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RainCaster

(10,884 posts)
22. They have to include Moscow Mitch
Sun Aug 4, 2019, 06:26 PM
Aug 2019

He has been holding up all the bills that would have prevented this.

I hope they can do something, but I have my doubts if it will mean anything katmondoo Aug 2019 #1
They should pass a Magnitsky style act and sanction Trump personally for inciting mass murder RockRaven Aug 2019 #2
+1 oasis Aug 2019 #3
They have to include Moscow Mitch RainCaster Aug 2019 #22
K & R SallyHemmings Aug 2019 #36
Uhh, that's the pot calling the kettle black. X_Digger Aug 2019 #4
so the point is moot? Demonaut Aug 2019 #5
No, just hypocritical. I thought that was obvious. n/t X_Digger Aug 2019 #6
Hypocritical my ass SCantiGOP Aug 2019 #17
"Do something" about their own 5x homicide rate? Or are you referring to this action? n/t X_Digger Aug 2019 #24
I can't believe how quickly it went up from 3 times to 5 times our homicide rate. I know our rate... EarnestPutz Aug 2019 #76
Exactly right. Our market for Fentyl, Meth, coke creates the high murder rate. All their guns ... marble falls Aug 2019 #25
Actually they don't. EX500rider Aug 2019 #35
Actually they do ... marble falls Aug 2019 #37
You are missing the point.. EX500rider Aug 2019 #39
So which country is their main source? cstanleytech Aug 2019 #43
The US media don't care. Igel Aug 2019 #46
Here: EX500rider Aug 2019 #56
It's almost like you didn't even read the post you are responding to. AtheistCrusader Aug 2019 #71
Submitting a Wiki article in college would get your paper thrown out by the professor. TheBlackAdder Aug 2019 #60
Boy and how Mike_DuBois Aug 2019 #70
I'll take Wikki and their footnotes over a opinion piece in the LA Times. nt EX500rider Aug 2019 #72
Some data discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2019 #73
Makes sense to me, the Cartels go for full auto, not available over the counter in the US. EX500rider Aug 2019 #74
While there is a lot of murder in Mexico, there's never been a xase of of a Mexican gunman ... marble falls Aug 2019 #7
I suspect that the high murder billh58 Aug 2019 #12
the cartels are the cause of so much immigration to the USA. Lots are fleeing for their lives mucifer Aug 2019 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author Jedi Guy Aug 2019 #14
Screw these Donnie Shit for Brains "Talking Points" maxrandb Aug 2019 #20
Thank you Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author Jedi Guy Aug 2019 #53
All the State Department stats in the world don't change the fact maxrandb Aug 2019 #65
That's a fair point and one I honestly hadn't considered. Jedi Guy Aug 2019 #69
Mahalo, Max Cha Aug 2019 #63
That's half the srory. How about some statistics on Mexicans killed in this country? And again ... marble falls Aug 2019 #23
I haven't been able to find any stats for Mexican nationals murdered in the US per year. Jedi Guy Aug 2019 #54
When you hear the Mexican leadership saying America is sending rapists and Doodley Aug 2019 #58
Right, they just happen to stumble upon mass graves with 100+, 200+, 300+ bodies. X_Digger Aug 2019 #26
So, Mexicans are just naturally bloodthirsty? Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #52
I know bullshit is incoming when I see, "So.." X_Digger Aug 2019 #55
Took your words at face value Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #59
But there have been fairly numerous cases of Americans being killed. Igel Aug 2019 #47
It's actually worse then that: EX500rider Aug 2019 #19
Would I be far off on the mark at guessing that most of those are being done in areas that are cstanleytech Aug 2019 #44
I assume mostly cartel killings for sure. nt EX500rider Aug 2019 #57
I'm not thinking that your point is relevant to this discussion. PatrickforO Aug 2019 #21
Goody for you. I was responding to this: marble falls Aug 2019 #27
So was I. no text PatrickforO Aug 2019 #28
Ended up in my mail box. Go figure. marble falls Aug 2019 #29
Its not so much the war on drugs rather its our high demand for them making it lucrative for people cstanleytech Aug 2019 #45
It's not like we installed remote controlls in hundreds of thousands of South Americans. Igel Aug 2019 #48
You know.... paleotn Aug 2019 #32
The murders in Mexico are from drug cartels and mafia Perseus Aug 2019 #38
Dead is dead. I doubt it matters to the dead which circumstance they fall prey to. n/t X_Digger Aug 2019 #40
Mexico does this. Igel Aug 2019 #50
I am a US citizen born and raised there but I have live in Mx for friend of m and j Aug 2019 #62
Those are mostly drug cartel crimes. lunatica Aug 2019 #75
Yeah, umm, not really. X_Digger Aug 2019 #78
Both stories seem to be from 2011. lunatica Aug 2019 #79
If you say so. *pat* X_Digger Aug 2019 #80
I have extensive family and know people in various parts of Mexico lunatica Aug 2019 #81
Somebody need to file an action at the Hague. Stonepounder Aug 2019 #8
Can they do that? BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #10
DING! FirstLight Aug 2019 #41
Tried for what? Sure, groupthink among some has already Hortensis Aug 2019 #66
i was just thinking abut this being an international incident. AllaN01Bear Aug 2019 #9
How U.S. gun deaths compare to other countries billh58 Aug 2019 #11
Canada is a good analog.... paleotn Aug 2019 #34
We lead the developed world. Igel Aug 2019 #49
not so weird - gun ownership rates declined with violent crime rates jimmy the one Aug 2019 #77
Good. MicaelS Aug 2019 #13
any lawsuit should include treatment of ice detainees Tiggeroshii Aug 2019 #15
right? FirstLight Aug 2019 #42
I'll see you in court. Something Rump has heard since he was 14 years old. Mc Mike Aug 2019 #16
the fascists, tRump have been inciting violence, its time they get their asses sued off. nt yaesu Aug 2019 #18
Recommended but I honestly don't think it matters KentuckyWoman Aug 2019 #31
Good! warmfeet Aug 2019 #33
Sounds like a good way to end up with customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #61
I appreciate Mexico Cha Aug 2019 #64
The Situation, Mike Sleepscratch Aug 2019 #67
K&R real Cannabis calm Aug 2019 #68
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