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ICE condemns "death cards" left in vehicles of Colorado residents detained by agents (Original Post) Boxerfan 18 hrs ago OP
So..the fox is gonna guard the henhouse kinda thing..I'm sure they'll do the right thing 🙃 Deuxcents 18 hrs ago #1
Deeds not words is what to judge anyone by. The deeds speak for themselves. RockRaven 17 hrs ago #2
Rrrrrrriiiiiiiiiggghht, "condems". Wink-wink. Nudge-nudge. marble falls 17 hrs ago #3
the airborne troops at d day used the symbol rampartd 14 hrs ago #4
Hire a bunch of sick fucks, give them guns, and tell them they have legal immunity, and this is what you get. LudwigPastorius 13 hrs ago #5
Battalion Of Saints - Ace Of Spades (1984) Celerity 7 hrs ago #6

Deuxcents

(25,754 posts)
1. So..the fox is gonna guard the henhouse kinda thing..I'm sure they'll do the right thing 🙃
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 08:02 PM
18 hrs ago

rampartd

(4,028 posts)
4. the airborne troops at d day used the symbol
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 12:02 AM
14 hrs ago

but this is more similar to a calling card left by some army troops in viet nam

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/vietnam-war/ace-of-spades-origins.html

i think in this case the card is being played as a "trump"

LudwigPastorius

(14,315 posts)
5. Hire a bunch of sick fucks, give them guns, and tell them they have legal immunity, and this is what you get.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 12:55 AM
13 hrs ago

Background:

https://charliecompany.org/2018/08/31/ace-of-spades/

...during the Vietnam War, American GIs began a tradition of placing the ace on a dead body, or leaving it in a village. Thus ideas like “being aced” were linked to death and dying. GIs would even sometimes wear the Ace of Spades in their helmets as a sign that death was coming with them as a fear tactic....

U.S. troops got a kick out of them and loved the idea of leaving them on bodies. Like wolves, it was a way to mark their territory. It proclaimed them the biggest and “baddest” varmints in the valley of death.

Celerity

(53,879 posts)
6. Battalion Of Saints - Ace Of Spades (1984)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:31 AM
7 hrs ago

Label: Nutrons Records – E 1020, Enigma – E 1020
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Hardcore Punk











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