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[Lucretia]

Hi, I'm finally back but where have you all gone, or am I just not
seeing posts?

[axemen99]

Post by Lucretia
Hi, I'm finally back but where have you all gone, or am I just not
seeing posts?

Everyone hibernate, due to continuous bad news from dictators Trump and
Musk.

[HRM Resident]

Post by axemen99

Post by Lucretia
Hi, I'm finally back but where have you all gone, or am I just not
seeing posts?

Everyone hibernate, due to continuous bad news from dictators Trump and
Musk.

That’s pretty much it. You can’t avoid president musk
and his puppet. Every TV channel, every website, etc.
Not much point in coming here and whining about it.

These damn ice storms better stop. I was shovelling
slush around 9 PM in the rain a few nights ago and
again last night. I have to wear cleats on my boots
because the yard is a skating rink. Supposed to be
gusts up to 90 kph today (Monday, 17 February.) I
hear there’s a shortage of salt in NS as well. Oh joy!

[Booklady]

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Post by axemen99

Post by Lucretia
Hi, I'm finally back but where have you all gone, or am I just not
seeing posts?

Everyone hibernate, due to continuous bad news from dictators Trump and
Musk.

That’s pretty much it. You can’t avoid president musk
and his puppet. Every TV channel, every website, etc.
Not much point in coming here and whining about it.
These damn ice storms better stop. I was shovelling
slush around 9 PM in the rain a few nights ago and
again last night. I have to wear cleats on my boots
because the yard is a skating rink. Supposed to be
gusts up to 90 kph today (Monday, 17 February.) I
hear there’s a shortage of salt in NS as well. Oh joy!

Been a nasty week for weather. I thankfully don't have to shovel or chop
ice but I confess to watching the Resident Manager doing it and being
glad I park indoors.

Have some confidence that Elon bought the election for Donnie and his
puppet can't control him not for fear of being exposed. Don't think it
will last the full 4 years before someone takes matters into their own
hands. He is an assassination waiting to happen as much as I wouldn't be
glad to see him become a martyr

[axemen99]

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Post by axemen99

Post by Lucretia
Hi, I'm finally back but where have you all gone, or am I just not
seeing posts?

Everyone hibernate, due to continuous bad news from dictators Trump and
Musk.

That’s pretty much it. You can’t avoid president musk
and his puppet. Every TV channel, every website, etc.
Not much point in coming here and whining about it.
These damn ice storms better stop. I was shovelling
slush around 9 PM in the rain a few nights ago and
again last night. I have to wear cleats on my boots
because the yard is a skating rink. Supposed to be
gusts up to 90 kph today (Monday, 17 February.) I
hear there’s a shortage of salt in NS as well. Oh joy!

My driveway was long. Sunday, it took me 5 hours to clean half, then
the rain helped the rest. My cousin in Maine had to use snow shoes to
walk around in the woods.

Monday is not pretty neither. Strong cold wind freezes the driveway. I
can skate along my driveway. Hopefully no loss of electricity.

Hoping strong sun today would melt the icy walkway, driveway and public
roads.

Bad weather - From New York to Dublin, Ireland, instead of 6.5-hour, it
was 4+ days, stranded in Newfoundland for 4 days.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cardinal-dolan-united-flight-canada-high-winds/

[Lucretia]

Post by axemen99

Post by Lucretia
Hi, I'm finally back but where have you all gone, or am I just not
seeing posts?

Everyone hibernate, due to continuous bad news from dictators Trump and
Musk.

     That’s pretty much it.  You can’t avoid president musk
and his puppet.  Every TV channel, every website, etc.
Not much point in coming here and whining about it.
     These damn ice storms better stop.  I was shovelling
slush around 9 PM in the rain a few nights ago and
again last night.  I have to wear cleats on my boots
because the yard is a skating rink.  Supposed to be
gusts up to 90 kph today (Monday, 17 February.)  I
hear there’s a shortage of salt in NS as well.  Oh joy!

My driveway was long.  Sunday, it took me 5 hours to clean half, then
the rain helped the rest.  My cousin in Maine had to use snow shoes to
walk around in the woods.
Monday is not pretty neither.  Strong cold wind freezes the driveway. I
can skate along my driveway.  Hopefully no loss of electricity.
Hoping strong sun today would melt the icy walkway, driveway and public
roads.
Bad weather - From New York to Dublin, Ireland, instead of  6.5-hour, it
was 4+ days, stranded in Newfoundland for 4 days.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cardinal-dolan-united-flight-canada-high-
winds/

Weather like this confirms I made the right decision to move to a condo
after Hurricane White Juan :)

[axemen99]

Post by Lucretia
Weather like this confirms I made the right decision to move to a condo
after Hurricane White Juan :)

Yeah, right choice. I am thinking about 55+ condo in warmer area.

Strong wind outside today. Wind chill is now extended from Monday
evening to Tuesday evening.

Stay indoor, keep warm and be safe.

[Lucretia]

Post by Lucretia
Weather like this confirms I made the right decision to move to a
condo after Hurricane White Juan :)

Yeah, right choice.  I am thinking about 55+ condo in warmer area.
Strong wind outside today.  Wind chill is now extended from Monday
evening to Tuesday evening.
Stay indoor, keep warm and be safe.

Yeah, I could really use a hot, humid Hong Kong day just now :)

[HRM Resident]

Post by axemen99
Yeah, right choice. I am thinking about 55+ condo in
warmer area.

Don’t pick a red state. Especially Florida or Texas. Maybe
Hawaii if you can afford it. Or renounce your US citizenship
and find a safe place in the Caribbean.

[Lucretia]

Post by HRM Resident

Post by axemen99
Yeah, right choice. I am thinking about 55+ condo in
warmer area.

Don’t pick a red state. Especially Florida or Texas. Maybe
Hawaii if you can afford it. Or renounce your US citizenship
and find a safe place in the Caribbean.

Or come home to your second home, Nova Scotia :)

[Mike Spencer]

You can't avoid president musk and his puppet. Every TV channel,
every website, etc. Not much point in coming here and whining about
it.

Cargo cult government. TEOTWAWKI.

These damn ice storms better stop.

Dooryard, lane and 1 km of road to pavement all ice. With studded
tires, I think I could get out but it'd be a little dicey. Didn't try
today because had I slid harmlessly into the ditch, I wouldn't have
been able to walk home in freezing gale wind on ice. BT,DT years ago,
fortunately right at the end of the lane but I had to crawl across the
road on hands and knees in the rain to get to the house.

I hear there's a shortage of salt in NS as well.

What, again? Last time (2023) it was coporate games and a strike.
Now what?

[HRM Resident]

Post by Mike Spencer
Cargo cult government. TEOTWAWKI.

I had to find cargo cult on Wikipedia. I had never heard of
it before. It is a very good metaphor for what is going on
now. Perhaps TEOTWAKI is a bit of an exaggeration, but
maybe not. It is hard to imagine a scenario where this mess
will end well, but we cannot predict the future.

[axemen99]

Post by HRM Resident

Post by Mike Spencer
Cargo cult government. TEOTWAWKI.

I had to find cargo cult on Wikipedia. I had never heard of
it before. It is a very good metaphor for what is going on
now. Perhaps TEOTWAKI is a bit of an exaggeration, but
maybe not. It is hard to imagine a scenario where this mess
will end well, but we cannot predict the future.

How about the liberal Jewish philanthropist George Soros?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/elon-musk-is-doing-everything-conspiracy-theorists-accuse-george-soros-of/ar-AA1z8qYm

[Mike Spencer]

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Post by Mike Spencer
Cargo cult government. TEOTWAWKI.

I had to find cargo cult on Wikipedia. I had never heard of
it before. It is a very good metaphor for what is going on
now. Perhaps TEOTWAKI is a bit of an exaggeration, but
maybe not. It is hard to imagine a scenario where this mess
will end well, but we cannot predict the future.

Simulating what they see as rituals of the Elite to sieze the power
(rather than, in this case, material goods) held by the Elite. Train
wreck. Multiple insalubrious surprises coming up RSN when it turns
out that science, medicine, diplomacy, global economy and
international politics don't operate by ritual. (However much it may
be that ritual is superficially associated: buy a white jacket, hang a
stethascope around your neck, pick up some jargon or slogans from
Wikipedia and shazzam! You're a doctor.)

The Elite in this case aren't the white people of 1900 Melanesian
colonization or WW II troops. They're people who have years or
decades of experience in working with specific, highly complex
matters, typically including a good education. Many of the cargo
cult-enabled people now taking control in the US also have Ivy League
educations, making them poster children for what I might call High-End
Dunning-Kruger syndrome: IQ > 130, assets > $500M, education Ivy
League, ergo I know eveything I need to know about anything I might be
inclined to do.

[Lucretia]

Post by Mike Spencer

Post by HRM Resident

Post by Mike Spencer
Cargo cult government. TEOTWAWKI.

I had to find cargo cult on Wikipedia. I had never heard of
it before. It is a very good metaphor for what is going on
now. Perhaps TEOTWAKI is a bit of an exaggeration, but
maybe not. It is hard to imagine a scenario where this mess
will end well, but we cannot predict the future.

Simulating what they see as rituals of the Elite to sieze the power
(rather than, in this case, material goods) held by the Elite. Train
wreck. Multiple insalubrious surprises coming up RSN when it turns
out that science, medicine, diplomacy, global economy and
international politics don't operate by ritual. (However much it may
be that ritual is superficially associated: buy a white jacket, hang a
stethascope around your neck, pick up some jargon or slogans from
Wikipedia and shazzam! You're a doctor.)
The Elite in this case aren't the white people of 1900 Melanesian
colonization or WW II troops. They're people who have years or
decades of experience in working with specific, highly complex
matters, typically including a good education. Many of the cargo
cult-enabled people now taking control in the US also have Ivy League
educations, making them poster children for what I might call High-End
Dunning-Kruger syndrome: IQ > 130, assets > $500M, education Ivy
League, ergo I know eveything I need to know about anything I might be
inclined to do.

I agree but I keep asking myself, how the hell did we arrive here??

[HRM Resident]

Post by Lucretia
I agree but I keep asking myself, how the hell did we
arrive here??

I would hazard a guess that it began with the Powell
Memorandum ca. 1971, which was in response to the
protests of the 60s, people like Ralph Nader, and other
things that were reducing profits. Then there was the
Reagan/Thatcher tax cuts, demonization of unions, etc.
Then, 9/11 opened the door to make torture an option
(recall Dick Cheney and his love for water boarding,
etc.) The psychological fix was in place for Trump.

In 2015, term limits and the time for a change monkey
allowed Trump to cheat his way into power for the first
time. He was so hateful that Biden handily trounced him
in 2020, but Covid inflation and his age allowed Trump
to pull it off in 2024. Other factors like McConnell helping
stack the courts with Evangelical and right leaning justices
were also factors. And here we are. He is what Jefferson,
Franklin, Washington, et al tried to prevent. A dictator who
has no checks or balances.

[Lucretia]

Post by HRM Resident

Post by Lucretia
I agree but I keep asking myself, how the hell did we
arrive here??

I would hazard a guess that it began with the Powell
Memorandum ca. 1971, which was in response to the
protests of the 60s, people like Ralph Nader, and other
things that were reducing profits. Then there was the
Reagan/Thatcher tax cuts, demonization of unions, etc.
Then, 9/11 opened the door to make torture an option
(recall Dick Cheney and his love for water boarding,
etc.) The psychological fix was in place for Trump.
In 2015, term limits and the time for a change monkey
allowed Trump to cheat his way into power for the first
time. He was so hateful that Biden handily trounced him
in 2020, but Covid inflation and his age allowed Trump
to pull it off in 2024. Other factors like McConnell helping
stack the courts with Evangelical and right leaning justices
were also factors. And here we are. He is what Jefferson,
Franklin, Washington, et al tried to prevent. A dictator who
has no checks or balances.

Sounds right and I think it also was because the richer people in
control forgot what life in WWII was like, Viet Nam and Iraq were not
quite the same.

[axemen99]

Post by Mike Spencer

You can't avoid president musk and his puppet. Every TV channel,
every website, etc. Not much point in coming here and whining about
it.

Cargo cult government. TEOTWAWKI.

The cult government would lead to destruction of democracy?

The only article about Cargo cult government

The Republicans railed about “waste, fraud, and abuse,” their mantra for
the past century, at least. The Democrats railed against the
cargo-shorts cargo cult and the swath of destruction it’s leaving behind
it in the federal government. Chairman Marge filled the role of
cheer-squad captain for the administration.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63777062/congressional-hearing-on-government-waste/