Growing up, my favorite shows included The Dukes of Hazzard, and The Jeffersons. A clever person may detect a theme and an influence on my politics. Which is another post. Regardless, the line from The Jefferson’s theme song about ‘movin’ on up’ has stuck with me. That aspirational desire to have a dream home. While a deluxe apartment in the sky may have been George and Weezie’s dream, my piece of the pie looks a little different.
My wife and I have been married for 16 years in January of 2021. While our relationship isn’t traditional, it’s had some shared foundations that have made it work. And one of those has been working toward a goal of owning our own home and a piece of land where we can be “retired” by the time we are 55. We’re almost there. A combination of living below our means, some good moves in real estate, our jobs going permanent remote, and a bit of luck with a dead uncle we didn’t know we had, have put us in a position to be about 5 years ahead of the plan. We’ve gotten the chance to Move On Out
Finding The Property
We completed the purchase the middle of December, but the sellers rented the place back from us through the end of January / Early February. We moved in the first weekend in February and then got the Icepocalypse ’21 version our first full weekend here.
When we started looking for the place last Fall, we wanted something in rural Oregon, with at least 20 acres and a house. Apparently, your options are either a trailer or an estate. We spent weeks searching listings and creating a list of potential properties to look at. Our real estate agent, who is a champ, best agent I’ve ever worked with, scheduled visits for 5 properties in one day. We could have stopped at 3, because we fell in love with the place.
The first thing …
..and the second.
Located on 20+ acres in the coastal mountain range of western Oregon, the property is a nice combination of forested and pastureland. The former owners had horses and their various interconnecting paddocks will work well for our future plans. We have both full year and seasonal creeks that pass through the property. The back slopes up toward a ridge line. The neighbors all have plots of land at least as large as ours. The area is rural. Mostly wine country, farming, and some tree farms. We’re still working on meeting the neighbors.
The backyard.
We’re well away from the city. While we aren’t as secure as Animal, it meets our objectives of being a place to build a small hold, far enough away from the city of things go sideways we are better able to sustain ourselves than in the city or the burbs, and if things do manage to hold together it’s a good place to make our dream home. A bit more on this below
Sitting on a hill…
The house is an architecturally interesting structure. Built in a square 60’ x 60’ layout, it has two levels, and clocks in at around 6000 sq. ft. The roof is tile and the front porch has a bit of a hacienda feel. Overall construction is timber frame with exposed beams. The timbers were from trees felled on the property when it was built. There’s a central 20’ x 20’ atrium on the top floor with a 25’ ceiling. And the earth column it sits on is the center of the lower level. This provides some temperature stability for the lower level and allows growing plants on the upper-level atrium. Top floor walls are pine wood boards, and the floors are a mix of stone and engineered hardwood. The lower floor rooms have sheetrock walls.
The kitchen
Yes, the bar is going to be filled.
There are a total of five bedrooms, three of which have their own bathrooms. And one additional bathroom. There is a living room, dining room, kitchen, and two bedrooms all laid out around the atrium upstairs. There are three fireplaces, one of which has a wood stove insert. Downstairs is like some weird square architectural donut with the media room/den, three bedrooms and exercise room, as well as an unfinished space all built along the perimeter with a central hallway that runs around the square bit of enclosed earth that is the base of the atrium.
The beams were made from timber harvested on the land.
Outside there is a 40’ x 40’ patio with hookups for a hot tub and a built-in fire pit. It has a nice view of the backside of the property and the barn. I mentioned the former owners were horse people, so there’s a nice 8 stall barn with a lean-to, a tack room, power, and water where they kept horses. It’s a 75’ x 47’ structure. The shop is a 30’ x 40’ metal building with a concrete floor. It has two interior rooms and a toilet and sink, as well as its own woods stove.
From our recent snowfall.
Future Plans
The future plans involve getting the property to generate some income and to finish turning the house into our dream home. As you can see, the kitchen needs some updating. Apparently, the original owner hired the interior decorator from Burger King corporate circa 1984. I’m getting quotes on remodeling that room. Probably going to pull out the cabinets and redesign it. I do not need a range, two ovens, and a separate cooktop, the sink and fridge are oddly placed, and I want to have propane not electricity for cooking. The library/study bedroom needs the floors redone but that’s a low priority. And I can do it myself.
Downstairs, the bedrooms need some paint, and one of them is going to become my office and private bedroom for when I have lady friends over. The exercise room will be a rope studio. The biggest change is finishing the unfinished area. That’s going to become a second kitchen, and then we’ll put in some walls to make a full apartment that we can either rent to friends or setup as a a vacation rental. It will have its own entrance.
Outside, the patio is in for some changes. I’m going to setup a hot tub, an outdoor shower, and possibly an outdoor sauna, as well as build a pergola over the firepit. The barn doesn’t have much change in store yet, though next year we’ll be getting some sheep and chickens and maybe a couple of hogs. The chickens will be for eggs primarily and some meat. The sheep are going to be for wool, milk (to make sheep cheese), and meat. And the hogs will be mostly for guarding the sheep. There’s a particular breed of those the wife has selected.
We’ll be planting fruit and nut trees, learning to be beekeepers, and planting fruits and veggies. The wife is working on learning perma-culture methods as this is more about having food for ourselves and a bit to trade or sell, not a large scale business. The shop I will setup with some wood and metal working tools. I’d like to be able to do a bit of everything in there; forging, machining, reloading & gunsmithing, as well as basic carpentry. Oh, and build a range on the property somewhere.
Our vision, our version of moving on up is that in 5 years we’ll have a place that is relatively self-sufficient and that serves as a retreat for our family and friends to spend time. A redoubt in times of trouble and a paradise in times of plenty. It’s the kind of vision that doesn’t happen all at once, and it often changes in the details as you go. We’ve made it this far with it and I look forward to where we go from here. Thanks for letting me brag a bit.
That place looks fantastic! (Except for the snow. That looks like hell.) But the rest of the place is lovely! Congratulations!
It does look great.
we wanted something in rural Oregon
*winces*
We’ve put down roots out here. And rural Oregon is, in some ways, a different country.
Pony girls?
a rope studio
Shibari I assume.
Yes. I’ve written a bit about that here before and my involvement.
It’s quite beautiful when done right. Not something I have the patience for.
I’m glad to know, I’m not the only degenerate whose mind immediately went that direction…
We may or may not host a weekend long event where there may or may not be pony girls, yes. I have to play to type.
Sounds like it may or may not be quite a party!
Looking forward to that article.
Mine didn’t go that way. I was looking for where Creosote would set up his rope studio, which I see he told us.
That place is beautiful. Just the kind of house we’d fall in love with. The atrium alone would do it.
Thank you. It’s what did it for us as well. We were pretty damn near simply stopping right at that point and putting in an offer.
Suh-weet.
Apparently, your options are either a trailer or an estate.
Estate it is, then.
That is kind of an odd hybrid – saltillo tile, a Spanish exterior, and timber frame interior. I’m grooving on it.
One thing we have learned from our saltillo tile floors: they need to sealed periodically, and most people do a crap job of stripping and/or cleaning before they reseal, so the floors look dingy (because they are, with all the grime trapped in the sealer. You can see from this pic what they are supposed to look like.
We have saltillo tiles on our front porch that a previous owner got tired of maintaining and just painted over. I looks completely horrible, but I haven’t found an effective way to remove the paint yet.
Ouch. They are porous, so there’s probably no way to strip the paint. We’ve just left our outdoor saltillo alone – not worth trying to seal.
I’m leaning towards a trailer on top of a blockhouse.
I hope all of you with saltillo have at least one dog paw-print tile (and gel mats).
(RCD, I neglected to say recently that the combo of your liquor cabinet and your tile is quite handsome.)
at least one dog paw-print tile (and gel mats)
Yes to both.
Speaking of living within your means, Mrs. Dean isn’t agitating for much new furniture – just a couple of relatively minor pieces. Although she’s made noises about replacing the big armoir where the TV lives.
Thank you. And that is good information. I had no idea what they were other than some type of stone. They do need some stripping, so the info is appreciated. I want to get the kitchen redone first and then start in on stuff like that. Former owners apparently don’t have my levels of cleaning OCD.
“Built in a square 60’ x 60’ layout, it has two levels, and clocks in at around 6000 sq. ft. ”
You’re OCD and you bought a 6k squft house surrounded by dirt, mud and leaves? LoL… you’re going to lose your damn mind!
Depending on depth in the lifestyle, the wife might have a platoon of sissy maid’s that will clean to a DI’s satisfaction.
This isn’t too far off from the potential plan; finding a service submissive any of the genders willing to keep the place clean to standard in exchange for a room living here isn’t likely to be a challenge.
*cue Keith Morrison narration
Also, yes it is a weird hybrid, but we love things like that. Quirky fits our style. The original builders/owners were apparently some interesting folks. They had four fireplaces, including one in the kitchen that they used for cooking and baking. The master walk in closet (which is the size of a small bedroom) was a sauna before it was converted. They had a banana tree in the atrium.
I wouldn’t mind having a sauna in the house.
You can see from this pic what they are supposed to look like.
That looks good.
Beautiful construction! Glad you get to do your plan!
We are on the cusp of completing a 1+-year renovation on our home which was built in the 1850s, modified, moved, and added on to over the years. We gutted the main floor and completely rebuilt most of it down to the structure (It’s amazing how much damage timber frames can take from insects 100 years ago and still remain standing, but not be strong enough to support a stone floor). It’s close to ideal now, internally. The only (and major) problem is that it is on a 5 acre property that is right in the middle of a suburban area and I can’t shoot on the property safely or without causing some consternation among my neighbors. We could have sold this house and built an entirely new one for what we’ve paid on this project so far, so we’ll likely be staying here for a few years to enjoy it, but I hope at some point to move out to a more rural area.
There is something satisfying about making it yours and doing that work, isn’t there?
There is for sure. I wish I could say I did more of the work, but frankly, it needed a professional, so we have a contractor. I did do most of the lighting design and the whole-house audio installation though.
1850’s?!!! A relic from when slavery was still practiced in this country. You should probably burn it as penance
No, he’s supposed to gift it to a BIPOC family.
Congratulations CA! More space than us, but very similar in the outdoor scene. I’m finding it hard to pull up roots and leave. At the same time, I’m concerned about plunking more money into staying on a larger slice.
we wanted something in rural Oregon, with at least 20 acres and a house. Apparently, your options are either a trailer or an estate.
This is the consequences of 50 years of SB100. Things coasted for a while so people can ignore the cause, but statewide land use planning has totally fucked up real estate in the state. It’s now coming to head but the “solution” is crony deals with big developers to give them what they want.
Unrelated directly to that, went to downtown Portland yesterday. Good lord, that place is totally fucked if things don’t turn around soon.
Narrator: Downtown Portland is totally fucked.
Pure mental image of Morgan Freeman’s voice and his look of utter unbelief.
Not buying the left’s insistence that only a small part of Portland has been affected?
They’re correct, but it’s misleading in two ways. The affected areas are pretty prominent and the much larger and widespread bum and crime problem that gets little traction in local media and none in national media. There are bum encampments everywhere. Trash, graffiti, and vandalism all over. It’s an ugly city now, worse than I’ve ever seen it in my lifetime.
*affected by BLM/antifa rioters
100% true. I have thought about getting someone to drive me around downtown and taking photos to do a photo-essay about it. When we first moved here 8 years ago, downtown was beautiful. There was maybe one block or two scattered blocks that were rife with bums. Now ? The downtown core and nearly all of the inner east side are replete with trash, graffiti, vandalism, covered windows…it’s ugly and stinks.
Yeah, I’d say late 90’s/early 2000’s was the peak. I remember going to Powell’s thirty years ago and feeling nervous parking a block or two away into what is now Pearl. Back then it was empty buildings or warehouses and businesses open M-F. On weekends it was almost completely deserted. Very eerie, but not the dirt and trash that’s around now.
My wife who grew up in Portland and Washington County is both horrified and heartbroken at what it’s like now. She moved away in 1990 after a couple of incidents working evenings in downtown Portland (car break-in/damage and another time a sleeping bum fell off the back of her car when she drove away) and still wasn’t prepared for it when we saw our nephews at Christmas.
I’d have probably rather gone back to the Southeast, but we’ve made some deep connections here. So this was next best. And it really is beautiful in rural Oregon. The neighbors we’ve met all seem like solid people. And you hear guns going off for target practice regularly. It ain’t Portland at least.
Same here, although a bit more withdrawn. Took me 15 years to meet the neighbors on one side face to face. Wave at while driving by but they liked their privacy as much or more than we did.
Gunfire is regular and music to my ears.
I live in kind of a hybrid rural/suburbs area. My subdivision is surrounded by farms and homes that aren’t in subdivisions. I too hear guns going off on weekends. It’s a heartwarming sound.
That’s a kind of where I’m at too.
25 years ago it was rural, but Lexington is slowly creeping. My street is all 5+ acres, and immediately surrounding us are farms and a park. But newer neighborhoods are also moving in around the immediate area which are 1 acre lots.
But yes, we gear guns, and occasionally shoot them (though nothing larger than a 22 because our land borders a park).
The place where my parents retired (Danville) used to feel comfortably remote from Lexington, but now there are bunches of daily commuters.
Nice place!
Quite the compound
^^ This
Beautiful property too! Good job CA, enjoy the retirement
A redoubt in times of trouble and a paradise in times of plenty.
See, that’s how you do it. The Casa Dean has its (considerable) virtues, but it can’t do that.
CA that is awesome. So much of Oregon is so beautiful. If we were open to moving west, I’d love to be up in the NE corner of the state.
I may have found our future getaway in SW VA. The wife gave me a set of exacting demands, and this place meets them. [I don’t think she was expecting that.]
As a Virginian, I’m shocked that anyone who isn’t a prog is actually considering moving here.
Yeah, my options are fast getting whittled down to Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and various places in the Southeast that might not turn awful within my lifetime. Even NC is in trouble.
For me it’s WY, MT, SD, ID, or NM.
Utah would probably work too. TX if I could find the right type of spot in the right area. I’d need to be in the Big Bend area, and up high where the climate is temperate.
I do love KY, but if I’d need to move to western KY to get further away from anything resembling a city if we decided to stay for good.
Why not move east to WV? Wouldn’t that be simpler?
I’d need to be in the Big Bend area, and up high where the climate is temperate.
Alpine, TX might fit the bill.
Govt isn’t everything, and I have half a plan to agitate for procession from VA to WV for everything west of the Blue Ridge and south of I64 (considering it better matches both geographically and demographically).
What an amazing place! Congratulations! (Are you booking visitors yet?)
Not yet, but soon! I’m hoping to have enough things done to start having visitors in summer. I’ll let folks know.
Gorgeous! Where’s the missile battery going?
I’d hollow out that space under the atrium, line it with reinforced concrete, and make it the top level of the Bat Cave. Elevator down to the armory and tunnels that connect to the motor pool, barn and emergency egress.
You want your heavier weaponry to be mobile. I would advise against a fixed missile battery.
So you got your Prius Vulcan going yet, RC?
(Okay I’ve got to admit even a Prius would be badass with a Vulcan on top.)
I’m thinking something more like this, mounted in one of the FJs. Probably be Mrs. Dean’s, because I’m pretty sure she will want it for herself.
I don’t have the wallet to feed a Vulcan. Hell, these days I don’t have the wallet to feed a minigun.
At Knob Creek, there’s usually one or two of those on the main firing line. One year, I saw one for sale at a table (transferable) that had been autographed by Arnold Schwarzenegger — apparently he had used it in filming at least one film. Price tag was $275,000. Then I looked at a transferable Minimi that was set up as an M249–only $125k. That was about 10 years ago, so the prices are probably even higher now.
Well, it would be an “after I win the lottery” thing. And I would probably buy an armored vehicle to put it in. There’s an outfit that makes custom armored vehicles that has a model that looks like an FJ soaked in testosterone that would do nicely. Can’t recall the name; I saw them at Barrett Jackson a couple years ago.
Youtube served this up for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXsrH3cuDMA
You put the batteries in the missiles, duh.
Where will STEVE SMITH stay when he drops in?
Euphemism?
STEVE SMITH STOP IN, SAY HI, MOVE ON. HIM NO NEED STAY.
Never heard of guard pigs… Mostly dogs or donkeys for sheep. Google says llamas work as well. Couldn’t find anything on pigs guarding livestock.
What breed is this?
Pigs are very useful in getting rid of ex-intruders.
+1 Mason Verger
Cocksuckah!
Oblig: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2xUynRdzzsM
Pigs disposing of bodies features in “Unintended Consequences”.
“Do you know what ‘nemesis’ means?”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunekune
KuneKune pigs. They are smaller than most pigs, so aren’t used for commercial farming, but they apparently make great guardians and you can harvest them if you get a sow.
Llamas, alpacas, and donkeys are standard guard animals around here.
I want a livestock guardian dog, but the wife won’t have a dog that has to stay outside all of the time. She thinks of dogs strictly as pets. I think of them as pets and workers.
This place looks absolutely wonderful. Congratulations!
While our relationship isn’t traditional
Go on…
Lovely digs and location, Achilles! Well-done. Glad that you’re able to retire early and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
It will be easier to just avoid the crap MSM news broadcasts and just enjoy the reality around you.
This is what they should teach in “home economics”: budgeting, saving , investing. True economics of living in the now and planning for the future.
An atrium or courtyard in warmer climates is my dream piece of architecture. I may not approve of your life style, but you are good on politics, bought a cool house and don’t hassle me on your disapproval my lifestyle. Glibs is the way the world Should work.
WOW!
Your description didn’t do it justice. What a fabulous property.
And I love timber frame houses.
Congrats, man! I hope you are very happy there.
Sweet house.
I just want to say two things:
1) You suck.
2) Congratulations on some fine digs.
Congratulations! The new place looks beautiful!
That is an excellent house.
Why am I getting a David Koresh vibe from this?
Just kidding. Looks beautiful.
I was under the impression that all the tree farms in Oregon had been converted to marijuana farms.
Mostly it’s wine country and farms out here, but a few christmas tree farms. Some did convert, but the revenues aren’t as high as you might expect.
the revenues aren’t as high as you might expect
The state government disagrees.
I saw picture 1 and said “holy crap!” I’d have stopped there, too, based on what you’ve written about the rest of the house and property.
I think you win Glibs for the day, if not month! I’d be insanely jealous if it weren’t going to good people. Mega-congrats!
Agree. Picture #1 is awesome. #2 seals the deal.
Same here. It’s a lovely place.
I’m still insanely jealous. The place looks fantastic. Congrats to CA for that one.
Wow. Looks like paradise. God bless.
Beautiful! Just thinking if my timeline of 5-7 years is too far out now.
We are ” ” <-this close to making our planned move to Ft Collins 2 summers ago happen this summer.
Will be heading out there to shorten that gap next month. If all goes to plan, we will move in August. The first step was my company no longer caring where I am. Engineering is fully remote now. The big step, our daughter winning the lottery into the charter school of our choice has already been achieved. We were unhappy because her current school is switching to year-round with 12 high monthly payments instead of 10. That and raising the per month price meant a +25% increase.
The charter school costs $170 per year for supplies. We will save over $11k next year.
We still could win the lottery into the local charter school, but probably won't happen. Last year we were something like #175 on the waiting list.
Anyway, unless we win that lottery AND dislike* FTC on our trip in April, we will be moving.
If we lose the lottery and dislike* it, I have no idea what we will do.
*really unlikely
We’re likely on our way out there, as well. I believe Negroni is in FC.
Someone is, I think it is him. As mentioned yesterday(?), he hasnt been around in a while.
The only people to successfully attack the Capitol were the British, and to a lesser extent, some pissant commie terrorists 50 years ago this week.
I’m not sure that being let in and then moving some furniture around really counts as an “attack”.
Maybe I should type up some Brochumpward post about being “FIRST to lay siege to the cathedral of democracy” or something. Rule Britannia, etc.
pip pip, cherrio, stiff upper lip, and all that
“I went up the apple and pears to tell the trouble & strife that I was ‘eaded to the rub-a-dub for a pig’s ear with me china plate”
You’re supposed to leave off the second half. That way it’s incomprehensible to anyone who isn’t familiar with the cliche. It’s the same thing as Darmok and Jelad at Tenagra.
It looks pretty!
Looks like a great place. Sure hope you have a long, happy time there.
We should be able to end up with a place like that by the time I’m 115 or so.
Or we can park a trailer in the corner of your lot.
Im no financial planner, but I have 3 ideas for you to achieve financial freedom:
1) get a more fuel-efficient van
2) stop buying wine that costs hundreds of dollars/bottle
3) Buy SP’s barbies and little ponys from Goodwill instead of Amazon
Re 2: Maybe he bought them at 20.
Point taken. You may have seen the swill I use to corrode my insides.
Alcohol as an investment (other than in toilet paper futures) is a foreign concept to me.
I don’t have a sufficient palate or patience for aged reds. “Yeah, that wasn’t bad; what was it?”
If Im going to drink wine, you’ll usually hear me say “Heh. I didnt know Zonin still made L’ambrusco. Better get the magnum. Its only $7”
$15. Strong dollar and my favorite region hadn’t been discovered by collectors yet.
I paid $300 for a bottle exactly once. We still have it, and if it were legal for me to sell it here, we could get $5k+.
“Its not illegal if you don’t get caught.”
I’m sure I’ll end up on a lovely piece of property like that when I expire.
Well, if you don’t announce you’re coming and the owner is armed, that’s not too unlikely.
“The shop I will setup with some wood and metal working tools. I’d like to be able to do a bit of everything in there; forging, machining, reloading & gunsmithing, as well as basic carpentry. ”
Libertarian like a boss.
dat crib ill af, yo
Congratulations! This place looks fantastic.
private bedroom for when I have lady friends over.
Good idea.
I’m going to setup a hot tub, an outdoor shower, and possibly an outdoor sauna, as well as build a pergola over the firepit.
This plan sounds excellent.
The shop I will setup with some wood and metal working tools. I’d like to be able to do a bit of everything in there; forging, machining, reloading & gunsmithing, as well as basic carpentry. Oh, and build a range on the property somewhere.
More excellence.
Nice. The first two pics would’ve sealed the deal for the Spousal Unit and I, too. And we’re also into quirky.
Congrats!
Looks like a well-earned retirement (or “retirement”).
Between the animals, the crops, and the workshop, he’ll probably be working more than he did before.
Likely accurate.
Looks like you have plenty of room for a Vermeer BC1500 on that property.
Oddly mesmerizing.
Ohhhh. I want one of those now.
I’ll bet you could convince Tundra to deliver this one for you.
Also handy for parasitic, useless, bureaucrats.
/suck my ass, Preet
BC1500, otherwise known as a PARD: Politician Acquisition & Redeployment Device.
This machines disassembles dissemblers.
Had a PTO driven model that takes 3” stuff and tears it up. Most satisfying yard work evar. Would need to upgrade to the “Tyrant” model to be useful these days.
Now that you’re arranging for a rural retirement, you might think of kicking back with Seneca’s *Letters on Ethics,* hopefully the 2017 translation by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long from the University of Chicago Press (paperback edition).
(Don’t focus so much on the stuff about suicide, he had a bit of a hard-on for it, and you can take those bits with a grain of salt.)
An excellent companion for a philosophical retirement.
That’s an excellent suggestion. The big living room from the 2nd picture is going to be furniture and bookshelves. The only electronics is a hi fi system (phonograph and speakers) for playing music. It will be for conversation and reading and not much else. That should make a good addition to the eclectic library. We tend to think every library has something to interest nearly any guest, and something to offend nearly any guest.
SP last night: “As I was driving down our street, I noticed that lots of our neighbors had their front blinds open so you could see the living room. Everybody has a big screen TV. No-one, and I mean no-one, had a book in sight. I keep thinking of the John Waters quote…”
John Waters: “If you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ’em!”
Nearly all of our books are in the bedroom or the office. There are only a few in the room where the TV lives. Go knock on their doors, claim you’re doing a book survey, and check the area for signs of 7-year-olds.
Most of my books are in the upstairs area, there’s some beer, cocktail, and cooking books that are in the dining room/living area though.
My nephews have finally gotten used to the fact that our living room doesn’t have a TV in it (they’re in the bedroom and the basement/bar area).
You’ve seen ours. We have bookcases stuffed into nearly every room.
We clearly are not to be trusted.
As much as I enjoy his works, he’s obsessed with trannies.
While that sounds good, I doubt he ever took his own advice.
Just add a Dr Suess book and the Democrat visitors will be offended.
Hey, KK, here’s the footage of the SN10 wreckage initial cleanup.
I hope he had at least liability on that thing. If not State Farm, A1 General or Geico.
It looks like the speculation that the Ford Expedition with 25 passengers that got whacked by the gravel truck was full of “migrants” (almost certainly illegals) was correct.
That’s a lot of asses for drugs to fall out of.
No, they were undocumented p̵o̵t̵e̵n̵t̵i̵a̵l̵ ̵d̵e̵m̵o̵c̵r̵a̵t̵ ̵v̵o̵t̵e̵r̵s̵ citizens, you heartless asshole.
Joe Biden’s policies killed them.
Joe Biden doesnt have any policies. He parrots what he is told.
They shoulda had a Cadillac. It can fit more people
*Mater P “urban lyrics” NSFW. Unless you work for maybe Def Jam.
This happens every few years.
I recall one back in the 90’s that hit about 80 mph before it rolled. That was…. unfortunate.
Sorry its Twitter…but man…sometimes you just have to laugh.
https://twitter.com/IJamEcono/status/1367168369808580610
I disagree with the message but fire up the woodchippers
https://mailtribune.com/news/crime-courts-emergencies/demonstrator-ordered-to-pay-500-for-chalking-sidewalk
Let’s see free speech, right to petition elected officials, case dismissed. What time period is he using for measurement, dog years? Wears away naturally in a week. And less as it’s water solvable. Seven hours billed for cleanup. More bullshit.
What’s the statute of limitations on all those games of hopscotch I played as a kid?
You will forever be subject to
persecutionprosecution“GT: Fugitive Hopscotcher”
…and that’s how I became…an outlaw!
“They call me … Traitor Salad.” /ron white
😀
I am no mathematician but 7 hours at $50/hour is not nearly $500.
Probably mileage, material, and whatever else.
Environmental impact studies.
It seems a little low, but there’s probably a city permit for power washing into street drains.
https://www.westernjournal.com/squad-member-introduces-amendment-lower-voting-age-16/
No.
Go fuck yourself.
“If you’re the age of consent to get screwed, you should vote.”
/sarc
At least let them smoke and drink so we can collect the taxes.
It’s nothing more than a power grab. An acquaintance of mine proposed this once and I countered by saying fine, but let those same 16 year old’s buy smokes and alcohol since voting can have huge ramifications and you trust their judgement to not fuck it up. His response was basically…that’s different.
It’s always different.
Sure, sure. They’re mature enough to make decisions for other people, but not mature enough to make decisions for themselves.
It’s all part of their master plan.
You know who else had a Master Plan, right ?
The Cylons?
that’s different.
A sane and just society would accept a 2×4 vigorously applied to the head of any person saying that.
Makes sense. My two 16 year olds can’t even wake up on time for school, are driven by hormonal emotions, and think doing the dishes is a suggestion.
I say give it to them. Let them vote and get this over with.
“They have a stake hold in our democracy and deserve to have a stake at the ballot box.”
Then sign them up for the draft, let them buy guns/tobacco/alcohol, and try them as adults in criminal trials.
This shit really grinds my gears.
Just when we thought we’d reached an equilibrium where whites are forbidden to say “n&^%*r” but blacks *can* say it…
The equilibrium may be about to be undone.
“Black Florida school resource officer fired after using N-word on bodycam”
https://nypost.com/2021/03/03/florida-school-officer-fired-after-using-n-word-on-bodycam/
Equality!
Naggers?
Dave Chappelle hit hardest.
The old hag is keeping Alabama masked.
“…said the time is not yet right to lift the mask order.”
Based upon? Did she consult Nancy Reagan’s astrologer ?
In a totally not political move, I am guessing she doesn’t want the negative heat or…she has a big fat payday coming to her state from daddy FedGov
“After interpreting the bones…..”
Then the people should just do it. I know, fantasy but I can dream can I not?
I haven’t played along with bs at all, ever. I was defiant before it was cool.
I can’t speak for the whole state, but when I was there in November (waaaay out in the boonies), there wasn’t a whole lot of mask wearing. MS and LA were similar, but in limited samplings – a truck stop in MS and a Target in Baton Rouge.
Back when white people tortured brown people for entertainment.
Outstanding CA. Everything you’ll ever need and not too far from a bathroom, not that on 20 acres you’ll need to go inside too often. The bees are a good idea, should be lots
of ag stuff around to make them happy. You’ll make your friends and neighbors happy as well.
Brother against brother
Five states have announced rolling back mask mandates in major recalls of COVID-19 safety measures over the past month – leaving many to wonder whether other states will join the tide and alter how the country is dealing with COVID-19 at a crucial moment in the fight against the disease.
But like so much with the pandemic, the path ahead is unclear. Cities, businesses and families are often making their own choices of whether to wear masks or go to restaurants, despite governors in Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Montana and Iowa declaring that state mandates would no longer be needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Major American retail chains across the country such as Kroger, Best Buy Co., Kohl’s and Ulta are sticking to their policies to require masks in stores. Some local mayors are telling residents to ignore the words of their state governors.
The mixed messaging has become another unfortunate reality of COVID-19’s impact. Several states that never enacted mask mandates still had communities and businesses that required them, creating a dizzying environment for residents navigating different rules. The confusion has even led to violent confrontations over the months.
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Public health experts widely condemned the moves by Texas, Mississippi and other states, warning of the effect such policies could have on the rest of the country.
Eric Rubin, an infectious diseases specialist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said, “What they do in Texas matters to everybody else in the country.” He noted that the state is the second-most-populated in the country and has the second-most coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic.
Rubin said he understood the daunting task for states examining whether to reopen their economies, though he noted the partial reopenings in various parts of the country over the months have largely been “counterproductive” to ridding the country of the virus.
Pick a side for the coming war. Vilification and opprobrium are the order of the day. Keep pounding the wedge in deeper.
at a crucial moment in the fight against the disease
Its always a crucial moment to these people. But if every moment is crucial, no moment is crucial.
I countered by saying fine, but let those same 16 year old’s buy smokes and alcohol since voting can have huge ramifications and you trust their judgement to not fuck it up. His response was basically…that’s different.
Handguns. Don’t forget handguns. Old enough to vote, old enough to tote a pistola around town.
Old enough to sign a contract, get married, buy a house, buy a gun, and buy beer and smokes.
Old enough to work the factory floor, handle power equipment, and perform all sorts of dangerous jobs.
Old enough to serve, head overseas, and die for their country.
Old enough to vote.
Old enough to buy their own health insurance and pay for their own college.
However not old enough to pay their college loans or insurance premiums.
Dammit, 1 minute, my slow typing
“The part that doesn’t make any sense at all is the masking part,” Rubin said. “There’s no economic reason to not wear masks ever.”
*homo economicus reaches for bear spray*
Somebody really deserves a woodchipper.
“The virus is changing a little bit all the time,” he said. “And when it starts encountering people who have immunity, then, one worries that it’s going to accumulate mutations that let it get around immunity.”
It’s sentient. And it’s COMING FOR YOU.
Who said that? One of our best. One of our brightest. Eric Rubin, an infectious diseases specialist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Clearly, the only thing to do is permanent, hard lockdowns. All bars, restaurants, entertainment, and religious venues padlocked (if not demolished). One (1) trip outside the house per week to run “essential” errands. All office jobs mandatory WFH.
For starters, comrades.
Lord have mercy, looks like eBay has halted the selling of the no longer to be published Dr Seuss books as offensive material:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ebay-halts-sales-offensive-dr-seuss-books-allows-mein-kampf
Herdy derpy doo!
Congratulations CA! Your new home looks beautiful. I hope you share the story of the unknown uncle who left you a few bucks. Those stories are very unusual.