Chris, If you did not have your name attached to this, I would have assumed that it was a piece from the Babylon Bee. Especially the superb advice from Representative Lee. OMG.
The trans thing is their favorite dystopian wedge to cleave the social fabric at the moment. They think of us as lab rats in their big Skinner box. Sickening.
I wonder if those living in San Francisco, who are each going to receive that $5,000,000 In reparations, will have to give that up to receive their UBI checks.
The SF Board of Supervisors is just gaslighting black people. They have no money for this silliness. Free houses, lifetime generous income, tax breaks, right....It’s just more Jacobin Kabuki psychodrama. Not that it matters, because it all performative, Cali was never a slave state, the majority of black people in America immigrated after the Civil War, and most Americans never had slaves to begin with. You’re gonna make a slumdog millionaire tech lord from India who came here ten years ago pay slavery reparations? Good luck with that.
And that’s totally possible because of modern monetary theory where you can take $800 and turn it into $5MM with the push of a button and 400 PhD economists. Wish I thought of that...😬
New Mexico passed HB 7 a couple of weeks ago. This abomination is called the "Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act." Want to transition? You can do that whether or not Mom and Dad know about it or approve. Also, we continue to be Abortions-R-Us: the late-term abortion capitol of most of the US and Europe (we're so proud!). In honor of our cartel-connected governor's fondest wish, I am now calling this state "Mexifornia."
New Mexico has the weirdest politics. You'd think it would vote like Texas. Or at least how AZ used to vote. Is it just the Santa Fe people running things? Are the elections just rigged? I lived all over the state, from Taos to Las Cruces, it was never wacky liberal, except around Taos/ Sante Fe. But then I moved away in 1993....
New Mexico is a POS in terms of corruption. Bill Richardson was as dirty as they come and nothing has changed. AZ is no better, nor are a lot of others states. We’ve allowed the worst people into government. This is why we are now a banana republic without the bananas.
It's a banana republic for sure and they're all bananas. I remember Bill Richardson used to be the poster boy for corruption. He really doesn't stand out anymore. My opinion? Most people don't want to be involved in city/state/school/fed government. They don't want to spend the time or deal with dirty politics. The kind of people they don't want anything to do with are then free to run things as they please. Into the ground, especially in NM. I didn't start voting until I moved to CA and then only in the presidential elections. I had to get a lot older to see how every single lazy/clueless dingbat like me is why it's so bad. Nobody decent wants to put in the time, money, or aggravation, so people like MLG, Maggie Toulouse Lautrec (I just can't resist calling her that because I do not like Toulouse-Lautrec's artwork and I loathe her.), and the rest of them are free to run things as they please. Ditto for Katie Hobbs (who is a friend of Maggie's). Maggie has been trying to mess with voting laws and regulations here for many years and legality doesn't necessarily enter her equation. B*tch.
It amazes that Ms Cartel wants to do that when our economy is almost entirely dependent on oil & natural gas. I think she really just wants to sit with the cool kids in the cafeteria at lunch and that's the way to do it. It shouldn't take a whole lot longer for even the stupidest of them in Santa Fe to figure out that EVs are a pipe dream. Regular people have already figured it out. She really is very stupid. Stupid but connected.
I was born in Los Alamos but grew up in AZ. That's probably why this place still shocks me even though I moved back here 25 years ago. What concerns me is AZ seems to be veering in our direction.
Ima bet Rep Alex Lee won't be living in a "social flat" taking "green transport" or living off of UBI. His CCP provided crooked-legislator pension will afford better accommodation.
Are we there yet? Have we had enough or will we continue to wait for politicians to save us like the J6 Political Prisoners who are still waiting for a trial?
Had schools taught George Orwell and Ray Bradbury instead of some random black author because "old white dudes be bad," people would understand that a line like this should make you run screaming.
Yup. The blowback I got when I let a third year class (19 year olds) read Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" was scary. The newly-minted teachers (this was in 01) claimed the novel told a white supremacist narrative about the primitve savage, or some other utter tripe like that.
Because they didn't recognise the name or neither novel nor author. They just assumed based on students' (probably just one) reactions.
We read 'Fahrenheit 451', 'Lord of the Flies', 'Of mice and men' and many other classics and of course lots of swedish writers also, all before grade 8/9 (age 15). About one book/month depending on page count. Nowadays, one per semester is deemed almost too much.
Reading and writing teaches thinking. Re-reading and re-writing amplifies and multiplies the thinking. Tapping a phone or a pad does not.
Well Rikard, [mounts soapbox], the dumbing down of modern "education" has but one ultimate goal - to totally eliminate any possibility of challenge to "authority" from the great unwashed.
In the 1950s, (sixth to eighth grade, age 12/14) we were introduced to Orwell, Bradbury, Golding, and Huxley. And encouraged to discuss their works. At length. Of course, many of our teachers could, and were allowed to, teach. Which may not always, (often?), be the case today. I was fortunate, so very fortunate, in that brief period 'after the war', to attend a school where civics and history teachers coordinated lesson plans with those who taught English. All of that group of teachers saw active service in or over Europe in WWII. Which leads one to wonder if Robert Heinlein had a point when he postulated, in 'Starship Troopers' that only veterans could be teachers, or citizens.
As an aside: The girl who screamed out "You can't think that!" during a eighth or ninth grade classroom discussion of porcine philosophy in 'Animal Farm' went on to a totally undistinguished career as a legislator. Which proves that the best teachers in the world can lead a pig to the trough, but can't make her drink. Or something.
This bill is a threat on its face. The left cannot allow normal people to be, well...normal. They mean to be punitive by harming our kids. It's their go-to move.
AB665 is one of a trio of bad bills brought to us by Wendy Carrillo, a former illegal immigrant. The other two to watch are AB659 (HPV vaccine as a condition to attend school) and AB1317, which forces airline-style a la carte pricing to park at your own apartment.
The CA legislature is a malevolent force and we’d honestly be better off with no government than these evildoers.
"withdrawing the ubi check"? There's no withdrawing, only spending with government approval.
That guy is a dangerous lunatic. They postulate the existence of an awesome public school but never explain what mechanism caused it to become awesome instead of abysmal.
It must be something that just happens when nobody needs to work anymore. If I didn't need to work and gained no benefit from working other than the ability to pay taxes, I would definitely spend my time teaching middle school.
Chris, If you did not have your name attached to this, I would have assumed that it was a piece from the Babylon Bee. Especially the superb advice from Representative Lee. OMG.
The trans thing is their favorite dystopian wedge to cleave the social fabric at the moment. They think of us as lab rats in their big Skinner box. Sickening.
I wonder if those living in San Francisco, who are each going to receive that $5,000,000 In reparations, will have to give that up to receive their UBI checks.
California, what a great state. 🧐
The SF Board of Supervisors is just gaslighting black people. They have no money for this silliness. Free houses, lifetime generous income, tax breaks, right....It’s just more Jacobin Kabuki psychodrama. Not that it matters, because it all performative, Cali was never a slave state, the majority of black people in America immigrated after the Civil War, and most Americans never had slaves to begin with. You’re gonna make a slumdog millionaire tech lord from India who came here ten years ago pay slavery reparations? Good luck with that.
No, you'll totally get the $800 a month in UBI. Then you'll pay the $5,000,000 out of the $800.
And that’s totally possible because of modern monetary theory where you can take $800 and turn it into $5MM with the push of a button and 400 PhD economists. Wish I thought of that...😬
New Mexico passed HB 7 a couple of weeks ago. This abomination is called the "Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act." Want to transition? You can do that whether or not Mom and Dad know about it or approve. Also, we continue to be Abortions-R-Us: the late-term abortion capitol of most of the US and Europe (we're so proud!). In honor of our cartel-connected governor's fondest wish, I am now calling this state "Mexifornia."
New Mexico has the weirdest politics. You'd think it would vote like Texas. Or at least how AZ used to vote. Is it just the Santa Fe people running things? Are the elections just rigged? I lived all over the state, from Taos to Las Cruces, it was never wacky liberal, except around Taos/ Sante Fe. But then I moved away in 1993....
I'm curious about this, too. I don't understand NM demographics and politics.
New Mexico is a POS in terms of corruption. Bill Richardson was as dirty as they come and nothing has changed. AZ is no better, nor are a lot of others states. We’ve allowed the worst people into government. This is why we are now a banana republic without the bananas.
It's a banana republic for sure and they're all bananas. I remember Bill Richardson used to be the poster boy for corruption. He really doesn't stand out anymore. My opinion? Most people don't want to be involved in city/state/school/fed government. They don't want to spend the time or deal with dirty politics. The kind of people they don't want anything to do with are then free to run things as they please. Into the ground, especially in NM. I didn't start voting until I moved to CA and then only in the presidential elections. I had to get a lot older to see how every single lazy/clueless dingbat like me is why it's so bad. Nobody decent wants to put in the time, money, or aggravation, so people like MLG, Maggie Toulouse Lautrec (I just can't resist calling her that because I do not like Toulouse-Lautrec's artwork and I loathe her.), and the rest of them are free to run things as they please. Ditto for Katie Hobbs (who is a friend of Maggie's). Maggie has been trying to mess with voting laws and regulations here for many years and legality doesn't necessarily enter her equation. B*tch.
I’m surprised she has banned gas cats yet. What a pitiful person our Governor is
It amazes that Ms Cartel wants to do that when our economy is almost entirely dependent on oil & natural gas. I think she really just wants to sit with the cool kids in the cafeteria at lunch and that's the way to do it. It shouldn't take a whole lot longer for even the stupidest of them in Santa Fe to figure out that EVs are a pipe dream. Regular people have already figured it out. She really is very stupid. Stupid but connected.
I was born in Los Alamos but grew up in AZ. That's probably why this place still shocks me even though I moved back here 25 years ago. What concerns me is AZ seems to be veering in our direction.
Ima bet Rep Alex Lee won't be living in a "social flat" taking "green transport" or living off of UBI. His CCP provided crooked-legislator pension will afford better accommodation.
Inner-party gets excellent dacha.
I can't anymore....this is too much..... how is this possible everywhere you look......
Easy to see when following the money, like Jennifer Bilek has and continues to do:
https://www.tabletmag.com/contributors/jennifer-bilek
Are we there yet? Have we had enough or will we continue to wait for politicians to save us like the J6 Political Prisoners who are still waiting for a trial?
Yeah I don't think ignoring this is a viable solution.
That strategy puts us one way;
Forever backwards
👆
We can not coexist with these people. Better to recognize that now than to be surprised by it later.
They are increasingly signaling an intent to not coexist.
Another thousand years of this and we won't be of the same species.
EDIT: "Another thousand years of this and we won't *identify* as the same species."
YAY! 200 ESG CBDC BUX for ME!
LOLOLOL
"A future we can make happen.”
Had schools taught George Orwell and Ray Bradbury instead of some random black author because "old white dudes be bad," people would understand that a line like this should make you run screaming.
Yup. The blowback I got when I let a third year class (19 year olds) read Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" was scary. The newly-minted teachers (this was in 01) claimed the novel told a white supremacist narrative about the primitve savage, or some other utter tripe like that.
Because they didn't recognise the name or neither novel nor author. They just assumed based on students' (probably just one) reactions.
We read 'Fahrenheit 451', 'Lord of the Flies', 'Of mice and men' and many other classics and of course lots of swedish writers also, all before grade 8/9 (age 15). About one book/month depending on page count. Nowadays, one per semester is deemed almost too much.
Reading and writing teaches thinking. Re-reading and re-writing amplifies and multiplies the thinking. Tapping a phone or a pad does not.
"the novel told a white supremacist narrative about the primitve savage, or some other utter tripe like that."
I love how non-African, probably not even black students come to these conclusions rather than read and learn. It's racism of a different kind.
Don't quite understand the term "read and learn", Lillia. Is that some kind of antiquated English phrase?
Well Rikard, [mounts soapbox], the dumbing down of modern "education" has but one ultimate goal - to totally eliminate any possibility of challenge to "authority" from the great unwashed.
In the 1950s, (sixth to eighth grade, age 12/14) we were introduced to Orwell, Bradbury, Golding, and Huxley. And encouraged to discuss their works. At length. Of course, many of our teachers could, and were allowed to, teach. Which may not always, (often?), be the case today. I was fortunate, so very fortunate, in that brief period 'after the war', to attend a school where civics and history teachers coordinated lesson plans with those who taught English. All of that group of teachers saw active service in or over Europe in WWII. Which leads one to wonder if Robert Heinlein had a point when he postulated, in 'Starship Troopers' that only veterans could be teachers, or citizens.
As an aside: The girl who screamed out "You can't think that!" during a eighth or ninth grade classroom discussion of porcine philosophy in 'Animal Farm' went on to a totally undistinguished career as a legislator. Which proves that the best teachers in the world can lead a pig to the trough, but can't make her drink. Or something.
I'll always be thankful to my paternal grandmother, who every year would gift me a grocery bag full of books.
Why are we letting the INSANE run the world????
Served up piping hot! Kudos!
This bill is a threat on its face. The left cannot allow normal people to be, well...normal. They mean to be punitive by harming our kids. It's their go-to move.
"Awesome public schools." Bish, please.
I just don't get it. Who "withdraws their check"? He means in our bold techtopian future we still use checks?
Withdraw as.. cash? What's cash?
Maybe he means buying vodka and TP for trading purposes.
In the even more distant future, besides direct deposit, we'll have--now try to imagine this--debit cards.
Debit. Card?
Nah, it'll just be reduced to "debts."
(Only one creditor, though.)
It’s the Eugenics programs and forced castrations revived for a less polite generation of tyrants
Sharing with my friend, her son lives in CA. I'm sure he's aware of this but just in case. That Lee fella? 😂😂😂
AB665 is one of a trio of bad bills brought to us by Wendy Carrillo, a former illegal immigrant. The other two to watch are AB659 (HPV vaccine as a condition to attend school) and AB1317, which forces airline-style a la carte pricing to park at your own apartment.
The CA legislature is a malevolent force and we’d honestly be better off with no government than these evildoers.
Are used to think the problem is in Washington. But you people live in hell.
"withdrawing the ubi check"? There's no withdrawing, only spending with government approval.
That guy is a dangerous lunatic. They postulate the existence of an awesome public school but never explain what mechanism caused it to become awesome instead of abysmal.
It must be something that just happens when nobody needs to work anymore. If I didn't need to work and gained no benefit from working other than the ability to pay taxes, I would definitely spend my time teaching middle school.