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Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
1. It would be delightful if they'd repeat
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 10:28 AM
Jan 2021

this marvelous feat at Alamo while Chump is visiting today. "Look what we can do, Mr. pResident!"

2naSalit

(86,687 posts)
11. That would be excellent...
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:02 AM
Jan 2021

In the middle of his screed a couple heads pop over the edge from the other side right behind him.

Towlie

(5,327 posts)
2. Also, roads blasted into previously unreachable areas are making border crossing easier.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 10:31 AM
Jan 2021

 


Work on half-finished sections of Trump's Mexico wall is futile and in some places has made border security worse

The rush to complete President Trump's border wall with Mexico is in some places worse than pointless, campaigners have told Insider.

In order to reach the border, contractors have blasted roads into terrain that was once rugged and impassable.

However, some areas still have no barrier erected, with work likely to stop when Trump leaves office. But the roads will remain.

Customs and Border Protection officials defended their approach, but it is hard not to conclude that these parts of the US-Mexico border are easier to penetrate now than in 2016.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
9. The only thing I've seen that makes it
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 10:50 AM
Jan 2021

difficult is the color and heat. But with protective gear, it can still be scaled and repelled down.

Towlie

(5,327 posts)
12. Meanwhile, Europeans can freely travel among 26 countries with no border control at all.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:06 AM
Jan 2021

 


Schengen Area



Their international borders look like our state lines.

niyad

(113,477 posts)
13. Does not appear that those two people had any difficulty. Nor does it look like they had any
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:35 AM
Jan 2021

special tools.

Every time I heard the murdering thug nattering about his wall, I remembered a comment from a proposal years ago about a 50 ft. Wall. "50 ft. Wall, meet 51 ft. Ladder". And then, of course, there are the tunnels.

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