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Quantum Animation's avatar

Or perhaps a bit of a fake war production to keep things juicy. Great picture of Hoolio.

https://substack.com/@quantumanimation/note/c-126273168

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Fast Eddy's avatar

The thing is ... they could launch a barrage of fireworks into the sky ... find some old footage of bombed buildings... put it all together ... and claim there is a war...

How would we know one way or the other?

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Fast Eddy's avatar

Oil prices up nearly 3% as Israel-Iran conflict escalates

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-falls-investors-weigh-chance-us-intervention-iran-israel-conflict-2025-06-19/

Better than saying the price is rising cuz we burned up most of the affordable stuff?

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Byron Allen Black's avatar

The Rent-A-Protest racket honestly demands that the BarnYardAnimals be unaware that they are being farmed out: they must be fanatic, earnest, sincere and ready to step in front of a moving 3000-pound car to make their ... errh ... what was their point anyhoo <squissshhh>

You need the inspiration of a stampede, where any herd animal who does not go along with the "protest" is trampled and left behind for the coyotes and vultures (clean-up crew). Likewise, the uniformed militarized line of National Guard, Marines, tac squad or whoever - they can be cast as analogous to the slaughterhouse workers. No passion, no emotion, just doing a hard job, slathered in blood'n'guts.

I propose to travel to Taiwan, where there are hundreds of entrepreneurial electronics makers, and see who would like to manufacture and market a tiny-but-powerful EMP generator, something like a joy buzzer in the pocket of an innocent bystander, one which would go off silently - and instantly fritz out all the cameras, bullhorns, car ignitions, cell phones - whatever has a chip in it, sending them permanently O.N...T.H.E...B.L.I.N.K. Fun times all around.

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GregVictor's avatar

I came across this amongst my old books!...........bought this in the mid-70s......can't think why it makes me think of you!

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Peter Wiggins's avatar

I reckon Eddy the Bowerbird and Hoolio know the state of things far better than we do, their general understanding is they are all ‘tossers’, fairly succinct and honest……

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