principalkohoutek [none/use name]

Yeah I support the troops

Kinda wild how the system keeps legions of thugs on-call, nationwide, that can be assembled at a moment’s notice to inflict legal violence on whatever the target population is

Succinct

Notes for communist revolutionaries:

If you don’t use an iron fist, your detractors will say you use an iron fist to crush dissent and they will manipulate the will of the people against you. After you fail and your supporters are rounded up and executed, they’ll blame the failure on your ruthless authoritarianism.

If you use an iron fist, your detractors will say you use an iron fist to crush dissent, and you may lose favor among the people. You may find yourself doing questionable acts to hold onto power. However, you may actually succeed. Your detractors will say you are a ruthless authoritarian.

Sucks for the blood spilled in the second choice, but at least you’ll have something to show for it when the dust settles

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2022/11/23/air-force-f-35-lightning-iis-still-cant-fly-within-25-miles-of-lightning/?sh=7659da1e663e dated 2022, but covers the issue in detail.

Good meme. Maybe Denial should be the Democrat party logo?

Trusting, of all people, elon musk, to set up your satellite weapons system? What a relief for comrade Xi

I got a $5 soil moisture sensor (looks like a big thermometer) and it has been really great for this exact purpose. I know lazy people don’t want another step to a chore, but for those who don’t know when to water, it’s great

I recall hearing of Western leftists moving to/visiting the USSR in the 20s, like journalist John Reed. Paul Robeson visited Moscow in the 30s and lived in Europe around that time. But I can’t remember any specific anecdotes of “fellow travelers” moving to the USSR to partake in the project

Disrupt the system enough to demand concessions. Those flight delays on the biggest travel of the year was probably a step in the right direction

First day on a Tuesday (in a highly professional setting) is kinda weird

Life: submit to capitalism, you’re powerless to change anything, the planet is baking, sometimes there are treats, two full time incomes required to survive, everything is poison, it’s only going to get worse

Me: you know who would like this? Children

Idk anything about this fella, but that snow white hair and beard look fuckin fresh

Western headlines: “Putin promises ‘NO SURVIVORS’ in his war on Ukraine”

Boring answer none of us actually want to do: organize your community

but it’s flowers in Antarctica

Captain free healthcare

Nazi Arming & Training Organization

Is this a Simpsons line repurposed for Voyager?

Wiggum: That’s some good work, Lou. You’ll make sergeant for this.

Lou: Uh, I already am sergeant, Chief.

Wiggum: Perhaps you are, but I say Bob goes back to jail.

Bob: [stammering] But surely–I mean, I. Caught. Cecil.

Wiggum: Maybe so, but Lou here says you were resisting arrest.

Lou: No I didn’t Chief.

Wiggum: Quiet Lou! Or I will bust you down to Sergeant so fast it’ll make your head spin!

Two great tastes combined