I'm sorry but 262 words is not a manifesto. A manifesto should be so long and rambling that its sheer size deters people from reading it. It should look like you need a briefcase full of ragged, yellowed typing paper to lug it around in and wave at people. It should be usable as a melee weapon in an emergency. 262 words isn't even the abstract to a respectable manifesto. ...
In 100 years this is going to be in a display at some museum to try to help whoever's around the future to understand the early 21st Century. ...
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We can take some joy from knowing that when Elon Musk sees that video his mind will immediately go to all of the Russian mobsters and Saudi bone saw guys he is in hock to.
A glimpse into his future. Yeah, billion dollars or not they *can* get to you and when you’re no longer useful, they will. Sleep tight! ...
Everyone remotely near a position of power in the U.S. right now is drunk on It Can't Happen Here-ism while most of the rest of the world has recent enough experience with "It" Happening that they react differently. If they don't react to authoritarian power-grabs *successfully* they at least react to them decisively. They understand democracy as a thing that is fragile, that can disappear, and that requires a defense beyond telling citizens to vote. ...
Ambrosini says:
I vote for the bottom, where is gas that high? That is just insane.
Ed says:
That was in one of the storm-damaged but not destroyed parts of Mississippi.
J. Dryden says:
Well, to be fair, this is probably the only way this individual can offer the product and still stay in business. Ideally, of course, he'd just give the stuff away at cost, and the Disaster Relief fund would reimburse him for any losses. But given what it must cost to get the gasoline to his place these days, the prices might not be so unreasonable. I see it as another example of the government's failure to make it possible for local life to exist in any kind of functional way, rather than a greedy bastard out to soak a miserable situation and its desperate victims. Then again, I don't know the context of the photo, so it's entirely possible that that's EXACTLY what he's doing, in which case, he's going to Hell, most likely.
Michael says:
The BP station was in MidTown Atlanta. And was one of about 10 stations in town to more than double prices after the storm. All are being investigated and will pay in the end for their gouging.
I wonder what's in the bag? if it's water, diapers, or food I would say he's surviving. If it's Nike's and X-box I would say he's looting.
-Michael