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Peregrinus's avatar

Hey, that was fabulous. The beauty of the West always makes me weak at the knees and almost homesick.

If the bug thing in the US freaks you out, it may be advisable for you to avert your gaze from Europe entirely. Here the stated plan is to kill all the world's most efficient dairy and beef herds (they'll get to the sheep and pigs next), which enjoy a standard of animal welfare unequalled anywhere on the planet, so that we can all be forced to become vegans. The bugs? Preliminary step. That's just the beating we'll get until morale improves. Militant vegans will then object to the suffering of the gnats. Bugs? A fool's game!! Algae paste. That's where the money will be . . .

(Fun fact: if all dairy cows were British or Irish cows, we'd only need 1/3rd of the world's present dairy cow population to supply all the milk. Mistreated animals do not produce like that. Seriously, animals with low self esteem do not produce that much. Being a dairy cow here is a great career move).

We have made the decision. Time to go. We're selling up and moving to poor isolated rural Italy. With a fair wind within six months. The lifestyle, for people of our age, is certainly attractive. More importantly, we need to provide a refuge / escape plan for our children and grandchildren.

I can't help but think it's all different this time and much much more dangerous. The venial corrupt and ultimately murderous polilticians (of all flavors and descriptions) are pandering to an increasingly malign bunch of citizens who demand more and more totalitarianism and control.

But then again, to steal a joke from a favorite radio priest, I'm wearing my tinfoil hat at a jaunty angle today, so maybe it's that.

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Lawdog's avatar

I will not comply with any of the bug eating nonsense! No more mandates. And Gluck, there is no way that Houston or any part of Texas will ban meat or gas powered cars. That is now against state law. No city or county can pull any shenanigans ever again.

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