Posted on 11/04/2026 11:04:05 AM PST by Lazamataz
Hi folks. I'm Anti-Opusing, that is to say, I departed FR for a while, and this marks my return. I'm not a big believer in Opusing. I consider it a demonstration of outsized ego. Opuses are routinely mocked, and they should be.
So instead of Opusing, I just quietly stopped posting (while contacting everyone on my ping lists so I could stay in touch).
Frankly, Anti-Opusing might show outsized ego, too. I mean, who the heck am I? The forum did just fine without me. And another frank admission: I actually enjoyed my time away from the forum. I've been a consistent poster since 1999. This is the first time in DECADES that I stayed off FR. It was refreshing, really.
I won't go too deep into why I bailed for a while, except to say there is one Admin Mod who was quite insulting. I don't need to put up with that.
This Anti-Opus has a dual purpose: One, to inform my friends I'm back, and also to relay a meme I created as regards yesterday's severe and surprising defeat. Yeah, I expected we'd get destroyed in an explosion, but I expected TNT, not a nuclear weapon.
Okay. On to the meme. Enjoy and pass it around.
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Welcome back Laz! You’ve been missed.
We can only hope Trump does what he said, and veto every single thing they send him
I’m not on your ping list? What do I have to do: make a barefoot pilgrimage through the snow? Or run with the bulls at Pamplona?
The only ones on your list that Trump can’t veto are Killing the Filibuster, Lawfare against Trump, family and aides, and multiple impeachments.
Everything else will just have to wait.
Our Long National Nightmare Is Over! Laz is Back!
Based upon the short meme list of what you expect from the new electees, I reckon the only good news for the FReepers is that we will not have a lack of crazy stuff to dissect 24/7 in the upcoming months.
BASELINE: Democrats, Leftists and DSA want power; Republicans, corporatists and NRSC want money.
WINNERS: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Mark Carney, EU-NATO, King Charles and Commonwealth, Globalists, Donald Tusk, Brussels, Chairman Xi, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Climate Change Inc., and “middle powers”.
LOSERS: President Trump, JD Vance, Karol Nawrocki, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Tech Bros., Elon Musk, DHS, ICE, DoW, Jensen Huang, Mike Johnson, American middle-class, auto workers and Border Security interests.
OUTCOMES:
(1) Gasoline prices, specifically diesel fuel prices, will likely drop very fast; election objective fulfilled.
(2) For a few months datacenter expansion and approvals will be paused. Datacenters will restart after the federal regulatory sub-agency is created and a series of ‘indulgency fees’ determined. [Similar to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)]. Those impact fees will be very lucrative.
(3) Congress will quickly act on pre-written legislation to slow AI and introduce government regulation; likely a new regulatory agency will be created and taxes assessed on AI investment under the justification of AI economic impact. AI investment fees and federal datacenter impact fees will be distributed to fungible DNC/DSA aligned NGOs (foreign and domestic) to replace missing USAID funds. Congress will skim funds as normal (indulgences).
(4) Starlink will be nationalized. The Ukraine vulnerability cannot be allowed again. Elon Musk will have to accept a new regulatory agency as created responsible for space oversight reportable to congress. This way congress will control the specific mechanisms of Starlink on behalf of allied international stakeholders who do not have their own space program or capability. More indulgency fees outlined for access, more congressional bribes, payoffs and skimming.
(5) More lucrative SpaceX impact fees will be demanded, same intents as above. An additional layer of federal oversight and regulatory agency if Musk balks at payments. All your space are belong to us, not private industry. Connected govt regulatory bureaucracy office, ie. monitors, assigned to SpaceX HQ – launch approval layer. Grind Musk down, minimize exceptionalism again.
(6) Tech Bros and Silicon Valley will immediately switch support from Trump to Democrats. No-brainer. Done by December.
(7) ICE will be defunded. CBP will be severely curtailed. Congress will pass some form of amnesty legislation, no border restrictions (North or South). Comprehensive immigration reform with familial lineage approvals for additional imports.
(8) Congressional restrictions on executive branch tariff authority. U.S. Chamber of Commerce will write it from K-Street.
(9) U.S. NATO Stabilization Act and European Strategic Defense spending bill likely for 2027.
(10) Cryptocurrency regulation and creation of U.S. digital currency standard. [Elizabeth Warren]
(11) Surveillance state will expand. Digital identity bill will be part of the Online Privacy Act. When you set out to maximize power, the #1 priority is to control the ability of that power to be challenged. The need for control is a reaction to fear.
(12) Russia will be more aggressive toward Ukraine with Trumpian limitations removed. Putin’s pragmatic expectations of U.S. influence now evident. Russia will also align more with Africa, China and Saudi interests.
(13) China will speed up investments into Canada.
(14) The professionally republican will promote DeSantis again.
I can relate to your frustration with Admin.
Welcome back Laz.
Welcome back
Your dreams were your ticket out
And who’d thought they’d lead you,
Back here where we need you?
Welcome back
Welcome back
Welcome back
Free Laz.
Hai Laz!
Hey, did you know Lindsay Graham died?
You were gone?
Welcome back.
I missed you. Not sure anyone else did, but here we are.
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