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Niger Demands French Troops Leave Country by September 3 – Paris Refuses To Withdraw Ambassador, European Union Weighs a Response
August 31, 2023

□ [“New York Police to Use Drones to Monitor Backyard Labor Day Parties"]

And nobody's going to stop them.  There's no resistance to being spied on, especially from those who spent the last few decades whining about government spying on people, they're the ones doing the spying.  When was the last time you heard liberals complain about George W. Bush spying on Americans?

Then there's the mindless rhetoric they recite, 'if you're not doing anything wrong, there's nothing to worry about.'  The people doing the spying are the ones who get to decide, you don't get any say in the matter.  That way the spies can make accusations you know nothing about and your punishment will be whatever they want, all because you unquestioningly agreed with the spies.  Like that'll save you from anything.

It would be nice if these drones get shot down but that probably won't happen.  What other options are there to stop them?  Because they're not going to stop and that's assuming these drones are even visible.  How hard would it be to make these things the size of a mosquito, assuming they haven't already?

“Where Am I Going?” Biden Gets Lost After Remarks at FEMA Headquarters
August 31, 2023

□ [“Doctor: Mitch McConnell 'Medically Clear' to Continue Work"]

The doctor gets paid, he's not going to mess up that income. It's one of negative aspects of bring rich and powerful, the people you're surrounded by want to keep their jobs and they won't if you quit.  I don't know if it's original, but John Lennon once made a comment about Elvis' later years, 'the courtiers kill the king.'

McConnell could certainly stay in the Senate and behave like Dianne Feinstein, but it would be better for the party he claims to support if he stepped down as Minority Leader and let someone else take over that position.  If you live long enough, it's natural to not be capable of what you used to do.  But to do that, you have to admit that you have a problem and McConnell is not capable of doing that anymore.

I know it doesn't mean anything, he'd just be replaced by another RINO, but it would at least look better to the voters if he admitted that he couldn't function anymore.  But the voters don't matter anymore, as we've seen at least since McConnell had become Majority Leader several years ago.  He wants to get back to that high position, no matter how long it takes.

Hunter Biden Flew with Joe Biden on Numerous Air Force Two Flights to 13 Different Countries
August 31, 2023

□ [“Late Night Hosts Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon, Meyers and Oliver Teaming Up for New Podcast Called ‘Strike Force Five’"]

Something about this is interesting.  Not sure what, I've barely even heard of these people, it's just that after several months of being on strike, they've gotten tired of sitting around in their mansions, so now they've decided to get together and complain about Trump.  In theory, any money coming from this will go to the people on strike who don't have mansions but since they're from Hollywood, obviously the profits will be counted properly.

I've rarely ever used spotify so I don't have a clue how anybody would look at this podcast unless they really wanted to see this thing, but they didn't get to where they are by unscripted humor and from what I've heard, as of yesterday, very few people are bothering to sign up for this.  Really?  They were among the biggest stars on the biggest networks and nobody actually wants to pay any attention to them?  Can't they at least send in 'bots to make it *seem* like they're popular?

But this shows how poorly the strike is going if that's all they're capable of.  Hell, the writers are on strike, why not just hire them?  Why aren't people making their own short pieces and putting them on youtube, just to show the world the talent we're missing the longer the strike goes on?  And why not do that two months ago?

I'm beginning to think these strikes were prepared by the megacompanies themselves for the upcoming collapse, so that the talent would be so desperate for work, they'll go along with anything when the strike finally ends, and in the meantime the companies are just putting out crap that no one wants to see in the first place.  I'm not sure what the overall goal is, but I'm positive this was all planned in advance.

Tempers Flare on Chicago’s Southside Over Plans for Latest Illegal Shelter
August 31, 2023

□ [“Biden Opens Remarks on Hurricane Response by Cracking Jokes and Attacking ‘Climate Change Deniers’"]

“There are still some deniers out there in terms of whether or not climate change had anything to do with any of this, and we’re gonna need a whole hell of a lot more money!”

On the one hand, government is always saying they can spend as much as they want because they print it, but on the other hand, they insist on taking money from everybody else.  These two things contradict each other, which is why they also demand to have men-with-guns to impose their will.  Just imagine their opinion of anyone else having guns.

They also have no clue what causes hurricanes, and this is really making me think about that 'refusal to acknowledge the consequences of their actions, or decisions.  This is a way to claim that weather is magical but they can control it *if* we all obey them.  From there it becomes the religion, the cult, the human sacrifice, everything they aim for whether they realize it or not.

But this is why they're allowed to burn fossil fuel for their mansions and private airplanes, they don't even perceive of the results from burning fossil fuels which they insist will happen immediately.  This personality trait of denying consequences could quite possibly be how they identify each other, even among poor people, so they effectively work as revolutionaries and tyrants in equal measure, no matter what else is going on.

It also probably explains how they get Antifa/BLM or the people gluing themselves to the road so they can block traffic.  If you're smart or have some significant ability, the non-consequence rich people will move you into comedy or Hollywood or lgbt+ or wherever.  If not, that's how they get the ground troops for the front lines.  How many people with this character trait oppose making up your new gender and forcing everyone else to comply or going after children?

Nebraska Governor Issues Executive Order Defining What Constitutes Female and Male Sexes
August 31, 2023

The idea that some people are incapable of acknowledging the consequences of their decisions actually gives me a (slight) bit of hope.  Most people simply aren't like that, even those who have gone along with leftism for their entire lives.  They do see these problems that are overwhelming the world and although it's still not clear how they were caused or by who, it's these people who are the cause.

This can't be a remotely original idea, I'm just not thinking of any better terms.  "Sociopath" would make as much sense.  It's not about self-absorption, at least in the traditional sense.  I'm very self-absorbed but I've also long-understood that everybody else has their own things to do with their lives and I'm totally irrelevant, or I'm interfering.  It's a military thing, I have my job, you have yours, we look for the best way to make it work for both of us and then we leave each other along until next time.

But that means accepting consequences of our decisions, including what happens when we make the wrong decisions.  Then there's the acknowledgement of time, the passage, the deadlines.  These are things that normal people deal with because there's are consequences if we miss it.  But the others...

Emails Reveal Hunter Schemed to "Shut Down" Shokin's Investigation of Burisma
August 31, 2023

Bank to Stop Giving Loans to Fossil Fuel Cars
August 31, 2023