Grateful Dead

We're all going to die.

....has made an appearance on the box set page. Great.
Milk was a groundbreaker in many ways. Gotta hit Pride month on the first day I guess. MAGA online is of course, all for it, because "apparently", he was a pedophile. Dont forget kids, every gay person is apparently a pedo. Keeps it simple to direct hate with minimal barriers being in the way.
Google John Redcorn. Awful stuff.

The Tin Man wanted a Heart, the Scarecrow wanted a Brain, the Lion wanted Courage, Dorthy & Toto just wanted to go HOME!!!

The world's richest fascist against the world's most powerful convicted criminal. Rapidly spiralling outta control. Stay tuned, don't touch that dial, etc.

.....is still cheap!

!!!!!!! Release the Epstein files?? Please Release Me Let Me Go....

I also read an article about Gray's Harbor County in WA.

A needed flood prevention project was cut by DT administration.

"It's not DT's fault", say the people who still fall for his BS.

Delusion, anyone?

Please, Lord, deliver us from this nightmare.

.....the title of this board is doing some very heavy lifting.
And I bet fifty bucks that those tanks and stuff arriving in DC for his stupid birthday parade will remain long after it over. This was all planned.
Stay safe out there.

To declare martial law, next suspend the constitution (including habeas corpus) and then move to turn this democratic experiment into another tin-pot dictatorship.

Beyond pathetic. This is tragic.

""No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." - Buddha

....for not fucking around when it comes to events like this, resisting and taking care of their own.
Of course they would spark the tinder there.
Like fish in a barrel one could say.
Its a huge city and these protests are literally in a span of a couple blocks by the way.

Some sort of grotesque military parade taking place at the moment. An event such as this is something that the piggy-eyed orange turd has learnt from other authoritarian leaders that he admires, such as Putin or the fat Korean rocket man. Sadly for him, his parade looks like a ramshackle parody of those of his pals.

....around 11 million. I've attended a couple so far, and let me tell you something.
Its like a Grateful Dead lot, but with less grilled cheese and more signs.
Everyone chill and happy.
Then law enforcement shows up.
Party over. Kinda like a Grateful Dead lot!
Stay strong you real patriots. We see you.
I saw videos of protesters in Tulsa Fucking Oklahoma that outnumbered his stupid parade.

My wife, who reads way more (on Substack, NYT, etc.) than I, indicates some social science researcher(s?) looked globally for historical examples of 'regimes' or 'administrations' that persisted following street protests / demonstrations amounting to 3.5 percent or more of the population - and could not find one.

The 11 million estimate comes pretty damn close to that figure. Re: the number of locations 'in action' yesterday, it only takes 5 to 6,000 per assembly to reach 11 million. Where I was, the percentage vs. the local population was closer to double that! And that does not count any of those who drove by with signs or honked in support.

The wife went locally to represent us and came back invigorated. Had well over 1000 (local paper said 2500 but...) in little old Montrose (about 20K pop.).
Her favorite poster seen was:

Trump's wives were immigrants
Proof that immigrants will do jobs Americans won't!

Loved that one. Cheers

one that said:

Cut Out
This Waste &
Fraud,
Who is an Abuser

Lies, lies, and more damned lies. One party stokes the flames of the mentally ill with their fibs, half-truths, and bald-faced lies, leading to to the assassinations of some very kind people here. Apparently my conservative brother told my father on Election Day Eve, "Vote for the policies, not the people". Deadheads know that those two things are one in the same, and cannot be separated.

Attended a Pride festival with my wife and two children today. It was poorly attended, but I'm guessing that with the assassin still on the loose (at the time), and yesterday's protest, people here were tired. One can beg their neighbors for kindness only so long each day.

....I was partial to the one that said "Don't deport big booty Latinas."
Or the one that said "Am I the only one who thinks an all white nation would kinda suck?"

The BBC had an article about this - Erica Chenoweth, political scientist of Harvard

I found that BBC article very interesting. The results of her research surprised me, just like it surprised her.

....MAGA better be first in line to fight the fight.

I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag -
"Well it's 1, 2, 3 what are we fighting for...."
Peace

WTF

Was this constitutional?
Ryan Holiday (he of the Daily Stoic) has put up a very good video on YT about narcissistic leaders and starts by talking about Nero and then moves on to Trump - worth a watch

The orange turd doesn't give a shit about the constitution or anything else that could inhibit his ability to do what he wants. Now that he has cemented the Israel-Amerika axis of evil we will all suffer the consequences. Yesterday Pakistan said they would nominate the turd for a Nobel peace prize, something the turd would love to receive. Good luck with that now.
First Putin played the turd for a fool, now he has become Bibi's poodle. How does any of this make America great?

...some like gold !

Orange Turd Blossom Special !

Their evil knows no bounds

...is this century's internment camp.

WTF

This is all so wrong.

Any one of us could end up there depending on which way the wind blows.

RESIST

Sixtus

Human society is severely phuqt up.

GD is the antidote to much of that.

I am infinitely grateful for the GD. They help keep me alive

Yes it is...

Been trying to tell peoples in my hometown that for years.

Denaturalization! Next line Dehumanization ?

....at least I'll save a couple hundred bucks on fireworks tomorrow.
Suddenly I'm not in the mood to celebrate.
It was a nice run.

Debt doesn't really matter anyone can see,
debt really doesn't matter too meeeee!!!

”their pants are down their cover is blown” Words that have never been so prescient!

It was somewhat harder to appreciate it "in stream" as it was played so frequently 40 years ago ... But it is a strong song/statement that really resonates here, down the line.

(forgive if I misplace a word or two):
Now watch as the ball revolves and the night time falls. And again the hunt begins,
And again the blood-wind calls.
By and by, again, the morning sun will rise.
But, the darkness never goes from some mens' eyes
It strolls the sidewalks and it roams the streets,
Staking turf, dividing up meat ...

What they have done to the people of this country with this bill is pure phucking EVIL.

Yes x100000

anthology from 1989 or so. 115 degrees in Spain yesterday. Yeah, looks like we broke the climate at this point.

Things continue to get ugly and brutal out there.

Peace and Happy 4th y’all! Be safe and kind!

And ICE and National Guard, with personal respect for individual officers, please get out of California and let our people be. We will not be intimidated….