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djean111's avatar

Food establishment service folks Dems in DC say they will be studying lists and pictures of Trump administration folks and give them bad tables and hold their orders until they are cold. And then there is FEMA. I am certainly not turning into a Republican, but, coupled with how the Dems never actually help any American citizen (except for the wealthy) at all, I would never count myself as one of those petty-assed corrupt excrescences again. Talk about bad losers.

Biden is auctioning off sections of border wall at bargain basement prices. Just for spite.

The drones thing - if this is supposed to be Project Blue Beam, meant to terrify folks into submission and acceptance of some sort of law or control - I think that time when it is possible has passed. Our government does not have even a shred of believability left. In fact, I am starting to think that if real aliens invaded, many folks would be unimpressed. Psyop, IMO. If they are really looking for a "suitcase" nuke, releasing hordes of drones with no explanation seems ill-advised. One of my thoughts was they are attempting to create an incident which would allow them to declare martial law, like Zelensky did in Ukraine - to keep Dems in power. Or, considering that drones have been spotted in other countries, some sort of NATO or WEF thing. After all, the NATO chief wants folks to start chipping in with their pensions. A while back, I wondered if Zelensky would ask for our Social Security money, and while I do not think that is even possible, I do not think Biden would refuse to do it if it were possible. Frantic grabbing for mo' money before leaving office. Or maybe just a drill or game or whatever. I don't watch $MSM, so I don't know what the offishul "explanation" is.

Great list as always, OB. Kinda sad that real news is now more like Babylon Bee material. With an overlay of killing and violence.

My son's cat disappeared a couple of weeks ago. I thought I saw her just strolling around - she is a hunter killer at heart and he once saw her eat a mouse, bones and all. Reminded me of that Kliban Cat hilarious and disturbing mousie song. So he went to the shelter and adopted two kittens, brother and sister. And then, of course, he found his Luna living underneath our home. So now he has three cats and is officially a cat lady. I am not allowed to see them much, as he thinks I brainwash them into liking me best. As this place is 76 feet long - and about 26 feet wide - we just live at either end and see each other in the kitchen. So no chance to brainwash the kitties, dang it.

Syria is just being carved up like a pumpkin, looks like.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

Great reply as always, and tell your son I empathize. Our Siberian Forest Cat disappeared for three weeks one time, and if we hadn't already had two others at the time we might have gone to the shelter as well.

Missy, our fabulous huntress who no doubt inspired stories to terrify chipmunk, mouse, rabbit, and blue jay offspring when she was in her prime back then, returned.

At least 3 pounds heavier. And brushed! We think she was trapped in the house of the cat lady down the street who fed her very well indeed, and then when she decided to go back home there was no stopping her.

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JohnT's avatar

I think the drone phenom is just an attempt to direct attention away from Luigi. Something that you might expect from the dirty rotten maggots exiting DC.

Gawd I hate them.

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djean111's avatar

BlueSky - I joined, and put politics as one of my interests. It was pretty much like reading DU. Ugh. I picked outer space or the universe or something like that, and there are some gorgeous pictures. I am not one for big social platforms - no X or Facebook or whatever - so I have not been back.

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

I saw Laura from Normal Island News and Indie over there, so I figured I'd give it a shot. There are a few pro-Palestine folks there. I haven't really explored it that much yet.

I did take the time to mess with their algorithm by liking and subscribing to a few space and cat picture accounts. That way, those show up in my feed rather than all the shitlibs who fled screaming from Substack a year or so ago.

When I'd only checked Politics they were all I saw. As the oligarchs say though, never let a crisis go to waste. I blocked all them SOBs. Now I get cats and planets and stars and stuff. Much more pleasant.

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The Watchman's avatar

Good update for the week. Will be linking as usual @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/

Kudos for mentioning John Carter. Have been following John Carter's Substack for a couple of years, usually a good ,but long read!

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Ohio Barbarian's avatar

I must confess I seldom read his pieces in their entirety, but I did this one. He was even more thorough than his namesake.

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Little Nell's avatar

The turtle/fence post quip was originally said by Mark Twain, not the Congressman from Kentucky.

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JohnT's avatar

Happy that he reminded us.

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djean111's avatar

Okay, now I am seeing stuff on Youtube about which cities would be hit by nukes. But maybe that's just preppers. I have just started looking, have not checked mainstream bullshit. This still smells like a martial law hail Mary pass to me. And why would I want to stick with the assholes who escalated us to this, if true?

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Chknltl's avatar

If anyone has a spare $5000, Jackpine Radicals domain name is up for sale. (If this is old news, sorry about that.)

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