Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz

[FiatLux]

Your thoughts?



Reopening and rebuilding Alcatraz as a prison would cost approximately $235–370 million upfront and $40–60 million annually to operate.

Where you at @DOGE?

[Mikey]

[mvscal]

Chase the shiny object, Mikey. That's a good boy.

[Mikey]

Chase the shiny object, Mikey. That's a good boy.

So, what's your take?
Chasing the shiny object is exactly what Dear Leader is doing.
You probably think it makes sense. A good little gullible sycophant dumbfuckistan lapdog.

You're as much of a joke as he is. Just not as dangerous.

[Roux]

Chase the shiny object, Mikey. That's a good boy.

Why the fuck is the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES and the COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, you know, the most powerful man in the world, playing such bullshit word games?

Words matter. A lot. Yet every single fucking day he says stupid shit. If he was still some D list celebrity on a reality show, stuff like that might be funny sometimes.

But not when he is POTUS.

[FiatLux]

It’s not just that he said. He signed an order for the BOP to reopen it. Think about that for a minute.

This is what dementia related psychosis looks like.


Too funny.

[FiatLux]

I guess they could keep the tourist's coming in and use the revenue to offset some of the cost. They could have autograph sessions with the prisoners in the gift shop too.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Oh no!

So anyway...

[Roux]

Oh no!

So anyway...

So all the bullshit about cuts to government is in order to save money is exactly that, bullshit.

And you support this?

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Oh no!

So anyway...

So all the bullshit about cuts to government is in order to save money is exactly that, bullshit.

And you support this?

I support government spending money within the scope of its proper role. Incarcerating criminals to protect the public falls within the proper role of government.

I look forward to your next WHATABOUTSOMEOTHERTHING. Shouldn't take long. Probably happen in your next post, if I were to bet on it.

[FiatLux]

Driving back from North Beach and cutting through the Marina and up and over Pacific Heights to Presidio Heights and my place in the Richmond. Could see Alcatraz on the way home. Yep, The Rock hasn't gotten any bigger. Still could probably hold around 300 people. There's a lot more room on Angel Island. That's where they held the Chinese when they first came to America. The West Coast version of Ellis Island.

Too funny.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

I'm going to DM Trump on Truth Social and ask him to rename it Dumbfuckistan.

[FiatLux]

I say we send all the illegals to North Dafuckistan and make HPG the warden. There's plenty of room for 12 million people. You could charge them $5 a taco bowl from your gas station tariff free.

It's a win-win.

[mvscal]

So, what's your take?

I think it's a stupid idea that isn't going to happen. It closed because it was too expensive to operate and I don't see that those conditions have changed in the interim.

Interestingly enough even though it was the "supermax" prison of the day, the food was reputed to be excellent.

[Roux]

Because of course that's how he came up with this brilliant idea.


trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station

[Mikey]

So, what's your take?

I think it's a stupid idea that isn't going to happen. It closed because it was too expensive to operate and I don't see that those conditions have changed in the interim.

Interestingly enough even though it was the "supermax" prison of the day, the food was reputed to be excellent.

Apparently there is a shortage of capacity in the Federal prison system. I would think that there are much cheaper and efficient options. I guess we just need to trust the Trump administration to act responsibly and not just do whatever will give HPG and the rest of dumbfuckistan a raging hard on.

[Diego in Seattle]

The upgrades needed to bring Alcatraz up to spec for a prison should be considered prohibitive (especially by DOUSH errrr DOGE).

[mvscal]

Apparently there is a shortage of capacity in the Federal prison system. I would think that there are much cheaper and efficient options.

Sure. We could build a supermax in the Palisades. There is some newly available real estate.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Apparently there is a shortage of capacity in the Federal prison system. I would think that there are much cheaper and efficient options.

Sure. We could build a supermax in the Palisades. There is some newly available real estate.

lol

By the time California extracted all the permits and inspections to make sure it's "sustainable" the fukken thing would cost five billion dollars.

[mvscal]

Apparently there is a shortage of capacity in the Federal prison system. I would think that there are much cheaper and efficient options.

Sure. We could build a supermax in the Palisades. There is some newly available real estate.

lol

By the time California extracted all the permits and inspections to make sure it's "sustainable" the fukken thing would cost five billion dollars.

Fedzilla could easily stomp all over that shit. Eminent domain the fuck out of LA. This actually needs to happen.

[Meat Head]

Fedzilla

[Mikey]

Apparently there is a shortage of capacity in the Federal prison system. I would think that there are much cheaper and efficient options.

Sure. We could build a supermax in the Palisades. There is some newly available real estate.

You could charge some wealthy white collar criminals a steep surcharge for a room with an ocean view.

[FiatLux]

Apparently there is a shortage of capacity in the Federal prison system. I would think that there are much cheaper and efficient options.

Sure. We could build a supermax in the Palisades. There is some newly available real estate.

lol

By the time California extracted all the permits and inspections to make sure it's "sustainable" the fukken thing would cost five billion dollars.

Still cheaper than giving every illegal $1,000 to leave the country when you got 12 million. I wonder which brainiac came up with that idea?

Fuck LA.

[Mikey]

Sure. We could build a supermax in the Palisades. There is some newly available real estate.

lol

By the time California extracted all the permits and inspections to make sure it's "sustainable" the fukken thing would cost five billion dollars.

Still cheaper than giving every illegal $1,000 to leave the country when you got 12 million. I wonder which brainiac came up with that idea?

Fuck LA.

That’s only $12 billion if they all sign up. Musk saved more than that in his first 15 minutes with DOGE.

[FiatLux]

What did Musk say he saved? 100 billion?

That's pretty close to two trillion.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Apparently there is a shortage of capacity in the Federal prison system. I would think that there are much cheaper and efficient options.

Sure. We could build a supermax in the Palisades. There is some newly available real estate.

You could charge some wealthy white collar criminals a steep surcharge for a room with an ocean view.

Now we're talkin'. Fauci could use one of those rooms and he's got plenty to spend on it.

[mvscal]

Apparently there is a shortage of capacity in the Federal prison system. I would think that there are much cheaper and efficient options.

Sure. We could build a supermax in the Palisades. There is some newly available real estate.

You could charge some wealthy white collar criminals a steep surcharge for a room with an ocean view.

No ocean views. Just a full on Soviet era brutalist turd right in the middle of the LA with a commanding view of the surrounding area.

[bungle clone]

[mvscal]

That's another option. Just wall it off. Replace guards with drones and remotely operated turrets on the walls.

[Diego in Seattle]

That's another option. Just wall it off. Replace guards with drones and remotely operated turrets on the walls.

You would never pass a MMPI....

[Bill in Houston]

That's another option. Just wall it off. Replace guards with drones and remotely operated turrets on the walls.

Walling off Mar a Lago is a better idea. Already stocked with criminals.

[Bobby42]

Re-open Alcatraz and continue to run tours, televise it. Game show potential is enormous!

[Diego in Seattle]

Re-open Alcatraz and continue to run tours, televise it. Game show potential is enormous!

Richard Dawson is still dead.