Border Control
A reminder, should one be needed, that we live in an age of ironies:
WATCH: Community defenders stop an out of state vehicle at the filter blockade, run the plate through a database, and confirm whether the vehicle is affiliated with abductors before letting it through. pic.twitter.com/PqBXlhIHb7
— Minneapolis Spring (@mpls_spring) February 1, 2026
“Papers, please. I see you’re not from around here.”
Update, via the comments:
Rafi adds,
Well, you’d think that on just a thematic level there might be some dim flickering. But apparently not. And so we get psychological misfits setting up their own checkpoints and harassing random drivers.
EmC asks, not unfairly,
They do seem to think they’re in charge of who may travel where, which laws may be enforced, or indeed broken, and which election results can be ignored.
Also, open thread. Share ye links and bicker.
That sure looks like a clear violation of 18 U.S.C. § 241, “Conspiracy against rights.” Specifically, those road blocks constitute an unlawful detention which is a violation of the 4th amendment. Maybe the DHS ought to send a team to arrest those participating in this insurgent cosplay. I’m sure that their lawyers will be happy to explain the issues involved in ignoring the US Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Martinez-Fuerte (1976).
Good story etc…
The Master and Commander series, wherein I learned that the proper way to avenge oneself is via dissection.
That was one of the key reasons I let all my sf magazine subscriptions lapse.
That was the other. And when Locus fellated Mao I wished I could have retroactively canceled all the subscription money I gave them.
It’s a wonderful feature. I make extensive use of it.
“Jack, you have debauched my sloth!”