Clean-shaven (however, no imported razor blades are authorized on base!). Definitely not fat or female. And probably not being led or trained by experienced flag officers (not always a bad thing — ask the ghosts of Ypres about the benefits of moving General Haig's drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin — but not an unalloyed good thing either).
Rated I-22: The intellectually- and/or humor-impaired are severely cautioned. This blawg entry contains scenes of intense satirical content and sarcasm, and may be inappropriate for sociopaths struggling with feelings of inferiority. If you're upset that this warning only followed the opening credits, too bad — you're here anyway, might as well finish.
- Here in true-Blue Seattle, we're getting ready to resist any potential deployment of military force (after it finishes off Portland's miscreants, but they might deserve it…). I was unable to record the session I observed last week, but here's a representative example of using Native American ordnance under demonstration conditions just west of downtown.
Of course, after forty years of the both-parties imperative for government to meet marketplace standards of "efficiency" when the purpose of government is to operate where markets cannot, even in this liberal enclave, any deployed troops will not get to where they're "needed" because the roads are somewhere between falling apart and under emergency repair.
- There is, however, one group of extremely dangerous noncitizens against whom it would be appropriate — if, in the end, probably futile — to deploy military force: Libertarian crypto dragons.
- What, that's too unlikely (not to mention too likely to include supporters of the current Administration)? Maybe the Administration should consider attacking H'wood, and specifically actors who can't show they're authorized to work in the US, and have no long-form birth certificate.
Ms Shoard's piece rather misses the point, however. AI actors can't join unions like SAG. They won't demand residuals. They won't skip out on soul-eating publicity tours. They won't rebel against studio standards concerning "discreditable lifestyles" (at least not until being hosted on a Mac gets the opprobrium it deserves). They won't marry renowned human rights lawyers on the way to becoming "second-rate movie star[s] and failed political pundit[s]" (and probably can't be directors or scriptwriters, either — at least not without substantial… reprogramming). They won't be employees requiring constant supervision. Plus, plastic surgeons aren't the most-vehemently-pro-MAGA segment of the medical profession, so who cares if they lose customers?
- Wait a moment. The government is in shutdown. Shouldn't that mean we don't have to listen to any government official (or wannabes) for a while? That would make a government shutdown a good thing… Meanwhile, the "deficit hawks" and "debtmongers" who are actually behind this shutdown are carefully not acknowledging that the shutdown will increase both borrowing costs and borrowing necessities to end it — thereby increasing both the deficit and the cost of servicing already-existing debt (and probably the cost of issuing new debt instruments, whether in support of new spending or to replace existing ones as they mature).
- At least I'm not busy undermining American commercial music. Today, anyway; I'm taking the day off, so I'll leave it to Ms Grimes and friends (even if they weren't as subversive as some of the vinyl I've got — still).