I mean, his early life was riddled with fucked up actions (mostly carrying out orders to create Banana Republics), but it’s exactly why he turned around on the government and called them out on the bullshit. There is very real evidence the plot existed, but those responsible escaped trial most likely due to Roosevelt’s interference (strange how robber barons suddenly got quiet about his New Deal).

Find books written about farming/saving during ww2. Get a freezer and a canner. Stock up on beans/rice/etc (long shelf life foods). Save bones from meat, boil them for 6 hours, then let fool and strain them. Can/freeze the broth (I put mine in quart freezer bags flattened out in the freezer). One quart added to 1qt water is filled with nutes for soups and such. If you have a fireplace, keep a bag of dryer lint for kindling. Buy heirloom seeds, learn how to save seeds (Whenever I grow green beans I always have 100+ dried pods in autumn as I usually only have enough to harvest 2x with any real quantity. Each dried pod has at least 4 beans). Buy things you need now that tariffs will affect the most (electronics, coffee, etc.) Start learning how to fix things yourself, get basic tools (drill, hammers, driver sets, wrenches, etc). Fix car problems now, before parts go up. If you know ANYONE still alive now from the 30s to 40s, pick their brains on what they did. Also, get books on identifying plants. Sorrel is awesome to add to food for flavor, dandelions are a good source of Vit C… my knowledge is limited, but so far that’s what I’ve tried (do NOT eat roots of dandelion).

He fired the head of the NLRB. Our unions are in great peril. I’m thinking it might be time to buy some red handkerchiefs.

I’m torn on the TSA atm. They are literally safety theater at this point, but with the FBI on the hitlist, terrorism is likely to increase, so the theater might actually have some prevention… 4 years ago I’d say they were a nuisance and the jobs and funding would be better used for Marshalls or FBI.

I do not like that man Ted Cruz…

My PTS is nearing its end. I have a PTHR on a shelf… will miss them.

A hamburger? My wife is worth a high end porterhouse for sure.

They’re already gonna hurt cause homes aren’t gonna make themselves, and we’re deporting our construction crews…

What? From what my LA friends tell me there are still a lot of the fully automatics there.

And if you say Uno you get evicted from the game or thrown in the kitchen to do dishes while they confirm your status.

Fun anecdote:

My friend had to take his kid to the local ER the same time as we took our kid to the childrens hospital 3 hours away. They got to the ER in 15 min. We had already been given the “don’t know what’s wrong” from that ER the previous week.

We arrive, get taken immediately back, get a presumed diagnosis by the nurse 10 minutes later, and a referral in 3 days to an orthopedic surgeon. We leave, call our friend to check on his kid (broken arm). Still in the waiting room. 3 hours later, still waiting.

We call again just as we are pulling in home. His kid is now getting a cast.

Unless my kid is near death, we travel 3 hours for ER trips because the local hospital is unorganized as hell (and also assumes every patient, child or not, must have a drug screen)

You’re still a product of your upbringing. I was Conservative, like my whole damn family. I in recent years woke up. I never did hateful acts, but I had the thoughts. Sometimes I wonder if people can see the filth on me, see that I made racist jokes, etc. I’m teaching my child differently. She can go to church or synagogues, or whatever. I’ve told her we’ll go if she wants to. But she also knows how I feel about my days in church, and she remembers the days when she was younger and what she overheard. She respects religion, but hasn’t shown any inclination towards it. (Baptist churches, btw, in a Bible belt area, where people didn’t fight much about desegregation only since extreme minority until the 90s.)

I know who’s an immigrant. Unless your name is like “Wind on Water” when translated, you’re an immigrant.

Oh no, we were promised no more votes would be needed after 4 years. We’ll likely see Don Jr. in a few though after the heart attack…

Look up his family history. His grandpa was a technocrat and raved about Orania. He’s a product of his upbringing. His Dad ran emerald mines during Apartheid. Racism is taught. He’s a damn nazi.

I’ve never listened to the originals, but I love that 41 books (I think, I’m on eleven now) have been read by the same actors (including Bill Neighy) throughout. Gives a great feeling of continuity. Every time Death speaks without the book hinting I think, “Oh something bad is happening to somebody.”

Oh the algorithm is very very intuitive. It isn’t taking long to connect me with content I like. The Chinese videos are definitely there, but the app is learning and adapting quickly as US content is flooding in

US. I looked, only found a link for $40/12m… nothing free unless a TX citizen.

Love all works narrated by Kramer, also all the newest Discworld recordings (absolute masterpieces)

Might try this. I’ve used TTS Server which uses the MS Edge Api to convert text over the internet to audio with few problems. Almost sounds natural except for the occasional word… Would love something better.

Edit: dang, PC, not Android. Anyone know of a way to run this mobile?