barneypiccolo

Yep, let them turn their hate on each other.

I like that, but I've been calling him HitlerPig, after I read that was the favorite name by younger staffers in the Biden White House. I find it simultaneously hilarious, vicious, and accurate.

The Chinese have an old curse: "May you live in interesting times." This is what they were talking about.

The US military has always proved to be very vulnerable to guerilla warfare, they've lost a few wars due to guerilla warfare. Canadians know their landscape and they know how to hunt and shoot, they'd put together an excellent guerilla force, and they could easily blend with American soldiers. They are also comfortable with the cold. A MAGA invasion of Canada in the Winter will be like the Nazis invading Russia. Also, all of Europe will suppport Canada.

A good portion of the US military will refuse to follow orders to invade, and resign, defect, or go AWOL, and whoever is left will be nearly universally unmotivated to invade Canada. Many military leaders will work behind the scenes to sabotage the illegal invasion. Those disenchanted military personnel will find the competent, experienced military that HitlerPig fired, ready and waiting to build a strong, motivated military force to oppose MAGA on Canada's behalf.

In addition, 2/3+ of America will never support the invasion of Canada for ANY reason, and will align with Canada. HitlerPig will be forced to waste resources dealing with the uprising at home, distracting him from his foolish invasion.

Any HitlerPig military operation will be defined by virtuosic incompetence, which is his most reliable characteristic. He will be fighting his own military and citizen population every step of the way.

He got elected because people thought he was trolling, and thought it was funny. Now he's actually doing those things, and worse. So why would anyone not take these threats seriously?

Then make an alliance with Mexico (and countries in Central and South America) and 2/3 of America will be surrounded by hostile territory.

Yes, there are. 80% of the population can be controlled on mere threats alone. The rest can be dealt with by the authorities.

Besides, it isnt about whether its possible or not, its all about them believing that they can. If HitlerPig wants to do it, his henchmen know that they have to enthusiastically agree and call him the greatest strategist in the world, or they are out of a job (at best). So they'll tell him its possible.

You are 100% correct, that is definitely the plan. Have the RedHats instigate violence, then call in the military to quell the violence with even more ferocious violence, and Hegseth will definitely give the order to fire on American citizens. It will be like Tiananmen Square, but in cities all over America. Once he has declared Martial Law, he can suspend elections until peace is restored, and since he will control the peace.

The 2026 midterms are shaping up to be a bloodbath, and he can't afford to lost one or both chambers to the Democrats, where they can have control of investigative committees, with subpoena and arrest powers.

So he has to time it right, so the courts and SCOTUS wont have time to react before election day. That means next summer/fall. By then, Luigi's trial will be in play, many more activities will be criminalized, he will have sent Americans to El Salvador, the first stage of the 30,000 bed facility in Gitmo may be open (or soon), he will have imprisoned political opponents, store shelves will be empty, other goods will be tripled in price, we'll be in a deep recession, there will be food shortages, etc. Anything is possible, but it will all add up to public outrage like we have never seen, and he will take full advantage of it to end our system of government, and become a one more incompetent Dictator.

Then it's on.

I expect used items of all types are going to increase - clothes, appliances, toys, etc. Goodwill and other thrift shops are about to have the biggest boom period of their history.

Somewhat, mostly strings. Most of the rest is just adjustments, using tools I already have. I still have a fair stock of strings, but I was thinking of buying a bunch more to hold me over for a while.

Cleaning is also a big part, but that's easy.

I suppose if it gets bad, and I need to buy tuners and bridges, etc., I can buy a few junk guitars, and cannibalize them for parts.

I've already heard the rationalization: It was the ineptitude of previous administrations that allowed trade with China to get so out of hand, forcing HitlerPig to make the hard decisions that will hurt now, but America will be better off for it in a few years, when full manufacturing has returned to America. Of course, that will mean a crippling Economic Depression until that happens.

People believing that think that the new manufacturing landscape is going to return wonderful, high paying jobs to workers who could barely achieve a high school diploma. They couldn't be more wrong.

If Sociopathic Oligarchs and Corporations have the chance to rebuild the manufacturing sector, why would they emulate the model that got manufacturing sent to China in the first place? The new factories will be mostly automated, and jobs that rely on humans will be more like Asian sweatshops - non-union, no mnimum wage, no benefits, no health/ safety/ environmental regulations, forced overtime with no overtime pay, teen labor, etc.

In the meantime, they are allowing workers' imaginations to run wild with fantasies of easy $50 an hour manufacturing jobs, without correcting them about their real intentions.

I'll help you.