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from the if-you-build-it-they-will-come...and-cut-through-it dept.
Smugglers have found an easy way to get through the vertical steel tube Mexican border wall. From https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/smugglers-are-sawing-through-new-sections-of-trumps-border-wall/2019/11/01/25bf8ce0-fa72-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html
The breaches have been made using a popular cordless household tool known as a reciprocating saw that retails at hardware stores for as little as $100. When fitted with specialized blades, the saws can slice through one of the barrier's steel-and-concrete bollards in minutes, according to the agents, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the barrier-defeating techniques.
After cutting through the base of a single bollard, smugglers can push the steel out of the way, creating an adult-size gap. Because the bollards are so tall — and are attached only to a panel at the top — their length makes them easier to push aside once they have been cut and are left dangling, according to engineers consulted by The Washington Post.
The taxpayer-funded barrier — so far coming with a $10 billion price tag — was a central theme of Trump's 2016 campaign, and he has made the project a physical symbol of his presidency, touting its construction progress in speeches, ads and tweets. Trump has increasingly boasted to crowds in recent weeks about the superlative properties of the barrier, calling it "virtually impenetrable" and likening the structure to a "Rolls-Royce" that border crossers cannot get over, under or through.
In other words, no one did any serious pen testing on the wall design, or it would have been obvious that with all that leverage, the top tie-in was easy to flex.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 07 2019, @11:11PM
You think I don't take responsibility for what my politicians do and try to change it? You really need to clean the shit out of your ears.
No, somebody spouted irrelevant nonsense in an effort to derail the spanking they were getting.
Sorry, it's "Latino". You idiots get to make up Spanish words even less than you get to make up English ones. Mind you, I completely understand why you hate the Spanish language; it only has two genders.
What you see are people raised in an oppressive culture that lead to a nation becoming a grade-A shithole. And you're inviting them to come here and keep doing exactly the same things. Further, they're not entitled to just waltz in because they want to, no matter how much you think they should be. If they want to integrate into American society, yay. If they want to bring their corruption and other criminality as a way of life up here, thanks just the same but we already have more than we want of those.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.