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Freeloading Rusty

Here comes Rover, sniffin’ at your ass
Jan 11, 2016
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With GoFundMe Money, They Built a Border Wall in New Mexico. U.S. Officials Say It's Causing Them Problems
Construction of a wall on the southern border that was privately funded by a viral $23 million GoFundMe campaign hit another roadblock this week, when a U.S. agency ordered that a gate in the steel fencing be kept open during the day because it blocks access to a U.S.-owned levee road, dam and a historic monument.

The gate was built by We Build the Wall in Sunland Park, N.M., near El Paso, Texas “without authority,” the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) said Tuesday.

Most of the crowdfunded wall is situated on private property owned by a brick company. But when a sliding gate attached to the wall is closed, it crosses into federal land and blocks off a federally owned road, Lori Kuczmanski, a USIBWC spokesperson, tells TIME. “We have operational needs that we need to maintain, and with it being closed, and them not giving us access, we’re locked out of our own property,” Kuczmanski says. “That’s the whole situation here.”

We Build the Wall locked the private gate on June 6. After USIBWC made “repeated requests” to unlock and open the gate, law enforcement officers removed the lock and opened the gate to allow for dam maintenance. The agency is now requiring that the gate be kept open during business hours and locked at night “due to security concerns.” Meanwhile, We Build the Wall has accused the agency of “overreach.”
The GoFundMe Border Wall Blocked Access To A Monument. It's Been Ordered To Keep A Gate Open Indefinitely.
The viral crowdfunding effort to build a wall on the southern border aimed at deterring immigrants from crossing illegally was only recently completed, but on Monday the newly installed wall suffered a major setback — a large gate built into the barrier was ordered opened by officials.

The controversial half-mile wall constructed along the US–Mexico border near Sunland Park, New Mexico, was erected earlier this month after organizers raised more than $23 million on GoFundMe, the online crowdfunding site. But We Build the Wall organizers failed to obtain the required authorization to build the barrier on federal land, cutting off access to waterways and a public monument.


"This is normally done well in advance of a construction project," said Lori Kuczmanski, a spokesperson for the International Boundary and Water Commission, the agency that addresses waterway issues between the US and Mexico. "They think they can build now and ask questions later, and that's not how it works."

In response, IBWC officials on Monday afternoon propped open a large gate installed in the wall. The gate, constructed on roughly 33 feet of federal property, had blocked officials from accessing a levee and dam, and cut off public access to a historic monument known as Monument One, the first in a series of obelisks that mark the US–Mexico border from El Paso to Tijuana.

On Tuesday evening, after publication of this story, IBWC announced the gate would would remain open "during business hours" and locked at night "due to security concerns." The IBWC will maintain "operational control" of when the gate is open or shut, a spokeswoman said.
 

tang

top korean roofer
Oct 21, 2015
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Mattis out over Syria withdrawal. Another Neocon exposed?

Mattis is no neo-con, he's just a Marine, ain't gonna take no shit from anyone, even the President.
Opinion | Jim Mattis and I Fought Together. No One Called Him Mad Dog.

I know this is old news but I just saw and I like Trump but he should have listened to Mattis regarding military issues, especially him being a businessman who should know better to micro-manage people under him.
Especially in areas where he lacks experience and knowledge.
 

SuperPig

Enjoy yourselves
Aug 7, 2015
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Oh you went and did it now. The snowflakes will be upset and may call you names.
And something something something TDS.
1. I'm not worried about that.
2. I skipped the random article that may be slinging dirt and just posted the source of the info. That makes a big difference.
 

SuperPig

Enjoy yourselves
Aug 7, 2015
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That's a lot of words.
So what will they talk about? Game 6 from last night? Maybe Ohtani hitting for the cycle?
Yeah, if true... Being asked not to say "obstruction of justice" in a meeting to discuss obstruction of justice seems a bit much.
 

Hauler

Been fallin so long it's like gravitys gone
Feb 3, 2016
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Yeah, if true... Being asked not to say "obstruction of justice" in a meeting to discuss obstruction of justice seems a bit much.
Maybe they can set up code words like the Choctaw Indians in WW1.

Blue Pen = Draft dodger
Coffee cup= crook
Baseball = Beneath the dignity of the office

"In my opinion, this blue pen coffee cup is baseball."
 
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