I notice that drivers passing by political protests are generally quite supportive of the viewpoints being expressed. Yet, as show here, that’s not uniformly the case.
Here’s Tom Fernandez, a state senator in South Carolina, flipping off his constituents.
I thought state/local politicians tried to curry favor with voters; I guess Fernandez couldn’t help himself. That’s kind of funny, IMO.
An old friend writes: Even Nantucket had over 600 people march yesterday. This was definitely my favorite sign.
I love the sign too.
As the island only covers 105.8 square miles, it produced 5.7 protestors / sq. mi. Could be a record!
While I don’t encourage vandalism, it’s hard not to appreciate clever (and non-permanent) alterations of traffic signs, like the one here.
Utility-scale solar is a good thing, but a 20-MW array isn’t going to serve 40,000 homes. That’s 500 Watts/home, where the standard rooftop installation is 6 – 8 KWs.
This guy makes a good point. You’re hosting the world’s most anticipated athletic event, featuring stars from all corners of the Earth, and you choose the planet’s most aggressively xenophobic nation?
Ill-advised, to say the least.
Well, according to a federal judge, you are, in fact, going away. He has turned control of the National Guard back over to the State of California. Looks like he didn’t buy your crap about the socialists, etc.
He may have also taken into consideration that the idea California’s government is “burdensome” is preposterous. The Golden State is by far the most successful piece of the United States; if it were a country, it would be the fourth largest economy on Earth, just ahead of Japan.
Notes:
1) After I wrote this, a panel of appellate judges overturned the ruling mentioned above.
2) Their decision (in #1) is under appeal.
We’ll just have to see where this goes.
To the (apparently undocumented) worker shown here, I grant that you do all these, and that the American economy would turn into a shambles if you and your peers were removed from our country.
The problem is that you do one more thing: you inspire hateful morons to elect and support a presidential administration that wants you gone, and is summoning vast resources to make that happen.
When I heard that the soldiers at Fort Bragg cheered so loudly for Trump, I wondered how this could possibly be. Maybe they don’t choose to follow the news. Perhaps they are content to take orders from a man who so clearly despises them and disrespects the Constitution on which this country (formerly) functioned.
It all came to an “aha moment” just now when I learned that the folks in the audience had been hand-picked.
As Trump continues his quest to refashion the United States into an authoritarian state, several major possibilities loom large in front of us. Although I’ve not seen it discussed, one is that the nation’s top military has decided it’s seen enough, and orders its troop not to follow the grossly illegal and clearly unconstitutional directions of the president.
Unprecedented? To be sure. Improbable? Not sure.
It seems even more unlikely that the dozens of top military generals and admirals are going to stand around and watch this country descend into the darkness of totalitarianism.
We can only imagine the conversations that are happening in the offices of many congressional Republicans. They must go something like this:
“Bob, I hope you understand that by enabling Trump, you’re helping doom American’s experiment with democracy. I know you like being on The Hill, but your grandchildren will remember you as one of the traitors who turned this nation into a totalitarian state. Please don’t tell me that you’re OK with that.”
