The photos of the "crowds" at the tank parade remind me of when Bill Hicks would come on stage in an almost-empty club, scan the room slowly, and announce "I've had more people in bed than this" ...
When the president sends a cabinet member on TV to announce "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
This is from 2022 but it was absolutely right. The practiced buffoonery of Trump 1, all the "just kiddings" and "seriously but not literallys" absolutely succeeded in desensitizing people who are hardly paying any attention to the harder stuff they always intended to do next. ...
The basic fallacy in chasing votes by being "tough on immigration" is that the modal American's position on the issue is "Deport the Bad ones and keep the Good ones," and they alone know who is which, and that simply does not translate into workable policy. So this kind of gestapo stuff horrifies some of the same people who cheered when Trump promised to do it. There are true sociopaths who love this, but "No, I meant only the BAD immigrants! Not my coworker/friend/neighbor!" is as likely a reaction as enthusiasm. You cannot do immigration policy that satisfies these people because what they want is nonsensical.
So by the time center-left parties fully commit to chasing the far right by "getting tough" on immigration, the backlash has already begun to build and they walk right into it. "I thought you people wanted this!" No, they want something impossible and convinced themselves they'd could have it - the "eat whatever you want AND lose weight!" of immigration policies.
It is hard to grasp but large masses of Americans are both racist/xenophobic AND not racist/xenophobic enough to applaud what Trump is doing. It's goldilocks shit, they want a level of racism/xenophobia calibrated exactly to their personal preferences, and you just can't make that policy. Don't try. ...
AP: Trump extends olive branch, invites Musk to White House cellar to taste some brand new amontillado ...
erik says:
well, I guess in the end the majority of the bees were killed. Although it seems that the swingset didn't get off completely unscathed.
Matthew says:
Oh the beemanity!
Jeremy says:
I, for one, think that is a perfectly good way to spend the day. If you are not busy making your own homemade liquor, that is.
Charles Darwin says:
Evolution shot a big fuckin airball on that one, all the way around. How the fuck does an organism evolve to avoid rednecks with flammable chemicals?
Samantha says:
One time when I was a kid I made a flame thrower with a can af aquanet hairspray and a bic lighter so that I could anililate an anthill in my yard. It was quite effective.
Wait…why is bee incineration in the archives of a honda and acura technical resource site?
Scott says:
I believe I speak for everyone when I say, MacGyver would approve of this, wholeheartedly.
Sarah says:
You know…they may have started the Beepocalpyse I've been hearing so much about.