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Substantial Opposition

13 Sunday Feb 2022

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Americans – or, more accurately, USians – are a dim, dull people, mentally speaking. Even so, it’s encouraging that a majority disfavor direct suicidal intervention in the nothing in Ukraine.

The Economist/YouGov survey showed that only 13% of US adults believe it would be a “good idea” to deploy troops to fight Russians in Ukraine. In fact, support for a combat mission on Moscow’s doorstep is so low that more Americans (17%) favor withdrawing from NATO than tangling with Russia’s military. The poll found that 55% of Americans believe sending combat troops to Ukraine would be a “bad idea,” while 33% are unsure.

The will to empire is fading just as the empire itself fades. Good.

Pick a Pattern!

13 Saturday Mar 2021

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There are many to chose from in Wallethub’s 2021 Happiest Cities list.

They also for Best and Worst Places to Families and more.

Yeah, note the metrics they use, be cognizant that these are only larger towns, and then see if you can spot some trends. The grass is sometimes greener and some places – I’ll not name them – are just plain terrible.

Where to Go in the USSA?

10 Wednesday Mar 2021

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I marked up this list of “best” states. See brackets:

New this year, U.S. News has compiled data related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country enters its second year of enduring the crisis. We have also explored just how badly the pandemic has damaged states’ economies and budgets.

10 Best States in America:

1. Washington [east okay]
2. Minnesota [outside cities]
3. Utah [Good, outside under-roo cities]
4. New Hampshire [north of Concord]
5. Idaho [Yes]
6. Nebraska [okay]
7. Virginia [maybe in the SW corner or mtns]
8. Wisconsin [outside cities]
9. Massachusetts [sady, NO]
10. Florida [maybe the Pandhandle]

My preference is for a few states not listed and, of course, has nothing to do with the hoax.

Home Is Where The School Is

05 Saturday Sep 2020

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Or, where it should be in almost all cases.

The “schools” are slowly, painfully coming back into session, with masks and fear in abundance. In the middle of August, I noted a poll that showed that 82% of American parents were afraid of sending the kids back to school and that 25% would not do so. It may be a little early to see how those positions play out in full, but we do have a new poll with some mixed results.

Now, parents report to Gallup that 89% of the kiddies will be in some form of school or another. Yes, something happened to the concerns of 82% and the resolve of 25%. Nuances: public “school,” private school, and parochial school attendance is down this year. Charter school (a concept I’ve never really understood) enrollment is up. The great news is that homeschooling has allegedly doubled!!! It’s up to ten percent of all children from five last year.

The government’s indoctrination, molestation prisons are dead. The privates are, by and large, a mixed bag. Home is where the heart, the results, and the hope is. And, homeschools are not the second-largest block in the ed demographics game. If this trend holds, then next year home education will account for more students than all other public alternatives combined.

We’ll borrow a label and call these home students the talented tenth of the future!

US No Place For Families

25 Saturday Jul 2020

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If not for Mexico, the Empire would rank dead last on a list of best and worst nations in which to raise children. Ironically, these days only Mexicans raise families in the dead US.

The metrics of the survey are a little suspect, though the Empire’s overall placement is about right. If not for a C+ in “happiness,” a D- in “health,” and a “C+” in “education,” we’d rate straight Fs. The education score by itself suggests something is very off in the methodology; ed in the USE should be an F-. The happiness score is probably what it is thanks to copious drug and alcohol usage and the fact that, like ignorance, wicked stupidity may also be bliss. Healthcare is about right.

So, congratulations! You’re number 34! You’re number 34!

Note that many of my suggested escape countries rank way ahead of the dying nation-shape kind of place between Canada and Mexico. Again, the measurements are somewhat suspect – for instance, number 20 Poland only rates one letter grade better than Amerika in education despite the fact that they, for much less money, outscore the vibrant kidz n ‘Murica in every measurable category. Poland’s happiness index being lower suggests a certain bias or poor sampling. Whatever. Oh, that also reminds me that I should have worked on the end of my series. Soon, kids, soon.

The One-Third Chances

18 Thursday Jun 2020

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A third of “American voters” foresee civil war.

A Rasmussen Reports poll released Monday reveals that 34 percent of likely U.S. voters think the United States will experience a second civil war sometime in the next five years, but that includes only nine percent who say it is “very likely.”

Out of the current voter pool, this third is an approximate correlation with and to the percent of literal Americans (widely defined) in the US Empire. They’re the smarter voters. They’re ahead of failing Deutsch Bank.

Analysts, led by Henry Allen, say there is at least a one-in-three chance that at least one of four major tail risks will occur within the next decade: a major influenza pandemic killing more than two million people; a globally catastrophic volcanic eruption; a major solar flare; or a global war.

The flu and a supervolcano are possible. A solar flare would almost be welcomed. It’s the war, again, that hits the predictive mark. I’ve heard it convincingly asserted that we’re already in the early, cold stages of Civil War 2.0. I think it will heat up considerably, likely coming along with a major foreign war (that the Empire will lose badly).

If only we had a businessman in the White House, Republicucks in the Senate, and some conservative black robes!

“Free” Money and the Remnant

19 Tuesday May 2020

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Expected and unsurprising news from a recent poll, at least on the surface.

  • Great majorities, across party lines, favor socialism in the USE;
  • 75% want socialized medicine;
  • 82% want universal basic income.

Taking the 82% as an example gifts the best news I’ve heard all year! 82 subtracted from 100 = 18. That 18% of the people in the USE, the ones who do not want socialism, are a likely-as-not statistical representation of the population that still AMERICAN. And I was thinking it was probably half of that. Hope yet.

Making Democracy Safe for Dissent

30 Thursday Jan 2020

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A new poll finds that a majority of the world’s people are tired of the tyranny of democracy.

The world is unhappier with democracy than ever, new research has claimed.

In a report published Wednesday, researchers from Cambridge University analyzed the political sentiment of more than 4 million people, using data from survey projects that covered 154 countries between 1995 and 2020.

The proportion of people who said they were dissatisfied with democracy over the last year hit 57.5%, according to the report, with researchers saying 2019 marked “the highest level of democratic discontent” on record.

Authors noted that over the last 25 years, the number of individuals dissatisfied with democratic politics around the world rose from a third to more than half.

Democracy is self-abuse, the collective belief in the wisdom of selfish and stupid individuals. And, my money says the selfishness part is what’s largely behind the polling: people want the free stuff faster than their votes can provide it. This is all good and bad. Ever seeking a better tyrant, the people will open themselves to whatever Greta, Bloomberg, or anyone else says or promises. The sheep want better grass.

Just the Illegal Concerns

24 Wednesday Jul 2019

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Right, Republicucks? The people speak?

After hitting a new high last month, mentions of immigration as the most important problem facing the U.S. increased further to 27% in July. Since Gallup began regularly recording mentions of the issue in 1993, immigration has been cited by an average of 6% of Americans, though it has been higher in recent years. There have been occasional, typically short-lived, spikes when major immigration events were occurring.

The molten pot.