Gotta admit, some people are *really* good at this sort of thing.
Aug 152022
Aug 152022
Some people…
Cleaner version of the vid HERE.
Aug 152022
Russia Unveils Plans For Space Station to Rival ISS After Leaving Program
Roscosmos showed a model of the new orbital station. At present, RKK Energia continues to work on the draft design of the station.#Roscosmos pic.twitter.com/YaBMBLqrSR
— Laks🚀🌌✨ (@laks513) August 15, 2022
Aug 152022
A lot of people have, for a number of years, seen the future economy as probably splitting in two: those who dare have politically incorrect views being deplatformed and unbanked. When it’s only a tiny minority, those people are utterly screwed: unable to get a job or do business because of the woke mob, their future is bleak. But the wider the baying hounds of cultural decay cast their net, the larger the population of people they separate from the economy… the larger the population of people who can form their *own* economy. And if an alternate economy gets set up and survives the inevitable attacks, the less relevant cancel culturists become.
An example of this alternate economy is a new app called “PublicSq,” which matches up customers with local businesses. That’s not a new type of app, but for a business to get onto the app, they have to agree to a set of “core values:”
- We believe The United States of America is a free country, a net-positive to the world at large, and is worth protecting.
- We believe the Constitution & Bill of Rights are essential and must be prioritized and respected.
- We believe in a limited government system that “represents” constituents, instead of “ruling over” them.
- We believe in the sanctity and importance of the family unit, including the protection of the unborn.
- We see people for who they are, not for their skin color, gender, or ethnicity. We believe that we ought to be judged not by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character.
- We believe in a free-market system of economics that prioritizes the voluntary exchange of goods between consumers and the businesses they patronize; free from as much government intervention as possible.
- We believe in the rights of individuals to take responsibility for their own health choices. (ie. we stand against vaccine mandates and vaccine passports).
A long and verbose discussion of the app is here:
There are lots of people who specifically seek out “black owned” or “LGBTQ friendly” or “I Support Current Thing” businesses. It’s inevitable that other people will make other choices. It could well be that the end result of “progressive” policies and bullying is a return to segregation much more stark and complete than anything supported by Jim Crow Democrats.
Additionally: a fully functional alternative economy might well run on alternative finances… bitcoin or barter or who-knows-what. That would be a problem for the IRS. Makes ya wonder if that might be a part of the reason why they suddenly decided to hire themselves a private army.
Aug 142022
There are a *lot* of lessons to be learned from Russias ongoing war. One being: don’t post your location on social media, especially if the enemy *really* wants you dead and has access to long range precision ordnance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9yFz7cuT7o
Hmm. This one doesn’t seem to auto-embed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9yFz7cuT7o
UPDATE: Huh. The video is now private. This seems to be because the video has been updated:
Interestingly, one of the video clips that was removed showed a soldier just walking along… a soldier with a *US* flag patch on his shoulder. Whether that means that was actually irrelevant footage of a US solider somewhere else (Afghanistan?) or a mercenary with a US patch… dunno.
Aug 142022
So California and the rest of the southwest have been dealing with a “megadrought.” California responds to it with fires and riots and water bans and mass lootings (some of those are perennial California favorites drought or no drought). But now they have something new to complain about:
A disastrous megaflood is coming to California, experts say, and it could be the most expensive natural disaster in history
Claim is that thanks to climate change (remember: the carbon dioxide being burped into the atmosphere these days is disproportionately at the hands of China and India) a weather event that floods all of central California could come in the next 40 years and could recur every 50 years or so. If that’s the case, California would do well to prepare: Excavate new, vast reservoirs. Build aqueducts from likely flood zones to rivers and that great big ocean they’re sitting next to.
Aug 132022
A word for today:
vacuous [ vak-yoo-uhs ]
adjective
- without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- lacking in ideas or intelligence: a vacuous mind.
- expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid: a vacuous book.
- purposeless; idle: a vacuous way of life.
Example:
Imagine “fireside chats” and “state of the Union” addresses like this.
Aug 132022
WHO plans to rename monkeypox over stigmatization concerns
Hey, here’s a thought: rather than renaming the disease, how about you tell people in important risk categories to stop being dumbasses and keep it in their pants for a month or two?
Oh, hey, and more good news:
Poliovirus detected in wastewater samples in New York City, health officials say
Anybody else remember when polio was one of them “old timey” diseases that nobody got anymore? Good times.
Aug 132022
You might note that I’ve never plastered permanent Ukraine flag banners or Pride Month or BLM flags or any such. I wonder if my failure to do so might have hurt my business opportunities with certain groups and individuals that require such displays of insincere allegiance. So… here’s a first tentative step towards rectifying that, by posting some things I fully support:
What else should an enlightened feller such as myself glom onto?
Aug 122022
One “Angel Guice” decided to be a jerk during a minor traffic stop. The cop gave her repeated opportunities to sign the ticket (for being in a park after closing) and she refused each time. When the opportunities ran out, after having been told that her refusal to sign would lead to her arrest, she feigned confusion as to why she was being arrested, screaming and hollering like a friggen’ toddler. If anyone ever merited a taserin’ it’s right here. The bad acting is phenomenal.
She converted a simple ticket into physical pain and charges with jail time. But I fully expect that Grievance Lawyers will come out and start demanding big payouts for how “unfairly” she was treated.
It’s entitled ignorant people like this who are tearing society down, one outburst at a time. But at least they provide some entertaining video for the ride down.