What got caught in the net today?

Bill Richardson, former New Mexico governor, UN ambassador, Secretary of Energy, age 75
September 1, 2023

Sanctuary City of Los Angeles Considers Criminal Charges Against Texas for Sending Them Illegal Immigrants
September 1, 2023

Jimmy Buffett, "Margaritaville," age 76
September 1, 2023

NY Times Writer Supports Chicago Mayor’s Idiotic Claim That Car Makers Are to Blame for Thefts
September 1, 2023

Concerns Raised as Major League Baseball Tests Facial Authentication for Ticketless Entry
September 2, 2023

□ [“Zelensky Needs More Men, Wants Draft Dodgers to Be Rounded Up in Europe"]

Russia's supposed to be the one that wants to conquer Europe, but Ukraine is the one actually given them orders to round up the citizens and send them off to die.  Is it going to be just a stern warning or will they be kicking doors down to make sure there's no one hiding?  Because, you know, liberals don't just go with a 'stern warning,' they support the draft.  Well, for men anyway, all the other genders get a free pass.  Because they're oppressed or something.

What's Ukraine supposed to without all these men?  Not just now, but where will the future generations come from if there's no men to make them?  It's like a population decrease, which Ukraine supporters are 100% in favor of, what a coincidence.  Has anybody asked what Russia thinks of population decrease because they might be on the same side with Ukraine supporters.

[If you want population reduction to be done one way and someone else wants population reduction to be done a different way, who wins in that fight?]

Is there any point where Ukraine supporters see this as a bad way to go?  Maybe they're getting their bribes and it's not like they actually face any danger, just the population they want reduced.  Just let Donbass be part of Russia like they voted for in 2014, but somehow that's not an option and they never explain why.

Federal Judge Dismisses Case Trying to Keep Trump Off 2024 Ballot
September 1, 2023

Niger Military Junta Orders Police To Expel French Ambassador – Macron Questions Legitimacy of Coup Leaders
September 2, 2023

□ [“Storm Floods Burning Man Festival – 73,000 People Trapped in Mud, Told to Conserve Water and Food"]

Burning Man is some sort of leftist party, we can assume it's about demon worship or something.  We last heard of it as people were blocking the road to prevent fossil-fuel burning cars from going through, but these are rich white people so they just called the police who threw them off the road.  Some people are allowed to do that, it's not like you're in a black neighborhood or something.

But in northern Nevada, storms turned the place to mud, which kept vehicles from moving through, so there's no new food coming in and nobody can get out.  Then more storms came in and the temperatures dropped.  Apparently not enough to let vehicles through, but the low 40s, and that's pretty cold for summertime.

So it sounds like typical wealthy leftists, everything is supposed to work for them and then it doesn't and no one has a clue what to do.  This wouldn't be the first time there was a storm in northern Nevada, yet nobody knew how to prepare for it or protect the paying customers.  They haven't been bothered by poor people losing electricity or water, maybe now they'll see what a problem is actually like.  But they probably won't.

Biden’s ATF Creating Sneaky Backdoor Against Gun Owners – Proposal Will Soon Be Finalized and Enacted
September 2, 2023

□ [“Woke Diplomacy Is Not Popular Around the World, So the State Department Is Doubling Down On It"]

This is one of this things where you have to ask if this all deliberate or are these people just too stupid to have a clue what they're doing?  We're just pissing off the whole world, just as liberals always pretended we always did.  I'm basically convinced that it's all about building up the 'new world order' with or without BRICS.

Then there's just the refusal to acknowledge the consequences of their decisions.  The world doesn't want to hear about this trans nonsense.  Even Americans don't want to hear about it, but our rulers insist, so that's that.  Obedience to whatever someone in charge self-identifies as is all that's permitted any longer.

They're also promoting DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] to nations which realize that this is the opposite of progress, and they desperately want progress.  If the goal was to openly turn the rest of the world against the US, what would our rulers be doing differently?

EPA Will Not Clean Up Toxic Chemical Spill in Trump-Voting Ohio District East Palestine Until 2024… If Ever
September 2, 2023

□ [“Struggling Mother of Four Slams AOC for Tone Deaf Take on Inflation: ‘How Can She Be so Oblivious?’"]

Because she's a leftist.  Haven't you noticed how she's gotten $20 million or so in the last couple years?  Or are we supposed to believe that she got $50 million but is paying as much as possible in taxes?  Notice she's not telling the rest of us what to invest in, you know, to share the wealth.  Or maybe she's just outright taking bribes, who knows?  The rich don't have to share anything with the rest of us, according to AOC.

None of the people who make decisions are in any danger of losing one of their mansions.  They don't have to pick between buying groceries or paying rent and they outright voted against giving every other American the same free healthcare they get.  [I think, I don't recall if that attempt ever came to a vote.]  They don't even visit grocery stores or hospitals like the lower-class peasants, and they haven't even noticed the increase in gas prices.

Capitalism lowers prices for everyone and increases profits.  No wonder these people oppose that, they just want profits for themselves and everyone else is increasingly miserable.  And this is yet another example of the views they project onto other people whom they oppose.  So of course they don't see any negative consequences to their decisions, other than the maid whining or something.

In First Two Months in NYC, Illegal Arrested at Least 6 Times for 14 Crimes
September 2, 2023

□ [“Maine Hospital That Fired Nurses for Refusing Vaccines Now Begging Them to Return"]

I dunno, the virus is coming back and you'll probably require them to be vaccinated again.  And then they'll refuse and you'll have to fire them again.  Why not just jump to the last part where you can get by without them, no problem whatsoever, which is how you wanted it all along.

Now it is true they might want some support for the upcoming virus, something that makes them look good.  They were ready to immediately fire people who didn't obey last time, and accuse them of misconduct so they couldn't get unemployment benefits.  But none of these people would willing to stop and ask if this might be wrong, to punish people for not pumping untested chemicals into their veins.  Now they want another chance.

I keep hearing that there will be resistance to this new virus tyranny, but I'm still cynical.  There wasn't much last time and I haven't seen any sign that there's any now.  Maybe there is and I just don't see any indication that the rulers are trying anything yet.  But that's why I'm dubious, they have to know there will be people refusing to go along and they'll double down this time.  We already had hospitals refusing to accept sick people because they weren't vaccinated, you think they're going to ignore that this time?  The same people are still in charge.

12-Year-Old Boy Dies Suddenly After Suffering Cardiac Arrest During PE Class
September 2, 2023