'Cause You Had a Bad Day

[QueequegsHead]

'Cause you had a bad day, you're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know, you tell me, "Don't lie"
You work at a smile, and you go for a ride
You had a bad day, the camera don't lie
You're coming back down, and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Mexico nabs FBI Most Wanted cartel boss accused of '80s kidnapping, murder of DEA agent​

"Mexican forces have arrested infamous drug lord Rafael Caro-Quintero nearly a decade after he walked out of prison and returned to drug trafficking.

"An official with Mexico’s Navy on Friday confirmed Caro-Quintero’s arrest but provided no further details. Caro-Quintero left prison in 2013 after serving 28 years of a 40-year prison sentence for his involvement in the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena."



https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-fbi-wanted-cartel-boss-accused-kidnap-murder-dea-agent


It's wack-a-mole, someone has already taken his place and how much money did that cost the taxpayers?
And for what? You say Vietnam or Afghanistan were debacles? The war on drugs makes them look like a church picnic with ants.

 

[Chobham]

I just finished reading that article from a different source (SFGate). And you're right, it is a case of "whack a mole."

While Quintero is a piece of work he's not the most dangerous and his capture will do little to quell the violence in Mexico. As a matter of fact the violence may increase as the power vacuum will incentivize others, especially the Jalisco New Generation cartel. JNG is the up and comer and by far the most violent of them all. While the older cartels, for the most part, restricted their activities to the drug trade JNG is expanding into every facet of crime. The older cartels also tended to keep their activities south of the border, JNG doesn't care about the border and our current border policy is certainly aiding them.

You and I agree on certain aspects of decriminalization of drugs. But we somehow manage to go about it in as stupid a manner as is possible. Looking at the pot situation for example and in CA in particular. That state has managed to pile on so many taxes and regulations that the black market in pot is now almost as large as it was before legalization and growing. Politicians never seem to acknowledge the Law of Unintended Consequences.

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[QueequegsHead]

That's an astute observation.
If it's illegal, we pay a price and reward the black market.
If it's legal, we pay a "price" and reward the black market.

And, like a broken record, I will once again submit that taxation should be blind and at the final purchase point.

FairTax.org​

 

[rockcasbah]

Seems to be working in Canada.

Organized crime here has shifted to sex trafficking.

My guess is we’ll legalize sex work for the positive effects of tax revenue and pubic safety.

 

[QueequegsHead]

That's a good idea.

I'm a Libertarian and I believe I own me.

What a woman does with her body is her choice, not mine.