Been meaning to make a video like this one for a long time.
Today, the ever loving 4th of July, seemed like a good time to do it, what with things going increasingly bat poop crazy down South.
I mean everything I say here too.
I’m never insincere.
Right now we’re actually in a grace period because while the Bloated Billionaire’s Bill has passed, its evil effects have not sunk in yet and so nobody has actually been kicked out of their homes or taken off life support yet.
But it’s coming. And that’s when the mature is really going to hit the air conditioning.
God help us all.
The other upcoming nightmare is brewing as we speak as people’s responses to ICE raids are getting both better organized and more violent.
There’s now apps people can use to report ICE activity in their area and thus let people know where they are striking or going to strike now.
And that means people in that area can be on the scene to confront ICE before they even get out of their unmarked vehicles.
And that means shit is going to get violent quite soon.
Our only hope of avoiding bloodshed is if these ICE goons are far too cowardly to mix it up with the angry citizens at all and therefore if they see an angry mob waiting for them they just turn around and leave.
That would be ideal because then not only is there no violence, the people can feel good about thwarting the evil forces of ICE and that might actually lower the social temperature a little bit.
Because the mercury is climbing, my dear readers, both literally and figuratively. The USA is become a pressure cooker and that makes me very, very nervous.
Because these people have guns.
That’s not a joke or a crack. They have guns and they’re extremely angry at these masked criminals kidnapping their friends, neighbors, and families in broad daylight and spiriting them away to God knows where, probably never to return.
As far as the citizens are concerned, this is an invasion of their neighborhoods and historically invaders get shot.
So I am dreading the moment a bullet – a shot heard ’round the world, if you will – sets the whole country aflame, whether it’s a protestor shooting an ICE assailant or some cowardly ICE goon opening fire on that big scary mob.
And because this is the good ol’ US of A, both sides can and will be heavily armed. And so if the shooting starts, the body count will get very high very fast.
And then, well, you pretty much have a civil war on your hands. The people versus the federal government. The question then becomes who the Armed Forces side with.
That’s too close to call. The military exists to make people into obedient killing machines and so refusing an order, no matter how odious the source is, is not normally part of their operating parameters at all.
But they don’t like Trump. Why would they? He makes them dress up for his parade and puts them all at risk with his unsanctioned bombing in Iran and treats the veterans like day old shit and in general is an utter embarrassment and a humiliating clown and the exact opposite of everything a military organizations values in a human being.
If the military stays out of it, the people will defeat ICE easily due to sheer numbers.
If the military backed the people, obviously that would be the end of it. No lunatic, no matter how hard their polish their guns, is going to take on the United States Armed Forces, the most powerful fighting force the world has ever known.
But if the military chose obedience to the chain of command and the traditional power structure, we’d be in for one hell of a war.
Odds are that the real civil war would be the one within the military over this very subject. There might even be a schism.
Luckily, the side of the angels has one powerful thing on its side :
Most of the really smart generals will side with us.
More after the break.
My usual nonsense
So I have been game shopping lately, which with me always involves trying games then returning them because I am a fussy, fussy bitch.
Lately I tried Black Mesa, which is a fan made remake and expansion of the original Half-Life. And I was quite stoked to play that as I, like every other PC gamer, was absolutely blown away by the original.
But sadly, just as I was settling in to enjoy the tram ride that starts the game, it crashed my computer, so I had to return it.
But it’s now on my list of games to try again when I have a better power supply!
The other one I tried more or less completely on a whim was Crypt of the Necrodancer, an odd but quite ingenious little game where you have to explore a deep dungeon while moving in time with the music.
Sadly, I am too old to keep up with that. So like I said when I returned it, this is a fabulous game but um, not for me.
I hadn’t really expected to like it, but I am glad I got to take a look.
For some reason, the money from my returns is stuck in “Pending” limbo, meaning I can’t spend it again until it actually comes back to my Steam wallet.
I am still undecided about Tactical Breach Wizards. I wish I had another hour or two of playtime to make up my mind because I feel like I am only now starting to get the hang of the game but can’t really say if I enjoy it or not.
I’ll have to make up my mind eventually. Probably when I see another shiny thing that I want and need the $20 for TBW back again.
I’m such a flake!
I will talk to you nice people again tomorrow.