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mallorys_camera) wrote2025-01-30 10:57 am
mallorys_camera) wrote2025-01-30 10:57 am
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The Simple Sabotage Field Manual
CNN was on at the gym yesterday, so I got to watch part of the RFK confirmation hearings.
What a miserable piece of shit he is.
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And interestingly, mere hours after Trump gutted the aviation security committee mandated by Congress after the 1988 PanAm 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland—he couldn’t by law dissolve it so he just made sure it won’t have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports— a major air crash between a military helicopter and a passenger plane took place over DC.
Oh, were that nut and that bolt important?
Purely a coincidence, of course.
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I’m flummoxed on the proper path forward here. Thank God, the Federal Reserve did not lower interest rates yesterday because that would have hastened inflation. Comparatively low rates of inflation are really all that stand in the way between the U.S. circa 2025 and Weimar Republic 2.0.
Unlike many other people I know, I haven’t cut off pals & acquaintances who voted for Trump. Bonds of personal affection are part of it. But also, from a strategic point of view, it’s seldom prudent to burn bridges.
Instead, yesterday I changed my default browser to DuckDuckGo—doesn’t save searches, stops online trackers from following you around the Internet, and has a built-in ad blocker that’s fairly (though not totally) effective. Fuck Google Chrome.
And I disconnected from all Facebook trackers—which (sniff!) means I can’t play Words With Friends anymore. But it’s fuckin’ worth it to know that Zuckershit ain’t gonna be able to peddle my data on the supplier-induced demand market anymore. (No, I’m not gonna stop using Facebook! I’ve lived an episodic life & FB is one of the few places where the cast of characters converge.)
And I downloaded The Simple Sabotage Field Manual, purportedly written by the CIA in bygone times, which is filled with useful counsel such as:
• Forget to provide paper in toilets; put tightly rolled paper, hair, and other obstructions in the W. C. Saturate a sponge with a thick starch or sugar solution. Squeeze it tightly into a ball, wrap it with string, and dry. Remove the string when fully dried. The sponge will be in the form of a tight hard ball. Flush down a W. C. or otherwise introduce into a sewer line. The sponge will gradually expand to its normal size and plug the sewage system.
• Put a coin beneath a bulb in a public building during the daytime, so that fuses will blow out when lights are turned on at night. The fuses themselves may be rendered ineffective by putting a coin behind them or loading them with heavy wire. Then a short-circuit may either start a fire, damage transformers, or blow out a central fuse which will interrupt distribution of electricity to a large area.
• Jam paper, bits of wood, hairpins, and anything else that will fit, into the locks of all unguarded entrances to public buildings.
You can download it, too: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
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We are in a place where perception matters more than reality.
Which makes it increasingly difficult to care about reality.
What a miserable piece of shit he is.
###
And interestingly, mere hours after Trump gutted the aviation security committee mandated by Congress after the 1988 PanAm 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland—he couldn’t by law dissolve it so he just made sure it won’t have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports— a major air crash between a military helicopter and a passenger plane took place over DC.
Oh, were that nut and that bolt important?
Purely a coincidence, of course.
###
I’m flummoxed on the proper path forward here. Thank God, the Federal Reserve did not lower interest rates yesterday because that would have hastened inflation. Comparatively low rates of inflation are really all that stand in the way between the U.S. circa 2025 and Weimar Republic 2.0.
Unlike many other people I know, I haven’t cut off pals & acquaintances who voted for Trump. Bonds of personal affection are part of it. But also, from a strategic point of view, it’s seldom prudent to burn bridges.
Instead, yesterday I changed my default browser to DuckDuckGo—doesn’t save searches, stops online trackers from following you around the Internet, and has a built-in ad blocker that’s fairly (though not totally) effective. Fuck Google Chrome.
And I disconnected from all Facebook trackers—which (sniff!) means I can’t play Words With Friends anymore. But it’s fuckin’ worth it to know that Zuckershit ain’t gonna be able to peddle my data on the supplier-induced demand market anymore. (No, I’m not gonna stop using Facebook! I’ve lived an episodic life & FB is one of the few places where the cast of characters converge.)
And I downloaded The Simple Sabotage Field Manual, purportedly written by the CIA in bygone times, which is filled with useful counsel such as:
• Forget to provide paper in toilets; put tightly rolled paper, hair, and other obstructions in the W. C. Saturate a sponge with a thick starch or sugar solution. Squeeze it tightly into a ball, wrap it with string, and dry. Remove the string when fully dried. The sponge will be in the form of a tight hard ball. Flush down a W. C. or otherwise introduce into a sewer line. The sponge will gradually expand to its normal size and plug the sewage system.
• Put a coin beneath a bulb in a public building during the daytime, so that fuses will blow out when lights are turned on at night. The fuses themselves may be rendered ineffective by putting a coin behind them or loading them with heavy wire. Then a short-circuit may either start a fire, damage transformers, or blow out a central fuse which will interrupt distribution of electricity to a large area.
• Jam paper, bits of wood, hairpins, and anything else that will fit, into the locks of all unguarded entrances to public buildings.
You can download it, too: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
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We are in a place where perception matters more than reality.
Which makes it increasingly difficult to care about reality.
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... although, when it comes to real tactics, I'm not sure I want people randomly sabotaging random stuff. I'd like the electricity to keep working, for example.
I want a struggle with no collateral damage...which isn't possible.
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I think its tactics are best used a respectful distance from “home.” 😀
An Administration policy I'm 100% behind.
But now at least everything has been cleared up.
"It is not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that."
Thank you Mr. Secretary.
Re: An Administration policy I'm 100% behind.
Also Elon Musk “pressured” the FAA boss to quit one week before the Potomac River plane crash. Could that possibly be related? Nah-h-h-h.
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