Thank you.

Yeah, but there has to be a point to making the statement.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

This old adage comes to mind.

Is this where trump starts selling off parts of the US & government to buddies for cheap?

We are F’d for the rest of our nation’s history. Whatever’s left of it.

People riff badly off each other thinking they’re funny with maybe only a few minutes of opinion devoted to the actual topic while recording themselves and calling it a “podcast.”

What a surprise.

Doubling down on tacticool. Pants and suspenders. Angled foregrip and the vertical knife grip.

For himself.

I wouldn’t have a clue. Nothing this administration does makes sense. Just imagine the most self-serving, ineffective, grifting option and choose that. Seems to be what the admin likes to do.

As far as the TSA goes I seem to be saying this a lot… think of how privatization f’s up everything. Whenever costs or profits are placed against safety, safety loses every time. Think of the single ATC controller events lately that have likely contributed to deaths: The DCA mid-air collision, and just the other day the LGA aircraft and vehicle collision. While it’s impossible to prove a negative, it’s highly likely that had there been additional controllers dedicated to ground and tower frequencies and monitoring these events wouldn’t have happened - not because profits but because cutting personnel costs saves money.

The airport security was done by private contractors prior to the TSA. 9/11 brought the TSA into being, and regardless of whether or not you agree with its existence, it at least has to let us know about its failings, budget, and any successes. When it replaced the security contractors it seemed obvious to just hire the people already doing for the private contractors. They discovered fake identities, undisclosed criminal records, people wanted on warrants, etc.

There is no perfect system. If you want private, they’re gonna fuck up just as much as the TSA…maybe even more because of that intersection with profits. I’m not advocating for the TSA, I just think that giving security’s job to a corporation that will profit and make some rich guys richer until it kills a bunch of people then go bankrupt after being sued while nobody gets held accountable is just more right wing bullshit.

The airports should shut down. Whatever fuckery actually happens may be entirely different.

About 35% are undoubtedly and rigidly so. The truly unfortunate part is that they’re motivated idiots. They are actively and aggressively ignorant and very much want to impose their idiocy on the rest of the country.

Force consumers into US made, AI-laden, crappy hardware full of backdoors for the regime.

Except now we have ICE in the airports.
Winning?

Trump can’t back down. He has no other method of operation than application of further force to make his opponent yield.

You will do what I want, you’re making me do this. This is your fault I have to hurt you more. Anything you do in retaliation is your fault and not a justifiable reaction to what I’m doing to you and I will hurt you harder for everything you do to defend yourself.

He’s an abuser.

If he were to stop, that would mean losing face and the possibility be were wrong.

No narcissist can do that.

By divine right it’s theirs. That’s just how it is. They’re winners, there has to be losers, sucks to be you.

They really don’t invest much thought into it. They can’t.

It is. But nonetheless, we’re seeing it.

Incel language has become mainstream.

I note the school signs. Is this a line of parents queued up to pick up kids vs people actually parking cars in the bike lane?