“The test of a man isn’t what you think he’ll do. It’s what he actually does.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Eye in The Sky
Sometime in the near future
A light snow fell softly on the quiet mountain town of Breckinridge, Utah, it was early afternoon and the streets were empty. Sheriff’s officer Bobby “Bob-O” Boberson coasted his patrol car down Main Street, cruising by the pizza joints, restaurants, bars, massage parlors, and souvenir shops. He turned left up Ski Hill Road passing The Mangy Moose, the town’s oldest watering hole. The absentee owners of the bar had long given up on keeping up with the Joneses, ‘Mangy’ was now an accurate descriptor of the building itself as well as its equine namesake. Inside was dark wood paneling and torn, stained Naugahyde booths, if not for the televisions one could be convinced it was still the 1980s. Most of the giant flat screens were tuned to sporting events or the local weather forecast, one was set to the country western music channel, and unfortunately, this was the one with the sound on.
As Willie Nelson sang about Ira Hayes, Dick Slashballs sat at the bar and stared languidly at a bowl of beer nuts and the swizzle sticks in the black plastic napkin caddy in front of him. Other than a surly barman, he had the place to himself. It was late February and the ski town was deserted. The Ski bums, bunnies, and tourists wouldn’t be back until next season, but Dick didn’t miss them. After all, wallowing in self-pity is best done in solitude. Dick ordered another Old Fashioned and watched as the bartender filled a Boston shaker with booze, bitters, and ice. As the Barman gave his drink a good shake Dick’s thoughts once more turned to the cause of his misery.
How in the hell did it happen? Dick thought for the thousandth time. Oh, he knew the narrative – The Republicans and the Democrats, following their extreme bases farther to the right and the left, kept nominating crazier and crazier candidates until the people finally had enough and elected a Libertarian. BullllShiiiit, Dick had been involved in enough coups to know that’s not the way things work, especially considering how fast it all happened. The people really liked President Cohen and in the midterms more Libertarians were elected at all levels of government than what had seemed statistically possible. When he won his re-election President Cohen had the backing of both sides of Congress. Then in a whirlwind of retirements, scandals, and deaths, he had the support of The Supreme Court. When his Vice President won the next presidential election in the biggest landslide in American history the libertarian takeover of the country was complete.
That’s when the shit really hit the fan, for Slashballs and his ilk anyway. The Libertarians gutted the federal government. There was no longer an FBI, DOJ, CIA, NSA, DOD, Homeland Security – all the agencies and institutions that kept America safe, or at least kept Dick employed, were gone. He hadn’t worked in years and the money he’d stashed away over his career was almost depleted. It wouldn’t be so bad, but his last operation had gone pear-shaped and he had been forced to use a big chunk of his reserves just to stay alive. If things don’t turn around soon he’ll have to sell his beloved 1974 Firebird esprit, finished in ‘copper mist’ just like the one Steve McQueen drove in The French Connection. He might find some work for a foreign government or two but that was a young man’s game, and Dick was old and tired and rusty. He hadn’t been to a gun range in months and he was letting his field craft slip. He didn’t even notice when a tall, barrel-chested, middle age man entered through the bar’s side door and sat on a barstool two seats to Dick’s left.
Instead, Dick was studying a flyer taped up behind the bar
RODEO!
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS
MESA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
5:OO PM
Adults 25$ children under 6 free
Dick was wondering if they might be hiring when the bartender placed a fresh drink in front of him, with a wink and a cute little smile on her face.
“I didn’t order that.” Dick said
“It’s on me Slashballs” Came a familiar voice
Dick spun around, his hand reaching into his jacket where his Glock 19 would have been if he’d bothered to holster the revolver when he had left his room that morning, You really have lost it, he thought.
“Relax, If I wanted you dead I wouldn’t do it here. I would have done it last night when you were passed out in your easy chair, or the night before when you were staggering home from the strip club, or the night before that when you were relieving yourself against the dumpster behind the Besta Fasta Pizzeria, or the night before that when….” Said the man to his right.
“Okay, okay, I get it. What do you want, and why are you tailing me, Mercer?” Dick Said, “How’d you even find me?”
Mercer laughed and said. “Tailing? That implies some stealth was involved. I could have been wearing a flashing neon sign and you wouldn’t have noticed me. As for finding you, let’s just say you’ve been using the grumpy old Mr. Weston cover a bit too long, You’ve let yourself go. It’s sad, pathetic actually”
“Meh, What’s the point? it’s all over for guys like us now anyway. Fucking Libertarians.” Dick said “And you still haven’t said what it is you want.”
“I have a job for you if you’re interested,” Mercer said
“Why me, if I’m so pathetic?” Dick Said
“Trust me I damn near walked away after seeing the sorry state you’re in, but it’s an easy job and to be perfectly honest you’re one of the last of us still hanging around. Bill ‘The Foot’ is down in Belize, Wilson went back to BF, The Fritzes are in Mongolia, and Freddie’s dead.” Mercer said
“What about Dingo, isn’t he still in Texas?” Dick said
“Yeah, but believe it or not he’s in worse shape than you. Hell, he got himself a job as a rodeo clown for Christ’s sake” Mercer Said “Anyway it’s your job if you want it.”
Dick listened as Mercer outlined the operation. “I have a client that isn’t happy with the current authorities he’s living under, and the powers that be are so ensconced that he can’t make inroads in any strictly legal ways, so he wants us to help get him and a few puppets that he can control into the seats of power…”
“Wait, wait. That doesn’t sound so easy, and I’m too old to go running around some shithole country anyhow” Dick said
“There’s no need for that. The job’s right here in the good old US of A” Mercer Said
“But the Libertarians have…” Dick Said
“Tut, tut. Slashballs, sure they’ve done their best to strip all power from the states and federal government but one thing that libertarians respect is the freedom of association.” Mercer said
Dick, starting to get a little suspicious, asked “What exactly does your client want to do?”
“He wants to grow vegetables in his front yard.” Mercer Said
“You mean…” Dick questioned
“Yup, We’re going to destabilize an HOA” Mercer proclaimed.
LOL
Hype captured my feelings about HOAs perfectly.
If they are to be suffered to exist, they cannot be an encumbrance upon the property, and homeowners should be permitted to withdraw at any time without needing to give up their home to do so.
Florida used to have something like this, but the building lobby got the law changed, but I think something like a 25 year limit on deed restrictions is reasonable. After 25 years, the property is unencumbered.
So you couldn’t just choose to leave the HOA today, but if you neighborhood is old enough, you could.
We could argue about the exact length of time, but something that is reasonably not a perpetuity. A generation is long enough, and 25 years is a good estimate. If you have a strong argument for 20 instead, I would disagree.
wouldnt disagree.
Take this, Brochettaward!
Who?
I was washing my hair.
Also, it’s a Hype post. Firsting on that is like jacking off in a porta potty.
“Firsting on that is like jacking off in a porta potty.”
So, like every Tuesday for me, then?
Besides, Thirding is the new hotness. Its 2023, Firsting is for sheeple and syncophants. Behold, I shall usher in the Thirdening.
And That!
It’s a comment wasteland!
*fap fap fap*
Wut?
He’s got the wrong gun on him?
If he had remembered to holster his revolver, it would reminded him to also bring the Glock?
It’s set in an alternate universe. Glock makes revolvers. Korth makes cheap disposable blowback semiautos.
Is Hi-Point still Hi-Point?
Hi-Point is a zinc mining company.
Cheapest, lowest-quality Zinc on the market?
So yes.
Hi-Point is the Zenith of firearms.
I was wondering how long it would take for people to start noticing the continuity errors. Hyperbole did a masterful job of trolling here.
He also caught me with the surly bartender who turned into a cute chick.
Gender fluid.
I caught both on first read and I ain’t no expert of either
Ski season over in Feb made me suspicious. Strip clubs and message parlors in UT heightened it.
My eye twitched at the Willie Nelson/Ira Hayes, but as it went on, I figured it had to have been on purpose.
I was trying to ignore it. Until now, I suppose.
Depending on how one counts the errors (is the Firebird/Steve McQueen/French Connection thing one error or three?) there are as many as 16 intentional errors. Any more than that are honest mistakes.
“Equine” instantly bumped me. Then shaking the Old Fashioned, but I caught on quickly at that point.
(TBF, they probably will shake your Old Fashioned at a shitty bar)
What’s the opposite of fan service?
Being serviced by a fan?
Nicely done Hyperbole.
Thanks Timeloose
I lol’d.
Glad you liked it.
I also LOL’d at the payoff. Well done TH.
Thanks WTF
https://tenor.com/view/archer-stop-my-penis-can-only-get-so-erect-algernop-krieger-gif-17427361
Yeah, fiction is one thing, fantasy another.
Hah!
Very nice, Hyp! I love all the Easter Eggs of misinformation, but this is my favorite:
If things don’t turn around soon he’ll have to sell his beloved 1974 Firebird esprit, finished in ‘copper mist’ just like the one Steve McQueen drove in The French Connection.
Well done!
I agree on this one. When I read the draft this made me LOL
Thanks for being so gracious and letting Hyperbole use your character.
Yes, and I should make clear this is an alternate universe Dick Slashballs story and in no way canonical.
But it was damned, good…canon or not!
Thanks Swiss.
de nada. It’s a great adaptation!
Thanks, that’s probably my favorite as well.
Alternate reality indeed.
OMG, Libertopia. Well done, sir!
Freddie’s dead?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0B6TKClPFQA&pp=ygUeZnJlZGRpZSdzIGRlYWQgY3VydGlzIG1heWZpZWxk
You know it. Best soundtrack ever.
I loled, but I think the fella Dick Slashballs is based on prefers tequila (mixed with Diet Mountain Dew?) over Old Fashioneds.
Love the ending, Did not expect that at all.
The Ira Hayes line passed me by like George C. Scott’s performance in Sorcerer.
A version I’d never heard… Willie or JC?
Contract and HOA, what’s not to like?
homo econmicus
Young people are also more likely to be disadvantaged in this area, Lusardi and Mitchell found, as are people of color. “The young display very low financial literacy, with only one-third being able to answer all three questions correctly. Half of Whites could correctly answer all three questions, versus only 26% of Blacks and 22% of Hispanics.”
This is a problem, Lusardi says, not just because it means that many people are ill equipped to handle an increasingly complicated and complex financial landscape that can impact their earnings and long-term wealth. There are obvious social implications to the fact that white males appear to have a significant edge on the rest of the population in this area. And if that isn’t enough, Lusardi says, it’s also a problem for the economy.
This looks like a job for the Handicapper General.
The obvious solution is more public school instruction in these matters – that will flatten out those high achievers!
Let me guess, they’re ignorant because of white supremacy.
This failure of journalism skipped the important part – if there are only three simple questions, what are they? If I have to dig through academic papers for them, why should I read your article?
I looked up the paper. the questions remined me of the IQ test in Idiocracy. I kept thinking they were trick questions.
Example: You have $100 in the bank that earns 2% yearly. After 5 years you would have:
A) less than $102
B More than $102
C) $100
D) don’t know / Wont answer
Compounded annully, or monthly? Monthly results in almost ten cents more after five years.
Yeah, I was trying to figure out a tricky answer based on compounding before I looked at the answers.
I would have massively overthought all three.
After the first one, I looked at choices before I did any work.
My answer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsxJfcFVnpo
Those are so obvious, I’d be looking for where the trick was too.
To be fair, until recently interest rates have been basically zero, so they haven’t been something to think about.
E) Not Sure
😉
F) All of the Above
I found them and I must be privileged, because I don’t see how you can’t get them right.
I agree. They are brutally simple. The most interesting bit was on #3, where a large percent answered Do Not Know. Which actually makes sense, if you don’t know what a mutual fund is, for example.
Good point, I could see a lot of young people not knowing what a mutual fund is. Even my kids and their friends who buy stocks on Webull and Robinhood think in terms of ETF’s, not mutual funds.
The third one is understandable not to know, but the other 2 are just math problems.
Public schools continue to fail.
“A mutual fund? That’s what they have on GoFundMe, right?”
I enacted your labor for you (but agree, it should have been there), these arent word for word, but as I remember them:
1. You have $100 in the bank earning 2% interest. You leave it there for 5 years. At then end you will have:
A: More than $102
B: Exactly $102
C: Less than $102
D: Dont know
2. You have money in the bank earning 1% interest. The inflation rate is 2%. When you take it out, your money will:
A. Buy more than it would have before
B. Buy the same as before
C. Buy less than before
D. Dont know
3. True of False – in general, buying a single stock is more risky than buying a mutual fund.
A. True
B. False
C. Dont know
And Ron did even better by actually copying the questions.
Next up in Retards in Marketing:
H&K!
Is the lesson here to stop hiring women?
The lesson is to stop turning over your social media accounts to 19 year old interns from Smith.
Digging through to the original tweet, it’s all so unnecessary:
https://twitter.com/HecklerAndKoch/status/1658211115833106462
(tweet re: Miller Lite dropping some woke ad – didn’t actually click through)
The H&K account replies:
Heckler & Koch
@HecklerAndKoch
Gun bunnies 🚫
Beer bunnies 🚫
Supporting women 💯✔️
i.e., this had fuck-all to do with H&K, but the dumbass intern running the account needs to stick her tit in that hornet’s nest and signal her virtue.
Even if H&K management is fully on-board, the answer is… stop making ads with hot chicks. Loudly announcing that you’re not doing ads like that anymore is unnecessary and counter-productive. Lecturing some twitter rando over a comment on an ad from a completely different industry is just so, so stupid.
👆👆👆
It does reveal the predilections of the modern corporation though. They want to “educate” the consumer. They don’t give a flying fuck about satisfying the consumer.
But does it? It reveals the predilections of the kid running H&K’s twitter account. Maybe even that of the whole Marketing dept. But I have to wonder if the higher-ups are gonna be pleased about this needless kerfuffle.
H&K? I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s pervasive.
They need a fucking beat down.
This is what happens when bullying is removed entirely from childhood.
My company is similarly ran by HR idiots. Their latest is to form an employee group for religion. Totally unprofessional and nothing good could every come out of it.
“But I have to wonder if the higher-ups are gonna be pleased about this needless kerfuffle.”
ESG says they are all in.
👆👆👆 Bonus CEI points from HRC to get a higher ESG rating for that sweet, sweet Blackrock 401k money.
Please, as if Blackrock would invest in an icky arms manufacturer. H&K is doubly-stupid for going down the ESG route, since their products will never be acceptable.
The first comment gave me an anyuerism.
Everything is stupid.
That almost reads as sarcasm. It is so hard to tell nowadays.
Maybe, I can’t tell sometimes.
It’s Twitter. Everything is either trolling, sarcasm, or idiocy.
Often times, it is trolling, sarcasm, AND idiocy.
Beer companies making silly ads with women in bikinis (decades ago) is “restricting women’s rights.” Got it.
Also, you are all on notice that the 1980s and 90s are now cancelled for being a dystopia of bigotry.
Here’s a classic.
It didn’t get better from there.
The weird thing is, using cheesecake models to advertise guns went out of fashion around 2006. Yes, there are still some holdouts (looking at you, Tanfoglio) but for the most part firearms advertising is about as racy as a back issue of Popular Mechanics…
Same in the tool business, unfortunately. The Snap-On calendars were always a treat.
1984
Uh, Rigid.
Uh, Rigid
Not yet, working on it.
Grown adults are no longer allowed to view sexualized versions of people. That’s only for kids.
That’s funny ’cause it’s true.
*remembers getting Dillion’s reloading catalog*
Really? I saw some booth bunnies in videos from IWA.
Ooooo…. public condescension from a German corporation towards peons. How very German.
If there’s one thing the krauts should steer clear of, it’s jabbering about historical injustice to disfavored groups.
if there are only three simple questions, what are they?
That would be telling.
Very funny. I’m surprised one of the TV’s wasn’t playing a Gunsmoke rerun.
Glad you enjoyed it and dammit I should have thought of that.
[golf clap]
… starring Lorne Greene.
He really nailed that Bert Maverick role.
Acanning through tht twatter thread about H&K, there is a thing about H&K supporting some UN “set of goals”. I don’t know nothing ’bout bikini models, but H&K might not want to align themselves too closely with an organization which explicitly wants to disarm the global civilian population. It seems… counterproductive.
H&K likes selling pistols to cops and militaries.
Yeah, H&K doesn’t GAF about the civilian market. Their guns are intended for keeping the proles in line.
Ehh. That was a funny meme for a while, but it’s not really true.
Funny how? Funny Ha-Ha or Funny Uh-Oh?
Okay, we normally don’t do this, but because I was sloppy we didn’t include Hyperbole’s fine artwork as an interior illo. I remedied that.
Nice.
Grazie!
H&K likes selling pistols to cops and militaries.
There’s nothing in their catalog I want.
I’d like one of their USC carbines, but I’d want to do a fair amount of custom work to it.
If they was to bring back the P7M13, I’d be obliged to buy one.
Squeeze cock… er for the win.
To be fair, until recently interest rates have been basically zero, so they haven’t been something to think about.
Interest? What’s that?
I’m getting 3.75% at Capitol one.
Not great, but it’s something.
4.5% at CIT Bank.
Is that on checking, savings or CD?
Savings. I have it linked to my checking for electronic transfers.
https://www.cit.com/cit-bank/savings-connect
It’s when you swipe in one direction or the other in the dating app.
In news that should surprise nobody.
https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/nih-director-nominated-by-joe-biden
Burn it down.
I just tried to post that to Derpbook, and they blocked it because it “goes against community standards”.
Miller is probably permabanned.
Revolving doors are gonna revolve.
I really don’t see how this gets fixed without a collapse of the government.
Maybe our economy is strong enough to continue, but our “leaders”, they got to go.
So what you’re saying is arms manufacturers should stick to (smoking hot) female members of the Israeli IDF (yes, that’s redundantly repetitive) if they’re looking for female spokesmodels?
*in my case, Finns or Swedes, plz
Since y’all found my California trucking article depressing this morning:
Electric Vehicle Illusions
Good article and highlights what we’ve talked about a lot. When discussing emissions, the fuckery of ignoring parts of the lifecycle is dishonest and retarded.
The point is to break the system, therefore it’s not retarded. It’s evil genius.
Unless of course, the proles get really pissed off and start gutting the elites.
Oy, aren’t those peasants revolting.
You said it. They stink on ice.
You said it, they stink on ice!
Damn your nimble fingers / me not refreshing!
is dishonest and retarded.
Proggie ears perk up and heads twist, looking for the source of the whistle.
There was no discussion to the environmental changes made of removing a large chunk of overburden that formerly supported vegetation and at completion of the mining operations leave a big hole in the earth. The local abandoned iron mines have filled with clear water and support trout, a non-native specie in this area. The overburden dumps have regrown with trees and brush and are the mountains of Minnesota. At least every other car is not orange from the iron dust now.
Making it up as we go along
One thing is particularly worrisome, Coates said. And that’s the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency, the part of the federal government currently tasked with analyzing applications to store carbon dioxide underground, is looking to pass that job to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The department has said it has so few employees with expertise in the matter that it will have to outsource positions.
“The oversight and making sure things aren’t going to go really bad is a huge concern,” Coates said. “I don’t think they will be equipped.”
The people of Tangipahoa Parish are hardly alone, as chemical companies rush to claim $12 billion authorized in the Inflation Reduction Act to create massive underground storage structures for potentially deadly carbon. Already, hundreds of applications are flowing into state and federal authorities for what some industry analysts estimate could become a $4 trillion industry by 2050. But a three-month POLITICO investigation shows that both the federal government and the states are far short of the resources necessary to properly investigate and ensure the safety of a dangerous emerging technology.
Just keep throwing money at it.
Make a note: CO2 in the atmosphere just went from pollutant to deadly.
Is this going to bring the price of CO2 for my kegerator back to normal?
Maybe you have to pay an extra tax to offset the danger you are putting us in.
On second thought, because it’s so dangerous, you are no longer allowed to purchase this gas, peasant.
It’s for you own good.
potentially deadly carbon
It’s only deadly if it is the only thing in the air.
When discussing emissions, the fuckery of ignoring parts of the lifecycle is dishonest and retarded.
“Nuthin up muh sleeve!”
*Bullwinkle stuffs arm deep into magic hat*
Same in the tool business, unfortunately. The Snap-On calendars were always a treat.
See, also: Wurth, Pirelli
Stihl had some classics.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9AkAAOSwGAhf5~Zc/s-l1600.jpg
Rawr
She can really suck?
I am looking forward to our glorious future where it officially considered sexist to find good looking women attractive. I feel like we are getting there slowly but surely.
That was a couple years back. Where have you been?
Well I’ll be a rebel and gather up all of the smoking hot rejects then.
Boy howdy it was. Now you get sued or fired from your job if you don’t tell hideous man-trolls they are attractive.
If you do tell hideous man-trolls they are attractive, you’ll get sued or fired from your job. And they’ll get to tell all of their friends how hard it is to be an attractive woman in a misogynistic society. It’s a Kobayashi Maru scenario.
Bro, as a Steeler fan, have you listened to Big Ben’s podcast, Footbahlin’?
James Harrison’s was hilarious, Coaches T and Cowher were excellent also.
I mostly just catch the highlights, but I wanted to watch the ones with Cowher and Tomlin. Might get some insights there. There was one comment I found funny where Cowher basically said the coach of those mid-2000’s teams basically just had to not fuck things up aka Tomlin won with his guys.
I’d love to see an honest discussion between Roethlisberger and Harrison on that interview Harrison did where he blamed Ben for the loss to the Packers.
My main issue with the ones I’ve seen is that he’s still too much of a team guy. I wish Ben were the asshole the media made him out to be and just aired all the dirty laundry and gave his honest opinions on everything. That would be far more interesting.
I only listened to the ones with good guests, those were my 3 favorites.
Harrison had me laughing in the middle of my run when he was talking about how the defense would get fired up if Troy got pissed off.
They were lucky to be in the game due to Woodson and Driver’s injuries.
This argument is stupid. Packers benefited from two turnovers caused by the Steelers banged up OL. If Pouncey plays, you may not have ended up with the pick-6 and you almost definitely don’t get the Mendenhall fumble when the Steelers were driving for a go-ahead score with the momentum at their back. The Steelers WR’s were decimated with injuries and they were stuck trotting out the corpse of Antwaan Randle El as their second option on their final drive.
Packers issue wasn’t injuries. It was dropped passes that allowed the Steelers to hang around. But they benefited greatly from key Steelers injuries.
And you will have to find women with penises attractive.
I think we are already there.
The cultural revolution continues apace.
Three possible new names have been selected for John B. Cary Elementary School, which will be renamed by the Richmond School Board later this year.
John B. Cary is one of four Richmond schools that will get new names this year, alongside George Wythe High School, Ginter Park Elementary and Binford Middle School. This is part of Richmond Schools’ process of renaming schools in the district named after members of the Confederate Army and historical figures who enslaved people.
The school is currently named after John B. Cary, a former superintendent of Richmond Public Schools who was also a staunch supporter of the Confederacy.
And?
His only “sin” appears to be that he was loyal to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Are we supposed to erase the 1861-1865 period of the history of VA?
Are they going to rename Wytheville?
I used to stay a night there when I would travel from NC to my mom’s house, lovely area out there.
I think it would be far, far more difficult to find men from the South in that time period who weren’t loyal to the confederacy aka their state. People who are historically illiterate and just kind of illiterate in general are looking back on this through modern eyes completely oblivious to the reality that people were in general loyal to their states first and foremost. That until that war, we were truly the United States of America.
looking back on this through modern eyes
i.e., presentism. It’s ubiquitous and ridiculous.
Yeah, used to be that was a cardinal sin in history studies and to be avoided at all costs.
Just have to erase everything in the memory hole.
Schooly McSchoolface.
Got a temporary crown to replace my crumbling tooth. Feels like a ball of cement.
Best part is this master of the universe ran a hedge fund and was also mentioned in the Panama Papers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-david-croizat-arrested-after-melt-down-on-american-airlines-flight-from-barbados-to-miami
Shit, he’s flying commercial, like some peasant.
Master of the universe status revoked.
I’d be mad too if I paid for first class and only vegetarian meal options were available. Service has gone to crap these days.
They only load so many of each type. Thanks the whiny ass voluntary food restrictors for making one of those options meatless.
My workplace often has free breakfast on offer for the masses. At some point there’s always a pile of, say, vegetarian breakfast burritos only, and a bunch of disappointed people.
Nothing to see here.
Security video from a contact in Eagle Pass, TX shows a large group of migrants crossing illegally onto private property this morning. Crossings have been down big in Texas last few days, but are expected to rise again as cartels/smugglers figure out the post T42 border.
I asked the Texas National Guard if this is one of their soldiers who opens the gate for the group of migrants. They tell me she is NOT a TX soldier & is not TX ARNG. I’m told she is a Title 10 soldier from the Missouri ARNG under orders from the federal gov & working w/ BP.
“…under orders from the federal gov & working w/ BP.”
Wasn’t me. I’ve never even been to that part of Texas.
But in the gym yesterday CNN had a headline that border crossings were less than expected.
Also, gas is cheaper than one year ago.
How about 4 years ago?
Don’t worry about that, apparently only one year counts.
Who expected that number of border crossings? The economists who predict unemployment?
“Crossings?” They document “encounters”.
And the feds traffic them from the border to the interior…facilitating an invasion of mostly military aged males.
Somethin something treason against the united States something something levying war against them…
Opened the gate to waiting BP agents and bus. Oh noez! Treason!
What are the other options that point? Push them back into the river and Mexico? Machine gun them?
I’m listening.
Gotta create a deterrence somehow. Then a no-man’s land on the border where it is made clear that you are not allowed to cross. You get one warning shot. And if you persist…
“Destabilize an HOA.”
Oh, well played. Did not see it coming.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/california-considering-unemployment-benefits-for-illegal-immigrants/
Do it.
Wait, so the Feds are going to enact E-Verify to prevent illegals from working (purportedly, but not the real purpose), but the states are going to provide unemployment for illegals while they refuse to enforce the border?
How fucked up could they possibly make the system?
Gavin Newsom says “hold my chardonnay”.
No to mention legal immigrants are cut off from such benefits and being a public burden is still grounds for denying approvals.
Might as well.
bartender placed a fresh drink in front of him, with a wink and a cute little smile on her face.
I thought it was a surly Barman? He transitioned that quickly?
Glock 19 would have been if he’d bothered to holster the revolver
Nice.
“Yup, We’re going to destabilize an HOA” Mercer proclaimed.
Game on!
Color revolution them!
Reality TV never fails to reach ever lower.
https://nypost.com/2023/05/14/dating-in-nyc-is-a-nightmare-im-looking-for-love-overseas/
Yeah, no hot men with messy pasts in Colombia.
TLC… “The Learning Channel”
I made the mistake of looking at the ClownWorld Twitter feed, and now I’m depressed. OTOH, I was already trying to get out of the quagmire that is Tuesday.
Ugh. I need a nap.
This one is just incredible.
https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1658535759727693824
Collapsing empire
At least he has a fucking tie on for a change.
What we really need is media monopolized state media.
Obama said, “The thing that I’m most worried about is the degree to which we’ve now had a divided conversation, in part because we have a divided media.”
He continued, “When I was coming up, you had three TV stations. And people were getting a similar sense of what is true and what isn’t, what was real and what was not. Today, what I’m most concerned about is the fact that because of the splintering of the media, we almost occupy different realities.”
He added, “In the past everybody could say all right, we may disagree on how to solve it, but at least we all agree that that’s an issue. Now, people will say, well that didn’t happen or I don’t believe that. And one of the goals of the Obama Foundation and one of the goals of my post-presidency is, how do we return to that common conversation? How can we have a common set of facts. We may disagree on gun violence in terms of what the best prescriptions are, but we can’t deny the data that says the United States has levels of gun violence that are five, ten, fifteen times more than other countries.”
Fuck. Off.
Totalitarian piece of shit
And on the various “public” broadcasters, “fake news” and “disinformation” invariably mean anything that goes against their narrative.
Some poor Bud Light distributor has a nice sense of gallows humor.
“It’s an aluminum bottle,” the source told The Post, asking not to be named. “I believe it is the only package that will be transitioning, but I am not 100% certain on that.”
https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/bud-light-budweiser-packaging-to-get-redesign-over-dylan-mulvaney-crisis-source/
And one of the goals of the Obama Foundation and one of the goals of my post-presidency is, how do we return to that common conversation? How can we have a common set of facts. We may disagree on gun violence in terms of what the best prescriptions are, but we can’t deny the data that says the United States has levels of gun violence that are five, ten, fifteen times more than other countries.”
How do we silence the heretics and unbelievers?
“Want to see a million pounds of trash?”
I think I got tetanus and hepatitis just watching the video.
How long before people start using flamethrowers on homeless encampments?
JFC