Anyone here from Guam?


Every time I see mention of Guam, I think it might be nice to move there. This time I took a serious though not detailed look, and I gotta say I like the idea. Kinda like Hawaii without the rampant tourism from the looks of things? Been to Hawaii, and quite liked it, everything cost more, but manageable, especially if'n you had the option of shopping in Honolulu, and avoided Oahu.

Anyone recommend some good resources, or want to answer questions? Mostly wondering how the costs stack up compared to Missouri, taxes look like they'll drop, housing will be a bit higher, not sure about the rest.

#guam #missouri #retirement

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@Electronwarrior I think there are still a lot in the SE/Carolinas. We have a few around here (WI) but they are definitely a rare breed now. I would spend roughly $20 more per trip at The Pig compared to the other chain stores (especially the Super Walmart). So I only get select things from there, but I do enjoy the experience shopping there.

I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely “off the rails,” essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks. He even wants to start a Third Political Party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States - The System seems not designed for them. The one thing Third Parties are good for is the creation of Complete and Total DISRUPTION & CHAOS, and we have enough of that with the Radical Left Democrats, who have lost their confidence and their minds! Republicans, on the other hand, are a smooth running “machine,” that just passed the biggest Bill of its kind in the History of our Country. It is a Great Bill but, unfortunately for Elon, it eliminates the ridiculous Electric Vehicle (EV) Mandate, which would have forced everyone to buy an Electric Car in a short period of time. I have been strongly opposed to that from the very beginning. People are now allowed to buy whatever they want - Gasoline Powered, Hybrids (which are doing very well), or New Technologies as they come about - No more EV Mandate. I have campaigned on this for two years and, quite honestly, when Elon gave me his total and unquestioned Endorsement, I asked him whether or not he knew that I was going to terminate the EV Mandate - It was in every speech I made, and in every conversation I had. He said he had no problems with that - I was very surprised! Additionally, Elon asked that one of his close friends run NASA and, while I thought his friend was very good, I was surprised to learn that he was a blue blooded Democrat, who had never contributed to a Republican before. Elon probably was, also. I also thought it inappropriate that a very close friend of Elon, who was in the Space Business, run NASA, when NASA is such a big part of Elon’s corporate life. My Number One charge is to protect the American Public!

Totally sketched out an "Anarchist" friend of mine celebrated the Diddy verdict because and i quote "its really inspiring to see someone beat the government" and sure I'm for prison abolition but what? It's not a shock a billionaire got largely away with preying on and abusing women and surely is the opposite of something to celebrate. Like WTF!

#anarchism #feminism #seancombs

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- I do not own shares in any cybersecurity company, tech company etc

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- I’m busy in the trenches dealing with attackers typing “../..” to get root access and such.



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#1984 all's not well #Orwell
#UK poo #lice arrest man for holding a placard


I'm kind of sick of endless #superhero movies and endless reboots

But I can totally get behind this:

"#JamesGunn Says ‘#Superman’ Is About an ‘#Immigrant That Came From Other Places’ and How We’ve ‘Lost’ the Value of ‘Basic Human Kindness’: ‘Yes, it’s About #Politics’"

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So much can be mined from the golden age of comic books which had its roots in fighting #fascism in #WWII

And the silver age and the #civilRights struggle (#XMen)

#PopCulture is a tool to fight #MAGA

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Were you both in a coma or something when Israel was about​ to break the ceasefire and Trump told Bibi to turn his planes around and then he actually did? Were you also in a coma when he said that they don't know what the fuck they're doing in front of the whole world?

You are the people that Morpheus is warning Neo about in this scene.

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2023 Guardian hit piece before Milei was elected: "Economists warn electing far-right Milei would spell ‘devastation’ for Argentina"
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For a mere pittance of $100K, you and eleven friends can rent Michael Jordan's former estate for seven days. Watch the Twitter video of the inside of the house.
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This weekend, Kiki was a PITA because she started yelling if I wasn't in the same room with her. It got so bad I had to carry her to where I was.

This morning when she started being noisy on her patio, I peeked outside only to see her hugging her tennis ball. So I went outside and she rolled the ball to me and I rolled it back. 🥹 We went back and forth for a few minutes which was unusual. She was happier and quieter this afternoon. The pic is of her napping after our game. #Caturday

for my next trick, i will be saving myself a $1500 expense in the RSX, using a $15 "O2 sensor spacer" bung that pushes the secondary O2 sensor slightly out of the exhaust stream to avoid the annoying p420 catalyst below efficiency threshold error and check engine light

the computer tries to be clever and test the cat for efficiency by monitoring the downstream sensor reading and comparing it to the upstream one. this cat is fine, it's probably something like 90% functional and the exhaust doesn't stink or anything. so i'm not about to plunk down 1500 for a new cat just cause it's not at peak efficiency for california air standards or something

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don't tell the EPA but i'm pretty sure this only would be frowned upon in places like california. some people completely remove catalytic converters to make their cars go faster which really does cause the exhaust to stink. i wouldn't go that far.

the civic does need a new cat though and the exhaust does not smell too great, but it's not throwing an error

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These fucking selfish retards have eroded any and ALL concern for their continued upkeep.

It's certainly not like they're raising decent humans, either.

All that assistance and energy and industry and money and this retarded cunt can't even teach her kids gratitude.

Even her lettuce isn't up to her queenly standards. For free.

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The Midwestern Doctor looks at DMSO as a treatment for lung problems

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LONG with lots of good bits here. Like testimonials of DMSO applied to the back for other problems - the lung problems were fixed as well. Plus a lot of data comes from Russia and China.

STOP! SHUT IT DOWN!👈🏻

New 'Breathable' Covid 'Vaccine' Advances Through U.S Clinical Trials slaynews.com/news/new-breathab…

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Some local stories

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Another story about CO ranchers and the wolf problem caused by the state.

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A puff piece about the Otto Mears toll roads built in the late 1800s. A bit about his history and what he helped build in CO.

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Nicolai opinion piece denouncing "Alligator Alcatraz" (without seeing it etc.). Just the idea is bad plus Nazi comparisons. The TDS is strong with this one.

Flock Safety trumpets its facilitation of “cross-jurisdictional collaboration” between different law enforcement agencies. But where are the safeguards to prevent its system from being used for ICE lookups or abortion surveillance? eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/floc…

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Interview with Franz Josef Holczabek, who lived in Königshütte (Poland) and served in the Wehrmacht from 1940-45

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Just to remind you.. This is the Israeli occupation soldier who murdered little Palestinian girl Hind Rajab by shooting 355 bullets at her tender body!

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#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

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III.- Patriotic Postscript A Nightmare With Shield, Anthem and Flag (And, Of Course, Biometric CURP) — Subcomandante Marcos


Let’s assume a fictitious scenario: the positions that the U.S. armed forces have taken on the border with Mexico and in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, are not to threaten, pressure or monitor the cartels. Nor are they for skirmishes or in-and-out strikes against any cartel. The strategic positioning of these forces is for an invasion.

If this were so, then references to the national anthem would be more rhetorical. A call for national unity, as in the times of Luis Echevarría Álvarez and José López Portillo.

Still with the assumption, then it would be expected that the bad governments would start preparations: the Military Draft would be activated and the civilian population would be instructed in the handling of firearms, construction of defenses, uses of shelter and cover, knowledge of the terrain, and chain of command. Of course, for this to happen, the civilian population would have to be provided with weapons, however rudimentary they may be. And the armed forces would reorient their actions to defense preparedness.

The proof that this is unthinkable for the governments is that the so-called national guard law just approved is going precisely in the opposite direction. The entire structure and strategy of the armed forces in Mexico would be, in military terms, not for internal control, but for defense against a foreign attack. And the armies would not be designing, building and administering the mega-projects of the officialist propaganda of the 4T.

Let’s suppose that Mr. Trump is not content to bend Mexico with tariffs, selective border closures, and trade and financial measures. Suppose Trump is someone eager to be noticed, to “go down in history” (sound familiar?). Let’s assume that he is not interested in a quiet and discreet domination of his target, and that he needs to show off and thinks nothing better than guns to do so. Let’s suppose that Trump is a “bully” who not only needs to humiliate his target, he needs to be seen, that this cowardly action “serves as a lesson.” Sure, he’s not smart, but he’s got his gun locked and loaded.

What would he count on in his favor?

An essential point of an invasion is to have a casus belli, a motive for the war.

Eduardo Ramirez Aguilar, who claims to govern the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, has already given the gringos a guideline to follow in this hypothetical situation. His local armed forces momentarily invaded neighboring Guatemala and he immediately justified the blunder by accusing that government… of complicity and of protecting organized crime (the same thing the gringos say about Mexico). Of course, he got a slap in the face from the center, but the wrong was and is done.

With its new prerogative, the military, instead of spying on those who criticize and oppose the 4T, would gather information on the ground and on the military capabilities of the likely aggressor.

For its part, the aggressor would gather the necessary information about the target of the invasion. And, as we have seen, information on the character of the enemy, his psychology, his behavior would weigh more heavily.

Another element to consider in this supposed invasion would be whether it has local support in the invaded territory.

Because, unlike in Ukraine and Palestine, where a Juan Guaidó did not appear -or has not appeared yet-, as in Venezuela, in Mexico there are those who sigh and aspire to be part of the American Union.

The ultra right (also known as “opposition”) wants to be noticed. The fuss they make seven days a week is not aimed at the voter. The latter is already campaigning for the ruling party with the payment of the increasingly meager social support, when it comes to reaching the recipient.

The ruling party is wrong in celebrating that the hysteria of the right wing does not produce any appreciable effect on what matters to it: the votes.

The ultra-right is not throwing a tantrum and kicking its feet so that the people of Mexico will look at it. It is so that in “the brutal and turbulent north” they will be taken into account.

This sector, although small in numbers, is quite “loud” in the media. However, it would have at least two problems:

One is when to expose themselves for what they are. And when they say, in their after-dinner conversations, “Mexico will not be Venezuela,” they do it knowing they will not show themselves until the flag of the stripes and murky stars flies over the old Palacio de Cortés. “We will not be Juan Guaidó, who stayed waiting for the Marines to land,” they say to themselves.

But, two, the biggest problem they have would be to decide who would be the one to receive the invader as host. And in their eagerness to take the lead, they would reveal themselves: Alito? Anaya? Salinas Pliego? A triumvirate? The latter has a classic charm.

In general, the 4T currently owes a lot to the ultra-right. Its media belches give it internal cohesion, jingoistic discourse and ammunition for the mornings and the like-minded pencil pushers.

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And in this, the look into the past, the ultra-right coincides with the ruling party (National Regeneration Movement Party, the Green Ecologist Party and the Workers’ Party -the 3 with the paradox in their names-).

Again and again, in the school of cadres of these parties, that is, in the “mañaneras” (morning press conference), it is repeated that the pre-Hispanic past was splendorous (in reality, they refer to their adoration for the Aztec empire -that is what it was, an empire-). Which is why they rewrite history to suit their own agenda.

While in the ultra-right they would swoon to see the U.S. army marching on Reforma, in the ruling party some would dream of the Russian army, others of the Chinese army, and, well, the PT would long for the arrival of the army of… North Korea!

In the ultra-right and the ruling party, the dilemma would be who would be at the top of the pyramid. A change at the top of the pyramid or a change of pyramid, then.

In this hypothetical situation, can you imagine the heroes of the 4T wielding a 5.56 mm caliber FX-05 Xiuhcoatl (AK-47 Fire Serpent)? Do you imagine them facing the invader’s bullets with their heroic chests? Or do you imagine them running for cover? Oh, oh, in this hypothetical scenario there is nowhere to go. Unless they change sides….

Right, you’re right: good thing that’s not going to happen! There is nothing on the horizon to suggest anything like that. It’s just the Captain’s desire to make a nuisance of himself and ruin the meal.

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If you look at the political class, this country called Mexico is a country of many lies. Many bosses – male and female. Too many generals, not enough troops. Each one with his or her own war to climb the pyramid. Their calls for national unity are useless because they cannot even unite their own party organization.

In addition: corruption, inefficiency and inability (for example, in the face of floods and droughts), refried demagogy, window dressing indigenism, “independent” voices for hire: freelancers and sicarios in the morning, the experts’ columns, the institutionalization of cheating (because the cheat sheet is an old school trick).

Meanwhile, as a sign of change, the country goes from being a clandestine cemetery to a zone of disappearances. And it is celebrated as progress: “violent deaths have decreased”, although now disappearances are increasing. The No Place like the homeland with biometric CURP(Unique Population Registry Code).

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Questions:

1.- So what was to be planted was corn and beans and not marketable saplings?1

2.- Consequently, since the government recognizes the destruction of nature with the Mayan Train (“we are not going to cut down a single tree,” said the Supreme Court), and in accordance with the foreign policy of demanding apologies, are they going to apologize to the people of “Sélvame del Tren” for the insults, harassment and pressure, and recognize that they were right in their denunciations? And to the affected native communities? 2

3. Ah, so it was not true that they put an end to the so-called huachicol? 3

4.- Does the current situation mean that the policy of “hugs and not punches” is pretty much over and done with?

5. So the “good” Salinas (Ricardo Salinas Pliego) is not so good, and it was a mistake to finance him with the administration of the welfare programs in the first years of the last six-year term? Now the ‘bad’ Salinas (Carlos Salinas de Gortari) will become a respected “Mr.” Salinas? 4

6.- Why is there time, disposition and “good will” to receive the paradoxical Carlos Slim, the gringo Secretary of State and the big businessmen (all beautiful people, listen), but not to receive the CNTE and the searching mothers? Because they are ugly? Because they are “eat-when-there-is-and-when-there-isn’t-they don’t”? Ah, because they are at the bottom of the pyramid?

7.- By accusing the ineffable Alfonso Romo 5 of money laundering is the gringo government demonstrating that it has learned from organized crime? Like warning Clara Brugada6 not to step out of line by murdering two of her collaborators? Or for whom is the warning?

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But it’s not all the disfigurement of the national and international political class up there.

Below…

There are those who seek and, although late, do not give up, do not sell out and do not give in.

There are those who do not look up, but look in the mirror.

There are those who, seeing themselves in others, who find themselves.

Because “rebelliousness is born and grows all over the planet, refusing to accept the limits of schemes, rules, laws and precepts. Because there are not only two genders, nor seven colors, nor are there four cardinal points, nor is the world one” (Semillero Comandanta Ramona, August 9, 2018).

From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.

The Captain.
Mexico, now in July of 2025.

Original text published in Enlace Zapatista on July 2nd, 2025.
Translation by Schools for Chiapas.

Footnotes

  1. Refers to the government’s Sembrando Vida program, a program that supposedly works on Reforestation and environmental restoration: planting and caring for native trees on degraded lands; and Rural poverty alleviation: providing a monthly income (~5,000 pesos) and technical assistance to farmers to promote sustainable agroforestry and agricultural practices. The Sembrando Vida program, however, in its planning as well as its execution, is not the benevolent program that it would seem.
  2. More on the Tren Maya here. https://time.com/6245748/maya-train-tulum-yucatan-indigenous-people-land
  3. Huachicol is a colloquial Mexican term that refers to stolen fuel—usually gasoline or diesel—taken illegally from Pemex pipelines (Mexico’s state-owned oil company). It also refers to the act of fuel theft itself and those involved in it (huachicoleros).
  4. Ricardo Salinas Pliego is one of Mexico’s richest man. He is the owner of Grupo Salinas, which includes: TV Azteca – Mexico’s second-largest television network, Banco Azteca – a major bank serving low-income and working-class Mexicans, and Elektra . Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) developed a close and favorable relationship with Salinas Pliego during his administration (2018–2024). Banco Azteca was chosen to help distribute funds for AMLO’s flagship social programs, like “Sembrando Vida” and pensions for seniors.
  5. Alfronso Romo is the owner of Vector Casa de Bolsa, the largest fund management company in Latin America. Vector is one of three banks named for sanctions by the Trump administration accused of money laundering
  6. The Mayor of Mexico City’s personal secretary and close advisor were killed by gunmen in broad daylight on the streets of Mexico City on May 20th, 2025.

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we could cherry-pick out a million things trump said that ended up being stupid too.. who knows if elon still thinks carbon tax is a good idea or not, he doesn't talk about it any more.. "this one thing some person said years ago proves that they are retarded for ever"

trump fucked up majorly with coronavirus, trusting dr. fauci, and operation warp speed to rush through what ended up being the most deadly and dangerous vaccine in world history.. to combat some thing that has like a 99.8% survival rate or what ever..

but i don't think trump is just permanently retarded because of that mistake.. he is a good man that i think means well for the country and trying to do what he THINKS is best, but what if he starts doing things that don't resonate with like half of his voter-base?..

some people are camp trump, or camp elon, but they both make mistakes and aren't perfect.. so if either one of them start doing some thing really stupid i want to call them out on it, not just double-down on my favorite dude man..

trump is talking about giving amnesty to lots of illegal aliens because i guess he thinks farms and hotels etc can't be managed with legal americans?.. and he is calling any one in his voter-base that doesn't agree with that the "radical right".. so there are things trump is slipping up on if we wanted to go looking for dirt to dig up..

but whether elon's party is going to be retarded or not, if i were trump i wouldn't just dismiss it as a pipedream that will never happen..... elon has a tendency to manifest things he is envisioning in to reality, and it also can't be over-looked that he has the biggest microphone in the world..

which ever dork wins i just hope the policies are ACTUALLY good for america, including for the long-term and not just short-term..

(side note: america really needs like a condorcet-style voting system so that people can finally stop feeling like they are throwing away their vote if they don't vote for democrat or republican.. people should be able to vote for who they really actually want)

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@FF777
The covid thing was a finger trap. If Trump went against Fauci, he would have been tagged as a mass murderer, blah, blah. The entire western world went all in on that shit. At least he didn't mandate the jabs and tried to re open the country. That OP worked to hurt him on many levels along with election theft. Elon might succeed in pressuring congressional reps/candidates, to pay attention to thier constituents. That could be a good thing.
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@Zennagain @Haleakalacrater @FF777

I would be really careful about putting too much faith in RFK Jr. I don't think he will last the whole 4 years.

RFK Jr's Vice President says he is completely under control of someone outside of the Trump administration. She has implied repeatedly that RFK Jr is being sexually blackmailed.

RFK Jr sending numerous naked videos of himself to a reporter a couple of months ago certainly makes it look like he is susceptible to blackmail.

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@Zennagain @Haleakalacrater @FF777

I care about it. It was a massive lapse of judgement.

Acting like RFK Jr's weakness at "controlling his sexual demons," his words, is not a problem is naïve. That's how RFK Jr acts while sober. Imagine what he must have been like when he was a hardcore drug addict.

RFK Jr was a crack and heroin addict for decades. Imagine what blackmail material must exist from his junky years...

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@Zennagain @Haleakalacrater @FF777

No arrests for heroin possession is a pretty low purity test.

The purity test I generally use is whether or not a candidate would be allowed to enlist in the lowest level of the military.

The military will waver quite a bit including felonies.

RFK Jr fails that purity test. His criminal record, and his long history of mental illness and drug abuse, would prevent him from enlisting in the military, so I wouldn't vote for him.

At least that's how I think...

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@Zennagain @Haleakalacrater @FF777

RFK Jr is the weakest link in the Trump administration. My guess is he will quit shortly after the midterms and announce his candidacy for some position in 2028. It will probably be Democrat for President, but I wouldn't be surprised by him running for Senator.

Do you love Hillary too? RFK sure does?

“Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box… Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition.

A closer look revealed the 5-foot-long document was a handwritten declaration titled ‘A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery,’ signed by 116 New England ministers in Boston and adopted March 2, 1847. Until its discovery… American Baptist officials worried the anti-slavery document had been lost forever.” wbur.org/news/2025/07/03/massa…

Asked if there were emergency alerts or evacuation orders, Texas official flees


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So, no Medicaid, no Medicare, no rural hospitals, and now no doctors.

But hey, at least you got to torture some trans kids, right MAGA? Jesus Christ you freaks will literally shoot yourself in the face as long as trans children suffer.

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‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained over immigration status

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Leopards. Face.