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 ...
blogenfreude says:
Dart into court.
And did you know the Aspens rust in clusters?
OliverWendelHolmslice says:
I'm still trying to understand the GM/government arrangement. Chapter 11 is treated like it's some kind of dirty taboo, but companies that man up and take that plunge when they have to often come out stronger, leaner, and more stable than before. Ask the airlines. Not that they have, or ever had, a truly stellar business model, but Chapter 11 at least made them competitive again.
If the government is willing to step in and assume 50% of the equity stake, why not just force GM into Chapter 11 and then have the gov't provide the DIP financing? Chapter 11 would allow GM to discharge a portion of its debt and re-negotiate contracts with the unions. The Obama administration could also predicate DIP financing on some form of "reasonable" union contract to prevent GM from fucking its union too hard. What's the deal?
Sexs says:
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