So on the form we all have to fill out when we leave our houses, explaining why we urgently need to go out--there are only a limited number of permissible reasons--this guy writes, "To smash someone's fucking face." lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/sur…
The cops nicked him. "He was told that the motive was not valid," said the police division commander, who noted that otherwise, he'd filled in the form correctly. The suspect was put in the drunk tank, from which he emerged with a fine of 135 euros for his improper motive--
--and another 150 euros for "public and manifest drunkenness."
He left with a properly filled out certificate, as a mode. "It was pointed out to him that 'going out to fuck someone up' is not a planned activity," said the commander.
"He's someone who is concerned about the law in his own way,” he added.
"model."
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I've got no money to spare this month. You know that survey you keep hearing about, the one that says 40 percent of Americans don't have $400 bucks in the bank they could access in case of an emergency? Yeah, that's me.
The washing machine: Proline PFL 80 F. Six years old. Purchased from Darty for about 209 Euros. (It was the least expensive one they sold.) I wrote about how pleasant the experience of buying it was: berlinski.com/2016/09/14/the…
As soon as the vaccines are distributed, the economy is going to explode: eight billion cooped-up people will realize they can go out safely again and the pent-up demand will cause binge spending on every activity they've been missing.
So don't catch this thing because you "need the money." Let the business go belly-up. Sell your valuables. Borrow and scrounge enough to eat. Ignore the rest of the bills. Come the vaccine--and it's coming soon--the economy will roar to life like a Maserati.
You'll earn it back then. Beg, borrow, steal, do whatever you need to do to stay alive for a few more months--but don't tell yourself, "I need to feed my kids, so I have to expose myself to the risk."
We were planning to exclude *China* in a massive Pacific trade deal. Now they've done it to us. Chinese century, here we come. I hope they're kinder to us than they are to the Uighurs. news.yahoo.com/huge-asian-tra…
This is very big news. I'm of several minds about it. That it puts a punctuation point on the end of the American century makes me sad, as an American. That China will now dominate the Pacific--not necessarily as a benevolent hegemon--makes me uneasy for the Pacific.
But it will also make the region prosperous, and help a great deal to mitigate the economic catastrophe of the pandemic. So I'm glad for everyone who will prosper.
It won't include the United States, however.
This is what America First really looks like. America last.
I discovered something that may be useful to humanity.
I've been in lockdown in my apartment for weeks, which of course this is not ideal for one's mood--still less when the days are short and overcast and the apartment is tiny.
But a small change has made me so much happier.
Plants.
I'm not kidding. I ordered a bunch of houseplants hung them on my walls. I'm astonished how much this has improved my mood.
I'm not sure why: maybe because they're alive?
Maybe because they improve the air quality and smell nice?
The improvement in my mood has been *dramatic* since my little green buddies arrived. On a scale of 1-10, I'd say the improvement represents two full points. Seriously.
"It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place,
which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice.
"Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government.
"Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.
"Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess?
"Ye have no more religion than my horse. Gold is your God. Which of you have not bartered your conscience for bribes?