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Fla_Democrat

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81. Plot twist....

Reply to babydollhead (Original post)

Sun Jan 19, 2025, 09:01 AM

Jan 19

For a thought exercise only

The family returns from visiting relatives in New Mexico. They find their home looted, and all of their possessions either missing, or trashed. The story gets back to them that their neighbor ( call him "Herb" ) spread the story above.

The police are called, and they question Herb about it. The neighbor, still holding a grudge from some slight (real or imagined ) from a decade ago, says... "Hey, I did what they asked. They told me they were fleeing. I didn't make a penny on this, so I didn't commit fraud." The police say it's a civil matter, and suggest the family take Herb to court. They get in their cruiser and leave.

Now, the family, that "have 2 trans sons, on the spectrum, teenagers" have had their peace destroyed, not by 47, but by some jerk-wad still pissed off over a weed-eater from 2013. Sure makes that 'free to a good home' toaster oven feel kinda cringy.

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A chilling estate sale, today [View all] babydollhead Jan 18 OP

I was in Ross stores a couple a weeks ago and this couple was buying a big suitcase kimbutgar Jan 18 #1

I have non-immigrant friends (with at least some $$) doing likewise... hlthe2b Jan 18 #5

I know some American born, researching possible other countries, JUST IN CASE BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 18 #38

👍 tccturtle Jan 18 #42

Same Here Deep State Witch Jan 19 #105

Some of my sibling in-laws are doing the same. Sky Jewels Jan 19 #131

🍊 💩 🤡!!! 😂 robbob Jan 19 #88

Side comment: I LOVE your "orange shit clown" emoji name LearnedHand Jan 19 #117

I've been emotional all day, so I share in your tears... hlthe2b Jan 18 #2

That's horrible! Dave Bowman Jan 18 #3

I'm so sorry for the family. I don't know if they made the right move or not. rsdsharp Jan 18 #4

Good question. It was probably unauthorized. It sounds like looting to me. Oopsie Daisy Jan 18 #8

It was overseen by a family friend babydollhead Jan 18 #49

OK. Still a tragedy, but at least it wasn't theft. rsdsharp Jan 18 #52

My best trans friend AKwannabe Jan 19 #73

Just breaks my heart to hear this. FM123 Jan 18 #6

Sounds more like looting to me crazylikafox Jan 18 #7

If this is true, I think they made a big mistake. yardwork Jan 18 #9

No indication the repubs target trans ? Nigrum Cattus Jan 18 #16

Uh huh. I'm gay and I know all that. yardwork Jan 18 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author LearnedHand Jan 19 #119

Yep, sounds very far-fetched to me. tritsofme Jan 18 #17

Just a little johnnyfins Jan 19 #77

Trump is absolutely going after trans people Arazi Jan 18 #18

Yeah, I know. But fleeing to Mexico and abandoning everything? yardwork Jan 18 #27

Stay safe friend Arazi Jan 18 #36

Thank you, and I sincerely hope I'm right! yardwork Jan 18 #43

Not everyone is as stable as you and yours. vanlassie Jan 19 #70

People create their own fear narrative Melon Jan 19 #71

If you don't mind, what state do you live in? whopis01 Jan 19 #84

I live in North Carolina. yardwork Jan 19 #85

I agree that there must be more to the story whopis01 Jan 19 #136

SCOTUS is taking up the Mahmoud v Taylor case this term which asks to ban LGBTQ materials from the classroom. magasnightmare Jan 18 #60

Yeah that's just sanctioning religious bigotry Arazi Jan 19 #69

I will "attack" anyone for bigoted beliefs. yardwork Jan 19 #86

Thomas and Alito mountain grammy Jan 19 #103

This country is being setup for a genocide. Initech Jan 20 #142

That was ForgedCrank Jan 18 #28

What we are seeing and writing about has nothing to do with the campaign... Trueblue Texan Jan 19 #68

😳😮 tccturtle Jan 18 #45

Sorry I'm not running around with my hair on fire. yardwork Jan 18 #46

Yet. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 19 #80

Right. I'll wait. yardwork Jan 19 #87

I had the same reaction - and then it dawned on me - soldierant Jan 18 #65

I can imagine it Sucha NastyWoman Jan 19 #75

What??? This has been his sycophants marching cry AllyCat Jan 19 #89

Trump runs his mouth a lot. yardwork Jan 19 #92

He doesn't need to go after trans people in the military. AllyCat Jan 19 #93

"planning the deportation of minorities" ? stopdiggin Jan 19 #94

What? Cirsium Jan 19 #100

deporting minorities? stopdiggin Jan 19 #101

It has never been about immigrants Cirsium Jan 19 #110

link for that? EX500rider Jan 19 #108

Birthright citizenship Cirsium Jan 19 #112

I doubt that would be retroactive & he proposes lots of stupid stuff, most of which does not happen EX500rider Jan 19 #113

Of course it is retroactive Cirsium Jan 19 #116

No it wouldn't have to only be retroactive EX500rider Jan 19 #122

"Get" citizenship? Cirsium Jan 19 #124

Well anyway he would have to get past the 14th Amendment which seems unlikely EX500rider Jan 19 #127

That doesn't stand in his way Cirsium Jan 19 #130

Yeah he's not a dictator EX500rider Jan 19 #134

Good grief Cirsium Jan 19 #135

It's not like I don't have another 4 years of trump presidency to compare to EX500rider Jan 20 #148

you are still completely skirting the 'deporting minorities' assertion. stopdiggin Jan 19 #129

I am not skirting anything Cirsium Jan 19 #132

unless you're going to show me where they say, "We plan to deport minorities, starting with .. " stopdiggin Jan 19 #137

Correct Cirsium Jan 19 #138

and does the statement stopdiggin Jan 19 #139

You must be kidding Cirsium Jan 20 #144

I refer to the simple action of prosecuting crime stopdiggin Jan 20 #150

Did my best Cirsium Jan 20 #151

All of those links in Post # 132 are in reference to deportations that occurred when Obama was president n/t MichMan Jan 20 #140

Yes? Cirsium Jan 20 #145

It's not a fucking state issue LearnedHand Jan 19 #121

Sounds like trespassing and theft to me. flvegan Jan 18 #10

Did someone die or go into a nursing home? dalton99a Jan 18 #11

This cannot possibly have happened as told. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 18 #12

Well AKwannabe Jan 19 #74

What's in Mexico? LeftInTX Jan 18 #13

Don't worry sdfernando Jan 18 #21

Mexico has fecal coliforms in their tap water. There is also giardia in a lot of places in their tap water. LeftInTX Jan 18 #23

Travel Advisories enid602 Jan 19 #106

Not true at all OrangeJoe Jan 18 #26

I hear Baja is fine both with the tap water and cops. LeftInTX Jan 18 #33

Some on my relatives go down there to fish Mosby Jan 19 #91

Gunfire? Cirsium Jan 19 #99

No, nothing like the US, kinda weird statement cirsium Mosby Jan 19 #114

America sucks??? Cirsium Jan 19 #115

Mexico's murder rate is roughly four times as high as the US. Mosby Jan 19 #120

I know Cirsium Jan 19 #123

Tijuana has 5x the murder rate as Chicago Melon Jan 20 #157

Chicago? Cirsium Jan 20 #158

Here you go Melon Jan 20 #159

Per capita Cirsium Jan 21 #160

I call the cartels Mexican ISIS Arazi Jan 19 #125

Link? SaintLouisBlues Jan 19 #118

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jan 19 #126

There's actually large expat communities in Mexico Arazi Jan 18 #34

But just to take off and leave everything without planning. My friends daughter worked and lived in MX City LeftInTX Jan 18 #37

We gay folk have learned strategy. yardwork Jan 18 #48

The whole "taking off" is just strange to me. LeftInTX Jan 18 #50

Lots of places in Mexico are far safer than US IrishBubbaLiberal Jan 18 #40

Exactly! But it helps to "plan". LeftInTX Jan 18 #41

"Lots of places in Mexico are far safer than US" Certainly not in general EX500rider Jan 19 #109

Mass shootings in US, Road rage shootings in US. IrishBubbaLiberal Jan 20 #152

New Orleans murder rate is extremely bad IrishBubbaLiberal Jan 20 #153

Oh yes and that's the overall homicide rate for Mexico EX500rider Jan 20 #154

Mass shootings in US is horrifying IrishBubbaLiberal Jan 20 #155

So is having your head cut off and being hung from a bridge like in Mexico EX500rider Jan 20 #156

There are a number of expat communities in Mexico... av8rdave Jan 19 #83

Yes and you have to "plan" to live in those communities. LeftInTX Jan 19 #98

Agreed av8rdave Jan 20 #149

This is scary LetMyPeopleVote Jan 18 #14

Omg. Alliepoo Jan 18 #15

I am working on leaving as well. sdfernando Jan 18 #19

Where are you going? BonnieJW Jan 18 #32

I've set my sights on Spain for now. sdfernando Jan 18 #55

Spain is well tired of foreigners róisín_dubh Jan 18 #57

It's notoriously difficult for Sanchez sdfernando Jan 18 #66

I like 'IT'. So would Stephen King Joinfortmill Jan 18 #59

We need to get over this doom and gloom attitude, we need to be stronger and not accept in any way Escurumbele Jan 18 #20

Mexico requires passports now. I guess you could bribe your way in.... LeftInTX Jan 18 #24

Post removed Post removed Jan 18 #29

Post removed Post removed Jan 18 #30

My husband is Mexican. So just stop it. LeftInTX Jan 18 #39

This is scary.... Bluethroughu Jan 18 #22

I have a Chinese friend CanonRay Jan 18 #31

OMG BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 18 #35

What is really scary is people a looting a house, not knowing if the story is true. Srkdqltr Jan 18 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jan 18 #47

Sorry, but in what U.S. state were they living? Exp Jan 18 #51

Pennsylvania babydollhead Jan 18 #67

And going to Mexico instead of Canada? catrose Jan 19 #78

Many years ago homegirl Jan 18 #53

Cool story nt sarisataka Jan 18 #54

My God. No words. Joinfortmill Jan 18 #56

Only monsters will cheer on the deportations SunImp Jan 18 #58

Post removed Post removed Jan 18 #61

Well Hello!! Kind of late for you isn't it? GP6971 Jan 18 #62

Both home buyers and renters are calling real estate agents 600 times more than other year here in Costa Rica. 🇨🇷 LakeArenal Jan 18 #63

Like Jews Who Fled Germany Before the Holocaust FrankTC Jan 18 #64

This is NOT cool AKwannabe Jan 19 #72

SSI Isn't enough to pay to flee I_UndergroundPanther Jan 19 #76

My friend's parents were in the camps. They got here in the early fifties. I always wondered how they had ... marble falls Jan 19 #79

Plot twist.... Fla_Democrat Jan 19 #81

Um yeah... Littlered Jan 19 #82

Is this what DU has evolved into? Bit fantastical story wouldn't you say? NoMoreRepugs Jan 19 #90

if this actually happened (the way described) stopdiggin Jan 19 #96

Or even if there is anything about Mexico involved.... LeftInTX Jan 19 #102

suspicious. and altogther - dubious ? stopdiggin Jan 19 #104

Yeah, doesn't really add up. Patton French Jan 20 #147

Rather odd that someone would leave their driver's license when leaving the country. Essential ID document. Martin68 Jan 19 #95

This is so sad. PennRalphie Jan 19 #97

"Like how Jews had to leave their homes with nothing." Chose to, not "had to" EX500rider Jan 19 #107

My family was expelled from Turkey. But, that was in 1915. LeftInTX Jan 19 #111

Not weird at all! ShazzieB Jan 19 #128

[Citation Needed] JoseBalow Jan 19 #133

Half of this country has completely lost their fucking minds. Initech Jan 20 #141

My biggest fear is that I might eventually SAY something to one of these Nazi-wannabees Jack Valentino Jan 20 #143

Seems terribly shortsighted. Patton French Jan 20 #146

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