Archeologist 10,000 years from now: "We can't tell much about the population of this area except for the facts that they called the place 'Texas' and really, really, thought OU sucked."
They already are, man. See how China's trade surplus INCREASED last year? Everyone in the world is moving on without us. We are the biggest, most powerful economy in the world. But we aren't the ONLY economy in the world. If the world has to move on without us, it will. It already is. And...that's the smart play.
We live in a world where Republicans....are celebrating our descent into us becoming a pure crony capitalist/command economy. It's fucking amazing. Command economy decrees that would have made them absolutely lose their shit about 20 years ago....they now cheer. Which is further evidence that the only governing principle the right has is "hurt people I don't like, and cheer about it." Every other principle has been discarded effortlessly.
A few weeks ago, I stopped at an Arby's for a road trip lunch. Beef and cheddar, little arby's sauce, little horsey sauce.....man, it hit. Simple stuff, good memories of the 5 for $5 days (nowadays, 1 is enough).
The plan amounts to this: "Build faster-than-light spaceship. Travel across the stars. Fuck hot aliens like Capt. Kirk did. Profit!" Y'all figure out the details, like how to violate the laws of physics and shit.
This is Texas, man. EVERYTHING goes on a tortilla, that goes without saying. For example, if you've never made a leftover turkey and dressing taco with a dash of gravy, I don't wanna know ya.
See, the guards had to choke him, because....ummm.....this one time....he pantomimed a car driving into them, so they had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. Remember, these are just the killings we know about. I 100% guarantee you that there are already unmarked graves at or near ICE sites where bodies just....disappear.
He is a hateful, mean fucker, he sucks Trump's dick and cups the balls, and he never, ever fails to follow the rule: the cruelty is the point. I'm serious. The more hateful piece of shit you are, the more you make other people suffer, the more Texas Republicans love you for it. If he went out and shot puppies every day, then posted pictures of passers-by crying "lib tears" at the carnage, he'd shoot up another 10 points in the polls.
Right now, we win by making them go full nazi against innocent people in the light of day. Stand your ground, peacefully. Inform them in plain and direct language (all recorded on video) of their legal obligations. Then let them say fuck you and violate it. The Civil Rights movement succeeded in part by making that fucking racist fuckholes do shit like this on film: Make them do it in daylight. It is going to cost us. It has already cost Americans their lives. It will cost more. It is how we win. But yes, you should also arm yourself. Because if it fails, then you need to be ready to defend yourself and your family.
40% of this country literally believes that every thing that is core to our American Republic -- elections, freedom, government by the people not an authoritarian king -- must go. They are more anti-American than the Nazis ever were, than the Soviets ever were, than anyone has dreamed of being.
Republican ones do. Democrats have their terms expire, and their seats are vacant until the US stabilizes enough to have elections. Roberts Court out front shoulda told ya.