I am no longer impressed by the bureaucratic machinery that keeps the government in check. Letโs unhitch that trailer.
This is my review of Dissolvr Brewing Believe in the Breeze Czech Pilsner:
Yes, I am turning into an accelerationist in this one regard. Why? Because I donโt have any fucking money*.
Once again the government will not be able to fund itself due to partisan hacks all putting the blame on the thing that Mitch McConnell kept explaining made the US Senate the โWorldโs Most Deliberative BodyโโขโฆYou know the filibuster.
Having roots in antiquity in which Roman Senators would take advantage of the rule that all business must be concluded by dusk, the filibuster is one of the effective ways to prevent the passage of (most likely terrible) legislation. How did the Romans do that? Wrestling? Bringing in the Gladiators to fight it out? Noโฆone of them would just talk incessantly, holding up any other business because a Senator must first be allowed to finish speaking.
Frankly, giving them swords and figuring it out like men wouldโve been more humane. Thatโs as true today as it was in Rome.
The trouble is, the filibuster today isnโt used in such a manner, only the threat of it. So they put an arbitrary threshold on when that threat is no longer good. 60 votes makes for a filibuster-proof majority, with enough votes from the opposition party agreeing to vote they can end debate in order to actually vote on the legislation at hand. Like the Orange Man, I am hereby advocating they end the rule in spite of the fact the communists will just run roughshod over everyone. Which is great because they were happy to entertain it while they were in power and will absolutely do it once they get back in. Sideshow Bob warned us decades ago, โyou canโt keep the Democrats out of power forever!โ
โฆor can we?
With the risk of sounding like Sally Kohn who didnโt know how the 25th Amendment works, here is my plan:
- Nuke the filibuster rule
- Now take advantage by funding the government for the next 60 days, by the end of December we should be able to have the following pass both houses and sent to Mar-a-Lago for a big, beautiful, orange signature:
- Eliminate the NFA and the ATF
- Eliminate the IRS and set the income tax to a flax 0%. Why that number? Even Islam limits it to 2%โTHIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE AMERICA GODDAMNIT
- Dismantle DHS, and publicly hang anyone currently working for TSA
- We all have a pet agency we hate the most, eliminate that too
- By now itโs probably spring 2026โstill time to allow every secessionist movement to put forth a charter for statehood.
- Cascadia? Hell yeah!
- Jefferson? Uh huh.
- Western Slope? Yup.
- That other goofy corner of Colorado? Aye
- S. Illinois? Michiganโs Upper Peninsula? Whatever theyโre doing in Minniesoda? Iโll even take states voting to exclude major cities and force them to become their own stateโSuck it Omaha!
- All of them so long as there are suddenly enough team red districts and states to suddenly account for 3/4 of the Congress. No filibuster rule means nobody on team blue can do anything about it, right?
- By now its Labor Day, once theyโre done voting that away they can now use the 3/4 majority to introduce an amendment requiring 2/3 to pass any new legislation but a simple majority to repeal it. While theyโre at it they can probably repeal several others we have determined to be a mistake.
There, now you need 66% percent instead of 60% and its an actual law instead of some gentlemanโs agreement. I am assured by reason alone this will never happen because team red is a bunch of useless, feckless cunts and will never elect to wield power because of Tolkein or something.
Its a Czech Pilsner, its delicious. I am confused by the reference its name was making, or at least I assume its a reference, a simple search engine result brings me to this terrible pop song. Still the artwork is pretty good, and I like that breweries are employing actual artists to create something visually stimulating while I drink something to numb my brain. If you can find it, go for it. Dissolvr Brewing Believe in the Breeze Czech Pilsner: 3.2/5
*Iโm not broke yet.
Tolkein?
The ring of power. Did you go to a public school too?
One can dream I suppose
The pilsner sounds good
STFU
Is this where I admit I watched all 13 hours of Rand Paul’s 2013 filibuster?
I hope that man had a catheter.
https://www.stadiumpal.com/
Likely one of these.
๐ฎ Where were you when I needed you?
Pretty sure he’d be a steady user, standing in surgery for hours on end.
I remember reading about the Snickers bar.
I always liked Mr. Smith, unrealistic ending notwithstanding.
sounds like good beer.
For once we agree!
Cascadia is more of an amalgamationist movement than succession. And would work about as well United Arab Republic.
The State of Jefferson can add another X on the flag for Greater Idaho.
Most of Idaho would welcome them.
Itโs shocking how many โconservativesโ hate the idea for the same reasons the leftists hate it. They believe that borders are unchangeable.
Mass murder
โThe Trump administration is begging the Supreme Court to block an order requiring them to immediately release SNAP benefits,โ Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on X on Friday. โMeanwhile. Millions of hungry Americans are at risk of starving. These extremists are sick people.โ
One missed meal and it’s curtains!
Feed them yourself.
Sick is fostering an underclass dependent on your tender mercies for a handout.
Go fuck yourself.
โLetโs be very clear,โ Clark wrote on X, โTrump is making a choice not to feed hungry Americans. Democrats will be fighting back.โ
I like the image of Trump with a slop bucket at the feed trough.
“Donald, it’s time for another photo op at McDonald’s.”
โPresident Trumpโs cruelty knows no bounds,โ she wrote on X.
Healey called on the president to โstop playing politics with peopleโs lives and pay full SNAP benefits for everyone.โ
That fainting couch is going to need a complete rebuild after this.
Stop playing politics with my life — don’t steal from me to pay for the unproductive.
My neighbors are roughly 90% Chinese grad students and 10% octogenarians. A couple of the latter cornered me in the lobby this morning and invited me to join them for the weekly yelling at clouds in the town square.
Somehow I came up with “I don’t think so”. They’re very nice ladies; I hope my scorn wasn’t too obvious.
You’re passing up a chance for a platonic marriage where you can collect their Social Security in a few years.
Ten years are a few?
How can Trump do that if there’s no money?
Shouldn’t that be directed at the Senators?
I got lost somewhere along the way….who shut the govt down again? Which side is refusing to reopen it?
It is hard to keep up.
I mean, I get who is to blame, and I get that for incomprehensible reasons it is politically advantageous to make sure the Democrats are blamed, but let’s be honest about this shall we? I know I am cheering for the shutdown to last forever, and I’d bet you feel the same.
I feel bad for OBE and Mrs. MS, but we can always start a Gofundme for them.
GiveSendGo?
Keep it shut down.
Yes.
Can we give Philadelphia to NJ?
In exchange for Camden?
Only if PA gets Camden.
Dammit.
Great minds!
LOL
How could they turn it down?
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Friday offered a new plan to Republican lawmakers that would allow the U.S. government to reopen from a shutdown that began Oct. 1.
But Republicans quickly dismissed Schumerโs proposal, which hinges on protecting enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for at least one year. In exchange, Democrats would drop their demand that a longer-term extension of ACA tax credits be included in a stopgap government funding bill.
It’s a compromise, right?
Schumerโs proposal calls for Democrats to agree to pass the GOPโs so-called clean resolution, which would provide short-term funding for government operations.
In exchange, the New York lawmaker said, Republicans would agree to a separate one-year extension of ACA credits, and to create a bipartisan committee to continue negotiations to address health-care affordability.
Completely different than what they were demanding before.
Sorry you are getting screwed MS. Hopefully this ends soon. In the meantime, have another beer. Those sound good.
Glad you still have baby tomatoes, MS.
Can’t believe you would kick a man while he is down TOG. ๐
I thought “cherry t~” was no longer preferred and that there were many botanical schisms.
Cherry Bomb ?
“S. Illinois?” <– Nothing will come from it, of course, but there's more talk of non-Chicagoland counties joining with Indiana. Not the craziest of ideas, and I'm ignorant of much, but IN's a pretty well-run state, all things considered. Apparently IN isn't running a deficit, but this stood out: " The FY 2024 general fund appropriation was about $22 billion, with a slight increase projected for FY 2025. ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ (๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐), ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ $๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ and nearly $55 billion in FY 2027. "
WTF is happening next year?!
Who “recommended” the state go from $22B to $53B? Hrm.
General fund/total spending. Two different numbers.
Thatโs for a biennium. Two years.
Follow up on the Canadian ostrich farm story posted in the am links comments: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HWPdeOSD9Co
Good thing there’s no serious crime in Canada. That way they could send 1 dozen or so armed officers in bullet-proof vests. Assholes. Seriously, at what point do you start questioning the life choices that lead you to a certain point.
Idiots are killing the birdโs that survived.
Thatโs how you keep the virus going.
I read something about that ostrich farm thing yesterday, and it sounded as if there is some sort of carryover from the big siege of Toronto five years ago.
With the risk of sounding like Sally Kohn who didnโt know how the 25th Amendment works, here is my plan:
While we’re dreaming…. how about a reasonable facsimile of Firefly-era Christina Hendriks for me?
The beer sounds good.
How can there be no munny? We’re still paying taxes.
I blame the post office.
Continuing resolutions? Budgets? Are these something new>? Didn’t we know a year ago that these have to get done every year.
It’s like taxes. You know that you have to pay taxes, like it or not. Do you wait a month before they are due to start planning? Or, do you start thinking about them Jan 2nd, after the hangover dissipates, to start planning, thinking, worrying?
C’mon, Man, it isn’t like it’s something new. It seems like this goes on every year, a compromise is worked out that includes ALL the bad ideas and is declared a victory.
I’m so tired of the same ol’ stuff, year after year and yet the same incompetents get re-elected year after year.
I wouldn’t have my W-2 or 1099s by Jan 2nd. I can’t even do any math before February.
I have been collecting the info since Jan 2025. Get a quarterly dividend, info goes into the 2025 envelope, that sort of thing, sell something with capital gains? 2025 envelope. I thought everyone did that.
Fourscore, you report personal sales?
They are going to have to find that first.
I sold a couple pieces of real estate that will show up as capital gains. The title company gave me a 1099 on the check they gave me.
Keep the filibuster but none of this virtual filibuster or remote holding up. Have the stones and stamina to stand up and refuse to yield the floor.