The nearest related Chinese expression translates as “Better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos.” (寧為太平犬，不做亂世人)[4] The expression originates from Volume 3 of the 1627 short story collection by Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World.[5]
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I use that saying all the time. Regardless of actual or mythical origination, it is usually frighteningly applicable. Especially right now. Boring is beautiful. I long to be bored. That ain’t happening any time soon.
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To be fair, some dogs really have it made. Eat, sleep, get petted, get told often how good you are, go for nature walks, yell at strangers until they fuck off. What’s not to like? 
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Worth noting that Faux and OANN and other RWNJ broadcasters are not being subject to investigation, only MSM, obviously in an effort to bring them under control.
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Even when they have…reasons, there is no excuse for the horrific treatment detainees receive - no matter where the location:
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We must be careful, though. Towards the end of Henry VIII’s life, discussion of his death or speculation about how long he might have left were treason, subject to capital punishment. One can imagine an equivalent executive order in the near future.
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He just can’t help himself with the one-upmanship, can he. This is clearly just to top this
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If you read the article, they didn’t try to seize his phone. He even said they could have taken his phone. A law allows them to temporarily confiscate it on entry. But they didn’t. Instead, they asked him to give them his phone. He declined. Had he complied with that request, I think that might have waived a lot of rights. They wanted to read his text messages. He invoked attorney-client privilege and refused. They finally asked to look at his contact list and he agreed. They asked him who each person was and he just said they were clients. I don’t know if this was a fishing expedition, or an attempt to intimidate. Or both.
The attack on lawyers from this administration is really concerning, because they’re the ones who can best defend everyone else the administration is attacking. This is why people are so pissed at so many Big Law firms that have bent the knee.
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I have a relative who says she wishes she were our rabbit: sleep all day, massages on demand, and all the treats you can eat.
Come to think of it, I’d like to be the rabbit… 
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At the National Institutes of Health (NIH), some sources who spoke to NPR suspect the targets were picked as retribution dating back to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who took over as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after Dr. Anthony Fauci departed, got the offer, according to an email obtained by NPR.
So did Fauci’s wife, Christine Grady, the top bioethicist at the NIH, along with two others close to Fauci, according to a source who was not authorized to speak about the situation.
It’s just more revenge, and has the added benefit of emphasizing their disrespect for Native Americans as well.
William “Chief Bill” Smith chairs an organization that advocates for the IHS on behalf of tribes, the National Indian Health Board. “Any major leadership changes within IHS should be made in full consultation with Tribal Nations, as required by law,” Smith wrote in a statement to NPR. “Tribal Consultation is not just a procedural step—it is a fundamental responsibility of the federal government.”
So, win-win I guess? (At least if you are a Nazi)
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Let them fight
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The problem is that we’ve got a nation full of folks who crave drama. They swore that they wanted boring back after the pandemic, and did nothing but whine after they got it. 
Instead, they tuned in hard to the right-wing media lying about how they were living under martial law with all their rights stripped away because of being inconvenienced or asked to do simple things to protect themselves and others. They would rather believe in fairy tales and fantasy than pay attention to reality and live responsibly.
We need a combination of boring and entertaining that will keep these folks pacified enough to avoid being lured by con artists jingling their keys/posting on social media all day. We’re learned that we cannot leave them to their own devices, or they will do things that harm everyone if they possibly can. They hate the nanny state and are trying their best to sink the ship of state. We need better programming that packs an emotional punch and provides hope for the future if we’re going to win the war for hearts, minds, and votes needed to undo the sociopolitical damage that’s been done in the past 10+ years.
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no big reveal; i clearly have no f@$n clue what drives the stock-market other than a haphazard sort of twitchy (human) psychology
(“all the @#$! braindead tariffs are still ‘on’ aren’t they??” “Well, someone said that someone saw that trump twitched a little when some Chinese re-re-reciprocal tariffs were apparently threatened.” -ah-)
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I gotta say, the ire and vitriol coming from Republican billionaire megadonors over the tariffs is starting to make me think. I’m not saying I think the tariffs might be a good idea, but these assholes are big mad about them, and I usually think anything that makes them this mad can’t be all bad.
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It is completely unfair to suggest that Fred Trump ever tried to hold in a racial slur. Everything else seems on point, though.
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WTF…
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I don’t know. The billionaires are used to being part of the inner circle that the government works for, at the expense of everyone else. Now that inner circle is instead just Trump and his thugs, and the billionaires are getting a first small taste of what it’s like to be on the outside. Maybe a deserved comeuppance for them but it doesn’t change that everyone else is still outside too.
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