That’s the least of the worries facing the construction of a skyhook. I don’t think Heinlein’s Kenya Beanstalk is possible. It would have to stretch out so far to defeat gravity that it would hit so many satellites. That’s the first issue that pops to mind.

Normal law enforcement slows their fucking roll when they know you are armed, but ICE is made up entirely of those unqualified to be cops. The stupid, belligerent, racist, insecure losers are what they are made up of. Still, even the stupid jackboot pig doesn’t want to tangle with someone who can actually fight back. They are cowards. That’s why they focus on women and children if there are few of them. I have yet to see them go after any man with less than six of their bitch asses.

If they ever managed to find my house my only option is to die shooting back and hope I at least get a few of them. If they make it out to where I live the cities have already fallen. And I may not be the demographic they are openly hunting, but they have already proven that they have no compunction to killing folks who look like me with very little to no provocation. These men are the enemy of the American people.

Many of us generally prefer to sleep inside and have food to eat. A general strike will likely never happen in the US. Being prepared as best as possible for violence is more necessary every day and making friends with like minded folks is one of the best ways to do that. They are bringing the violence to us. We cannot just lie down and take it. Arm up, train and help others do the same.

Reason would be nice. I miss it

You will need to use the terminal . Period

I stopped here. I’ve been on Mint for some years now. I have not once needed the terminal. I have been in no way tempted by the terminal. I opened it once, said “yep”, closed it and have not bothered with it since.

I don’t intend to be taken alive.

Sits down at organ and forgets what I was supposed to be doing.

Shit, it’s only a matter of time before Trump takes some foreign leader hostage while they’re here visiting him. At least it’s on my bingo card for 2026.

The cartoon was Casey Kasem, the tip 40 countdown guy.

Why deprive yourself so? It’s easily my favorite Myers film.

Because the media is deep throating the boot. The rich bastards that own it don’t give a fuck about you, me or that nurse that got stuck with a dirty needle. They will tell you what matters and what is or isn’t news and how you should feel about it.

The media doesn’t work for us.

Ah, well then hello fellow American! It’s great that you have retained understanding of your childhood languages. I took German in highschool and probably know about enough now to get myself arrested, or more likely just laughed at and I know none of the Irish Gaelic my family would have spoken when they emigrated in the mid 1800s.

So tell me something, do you also speak English or do you use translation software? Your English to me, an American in a southern state, seems flawless, possibly better than my own. No judgement from me, by the way, just curiosity.

Should work about as well as Esperanto.

To save the working man you’ve got to put him out to pasture.

Another

But you can teach the ignorant.

Decent buds are as good as earplugs where I work. I seldom crank the volume. If I’m on my tractor no one is around or I don’t use anything. It’s a quiet little 25 horse diesel so that’s not bad. I’m a musician and very protective of my ears, but thanks for the concern.

I like the sound of what’s going on around me. I enjoy catching little snippets of random conversations, the birds singing, the exhaust notes of passing vehicles. I prefer to be aware of my surroundings instead of insulting myself from them. At home, I’m very literally in the woods, and occasionally feral hogs may cross my path, but they make a lot of noise. When I’m in town the variety of sounds is novel and entertaining to me.

I wear earbuds at work, or if I’m running my tractor or lawnmower. I do drive, but I don’t always have the radio playing in my car. Sometimes quiet is just nice.