Perpetually tired mental health counselor, sometimes retro game streamer, comedian, Mensan, coffee connoisseur, bacon lover, chronic pain survivor, nefarious pirate, and generally all-round nice dude…
That’s pretty much been my decision. I’m looking into my options, even cashing out my retirement and leaving the country, but that’s all contingent on what happens. In the meantime, I’m writing letters to get myself heard. If I’m going to lose everything, it won’t be quietly.
What they’re not telling you is that this is already effecting more than the federal workforce. My company began layoffs this week as our grants are now being cut. Whole departments laid off and client services terminated. If I lose my job, I probably won’t be finding another in my field because this is happening nationwide. My entire career is on the line right now, something I’ve spent the past 20 years building.
Moreover, my clients are getting screwed as well… We’re talking people who don’t have the ability to work, no income other than social security, and who barely have the insight to understand why. They’re either going back to the hospital, until the hospital’s funding gets cut, or out on the street.
We’re all fucked because of this.
Partly because these people are sending a message that goes beyond the owner of the car.
At the same time, the owner of the truck is openly showing their support of Musk and Trump by driving it. While I don’t condone ruining people’s lives, if you’re going to openly support fascism, the suffering of our people, the stripping away of our freedoms, the dissolution of our legal system, the raping of our economy, and the destruction of our nation, then perhaps you deserve to feel just a little more than uncomfortable… like the rest of us…
“Musk claimed knowledge of a suspect accused of stealing 400,000 social security numbers…”
This shit is absolutely unreal…
So I guess we’re going back to actively speed running the ruination of our planet now.
I hope whatever takes over after us, if there is anything left, notes that humanity’s end came at the hands of a very small number of petty assholes who would rather try to kill all life on the planet than admit to being wrong about anything.
I don’t live in Cali, but I was at a diner yesterday and some woman had her dog in one of the booths. Clearly not a service animal, no vest or anything. You know what ruins a pretty quick? Dog hair in your food… Especially if it’s not your dog.
We get Signal!
Reporter: How are you gentlemen!!
Who needs security vetting procedure, amirite? The president said they’re cool, and who’s more trustworthy than the president???
Make it an even 6 with The Fox and The Hound!
Just show them the animated Lord of the Rings, Neverending Story, and then finish it off with The Dark Crystal… They’ll be ready for anything.
If there’s anything good to be seen in what’s going on right now it’s that Trump, Musk, and the rest of the regime can’t help but shout the quiet part from rooftops. Let Musk go on… Eventually, even the hardcore Republicans are going to get sick of this travesty. Hopefully anyway…
Gonna leave a bit of advice for any young folks that might see this. Something I wish to god someone had told me when I was 20.
Start an annuity plan. They’re generally stable, all but guaranteed to accrue money. You can set a percentage of your paycheck to be deposited automatically into the account. If you have the option to do this through your employer, do it, find out if they match the deposit like mine. Put 10% of your paycheck in there. After 10 years, I have $40,000 sitting in a retirement account with a progressive series of bonds set to mature in between now and my retirement age. Those bonds will roll back into shorter term bonds as they mature, and add more value to the account. My projected retirement age is still 72, but at least I know that money is there.
Also, after 4 years, the account matures and you’re able to borrow against it, like collateral for a loan. So if I wanted to right now, I could take that money and use it as a down payment on a house. I’ll be expected to put it back, but the interest is generally lower than a home owner’s loan.
Trust a proven liar? No…
Trust a liar, conman, and rapist on the other hand…