The Taliban have defeated the US military. Proving that you can lose all of the battles and still win the war, if only you have more tenacity. It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
The US hasn’t won a war in almost 30 years, and hasn’t won a war with a Democrat in the Whitehouse in 75.
Why? Let me quote her:
“Yes, the small landlords are at a disadvantage, but guess what, they know how to go to the bank, they know how to get a loan”
Maxine Waters, on the eviction moratorium impact on small business
The Democrats claim to be for the little guy, but that is bullshit. They care about their rich friends, and that’s it.
In another example of Mussolini fascism, private companies are surveilling private citizens and passing that information on to the government. Case in point, a company named Flock safety (as in sheep?) installed approximately 100 hidden cameras around Lake county, Florida, with the approval of the sheriff.
We have installed 1000s of cameras around the country, including all over Florida, and our team moves very quickly.
statement from Flock Safety
The company places an emphasis on capturing license plate numbers and vehicle details.
This surveillance state crap sickens me. Mask, spray paint, intrusive camera.
IANAL, but it seems to me that since this isn’t government property…
An investigation by the state of Florida AG has found that street gangs fraudulently obtained funding from the Paycheck Protection Program and other COVID relief to buy drugs and guns.
At least six people created limited liability companies, or LLCs, solicited people through social media and in some cases stole identities to apply for PPP and SBA loans, then using the funds obtained to fund criminal enterprises. This included guns and drugs picked up from a marijuana farm in California and flown back to Orlando.
One of the many jobs I have had was at a plant that made stainless steel pipe and tube. The process was that we would buy large rolls of stainless steel, slit them to the proper sizes, then cold roll those into pipe. The edges of the roll would be welded together, then the now completed pipe was induction annealed so it would hold its shape.
We had a woman there who was in charge of QA. It was her job to test each batch of pipe to ensure that the pipe was properly manufactured. Once, the woman decertified an entire batch of pipe because the welds were faulty and had microscopic cracks in them. That batch had to go out the next day so we could meet the customer’s deadline. It was a couple of dozen tons of pipe.
Management fixed the problem by firing the QA department and shipping the pipe. Of course, the entire batch of pipe came back when the welds began to fail. Due to bad management, the company went out of business less than a year later.
I am telling you this story because there is a lesson there. One that will easily apply to the situation in this country with regards to our education. The Oregon governor recently decided that too many black students were failing tests in reading and math proficiency. To her, the obvious problem lies in the test, so the test was eliminated.
The FBI says that it’s a felony to use the CDC’s logo without permission, and can net you a 5 year jail term and thousands in fines.
No one keeps a searchable record of who has and has not been vaccinated.
So an answer seems easy to me. Alter the logo, then make the alteration difficult to see. Damage and dog ear the fake card to the point that it looks well worn and the logo is smudged as to be nearly unidentifiable.
As you read this article, I want you to realize that anyone who votes for Democrats because they support the poor while the Republicans are evil rich guys is an idiot.
As I read it, it struck me that Kings of Imperial Europe didn’t have a life like Obama, Pelosi, and the rest of our nation’s elite.
Wear your mask and stay away from crowds, peasant.
Some parents of disabled students are suing Governor Desantis of Florida. Why? They claim that the state’s lack of a mask mandate is discrimination because the other children not wearing masks makes school unsafe, and is thus a violation of the ADA.
“He likes to be with his friends, he likes to be integrated into the school environment,” said attorney Matthew Dietz. “He shouldn’t have to be in a trailer isolated just because he has a disability.”
So instead, all of the other children in the entire state should be forced to wear masks? Yep, that is exactly what they want.
So Will’s parents and those of 14 other disabled students on Friday sued DeSantis, the state Department of Education and school boards, seeking an injunction to prevent the state from discriminating against the disabled students by denying them a safe environment.
Note that no one is saying that children CAN’T wear masks at school. The governor is saying that the child and their parents retain the choice of whether or not to wear a mask. That isn’t good enough for the left. People can do things without being compelled to do so. What is it with liberals? They think that the only way people do anything is for the government to require it, under threat of force. No wonder they hate cops. Every progressive idea ends with police, jails, and gulags.
I disagree with the premise of this lawsuit. I am not sure that the ADA can be used to compel behavior or acts from people uninvolved in the education of the special needs child. Yes, an IEP can be used to compel acts from the school or teachers, but I think it is stretching the boundaries of the ADA to require other students take acts to assist the student.
For example, putting a clause in the IEP requiring that other students push an ESE student’s wheel chair from class to class would not be appropriate.
A news story this week is another indication that a fundamental change in American politics is taking place. If you can read between the lines, you can see that there has definitely been a change in the DC climate.
The Biden administration defended the unconstitutional eviction moratorium in court. What they had to say about landlords is a glimpse into how the administration views small business owners.
Any injury to Plaintiffs caused by a temporary administrative stay is outweighed by the risk of illness and mortality
DOJ attorney
Pro socialist lobbyists said that “realtors, home builders and apartment associations wasted millions of dollars and goodwill in a public fight to allow landlords to evict struggling tenants during a historic and deadly global pandemic.”
This fits with Socialist dogma, which blames business owners for taking advantage of the poor, either by underpaying workers, or overcharging them for rent and loan interest rates, so this statement isn’t surprising. What IS surprising is what this says about the effect of lobbying.
The lobbyists for the landlords were incensed. The National Association of Realtors was frozen out of the offices of those who they have, until recently, counted on. The association gives out more than $30 million a year in contributions, making them one of the largest lobbying groups in the DC scene. The Realtors’ PAC contributed nearly $2 million to House Democratic candidates in the 2020 election cycle, including $10,000 apiece to Waters and Pelosi. Yet none of that mattered in this case.
For decades, lobbyists were used to the status quo, where they handed out millions in bribes campaign contributions in exchange for political favors. So what has changed?
Why would Democrats suddenly not need the money of one of the largest lobbying groups in the nation? It could be argued that there are so many delinquent tenants that the politicians need their votes more than they need lobbying cash. I don’t buy this one. The Democrats, and especially Joe Biden, had already sold the story of the Supreme Court declaring it to be unconstitutional.
Your guess is as good as mine. There is some reason out there for why the Democrats are infuriating a large source of campaign cash. Even if elections don’t matter, money does. What has them so worried? This one leaves me with more questions than it does answers.