We’re one sixth of the way through 2020 but the impending awfulness called the American Election Season carries on. The South Carolina Primary had mixed results for me. Although Sen. Foot-in-Mouth wasn’t eliminated nor Mayor Buttplug, Sen. Cockblocker and Mayor Moneybags. Sanders remains in the lead to scare the NeoLiberals and Boomers while Warren isn’t looking good. The upside is that the Trump-Nazis’ Operation Chaos failed miserably. Since SC has an open primary and the GOP decided not to have a primary in their allegiance to Il Douché, Trumpkins were ordered to vote for Sanders to stir up trouble. As one example was given air time on NPR, to demonstrate her general ignorance, she was going to vote for Sanders so Orange Foolius will win again because the debate is over Kapialism versus Socialism.
Sigh…
I suspect this dumbass only finished high school at best before squeezing out another generation of morons. South Carolina has a horrible reputation and has been a pain in the ass from our country’s beginning.
- The Citadel was instituted there. It’s primary purpose was a military academy for the privileged class so they could put down slave revolts.
- They were no help during the Revolutionary War, like any state South of Virginia.
- They tried to secede when Andrew Jackson was president.
- It was filled with slave-owning shitbags violating international treaties on enslaving more African people after 1829.
- They started the Civil War by attacking Ft. Sumter in Charleston.
- They still have the flag of traitors incorporated into their state flag (stars n’ bars).
- They’re not big fans of democracy, hence, not a shock one party canceled its primary.
We should just roll SC into North Carolina, eliminate its obstructionist, racist nature as NC is evolving a bit with its excuses for cities and universities. Ditto for the Dakotas and I’ve made the case for invading Delaware weeks ago, roll it into Maryland or PA. We don’t need 50 states, we’re just one country anyway.
Meanwhile, Kapitalism is an economic system, NOT A GOVERNMENT. Therefore, it is and always will be inimical to democracy and systems which enforce justice, equality and transparency. Why? The core principle to Kapitalism is exploitation, aka, screwing over somebody else. Admittedly, Socialism does involve some government intervention in the Economy. It can vary from government ownership of production (France tried this with the auto industry, it didn’t go well, mainly due to it being…the French), some economic planning (this is done by the Europeans with mixed results) and/or regulations to cut back on the screwing. Social programs/entitlements are not something Socialism nor Communism have a monopoly on. Pre-modern governments also practiced various things so this Free Market bullshit isn’t a recent development nor a panacea.
Enough of that. I’m hoping the dumbass NPR interviewed contracts coronavirus and then she can thank her Furher for cutting preparedness for the CDC back in 2017 as she drowns in her lung fluid.
March is a well-liked month for me.
Growing up in the Midwest, it often signaled an end to the long, cold, painful Winter. There were still horrible, cold, wet days until April. Just fewer! It also meant my brother’s birthday was coming. We’d get to have a small celebration on a school night. This could entail dining out, a movie and/or a couple hours at Aladdin’s Castle! We Get Xers didn’t have Spring Break in grade school. I think the week off is more for the parents than the children anyway.
In Austin, it means decent weather before the heat waves come late April/early May. I’m hoping the idiots scheduling SXSW made sure they timed their One Percenter Circle Jerk to coincide while UT/AISD is on Spring Break. Last year they did not and downtown was a mess! Fear not. Austin’s downtown will be undesirable year round soon as TXDOT has allegedly approved and financed remaking the I-35 corridor without planning an alternate route. Therefore, MoPac will be three times as unbearable. Shouldn’t it be two? No. All the traffic the GOP Thieves claimed would be redirected through the 130 tollway never stopped on I-35.
What else happens around March? Other friends have their birthdays. Ethan. Nelson. Nicolas. Hockey kicks into higher gear as the playoffs will begin in April. Co-workers get a tad lazier as they waste time filling out their NCAA playoff brackets. How many teams now? 128? I remember when the Onion expanded it to 9600 as a joke. Too bad life imitates art now. The bluebonnets blossom alongside our highways. This results in jerks trampling them to take kid photos. Very cliché.
I’ll close with the Header/Banner for March 2020. That’s a picture of Mount St. Helens erupted 40 years ago. It happened later in the month so I will do a more elaborate story closer to the anniversary. The volcano was a big deal for it’s the only active volcano we have in the continental US, meaning Hawaii and Alaska don’t count. I was really torn too. I got hooked back into Westworld and the third season starts mid-month. I could’ve also gone with the lazy St. Patrick’s Day jazz…mmm, Shamrock shakes! Good luck finding a McDonald’s with an operational system. Much like Jack in the Box, it’s often “broken” due to the employees’ hatred of cleaning/operating the damned thing. C’mon Whataburger! You can fill this void! Your employees have a better attitude alongside the burgers.
Fingers remain crossed on my house and money!
So will my fate wimp out like a lamb or roar out, kick-ass style like a lion! I am a Leo, I deserve the latter!