The MIC won't allow an all out nuclear exchange.  No profit in it.  Lots of medium to large regional conflicts that eat up material that needs to be replaced and a lot of proxy "expendable" nations in the meat grinder.

Then they'll activate the mostly peaceful migrants to start shooting up and blowing up the soft targets and we'll get gun confiscation (because it's the guns, not the shooter), lockdowns (for our own safety), and military in the streets (must restore order).  Maybe some public executions just for entertainment.

Unlimited riches for the MIC / elite class.  A population locked down.  Utopia!

This is what is really bothering me about all the FISA bruhaha.  The Dems and establishment GOP want to extend FISA and the MAGA Republicans and I guess libertarian types don't; Styx himself has said, "abolish FISA".  They (the latter) says either abolish it or put warrant requirements on it. 

The specifics of the extensions are they want to enable warrantless spying through third parties, ie: forcing third parties to collect data on their behalf.  Example, the hotel that provides you WiFi or the internet cafe, or your employer, certainly your ISP, basically anyone that has access to any server, modem, or tech equipment that is involved in your internet/cell phone activities.  And they'd force these third parties to do it without notifying you they're doing so.

And they are allowing this on suspicion of an American citizen communicating with any "foreign threat" and without a warrant means without actual evidence.  The foreign threat is how it's being sold, but "domestic threat" will no doubt be included under the umbrella.

So naturally we DON'T want them doing this.  But here's the big problem: The wide open borders are letting in all kinds of terrorists (anyone denying this is delusional) and to the extent the IC actually wants to prevent terror attacks, now they do need the data from the communications these people are having within our borders.

Because of the mass invasion of illegals, we can't protect ourselves without being able to spy on them, but in the mix this enables the IC to spy on ALL of us and specifically because they're partisan, to include "domestic terrorists" (ie MAGA supporters or parents at school board meetings, Catholics going to church, and anyone who even thought of going to DC on Jan. 6).

This will be abused.  But it's being sold to us by fear mongering about foreign enemies, but without saying the obvious part out loud "Tee hee, we are inviting those enemies in with open arms."

https://twitter.com/ScottPresler/status/1779860130982453485

A federal judge upheld Georgia’s process of cross-checking citizenship status to determine voter eligibility.

District Court Judge Eleanor Ross ruled that the citizenship verification is constitutional

& does NOT violate the Voting Rights Act nor the National Voter Registration Act.

GA SOS says the verification process will be used in this year’s election.

This is a massive win — only US citizens should be able to vote in our elections.

https://twitter.com/TTEcclesBrown/status/1779313264482271534

For you non-Twitter users:

“Explaining the Israel / Gaza / Iran gang wars”

And the Bee is on it!

https://babylonbee.com/news/world-in-shock-as-murderous-terrorist-state-ignores-warning-from-impotent-old-man

They launched a bunch of drones that will take several hours to reach Israel. The IDF is preparing to shoot them down.  Or try to.  That’s all I know.  Except Biden addressed it saying, “Mffff bblubbbb uh… mmmeffff huh?”

Wait, what?  Oh, that’s right, this is the Ukraine thread.  There’s a whole story about Styx being back in the Netherlands. He had to fly on a Boeing.

Racist!
(ok, that bothered me too).

Racist?  I didn’t realize it was a black man’s hand, thought it was in shadow or just didn’t think about it.

If not for the government interference, like the subsidies, and it were a true competitive free market, maybe you could get them without being scammed.  There's at least one person I know who has them and likes them, if for no other reason, they will supply at least some power independent of society if the shit hits the fan.  Also stocks up on dehydrated food.  I do too but not for the zombiepocalypse, just for regular hurricanes. 

I also realized I'm sitting in the middle of a target if we get into WW3.  I thought this little out of the way corner of the state would be safe but no.  This place is full of refineries.  What is Ukraine hitting in Russia right now?  All their refineries.  Fuck it. Nowhere is safe anymore.