Merv's Politically Incorrect Audio Blog

where did I agree? Texas is full of Trump supporters look at the vote count. I don’t think it’s full of racists or whatever else. I think there’s probably more racist people in Texas than Northern California. But there’s more than just 3 things that make a place good to live in. And it also depends on where you are in Texas. It’s not all the same. The only thing I’ve thought about your move (and ive said this before) is that it was courageous especially at your age (above 40 with a very well established home and job) and you probably found somewhere you really liked and which felt like it would make you happier. I could give a shit about the rest. Except that you won’t be at Cali meets anymore. That sucks.

 

only because we got lucky. As I said before.

 

Ha. To me Northern California is above the Bay Area. I really don’t see that but like I said there’s more than one thing that makes a place good to live in and Texas isn’t all the same.

I don’t know what would have happened if the police had shot in a strategic location. I’m not sure I agree that it’s that black and white. Or that the police were even acting strategically. It looked like a complete chaotic mess to me. These guys aren’t genius war strategists. I think there was a more sinister reason for the lack of violence. (As I’ve said)

I mean if you are right then this is a first (or super rare reaction) in American history and it just so happens to be a white right wing mob.

in hindsight it’s great how few people died as long as severe punishments are dolled out to everyone who participated (which I’m not sure will happen). But thats hindsight which the police didn’t have at the time.

 

To decontextualise your valid point and use it metaphorically: Welcome to SBAF

 

they voted against a Bart tunnel going up to Marin. porkers. Not that any brown or black people would come from SF. I guess East Bay but that’s a weird commute.

I’ve said what I think about the attack it still doesn’t feel right to me. But I could be wrong. There are trends and exceptions to those trends and there are also flukes and unknown factors in a complicated situation like the insurrection. It would be quite the coincidence that the mob was all white right wing though.

 

Sorry, a couple minutes late to the game, but yes, f**k seatbelts and hard helmets in construction sites. Seriously, MASSIVE 1st amendment infringement having to drive around with some nylon webbing around my waist. I'm suing. because Tort reform is long overdue, too.

 

Shooting people should only ever be something that happens as an absolute last resort and NEVER the first choice of recourse cuz if someone dies, that's it. Whatever afterlife you believe in, if any, is nonetheless a place far removed from here. (Having said that there are times when self preservation requires an itchy finger).

In a sense yeah there may have been racism involved in that if a marginalised group were found to have been making plans for something this boneheaded then perhaps more stringent measures would have been taken PRIOR to this show of proud domestic terrorism.

And the point about shooting into a crowd thousands strong being ineffective was already made. It'd have stopped SOME people but frankly would have been more damaging in the long run because those people would have become martyrs.

I hope to hell that every single person who participated in this disgusting show gets what they deserve.

 

It’s because the 1/6 riot is being framed as an insurrection, an event equivalent to, if not worse than 9/11 in order to consolidate political power. We had months of politically motivated violence and excuses about how it was understandable, even morally just to let them happen, etc. What the Trump rioters failed to understand was that political violence is only acceptable to the powers that be from one direction.

And anti-Semitic attacks in NY. Who’d have thought selectively enforcing laws based on a misguided sense of social justice would lead some people to think they were above the law and it was ok to carry out attacks against those they’ve been told are hurting them.

 

Partially because of this ridiculous equivalency: 1/6 equals 9/11. And because it s rather difficult to believe that in the country as saturated with weapons as the US anyone would attempt insurrection without a single gun.
And because it is not easy to get a bipartisan consensus on indiscriminately shutting unarmed people, even if they unlawfully entered the building that is a symbol of American democracy.

 

I never said this. Nor did I say the Capital Police should have shot into a huge crowd.

I’m not a fan of killing people.

I said that as a last resort, when the mob was trying to breach the doors of the chamber with Congress inside every precedent set by this country dictates the use of violence to protect congress. At a bottleneck in the doorway (if you watched the video) the police would not have been overwhelmed by the crowd.

I’m glad it worked out with only 5 deaths it’s kind of a miracle but it was very lucky the mob didn’t do anything worse. If Pence was strung up and Pelosi and other members of Congress assassinated I suspect I wouldn’t see so much disagreement with this assessment.

 

That’s not what I’m saying either but oh well... this thread is very biased. I wonder how the reaction would be in this thread if BLM protesters stormed the Capital. Even then that wouldnt be as bad because the intention wouldn’t be to overthrow an election. But I bet opinions here would be different.

Back to headphones.

 

Amen to this. Feel free to blame my oft-questionable reading comprehension, nuance is sometimes lost in text.

Suffice to say it was all a massive trashfire that was both inevitable yet somehow shocking. Vengeance be damned, may justice be meted.

 

This is well summed up.

I am still hopeful that Biden will formulate and actually follow through on a concerted tough on china policy.

For all the bluster from Trump, the 3 extensions to Huawei, kicking the can down the road for Tiktok to the point of oblivion now, is just weakness in the eyes of the CCP.


US corporations are being short sighted in their quest for ever increasing profit margins quarter upon quarter. No long term strategic vision whatsoever. This is also one of the problems with a democratic system. Every 4 years, there's a re-evaluation, recalibration. Meaning wasted time, wavering of decisions strategic foresight. While the adversary has been on a single minded march since the early 80s when Deng Xiapeng made that infamous visit to the US.

I'd like to see the US go further and ban semiconductor manufacturing companies (LAM, KLA, Synopsys, cadence, etc) from selling to the Chinese asap. For this is the last bastion of US technological supremacy. Once they have this, China will want or need nothing from the US. While at it, ban Chinese companies from being listed on US stock markets, stringent restrictions on Chinese foreign investments in US companies (THey bascically own most Gaming companies and TV, movie production houses now).

Also, f**k the CCP and Xi'tler.