EmWarEl
@libertytorch.bsky.social
Non-partisan Libertarian-leaning Constitutionalist • Christian • USA
To get paid, quit working for someone else.
August 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
To get paid, quit working for someone else.
The government needs to get out of the "marriage" business and start recognizing simple legal households. If marriage is just a container for certain rights and has no objective definition, the government has no business trying to keep people out based on nothing but remnants of tradition.
August 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The government needs to get out of the "marriage" business and start recognizing simple legal households. If marriage is just a container for certain rights and has no objective definition, the government has no business trying to keep people out based on nothing but remnants of tradition.
Guess watching the government bail out banks while blue collar families twist in the wind trying to pay a mortgage is not authoritarian. And I guess tipping incentives to mfg to use foreign slave labor while Americans deliver pizza isn't authoritarian. Targeting parents at school board meetings?
March 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Guess watching the government bail out banks while blue collar families twist in the wind trying to pay a mortgage is not authoritarian. And I guess tipping incentives to mfg to use foreign slave labor while Americans deliver pizza isn't authoritarian. Targeting parents at school board meetings?
9 out of 10 progressives will not divest themselves personally of 10 cents to promote genuine "equity". It just makes them feel good about themselves to talk a lot about it as they drive around their socioeconomically curated town.
February 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
9 out of 10 progressives will not divest themselves personally of 10 cents to promote genuine "equity". It just makes them feel good about themselves to talk a lot about it as they drive around their socioeconomically curated town.
1) You're basically correct.
2) The EU was formed for competitive reasons, not to rain flower petals and rainbows on soft focus children holding hands.
Donald Trump is untethered to reality. Can the rest of us stay sober and not attempt to counter him with gooey sentimentality?
2) The EU was formed for competitive reasons, not to rain flower petals and rainbows on soft focus children holding hands.
Donald Trump is untethered to reality. Can the rest of us stay sober and not attempt to counter him with gooey sentimentality?
February 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
1) You're basically correct.
2) The EU was formed for competitive reasons, not to rain flower petals and rainbows on soft focus children holding hands.
Donald Trump is untethered to reality. Can the rest of us stay sober and not attempt to counter him with gooey sentimentality?
2) The EU was formed for competitive reasons, not to rain flower petals and rainbows on soft focus children holding hands.
Donald Trump is untethered to reality. Can the rest of us stay sober and not attempt to counter him with gooey sentimentality?
Stasis in geopolitics comes from tolerable levels of tension on all sides. We cranked up the temperature with NATO expansion talk to an intolerable level, knowing we had zero intention of actually backing it up. We bluffed and lost. Dumb, but no amt of death or dollars can change it.
February 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Stasis in geopolitics comes from tolerable levels of tension on all sides. We cranked up the temperature with NATO expansion talk to an intolerable level, knowing we had zero intention of actually backing it up. We bluffed and lost. Dumb, but no amt of death or dollars can change it.
She looks like Fidel Castro. If Fidel Castro was a Bratz doll.
January 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
She looks like Fidel Castro. If Fidel Castro was a Bratz doll.
The American people want to see results now. The government is accountable (or should be) to the people. Government metrics on these matters are often lies. So seeing is believing.
I'm not a Trumper. I think most illegals are essentially harmless. Just how it is.
I'm not a Trumper. I think most illegals are essentially harmless. Just how it is.
January 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The American people want to see results now. The government is accountable (or should be) to the people. Government metrics on these matters are often lies. So seeing is believing.
I'm not a Trumper. I think most illegals are essentially harmless. Just how it is.
I'm not a Trumper. I think most illegals are essentially harmless. Just how it is.
Incorrect. Trump was the lesser of two evils because Dems ran an incompetent, low performing candidate who radiated anxiety.
January 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Incorrect. Trump was the lesser of two evils because Dems ran an incompetent, low performing candidate who radiated anxiety.
Well, he's ours for 4 years, so instead of complaining maybe Dems should find a presidential candidate who isn't falling over dead or radiating drunken anxiety.
January 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Well, he's ours for 4 years, so instead of complaining maybe Dems should find a presidential candidate who isn't falling over dead or radiating drunken anxiety.
I'm an exception from those who deliberately listen only to sources they are aligned with, and that's a lot of people. Avoiding self-indoctrination requires effort. Reading and investigating things that make you bristle politically is a choice.
January 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I'm an exception from those who deliberately listen only to sources they are aligned with, and that's a lot of people. Avoiding self-indoctrination requires effort. Reading and investigating things that make you bristle politically is a choice.
I followed right wing conservatives on X and left wing liberals on BlueSky, just to see what that would be like. I assure you both sides are in carefully curated echo chambers.
January 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I followed right wing conservatives on X and left wing liberals on BlueSky, just to see what that would be like. I assure you both sides are in carefully curated echo chambers.
Fact. It's true of all belligerent people of every stripe.
December 30, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Fact. It's true of all belligerent people of every stripe.
My mom was a fundamentalist conservative Christian and voted for him because he referred to himself as "born again".
December 30, 2024 at 2:51 PM
My mom was a fundamentalist conservative Christian and voted for him because he referred to himself as "born again".
Supply and demand can be pretty stochastic, even within a single municipality. There are a lot of variables (incomes, especially), but those are not constant. I work remotely, so I make the same amount wherever I am.
December 18, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Supply and demand can be pretty stochastic, even within a single municipality. There are a lot of variables (incomes, especially), but those are not constant. I work remotely, so I make the same amount wherever I am.
In Illinois I sold my 1600 sqft west suburban home for $400K, and bought a 3000 sqft Tennessee home with a lake view for $265K a few months later. Illinois is just an expensive state to live in, particularly if you own a home.
December 18, 2024 at 3:14 PM
In Illinois I sold my 1600 sqft west suburban home for $400K, and bought a 3000 sqft Tennessee home with a lake view for $265K a few months later. Illinois is just an expensive state to live in, particularly if you own a home.
Are you under the impression that somehow my total tax burden in Tennessee is higher than in Illinois? Sales tax is about equivalent. There is no state income tax. The total tax burden is one of the lowest in the country. Plus my state is not selling junk bonds to pay yesterday's bills.
December 17, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Are you under the impression that somehow my total tax burden in Tennessee is higher than in Illinois? Sales tax is about equivalent. There is no state income tax. The total tax burden is one of the lowest in the country. Plus my state is not selling junk bonds to pay yesterday's bills.
Amazing. When I lived in a little brick bungalow in your state I paid $8K/yr + in property taxes just to exist. Moved to TN and now pay $1.3K/yr and get all the same services. Plus every graduating TN senior gets two FREE years at community college.
December 17, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Amazing. When I lived in a little brick bungalow in your state I paid $8K/yr + in property taxes just to exist. Moved to TN and now pay $1.3K/yr and get all the same services. Plus every graduating TN senior gets two FREE years at community college.
My apologies; did not know the context. You are absolutely correct. I do like the X emphasis on verification and the ability to limit replies to verified followers.
December 16, 2024 at 9:02 PM
My apologies; did not know the context. You are absolutely correct. I do like the X emphasis on verification and the ability to limit replies to verified followers.