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MadameButterfly

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37. He wants to get a drug boat so bad he doesn't want to risk
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 06:53 PM
Wednesday

that there are no drugs. This way it will be whatever he says it is.

Remember when testing meant the Covid numbers were worse, so he didn't want to test?
The welfare of any people involved is irrelevant. It's about how it makes him look.
Due process doesn't just spare innocent people. It reveals the truth.

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Bass boats Greg_In_SF Wednesday #1
The only sure way to tell what it was Another Jackalope Wednesday #3
Exactly... no more boat, no way to prove or disprove anything. Therefore, slightlv Wednesday #15
Countdown OrangeJoe Wednesday #23
He wants to get a drug boat so bad he doesn't want to risk MadameButterfly Wednesday #37
That's very unsettling. ecstatic Thursday #58
Cmon now, they were going after some of the largest sea bass ever rumored to exist in that big bad bass boat. nt taxi Wednesday #9
A pleasure boat can have 4 engines deepblue Wednesday #22
They can Greg_In_SF Wednesday #26
My neighbor had a boat with 3 Chrysler V8's in it. Just for fishing on Lake Michigan. OverBurn Wednesday #38
Half the boats in Miami do pfitz59 Wednesday #42
So you are saying it is ok to kill folks usedtobedemgurl Wednesday #55
Me? You talking to me? deepblue Thursday #62
Do the DOD's brownshirts understand that "just following orders" is not a defense RockRaven Wednesday #2
Hitler had the Brownshirts murdered Kaleva Wednesday #7
Only The Leaders ProfessorGAC Wednesday #24
The loyalty of the Brownshirts wasn't in question Kaleva Thursday #61
Agreed ProfessorGAC Thursday #63
Verbal orders, I'm sure Fichefinder Wednesday #4
So we can kill a literal 'Boat load' of people just on a Suspision? mackdaddy Wednesday #5
Unfortunately WmChris Wednesday #16
Intercepting (easy) & interrogating is so much less CONVENIENT than extra-judicially killing 11 people. . . . /s . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #6
The quaint idea of due process sammythecat Wednesday #28
OK, they just picked a boat to destroy and claimed it was cartel. ananda Wednesday #8
Reminds me of HWBush popsdenver Wednesday #14
Good comparison. Bush 2 invaded Iraq and took advantage of 9/11. ananda Wednesday #19
Bush 2 invaded Iraq because he thought that Sadamn had disrespected his daddy after the first Iraq war of Bush 1 LiberalArkie Wednesday #31
I thought popsdenver Wednesday #51
Reagan knocked over Grenada markodochartaigh Wednesday #30
And to wag the dog, to distract from the Beirut embassy bombing. Hassler Wednesday #36
Begging for more 9/11s. multigraincracker Wednesday #10
So many questions. maxsolomon Wednesday #11
That's not normal protocol for interdiction activities. haele Wednesday #57
Meanwhile Putin, Modi, Xi and Kim were yucking bronxiteforever Wednesday #12
F.cking Supreme Court! Buddyzbuddy Wednesday #13
I dont care if they were carrying 500 pounds of cocaine. Eko Wednesday #17
The whole thing is a disgrace. yardwork Wednesday #21
Proving yet again that the "Orange menace", in the words of Eddie Janko,... the nelm Wednesday #34
His dealer was late so... Dave Bowman Wednesday #18
That excuse didn't work at Nuremberg it's not going to work now. Ray Bruns Wednesday #20
Cost of doing business to the cartel lonely bird Wednesday #25
The orange monster is working day & night to make America an international pariah Hekate Wednesday #27
Extra judicial killing for an alleged offense that could not be the subject of capital punishment is murder. TomSlick Wednesday #29
I am expecting this will lead to us reading about the U.S. blowing up boats full of refugees. Sorry to express such ShazamIam Wednesday #32
Typical Of Cantaloupe Caligula... GB_RN Wednesday #33
Murdering 11 Venezuelans without knowing 100% Farmer-Rick Wednesday #35
Blow it up, film it, and use that clip of a evidence-less mass murder for political propaganda Justice matters. Wednesday #47
The Reform party in the UK would love to do something like this. malthaussen Wednesday #39
It was around 1,200 miles over the open sea from the markodochartaigh Wednesday #40
i guess its ok now for venezula to attack a US fishing boat in international waters claiming its a drug boat moonshinegnomie Wednesday #41
It was murder! Emile Wednesday #43
More than likely T tried to shake them down Hope22 Wednesday #44
This is basically piracy EndlessMaze Wednesday #45
I think this story... Mike Nelson Wednesday #46
Maybe Gulf of Tonkin important ... Turnip is waving his big stick below the Equator, ready to start another eppur_se_muova Wednesday #48
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #49
Unfortunately, for the Sailors that pushed the button, "we were just following orders" is a weak defense maxrandb Wednesday #50
I believe Trump would use nuclear missiles if he thought he could personally benefited from it. Doodley Wednesday #52
It scares me that the Navy followed this order. nt Ilsa Wednesday #53
He has murder in his heart. GoodRaisin Wednesday #54
Were there children in the boat? Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #56
Murder/Terrorism moondust Thursday #59
Of course Nobody paying attention would Cha Thursday #60
MaddowBlog-Team Trump faces tough questions following strike on boat in international waters LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #64
Will this be his new method of handling scary immigrants or demonstrators? Ping Tung Thursday #65
Impeach him! Joinfortmill Thursday #66
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