The motley items, political antics & moral posturings thread

[Syne]

I think for Mr. Chansley I'll add politically violent insanity as a category. He's f**king nuts and there just isn't enough mental institutions. I don't think for a minute it is a category exclusive to Trump supporters since in time we will witness many Biden whackos as well.

We already have all the leftist riots, arson, and violence over the last year. The left says protest, including criminal, is the only way for some people to have their voices heard.

It doesn't say this guy was charged with committing any violence, e.g. "civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, disorderly conduct in a restricted building, demonstrating in a Capitol building".

If he had killed anyone with premeditation, you might could make the case for it being terrorism, but then, I doubt anyone would say any terrorist is completely sane. So we already have labels and charges for all possible crimes, without having to make up new categories. Insanity is just insanity, and it will latch onto any number of wacky motives or justifications.

[Zinjanthropos]

I think Mr Chansley eats, sleeps and shits politics. He's obsessed. He wakes up every day wanting to change the world or America at least. Trouble is...he's dumber than a bag of hammers. I don't think for a minute Trump wants to acknowledge him as a follower or supporter. I think Trump sees Chansley same way I do, 'Muy loco en la cabeza'. If anything, Donald's supporters at the capitol debacle should have opened his eyes. Still we focus, or the News does, on some gang of misguided social misfits with mental issues. It's more like hooliganism. These people would make great soccer fans. 

As I said earlier, Biden's gang hasn't appeared yet. Maybe they're in Portland. 

It's my experience to rarely meet someone strong left or right. I only see the news like most people. In fact wherever I go, I generally talk to those who are anti far left. Leaves me to believe there isn't as many lefts as the news makes it seem, far rights I'm not sure of. For the most part I think people are tired of having to deal with nutjobs everyday on TV when they're probably a small segment of the population. 

I liked Trump but its over for now. Everyone let it go, sit back and watch Biden screw up. It's an inevitability for all politicians.

[C C]

Trade Unions That Endorsed Biden Are Mad He Kept His Campaign Promise To Kill Keystone
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/29/joe-b...or-unions/

SUMMARY POINTS: Major trade unions including North America’s Building Trades Union and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which endorsed President Joe Biden’s campaign, expressed disappointment with his Keystone XL Pipeline executive order.

“The Biden Administration’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit on day one of his presidency is both insulting and disappointing,” Laborers International Union of North America General President Terry O’Sullivan, who endorsed Biden, said in a statement.

More than 1,000 construction workers will be laid off because of the permit revocation, TC Energy Corporation, the company constructing the pipeline, said in a message to its employees following the executive order, according to Reuters. (MORE - details)

[Zinjanthropos]

Trade Unions That Endorsed Biden Are Mad He Kept His Campaign Promise To Kill Keystone
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/29/joe-b...or-unions/

SUMMARY POINTS: Major trade unions including North America’s Building Trades Union and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which endorsed President Joe Biden’s campaign, expressed disappointment with his Keystone XL Pipeline executive order.

“The Biden Administration’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit on day one of his presidency is both insulting and disappointing,” Laborers International Union of North America General President Terry O’Sullivan, who endorsed Biden, said in a statement.

More than 1,000 construction workers will be laid off because of the permit revocation, TC Energy Corporation, the company constructing the pipeline, said in a message to its employees following the executive order, according to Reuters. (MORE - details)

Obvious the US is going to be using their own oil. Must be cheap enough to use their own existing pipelines or transport it by truck or rail. So will there be any difference in how much oil is actually moving around? Don’t think so. Environmentalists may think they’ve won but the oil Americans need isn’t going away. 

Been proven that pipelines are the safest mode of transport. Hard to believe anti pipeline proponents would prefer otherwise. You scratch your head wondering if they think no pipelines means less or no oil. I guess they prefer old infrastructure over new but maybe that will be their next target. See what Biden does should they want those lines shut down.

Oil by rail is far more dangerous and less environmentally friendly. People have no idea how many derailments occur every year because for the most part they’re away from populated areas. When accidents happen close to a town or city the effects are devastating. Just ask the people of Lac Megantic in Quebec.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3...l_disaster

As for union leaders, they never struck me as too bright. Remember being in Newfoundland where local paper workers had the bosses in town because of threatened plant closings. I had dealt with this union several times and thought I’d take the opportunity to introduce myself to them since we were in same hotel. I met them and came away completely disillusioned, not one of them could stand or put two words together, they were so drunk.

[Syne]

The railroads of Warren Buffett, a Democrat, will likely benefit from no Keystone Pipeline, as rail in how much of that oil is already moved in the US. So cronyism likely plays a role.

[C C]

Not wearing a coronavirus face mask in these locations is now a federal crime
https://bgr.com/2021/02/02/coronavirus-u...in-effect/

SUMMARY POINTS: As part of the latest coronavirus update from the US federal government, the CDC has now codified a Biden administration mandate requiring coronavirus face masks to be worn by travelers in certain settings. The CDC’s order reiterates that it’s now a violation of federal law to not wear face masks on public transportation, such as on airplanes and subways. President Biden also made a public call to everyone to wear face masks whenever they’re outside, in almost every setting, for at least the first 100 days of his administration. (MORE - details)

[Syne]

Virtue-signalling without any teeth. Neither executive order nor the CDC has the authority to impose penalties for noncompliance.