293 it's my favorite mutiny

"I ain't rockin' with you, your logic does not compute." -The Coup, My Favorite Mutiny

So here's the thing. If you reject a vote and instead have a coup, what you have done is installed a dictator and ended democracy. If you are an elected official and support this, you have effectively surrendered your own job, too. There's no more democracy at all. You are no longer an elected official. You are a toady to a dictator.
 

What, you may ask, is the difference between sedition and free speech?

Burning a banner and packing two gun magazines, that's what. It's the difference between talk and action, or intent to act. 

There's a lot of walking this line going on right now.

Man, the dark humor. Wow.

The latest rumor is he's heading for Scotland on the 19th. 

Only one problem with that. The UK's borders are closed. Maybe his exile will be considered essential travel?

Because as bad as we have it here, he probably won't get this treatment.

Wherein the Jeff Bezos of China is on house arrest (maybe?) because he said the state banking system operated with a "pawnshop mentality."

How about one to cheer us all up?

Oh boy. Gallows humor is all I've got today.

File under: word salad versus views

Saw this notice taped up yesterday. The headline has so many hip woke words that I immediately smelled bullshit.

So here's what I see. This guy looking forward to moving into that fabulous penthouse in the new building. He's offering to build two "affordable" units, and two "market rate units." This will likely add up to a couple million dollars in his pocket, in addition to his Google salary.

I like all those words, too. But you gotta feel for the people in the yellow house who will lose their views. And with four garage spaces in the existing building, you can't tell me this guy has explored all of the options for increasing housing density on his property.

I don't get to call the shots, but if I did, I'd tell him to convert the garages, and maybe we could cut a deal on two stories plus a basement on half of that backyard.

A little bit of the right language in the wrong hands is a scary thing. Right, Senator Wiener?

Yeah boyee, now that's why I started this blog! I have successfully ranted about something only I care about! Got that off my chest. Yay!

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