Who is giving the thumbs down to every comment? Sad that we have the possibility of a troll in the Gulch. Own up, please.

Another marvelous collection of truth and wit! Thanks, OUC!

OK, I'm not usually dense at these things, but I've seen the "No Kings Guys" having a beer in the plywood cubicles before. Other than looking stupid, what the heck does that mean?

IMHO, over the next three years Trump will continue to hammer out what needs to be done for the Republic the best he can and then go play golf. The Republican party has a darn good lineup going into 2028 and I think Trump has had a hand in making sure of that. Time for him to retire from politics and do something else.

Hard to say. There may be serious blackmail and threats involved, too. Hey, I was alive when JFK was assassinated and I'm still waiting for the definitive answer, but figure I'll be long gone before that happens. "...a lot of evidence has disappeared up the boiler exhaust stack of the FBI" no doubt!

“When, at the age of twelve, at the time of the Russian revolution, I first heard the Communist principle that Man must exist for the sake of the State, I perceived that this was the essential issue, that this principle was evil, and that it could lead to nothing but evil, regardless of any methods, details, decrees, policies, promises and pious platitudes. This was the reason for my opposition to Communism then — and it is my reason now. I am still a little astonished, at times, that too many adult Americans do not understand the nature of the fight against Communism as clearly as I understood it at the age of twelve: they continue to believe that only Communist methods are evil, while Communist ideals are noble. All the victories of Communism since the year 1917 are due to that particular belief among the men who are still free.” – Ayn Rand, “Foreword,” We the Living

I love the Death Star rendition of the new Ballroom.

Depressing, OUC, but you saw this as truth needing to be told and carried it through.
Me dino is revolted by the sight of Mamcommie's phony smile encased in that black beard and by the way he clutches at his heart when some useful idiot gives him praise.
My favorite meme is the last in the top row.
The last 'un in the bottom row is pretty good too.

Could the news, (reality), get any sicker?
A Comie that WILL take everything, favored by the electorate, (so they say), A King that is Not and a shut down continues to be promoted by the Party that is losing.

I honestly think that a lot of evidence has disappeared up the boiler exhaust stack of the FBI. I think it's done and that Trump knows that. The list of people that Bondi should be putting in shackles is massive and growing every day. She won't do it. Ever, I don't think.

I don't think that America will ever get to the point of complete totalitarianism, although I will admit, I felt its effects during COVID. My company was delayed for years because I was shadow-banned for disagreeing with Fauci.

I completely agree. Fleming's first four 007 novels have excellent descriptive prose, great plots,
interesting characters, and educate the reader on the culture, architecture, fashions, and food of the era.

Totalitarian regimes generally restrict emigration. I'm sure this one will be no different, and technototalitarianism as envisioned will be global.

If I were teaching a writing class, I'd assign a James Bond novel, one of the earlier ones before Fleming's drinking got in the way of his writing. He could weave a great tale in 175-200 pages with noteworthy precision and economy of language. (So says a guy who's written a 786-page novel.)

Sean Connery was the perfect 007 actor, but I am more like Q (not the new one, but the one who supplied all the gadgets).

Unlike the recent woke movies, 007 is not a nearly castrated wimp slave to women in the books.

I've watched all the Bond movies, but I haven't read the books.

If you have time and haven't already read them, Ian Fleming's 007 books are a great distraction from typical work reading.
Coincidentally, I am reading Goldfinger now. As you might have guessed, the books are more engaging than the movies were.
(Unlike AS, they are about 200 pages each.)
Goldfinger was right about one thing: gold is better protection for wealth than any currency.

In that case, it will indeed be time to leave.

The basic enabling legislation for Stablecoins, the GENIUS Act, is already law, signed by Trump. Once Digital IDs become mandatory, it's downhill all the way for the technototalitarians. They can flick the switch and presto, stablecoins will be the only legal means of exchange.

Most especially when it is the good who are doing good.
Perhaps such misfits should find a way to get into extra-galactical space exploration.
There may be a far better world out there.

Thank our eye sight that Orange Man Bad was not as scandalously bare as Miley Cyrus when she wrecking-balled her little miss goody two-shoes Disney childhood connection.
Sorry Trump. Those of us without glasses would need a pair Those with a pair would need a new prescription.

The premise is that we will all be forced to use the stablecoins or the dollar, rather than other investments. If that were the case, then it truly would be technototalitarian. While such stablecoin legislation may indeed pass, I don't see that as being the only store of value.

I'll give this edition a +1 because any reference to Goldfinger deserves that much. Goldfinger was such a great villain.

Now THAT is priceless, LMAO!

Thanks OUC! Trump on a golden wrecking ball is priceless!

The haters don't have to dance in it, but I bet they will just to be seen as important.

Ah yes, "Let no good deed go unpunished."