I’d hazard a guess. It was a warning. Either to him. Or to someone he is close to.
Roughing someone up. Or going after peoples friends and loved ones is a classic tactic used by essentially everyone. SPLC, ADL, and other number of Criminal Organizations, Intelligence Agencies, Law Enforcement, Terror Groups. Various Paramilitary Organizations, Political Activists, Labor Unions etc.
Because it works. As most people inherently value the health, and safety of those they consider friends and family. Over any other loyalties, whether to an organization, nation, or even just what they claim to values, and their principles. Not to mention the health and safety of strangers.
There’s also a remote chance it was a normal accident. And the story is real. Ala tripped on a curb or something. Man’s 74 probably isn’t moving like he used to. And falls are harder to bounce back from the older you get. And people don’t always do what makes logical sense. Which is why the story sounds odd.
Granted it’s a remote and small chance. But it’s still not a zero percent chance.
So basically. Pay Mexican Cops/Military enough per head brought in that Greed overwhelms any self-preservation or prior loyalty they may have
And given the reference to Privateers. Presumably it includes issuing some form of Letter of Marquee. And or establishing Privately operated flotillas who may or may not depending on political winds. Publicly Cooperate with the Coast Guard in intercepting Cartel Boats and Submarines. With any cargo seized by the ‘Privateers’ likely being purchased at a premium by the U.S or Mexican Government supposing it’s something like Cocaine. Weed, the Boats, and other cargo they’ll probably let the would be ‘Privateers’ sell at auction.
Last I checked. Investing with inverse Cramer. Was making higher ROIs than tracking Pelosi and Congress.
On a mildly unrelated note.
Anyone notice how popular culture has created the idea of Military and Corporate Bioweapons and Bioresearch Labs being giant sprawling remote above or below ground complexes? Which seemingly makes logical sense. In the event of a containment breach. It’d be easier to isolate and quarantine some place in the middle of nowhere. And keep people from getting in or out.
But then you see real ones. That handle plagues and engineering super viruses and shit. And it’s always like a non-descript office building in the middle of a heavily populated urban area. With ready access to major transit hubs.
It’s actually amazing we don’t have routine outbreaks of horrific diseases. Especially given the handful of reports we do have about what goes on inside those labs suggest the Employees regularly don’t follow procedures and protocol for handling diseases that could kill millions if they break containment.
That’s in Maryland. Not North Carolina
Probably for the handful of poor bastards who’ll inevitably be lucky or unfortunate enough depending on how you look at it. To survive a Nuclear Exchange
I’ve heard the trick with getting anything useful out of Astrology. Is separating the modern New Age esc stuff that sells baubles, trinkets and shiny rocks to the gullible. From the older information that was what would have originally been studied by the esoteric and Mystic scholars and orders of our ancestors.
Apparently this version can be spread via contaminated meat now and bodily fluids. But it’s still mostly just a glorified STD.
Avoid Gay Orgies, and avoid sex or close contact with Prostitutes and or the Town Bicycle. And your likelihood of catching it is essentially zero.
The whole point to forming Canada was to frustrate American attempts at both expansion and forging diplomatic relationships. While simultaneously binding the Canadian colonies closer to the Empire.
As quite a few of the prospective territories, particularly in the West though not exclusively, were doing more Business with American Companies and shipping raw goods south. Than they were with the homeland. With grumblings questioning their relationship with the homeland. Especially with what would become the Rustbelt rapidly industrializing.
And During the Civil War. Confederate Intelligence regularly operated out of Canada. In particular Montreal Canada was a hotbed of Sympathizers.
Ironically the first place Jefferson Davis went after posting Bail. Was Montreal Canada. Not the Southern States. And his Bail was posted by an interesting cast of characters including Cornelius Vanderbilt, Horace Greeley, and Gerrit Smith. Which opens up a rabbit hole all on its own. Considering at least two of them were publicly Republicans and one was a noted Abolitionist.
I’ve counted at least 6 or 7 “Insiders” who’ve claimed Side of Beef was tried, sentenced, and executed.
At different dates, times, and locations.
TLDR: The article is from 2014. And the Missiles it’s referencing matched a lot that the Hildebeast and the CIA supposedly gave the Qataris to arm Anti-Gaddaffi forces in Libya.
So either the Qataris gave the Taliban the weapons intended for Libya. Or the CIA did. And the Qataris were the fall guys given it’s a well known fact that they, along with the Saudis, and Iranians are the number one source of funding for the regions many Islamist Militant groups. Outside the ones funded by the CIA/State Department. Or the Israelis. Though funding from all 5 sources often can overlap.
The Omega is also used to denote Resistance in an Electrical circuit calculated via Ohms Law.
So it could be a reference to Ohms law and I’m barking up the wrong tree by assuming a philosophical implication. As He is heavily involved in the production of Electric Cars, Robots and Batteries.
Greek Omega enclosed in a Diamond.
Probably reliably not a symbol of his affinity for Warhammer 40k.
If I had the time I could do more research. Maybe a relation to the Greek Schools of Philosophy?
Sad in that it’s still a Human life. But from a societal cost standpoint? Eh. There’s other shit that’s better to get upset about. Just glad there was no one else involved in the wreck.
Far too often reckless shitbags trying to show off get decent people killed. Because the Decent people had the misfortune of unintentionally being in the way of whatever stunt the shitbags were trying to pull off.
I never realized this was a real thing. I thought it was just some Thought Experiment bored psychologists came up with as a theoretical condition.
Family Formation is down. Marriage is down. Constantly barraged with propaganda declaring your people are at fault for everything wrong with the world.
Raising Happy and Well Adjusted Children is expensive across most of the west.
Quite a bit of the products we use, food we consume are treated with chemicals that affect fertility rates.
Culturally we’re running face first into the downsides of the politics and philosophical traditions that defined Western/European Life for the better part of 3 centuries and ironically birthed the United States.
To condense an extremely difficult and complex discussion. Into perhaps something dramatically oversimplified. We traded stability, tradition, and a slow process of development. For Progress at the expense of all else. And while it’s brought us far in record time. That didn’t come without cost.
Now do the cash that has never left the country.
And is currently funding the building, Modernization, and expansion of Firearms and Ammunition Production and storage Facilities. Explosives Production. Along with other Strategic Infrastructure. That expanded capability isn’t going to go away after this proxy war ends.
Someone’s been getting Congress to greenlight massive Military infrastructure and Modernization investments to Military Plants and Factories under the cover of Ukraine Funding. When they likely wouldn’t have touched it at any other time. Were this any other time. It would normally would provoke no shortage of complaints and whining from both Congress people about Budgets, and the media. Which by extension would stir up the general public. People however have been razor focused on Ukraine and the blatant corruption there. They seemingly haven’t noticed the Domestic Military investments.
That additional production capacity isn’t going anywhere after the Proxy War in Ukraine is done. And if we were heading for some super peaceful everybody is sitting in a circle and singing Kumbaya esc future. As some are want to believe. The extra production capacity would be superfluous. As would be the steps to camouflage it from outside eyes. Unfriendly or otherwise.
Somewhat ironically. He was only convicted by the Romans because the Pharisees and Elders threatened to stir the people into a revolt against the Romans.
For context. About a 70 year period of successive rebellions against Roman Authority in the Eastern Empire roughly termed the “Roman-Jewish wars”. A few decades after the crucifixion of Jesus. Resulted in over 1 Million Casualties potentially far higher.
With 1 Roman Legion destroyed outright in heavy fighting. And 3 more crippled. And hundreds of thousands of Roman Civilians and Imperial Administration/Non-Combatants killed, wounded or missing.
The Death of an innocent man. However regrettable was a price any Imperial Colonial Administration likely would have willingly paid to avoid the cost in blood and treasure putting down a revolt.
The Romans were the blade wielded by the Pharisees and Jewish Elites. And to his credit Pilate realized this. Hence the symbolic washing of hands. Ala “We might be the tools. But his blood is on your hands.”
El Salavador is fairly nice now or so I hear. In fact according to recent stats it’s safer than many American Cities. Granted that’s at least in part because of a zero tolerance policy on crime and other behaviors that would have many Americans shrieking “Government Tyranny!”.
There’s even a whiff of Gang or organized crime activity. Even something like a shooting, which many Americans consider part and parcel of Urban life. Bukele drops the hammer. Road Blocks, Checkpoints, Searches, round the clock patrols etc.
I’d hazard a guess there’s still a few handfuls of people who are interested in Space and pushing the boundaries of Human Knowledge.
And not letting in token Diversity who couldn’t hack it otherwise and are only there because a supervisor had a checkbox to fill.
There’s also something doubly ironic about the DEI due to the origins of NASA. Allegedly Rumor is Werner Von Braun and a couple other project Paperclip alumni at NASA would still occasionally show up to work in their old S.S Uniforms.
From reading the article it seems less a battle and more the last gasps of a dying Central Government.
With 85% of the Capital now allegedly run by various Gangs and Criminal outfits. And the Airport shutdown because incoming and outgoing aircraft are having potshots being taken at them.
The U.S could take a page out of its Cold War playbook. We’ve got a few hundred thousand Haitians in country at minimum. Plus Expats who left prior to the latest round of chaos. You’d probably be able to get enough Volunteers to raise a couple Brigades. Maybe even a full on Division.
We get neighboring countries to contribute equipment to Arm them. And we turn them loose on the island. Maybe with a few international Advisors including Chinese and Russians so they don’t complain at Security Council meetings. Ideally they’d pledge to whatever is left of the current Government. But really worst thing that could happen is they install a new Dictatorship. Either way it’ll likely result in some form of stability for the Island. And reduce the numbers of Haitians seeking to flee.
Mexico was apparently looking into Deporting Americans who started living there during COVID.
Because apparently they were pissed because apparently thousands of people who wouldn’t learn the language, kept driving up the cost of housing and property, and taking jobs from the locals was causing problems. The irony reading that article was palpable
A bunch of Ivory Tower Academics and Intellectuals with no real world experience at all, let alone experience medically treating real people, got ideas about how reality “Should Work”.
At the rate things are going. There’s probably quite a few people wishing that the 2022 Coup plot was actually legitimate. And not the Government entrapping and arresting a bunch of Old people and dissatisfied Military and Police Veterans who occasionally got together and reminisced about Germanys glory days and fantasizing about unrealistic plots to restore a Kaiser.
The fact it got a ‘Sensitive Content’ warning.
The issue seems to be. As usual. Not everyone shares the same view on ‘Free Speech’.
And most private companies that make a claim to idolizing ‘Free Speech’ will inevitably cater to the will of the masses and find a median. Else they risk crippling their potential consumer base. Such as content warning flags. Instead of a 100% purist take. Especially with all the websites and businesses that specialize in selling fake likes and views to get shit trending.
Because frankly. Not everyone likes or wants conspiracy theories and conspiracy documentaries about Jews clogging their feeds. Somewhat Ironically. It’s the “The Free Market” at work.