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#71

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Big Beautiful 2025 US ...

Last post by Abbot Mythos - October 12, 2025, 07:06:56 PM

This seems like it will make declaring martial law more difficult, now if Trump sends in the troops not only will some refuse the unlawful order, others will say "fuck you, pay me"

The POSOTUS and his  Republicult's™ opportunistic appointed and elected officials are twisting themselves into contortions over paying our troops during their government shutdown.

As of this posting, the POSOTUS has directed Sieg Heil Hegseth to 'use all available funds' (Meaning all available Pentagon funds.) to pay our troops during his shutdown, in order to avoid involving the U.S. House of Representatives. And, that's because, otherwise, the U.S. House of Representatives would have to be called back into session to approve the required funding. Further, the consequences of calling the U. S. House of Representatives back into session includes having to swear in newly elected Representative Adelita Grijalva, who would be the decisive vote needed to force a House of Representative's vote on releasing more Epstein/Trump Pedophile documents.

Now, the quick and dirty numbers I could find indicate the government needs about $16 billion/month, or about $8 billion/bimonthly, to meet military and military family payroll, etc. And, I have no idea how easy, or hard it is to scrape up that amount of money by taking funding away from other ongoing Pentagon operations.

So, you may be right.

[Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown]

#72

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Big Beautiful 2025 US ...

Last post by Pergamos - October 12, 2025, 03:36:33 PM

I'm filing this one under "How to Not Win Friends and Negatively Influence People:"

Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown

As per this article:

"A Democratic effort to pass a bill paying active-duty military members during the government shutdown was blocked on the House floor Friday by the GOP.

The presiding Republican, Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois, gaveled a brief pro forma session to a close before Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.) could make a procedural move to try to pass the legislation by unanimous consent."

I suspect a few of the Republicult's™ opportunistic elected officials will temporarily break ranks over this particular issue.

This seems like it will make declaring martial law more difficult, now if Trump sends in the troops not only will some refuse the unlawful order, others will say "fuck you, pay me"

[Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings]

#73

Aneristic Illusions / Re: Civilian Gun Violence in '...

Last post by Abbot Mythos - October 12, 2025, 02:39:24 PM

This may be what the POSOTUS calls "domestic terrorism." So, it may be time to send those armed federal troops to a blood red and bloody state threatened attacked by an "enemy from within." And, the probability that high school football provoked these acts of senseless gun violence needs to be investigated. Because, of course, in the blood red states, guns are never the problem:     

Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings

[Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown]

#74

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Big Beautiful 2025 US ...

Last post by Abbot Mythos - October 12, 2025, 12:04:06 AM

I'm filing this one under "How to Not Win Friends and Negatively Influence People:"

Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown

As per this article:

"A Democratic effort to pass a bill paying active-duty military members during the government shutdown was blocked on the House floor Friday by the GOP.

The presiding Republican, Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois, gaveled a brief pro forma session to a close before Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.) could make a procedural move to try to pass the legislation by unanimous consent."

I suspect a few of the Republicult's™ opportunistic elected officials will temporarily break ranks over this particular issue.

#75

Apple Talk / Re: ITT: Call It Now, Be Right...

Last post by Pergamos - October 11, 2025, 02:29:48 PM

I'd rather be part of Canada

We don't want you.  You screwed up your country, we don't need you screwing up ours, too.

Yeah, he'd vote for the greens to benefit the conservatives or UCP because the liberals aren't pure enough for him.

And it's not just Pergamos in particular, or the people like him, we don't want any seceded states trying to join up.

Even the bluest of your blue states is politically very toxic, and we've already got at least two toxic provinces.  (I'm living in one of them).  It's enough.  Individual Americans who want to immigrate or seek asylum is one thing, but your systems are pure poison.

There is a lack of understanding south of the border about exactly how much hate has accumulated up here over the last several months.

Good,  I've seen a lot of talk about the West coast joining Canada and WA and OR have a lot of work to do to be up to Canadian standards, California meanwhile has a lot of work to do to be up to Mexican standards.

Now you have a problem with Mexico?

You're just a bundle of laughs, aren't you?

Nope, no problem with Mexico, some problems with California. 

You made it sound as if Mexico has very low standards.

Guess what?

I said California has a lot of work to do, to be up to Mexican standards.  I suppose I could see how you see that as implying those standards are lower than Canadian ones, but I was talking about geographic proximity.  I wasn't trying to imply that either Mexican standards are lower than Canadian ones, or that California is worse than Washington and Oregon, just that it makes way more sense for California to rejoin Mexico than to join Canada.

[Who Is Antifa's Leader? Kristi Noem Claims Arrest of 'Founder's Girlfriend' Could Unravel Movement]

#76

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Resistance 2.0!

Last post by Abbot Mythos - October 11, 2025, 12:05:17 PM

This is disturbing news for members of the Resistance 2.0:

Who Is Antifa's Leader? Kristi Noem Claims Arrest of 'Founder's Girlfriend' Could Unravel Movement

A guy I know, etc. who has a double secret decoder ring that may need to be recalibrated, 'cause he didn't get no memo about Antifa having any leader. And, he certainly didn't get no memo about any leader being a founder who has a girlfriend. Now, I know all this secret stuff has to be protected, and only disseminated on a need-to-know basis. But, damn it, no one tells me a guy I know, etc. anything! So, how did Cosplay Noem find out about all of this? Did she dress up like Interrogator Barbie, and threaten to kill someone's puppy?

#77

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Big Beautiful 2025 US ...

Last post by Faust - October 10, 2025, 11:56:54 PM

That's true, if they strike they need to do so decisively and completely, force immediate action.
They should force closure of all airports and hold with that until they get guarantes and support

#78

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Big Beautiful 2025 US ...

Last post by Abbot Mythos - October 10, 2025, 10:04:01 PM

https://gizmodo.com/sean-duffy-threatens-to-fire-air-traffic-controllers-as-10-call-out-sick-during-shutdown-2000670689

Ten percent out sick today, and the government threatening to fire them. If they actually follow through with it I see that figure rising to 50 and closing down some of the bigger airports as a demonstration.

This is not Europe, this is 'Merica. And, right now, 'Merica is under the control of a greedy, openly lawless, brazenly vindictive, extreme right-wing regime. I remember what happened to the American air traffic controllers back in 1981 under an older, greedy, but covertly lawless Republican administration. (One of the great ironies of that historic occurrence is that, under a later Democratic president, Washington National Airport was renamed in honor of Ronald Reagan, the guy who fired over 11,000 air traffic controllers.)

Again, the air traffic controllers have to play this game very carefully. The best lawyers money can buy can not save them in our courts, and I do not believe the Democrats possess anywhere near the political clout to save them, if they're too heavy-handed.

#79

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Big Beautiful 2025 US ...

Last post by Faust - October 10, 2025, 07:22:02 PM

https://gizmodo.com/sean-duffy-threatens-to-fire-air-traffic-controllers-as-10-call-out-sick-during-shutdown-2000670689

Ten percent out sick today, and the government threatening to fire them. If they actually follow through with it I see that figure rising to 50 and closing down some of the bigger airports as a demonstration.

[Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Making (Some) Sense and We're All Doomed]

#80

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Republicult™ On Parade

Last post by Abbot Mythos - October 10, 2025, 07:04:23 PM

Drama Queen Greene has come up with an interesting new shtick involving 'Mericans' health insurance:

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Making (Some) Sense and We're All Doomed

|OUT OF LEFT FIELD| The far-right firebrand's brief detour into reality tells us something about the current political terrain that even MAGA's purest icons can't ignore.

As per this article:

"We've reached the point where Marjorie Taylor Greene is arguing to keep Americans' health insurance premiums from spiraling, which means the GOP's brand has officially entered a timeline where cats bark and water flows uphill.

In recent days, QAnon's former prom queen has been sounding... kind of reasonable. (Well, here and there.) Amid all the shenanigans and peacocking surrounding the government shutdown, MTG broke with her party to push for action on the Affordable Care Act's enhanced tax credits before they expire, warning that premiums could double next year for her own family and constituents."

Of course, Drama Queen Greene's flirtation with reasonableness won't last. But, Democrats need to take full advantage of this opportunity for the short time it's available.