CA is not a “banana republic” as some have said. That would imply that there is some semblance of “order” left, at least emanating from the authoritarian oligarchy.
CA is in fact a failed state, very like Mexico. A series of satraps ruled by various low-level thugs in government and criminal gangs nominally outside of same.
Since many of the gangs involved came from south of the border to begin with, this really shouldn’t surprise anybody.
CA is a Third World country that just happens to be inside the borders of the continental United States.
And nobody in the “Corridors of Power” cares. As long as trust-fund babies like Brennan in his bespoke suit, or Brittany clutching her Gucci handbag, and driving their Teslas, can get their party drugs every evening, the oligarchs don’t care what happens to anybody else.
Except when they watch wildfires burn them out and get off on the spectacle.
Since when has commiefornia considered the legality of anything they do ? It’s the template for Ottawa lately, if they can’t do something because it’s illegal, they either change the law or have the hand-picked and appointed Supreme Court rule in their favour and that’s that…they’ve already rule that the much vaunted “Charter of Rights and Freedoms” doesn’t really guarantee anyone any ‘rights’ unless the gov’t wants them to have them…temporarily, and subject to removal at any time.
The rot was already present in the late-60’s/early-70’s, just not recognized as such. After Civil & Voting Rights Acts (and the original Watts of ’65) the hands were out by the ‘gibs me dat’ crowd. The High Church of Akademia began fostering relaxed standards for them and there was bak-sheesh in the mailbox. I left in ’69; painful to watch from afar during a military career. Haven’t been back; it’s a different country now.
Chris, Ben Franklin is heading your way. I always like the post-mistress looking at that address as she turns her head slightly trying to syllable-it-out.
If they run out of room to incarcerate “cheating Dems” maybe open a facility in Greenland. Maybe that’s what Trump had in mind when he said he wanted Greenland. That, and having Canada surrounded….
Such a beautiful state in natural features, including the women. The federal government should have kicked Newsome and Bass in the nuts because of the fires, and the failed rebuilding lack of effort by the bureaucracy. And now an obviously fraudulent and shameless fking of an essential right of actual citizens that may have started a different trajectory for the city, and state begs intervention. Who cares? No one in DC.
It takes a long time for a large vessel to stop or come about, but there has to be a rudder command. A junior officer just counter-manded the captain (the people) and kept the ship on its collision course to dystopia. Fk’em all.
Up here…Social media posts deemed to undermine “social stability” would be subject to blocking orders by a federal censor under a cabinet bill introduced yesterday. “The law applies as soon as it comes into force,” said Heritage Minister Marc Miller.
Simple majority needed to pass and not a single liebral or ndp will vote against that…
Nooooo…damnation to the idiots that voted liebral because someone else was getting something (like a military pension) that they weren’t getting…I’ve even heard that from people in my own family…you can’t fix that level of stupid, I’m just glad they were ‘married in’ not blood relatives…mostly.
Double damnation to the bought and paid for cbc/ctv and the rest who went so far as to edit the Conservative candidate’s speeches to make it seem like he’d said the opposite of what he did, and the incessant babbling about PM Harper’s ‘hidden agenda’ when he ‘d already been in office for ten years…no mention of the liebral plans like this though…that would be ‘unhelpful’…I assume the ‘hidden agenda’ was the balanced budget he delivered without arcane math, he was an economist after all. The current ‘banking genius’ who wrecked Ireland’s economy as head banker, and then England’s, just had his massive deficit exposed by the soon to be unemployed Auditor General as being a lot more than advertised…a LOT more.
A federal Cabinet position.
Cabinet works much differently up here, the Ministers are generally appointed from the governing party’s elected Members of Parliament and serve at the PM’s discretion…meaning they can be fired or moved to a different portfolio at any time, or new positions created. Each gov’t has a different number of Cabinet Ministers (very seldom fewer than the one before). ‘Heritage Minister’ is a comparatively recent one and was cobbled together from parts of several other portfolios and while it’s assumed to be for ‘maintaining Canadian traditions and culture’ under this gov’t generally means ‘telling you what you’re allowed or not allowed to do and the penalties for doing or not doing it’…goerring and goebbels would have fit right in with this bunch and their goal of making us the first ‘post national’ country.
June 11, 2026 at 3:11 pm
Kafiroon
This time is coming.
“You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power—he’s free again.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Naturally, the educated man does not believe in propaganda; he shrugs and is convinced that propaganda has no effect on him. This is, in fact, one of his great weaknesses, and propagandists are well aware”
–Jacques Ellul
The stuff that goes on in the blue just sicken me to even think about. Sending them all to Greenland and closing all air travel and putting up a naval blockade. Sounds good to me.
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All of the above
CA is not a “banana republic” as some have said. That would imply that there is some semblance of “order” left, at least emanating from the authoritarian oligarchy.
CA is in fact a failed state, very like Mexico. A series of satraps ruled by various low-level thugs in government and criminal gangs nominally outside of same.
Since many of the gangs involved came from south of the border to begin with, this really shouldn’t surprise anybody.
CA is a Third World country that just happens to be inside the borders of the continental United States.
And nobody in the “Corridors of Power” cares. As long as trust-fund babies like Brennan in his bespoke suit, or Brittany clutching her Gucci handbag, and driving their Teslas, can get their party drugs every evening, the oligarchs don’t care what happens to anybody else.
Except when they watch wildfires burn them out and get off on the spectacle.
CA can never be “reformed”. The rot is too deep.
Wall it off and forget about it.
(Especially Hollywood.)
clear ether
eon
Eight million more votes than LEGAL* voters.
* “Legal” in that they complied with voting laws, which is different than “legal” as in “This is California.”
Since when has commiefornia considered the legality of anything they do ? It’s the template for Ottawa lately, if they can’t do something because it’s illegal, they either change the law or have the hand-picked and appointed Supreme Court rule in their favour and that’s that…they’ve already rule that the much vaunted “Charter of Rights and Freedoms” doesn’t really guarantee anyone any ‘rights’ unless the gov’t wants them to have them…temporarily, and subject to removal at any time.
Yep, Too Late…this time around. It hurts to watch this.
The rot was already present in the late-60’s/early-70’s, just not recognized as such. After Civil & Voting Rights Acts (and the original Watts of ’65) the hands were out by the ‘gibs me dat’ crowd. The High Church of Akademia began fostering relaxed standards for them and there was bak-sheesh in the mailbox. I left in ’69; painful to watch from afar during a military career. Haven’t been back; it’s a different country now.
Chris, Ben Franklin is heading your way. I always like the post-mistress looking at that address as she turns her head slightly trying to syllable-it-out.
If they run out of room to incarcerate “cheating Dems” maybe open a facility in Greenland. Maybe that’s what Trump had in mind when he said he wanted Greenland. That, and having Canada surrounded….
Such a beautiful state in natural features, including the women. The federal government should have kicked Newsome and Bass in the nuts because of the fires, and the failed rebuilding lack of effort by the bureaucracy. And now an obviously fraudulent and shameless fking of an essential right of actual citizens that may have started a different trajectory for the city, and state begs intervention. Who cares? No one in DC.
It takes a long time for a large vessel to stop or come about, but there has to be a rudder command. A junior officer just counter-manded the captain (the people) and kept the ship on its collision course to dystopia. Fk’em all.
At least you can still complain about it…
Up here…Social media posts deemed to undermine “social stability” would be subject to blocking orders by a federal censor under a cabinet bill introduced yesterday. “The law applies as soon as it comes into force,” said Heritage Minister Marc Miller.
Simple majority needed to pass and not a single liebral or ndp will vote against that…
It’s too late for us, save yourselves.
You have a beautiful country up there too. Damnation to the Leftist ilk who have made tough-nutted Canadians abridge their speech for fear of arrest.
Nooooo…damnation to the idiots that voted liebral because someone else was getting something (like a military pension) that they weren’t getting…I’ve even heard that from people in my own family…you can’t fix that level of stupid, I’m just glad they were ‘married in’ not blood relatives…mostly.
Double damnation to the bought and paid for cbc/ctv and the rest who went so far as to edit the Conservative candidate’s speeches to make it seem like he’d said the opposite of what he did, and the incessant babbling about PM Harper’s ‘hidden agenda’ when he ‘d already been in office for ten years…no mention of the liebral plans like this though…that would be ‘unhelpful’…I assume the ‘hidden agenda’ was the balanced budget he delivered without arcane math, he was an economist after all. The current ‘banking genius’ who wrecked Ireland’s economy as head banker, and then England’s, just had his massive deficit exposed by the soon to be unemployed Auditor General as being a lot more than advertised…a LOT more.
WTH is a heritage minister
A federal Cabinet position.
Cabinet works much differently up here, the Ministers are generally appointed from the governing party’s elected Members of Parliament and serve at the PM’s discretion…meaning they can be fired or moved to a different portfolio at any time, or new positions created. Each gov’t has a different number of Cabinet Ministers (very seldom fewer than the one before). ‘Heritage Minister’ is a comparatively recent one and was cobbled together from parts of several other portfolios and while it’s assumed to be for ‘maintaining Canadian traditions and culture’ under this gov’t generally means ‘telling you what you’re allowed or not allowed to do and the penalties for doing or not doing it’…goerring and goebbels would have fit right in with this bunch and their goal of making us the first ‘post national’ country.
This time is coming.
“You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power—he’s free again.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Naturally, the educated man does not believe in propaganda; he shrugs and is convinced that propaganda has no effect on him. This is, in fact, one of his great weaknesses, and propagandists are well aware”
–Jacques Ellul
The stuff that goes on in the blue just sicken me to even think about. Sending them all to Greenland and closing all air travel and putting up a naval blockade. Sounds good to me.