Let’s remember our fascist history.

In 1919 the Fascist part of Italy formed the  Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale, which translates to the “Voluntary Militia for National Security.”

They were more commonly known as the Camicie Nere, or “Blackshirts,” because of the color of their uniforms.

In 1923, they became the volunteer militia of Il Duce, Benito Mussolini.

They were thugs and enforcers who helped maintain Mussolini’s rule with the help of “the bludgeon and castor oil*.”

*Castor oil forms Ricinoleic acid in the bowel and irritates the digestive track causing it to spasm.  The Blackshirts would force victims to drink large volumes of castor oil, causing horrible, painful diarrhea, possibly resulting in death from dehydration.

United States Congressman from Minnesota, and Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee Tweeted this.

https://twitter.com/keithellison/status/948657342308147202

Once more as a screen capture in case he deletes it.

Yes, you read that right.  A sitting US Congressman seemed to endorse Antifa as a threat to President Donald Trump.

Antifa, who commonly take part in the Black Bloc to riot against conservative speakers and got involved in street fight in Charlottesville.

I’m not sure if Congressman Keith Ellison could have been any clearer that he believes that the role of Antifa is the Democrats’ Camicie Nere.

I’ve watched this video a dozen times and every time it gives me the giggles.

I've been waiting for this….Paul Sorvino on Harvey Weinstein harassing and blacklisting his daughter Mira Sorvino….

"He ought to hope he goes to jail…cause if not, he has to meet me and I will kill the motherfu**er" https://t.co/q6PWec3jxD pic.twitter.com/kkov60WdBx

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) January 3, 2018

Mira Sorvino was blacklisted by Harvey Weinstein for resisting his sexual predation.

God damn, I want Paul Sorvino to send the night surgeon to take Weinstein apart, bit by bit.

Trump Tweeted this:

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2018

The media then shit their pants in horror.

Did I miss a day of history class when we were all nuked back in the 80’s?  I thought the idea of Mutually Assured Destruction kept the Soviets from attacking us for, like, 40 years.

Maybe Trump reminding Kim that this president has some lead in his pencil is more of a deterrent than Obama’s bending at the knee foreign policy.

At least that’s what I learned in my military history classes in college.

I think I am coming around on Trump in some ways.   I think he is petulant at times when it is inappropriate but there are times when I want him to let it off the hook. 

I’d love for him to go to the UN assembly and say:

“Do not expect me to act like Obama. As president, I have three things that he didn’t, a hot wife, a hard cock, and a Secretary of Defense who’s not afraid to kill some motherfuckers. You’ve been warned.”

It’s snowing in Tallahassee! As exciting as this is, please use extreme caution if you are driving & don’t expose yourself to the cold for too long without proper gear. #SunshineState #SnowDay #WinterIsHere pic.twitter.com/QVnnCTWQ5E

— Tallahassee Police (@TallyPD) January 3, 2018

Last time that much white was falling from the skies, it meant a plane from Colombia was dropping cargo in mid-air.

We are supposed to have from freezing temps in Northern Florida to the low 40s down here.  The following meme represents us rather well, I must say.

We simply don’t have the common sense God gave a gnat.

Hat tip to Ed C.

It is now the law in Oregon that you can pump your own gas, because its legislature decided that it’s no longer  1951.

The thing is, it only applies to counties of less than 40,000 people, so about half the state.  I’ve lived in western South Dakota and rural Indiana, which still had a city population of about 60,000 and a county population of 80,000.  I can’t imagine how empty a county of 40,000 must be.

It seems that having gas stations be unable to serve people because the town didn’t have enough people to keep the gas station open had something to do with this.

Truth be told, I used to live in New Jersey and I hated having my gas pumped by someone else.   I felt very uncomfortable about it.   It was like having a men’s room attendant unzip my fly and hold my dick while I pee.

Sure, people from New Jersey said they pay less for gas, but that’s not because the attendant makes it cheaper, but that Pennsylvania and New York have higher gas taxes and jack the price up by comparison.

So, back to Oregon…

The law, of course, doesn’t apply to the major population centers of the state.

Apparently some people in Oregon didn’t know this and voiced an opinion on Facebook about the change in the law.

Oregon is wedged in between California and Washington.  To the south is a state were a substantiation percentage of the population is confused about which bathrooms to use, and to the north is… Evergreen State College (’nuff said).

So when Facebook posts claim that people in Oregon do not know how to pump their own gas, don’t want to learn how to do so, and are afraid of smelling like gas… my parody detector just shuts down.

My prejudices, being what they are, I assume that is the rural Oregonians who know how to pump their own gas and will be alright.

For the rest of the Beaver State population, if you are confused and scared by the idea of refueling their own cars, here is some advice.

If you don’t know how to fill your tank, don’t worry.  Just spray the gasoline all over the car, it will eventually soak in.

If you are afraid of smelling like gas after doing that.  Just treat gas fumes like a nasty fart, just light a match.  I promise you, you won’t smell any gas after that.