada especially are ready to handle this because it's a complete 180 from Trump's first term and guarantees some very difficult decisions to come.

Case in point I'm starting to think that talk of increasing NATO GDP funding to 5% is simply the wedge into making Denmark cede Greenland and forcing Canada into an economic union. Neither can pay, but unlike 2016 Trump both are going to pay with what Trump actually wants whether they want to or not.
 
The columbian Foreign Ministry released a statement. TLDR, buck broken. People are making fun of them in the comments. Translated below.

The Government of Colombia reports that we have overcome the impasse with the Government of the United States. In this context, Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and Ambassador Daniel García-Peña will travel in the next few hours to Washington, D.C., to hold high-level meetings to follow up on the agreements, the result of joint work and exchange of diplomatic notes that They occurred today between the two governments. We will continue to receive Colombians who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions, as citizens subject to rights. The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has the presidential plane ready to facilitate the return of Colombians who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, on deportation flights. Colombia ratifies that diplomatic channels of dialogue will be maintained to guarantee the rights, national interest and dignity of our citizens.

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Get the Ambassador some Lemon Pledge. Biden was letting the oval office get dusty.
 
Maybe it's because it's so late and now's around the time my brain goes full dipshit mode, but this is extremely goddamn funny. It's also incredible that you can have posts like this on social media again.

The fucking motion blur on his hands and retard jaw going on. You can hear it.
 
The columbian Foreign Ministry released a statement. TLDR, buck broken. People are making fun of them in the comments. Translated below.

The Government of Colombia reports that we have overcome the impasse with the Government of the United States. In this context, Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and Ambassador Daniel García-Peña will travel in the next few hours to Washington, D.C., to hold high-level meetings to follow up on the agreements, the result of joint work and exchange of diplomatic notes that They occurred today between the two governments. We will continue to receive Colombians who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions, as citizens subject to rights. The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has the presidential plane ready to facilitate the return of Colombians who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, on deportation flights. Colombia ratifies that diplomatic channels of dialogue will be maintained to guarantee the rights, national interest and dignity of our citizens.

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If you want something fun to look at go to r/politics and look at the threads on the Colombia situation. A lot of coping and seething about how trump got buck broken somehow.
if (tariff = true) drumpf is evil and bullying poor tiny colombia
Else drumpf is a buck broken bitch who just says insane things then nothing happens just like his 1st term

Actual npcs.
 
And most Asian foods would be damn near inedible to Americans. I don't see Americans lining up for things like stinky tofu or balut. That also goes the other way around. I have seen some "American" food abroad that is just straight up heresy.
I love traditional Chinese food, but I will avoid certain dishes if the wait staff tell me it will have bone in it as I really don't want to deal with small bone shards. I really hate the etiquette difference between East and West on noises and picking things out of your mouth when eating.
 
We will continue to receive Colombians who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions, as citizens subject to rights. The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has the presidential plane ready to facilitate the return of Colombians who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, on deportation flights. Colombia ratifies that diplomatic channels of dialogue will be maintained to guarantee the rights, national interest and dignity of our citizens.

I can read this vagueness and realize that it means that he was bent over and has submitted. No specifics about things previously brought up before such as leg/handcuffs. Just "guaranteeing them decent conditions", no explanation of what those conditions are. Also no mention of where that presidential plane is picking them up from.
 
The columbian Foreign Ministry released a statement. TLDR, buck broken. People are making fun of them in the comments. Translated below.

The Government of Colombia reports that we have overcome the impasse with the Government of the United States. In this context, Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and Ambassador Daniel García-Peña will travel in the next few hours to Washington, D.C., to hold high-level meetings to follow up on the agreements, the result of joint work and exchange of diplomatic notes that They occurred today between the two governments. We will continue to receive Colombians who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions, as citizens subject to rights. The Government of Colombia, under the direction of President Gustavo Petro, has the presidential plane ready to facilitate the return of Colombians who were going to arrive in the country today in the morning, on deportation flights. Colombia ratifies that diplomatic channels of dialogue will be maintained to guarantee the rights, national interest and dignity of our citizens.

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Might be a double post but...

Archive + xitter screenshot, just to be safe on the buck breaking.

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There is an extremely easy solution to countries refusing their people. Slavery is legal in litterally one circumstance and that is imprisonment. Lock them up and make them pick the crops anyway until their countries leaders change their minds. Even if they still refuse no one else from that country will try it.

Alternative for Trump
[ART OF THE DEAL] We talked to Mexico and they are gonna take care of them...
 
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