I dont think it can be stated how disastrous for the Dems it is that Hispanics are peeling away from them. Its placed Texas out of their reach for the foreseeable future (Beto losses to every Republican option, the question is "by how much"). Its made the Southwestern States (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada) competitive. Its made Florida into a Republican stronghold on par with Texas. Which is doubly problematic for them because it means that now there are two big states that are "safe" Republican for the Electoral College, meaning the Dems need to focus that much harder on winning more states.
And considering that the up and coming Dems are all a bunch of retarded baboons who believe their own hype and refuse to hide how socialist/Communist they are (which is partly killing their Hispanic support), that trend is likely to continue.
The Wignats obsessing over race are going about it all wrong, and are part of the problem. Because let me ask you a question. As a conservative-libertarian white guy who lives in a modestly sized town in Kansas, who do you think I have more in common with: The absolutely massive population of Hispanics who live in Dodge City, who are all sons and daughters of the Vaqueros who came up from Texas and Mexico on the cattle drives, and still proudly celebrate those Wild West traditions. Or the White soy bugmen in Lawrence and Overland Park, who wish we were more like California, New York, and/or Europe, but are too poor to leave so they sit here and seethe.
Which way, Wignat?
An interesting look at the current Culture War, from the perspective of the 2020 election being the "Email Caste" equivalent of Pearl Harbor, insofar as the idea was to shock and awe the "Deplorables" into going back to being forgotten and serfs of the elites. But just like the Japanese after Pearl Harbor, it didnt lead to a surrender, the Deplorables are rising up like the sleeping giant, and this is the worst possible outcome for the Woke because they already maxed out their war machine for 2020, while the Deplorables are just getting warmed up. And thus it becomes a war of attrition that does not favor the Woke the longer it goes on.
The article even predicted the Trucker Protest in Canada by several months:
In the conflict between the ”woke” and the ”deplorables”, the latter by and large work the kind of jobs where if people walk off the job, it takes days or even hours before one or more critical parts of modern society starts shutting down. If pilots call in sick, planes simply do not get flown. If truckers quit their jobs, every facet of the entire productive economy – from the smallest bakery to the biggest car manufacturer – will quickly become paralyzed and then starts to suffocate. If firemen refuse to go to work, the cities will quite literally burn down in short order. But what happens if people at the average NGO stop showing up to work? What happens if an university professor in critical gender studies refuses to come into the office until this or that issue is solved? How many months or years will it take for the average citizen in flyover America to notice that this person is missing? And when they finally do notice that some gender commissar is refusing to show up at work, will they even care?
Another thing that is not in the article but is worth considering. Essentially, the likes of Klaus Schwab and the WEF have taken this very problem and made it global, and it probably means the Great Reset is doomed before it even gets totally off the ground. After all, the reason that Canada is the one rebelling and not the US is because we never got that far. But if even the CANADIANS, who are most well known for their politeness and non-confrontational tendencies, are chaffing at the WEF's plans, what will that do for other nations?
More like 350ish. At least according to the bosses, 98% of the people in the warehouse I work in are vaccinated.
My family was going on a multi-state road trip so we thought it wise out of an abundance of caution. Now, like a year later my parents caught covid anyway, and I remain the only one in my family who hasnt had it (then again, I havent been sick with anything for damn near 5 years anyway), so turns out the vax isnt as effective on that front as we hoped. But much like I didnt believe Covid was the most dangerous thing ever because that didnt match what I was actually seeing on the ground, I dont believe the vax is as dangerous as a lot of people on here say for the same reason. Almost everyone I know has had it, no one has had heart issues, no one has had fertility issues, no one has had any side effects other than the very temporary ones right after injection.
So I guess if the vax was supposed to be some sort of stealth way to genocide the proles, they forgot to deliver the poisoned ones out here. Which would be weird because we are a deep red flyover state, so they should hate us the most.
EDIT: Of course, if its the booster doing shit, barely anyone I know outside of at-risk people have gotten the booster on the grounds of "whats the fucking point, this shit is long past overdue to be over?"
I dont either, and I am one of those rare people on this side of the internet who got vaccinated and thinks they're safe(ish). It was a thing I did, and now its done. I am not making it some big deal. But the lefty types have to brag about everything so they can virtue signal.
It always confuses me greatly about how all of these so-called patriots are the first to be blackpilled and declare America is dead. We have been wounded, but we are not dead yet. Not even close.
Agreed. Joe apologized because he believed people were gunning for him in good faith. If they continue attacking him, that will destroy that illusion, and that can only serve as a good thing in the long run.
Not of the entire event, but there is indeed video.
The Dems are talking about "learning to live with the virus".
I wish them luck with that. Considering the latest polls show that Dems still overwhelmingly favor having lockdowns and mask mandates, as well as harsh punishments for breaking either. Which of course places them at odds with Independents and Republicans, who are overwhelmingly against those things.
crank the scam up to 11 and use it as a pretext to open the gates to even more fraud.
Once again, I wish them luck. Trying to crack down harder just make the above described situation even worse for them, and despite what the doomerpilled among us would like to argue, this is an upper limit to what you can do with the cheating. And that is assuming they can even do it. We have already seen from Virginia that the Populist Right have taken over a lot of local election infrastructure, and they used several different methods to squeeze the Dems and make any attempt at cheating fail in Virginia.
Call me hopelessly optimistic, but I really do believe that Biden was the last gasp to get over the line, and now they have nothing left in the tank and are about to get run over by the train. And much like The Hare, its their own fault.
At least from what I saw on the Farms, its funnier than that. Apparently a bunch of farmers and truckers blew through the RCMP blockade and are on their way to reinforce the trucker blockade at the border. So they had to pull back to try and close that up but failed before several dozen tractors and trucks go through, along with a ton of pickup trucks (one of which was playing a Cavalry Charge bugle call as they did).
If I didnt know any better, I would say the Canadian government has done gone and pissed off enough people into the "no longer gives a fuck" camp.
Lutheranism is weird, it seems to also be particularly strict. Martin Luther was weird dude.
To be fair, a ton of us are descended from North Germans and Scandinavians, who were some of the most Protestant people on the planet and came to the US because they were sick of the bullshit happening in Europe (what else is new). So much so that my church still has a tradition of where when we sing Silent Night for Christmas, we turn off all of the lights except for candles, and then we sing it in German instead of English.
And yes, Lutheranism is one of the more conservative sects of Protestants (not as conservative as the Baptist, but not far off). But your are right that we are a little on the weird side. Because we value free thought and expression above dogma, since it was the suppression of free thought and expression in the name of dogma that led to us existing in the first place, and many of our ancestors had to shoot their way out of having to listen to what the Pope says. So you end up with situations where I once told my pastor that I disagreed with him over the message of a sermon, and his response was "I am glad you are listening and thinking instead of blindly believing me.", and they know that my fiancé is Bisexual but dont say anything about it (even if she sometimes gets shot dirty looks).
This is where we come in.
Yep. And a lot of them didnt even need to be told, they figured it out on their own. Like I have been saying, I have in the past few years met a ton of Zoomers that I knew had been degenerate, woke Communist that are now Christians (albeit the laidback variety I described in my other post) and Anti-Establishment Populist or Libertarians. Because they saw everything that happened over the last few years, realized how empty their lives were and how messed up they were becoming, even though the people who believed everything they did had all of the power. So they finally started to realize that maybe they were wrong and/or had been lied to, and so they came looking for meaning. I know you consider yourself an Anti-Theist, but I am sure even you would admit that its at least a step in the right direction, and there are ones like me there to make sure they dont go screaming off into being zealots like existed more in the 90's (because "Remember why you hate the SJW's, and dont just become a Christian SJW").
In response, the Left will ditch it's Secularism and embrace what South America commonly refers to as "Liberation Theology".
Speaking of South America (and giving hints at your 4th Great Awakening theory), there is some rumblings I have heard from within my own church (a Lutheran one of the Missouri Synod). Specifically, there is actually a huge amount of South American Catholics who are converting to the various Protestant faiths, especially those based out of the US like Baptist, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, and yes, American Lutherans. Because apparently the Pope embracing wokeness may have sat well with the establishment and the "culturally Catholic" types (see: Most of the hardcore Dems who ignore every facet of the faith), it didnt go down so hot with the actual practicing Catholics in South America. So now the Protestants are walking on in and saying "So now that the Pope has betrayed you, how about you come with us who still follow Christ?"
Another thing that I think is interesting is that a lot of the younger Christians (millennials like me and especially Zoomers) are not their daddies Christians, the kind you [correctly] call the "Jesus Take the Wheel" types. If you want the typical result I am seeing, the most well known example would be Lord Miles of Kabul and Sudan. They follow the word of God, they hold to the moral codes, and they enjoy the sense of community that church provides. But then they turn around and shitpost on 4Chan, they see Creationism as just as much of a meme as Flat-Earth, they dont see a need to go and scream to everyone about how absolutely Christian they are, and honestly dont really see a need to go and evangelize to people ("God will call to those who will answer"). They also generally have a much more open taste of things that should be allowed, looser than the Leftist SJW's ironically. Like, most younger Christians I know are huge fans of things like video games, anime, and superheroes, and are not particularly concerned with things like scantily clad women. Hell, I have even heard some of the younger ones going full traditional and arguing "Why should we be offended by the human form?" And of course, they are getting sick and tired of the SJW's trying to break their favorite things.
And honestly, I think it will be better for everyone, from the Religious to the Atheist, that this is the direction things seem to be moving on that front.
HitlerTrudeau: Real Canadians would comply! They are supposed to be nice, docile, and timid!
Me: looks at Canadian performance and behavior in both World Wars "Are you sure about that?"
It honestly reminds me a lot of the Boston Massacre. Some random British Regulars were just manning a sentry post, a bunch of angry Bostonians start attacking them, hitting them with clubs, throwing rocks at them, etc. And the whole time, their officer was in front of his men and trying to calm down the mob. But eventually one of the Regulars gets knocked over, his gun goes off as he falls, and the rest of the soldiers go "OH GOD, OH FUCK, THEY'RE SHOOTING AT US NOW!!" and open fire on the crowd.
Which is the entire reason that John Adams was able to get them out of being convicted for the "murder", because every man is entitled to defend themselves when they believe their life is threatened.
...which had resulted in the burning down of the KSU ROTC building that nearly killed many cadets as an act of political terrorism against the US military due to the continuation of the Vietnam War.
HEY, my alma mater! A lot of people forget about that one when they talk about the college protest. And I do find it somewhat ironic that what used to be the ROTC building is now where the Theatre department is. And Computer Science, but that is less ironic.
EDIT: Wait, I just re-read the post and realized that the KSU in your context was Kent State, not Kansas State. Our ROTC building was burned down as well around the same time, so I got them mixed up. Leaving it in though for posterity.
On Topic:
Not going to lie: I always thought Neil Young was extremely overrated. Same with Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp. Actually, about the only really politically minded musicians I like are CCR and Jimmy Hendrix. So when I heard that his attempt at leveraging Spotify resulted in him getting yeeted with little to no hesitation, I was laughing my ass off.
Perhaps the best example of just how past his prime he really is is that when he made his ultimatum, the trending hashtag was...#who is neal young? Glorious.
Its even funnier than that. Apparently, shortly after he made his ultimatum, the trending hashtag on Twitter was....#who is neal young?
Shows just how relevant he really is. And yet, I had a coworker who believed that Spotify made a terrible choice here. Of course, he has both TDS, a Covid Nut, has Rogan Derangement Syndrome, and for all intents and purposes is a boomer in a Gen-X-ers body. So make of all of that what you will.
Because much like with Harry Potter, they didnt get as much attention as they thought. So they retroactively declare this or that and hope it gets them attention and/or woke points.
Having played a lot of Age of Sail, I will tell you this: I hope you actually know your sail-line tactics. Because the game will absolutely punish you if you think its just some basic RTS. Because just like IRL, if the weathervane is against you, you are going to have a bad time unless you embrace your inner Dutchman and use the wind to artificially increase the range of your cannons. My only complaint is that while they have plenty of different ships, weapons and upgrades to support many different tactics, and represent most of the major navies of the time in multiplayer and Free Battle, there are only 2 campaigns (3 with the DLC): A British campaign that roughly follows the path of Horatio Nelsons rise up the ranks (starting fighting the Spanish in S. America, end at Trafalgar), A US Revolution campaign, and the DLC is the US Barbary Wars.
Dreadnaughts is also pretty fun. But then again, Dreadnaughts is my favorite time period, so there is that. I also like that it shows off the Pre-Dreadnaught navy in detail, since its a time period not often talked about (since the only major Pre-Dreadnaught fight was a one-sided dunking of the Japanese spanking the Russians).
Which is what happened with the Darth Mod for Total War Empire, until he built Ultimate General: Gettysburg, and then built Ultimate General: Civil War.
What, Ultimate General/Admiral were made by the guy who made Darth Mod?!
....Suddenly, a lot of choices for how land combat works makes a lot of sense.
To go with your overall point, I totally agree that Indie devs are where its at if you want good games right now. Pretty much everything I have been interested in or enjoyed in the last few years has been indie. Meanwhile, the amount of AAA game devs I give a shit about can probably be counted on one hand. Specifically, Paradox continues to live up to its name. On the one hand, they are a bunch of woke Swedes. On the other hand, Victoria 3 is going to have one of the most complex and in depth discrimination systems they have ever put into their games, and they have improved pretty much every aspect of the game over their previous ones while keeping true to the overall tone and theme.
I am not so sure myself. We have already seen attempts at intimidation of parents going after school boards, and all its done is cause those parents to double down. From what I have seen, they have also been shockingly good at op-sec and keeping The Glowing Ones from their ranks.
If I had to make a guess, I would imagine its because the type of parents who are going to lose their shit over BLM propaganda and Alphabet-People sexuality being taught to their child are usually stable families with both a husband and wife. So the husband can be there to keep the wife from turning away from the fight and keep up the pressure.
And I know that we have discussed the whole "2020 the Left attacked the Left to ensure they vote Left" thing before, and that is certainly true of the Leftist. But I still believe a not insignificant chunk of [for want of a better term] "normies" vote for Biden truly believing he would return things to normal. And now that its not, they are moving back toward the Right demanding they destroy the barbarians at the gate. It happened in the 1980 after the chaos of the 1960-70's. It happened Europe in the 1930's (NOT the Nazis or Fascist. There were other rightwing answers to the Commies, mostly in Poland and the Baltics). So I think we are about to see that flip again, especially since the most recent data shows that the Left actually kept its followers even as a percentage of population, but more Moderates moved to the Right.
Now with all of that said:
It seems like the situation could spin wildly out of control
I do still fear this will happen, because its clear that the Left is getting desperate. So They may resort to methods they previously thought beyond them for fear of creating backlash because anything they do will make backlash, just what kind. So I fear it will indeed get worse before it gets better, and we may even see the FBI or some other deep state arm do some depraved shit to try and stop what is going on.
If you want some of your own, stop aborting them.
Also, if you do have any, dont just put them into dangerous situations where they will be destroyed before carrying on your ways all just for your own political ideology.
Also, the Dems have made the biggest fucking mistake you could possibly make by making "Parents" a political interest group and giving said group to Republicans/Populist. I know a ton of normies who voted Democrat for no other reason than they believed Democrats education policies were better. Guess who no longer votes Democrat, and why they stopped? And you can directly tie Youngkins win in Virginia to the Dems absolutely losing the plot and admitting what their true plans were because they either believed their own propaganda or thought they were unbeatable.
And now that genie wont go back in the bottle, and it will likely be their undoing. And considering that an attempt to have the FBI go after parents just made parents angrier and eat a few school boards just to make their point, I very much doubt there is much the Left can do to make them back down. And that will only aid those of us Populist and Liberty minded.
And congratulations to the Leftist for discovering the phrases "Papa Wolf" and "Mama Bear" and why people fear both.
I was more looking at possible defenses of this guy, but fair point. Either way, I think the dude is a spaz but Tim is way overreacting. And the overreaction is probably why this keeps happening.
So I was perusing the Farms, and they apparently discovered more about this "strange man." Apparently, he is a Trumpian Republican who recently moved in from California running in Tims district in W. Virginia. Now for the purpose of total information, it looks like the dude is indeed a spaz, and were this any other place in that part of the country probably wouldnt have been well received. BUT, and its on Tims own video, they made little to no effort to actually remove him, and no one tried to stop him after he ignored the "please dont come in", so I imagine that wont help in a court case.
And on that note, Tim apparently has yet to talk to the police about filing charges, and this guy is now threatening to sue Tim over this whole situation.
Summarized quite nicely by the one who compiled the data: Tim claims he has security, guns, and dogs that will injure trespassers but all I see are three millennials telling a trespasser not to walk in the house then allowing the trespasser to walk in the house so he can give his campaign pitch. Then they politely shake his hand, give him a bottle of water, and allow him to leave with no trouble.
I think the bigger issue with most of the big boys is that they have started throwing their weight around to try and crush competition so others cant compete, and its inevitably going to make things that much worse when their stuff inevitably breaks and now vast swaths of the internet dont work because of borked spaghetti code.
I know, and I am saying that they are wrong. Dodge City is majority Hispanic, and has been for most of its existence. Its also one of the most traditional, conservative, and patriotic parts of the state. The only places more conservative are some of the Southwestern counties that still enforce Prohibition. It matters not to me that they are Hispanic, they believe almost all of the same things I do. Meanwhile, the bugmen who currently occupy Lawrence spit on its heritage as the town that decided they would rather going down in a blaze of glory than corrupt powers that be forcing it to accept slavery (while deifying the literally insane terrorist that is John Brown). And Overland Park tries to claim it knows best, only for the black people they claim to speak for in Kansas City hating them (when BLM rioted, it was met with a "bastards deserved to get their ass kicked" when KCPD cracked down on them).
So I will learn enough Spanish to sing the trail songs, and we can sing Home on the Range to the sounds of bugmen getting parachute-less skydiving lessons.