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They said that Queens could stay,
they blew the Bronx away,
and sank Manhattan out at sea.

-- "Miami 2017" by Billy Joel

For a 1970s song, he was only off by a few short years.

I don't really disagree, but when it comes to animals that we are not personally raising, "approved for use" soon becomes the standard, and then to find meat that won't kill you becomes more and more difficult and expensive. Similar situation to grass fed beef, which is better for you but much more expensive (edited to add the last bit). Of course they want us to quit eating meat anyway, so there is no incentive to hold back.

What ever happened to "NO. Just no."

Believe it or not I made that up a long time ago when cow farts became so important to the global warming (morphed into climate change) crowd. I noticed a stampeding buffalo herd in a movie and thought, "Holy cow fart factory on the move!", LOL! You're welcome to use it whenever it suits you.

I 1,000% hope this happens.

Make a hundred million, and try to denoucne your citizenship and leave without selling/paying taxes. GOOD LUCK. The USA won't let you do that.

I can see NY blocking that as well...

Yes, I am counting on it. Counting on the worse downturn in NYC history, and a massive economic failure. Worse is better. Collapse is best.

Love that one. Gonna steal it!

"Approved for use" is ok with me. "Forced to use" is THE problem.

See the plan? It’s pretty clear. And, America will probably totally changed within ten years.

NYC gave in completely to Wall St corruption in the late 80's and few made any attempt at ethical behavior since.
The acceptance of thievery set an example that the young weren't taught to resist, imo.
There hasn't been significant actual production in NYC in more than 50 years, just stealing from everyone else.
Those with integrity leave. The parasites must learn by starvation. NYC is acting out AS.

I wonder if this was said in jest; unless I'm more naive than I thought I was, I very much doubt Abbot has the power to levy any kind of fee or tax to people moving to Texas based solely on their former state of residence.

The saying "be careful what you wish for; you just might get it" comes to mind. Or, in the words of Ed Koch "The people have spoken. And they must be punished."

TheRealBill, you triggered the memory of a cousin Bill who lived in Connecticut. He and his pretty blonde wife also showed up when I was visiting my parents one warm for Christmas in Dothan, Alabama, having a newspaper reporter's job elsewhere in that state during the Seventies.
Thought it odd when Bill complained to his wife that he really needed a beer just after breakfast. Me dino wondered "Who the heck REALLY needs a beer shortly after breakfast?"
Lost track of cousin Bill until some time during the late Eighties. One of my brothers told me that Bill's wife had left him long before he moved to New Orleans I guess to keep warm. Guess he didn't know you can also freeze to death during a winter in the Deep South. That is how cousin Bill died as a homeless drunk.

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature.

Where was the "climate change" when there were millions of buffalo (bison), elk, and caribou pooping and farting all over North America? Oh yeah, along came the white man who slaughtered all the herds and saved the planet - har har har!

Update: It is now 11/05/2025 and the election is over. Mamdani won. How long before a NYC law is passed legislatiing people are free to leave, but their wealth must be left behind - or legislation having a similar effect. I'm not one to wish ill on folks, but the NYC electorate needs to experience what they wished (voted) for. May their wealth be confiscated and spread around "for the greater good". May the keys to their homes and cars be shared with anyone who needs a place to stay or transportation - after all, "they didn't make those things, why should they be the only ones to have them?".

Winter's coming soon, fellas. Go write a message in the snow to your favorite dem :)
Memes too good to choose a favorite. Thanks once more, ouc.

Great set, true and scary, the danger is getting more visible each day. Dems win in NY, VA, and other places. Apparently the sheeple haven't been able to shake TDS or to do the math. They are still getting their daily pablum from the Massive Socialist Media, and that will not change.

The truth is less salacious. LLMs are trained on large volumes of human generated text. The almost nonexistent writing in favor of individualism doesn’t need to be ignored, it is simply outweighed.

And human writing in bulk has a strong deference to and bias for authority. Every monotheistic religion is inherently authoritarian. All of scientific papers and research is inherently pro-authority. Almost all literature is as well when you think about it.

This is what trains the LLM. It doesn’t need a human to bias it - it is reflecting the bias in our writing. It may be uncomfortable and IMO should be, but it unmistakably true.

As so aptly sung by Ye Band of J Giles:
Just tryin’ to keep it steady as I piss on the wall!”

Quoting that song in this forum wasn’t in my bingo card. 😁

“democratic socialism does not involve outright government seizure of the means of production. Rather, it manifests through layers of government interference in the private sector—via regulations, taxes, mandates, and bureaucratic controls. Each intervention distorts market processes, producing inefficiencies and crises that, in turn, invite yet more intervention. The cycle repeats, expanding state power and eroding prosperity.”

And those of us who have studied Fascism - actual Sorel, Mussolini, et al, Fascism, works exactly like this by design.

Basically their government banned cow farts and mandatory “chemical castration” of their ability to do so.

And we’re supposed to be surprised that entities evolved to fart that aren’t allowed to fart have issues.

According to the exit polls it was the youth vote that got Mamdani elected..

The product of tax payer funded education...

There's no hope.

Not enough of those NYC Jews still around with memory of what happened in 1939-1945, although
knowing the Dems, they will still be voting even though they have stopped breathing.

New Yorkers voting for Mamdani in 2025 is like Jews voting for Hitler in 1933. Good luck with that.

Agreed. That's part of the problem where too much of the electorate views political parties as if they were sports teams and cheer for their team no matter how bad the performance or players.