M. Sim, I'm clearing my backlog before travel. I meant to inform peeps and you (you probably were already aware) of this RealClearInvestigations project, which is dear to this true-Capitalist's heart.
Before there was Substack I honestly had no appreciation for the unrepentant unrepentance of cats. Now I find myself wondering if that three letter word should be capitalized.
I had a grey and white cornish Rex kitty named Pierro, that lives on in my heart.
Larry looks content
Perhaps he is hanging around with Pierro, being naughty of course.
Obama's Army has grown. You cannot find the earlier videos of the young black boys claiming membership to Obama's Army. Those have been removed from the internets.
"...overstepping federal agents." Goosestepping, I'd call it.
We have way too many people like that here, both in official and officious capacity as well as "well-meaning conscientous citizens" - read curtain twitchers. You, meaning USAmericans (is that an offensive term nowadays? I can no longer tell) desperately need to curb these tendencies and get a movement going, all other issues aside, to ensure that honouring the righst and principles that are the foundation of the law are held in higher esteem than legalistic rules-lawyering and literalism.
Our system has zero separation between judiciary, legislative and executive - it's all one and it's all top-down. Trust me when I say that you do not want that, because once in place no politician and no business leader will ever want to change it.
I see your courts and raise you our "constitutional committee", the alleged safeguard against governement violating its own laws, but 1) is made up out of politicians appointed by that same governement from the same party that forms governement, and 2) only has the power to summon a politician to a hearing, and at its harshest issue a formal reprimand - like a note from the teacher that you don't have to get signed and bring back.
Oh, and the summons may be freely ignore without consequence.
(Yeah, I know it's not a competition and I know there are plenty worse places, but if I'd stop using bitter humour as a coping mechanism I'd lose the plot completely.)
regarding this story, 4 years a go i would have felt sorry for the injured officers, but after covid and realising that police will just go full totalitarian on us at the word of corrupt politicians, fuck em all!
It sure looks like the police in this scenario were shot by the police. (after the police shot the dog initially all hell broke loose at the sound of gunfire and officers started shooting blindly into the building) The Houston PD refuses to release ballistics relating to the officer injuries.
Time for an inconvenient truth.... I just want all you brilliant feline loving Substackers to know how much I welcome, respect and somewhat cleave to your pearls of wisdom, truth and wicked humor....because I just really am not a cat person! As in, not at all. I just had to come clean with that....please don’t cut me off! 😉😉😉
Oddly, I have so many dear friends with cats....I guess I’m a people pleaser, cats... it seems impossible. They ignore you most of the time and then boss you around....too much like my ex husband!!! MEOW!! 😂😂😂
There's a 2011 book, Pox, by Michael Willrich, about smallpox and vaccine battles in the U.S. circa 1900. It has lots and lots of echoes of the covid vaccine battles. There were smallpox vaccination travel and work and school requirements, anti-compulsory vaccination leagues.
An argument a friend of mine always makes about freedom, is we’re not free, we have laws. “Don’t you wear your seatbelt while driving?,” she’ll ask. Maybe because someone else mentioned seatbelts today it’s on my mind.
I have a friend who uses the same argument (they must all have access to a talking points list). The hilarious thing is how she smugly thinks she has made an irrefutable point. Actually not a friend but SIL which explains why I don’t laugh in her face.
First of all,……….is Larry not with us? This distresses me.
Your essay today is very alarming and I am currently thinking about panicking. The thought of a missing reporter, even if it is of his own doing, scares me.
I still can remember when I wasn’t tentative about going about my daily life…….It was when Trump was president…..He was and still is a blowhard but, a great president. He would never have put up with infringing on anyone’s freedom. But, that was then.
I’m in the middle of dropping my latest, and here you come, kicking in my door like an FBI agent. So now I have to stop everything I’m doing and read your Substack, because you’re awesome.
And thank you for the missing journalist. I’m putting that to work now.
Are you restricting comments to paid subscribers on some posts?
Not on purpose!
Tried to leave a comment on this post https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/no-rest-in-clown-world?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=529923&post_id=80268187&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
and the mean dialogue box came up and told me I was unclean!
Yes it's all fixed now :) My fault! :)
(wipes her sodden face and goes to put the kettle on...)
M. Sim, I'm clearing my backlog before travel. I meant to inform peeps and you (you probably were already aware) of this RealClearInvestigations project, which is dear to this true-Capitalist's heart.
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/10/20/invisible_hand_or_iron_fist_realclearinvestigations_guide_to_politicized_capitalism_849279.html
Politicized Capitalism is an oxymoron, really. Just another perversion of the concept itself.
You mean you’re going to be absent …………AGAIN?
You just never know when I'll pop up, Denise. I aim to give trolling a good name!
Good grief.
Sorry for any loss of trust, my friend, but no grieving.
Just good will, hard work, and till we meet again!
Before there was Substack I honestly had no appreciation for the unrepentant unrepentance of cats. Now I find myself wondering if that three letter word should be capitalized.
Larry is adorable.
I had a grey and white cornish Rex kitty named Pierro, that lives on in my heart.
Larry looks content
Perhaps he is hanging around with Pierro, being naughty of course.
Obama's Army has grown. You cannot find the earlier videos of the young black boys claiming membership to Obama's Army. Those have been removed from the internets.
Obama always reminded me of Hitler.
"...overstepping federal agents." Goosestepping, I'd call it.
We have way too many people like that here, both in official and officious capacity as well as "well-meaning conscientous citizens" - read curtain twitchers. You, meaning USAmericans (is that an offensive term nowadays? I can no longer tell) desperately need to curb these tendencies and get a movement going, all other issues aside, to ensure that honouring the righst and principles that are the foundation of the law are held in higher esteem than legalistic rules-lawyering and literalism.
Our system has zero separation between judiciary, legislative and executive - it's all one and it's all top-down. Trust me when I say that you do not want that, because once in place no politician and no business leader will ever want to change it.
Yes. The courts that were supposed to be holding back the government realized they were actually on the same side.
I see your courts and raise you our "constitutional committee", the alleged safeguard against governement violating its own laws, but 1) is made up out of politicians appointed by that same governement from the same party that forms governement, and 2) only has the power to summon a politician to a hearing, and at its harshest issue a formal reprimand - like a note from the teacher that you don't have to get signed and bring back.
Oh, and the summons may be freely ignore without consequence.
(Yeah, I know it's not a competition and I know there are plenty worse places, but if I'd stop using bitter humour as a coping mechanism I'd lose the plot completely.)
Wow. Super serious stuff over there! A sternly worded letter!!
I think that overall, family court is an evil nasty entity.
Exactly. Over who owns what DVDs? They probably haven't even owned a DVD player between them in 6 years.
Yep, and taking framed photos off the wall -- nitpicky and cruel at the same time.
that judge is a monster, i hope they kick her ass
All judges that overstep need to get slapped back HARD. This also goes for the rubber stamp judges that approve BS warrants like this case:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/houston-police-embroiled-scandal-lies-found-knock-warrant/story?id=60991293
regarding this story, 4 years a go i would have felt sorry for the injured officers, but after covid and realising that police will just go full totalitarian on us at the word of corrupt politicians, fuck em all!
It sure looks like the police in this scenario were shot by the police. (after the police shot the dog initially all hell broke loose at the sound of gunfire and officers started shooting blindly into the building) The Houston PD refuses to release ballistics relating to the officer injuries.
the report said he shot them with a .357 magnum, but then later failed to mention it when listing the weapons seized
Yes, exactly. And he would have to be John Wick to wake up from a nap and take down that many officers in that amount of time with that many shots.
Of course, no bodycam footage.
whats the betting the judge was a democunt, sorry my spelling is going further down hill every time i read the news
What happened to Monkeypox? Fact Cheked to oblivion?
It was going to be terrible! Then they admitted it was almost entirely gay men spreading it. Then there was a couple stories of kids getting it.
Then radio silence.
As long as they can get away with what they're doing, they will continue until every last "dissident" is silenced forever. But that will never happen.
Blowback is still a thing, even when just talking about censorship of the internet. Ban one 'enemy' and you create (at least) two more.
I should clarify, we will never be silenced. However, I'm equally sure they will not be punished.
Time for an inconvenient truth.... I just want all you brilliant feline loving Substackers to know how much I welcome, respect and somewhat cleave to your pearls of wisdom, truth and wicked humor....because I just really am not a cat person! As in, not at all. I just had to come clean with that....please don’t cut me off! 😉😉😉
Woof!
I promise I won't scratch your eyes out. Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Unless you do that one thing I hate.
No, I won't tell you what it is. You'll know.
LOL!!
"You'll know" after you've been scratched. 😂
Mom is too lazy to trim our needle sharp nails, so there is that.
Now, that’s funny…….and at such a great risk!
Well, I’m NOT a cat person either…….I get it…….
I just think that SimCom’s sharing his pictures is very endearing……well, maybe not endearing but nice………oh, who cares………
Oddly, I have so many dear friends with cats....I guess I’m a people pleaser, cats... it seems impossible. They ignore you most of the time and then boss you around....too much like my ex husband!!! MEOW!! 😂😂😂
Just accept your place, human. It's easier that way!
Same here, friends with cats
There's two types of people: cat people and potential future cat people.
Third type: allergic to cats (as I am).
You may have a point there………actually, you DO have a point.
There's a 2011 book, Pox, by Michael Willrich, about smallpox and vaccine battles in the U.S. circa 1900. It has lots and lots of echoes of the covid vaccine battles. There were smallpox vaccination travel and work and school requirements, anti-compulsory vaccination leagues.
It's a recommended read.
Sweet Larry!!
An argument a friend of mine always makes about freedom, is we’re not free, we have laws. “Don’t you wear your seatbelt while driving?,” she’ll ask. Maybe because someone else mentioned seatbelts today it’s on my mind.
I have a friend who uses the same argument (they must all have access to a talking points list). The hilarious thing is how she smugly thinks she has made an irrefutable point. Actually not a friend but SIL which explains why I don’t laugh in her face.
WHY IS THE CANCEL BUTTON RIGHT NEXT TO THE POST BUTTON
🙃 darn! I have to keep refreshing to like. Or I write a lengthy comment and hit post only to be redirected to subscribe.
Yeah the like system is wonky basically all the time :( I just assume that's why nobody likes my comments! :p
They are there, just can’t see them!!!
Well I'm not gonna type it all out again, but basically laws are how government protects our rights (the proper function of government)
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
When you harm me or steal my stuff, government uses laws to punish that aggression. (Otherwise I would do it myself, and nobody wants that!)
First of all,……….is Larry not with us? This distresses me.
Your essay today is very alarming and I am currently thinking about panicking. The thought of a missing reporter, even if it is of his own doing, scares me.
I still can remember when I wasn’t tentative about going about my daily life…….It was when Trump was president…..He was and still is a blowhard but, a great president. He would never have put up with infringing on anyone’s freedom. But, that was then.
Ok, SimCom……..
Work your magic………the ledge is calling
Larry passed last spring :( I frequently come across his pictures, though. I figured it was a good day to post one.
the grieving never ends.
The good thing is that after about 14 years, you just remember the funny stuff.
I have always had cornish rex cats and they are loud, silly, playful, naughty and want to walk on the ceiling.
I’m sorry….we humans suffer because we always want them to know how much we love them……It doesn’t get better.
I’m in the middle of dropping my latest, and here you come, kicking in my door like an FBI agent. So now I have to stop everything I’m doing and read your Substack, because you’re awesome.
And thank you for the missing journalist. I’m putting that to work now.
Dropped.
Visit for the inspiration, stay for the memes.