My older brother has been struggling off and on with drugs for the past couple years. Same story as many addicts - lost his job(but wasn't his fault according to him), cut ties with every positive influence in his life, phone is always "broke" and never shows up to anything he says he will. He has been convincing my parents that he can get clean on his own but that ship has sailed.

He isn't going to want to go to rehab and I'm expecting any kind of intervention to get pretty ugly but something needs to be done.

Anyone have any experience with doing an intervention for a friend/relative?

We all remember Oprah Winfrey's most famous line during her reign as the Queen of Daytime TV. It was a nice moment for all the folks who were on the receiving end, and for the rest of us to witness on our television screens.

Now a different giveaway reportedly is being seriously considered by the Biden administration: Paying many of those who entered the country illegally and were separated under the Trump administration enough money - as much as $450,000 each, or close to $1 million per family - to put them in the richest 1 percent. Per the Wall Street Journal:

If this comes to fruition, and anything remotely resembling these payments are made, imagine the impact it will have on those in Central America, Haiti and other parts of the world who are thinking of coming to the U.S. and need a little more incentive to make the long, dangerous trek: A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, along with the ability to live in America permanently. It might as well be called the Caravan Incentive Project.

It's hard to imagine how the Biden administration could more thoroughly mishandle the catastrophe at the border - and Americans know it, despite the major networks and most cable news channels largely ignoring the story. The data say it all: The U.S. is on pace to take more than 2.3 million people into the country this year. That's more than the populations of Boston, Washington, D.C., and Denver combined. And the numbers just keep going up, not down, despite Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas saying with a straight face that the border is closed.

So, just how much is the $450,000 that some migrants could receive?

It's more than some families of those murdered on 9/11 received.

"If a U.S. service member is killed in the line of duty, their next-of-kin gets an insurance payment of $400,000," according to Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), an Afghan war veteran who lost an eye in combat.

And, during the height of COVID-19, many Americans who lost their jobs or businesses received a fraction of that sum in compensation.

But, sure, let's pay $450,000 or even more to those who cut in line and came here illegally.

This is pure insanity. The president should have to answer for this.

But with the president not holding a solo press conference in 100 days and going nearly 10 weeks without doing a challenging sit-down interview, the White House plan apparently is for him to take no questions beyond those from extremely friendly news outlets

Playing it safe worked during the 2020 campaign. It worked for the first few months of Biden's presidency, too. But now, with reports like these coming from the Wall Street Journal, running and hiding is no longer an option.

Just a heads up because it’s pretty interesting and they have had some good guests. John Podesta right now

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) opposed the bill, saying it "poses a significant threat to civil liberties" because a restraining order can be sought before a gun owner has an opportunity to dispute the request.

Additionally, those making a request under the new law may "lack the relationship or skills required to make an appropriate assessment," the ACLU said.

Illegal legislation such as this will not survive legal challenges!

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ca...nJu_f19dGex2sBDSXF2MzT5MGVuXilaGNxWK8GlvHr20o

Getting the fever for some QC River Bandits baseball. It's a River Bandits THANG!

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Pretty soon I'm going to be down to about 5 people I follow. Almost as bad as opening up CNN ...

Lol at Republican Party dumbasses who actually believe Trump did anything on building a wall.

Guess the liberal media has become snowflakes.

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California has been moving to this point for some time now. For the first time in its history, the Golden State has named an illegal alien to a statewide post, which ironically enough after the college scandal last week, that helps to increase college access for students from low-income or underserved communities.

Lizbeth Mateo, a 33-year-old attorney and immigrants rights activist, was appointed to serve by the Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday.

I can't tell you the irony of the Senate appointing someone who is illegally in the country to a position that uses taxpayer money to then use tax payer money again to educate people, including illegal aliens at taxpayer expense

https://freedomoutpost.com/california-first-illegal-alien-appointed-to-state-post/

They cant be hacked after all. The inefficiency makes it more secure.

Tech is not always the answer, sometimes its the problem.

Here it is if you want to see it.

As for the show. Bit of a slow start by getting better.

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I think something overlook is mental illness and treating it. It seems easy to say lock em up and throw away the key, but if we don't get through to the real cause then it does us no good.

Am I the only one who pictures this when these two idiots talk?