The Real timschochet

I don’t get the whole guilt thing. I feel guilt all the time (I’m a bleeding heart white Jewish liberal for fock’s sake; I was born feeling guilty about everything!) But in this situation I wouldn’t feel guilty at all. The guy is an evil scumbag. I’d be quite happy to pull the trigger. I don’t think I’d give it a second’s thought afterwards.

WTF? Dude I started this thread because the firing squad thing is kind of novel these days. That’s all. Your two contributions to this thread are completely idiotic, but that’s par for the course.

The problem with family members is that they might be tempted to miss on purpose. “Oops, I really was aiming for your heart but I guess I hit your kneecap instead. Sorry about that!”

I wasn’t really concerned with what he wants. I don’t think he should have a say about that.

The only other thing that occurred to me is that what about his organs? He’s an old guy but maybe they’re useful to save somebody’s life? This way they’re wasted for sure.

No because there’s no requirement to fill out these forms so long as the work doesn’t exceed $300. It never has.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/05/us-news/south-carolina-killer-brad-sigmon-faces-death-by-firing-squad/ First time using firing squad in a long time. The killer selected this level of execution himself. 3 volunteers firing rifles from 15 feet- the guy will be hooded and have a target on his heart. Personally I have no problem with this. The guy killed his girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat. And it was 23 years ago, in 2001.

They’re “losing their sheet” in your words because per reporting it seems to be done without rhyme or reason EXCEPT that a lot of the cuts appear to be for programs that Trump and Musk don’t like, rather than a true effort to cost save. Personally I’m not freaking out but I am concerned because I don’t think it’s possible that in 2 months you can look at these programs and make intelligent decisions where the waste is.

How can he do this? If we grant people refugee status how does that get reversed?

What did we win this time?

In fairness nobody can answer your question at the moment. Based on reporting it sure sounds like a lot of these folks might have been useful to our society. But we really don’t know. If months pass and people have the same access to public services they always had, then those of us who don’t like Trump and Musk will be forced to acknowledge that these were useful and good cuts (assuming that we’re honest to ourselves and others.) On the other hand if a lot of public services are slowed or stopped and the result is pain to our society, then I would hope that the honest Trump and Musk supporters will acknowledge that this wasn’t done thoughtfully and that it was a bad idea.

So Lutnick talked Trump down. Again. That is good news. I still don’t understand what these tariffs were supposed to accomplish but so long as they’re delayed (and hopefully eliminated) who cares?

Dude I have no trouble sleeping at night. I only wish I could help these people more.

No. But I don’t think the tariffs are going to help. And I also think it makes what DOGE is doing even more risky. If the next months jobs report is still bad then I think Trump will be partly responsible because of the tariffs.

Worst jobs report since 2009: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/06/economy/us-jobs-report-february-preview