It would be pretty interesting if voting was broken down by these regions. It would probably be a lot more culturally representative.

"Some of you have come to believe that I like war. I wish to dash these rumors. I do not like war.

I LOVE war.

Through my life, I have discovered so many forms of war. You get up in the morning, you get into your shitty car, and you see a rich CEO who works half as hard as you do drive down the street in his Porsche. Class war.

You make it to work, and you find out that the annual drug test is today. And you just so happened to take a puff of your one-hitter a couple nights ago before dinner with your wife’s awful parents. Drug war.

But then, you find out that the only ones being called in for testing are your black and Hispanic co-workers. Race war.

Then, you try to post about it on your Facebook, but then all your friends start arguing about what’s right und what’s wrong. Flame war.

You finally get home, and you decide to relax by watching a program about: “Who gets the box?” “What’s in the box?” “How much is what’s in the box worth?” Storage Wars.

chuckle What I am telling you, my Nazi army of 1,000 vampires, is that I am a purveyor of war. And with your help over the years, we are now at the precipice of our true goal.

You see, I want a simple war. No class wars, no drug wars, no race wars, no flame wars… Und certainly, no Cold Wars! (Blueballed for 40 years.)

What I want is a war that only we can bring. A true war! A German war! The sequel you’ve all been waiting for! I! WANT! WORLD! WAR!! THREE!!!"

-Hellsing Abridged

I would say there are a lot of cases creating precedent that this is free speech, but well…

The terrifying thing is that a sizable portion of this country reads this list and thinks it sounds like a great idea.

Now you can judge someone’s social status by whether they drive a luxury car, if they live in a mansion, or how many employees work for them. In a post-scarcity society, people who want high status have to earn it. By going down to unexplored planets themselves, the bridge crew get to claim any new discoveries as their own. People all over the galaxy will hear about who made first contact with a new civilization.

Remember that in a post-scarcity society, the currency is glory and prestige.

They already did more or less. Friday they blew up the Chevron decision which means the court can override rules by regulatory agencies whenever they want.

The catch is the courts say what is official and unofficial. A president could then remove Supreme Court members and replace them with ones who agree that such a removal is official and therefore legal.

Is it wrong to wish that Biden would immediately drone strike the justices that are in the majority for this decision?

That reminds me of a job I did where it had been cold and rainy all day. My manager said they couldn’t use a bunch of photos we took with me in them for the report because I looked too miserable.

Maybe they are dropping the first and last letters from MAGA.

“America Great!!!”

Getting a dog has helped me in ways I never expected. I just figured “cute, cuddle, good for brain chemicals”. But they HAVE to be walked at a certain time. They HAVE to be fed at a certain time. Regardless of any of your internal issues, you love them and you have to provide for their needs.

So when you are in the kitchen filling their bowl, you make yourself some toast or grab a banana. When you are taking them for a walk, maybe you go a little farther because they like it and it’s good for you. If you struggle to get up in the morning, they look to you pleading to be taken out to pee and you get yourself up and dressed. They need training and that requires being consistent, so you do it for them. It’s so much easier to do it for them than for yourself.

YOLO court strikes again

Holy fuck! As if Citizens United wasn’t bad enough. Our government is fully for sale now.

Most countries have a functional mental health system. The US does not. We fail on both accounts.

I remember one guy telling his story that he was raped by a pregnant woman. He didn’t want to hurt the baby so he couldn’t force her to stop.

My first thought was Taco Tuesday Celebration, but then I just realized it was The Ten Commandments

And the growing LGBT hate. And the potential revival of the Comstock act. And the attempts at banning artificial insemination and contraception…

More of a stampede than a creep these days.

There is a rule for gas stations that prices can only be changed once a day. Sounds like that would be a good start.