On to week three of my libertarian/AnCap mini profile series. It occurred to me I could choose to not talk about this guy, but that would be a disservice.
He’s also a bit dicey.
This is my review of Josephbrau PLZNR:
Who am I talking about? Hans-Herman Hoppe, of course.
Unlike many of the philosophers I outline in this series—Hoppe is still alive and still able to defend his life’s work. The issue itself is not necessarily his philosophy itself—wait what am I talking about? Of course it is. Hoppe happens to be a philosophical missing link.
Consider every version of statism in existence today—this is not Hoppe. He is most certainly an anachrocapitalist. Hoppe however, throws an awful amount of shade at those who might call themselves “alt-right”. Now this is not the contemporary meaning where anybody that happens to not list their pronouns in their LinkedIn profile is “alt-right”. He has a very real following among race realist types, and white supremacists. So much so entertaining debates like this one between podcaster/commedian Dave Smith and Nick Sarwark, the Libertarian Party Chair, are necessary. Necessary because there is a very real connection between libertarianism and the no-shit, alt-right. Having principles like free speech sometimes means you might have to come to defense of, or at least openly tolerate unsavory people. Because a third party is stuck trying to draw between two opposing sides of the culture, and these people are unsavory to both sides it tests the limits of what principled people are willing to tolerate.
You don’t have to take my word for it. He wrote it in so many words in his essay, A Realistic Libertarianism:
From that vantage point, the ‘victim’ groups and their ‘victimizers’ are easily identified. As it turns out, ‘victims’ make up the vast majority of mankind. Everyone and every conceivable group is a ‘victim,’ except that small part of mankind composed of white (including northern Asian) heterosexual males, living traditional, bourgeois family lives. They, and especially the most creative and successful ones among them, (excluding interestingly only rich sports or entertainment celebrities) are the ‘victim- izers’ of everyone else.
For the vast majority of the piece, I have no quarrel. It continues into a 24-page long siege of where Rothbard goes wrong. If you were to skim through this essay and are curious to whom Hoppe is referring, this is who “He” is.
The coup de gras is on page 22…
In light of this, as a right-libertarian, I would of course first say to my children and students: always respect and do not invade others’ private property rights and recognize the State as an enemy and indeed the very anti-thesis of private property. But I would not leave it at that. I would not say (or silently imply) that once you have satisfied this requirement “anything goes.” Which is pretty much what ‘thin’ libertarians appear to be saying! I would not be a cultural relativist as most “thin” libertarians at least implicitly are. Instead, I would add (at a minimum): be and do whatever makes you happy, but always keep in mind that as long as you are an integral part of the worldwide division of labor, your existence and well-being depends decisively on the continued existence of others, and especially on the continued existence of white heterosexual male dominated societies, their patriarchic family structures, and their bourgeois or aristocratic lifestyle and conduct. Hence, even if you do not want to have any part in that, recognize that you are nonetheless a beneficiary of this standard “Western” model of social organization and hence, for your own sake, do nothing to undermine it but instead be supportive of it as something to be respected and protected.
And to the long list of ‘victims’ I would say: do your own thing, live your own life, as long as you do it peacefully and without invading other people’s private property rights. If and insofar as you are integrated into the international division of labor, you do not owe restitution to anyone nor does anyone owe you any restitution. Your coexistence with your supposed ‘victimizers’ is mutually beneficial. But keep in mind that while the ‘victimizers’ could live and do without you, albeit at a lower standard of living, the reverse is not true. The disappearance of the ‘victimizers’ would imperil your very own existence. Hence, even if you don’t want to model yourself on the example provided by white male culture, be aware that it is only on account of the continued existence of this model that all alternative cultures can be sustained at their present living standards and that with the disappearance of this “Western” model as a globally effective Leitkultur the existence of many if not all of your fellow ‘victims’ would be endangered.
Not only is this man’s wife Turkish, he happens to live there.
Whatever. I can put up with assholes by killing them with kindness being an asshole myself. His outlook on various cultures aside, his advocacy of how decentralized communities can function is where I draw the line.
Say for example a shirtless, buffalo hat wearing shaman makes the government disappear tomorrow. Communities at the smallest level will necessarily have to organize themselves in some way, in whatever way they choose to recognize property rights. For sake of argument you agree to your community’s arrangement. You go to sell your property and the community determines they don’t like the buyer for some reason. It can be innocuous like they don’t want Dallas Cowboys fans in the community, or more insidious like not wanting to live next to one of (((them))). All acceptable in Hoppe-stan if the action taken is peaceful and NAP approved—like shunning. While shunning isn’t exactly violent, it can be damaging…just ask anyone that bought GME in the last week on the Robinhood app and were given one choice with what to do with their property last Thursday—sell.*
If others can determine what you can and cannot do with your property, oh well. They can and do live without you, even at a lower standard of living, the reverse is not true.
As always if you skipped ahead, the short version is this guy is the flaming guitar player from Mad Max: Fury Road.
As for the beer, this is a Trader Joe’s brand so it is actually a really good value for what I paid. It is a traditional Czech Pilsner as it implies on the label. Without the barely noticeable skunkiness you might find from an actual Czech Pilsner you might come across from time to time due to the logistics involved in shipping it to your community’s merchant of intoxicants. I’ll likely buy it again this summer when I tend to drink Pilsners. Josephbrau PLZNR: 3.2/5
*Damnit, I talked about current events. No matter. At the time of this writing, I initiated a full transfer of my Robinhood account to somebody else I prefer to associate, even though I have no position in GME. Screw those guys
‘For a New Liberty’ really was a sophomoric attempt, if that is all that defines we ‘libertarians’, we are doomed to fail.
“anachrocapitalist”
Capitalism from an earlier time?
An anachronism merely evokes an earlier time, not so much from it.
So really….Mexi has come up with THE BETHT, THE CLATHIETHT title for us!
Heh, autocorrect.
I thought it was anarchocapitalism after the ‘ro runs its course.
This is nuts.
“School Names Research- For School Names Advisory Committee ”
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16cre1vbJzE44JWmto_Ll7J06q9ZblQoBC-Eas3Qwf2c/edit#gid=0
Um, no, he won the Heavy Weight Championship belt after fighting Apollo Creed twice…ignorant fucks…
Earlier today I sent that link to a relative in SF and asked if her taxes weren’t quite high enough. I have yet to hear back. The relative in question is far left on most things but I do what I can to move the needle a bit and it’s SLOWLY working.
I heard back.
“Don’t get me started.”
She is not pleased with all of this. Again, this is why we need to talk to people who don’t align with us instead of arguing arcane Georgist principles among the believers. As fun as it may be, however.
There is no argument. Georgism is idiotic, should be dumped, and we can move on.
We can keep our Monopoly games, though, right?
I was watching the latest episode of Finding Your Roots and they had Andy Cohen on. He found out one of his ancestors was involved in a SCOTUS case where the government was prosecuting the ancestor for sugar price gouging & hoarding. SCOTUS ruled in favor of the ancestor.
Do you think that very personal story moved Andy’s leftists needle any? Not sure.
There was an episode of Who Do You Think You Are with Zooey Deschanel, and she found out her Quaker ancestors were in the thick of a battle with slave catchers. Anti-gun Zooey found out her ancestors provided shelter to some escaped slaves, who were armed & fighting for their lives against these slave catchers.
I wonder if that story moved the needle for her on guns?
But I agree with you that you get to these people on a personal level.
School choice is one of those issues that many people get on a visceral level and the chance to convert people was, imo, badly botched in the past year. “We” allowed the debate to be framed in terms of transmission rates, classroom spacing and testing. The real issues was and remains that the education system continues to fail on a massive scale and now they’re doing worse than ever and want even more money to come back in order to perform marginally better in person. This is where you convert people and ask, ‘Hey, when’s little Tommy going back to school? Oh, his teacher wants a raise? Why, what did she to earn it? Are you getting a raise? Are you getting paid to teach your kid?”
On one of those Finding Your Roots, Gates is talking about how someone’s ancestor was fighting
for his right to vote in post-reconstruction South. He says “the politicians” took away the black mens’ votes.
I guess saying, “the Democrat Party” took away the votes was just a bridge too far.
Speaking of nuts….
“.@ananavarro on. @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy visiting Trump in Fla.: “It’s white slavery … He looks like he’s owned by his master, and his master is Donald Trump, and it’s pathetic.”
https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1355201050924503042
We crazies are ready to say Dasvidaniya, I mean Adios, I am American, like you, not a Rushun Bot, to Trump, but they aren’t. He is the monster they see in the mirror……..oh that’s a good thread for SugarFree to pull on…
Heavy stuff, thanks Messy!
OT, but important.
It looks like Canada’s gone full-on “Night and Fog” with Canadians returning from overseas travel:
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2021/01/30/they-went-from-flatten-the-curve-to-solitary-confinement-so-fast-we-didnt-even-notice-2/
Holy shit. Sorry about your country. We’re right behind you, I’m sure.
That is some scary stuff. Chilling.
Is this what it felt like to live in Eastern Europe post WWII as it dawned on the citizenry that people were being “disappeared” and that life as you knew it was ending, quietly and unreported by the local and world press?
I ask the same question to myself.
I’d have a hard time convicting if the guy went all Killdozer on the local police precinct. Disappearing people like that invites a strong response.
Agreed.
“convicting”.
That’s cute, like he’d get a jury trial.
“Indefinite detention under domestic terrorism laws for you!”
(I’m assuming Canada already has some such terrible law)
MS,
What are your thoughts on shunning by groups like Amish or FLDS or some hippie commune? Is it only acceptable if there’s a larger society to for the shunned to land in?
First we need to establish why I want to live with the Amish, FLDS, or a hippie commune. Since I don’t have any reason to live with them, how they determine who gets in or expelled is on them.
My issue is even if I am part of the community what I do with my property is my business and not the overall community’s, unless I am somehow infringing on somebody else’s property. For a benign example I despise HOAs and specifically chose to live in a neighborhood without one.
Hoppe in a sense establishes that in the absence of authority, communities will segregate themselves from the rest of the world along some sort of lines—some might be along racial/ethnic lines. I personally don’t like that and will not associate with such people, but I accept people are free to be assholes.
My issue is even if I am part of the community what I do with my property is my business and not the overall community’s, unless I am somehow infringing on somebody else’s property. For a benign example I despise HOAs and specifically chose to live in a neighborhood without one.
In theory, I have no problem with restrictive covenants within a community. As long as the rules and restrictions are established beforehand and everybody is a willing participant, it simply transfers a few pieces of the “bundle of sticks” to the community rather than the property owner.
What bothers me is 1) The rules changing after the purchase has been made; 2) gov’t requiring such covenants; and 3) HOAs creating this monitoring apparatus to micromanage the restrictions.
If a group of Amish folks buy 500 acres in the middle of nowhere with the understanding that they are building an Amish community, I don’t really see the problem with either forcing somebody to sell when they are shunned or banning them from selling to the English. The issues arise when these rules are unspoken and not agreed to in advance.
Ok, but then you still run into the ‘Give me your ball’ problem. Unless you can prove that the founders of the covenant are the ab origine owners of the property, then I don’t see how such restrictions are justified in the same way an AnCap would criticize the justification for taxation.
Of course, in the US, this discussion is moot as, against the protestations of Jefferson, the majority of the Founders eliminated individual allodial title in the Constitution as the 5th A. clearly establishes these United States as the ultimate landlord through the Takings Clause.
Hey Yusef.
Have you seen the Quillette article on disc golf?
https://quillette.com/2021/01/28/at-one-with-the-disc-how-the-pandemic-taught-me-to-love-real-golfs-casual-cousin/
Cool article! My 3 year old loves disc golf and asks me to take her a few times each week. Good excuse to get out of the house. Helps her work on some fine motor skills (work in progress). And she gets to play at the playground after we get through 3 or 4 baskets. I’m really tempted to buy a portable basket to stick in the backyard so we can practice more.
My BIL and I have picked this game up recently and are running with it. I have three more discs on order, and he wants to get a bigger bag like the one I have. Sneaky addictive fun.
Yep.
Disc golf is all the advantages of real golf, only without the high fees and country club dolts.
I am unable from the article to determine whether you agree or disagree with Hoppe.
I think it’s “disagree”, but I’m really not certain. I am willing to entertain an argument
that I can’t read.
I agree with him up to the point where he says the community can kick me out or tell me what I can do with my stuff.
Hmm…
Ah, shit.
Restricting Cowboys fans to within the borders of Texas is always appropriate,
Word.
I can’t parse this. What am I missing?
Edited to add “can function”. This was more difficult than I thought it would be.
You need to stew on your articles for two and half years like I did.
Biden’s America. For the first time the TSA required me to put on a mask. Never happened when Trump was President: 8th flight since the start of the covid psychosis.
And you did it? Without telling them to go to hell and walking away?
If you gotta get somewhere, you gotta get somewhere.
He could drive.
grrizzly’s the one always taking the Glibs to task for choosing to wear the mask to go along to get along. He may not mean to sound so self-righteous when he says it, but it comes across to me like that.
I never implied that somebody should quit a job or divorce a spouse because of masks. All I do is not putting on a mask in a grocery store until I’m asked to. I was always very clear that I often put on a mask when asked. You talked about visiting a Walmart without a mask. And nothing happened. That’s where I’m at.
Yes, I visit lots of places without masks. I even went into Target and got stopped by a greeter. “Ma’am, do you have a mask?” “Yep, but can’t wear it.” And I felt cowardly for even saying that.
Every time I go into a place without a mask, my heart’s in my throat. I’m doing something BAAAAAADDDDDD and I don’t get a thrill from the fight-or-flight transgressive bullshit. Too much “Oooooh, you’re going to the principal’s office!” and “You just wait till your dad gets home!” vibe.
I do not have the balls to walk in proudly with body language that screams, “You just TRY to make me wear this mask.” And so I feel cowardly, for both my fear and my lack of don’t-give-a-damns.
Thats a small part of it for me. Mostly it’s that I don’t feel it’s my place to go against a business’s stated policy, shitty or no. It’s their choice to comply or not comply with the insanity. I don’t get to make that choice for them. When they comply, my options are either mask up or shop somewhere else. Granted, I’ll do what I can to maliciously comply. However, I’m not a 20-something single guy. I’m a 30-something married father of two kids under 4. I’m not in a position to play rebel. Getting banned from Target for making a scene impacts more than just me. Getting recorded and doxxed for making a scene could usher in some unpleasant times for my family.
Also, I’m trying to get in and out with the least inconvenience possible. Having to have some conversation with a teenage greeter about the ins and outs of mask efficacy is a massive inconvenience. I’ll take the inconvenience of the mask over the inconvenience of a confrontation with somebody who can’t actually change anything.
Yes, and I agree, which is why I’m so conflicted.
I am NOT going to make a scene no matter what, for the same reasons. I want to be inconspicuous, but I can’t stand that fucking mask and what it represents.
So. What do to do, what to do. Almost everything in me says, “Wear the mask!” Call it anything. It doesn’t matter; I just don’t want to “get in trouble.”
But there’s that little part of me that says, “This is not right.” And I don’t wear the mask because not wearing it is, in principle, the right thing to do. I’ve done the right thing before when my heart’s in my throat, and never regretted it.
This world’s too dangerous and lousy with Karens too willing to ruin your life. So it’s an internal battle, every time I go somewhere. Fortunately for me, I don’t go lots of places.
Me, it’s just I don’t much like interacting with nasty people or putting nice people in a situation where they have hector me so I wear the fucking thing where I’m told to.
I do have my limits, though. If it comes down to some command to wear them outdoors that’s a No from me.
I actually thought your attitude to masks was similar to mine.
Not so militant. Sometimes I wear it, sometimes I don’t. If I am in a situation where I feel like it is in my best interest to submit, I do so.
What I DON’T do is chastise the folks here for submitting because they’re trying to keep their heads down because they have too much to lose, or because they’re respecting a business’s wish to not get in trouble.
We’ll be required to wear masks as long as we comply whether I sound self-righteous or not.
Yes.
For perspective: glibs isn’t just a place of refuge for me and you all aren’t names on a screen. I care what you think. And so, when someone makes a point that I think, “I must practice this in my life to make me a better person,” I try to do that.
When I decide to mask up or not, I think about you and the fact that you have already been where we are now and don’t want to do it again. Every time I’m deciding whether to mask up or not, I think about you and where you came from.
Cosigned. Grizz, you’re the bear sitting on one of my shoulders saying “the line much be drawn here! This far, no further!”
Was it Italy that lifted all its restrictions when the people said enough? DDG seems to not let me find that story.
Floating around on various states’ Reopen pages are pictures and videos of widespread Italian disobedience. According to the pictures and videos, about 50,000 restaurants opened up in defiance of restrictions. I found a news story about it.
The Italian government has announced a loosening of restrictions. Whether or not the protests have anything to do with the loosening is not stated in the Reuters article.
Yep, this is where I agree with Grizz. I am also a weak kneed mask complier to keep my job. But I also know every one else that works there is of like mind and if we all just stopped nobody would lose their jobs. It is really an interesting study in ridiculous compliance.
Europe has had a bunch of anti-lockdown riots recently. the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Czechland. People are pissed off.
We could some more disobedience and protests here in the USA. Europe shouldn’t be getting ahead of us there.
There is a grocery store where I shop without a mask. The most I’ve gotten from the staff is a polite, “Would you like a mask, sir?” to which I respond, “No thanks.” We then wish each other a nice day and go on with our lives.
At my gym, there is near 100% compliance (yep, even me, though my bandanna is below my nose) with the mask orders/ordinances/blah blah blah in the lobby area. Once you get past the lobby area? 95% to 98% non-compliance.
There is a restaurant I like where they are under the hammer of both the state and city government. I wear a mask when walking in and out. I generally don’t when going to the bathroom, and no one has said anything to me about it.
I have begun to see some noses peeking out over their masks. I dunno. Maybe that’s where it starts.
I have begun to see some noses peeking out over their masks.
Yep. And nobody hassles you for it. It checks the box for getting into most places to simply have a mask on your face. Like I mentioned before, malicious compliance.
Only one person (wife excepted) has said anything, and I was thisclose to making a scene when she started talking to me. By the grace of God alone, i was able to walk away with a snort of derision only.
You go to sell your property and the community determines they don’t like the buyer for some reason.
So what? What power do they actually have? And isn’t it up to the buyer to do their due diligence?
Not trying to be belligerent, but I can’t get to there from the Hoppe quotes.
Thanks for making me think on a Saturday, asshole!
So what? What power do they actually have? And isn’t it up to the buyer to do their due diligence?
Exactly!
And you? Belligerent? Never.
OT:
The state of muscle cars today.
You may have made a more convincing argument than my wife did for getting a minivan
I would drive such a beast in a heartbeat.
That’s probably as cool as you’re going to get with a minivan.
LOL I told my husband the other day I didn’t want a crossover.
“Why not? They’re SUVs.”
“They’re glorified minivans.”
Probably more station wagon than minivan, but whatever.
Crossovers look like a car that is trying to be a station wagon but is afraid the cool kids will make fun of it.
If I wanted a station wagon, I’d buy one and I wouldn’t care what the cool kids think.
Outbacks rule.
If I didn’t need towing capacity, I’d still be driving an Outback.
And I’m not worried about getting laughed at. This was my first car. I’ve already taken my lumps.
A lot of crossovers look like oversized Minis. Some of them apparently are.
Not a minivan, but I would very much like an AMG wagon.
Seats 5, 64 cu. ft. of cargo with the seats down.
603 HP, 0-60 in 3.4 seconds. Plus, drift mode.
I was told years ago the reason soccer moms prefer minivans and SUVs to crossovers and station wagons is the height of the back seats. Because with high-seat SUVs and minivans, they don’t have to bend over and stick their ass up in the air for everyone to see when buckling the kids into child seats.
This is correct. Less about the modesty and more about avoiding the core workout.
I like them because of the sliding doors and the push button open and close.
When you take out the 3rd row you can fit a ridiculous amount of stuff in the back and it’s not as high as a truck bed.
The larger V6 engines make for decent towing motors on smaller trailers and most models have fairly simple hitch/receiver installations.
Not low sitting.
MPG isn’t nearly as bad as most full size pickups.
Ticket/pullover chance is lower. When was the last time you saw a minivan pulled over?
Being able to comfortably transport 7 people is pretty nice.
Well that convinced me I need to buy a truck.
I’m holding out for a Tesla Cybertruck (natch). Made the downpayment and got my place in line!
It’ll be another couple of years, but that timing will work out alright (as far as I can predict).
*makes note to loiter in more pre-school parking lots*
As opposed to just the few you currently haunt ?
Don’t they make an SRT Caravan?
Chrysler and GM took bail-outs, but Chrysler is working hard to make amends for that.
Fuck Ford for what they’re doing to the Mustang. The 2021 that I bought will probably the last Mustang. The Mach-E “Mustang” isn’t a Mustang, it’s a piece of shit.
If they had called it anything else, it probably would’ve been a hit (if it doesn’t suck) . Co-opting the mustang name to push that mom-mobile was a huge mistake.
Much like Porche making a grocery getter Crossover SUV. Gross. Porches are for douchey, newly divorced middle-aged men and douchey trust-fund kids to wrap around telephone poles while traveling at inadvisable speeds.
*hides browser tab of used Porsche Macans for sale*
He was gullible enough to try the Earthquake! Now I want Sharpie to review this:
If You Bought This Beer, Throw It Out Wearing Gloves and a Face Shield THE RECALLED BEER POSES A POSSIBLE INJURY RISK AND SHOULD BE HANDLED CAREFULLY.
Refermentation? Ew.
Eeeeew.
Okay, I’ll try to find it.
Hoppe is a mixed bag. I like his argumentation ethics, but then he goes on about intellectual progress is most pronounced in northern climes.
It is a traditional Czech Pilsner as it implies on the label.
Sounds like something i could drink.
Good tacos today! https://twitter.com/FishLikesFlicks/status/1355561626800451589
My buddy built the bar and the patio during the last shutdown. He’s in the process of expanding the patio and planning to lease the unit next to his (and apparently the wall will be knocked down) to make an even bigger space with loft, pool tables, etc.
That looks good. Kudos to your buddy for what he is doing.
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When you put the Hellcat in the minivan, put it BEHIND the front seats. Mid engine, rear wheel drive, FTW!
Fucks up the storage space though. I want to be able to pick up plywood and then race the fucker on the way home from Home Depot!
Canyonero !
Dodge Ram to the rescue.
Oh, yes, it’s a piece of shit. The dashboard’s cracked out completely and it has electrical problems like crazy and the heater doesn’t work, but damned if I don’t feel totally cool driving it.
XX didn’t want to drive it at first at all, but now she’s a convert too.
Where’s Pie ? Romanian ski forecast.
You’re not going to get pic-a-nic baskets if you don’t at least try.
He’s just trying to beat the après crowd!
Actually, Guy Martin did it
Fucks up the storage space though. I want to be able to pick up plywood and then race the fucker on the way home from Home Depot!
Put a trailer hitch on it.
And then he took it to the Nurburgring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQJKQjXpGQA
An excellent analysis of the pluses and minuses of short selling and why what Robinhood did was so controversial from…Jimmy Dore’s show?
https://youtu.be/qzG3DwMjLj4
It’s a good watch for the nuts and bolts of the situation.
I like station wagons. I want one of these
I wouldn’t leave it original, though.
That is nice. Always liked those GM wheels.
They made a two door wagon in ’65. I shoulda bought 10 of them while they were still around, although they were never very common. They look like
CAFE standards killed the station wagon in the US.
Minimum required gas mileage is based on the footprint of the vehicle in square inches. Cars have a higher minimum than trucks. So an SUV with the same footprint as a station wagon gets a lower minimum required gas mileage. Thus, no one will make a station wagon. They will only make SUVs and Crossovers.
Explains why the few wagons are from luxury brands.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sophie-grammy-producer-dead-34-fall
It’s a dude… The comments are closed. No surprises there.
No comment from me. I have no idea who that is.
Ditto. I’m not sure if I’m just behind the times or if this is somebody “famous” only in a few circles.
……or at least openly tolerate unsavory people. *leans left and rips one* Here pull my finger.
That is some deep philosiphising for a Saturday. I think I am going to be an anachrocrapitalist. The beverage I stuck in my build your own six pack this morning for MS’s weekly contribution was this.
Awesome!
Speaking of pull my finger…
Tundra.
You asked about car-related youtube channels.
I enjoy this one. A rich Limey with a pretty impressive garage. He’s wealthy obvously, but down-to-earth and really loves cars.
Ride along as he drives his Ferraris and Lambos on thousand-mile trips.
https://youtube.com/c/Harrysgarage
@banginglc1, did you get my email the other day?
Gavin Newsom is still aware that someone, somewhere might be having fun, so he’s ensuring that such as calamity does not happen.
Do you want a gubernatorial recall election, Gov. Newsom? Because THIS is how you get a gubernatorial recall election.
Wow.
OFFS.
I’m surprised he didn’t mandate compulsory viewing of CNN or MSNBC.
No doubt. Running CNN and MSNBC might be more effective at crowd dispersal than that high frequency noise only tends and under can hear.
Or “Active Denial” systems (high powered microwaves that tingle the skin unpleasantly)..Still more humane than CNN.
Microwave weapons are a thing.
I suspect she knows more about them than most people.
Agreed – no disrespect meant, Hi-X
She’s quietly the scariest Glib 😉
You’re not frightened by my music links?
Disgust and fear are different emotions.
Ted, ABBA and Rick Astley don’t scare me. Just to prove it to myself, I watched Waterloo from the ’74 Eurovision. Wow, those ladies were in good shape.
Slumbrew: right on both counts.
Oops, too early.
There was a claim that in the recent China/India border dispute, China used them against Indian troops.
LOL…get fucked Cali…get fucked.
I think that’s the doing of that whey-faced bitch Barbara Ferrer.
The governor could lean on her if he wanted to.
The fuckin Puitans won after all.
Time to doff our Cavalier hats and resist the Roundheads. Cromwell has gotten rid of King Trump, but he’s replaced the King by his own personal rule as Lord Protector.
Yup. This is specific to LA. Garcetti & Co. saw all of Newsom’s errors and said hold my beer.
Next beer in the line up. Not sure about this one. Not horrible.
Re: Trash- “Also, I’m trying to get in and out with the least inconvenience possible.”
^^^That.
The Kroger nearest me has me beer inside. They also have a strict mask policy. I want their beer and to give them my money in a consensual, capitalistic exchange. Im not going to argue with some security guard, cashier, or cart-jockey over the effectiveness of the state-mandated policy. I want my 30-pack (or Tall Cans if they’re 10/$10), a can of dip, and get my ass back to the house with as little hassle as possible.
Out here, they brutally fuck over the business for allowing customers to be maskless. It makes it easy for me. I wear the horse feeder whenever I’m in a place that’ll get screwed if I don’t and they get caught. I have to wear them all day at work, but I drop them under my nose when there’s no big shots around. I never wear them anywhere else.
Its no KillDozer, but exciting local news:
Salt truck driver leads police on chase, dumps salt on cruisers in pursuit
The hero we need?
“Televisions or any other screens that are used to broadcast programming must be removed from the area or turned off,” the order reads. “This provision is effective until further notice.”
Can you cover it with a “RECALL NEWSOM” sign?
Well, news of Florida and their success with being open might accidentally be broadcasted to people otherwise in the dark. We cannot have that. The only news the citizens of California can consume is from the State.
My local winery is festooned with pics of Newsom wearing a red clown nose and urging people to sign the recall petition.
There are “speakeasies” popping up where you really do need the password to get in the side door.
People who thought of themselves as law-abiding a year ago are now giving up on following these BS orders.
“Swordfish!”
I’m surprised he didn’t mandate compulsory viewing of CNN or MSNBC.
“Attention, Citizens. Stand by for an important announcement from the Ministry of Truth.”
And yet, half the population continues to elect these petty tyrants year after year.
I’m hoping that will change as more people get tired of the worn out scare stories about how “the other side” are greedy racist trans phones.
Even libertarians are labeled as heartless Scrooges. “Live and let live” is heretical to these jerks.
I’m kinda curious, in that very morbid way, what group is going to take the oppression spot-light next. Pedophiles? Sheep-fuckers? What microscopically marginal group will be the next Christmas ornament at the top of the victim stack?
Pedophiles. They’ve already started – “minor-attracted” or somesuch bullshit.
I suspect that will be a bridge too far;. “love is love” isn’t going to resonate when they’re talking about your child.
Brisket broken down. Flat is in the brine for either corned beef or if I choose, a pastrami knock off. The point was halved and will make a braised beef with veggies tonight. Also chopped some up with a bit of fat on it to make more beef stock with some soup bones.
Pulled down the 8ft mirror in the bathroom, wife wants individual mirrors. I don’t ask why…I just do.
Onto a afternoon beer.
Road trip report: Today’s haul is 8 cases quart jars; 15 cases pint jars; 8 cases wide-mouth pint jars; 12 cases half-pint jars; and 13 cases quilted half-pint jars.
Four towns; four Walmarts; five hours on the road; and half a tank of gas.
With last week’s haul, we have enough for a year for two people (at least).
you eat a lot of jars.
Pfftt, get a load of this guy ^^^
He’s not eating the jars, you fool – they’re for storing his urine, so the government can’t steal his precious bodily fluids.
Oh okay…
For a second I thought you were going to suggest Kinnath drinks his own urine. Which is preposterous.
Not _unaged_
It needs time to develop a proper bouquet.
I can’t believe I need to explain this to a bunch of alleged libertarians.
Pssst – you forgot about dissolving the colloidal silver in it.
That’s for the secondary fermentation stage.
Now all I need is a 20-year supply of lids.
nice! I may need to drive out into the boonies to do the same. No quarts or pints to be found in the immediate area.
I used Walmart’s online store. Select pick up locations from small towns and see if anything was in stock. I can confirm the website will limit what you can buy for curbside pickup. In all four stores, there was more on the shelf than the website said I could order.
The checkout staff were all pleasant and one guy talked about having cabinets full of jars because is has a big garden.
Even libertarians are labeled as heartless Scrooges. “Live and let live” is heretical to these jerks.
Everybody knows libertarians are completely devoid of empathy. Not like progressives and liberals, who care deeply about the suffering of other people, and would never do anything to cause harm.
They will gladly spend every single penny of
theirsyours to take care of other people.Minimum required gas mileage is based on the footprint of the vehicle in square inches. Cars have a higher minimum than trucks. So an SUV with the same footprint as a station wagon gets a lower minimum required gas mileage. Thus, no one will make a station wagon. They will only make SUVs and Crossovers.
I remember seeing that a long time ago. The minivan was essentially a CAFE workaround.
Yes, same thing.
It’s the only way to get high-capacity with an engine big enough to meet people’s performance expectations.
If this is populist representation, I’ll hand back in the pitchfork and torch.
and
You could, in theory, have great policy chops on top of that – but somehow I really don’t think that is the case.
I’m pretty open to Robert Barnes’ interpretation (often voiced on the Viva Frei podcast) that “Q” is a very successful operation to misdirect and discredit people who would otherwise be expending energy advocating for actual policy reform.
A cabal of Satanist pedophiles is no worse than the Green New Dealers.
Today’s haul is 8 cases quart jars; 15 cases pint jars; 8 cases wide-mouth pint jars; 12 cases half-pint jars; and 13 cases quilted half-pint jars.
Hoarder!
It’s the only sensible thing to do.
It could be worse. I could be a scalper.
Feather or dot?
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this made me laugh, even though it’s a total scumbag move.