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New comment by hwguy45 in "I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog"

hwguy45 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:15:44 +0000

It's unfortunate nearly all online social media discourse has bifurcated between left and right. Bluesky is filed with fringe leftists and, frankly, losers. Dorsey created a second social media app, largely the same as twitter, with largely the same echo chamber.

New comment by hwguy45 in "Overdose deaths are falling in America because of a 'supply shock': study"

hwguy45 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:43:03 +0000

I can't believe you guys upvoted this. It was sarcasm. Kamala didn't do anything as border czar. Her administration opened the border intentionally.

New comment by hwguy45 in "Overdose deaths are falling in America because of a 'supply shock': study"

hwguy45 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:12:39 +0000

The kneejerk explanation would be the more strict border and law enforcement under the current administration. But the chart peaks in Dec 2023 and drops in 2024, so it cannot be that.

Perhaps, then, it was Kamala Harris' success as border czar under Biden.

New comment by hwguy45 in "ICE is using facial-recognition technology to quickly arrest people"

hwguy45 — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:07:04 +0000

This is suicidal empathy. Mercy for the guilty is cruelty for the innocent.

I think it's cruel and inhumane to let millions unvetted into our neighborhoods, schools, and communities.

It means less jobs for American young people. It means loss of culture and shared spaces. It means your kids can't play with their neighbors because they don't speak the same language.

It's weakness and we need to stop rationalizing it.

Would you want these people as your neighbor? Not speaking English? How about your whole town?

It's cruel. The modern left does not care about Americans, only the foreigners who can't build a safe and prosperous country of their own.

New comment by hwguy45 in "ICE is using facial-recognition technology to quickly arrest people"

hwguy45 — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:56:54 +0000

They are still deportable crimes. You cannot walk into a country and never leave just "because".

And no, the vast majority are not overstays. Less than half are overstays that came here legally [0]. So 58% crossed the border illegally.

Asylum seekers have been coached on what to say to claim asylum. Few are seeking asylum at all. The system is obviously being abused when these people vacation back to their home country that was so "dangerous" they claimed asylum.

[0] https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47848

New comment by hwguy45 in "ICE is using facial-recognition technology to quickly arrest people"

hwguy45 — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:20:44 +0000

Some say unfortunate, others say fortunate. It's a luxury belief to want to let people walk across the border and have no repercussions. Enforce the border, get all the illegals out.