Xipe Totec
Xipe Totec's JournalThis is who we were, once upon a time in America
I grieve for what we've lost.
Whether I deserved it or not, by chance I was in the VIP viewing section of Mission Control during this historical flight. I went on to participate in some small way on the first four test flights of the space shuttle.
Those were the glory days.
Some day, many years after this orange catastrophe, maybe we will regain our place in the world as leaders and beacons.
But not today.
The Dark Truth of American Rights: George Carlin on Japanese-American Internment in 1942
Trump voters got exactly what they wanted -- so why are people complaining? Opinion
It’s not that Trump voters were mad at Biden, because he didn’t do enough about inflation. I think they were mad at him, because he did more than any president to expand the economic pie to include all those who are usually left behind, especially Black people.
Sad as it is, the fact remains that when Black Americans are doing well for themselves, too many white people in this country start feeling like something is wrong, something is being taken from them, someone somewhere is cheating them, even when they are in fact thriving. It’s white-power’s zero-sum. If America includes “them,” it excludes “us.”
The mainstream view used to be that the party that presided over boomtimes was the party that could expect to be rewarded. But for Trump voters who believe they are the real America, and that the real America has been “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered,” it’s likely that boomtimes meant something else – evidence they were right.
The Democrats tend to believe they can win over some Trump voters with economic politics that are designed to be in everyone’s interest. But it’s because they are designed in everyone’s interest that most Trump voters are unlikely to be won over. They want economic policies for them, not everyone. And if tariffs end up hurting them, they can take comfort in knowing Black people are hurting more.
Yes, these tariffs are the biggest tax increase of our lifetimes.
But that’s what they wanted.
He promised. He delivered. No mystery.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-voters-got-exactly-what-they-wanted-so-why-are-people-complaining-opinion/ar-AA1ChG5z
Starbucks (SBUX) is down 20% in 2 days
What does Starbucks sell? Coffee. How much coffee does the US produce domestically? Zero.
Can tarriffs induce farmers to grow coffee domestically? Fuck No.
Yet trump imposes tariffs on coffee imports allegedly to induce producers to move domestically.
That's just fucking insane.
I have Erdheim-Chester disease. If you've never heard of it, I'm not surprised
Out of a world population of over 8 billion people, there have been 1,500 documented cases of this disease.
The good news is that this is a disease, though chronic and incurable, is generally not fatal. Which is why it took so long for it to be detected. Mostly through autopsy.
As my oncologist quipped: "This is one of those diseases you die with, not die of".
It's going to be an interesting (hopefully very long) ride.
With compensating medication the symptoms are mostly unnoticeable.
Just an interesting factoid.
It narrows your chances of identifying me IRL from 8,000,000,000: 1 to 1:1,500
95% of people named Donald Trump approve uncategorically of Donald Trump!
There you have it. All the squirrels living under Donald Trump's head nest approve of Donald Trump.
Send in the Clown! - Trump with pomp. nt
I'm doing my part to help the economy... In Europe
I'm in the Czech Republic for my grandchild's birth. I'm extending my stay two more weeks while the orange menace continues to fuck up a wet dream with his beautiful tariffs. I'm buying European products, tax free, and avoiding purchasing American products.
With one exception...
I found Ben and Jerry's ice cream. I can't say no to that, even if they slap tariffs on it.
See you back in the states in a couple of weeks to review the damage caused by the latest MAGA brainfart.
I was in Prague yesterday for a day - I saw young children walking home from school alone
Some seven year olds, some possibly younger.
I saw them in the evening walking on the sidewalk as out taxi took us to our hotel for the night. I'm in Plzen now for the arrival of our most recent grandchild; expected at any moment.
It made me harken back to my own childhood 60 years ago when we all walked back and forth to school in our neighborhood, and played out in the streets, without a care in the world. I feel nostalgia for those times and a bit of envy to see that there's still places in the world where that is possible. I'm glad our daugther chose to settle here, mary a Czchek, and raise a family, her application for US residency long forgotten with a 20 year waiting period just to get her application heard. Yes, 20 years. But no matter. she's now in a good place to raise a family and I'm glad my grandchild will have a chance at the type of happy childhood I once had.
UNBELIEVABLE FOOTAGE: Ukrainians Clear Bunker WITH A SWARM OF BEES! RFU News
Pretty sad that they ran out of grenades, but amazingly resourceful to use bee hives.
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