The sooner the US fully becomes a "third-world nation" --and the sooner the citizens of this once-great nation see themselves as lower-class disposables-- the better. For the rich. The stateless rich, flitting about in luxury jets, while the poor stay corralled inside "national" borders. Psychologically manipulated and unable to organize, unionize.
TrumpCo. has already ceded our position as "global leader" --prior to the pandemic, now only deeper relief-- ... reflecting, of course, his own personal distaste for actual leadership.
https://www.justsecurity.org/69654/ceding-our-place-on-the-international-stage/
"Make America great again"? Naaah. That was never his plan.
The twenty-first century is the century of China. Brush up on your Mandarin, kids.
@1 Odd, then, that we don't see her marching around the state capitol wearing an AR15 and demanding the immediate reopening of Washington's greasy spoons and massage parlors.
I would be more than willing to watch Dan Patrick and Kshama Sawant fight to the death for the sake of the economy. Ice cold beer! Hot dogs! Pretzels! Putrid festering GermanSausage!
Meanwhile, oil prices are tanking. What are all those greedy widdle Texas oil barons gonna DO???
@2 & @5 treacle: So there's still no hope for the 99.9% if Trumpty Dumpty gets hauled out of the White House in a Goodyear Blimp Extra Fat-sized straitjacket, and its entire Evil Empire gets shipped off to life imprisonment? We all have to learn Mandarin, pronto? The global economy belongs to the Chinese. Shit. Remember, the G.W. Bush Administration borrowed from China in 2001-2009, sending our national economic ball downward. Trumpty Dumpty has made our situation worse than the Great Depression. Where the fuck are FDR and JFK when we really badly need them now?
@8 kristofarian: You think it's the heat and humidity in both Texas and Brazil that's causing their legislative and economic meltdowns? I swear, the heat induces craziness---especially for Texas lawmakers.
THAT'S it. The human body was never equipped to handle outdoor temperatures in the triple digits. No wonder Brazilian and Texas leaders are so batshit crazy.
The sooner the US fully becomes a "third-world nation" --and the sooner the citizens of this once-great nation see themselves as lower-class disposables-- the better. For the rich. The stateless rich, flitting about in luxury jets, while the poor stay corralled inside "national" borders. Psychologically manipulated and unable to organize, unionize.
TrumpCo. has already ceded our position as "global leader" --prior to the pandemic, now only deeper relief-- ... reflecting, of course, his own personal distaste for actual leadership.
https://www.justsecurity.org/69654/ceding-our-place-on-the-international-stage/
"Make America great again"? Naaah. That was never his plan.
The twenty-first century is the century of China. Brush up on your Mandarin, kids.
And 'Clearness' to you all!
@2 Forsooth. What are the homeless encampments around the city but incipient favelas?
@4:
And I expect your political inclinations have more to do with your being a gormless, slack-jawed cockwomble.
See how that works?
@3 - If we don't manage to pull UBI out of this shituation, then you are probably right.
Massive domestic investment, or bust.
And Don-old Jerkoff Turnip with his greasysmall hands all over the wheel, it's currently looking like "bust".
@1 Odd, then, that we don't see her marching around the state capitol wearing an AR15 and demanding the immediate reopening of Washington's greasy spoons and massage parlors.
I would be more than willing to watch Dan Patrick and Kshama Sawant fight to the death for the sake of the economy. Ice cold beer! Hot dogs! Pretzels! Putrid festering GermanSausage!
"Texans Are Now Economically
the Same as Brazilians"
What? They're not hosed,
they're waxed?
Ouch.
Meanwhile, oil prices are tanking. What are all those greedy widdle Texas oil barons gonna DO???
@2 & @5 treacle: So there's still no hope for the 99.9% if Trumpty Dumpty gets hauled out of the White House in a Goodyear Blimp Extra Fat-sized straitjacket, and its entire Evil Empire gets shipped off to life imprisonment? We all have to learn Mandarin, pronto? The global economy belongs to the Chinese. Shit. Remember, the G.W. Bush Administration borrowed from China in 2001-2009, sending our national economic ball downward. Trumpty Dumpty has made our situation worse than the Great Depression. Where the fuck are FDR and JFK when we really badly need them now?
@8 kristofarian: You think it's the heat and humidity in both Texas and Brazil that's causing their legislative and economic meltdowns? I swear, the heat induces craziness---especially for Texas lawmakers.
THAT'S it. The human body was never equipped to handle outdoor temperatures in the triple digits. No wonder Brazilian and Texas leaders are so batshit crazy.