I’ll be honest, the lockdowns were awesome for me. “Now you bitches get to see how I live.”

And the mad increase of online ordering, no contact pickup, and how people aren’t crawling up your ass in line at the grocery store anymore? I could not have hoped for better.

Yet.

Mike Pence: I’m so wrong that even when I accidentally suggest the right thing, it’s because I’m so wrong.

Accepting a pardon means that you admit to the crime.

The price rises even if there’s a locally made substitute, because odds are that it costs more to make locally, and the price floor is now higher, too

“high-IQ small-government revolutionaries”

No, “rich people,” because nobody else can survive with no pay.

Amazing mashup of The Jerk and the Christmas skit.

You just made me hear Steve Martin.

“We would have voted for Harris if she would just have brought peace to the Middle East!”

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With regard to firearms - I get that that’s not for everyone. And I get that carrying might not be the right thing for someone.

However. The right time to acquire a gun is not “when you need it.” It’s well before that. It will take time to find something that works for what you want, and you should also practice with it at a range. In Utah, the only time you would need to have a permit would be to conceal carry a handgun. You would need to pass a background check at a dealer.

Think about situations where you would need to have a firearm. How likely is such a situation? How far off into the future is such a situation?

It’s absolutely your choice, but it should be a considered choice.

Prepare to resist.

I’ll repeat here some of the things I’ve come up with, and add others.

• Get healthy, be physically active. You will be more effective resisting if you have health and stamina.
• Learn some basic bushcraft/camping skills. Be capable of sleeping rough for a few days. Learn how to tie knots.
• Grow herbs and vegetables.
• Make a place in your home where an unexpected short or long term guest could stay.
• Pay attention, be observant, and be patient.
• Own and carry pepper spray. You may also choose to add a knife or a firearm, but pepper spray is the bare minimum.
• There is likely to be some overlap of “people who want to actively resist” and “people who want to be active politically or in their community.” Join a local group that seems to suit you, and make connections (slowly and carefully).
• This one is unfortunate, but you may need to close ranks and focus your efforts on those who are close to you. Yes, Ukraine’s situation sucks. Yes, Gaza is fucked. But you need to focus on what you need to do, right where you are.

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So is a graphic novel adaptation of “1984,” George Orwell’s seminal work on censorship and surveillance.

They’ll have to start keeping federal prisoners in private prisons again first.

bOtH sIdEs

Legality and enforcement are different things.

It’s already illegal federally. It can’t get more illegal.

You have Burger King removing the 1/3 pounder Burger because people thought it’s less than a 1/4 pounder Burger cause 4 is higher than 3 making Burger King have less sells on the 1/3 Pounder than the 1/4 LOL.

That was A&W.

Spirit probably charged the passengers for the bullets.

How are these professionals not ultimately responsible in making the consumer, who seems to have done nothing wrong but trust state licensed companies and real estate individuals, whole?

You already have the answer:

… US title companies, real estate agents, and real estate attorneys.

“There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”