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Cake day: July 22nd, 2023
  • shalafi@lemmy.worldtoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•ICE detains defendant in middle of his own trialEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    I’ll tell you exactly what can be done.

    Sullivan described a tense scene in which ICE agents pounced on Martell-Lebron without identifying themselves, put him into a pickup and sped away.

    SHOOT. THEM.

    I’m not being a keyboard tough guy here. My wife is a legal immigrant, and damningly brown. This is a thing I’ve thought about quite a bit.

    Unidentified men try to snatch her or get in my house? They are getting killed, best I can. And yes, I’ll likely die as well. I’m at peace with that, as much as I can be. Terror has a way of flipping the table on even the best laid plans.

    I almost always have a pistol, rifle or shotgun within reach, and only those guns that are rock solid and with which I practice, and I practice one to three times a week. I’m also prepared for night fighting, quick. Rarely carry except in the woods or somewhere strange I’m unsure about, but that’s going to change. (And I fucking hate it.)

    And it’s not just ICE. Been saying for years that once MAGA truly gets the idea that the law does not apply to them, they’ll be forming posses. Perhaps we will call them Red Shirts.

    FFS, it’s like no one really studied WWII in Europe. This is happening now. Trump dying will probably take the air out of the whole thing, I hope. But if he remains in power long enough, his people will have strengthened their situation. You know they’re planning for what to do if he keels over with a blown heart.

    (Sorry for the rant. Just got home from work and “relaxing”.)

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldtoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•Central Coast man earns house deposit by collecting 450,000 cans and bottles.English
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    3 days ago

    My kinda dude. Read the article if you haven’t already. He’s going to big events and absolutely cleaning up, literally and figuratively.

    I find so much cool shit to upcycle, fix, sell, whatever on the side of the road. Go anywhere humans gather for an event and you can haul home loads of goodies. After the 4th of July fireworks on the river we filled the car with brand new chairs, toys, floaties, all sorts of things.

    If I were motivated enough, I could make a living picking trash. Had a friend making $400-$600 a week fixing up trashed washers and dryers after work. Another couple made $400 every other weekend at their garage sale. “We steal our neighbor’s trash and sell it back to them.” LOL, they would roll out at 6AM, twice a week on trash day, fill the truck and give away whatever didn’t sell by 2PM. My wife is clocking $200-$300 for a few hours at the flea market, and we haven’t even got serious yet.

    I grab shit on the side of the road. Got two nice ceiling fans for free last week. (Lights stops working because the US required voltage limiter burns. Cut it out, free fan.) I’ve replaced nearly every shitty plumbing and electrical device in the house for free. (OK, the sweet new hall light was $1.) Got two bikes for my kids that will take $100 each in new parts and will end up mostly new. Found two nice carpet cleaners that were used once and tossed, need to clean them and sell. Same place chunked a brand new, white, glass-sided mid-tower with factory and upgraded fans. I can go on forever with these tales. And this is all in my spare time.