I know a few NYS Corrections Officers; retired, still working and terminated for taking a stand. The conditions they struck over were understated in those articles.
As it is, should an Agent of Chaos be sentenced in NY (not very likley), they would find the world they are introduced to will consider them "prey", not kindred "oppressed persons". The results won't be pretty for them. State Prison is no place for soft idealogues.
Especially with the lack of proper supervision, ability to discipline unremorseful prisoners and motivation on the part of CO's to diligently do their job.
After I retired from the Navy I worked as an inspector for road building and asphalt paving. We paved our county's rural and semi-rural dirt roads using the people in our Road Department, county equipment and county inmates (chain gangs) supervised by armed Corrections Officers. The Corrections Officers were good people. The inmates were hand-picked and screened. None were the worst of the worst from county lockup. But here is the deal....every inmate I met and worked with was a conniving rascal trying to get over on someone. Not one of them was anyone I wanted to hang out with or socialize with once they were free. They were in the county jail only because their sentences were 11 ½ or shorter. They were not nice people. The CO's took no guff from them. Problematic inmates got returned to the county jail. The chain gangs got fed better, had better recreation assets and their berthing was better. They also got gain time. There was no short of people wanting to work on the roads. But they were still conniving rascals you couldn't trust. It has to be far worse in a state prison. CO's have my respect. If the powers that be don't have their back, then they should strike or quit and get a better job. Bleeding heart bliss ninnies have no clue.
Thats exactly what happened in NYS. The CO's main demand was repealed of a Law (passed by the NY Legislature, signed by a Governor) that limited time in segregation (NOT solitary confinement) to no more than 14 days. The State refused to do more than suspend it for 90 days. Oh, did any article mention that any CO could be MANDATED to work for 24 straight hours? In a State Prison.
In the end, 2000 CO's were terminated for not taking the State's final offer. NYS also forbade them to work in ANY government job. After stripping them of thier Peace Officer status.
Im in germany. Some imbecile posted this to the stuttgart military facebook page for one in Frankfurt. I usually do not get political on that page....but....
Much the same I was telling people before Jan 6. The interwebz was full of ads recruiting protesters. Same here.
Do what I do. Celebrate this gathering of idiots by going to your local gun shop and investing in functional metals. You know? Brass, lead, copper. Ammunition is a much better "medium of exchange" than precious metals.
“Don’t go to stupid places; don’t associate with stupid people; don’t do stupid things.” Does that advice even register with stupid people? If I had an acquaintance that I cared about in some small way, I might share that advice, but my inclination is to let Darwin and the riot police sort it out. I am so backlogged in my reading queue that I feel pretty safe from doing teh stoopid.
I've tried to follow this advice in my life - when it comes to scuffles like a protest, even if I agreed with what was being protested, I ain't showing up to a powder keg event like that....
Here in New Mexico, there's supposed to be a demonstration today at the Roundhouse (state legislature bldg) in Santa Fe.
A late winter storm rolled in last night; we got a couple of inches of snow, temps are hovering around freezing and it's very overcast (which here means it feels VERY cold). I will be interested to see how the local propaganda birdcage liner covers the event. Assuming it's still happening, of course.
Small town near us had one of those stupid protests on Sat. "Somebody" trashed the Saturday farmers market located nearby. Last week when my lib friends were posting about this event, I went to the official web site to see what they were protesting. It’s all nebulous feely hysteria with no substantiation for any of the issues that they are all in a twist about, as anticipated.
Saturday, that's the day that we were slammed at work because a bunch of the state had no power and was trying to get out of their house for entertainment.
"Stay home and read a book." You forgot to add, "Preferably one from Raconteur Press."
I shall exercise the "Nope Option" and stay far from this nonsense. After all, it takes a while to effectively wash tear gas out of your clothes.
Those Agents of the State will be deciding if the protesting Chaos Agents will become Useful Idiots or need some time in a House of Corrections.
Meantime, I'll spend my time avoiding the festivities.
"House of Corrections", Tom, led me to this:
https://www.ammoland.com/2025/04/brace-yourself-nationwide-hands-off-protest-video/?utm_source=Ammoland+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0d7c57c33a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6f6fac3eaa-0d7c57c33a-479229167
https://www.newsweek.com/hands-off-protest-locations-april-5-2054527
I know a few NYS Corrections Officers; retired, still working and terminated for taking a stand. The conditions they struck over were understated in those articles.
As it is, should an Agent of Chaos be sentenced in NY (not very likley), they would find the world they are introduced to will consider them "prey", not kindred "oppressed persons". The results won't be pretty for them. State Prison is no place for soft idealogues.
Especially with the lack of proper supervision, ability to discipline unremorseful prisoners and motivation on the part of CO's to diligently do their job.
After I retired from the Navy I worked as an inspector for road building and asphalt paving. We paved our county's rural and semi-rural dirt roads using the people in our Road Department, county equipment and county inmates (chain gangs) supervised by armed Corrections Officers. The Corrections Officers were good people. The inmates were hand-picked and screened. None were the worst of the worst from county lockup. But here is the deal....every inmate I met and worked with was a conniving rascal trying to get over on someone. Not one of them was anyone I wanted to hang out with or socialize with once they were free. They were in the county jail only because their sentences were 11 ½ or shorter. They were not nice people. The CO's took no guff from them. Problematic inmates got returned to the county jail. The chain gangs got fed better, had better recreation assets and their berthing was better. They also got gain time. There was no short of people wanting to work on the roads. But they were still conniving rascals you couldn't trust. It has to be far worse in a state prison. CO's have my respect. If the powers that be don't have their back, then they should strike or quit and get a better job. Bleeding heart bliss ninnies have no clue.
Thats exactly what happened in NYS. The CO's main demand was repealed of a Law (passed by the NY Legislature, signed by a Governor) that limited time in segregation (NOT solitary confinement) to no more than 14 days. The State refused to do more than suspend it for 90 days. Oh, did any article mention that any CO could be MANDATED to work for 24 straight hours? In a State Prison.
In the end, 2000 CO's were terminated for not taking the State's final offer. NYS also forbade them to work in ANY government job. After stripping them of thier Peace Officer status.
I have -0 respect for NYS.
Im in germany. Some imbecile posted this to the stuttgart military facebook page for one in Frankfurt. I usually do not get political on that page....but....
While my inner evil overloard wanted to go heckle, i decided to stay away.
Probably a good idea to not draw attention and ire prematurely.
Yet another example for why it is probably a good thing I'm not a pilot, with access to a crop duster.
And this is why I moved to the country. And stay there.
Even in the Peoples Republic of Maryland the country is better.
Much the same I was telling people before Jan 6. The interwebz was full of ads recruiting protesters. Same here.
Do what I do. Celebrate this gathering of idiots by going to your local gun shop and investing in functional metals. You know? Brass, lead, copper. Ammunition is a much better "medium of exchange" than precious metals.
“Don’t go to stupid places; don’t associate with stupid people; don’t do stupid things.” Does that advice even register with stupid people? If I had an acquaintance that I cared about in some small way, I might share that advice, but my inclination is to let Darwin and the riot police sort it out. I am so backlogged in my reading queue that I feel pretty safe from doing teh stoopid.
I've tried to follow this advice in my life - when it comes to scuffles like a protest, even if I agreed with what was being protested, I ain't showing up to a powder keg event like that....
Here in New Mexico, there's supposed to be a demonstration today at the Roundhouse (state legislature bldg) in Santa Fe.
A late winter storm rolled in last night; we got a couple of inches of snow, temps are hovering around freezing and it's very overcast (which here means it feels VERY cold). I will be interested to see how the local propaganda birdcage liner covers the event. Assuming it's still happening, of course.
Small town near us had one of those stupid protests on Sat. "Somebody" trashed the Saturday farmers market located nearby. Last week when my lib friends were posting about this event, I went to the official web site to see what they were protesting. It’s all nebulous feely hysteria with no substantiation for any of the issues that they are all in a twist about, as anticipated.
Can you recommend a good book to stay home with...
Left of Bang.
Saturday, that's the day that we were slammed at work because a bunch of the state had no power and was trying to get out of their house for entertainment.