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^So can I assume their military focus is shifting away from Los Angeles for the time being? Or is their orange "Supreme Leader" looking to have his cake and eat it too?
 
They’re cranking up the propaganda machine again: claiming Brad Lander “unlawfully interfered” and that ICE is just “enforcing Trump’s policy.” Reality: Lander stood up for civil rights. ICE’s conduct reflects a deeply troubling use of federal power.
What happened on June 17, 2025:
New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by masked ICE agents at Manhattan’s federal immigration court (26 Federal Plaza) while accompanying an immigrant whose case had just been dismissed.
Key details:
- As they exited the courtroom, agents approached. Lander locked arms with the man and demanded to see a judicial warrant and badge numbers.
- He was charged with obstructing governmental administration or impeding a federal officer, depending on the report.
- Video footage shows agents pinning Lander to a wall, cuffing him, and leading him away. One agent was heard saying, “Do you want to arrest the comptroller?”
- Lander’s wife, Meg Barnette, said they were “swarmed,” calling the arrest shocking and unacceptable. She emphasized he was simply exercising his right to ask for a warrant.
- The immigrant he accompanied was also arrested.
- The arrest comes one week before the Democratic mayoral primary on June 24, amid rising problems over ICE’s courthouse operations.
This is fascism. It’s time to release Brad Lander. What happened today mirrors the chilling ICE arrests of Ras Baraka and detainment of Senator Alex Padilla. It’s deeply troubling, because this is exactly what authoritarianism looks like.
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For those who don't follow, it seems weird that the National Park Service has become an information source, but they have been providing excellent coverage of events for months now.
 
Mihairokov said:
There was a Tiktok from the weekend where a woman in the US military was showing her meal for the day and she had gotten steak and lobster and whatever else - the comment section was filled with vets from Afghanistan saying that was the meal they got shortly before they were shipped off.
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I'm not sure of the context. Anybody who is in an army knows that to rations (food) in garrison is always better than when deployed, unless the vets are trying to make some kind of 'last meal' comment.
 
Mihairokov said:
There was a Tiktok from the weekend where a woman in the US military was showing her meal for the day and she had gotten steak and lobster and whatever else - the comment section was filled with vets from Afghanistan saying that was the meal they got shortly before they were shipped off.
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Apparently others have said that they serve this several times per year, for big events/observances or when they have a bit of room in the budget.
 
lenaitch said:
I'm not sure of the context. Anybody who is in an army knows that to rations (food) in garrison is always better than when deployed, unless the vets are trying to make some kind of 'last meal' comment.
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The intent of the comment was to suggest a 'treat meal' is common before deployment, which is true.

But as noted below, they bring out the good stuff for other occasions as well.

afransen said:
Apparently others have said that they serve this several times per year, for big events/observances or when they have a bit of room in the budget.
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It was the army 250th b-day celebration, and that's probably all it was........

That said, the U.S. has transferred a large number of refuelling aircraft to the Gulf Area which is suggestive of a possible air deployment. As is the move to direct the Nimitz air craft carrier group to the Gulf as well.
 
Northern Light said:
The intent of the comment was to suggest a 'treat meal' is common before deployment, which is true.

But as noted below, they bring out the good stuff for other occasions as well.



It was the army 250th b-day celebration, and that's probably all it was........

That said, the U.S. has transferred a large number of refuelling aircraft to the Gulf Area which is suggestive of a possible air deployment. As is the move to direct the Nimitz air craft carrier group to the Gulf as well.
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No doubt. It could have been TGIF at the mess for all we know. Mobilizing naval and USAF assets to the area is one thing. Show-of-force, air superiority (either actual or 'we can if and when we want to', surveillance, etc.) Mobilizing army or Marine forces is another stage entirely. It took the coalition 5 months to mobilize for Gulf War I and part of that was a UN cover. I suspect The Donald will dispense with that nicety. Regardless, I highly doubt we will see US boots on the ground in Iran.
 
lenaitch said:
I'm not sure of the context. Anybody who is in an army knows that to rations (food) in garrison is always better than when deployed, unless the vets are trying to make some kind of 'last meal' comment.
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It's one of those half truth urban legends. Better meals are sometimes served before hard times. But also a lot of people took the regular steak nights in theatre during GWOT as some kind of indication.
 
Québec was once a major global supplier of asbestos, particularly the chrysotile variety.

Now possible "good" news for Québec, courtesy of Donald Trump...

From https://www.wired.com/story/trump-epa-reconsider-ban-cancer-causing-asbestos/

The EPA Plans to ‘Reconsider’ Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos​

President Donald Trump has supported use of asbestos in the past and blamed the mob for its bad reputation.

Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in court documents that it is backpedaling on a ban on cancer-causing asbestos.

Last year, under the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency took a long-awaited step to ban the last type of asbestos still used in the US—chrysotile asbestos, aka “white asbestos.” While use of chrysotile asbestos was on the decline, the dangerous mineral has lingered in various gaskets, brake blocks, aftermarket automotive brakes and linings, other vehicle friction products, and some diaphragms used to make sodium hydroxide and chlorine.
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With the ban, the US joined over 50 other countries around the world that had banned its use due to health risks. Generally, asbestos is known to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, and laryngeal cancer. Asbestos exposure is linked to more than 40,000 deaths in the US each year, the EPA noted at the time.
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The science is clear—asbestos is a known carcinogen that has severe impacts on public health. President Biden understands that this [is a] concern that has spanned generations and impacted the lives of countless people. That’s why EPA is so proud to finalize this long-needed ban on ongoing uses of asbestos,” Michael Regan, EPA administrator at the time, said in a statement.

“100 Percent Safe”​

While the move was decades in the making and hailed by health proponents, it still allowed companies a generous period to phase out use of asbestos—in some cases up to 12 years. That didn’t stop industry from taking legal action against the regulation shortly after the EPA’s announcement. The litigation, brought by a number of companies and trade groups, including the American Chemistry Council, has been ongoing since then.

On Monday, the EPA, now under the Trump administration, filed court documents saying that it “now intends to reconsider” the ban, and it “expects that this process, including any regulatory changes, will take approximately 30 months.” The EPA asked the court to suspend the court case in the meantime. The filing included a declaration in support of the reconsiderations from new EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Lynn Ann Dekleva, who until last year worked as a lobbyist and director for the American Chemistry Council.

As Ars reported last year, there was always concern that another Trump administration would work to overturn the ban; Trump supports the use of asbestos. In his 1997 book The Art of the Comeback, Trump wrote that asbestos is “100 percent safe, once applied” and blamed the mob for its reputation as a carcinogen, writing: “I believe that the movement against asbestos was led by the mob, because it was often mob-related companies that would do the asbestos removal.”

Trump’s support for asbestos has been welcomed in Russia, a primary asbestos supplier to the US. In 2018, a Russian asbestos company began marketing asbestos with Trump’s face and a seal reading “Approved by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States.”

This story originally appeared on Ars Technica.
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Monarch Butterfly said:
Québec was once a major global supplier of asbestos, particularly the chrysotile variety.

Now possible "good" news for Québec, courtesy of Donald Trump...

From https://www.wired.com/story/trump-epa-reconsider-ban-cancer-causing-asbestos/

The EPA Plans to ‘Reconsider’ Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos​

President Donald Trump has supported use of asbestos in the past and blamed the mob for its bad reputation.
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The last paragraph in the link probably tells a lot of the story.

This is just another example anti-science and/or industry lobbyists winning Cabinet posts. I don't think the US was ever much of a producer but I couldn't find much data. They won't have much of an export market, either in the terms of raw material or finished products except to its usual band of suspects like Russia, China and a few others.

The use, importation and exportation of all asbestos-containing products is prohibited by federal law. (edit to add: 'in Canada')
 
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