bitbot[asciilifeform]: Logged on 2024-01-29 23:46:40 asciilifeform[jonsykkel|signpost]: ... meanwhile, a lul for signpost .
signpost[asciilifeform]: lol! waiting patiently for razor wire on the east, west, and north borders.
signpost[asciilifeform]: I suppose we can annex the okies first.
signpost[asciilifeform]: billymg: what writers like this miss is that poor e.g. venezuelan families serve as fine cover for the military-aged young men
signpost[asciilifeform]: it's not one or the other. cause a huge flood of poor beobles, plant your killers in the midst.
billymg[asciilifeform]: signpost: right, i thought that was exactly the point he was making
signpost[asciilifeform]: > The picture below doesn’t show any poor huddled masses yearning to breathe free. It’s a well-funded army of mercenaries that only lacks weapons and orders to take action.
billymg[asciilifeform]: many believe it's 100% poor beobles
signpost[asciilifeform]: I'm commenting on how everyone tries to make the part of the thing they care about the only part these days.
signpost[asciilifeform]: to the detriment of their own argument.
billymg[asciilifeform]: ah, sure, bit of hyperbole
signpost[asciilifeform]: I understand you realize this but am commenting on the article itself
billymg[asciilifeform]: right right
billymg[asciilifeform]: personally i think the poor beobles can also fuck off back to their own side, good intentions or no
signpost[asciilifeform]: airstrike anyone who crosses the border and it will stop immediately.
signpost[asciilifeform] agrees, zero fucks for these.
signpost[asciilifeform]: no different than splattering a home intruder's brains against my ceiling without first asking how hard their life has been
signpost[asciilifeform] curious whether abbott will nut up and deport *feds* from texas, but not holding breath
signpost[asciilifeform]: detain all DHS agents and bus their asses to california
signpost[asciilifeform]: anyway how goes it in your part of the world billymg?
billymg[asciilifeform]: signpost: still plodding along, but there is some recent news: i've now joined the signpost, PeterL, and awt club with a new baby boy, born january 5th here in costa rica
billymg[asciilifeform]: so been adjusting to that (they're very time consuming)
signpost[asciilifeform]: congrats! planet needs more kids raised well, very happy for your family.
billymg[asciilifeform]: ty signpost
asciilifeform: congrats billymg
asciilifeform: http://logs.bitdash.io/pest/2024-01-30#1032030 << obv q is, is episode finally 'independent texistan' or simply circus for election
bitbot[asciilifeform]: Logged on 2024-01-30 13:16:45 signpost: lol! waiting patiently for razor wire on the east, west, and north borders.
signpost[asciilifeform]: they'd need to beef up the state military substantially. couldn't even defend against mexico currently. people larp about texas having a large one for a US state, but it ain't shit when measured against countries.
signpost[asciilifeform] not holding breath for any of this
signpost[asciilifeform]: would sooner expect that I end up in el salvador in 5-10yrs if they keep it up.
asciilifeform: afaik the only plausible path to texistan is if finally standoff with reich regular army and some % of the latter defects
signpost[asciilifeform]: yep, in context of a huge economic bust or similar devolutionary crisis
asciilifeform: bust already here neh
signpost[asciilifeform]: bust-ish, but feds apparently still somewhat operational. I'd expect more loss of general order required for texas to break free without an immediate us.mil occupation
asciilifeform: variant where 'occupants -- out, or we torch the wells' would be interesting
signpost[asciilifeform]: stuff of my pornographic dreams
signpost[asciilifeform]: current texan ruling class is not imaginative enough to e.g. start settling business in the port of houston in bitcoin
asciilifeform: q is whether there even is a meaningful 'tx ruling class' entity
asciilifeform: meanwhile, in waterfall refills.
signpost[asciilifeform]: trilema header is in top form today
crtdaydreams[asciilifeform]: good morning #pestnet
crtdaydreams[asciilifeform]: did anyone ever have the keys to qntra?
crtdaydreams[asciilifeform]: somewhat apropros
asciilifeform: crtdaydreams: keys in what sense ?
asciilifeform: whole thing is mirrored if yer looking for sumthing in particular
crtdaydreams[asciilifeform]: I meant for domain, doesn't really matter.
crtdaydreams[asciilifeform]: It would be good if we had a qntra 2.0
crtdaydreams[asciilifeform]: it was ahead of it's time all things considered
discord_bridge[asciilifeform]: (awtho) Not sure if already posted: https://aaronrogier.net/blog/2023/a-recap-of-my-2023-so-far-in-health-and-its-opposite/