re: #14 lawhawk

Intumescent paint (the stuff that when it burns, it protects the underlying material by crinkling up, expanding, and bubbling.

The alt-left thinks that this (Trump gutting and fileting government ops/functions) will be what’s needed to create their Utopian vision, while the reality is that the entire sociopolitical structure in the US will be heavily damaged and the lasting damage done to the occupants will not be overcome for decades.

In March, 2016, my brother was visiting from Berlin, and we went to the local Bernie headquarters, because my bro was a bro. The woman staffing the place, when asked ‘What if he helps Hillary lose?’ said, ‘We need a bloody revolution in this country. It would happen sooner, in that case.’ I hope she sees the error in her thinking, but I don’t count on it.