A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled the text of the long-awaited bipartisan infrastructure bill Sunday night.
You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need…
Awesome! Now what do we do about voting rights and the climate catastrophe that is here…now…and not 2100?
GETTR, the social media platform launched by Trump’s allies, has GOTTen swamped with ISIS propaganda.
Well, I hope they don’t cancel Daesh just because of their strong conservative values!!1!
And do it in that exact order as addressing the latter without correcting the former will leave us in christofacist climate change hell forever.
I thiNk theY are coNfusinG isis witH Antifa.
Yes…when it comes to the “more conservative than thou” competition, it’s hard to compete with Daesh. Sad, really, since so many of those “strong conservative” families who refuse to get the vaccine really enjoy a lot of the things that Daesh would consider off the table. It’ll be confusing for them.
Something about Daesh and their “strong conservative values” reminded me of Kurtz’ monologue in Apocalypse Now when he describes the enemy “hack[ing] off each inoculated arm”. Now those are strong conservative values.
GETTR, the social media platform launched by Trump’s allies, has GOTTen swamped with ISIS propaganda.
DAESH recognizes fellow travelers: people who want to destroy America.
I think we’re about two weeks away from that in certain states. Did you see that preacher dude screaming about the vaccine and Biden and demon-possessed leftists and so forth?
Yep. And frankly, if you want to post actual beheading videos, you want a platform where political correctness isn’t the norm.
Before the Gloomies weigh in, let me express my hopes and desires for a successful legislative session for us.
The infrastructure upon which infrastructure is built are our natural services (wind, rain, sun, currents, groundwater) and the plants and animals that stabilize those systems. We have lost about two-thirds of animal populations (insects, mammals, reptiles, birds, etc.) just since 1970. The integrity of our natural systems is what matters, then we’re not always putting out forest fires, bilge-pumping our cities, or reading about endless waves of refugees as states around the world collapse and become ungovernable. More importantly, how do you even begin to repair and restore natural systems when it doesn’t seem an issue at all? We instead look at fires on tv, read about polar amplification, listen to podcasts about the sixth great extinction event, or check out pandemic tik-toks.
Looking at the current bill, you have the $105 billion for water cleanup and water system “weatherization” which is more about adaptation than mitigations or rewiliding. The $21 billion “environmental” component is largely for cleaning up extractive industry messes (a moral hazard problem, as it means these polluting operations successfully externalized their costs to the taxpayer). It’s great for employment, of course, to fix roads and bridges, and beef up the rail system, but it feels backward-looking and kind of misses the bigger point that you have to have functional natural services for infrastructure to have any value.
I did. I’m hearing about a minister who knowingly attended activities unmasked despite his positive diagnosis. Since the GOP in OK is totally unhinged, we won’t even be able to control it on a community level. It’s going to be terrible.
I am struggling to understand the concept of new spending. The references to this bill call it a 1 Trillion dollar bill, yet it seems to me that about half of the money is already there. SO EXACTLY how is this a 1 Trillion dollar bill. Wouldn’t that 450 million be available even if this bill is not passed? Any help or pointers to where I can get some understanding on this will be appreciated.
Then there are consequences.
And it seems to me that there is a propaganda aparratus which handles mitigating/making sure there is a lack of communication about those consequences.
And the latter people are NOT the poor buggers dying because they crave to interact only with their own Tribe.
No…they are $$$$$$$ people who give their wives a peck on the cheek before heading out to work just like any other men who work in other industries.
Not Official until Biden gets in the truck and honks the horn. Now that was an infrastructure week
Great idea for lyrics. You should become a song writer.
Oscar Wilde and everyone else said:
“Talent Borrows, Genius Steals”
