I've off and on been watching Congress's action today. Yertle McConnell is badmouthing the big bill, but it doesn't look like his heart is in it. Not that he has a heart, but he looks real defeated. Meanwhile, the Dems are saying out loud that they plan to vote down all GOP amendments. It's about time they played hardball. It's killing Yertle that the Dems have the power to play his game.
If we could leave the US AND get rid of the US's super power status and if the rest of world were to isolate the remaining US, I would gladly put my feet up and eat popcorn to watch as the US kills itself.
The global south is starting to align itself with China and Russia to better enable thumbing their nose at the US and NATO. Right now we have pumped billions into Ukraine that are desperately needed at home to rebuild infrastructure, and fund programs to help the many people who need it. We imposed a multitude of sanctions against Russia which seem to have hurt us more than the Russkies. They have shaken them off like a dog shakes off a few fleas.
I don’t support Russia’s SMO, but the US effort has failed to bring a peaceful settlement. As long as Tony Blinken and Vicky Nuland are involved, will be tough to achieve that.
Then for good measure, Pelosi goes to Taiwan and riles up China.🙄
The global south has already started on the popcorn folks. The US is not going to come out of this the sole super power. I just hope we make it through with no nukes exploding.
I am very legitimately concerned about the future of the country.
My wife is a Mexican citizen, US LPR (greencard holder). I'm sort of ashamed to say, we have actually researched how easy it would be for me to get the Mexican equivalent of a green card (thankfully, answer is very easy due to my marriage to her), and we are actually going to do the paperwork for the kids to claim Mexican citizenship. If Trump is somehow still free, runs, and wins, we may move there.
I'm Jewish. I'm not going to be the person who says "how bad can it be?" when Hitler is elected. My wife has a lot of family there, and we have decent savings that would go a fairly long way there. My wife also owns a bunch of land there.
Ugh. Come on, Merrick Garland. If you don't lock this fucker up, you're as much of a fucking traitor as he is.
Hiya Jedi! Ltns, I hope you and yours are well and I hope you are enjoying the summer!
Ta for this post, and ugh holy shit I'm truly scared. This makes me want to start "prepping" for what I know will take place, hell it's already taking place.
I’m getting really sick and tired of everything GOP. I’m in a state with a big rural population that is trump drunk. They love him. And they are absolutely not above killing kids in schools with their goddamn gun laws, undermining the elections (we have idiots busted for January 6th offenses), and pushing as hard as they possibly can for more drilling while the planet burns.
I hate them. With every fiber of my being.
I’m an old white guy. I also chose to never have kids because I saw the climate crisis coming. They won’t hurt me. The only payback satisfaction is knowing they absolutely one day will suffer for this shit. So will their children. So will their families.
They have outright accepted and cheered fucking with the elections, supreme court, and elected officials all the way to school boards. They are gutting the public education system to raise up children who won’t even have the mental skills to choose poorly. They have trashed this country and democracy. Fuck every last one of them.
I'm child free too. Pandemics and heat waves are connected to climate change, but the average human is apparently too stupid to understand this and is easily manipulated. The fact that there are so many extremists I do not think reflects well on human nature either. I don't want to add to the shit pot or be responsible for another person suffering when humanity is clearly entering its death throes. (I expect we will be extinct within millennia due to climate change impacts.). Between not wanting to add to the suffering or being responsible for another person living to experience suffering, and having had abusive piece of shit parents (who were and are fascists), there is no way I am choosing to have kids.
Ultimately they will fail. There’s lots who support only the edges of their platform but they won’t wake up until their own rights are taken away. But the path back to “normal” will probably be painful and long - and too late to stop global warming from running away.
That’s the thing. We have a big clock ticking away and it doesn’t care jack shit about money, god, abortion, or anything. It just is what it is (laws of chemistry and physics) and it will do whatever it’s going to do. We may be able to walk it back if we act fast but that’s no longer guaranteed. If we aren’t already past the point of no return, we’re getting close. And once the tipping points tip, we’re only along for the ride and nothing we do will have much effect because the other carbon sources grow to be much bigger than what we do. (Massive fires are a great example as the planet warms because that leads to more fires which releases CO2 which leads to more heating - positive feedback and just one of many tipping points we’re surfing right now.)
But that’s another thing - some of those fucks want their “armageddon” and they want it now. Of course meanwhile they get to abuse the planet with even more carbon emissions. What could be better than glorious piggy waste and extravagance that leads up to the orgasm of armageddon and rapture?
We’re fucked and so is everybody else simply because some idiots with strong religious nutjob thoughts got enough money and nothing else to do than push the planet to self-destruction.
That was well written, but it also showed me that I can no longer comment without subscribing so I am pissed off.
EDIT: I climbed a 12 foot ladder and made it in... thank you for the article heads up. Although it is more a push for his book than anything, it is a "blast from the past" reminder that you are facing more of the same or worse, when the RW political agenda is to: Undermine American intelligence, resources, growth and modernization, people of colour and the poor and so on and ad nauseam as they get richer with their kickbacks.
(And use assholes like Marjorie 3 toes, Boobert and Gaetz to keep you distracted from it. Never sit on your laurels, especially as Kansas may be a one off...)
You in trouble Arizona and all swing states... Bannon, Finchem and Kari lake and possibly new AG assure cheating in AZ... A nightmare...
Here is Kari Lake... Congratulating herself for her lies and grift, making false accusations and deflecting and promising more of the same... saying she is working for the people of course. https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1554483744618299396
Just saw Lake declaring victory the same way trump did - before the votes were counted and while claiming fraud. After the vote count started she still kept claiming victory and claiming there was vote fraud.
These people are caricatures - not real politicians. They are obscene. They are profane. Not in words. In behaviors and deeds.
What happened to this country that so many think lying and fraud is ok?
I've off and on been watching Congress's action today. Yertle McConnell is badmouthing the big bill, but it doesn't look like his heart is in it. Not that he has a heart, but he looks real defeated. Meanwhile, the Dems are saying out loud that they plan to vote down all GOP amendments. It's about time they played hardball. It's killing Yertle that the Dems have the power to play his game.
If we could leave the US AND get rid of the US's super power status and if the rest of world were to isolate the remaining US, I would gladly put my feet up and eat popcorn to watch as the US kills itself.
I am very legitimately concerned about the future of the country.
My wife is a Mexican citizen, US LPR (greencard holder). I'm sort of ashamed to say, we have actually researched how easy it would be for me to get the Mexican equivalent of a green card (thankfully, answer is very easy due to my marriage to her), and we are actually going to do the paperwork for the kids to claim Mexican citizenship. If Trump is somehow still free, runs, and wins, we may move there.
I'm Jewish. I'm not going to be the person who says "how bad can it be?" when Hitler is elected. My wife has a lot of family there, and we have decent savings that would go a fairly long way there. My wife also owns a bunch of land there.
Ugh. Come on, Merrick Garland. If you don't lock this fucker up, you're as much of a fucking traitor as he is.
Hiya Jedi! Ltns, I hope you and yours are well and I hope you are enjoying the summer!
Ta for this post, and ugh holy shit I'm truly scared. This makes me want to start "prepping" for what I know will take place, hell it's already taking place.
I’m getting really sick and tired of everything GOP. I’m in a state with a big rural population that is trump drunk. They love him. And they are absolutely not above killing kids in schools with their goddamn gun laws, undermining the elections (we have idiots busted for January 6th offenses), and pushing as hard as they possibly can for more drilling while the planet burns.
I hate them. With every fiber of my being.
I’m an old white guy. I also chose to never have kids because I saw the climate crisis coming. They won’t hurt me. The only payback satisfaction is knowing they absolutely one day will suffer for this shit. So will their children. So will their families.
They have outright accepted and cheered fucking with the elections, supreme court, and elected officials all the way to school boards. They are gutting the public education system to raise up children who won’t even have the mental skills to choose poorly. They have trashed this country and democracy. Fuck every last one of them.
I hope they suffer.
That was well written, but it also showed me that I can no longer comment without subscribing so I am pissed off.
EDIT: I climbed a 12 foot ladder and made it in... thank you for the article heads up. Although it is more a push for his book than anything, it is a "blast from the past" reminder that you are facing more of the same or worse, when the RW political agenda is to: Undermine American intelligence, resources, growth and modernization, people of colour and the poor and so on and ad nauseam as they get richer with their kickbacks.
(And use assholes like Marjorie 3 toes, Boobert and Gaetz to keep you distracted from it. Never sit on your laurels, especially as Kansas may be a one off...)