<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Dance of the Furies]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Sensitive Content Warning

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Read with caution, or don't.]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png</url><title>Dance of the Furies</title><link>https://docellis.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:03:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://docellis.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Creative Commons]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[docellis@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[docellis@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[docellis@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[docellis@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[63 Social Intercourse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comparison of Sex with Liberty]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/63-social-intercourse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/63-social-intercourse</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:35:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Willing partners can enjoy sex most. Acquiescent partners who are obligated to cooperate can tolerate sex. Resistant partners who are obligated to cooperate can survive sex. People who force other people to cooperate rape them.</p><p>Rape looks like sex, and may even feel like sex. Rape is the motion of sex without the consent of all the movers. Look at rape as coercive management of another person&#8217;s actions and property for the benefit of the manager.</p><p>People who obligate themselves to have sex with another person (or other people) believe that they have a duty to cooperate. They may sometimes enjoy performing their duty. They may at other times wish they were doing something else. In either case, they do not doubt that another person has a legitimate claim to their cooperation. You could see this as collaborative management of action and property for the benefit of at least one person.</p><p>Both types of management are forms of socialism, in which human lives are managed resources for the &#8220;common good&#8221;. Socialism mimics sex; it can be dreadful, even fatal, or it can be fun. But you cannot refuse to participate.</p><p>Lovers have sex because they want to enjoy the sensations that result from action. They want the feeling of closeness that comes from mutual satisfaction. They enjoy liberty to reach out to their partner(s) for satisfaction, liberty to respond to partner desires, liberty to say, &#8220;No&#8221;.</p><p>Liberty is like the best sex you can have. You can cooperate, you can delay, or you can demur. It&#8217;s all good. It&#8217;s your life.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[62 Comments about Town Council]]></title><description><![CDATA[A short essay about deliberative bodies]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/62-comments-about-town-council</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/62-comments-about-town-council</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was a member of the Agua Dulce Town Council (ADTC) 1997-2003. The ADTC is a deliberative advisory body with no legislative or tax-levying authority. Council Members serve community stake-holders</p><ul><li><p>to facilitate community stake-holder consensus</p></li><li><p>to discuss community stake-holder concerns</p></li><li><p>to represent community stake-holders before other bodies</p></li><li><p>to review proposals affecting community stake-holders</p></li><li><p>to maintain political neutrality</p></li></ul><p>These comments, especially #1, 4, 5, and 6, come directly from my experiences then. They pertain primarily to the ADTC and other such like bodies.</p><ol><li><p>Read the ADTC Charter and By-Laws outside of the TC meetings. Focus on learning what is in those documents. When a fellow council member tries to act outside of the documents, you will know that, and you will be able to remind him. You will also know what you can and cannot do within those documented rules.</p></li><li><p>I did not read the Charter and the By-Laws until my third term (2001-2003). I had no understanding when someone was acting outside the limits of these documents.</p></li><li><p>You are just a listener. Pay attention to the best of your ability to constituents and other speakers. Your job is to tell government agents and/or officials what folks in this community have to say. You are a conduit.</p></li><li><p>Remember that you have no authority to tell or coerce other folks to obey you. A lot of folks get on the town council with the idea that they are gonna make things happen according to their own agendas. Leave your agenda outside the council.</p></li><li><p>Be prepared now to stand up for your constituents in the event that town council members or government folks try to violate the constituents.</p></li><li><p>A constituent asked for my help in getting on the agenda to present his case before the TC (2001). I failed to do this because I had not prepared to go to bat for constituents before they needed me and because I had not read the Charter and the By-Laws.</p></li><li><p>Be prepared now to refuse to let other town councilmembers run over you or fail to follow through on task-related agreements that they have made with you.</p></li><li><p>I never signed any checks while I was treasurer (2001-2003) because I allowed the Presidents to run me around on helping me get authorisation transfers. One President did not keep the one appointment that I made for us to get the account bank to transfer signature authorisation to us and I gave up on him. The other President did not ever keep his promise to get the change-of-authorisation letter to the account bank written. I was responsible for writing the letter and I gave up on him, too.</p></li><li><p>Read the Rural Town Councils Guide Book. There is a wealth of information in there.</p></li><li><p>Be aware that pursuant to Johnson et al v ADTC 2007, the information on page 29 does not currently apply. The ADTC is governed by the Brown Act. Read up on that Act.</p></li><li><p>Provide contact information, such as a phone number or an e-mail address.  You can get a cheap disposable phone for the phone contact or you can get a disposable e-mail address for free if you are concerned about privacy.  The contact information provides credibility to you and to the proposition that you are concerned about issues that bother your constituents.</p></li><li><p>Leave your expectations outside the door and remember: this too shall pass.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[61 Amendments and Laws]]></title><description><![CDATA[About second amendment and legal concerns]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/61-amendments-and-laws</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/61-amendments-and-laws</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:04:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I favor defunding and disarming paramilitary predators; I favor unlimited access to defense tools by non-government folks. You don&#8217;t have a 2d amendment right, just a constitutionally named privilege. The folks who wrote that amendment never expected government folks to take seriously your exercise of your option to have defense tools. Consider the rules that government folks impose on the subject of defense tool possession and use. Those rules are all infringements.</p><p>Statuary laws are opinions that some folks inflict on folks through up-to-extreme prejudice. Crimes are just labels that some folks use to describe acts that offend them. I get that some folks fantasise that criminalising some acts will cause folks to refrain from committing those acts. The reality is that criminalising acts just provides an excuse for tyrants and their minions to persecute folks who offend them.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[60 About Fellating Paid Killers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Killing for pay as reality]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/60-about-fellating-paid-killers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/60-about-fellating-paid-killers</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:45:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Government airmen,  marines,  sailors,  and soldiers are folks who agreed to kill for pay, or to support folks who agreed to kill for pay. They do not sign up to kill or support for free. </p><p>"Fighting for folks' freedom" is just an excuse that folks give for killing for pay.  </p><p>My youngest brother joined the Army to take part in war. He has never claimed that he joined to defend folks' lives, liberty, or property. He now is a chaplain who helps National Guard soldiers feel better about their choices to kill for pay.</p><p>To folks who fantasise that I am some kind of anti-American based on the above commentary: I tried to join the Army and the Navy during the 1970s. They rejected me because I wore a hearing aid. Weirdly, folks with regular hearing can join, lose their hearing due to loud combat-related sounds, and get mugging-recipient-supplied compensation and hearing aids after separating from service. Isn't that so cool?</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[59 Hostile Encounter 2014.08.08]]></title><description><![CDATA[In other news]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/59-hostile-encounter-20140808</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/59-hostile-encounter-20140808</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 20:47:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am home from an arrest for committing an act of civil disobedience, refusing to comply with a paramilitary predator.    </p><p>I refused to cooperate with a child humping prevaricator who then arrested me for "suspicion of engaging in a speed contest" 2014.08.08 Friday afternoon. I am out and have a court date 2014.08.14 Thursday 0830 at the Newhall courthouse. We will see how that works out....[see update 2014.08.13 Wednesday below]</p><p>I drove past a couple of vehicles on Davenport road and saw an alleged cop car pull out behind me.  I found a place to wait whilst the alleged cop car passed me.  But the guy Todd Cookston -14277- pulled up beside me whilst I was stationary beside the road and wanted to talk to me.  Davenport usually has very little traffic on it, and was almost deserted at that time.  Given that paramilitary predators kill folks every 7 to 8 hours, and that there would be no witnesses to any encounter, I was concerned about my safety, I had no desire to interact with him, and I rudely told him to go away. He red-lit me and I would not cooperate, choosing to exercise my ability to self-defend by leaving (see John Bad Elk v. United States, 177 U.S. 529 (1900) at http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/177/529/case.html for the self-defence ruling) Cookston followed me along Davenport Road to Sierra Highway.  I came to a full stop at Sierra Highway and signaled for a left turn.</p><p>I turned left and Cookston followed me. Other folks, including Maurer - 19317, Mitchell - 19131, and Cisek - no number- , joined Cookston in following me.   I slowed down  to 25 mph in the school zone near Sand Canyon and drove the speed limit to Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country and came to a full stop due to the red light.  I signaled for a left turn and turned left when the signal was green.  I drove into the parking area in front of a liquor store where he arrested me.  I exited the Jeep whist video-recording the encounter, using a pink Polaroid digital camera. Somebody attacked me from behind my right shoulder and knocked me down. Other folks joined in the take-down.</p><p>I demanded that Cookston show me his ID.  He refused. </p><p>I told Cookston that he has to write down his questions and comments because I don&#8217;t hear well.  He moved his mouth and I could not understand what he was saying.</p><p>I demanded a lawyer.  Never got one.</p><p>No Miranda, either.</p><p>Donald Wilson-200790 tried to engage me in conversation using smiles to try to win me over that he was sympathetic to my situation.  I refused to answer his questions.  I asked him if he was another Manny Ramos or Jay Cincinelli looking for a Kelly Thomas pi&#241;ata of his own.  He pretended to not know what I was talking about. During this conversation, I demanded a lawyer.</p><p>Whilst Cookston drove me to the Sheriff Station in Newhall, he used his cell phone in violation of the vehicle code.</p><p>The camera is broken.  There is a very brief video clip that depicts behaviour at the west-bound left lane at the Sierra Highway and Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country intersection.  </p><p>During the booking, Wilson counted out seven 100 dollar bills out of ten 100 dollar bills. I think Wilson stole the other three 100 dollar bills.</p><p>Lori is righteously pissed at me because I got into this situation. You have my permission to be pissed at me, too.</p><p>I could have </p><ul><li><p>taken out my camera and started video-recording as soon as Cookston tried to talk to me.  </p></li><li><p>rolled up the Jeep windows and refused to respond to him.  </p></li><li><p>demanded to see his paramilitary predator ID as soon as he asked for my ID.  </p></li><li><p>put hazard lights on and  driven to the courthouse in Newhall and demanded that all paramilitary predators interacting with me show paramilitary predator ID.</p></li></ul><p>Update 2014.08.13 Wednesday</p><p>Lori reviewed paperwork related to this encounter and saw a reference to a court appearance 0830 2014.08.11 Monday.  She got me at a client work site and we went right over to court.  </p><p>But the criminal court clerk could not find a case or warrant for Monday and sent us to the District Attorney clerks who could not find a case or warrant, either....Turns out that I have a 0830 2014.10.14 Tuesday court date, not 0830 2014.08.11 Monday, or 0830 2014.08.14 Thursday.  </p><p>I get that Cookston et al are playing paperwork games....</p><p>update 2015.04.06 </p><p>We attended a 1538.5 hearing 2015.04.06 Monday am and left with an apparent dismissal. </p><p>The hearing was to address a motion to suppress the prosecutor's evidence because the cop acted unlawfully from the time he lit me up to the arrest and beyond. The judge, prosecutor, testilier, defence counsel, and I watched a video of the incident. The judge ruled that I was rude, that the fact that I was being rude did not authorise the cop to detain me, that the participating officers acted unlawfully, and that the evidence that they provided was therefore invalid. </p><p>The prosecutor then moved to dismiss because he had no valid evidence to prove the charge. </p><p>We got documentation that the judge dismissed the charge 2015.04.08 Wednesday pm.</p><p>Do you realise that I actually manipulated a-half-dozen guys into unlawfully following me for no reason? I got two judges, one commissioner, at least four DDAs, two PDs, four court reporters (one a CART), two court clerks, and sundry other folks in an arraignment, five pre-trial hearings, and a suppression motion hearing in three courtrooms..... </p><p>all at government expense.... </p><p>I did good! </p><p>and this was for a rinky-dinky misdemeanor....</p><p>**************************************************&#173;**********************</p><p>This means that the folks at L&amp;M were assisting cops in an illegal and unlawful event.</p><p>This may mean that the L&amp;M folks wrongfully impounded my vehicle.  See this</p><p>http://sweetwaterlibertydispatch.blogspot.com/2014/08/30-yelp-review-of-l-m-towing.html</p><p>The guy at the repair shop covered the asses of the L&amp;M folks by throwing the brake line away instead of saving it for me. So the only evidence that I have is the invoices for the repair and for brake fluid.</p><p>L&amp;M could reimburse me $127.50 for the repair bill, and $20.00 for the brake fluid.</p><p>**************************************************************************</p><p>short link docellis.substack.com/p/59-hostile-encounter-20140808</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[58 Ham Radio License Reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ham Radio License fans pretend that radio licenses are proof of competency in using radios]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/58-ham-radio-license-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/58-ham-radio-license-reality</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 16:50:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Getting a ham radio license alerts government folks that the holder has equipment and knowledge how to use the equipment. </p><p>Ham Radio License fans (HamFans) seem to fantasise that a license is proof of knowing how to use whatever government folks permit folks to use. Folks do not need a license to learn or know how to use anything. </p><ul><li><p>There are plenty of licensed vehicle operators who are incompetent.</p></li><li><p>There are plenty of licensed barbers and cosmetologists who are incompetent.</p></li><li><p>There are plenty of licensed physicians and nurses who are incompetent. </p></li><li><p>There are plenty of licensed gun carriers who are incompetent.</p></li></ul><p>Licensing </p><ul><li><p>enables government folks to limit folks' access to skills or equipment </p></li><li><p>enables government folks to know against whom to act when such actions suit their agendas</p></li><li><p>enables government folks to collect resources in exchange for permission to use or possess equipment</p></li></ul><p>I got the Technician Book to learn how to use a radio to communicate. I did not get it to learn how to get permission to broadcast. </p><p>I get that HamFans folks are some sort of honeypot. Maybe they fantasise that US government folks are beneficent. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[57 Border Issues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comments related to imaginary lines]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/57-border-issues</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/57-border-issues</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 21:15:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Closed borders are a feature of tyrannies.</p><p>When I started with social media in 2004, I never saw folks sniveling about borders, or so-called illegal aliens/immigrants.</p><p>Sometime along the line, I started seeing folks snivel about "unauthorised visitors". I saw posts defining "unauthorised visitors" as folks without printed birth records, or driver licenses, or state-issued identification cards, or passports, or social security cards.</p><p>I don't have a printed birth record. I left that with my late mom when I move out in 1977. There is no established law prohibiting me from not carrying a printed birth record.</p><p>The California driver license that I have is not identification or proof of legal presence. There is a statement on the back of the card to that effect. Folks pretend that it is identification. There is no established law prohibiting me from not carrying a driver license unless I am operating a motor vehicle in accordance with the California Vehicle Code.</p><p>I do not have a passport. There is no established law prohibiting me from not carrying a passport.</p><p>Social Security cards are not identification or proof of legal presence. There is no established law prohibiting me from not carrying a Social Security card.</p><p>By the definition immigration snivelers offer for "unauthorised visitors" I am an "unauthorised visitor". </p><p>I see entities saying that they have no problem with checkpoints. These entities fail to admit that eventually immigration  code enforcers will come for them.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! 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Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[55 about a bird]]></title><description><![CDATA[not a word salad, just an observation]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/55-about-a-bird</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/55-about-a-bird</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:03:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Left and right are just wings of the same bird: progressivism, a fallacy that a framework that enables malevolent, malicious, malignant entities to rob folks to finance up-to-lethal so-called enforcement actions of opinions inflicted on folks by malevolent, malicious, malignant entities against folks by malevolent, malicious, malignant entities is a proper venue for resolving personal concerns. <br><br>Some call that framework government and the opinions laws.</p><p>short link <em><strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yc3jrr93">https://tinyurl.com/yc3jrr93</a></strong></em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! 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Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[53 Apparent Victories for Freedom, Truth, & Justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[A reality check for a beloved writer]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/53-apparent-victories-for-freedom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/53-apparent-victories-for-freedom</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:01:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Margaret Anna Alice&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:35383324,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F39b7a601-1b2d-4eba-939f-17f4f621d8b1_600x600.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;7f8b5de3-e2d9-43f2-8bea-1796f809b0e2&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> </p><p><em><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/mry8vkyd">http://tinyurl.com/mry8vkyd</a></strong></em></p><p>You wrote: "Celebrating Two Triumphant Court Victories: The Canadian Truckers Vindicated &amp; CJ Hopkins Acquitted of Thoughtcrimes" You are mistaken, possibly naive. </p><p>The judge who ruled that Canadian government folk violated rules did not impose a sentence or a penalty on those folks. He merely pointed out that they were wearing filthy rags instead of robes of righteousness. </p><p>Apparently the German judge's acquittal of CJ Hopkins was not a final judgement. Even if the acquittal becomes final, some other prosecutor in some other German jurisdiction could file similar charges against Hopkins. </p><p>Since government folks are malevolent, malicious, and malignant, they ignore judges' rulings against them and find ways to continue their behavior.</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! 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A better definition of "the state" could be:</p><p>And so the two specific attributes of the state ... are the fact that [folks] engage in taxation and that [folks] claim, at least within a certain territory, a monopoly on the determination of the legitimate use of violence</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! 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Always.]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/51-dont-fuck-with-jews</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/51-dont-fuck-with-jews</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:25:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks who fuck with Jews for being Jews lose. Always.</p><p>Egyptians 3000 years ago enslaved Jews. The creator killed Egyptian first-borns, tormented Egyptians, and enabled departing Jews to rob Egyptians. The Egyptian society collapsed afterward.</p><p>Philistines persecuted Jews. Their society collapsed.</p><p>Babylonians enslaved Jews. Their society collapsed.</p><p>Persians persecuted Jews. Their society collapsed.</p><p>Syrians persecuted Jews. Their society collapsed.</p><p>Romans persecuted Jews. Their society collapsed.</p><p>Jews did well in Spain until 1492, when Spaniards expelled them. The Spanish Empire collapsed.</p><p>Most recently, Germans persecuted Jews. Their society collapsed.</p><p>Russian and Soviet folks persecuted Jews. Their societies collapsed.</p><p>Folks who fuck with Jews will lose. Count on it. </p><p>I look forward to the destruction and misery of folks who fuck with Jews.</p><p>short link <em><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/muwkfzf2">http://tinyurl.com/muwkfzf2</a></strong></em></p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! 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As politicians, they work for their election campaign contributors more than for anybody else.</p><p>I live in Los Angeles County in California, United States. The following remarks pertain to County folks.</p><p>Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies still assault and arrest non-violent violators of the California Penal Code related to consensual commercial carnal collaboration, possession of non-government approved property or substances, and other non-approved behavior. They also assault and arrest folks who do not violate Penal Code provisions. </p><p>Deputies don&#8217;t arrest folks who violently interact with other folks below a certain threshold of harm. They don&#8217;t investigate &#8220;simple rape&#8221; complaints. They don&#8217;t follow up on &#8220;low level&#8221; vandalism complaints.</p><p>I don't get that the Sheriff or deputies provide security from other folks' behavior. </p><p>I  get that folks who promote the narrative that local county Sheriffs or deputies provide optimal personal security to county residents either fantasise or lie. I tend to believe they lie; that&#8217;s just me.</p><p>This essay responds to comments by <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Carl L. McWilliams&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:35580856,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/198a9b18-5934-4e70-94ad-00b3aea1da04_144x144.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;55171c7f-8251-4449-b4ca-4793371dbdbe&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> at <em><strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yd64mhd2">https://tinyurl.com/yd64mhd2</a></strong></em> &#8220;All This Has Happened Before and Is Happening Again: 1933 and 2023&#8221; at <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Mindset Shifts&#8212;Essays by Barry Brownstein&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:287491,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;pub&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/mindsetshifts&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:null,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;426cb38f-330e-40b4-9472-2cc3d5c54db4&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> </p><p>Short link: <em><strong>https://tinyurl.com/ycx4mm67</strong></em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! 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These folks snivel about hate content. They claim to want to guard against emotionally traumatising vulnerable readers who could melt down upon reading &#8220;unsafe&#8221; words. </p><p>Some folks claim that they want to guard gullible readers against liars and their lies. So they apparently want Ss folks to check out writers&#8217; claims about themselves in case they are con artists , or something. I get that these folks want Ss folk to fact-check content just in case the content is false, or misleading, or something.</p><p>Snivelers are demanding content moderation and/or pre-or-post publication verification of writers&#8217; biographic claims. They demand that Ss folks be responsible for protecting fragile, gullible, sensitive, vulnerable readers from offensive and/or unscrupulous writers. </p><p>Readers are responsible for reading or not other folks&#8217; comments or content. Readers are responsible for understanding or not what other folks write. Readers are responsible for reading, skimming, or skipping what other folks write. Readers are responsible for validating other folks&#8217; biographic claims. </p><p>This is a pretty general essay regarding what I see on Substack. Experienced astute Substack users can draw their own conclusions regarding the validity of this essay.</p><p>short link <em><strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yck73jdw">https://tinyurl.com/yck73jdw</a></strong></em></p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! 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Some folks live long enough sooner than others.</p></li><li><p>Jesus saves. His bride consumes.</p></li><li><p>When you know that you are right, get a reality check.</p></li><li><p>Life happens. Then you move on. Deal with it.</p></li><li><p>A lot of folks want a freedom advocate, but they don&#8217;t want freedom.</p></li><li><p>A terrorist is a supercriminal against whom others justify superpenalties; these penalties are then available to impose upon you</p></li><li><p>The law is the genitalia of the state. The state rapes through the law. The state births death through the law. A constitution is a compromised condom.</p></li><li><p>Everything against the State. Everything outside the State. Nothing in the State.</p></li><li><p>Does not matter if a collectivist is &#8216;liberal&#8217; or &#8216;conservative&#8217;; a wet dream is a wet dream no matter who is dreaming it.</p></li><li><p>When folks talk about paying a debt to society, they never mention the vig&#8230;</p></li><li><p>I think prayer and masturbation are both better done in private, unless with somebody to whom you are really close. Children can figure out how to do either or both on their own.</p></li><li><p>Truth passes through four stages: unheard or ignored, ridiculed, violently opposed, accepted as being self-evident</p></li><li><p>Voting for the best of a bad lot is like praising the gentlest rapist. The best of a bad lot is still bad...</p></li><li><p>When you don't try then you won't fly.</p></li><li><p>Law is an instrument enabling some folks to assault other folks in the name of advancing 'common good'. Government folks are gang-members who steal from folks to pay for assault by the first against the second. Folks who enforce laws use up-to-lethal force to compel obedience. If you have other-than-permitted property, enforcers will cite you. If you refuse to pay or comply, enforcers may attempt to arrest you. If you resist, enforcers may kill you. Animals can be property. I will not knowingly do business with owners who abuse their critters. Neither will I compel such folks to treat their critters to my satisfaction. Some folks believe that they can resolve their social concerns through the use of gangs. They move to areas that don't have much regulation and try to impose their opinions (enforced through up-to-lethal force) on other residents.</p></li><li><p>The body covered leaves memory when scat is all that viewers see</p></li><li><p>Politics resembles poker in that both are games of skill whose players lie and cheat to try to convince everybody else that they have the best hands.</p></li><li><p>Folks vote for lies hoping that they are true and that voters will benefit. When the lies result in misery, the voters vote for some other lies.</p></li><li><p>Know now what you will do then</p><p>Keep from most that you know anything about anything</p><p>Get supplies from the other guys.</p></li><li><p>I try to tie a knot on a rope before I lay a hand on it, enabling me to hang on if I ever get to its end..</p></li><li><p>Propaganda is information folks use to promote objectives</p></li><li><p>Compromised communication creates concern; clear communication creates collaboration.</p></li><li><p>noted.....I am too intellectually insolvent to comprehend your understanding, and to intelligently interact with you....you are outside my pay grade....</p></li><li><p>Aren't paramilitary predators fools who never lose sight of the number one goal: go home to your loved ones at the end of your shift.</p><p>and kill folks who get in your way......</p><p>and beat your wife.....</p><p>and take pictures of your own kids and use the pictures for target practice....</p><p>and lock your dog in a car so it dies from heat exhaustion....</p><p>or what?</p></li><li><p>wow.....I have real estate with a bridge for any lucky buyers who buy the goods these guys are selling......</p></li><li><p>I vote within non-coercive environments such as Lions Club, or fraternity, or local town council, for candidates and issues.<br>I vote at county and state environments on issues and bonds....<br>I vote not at all at federal environments.....<br><br>there are no bad folks running for coercivist office<br>there are no good folks running for coercivist office<br>there are just vermin<br><br>voting for the most benign vermin is still voting for vermin.</p></li><li><p>Patriotism is a form of collectivism based on a fallacy that geopolitcal preference defines character. Collectivism is a form of stupidity and moral laziness. Stupidity is a refusal to think. Moral laziness is support for hateful action against a person in the name of love for a nonentity.</p></li><li><p>Progressives are folks who think that using a structure that empowers folks to rob folks to finance assaults by folks against folks, is the proper way to address their own discomfort at other folks' behaviour on real estate to which the uncomfortable folks have no individual claim. Progressives ascribe to this structure superior social status over that of individuals. Most folks call this structure government.</p><p>Punitive progressives think that folks are evil and that the structure empowers some folks to punish, through using up to lethal force, other folks for being human, that is, for being evil. Other folks, (and these progressives) call them(selves) conservatives.</p><p>Palliative progressives think that folks are good and that the structure empowers some folks to punish, through using up to lethal force, other folks for being human, that is, for not being good enough. Other folks, (and these progressives) call them(selves) liberals.</p><p>Socialism is a method that folks use to manage folks behaviour through reward and retribution. It is based an illusion that a structure manages anything, or that a few power-lusting folks are smart enough to manage most other folks.</p><p>Socialism is just a way to advance progressives' objectives:</p><p>The subjugation of many and the death of others.</p></li><li><p>there are copsuckers and cops who intone BlueLivesMatter....and sucks to be anybody but a cop</p><p>there are niggersuckers and niggers who screech BlackLivesMatter.....and sucks to be nobody but a nigger....</p><p>and then there is me: my life matters; your life matters; too bad about the other folks</p></li><li><p>why can't folks blame a belief system? folks can blame any thing they want to blame.... reality is that individuals are individually responsible for their own acts. when folks use belief in a faith-based ideology to excuse their behaviour, they are just trying to evade the responsibility that they bear for their actions. I don't care what you believe, I only care what you do..&#8230;</p></li><li><p>Currently, US society is a police society on the way to being a cop society. Within the former, civilians direct cops through civilian-originated mandates. Cop-originated mandates characterise the latter.</p><p>Later on, US society will devolve into a prison society, managed by folks who lust to control most other folks.</p><p>At some point US society will degrade into a death-camp society when folks running a US prison society realise that there are insufficient resources to continue as a prison society.</p></li><li><p>Little details make perpetual improvement to un-usability inevitable.</p></li><li><p>I see folks whining, about racism, and about whining about racism.</p><p>I'm a real racist. I'm so glad to be a being who is part of the human race. I'd rather be human than any other race of created beings.</p></li><li><p>Ignorance of the law is no excuse for folks other than paramilitary predators. Ignorance of the law is the best excuse that paramilitary predators have.</p></li><li><p>Progressives are folks who rely on a framework through which folks rob folks to finance up-to-lethal acts against folks by folks to resolve their concerns.</p><p></p><p>Some folks call that framework government.</p></li><li><p>capitalism is a voluntary economic system driven by dissatisfaction with current conditions. that is all it is. note that there is no government involvement in economic affairs in the definition.</p><p></p><p>mercantilism or fascism require government intervention, implying a willingness to use up to lethal force to advance business-folks' agendas. </p><p></p><p>I am a capitalist. I started a service using spare cash and currently can live on what I make. I expand if I see an opportunity. I avoid government assistance in any form to run my business, or to provide the service.</p><p></p><p>war fucks up my clients' lives, and may lead to decrease in business. </p><p></p><p>there is no rational reason for war except as an economic machine providing some folks with power over other folks among other benefits.</p></li><li><p>the show id to vote show is a scam to enable folks who want to track folks to track folks. that is all it is. the show id to do anything shit-show is a feature of a tyranny.</p></li><li><p>It's not who or how many voted for whom that matters, it's what vote counters count and announce that determines outcomes.</p></li><li><p>You don't have a 2d amendment right, just a constitutionally named privilege. The folks who wrote that amendment never expected government folks to take seriously your exercise of your option to have defense tools. Consider the rules that government folks impose on the subject of defense tool possession and use. Those rules are all infringements.</p></li><li><p>I ascribe to most hostile behavior malice regardless of stupidity or incompetence.</p></li><li><p>Government folks want those whom they "rule" to be miserable, and thus more easily controlled by them, or failing that, dead.</p></li><li><p>Maybe rope stretching and scavenger feeding might be an acceptable alternative to voting.</p></li><li><p>I assume that malice, malevolence, and mendacity apply to corporate and government entities regardless of competency or stupidity by actors. </p><p><strong>*</strong></p></li></ol><p>short link <em><strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/bdenjxym">https://tinyurl.com/bdenjxym</a></strong></em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[47 An analysis of Safety of Grid Scale Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems]]></title><description><![CDATA[these guys promote up-to-lethal options to save lives]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/47-an-analysis-of-safety-of-grid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/47-an-analysis-of-safety-of-grid</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 00:45:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Link: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352158070_Safety_of_Grid_Scale_Lithium-ion_Battery_Energy_Storage_Systems">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352158070_Safety_of_Grid_Scale_Lithium-ion_Battery_Energy_Storage_Systems</a></p><p>Short link:</p><p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/8j44hhru">https://tinyurl.com/8j44hhru</a></p><p>This is a thirty-three page report by</p><p>EurIng Dr Edmund <strong>Fordham</strong> MA PhD CPhys CEng FInstP</p><p>Fellow of the Institute of Physics</p><p>Dr Wade <strong>Allison </strong>MA DPhil</p><p>Professor of Physics, Fellow of Keble College, Oxford University</p><p>Professor Sir David <strong>Melville</strong> CBE FInstP</p><p>Professor of Physics, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent</p><p>regarding concerns in the United Kingdom (UK). I will quote from the report and from other sources throughout this essay. I focus on the philosophical implications of the authors&#8217; proposed resolutions of their concerns.</p><p>The authors discuss the dangers that Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) and Battery Energy Vehicles (BEVs) pose to humans and to environments through &#8220;thermal runaway&#8221;, a type of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery failure that folks call &#8220;battery fires&#8221;. According to the authors, these extreme energy releases generate &#8220;toxic gases such as Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) and highly inflammable gases including Hydrogen (H2), Methane (CH4), Ethylene (C2H4) and Carbon Monoxide (CO).&#8221;</p><p>The authors point out that BESS and BEVs can have serious fire and explosion incidents and advocate use of up-to-lethally enforced opinions to address their concerns. Opinions advocates call them regulations. Government folks make and enforce these regulations. Governments are frameworks through which folks rob folks to finance up-to-lethal assaults against folks by folks.</p><p>I will stipulate that the authors are correct that a BESS or a BEV can have thermal runaway that can harm humans.</p><p>The authors rely on &#8220;the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (COMAH) 2015, intended to safeguard public health[1], property and the environment&#8221; to resolve their concerns about BESS and BEVs. The authors contend that COMAH 2015 controls &#8220;dangerous substances&#8221; such as Acute Toxic gases and Inflammable Gases.</p><p>COMAH 2015, as a set of regulations, has the status of law in UK. Laws and regulations are opinions that government folks impose on &#8220;violators&#8221; through up-to-lethal acts against these &#8220;violators&#8221;. Regulations control nothing; they provide enforcers with excuses to persecute folks and extract valuable considerations such as property, time, or life from the targeted folks for behaviors that offend the enforcers.</p><p>Throughout this document, the authors call for applying COMAH 2015 regulations to the operations of the BESSs while acknowledging that Health and Safety Executives (HSE), tasked with applying those regulations don&#8217;t. The past history of government folks resolving concerns leads me to believe that they are more interested in using the concerns to advance efforts to make residents miserable and dependent on their good will than in actually fixing what vexes folks. The authors of this paper apparently think that referring to regulations will provide a nudge to enforcers to compel project developers to prevent BESS-generated thermal runaways from happening.</p><p>The authors have not addressed insurance coverage for this project. I checked around and found that insuring against thermal runaways and their damages seems to be difficult given their properties.[2] The authors could have done better to promote insurance issues as a way to nudge developers into making BESSs less likely to cause harms to humans and their possessions.</p><p>1)<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health"> www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20health</a></p><p>May 12, 2023 &#183; The meaning of PUBLIC HEALTH is the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science.</p><p><a href="http://www.apha.org/what-is-public-health">www.apha.org/what-is-public-health</a></p><p>What is Public Health? Public health promotes and protects the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work and play. While a doctor treats people who are sick, those of us working in public health try to prevent people from getting sick or injured in the first place. We also promote wellness by encouraging healthy behaviors.</p><p>2) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4c48cy9k">https://tinyurl.com/4c48cy9k</a></p><p>BESS: Mitigating the rising risk of thermal runaway            </p><p>By Scott Smidlein</p><p>&#8220;What is thermal runaway?&#8221; 7<sup>th</sup> paragraph: &#8220;this failure mode is not unique to a particular manufacturer or design &#8212; it&#8217;s inherent in the technology.&#8221;</p><p>short link to this essay: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4nttdkx4">https://tinyurl.com/4nttdkx4</a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[46 Crash test]]></title><description><![CDATA[get proper gear or cry tears]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/46-crash-test</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/46-crash-test</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 22:47:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This picture shows what proper gear can prevent.</p><p>I see so many riders on $$$$$ motors, wearing sockless canvas shoes, shorts, tank tops, or tee shirts, or no shirt, no gloves, and $$$$$ helmets.</p><p>This guy may have had a helmet. He apparently did not suffer from head rash. His body is cluster-fucked from the jaw/occipital area on down.</p><p>I wear socks and long underwear, steel-toed boots, blue jeans, shin/knee guards, long sleeved shirts, padded leather jacket or padded ballistic nylon coat, gloves, off-road style helmet, football mouth guard, and goggles. I add chaps in cold weather, and rain pants and rain coat in wet weather. The only things I seem to be missing are a back pad and a neck collar. I get a very short recovery and maybe some mild clothing rash or a bit of bruising when I fall down.</p><p>Different concerns for different folks, I guess.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg" width="526" height="765" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:765,&quot;width&quot;:526,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;May be an image of 1 person, grass and text that says 'Wanna know what fresh cut grass can do to a person on a bike? 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Don't blow grass in the streets please'" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3DSR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F459bb3cd-9456-4978-b6f0-9627827fccf2_526x765.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[45 anti-Fonda Rant]]></title><description><![CDATA[An analysis of propaganda about a professional pretender]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/45-anti-fonda-rant</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/45-anti-fonda-rant</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2023 18:47:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DkIC!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7948047-14da-4ba8-bdd9-97bbc124f01c_132x132.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To the author and to those who pass this along:</p><p>The following <em><strong>links</strong></em> pertain to propaganda that follows.</p><p><em><strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/bdz8yv5w">https://tinyurl.com/bdz8yv5w</a></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/5ac6jfdy">https://tinyurl.com/5ac6jfdy</a></strong></em></p><p><em>Propaganda is this font</em>. Commentary is this font..</p><p>&#8220;<em>SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT</em></p><p><em>&#8220;YES SHE WAS A TRAITOR..!!</em></p><p><em>&#8220;In Memory of my brother-in-law LT. C. Thomsen Wieland who spent 100 days at the Hanoi Hilton</em></p><p><em>&#8220;She really was a Traitor</em></p><p><em>&#8220;IF YOU NEVER FORWARDED ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE FORWARD THIS SO THAT EVERYONE WILL KNOW!!!!!!</em></p><p><em>&#8220;She really was a traitor</em></p><p><em>&#8220;A TRAITOR IS ABOUT TO BE HONORED KEEP THIS MOVING ACROSS AMERICA&#8221;</em></p><p>This screed is atrocious. First the author and you advocate killing Jane Fonda. He says, three times, that Jane Fonda is a traitor. He and you want her to die for a lie, for two lies, for three lies. He includes an emotional dedication to some guy. Then he and you want me to forward this. Well, if I&#8217;m gonna forward something, shouldn&#8217;t it be legit? I have linked articles that address this propaganda at the top of this page.</p><p><em>&#8220;This is for all the kids born in the 70's who do not remember, and didn't have to bear the burden that our fathers, mothers and older brothers and sisters had to bear.</em></p><p>The author addresses this to ignorant amnesiacs who are unburdened by knowledge that loved ones had been tasked with killing and/or dying for the so-called safety of other people.</p><p><em>&#8220;Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the '100 Women of the Century.' BY BARBRA WALTERS</em></p><p><em>&#8220;Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during Vietnam.&#8221;</em></p><p>So Fonda allegedly betrayed an idea that you, a real person, must be willing to kill and/or die for the benefit of a metaphysical nonentity. She apparently betrayed the idea that you belong to someone else, who has the right to dispose of your life, your liberty, and your property, to somebody&#8217;s benefit. And Fonda reportedly betrayed certain hired killers, some of whom died.</p><p><em>LIE NUMBER ONE:</em></p><p><em>&#8220;The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot. The pilot's name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat. In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF Survival School was a POW in Ho Lo Prison the 'Hanoi Hilton. Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell, cleaned, fed, and dressed in clean PJ's, he was ordered to describe for a visiting American 'Peace Activist' the 'lenient and humane treatment' he'd received. He spat at Ms. Fonda, was clubbed and was dragged away. During the subsequent beating, he fell forward on to the camp Commandant 's feet which sent that officer berserk. In 1978, the Air Force Colonel still suffered from double vision (which permanently ended his flying career) from the Commandant's frenzied application of a wooden baton.&#8221;</em></p><p>Driscoll has flatly denied that this happened. He does not know how his name got linked to Fonda as a victim of her &#8216;treason&#8217;. In addition, why is this incident an act of treason by Fonda if Driscoll was supposed to have been punished after he spat at her? Neither the author nor you care about defining an act as treason using rational criteria, but are willing to hammer Fonda for events that did not occur, or were not her fault.</p><p><em>LIE NUMBER TWO:</em></p><p><em>&#8220;From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent 6 years in the 'Hanoi Hilton',,, the first three of which his family only knew he was 'missing in action'. His wife lived on faith that he was still alive. His group, too, got the cleaned-up, fed[,clothed routine in preparation for a &#8216;peace delegation&#8217; visit. They, however had time and devised a plan to] get word to the world that they were alive and still survived.. Each man secreted a tiny piece of paper, with his Social Security Number on it, in the palm of his hand...When [they were] paraded before Ms. Fonda and a cameraman, she walked the line, shaking each man's hand and asking little encouraging snippets like: 'Aren't you sorry you bombed babies?' and 'Are you grateful for the humane treatment from your benevolent captors?' Believing this HAD to be an act, they each palmed to her a sliver of paper. She took them all without missing a beat. At the end of the line and once the camera stopped rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs, she turned to the officer in charge and handed him all the little pieces of paper. Three men died from the subsequent beatings. Colonel Carrigan was almost number four but he survived, which is the only reason we know of her actions that day.&#8221;</em></p><p>Carrigan has denied that this happened. He also does not know how his name got linked to Fonda. <em><strong> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/bdz8yv5w">Snopes</a></strong></em> noted that she met with seven POWs who had not been tortured to force them to meet with her. Does meeting with non-tortured men make her a traitor? Fonda did meet with POWs and did accept paper from them, envelopes with letters addressed to family members in the US. She delivered those letters to their recipients.</p><p><em>LIE NUMBER THREE:</em></p><p><em>&#8220;I was a civilian economic development advisor in Vietnam , and was captured by the North Vietnamese communists in South Vietnam in 1968, and held prisoner for over 5 years. I spent 27 months in solitary confinement; one year in a cage in Cambodia ; and one year in a 'black box' in Hanoi. My North Vietnamese captors deliberately poisoned and murdered a female missionary, a nurse in a leprosarium in Ban me Thuot, South Vietnam , whom I buried in the jungle near the Cambodian border. At one time, I weighed only about 90 lbs. (My normal weight is 170 lbs.) We were Jane Fonda's 'war criminals.' When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi, I was asked by the camp communist political officer if I would be willing to meet with her. I said yes, for I wanted to tell her about the real treatment we POWs received... and how different it was from the treatment purported by the North Vietnamese, and parroted by her as 'humane and lenient.' Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees, with my arms outstretched with large steel weights placed on my hands, and beaten with a bamboo cane. I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda soon after I was released. I asked her if she would be willing to debate me on TV. She never did answer me.&#8221;</em></p><p>What treason did Fonda commit? There is no information that Fonda actually met this fellow. I have not found an account of a meeting between them. This guy was tortured after he told the PO yes he would meet with her. It is obviously her bad, right? No, this is a lie that Fonda was responsible for the torture that the NVA folks inflicted.</p><p><em>&#8220;These first-hand experiences do not exemplify someone who should be honored as part of '100 Years of Great Women.' Lest we forget...' 100 Years of Great Women' should never include a traitor whose hands are covered with the blood of so many patriots. There are few things I have strong visceral reactions to, but Hanoi Jane's participation in blatant treason, is one of them. Please take the time to forward to as many people as you possibly can. It will eventually end up on her computer and she needs to know that we will never forget.</em></p><p><em>&#8220;RONALD D. SAMPSON, CMSgt, USAF 716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief of Maintenance DSN: 875-6431 COMM: 883-6343</em></p><p><em>&#8220;PLEASE HELP BY SENDING THIS TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE SEE THIS MAYBE HER STATUS WILL CHANGE&#8221;</em></p><p>You seem to think that Fonda owes to you her life for actions that never happened, or for which she was not responsible. You seem to believe that you have a right to execute someone for spite.</p><p>short link to this essay <em><strong><a href="https://tinyurl.com/y2f8cbxt">https://tinyurl.com/y2f8cbxt</a></strong></em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[44 Humidor Bess Facility]]></title><description><![CDATA[this is my response to the uproar over a proposed project located at the eastern end of Acton. CA]]></description><link>https://docellis.substack.com/p/44-humidor-bess-facility</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://docellis.substack.com/p/44-humidor-bess-facility</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Ellis 124]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 00:51:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_bCp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7553ff90-6333-466b-9d78-557f365b5477_636x390.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>whah, whah, whah</p><p>If the developer paid for the property, paid the taxes that regulators imposed on the developer, and abides by the laws that regulators imposed on the developer, the developer is a paid up taxpayer and law-abiding entity, just like the property-owning taxpaying law abiding residents in Acton, CA who are sniveling about this project. I suspect that the nimbys sniveling about this project fantasise that aesthetics matters more than utility.</p><p>The project is located near to an SCE site. It is southeast of Vincent Hill Saloon and Restaurant and northeast of the Acton Grade metro train station. This link <em><strong><a href="https://humidorstorage.com/#aboutSection">https://humidorstorage.com/#aboutSection</a> </strong></em>provides the proponents&#8217; side of the issue. Proponents may be truthful or may be lying. You the reader owe it to yourself to determine which side you believe. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_bCp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7553ff90-6333-466b-9d78-557f365b5477_636x390.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_bCp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7553ff90-6333-466b-9d78-557f365b5477_636x390.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_bCp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7553ff90-6333-466b-9d78-557f365b5477_636x390.png 848w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I notice that the video at <a href="https://youtu.be/j0c_PwD3blI">[https://youtu.be/j0c_PwD3blI]</a> </p><div id="youtube2-j0c_PwD3blI" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;j0c_PwD3blI&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/j0c_PwD3blI?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p> that I watched included folks talking about solutions to address the fires. I did not get that these folks were talking about banning the structures or the stockpiling of batteries, nor were they sniveling about the appearance of the structures or how the presence of the structures conflicted with the "character of the communities" in which folks built them.<br><br>The video that I saw had the message that there is a problem, and folks are looking for a way to resolve the problem. </p><p>Here is another video with a similar take <a href="https://youtu.be/_RCWoV4ph4M">[https://youtu.be/_RCWoV4ph4M]</a>, that there is a problem and folks look for ways to address the problem.</p><div id="youtube2-_RCWoV4ph4M" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;_RCWoV4ph4M&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_RCWoV4ph4M?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Life is dangerous. Folks die anyway.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg" width="503" height="640" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:640,&quot;width&quot;:503,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;May be an illustration of blueprint and text&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="May be an illustration of blueprint and text" title="May be an illustration of blueprint and text" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VKnE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12ed3738-a230-4b6a-94ff-d88bac0caa0d_503x640.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>1-5 apparently provide rational reasons to question whether BESS is a good idea for the eastern part of Acton CA.<br><br>6- 10 are all progressive type reasons. Progressives see government (a framework through which folks rob folks to finance up-to-lethal assaults against folks by folks) as a near-mystical organization that when in the hands of bureaucrats performs miracles and creates wonderful effects. They believe that central planning of land use is a better way to manage land use than planning by the actual users of such targeted land.<br><br>6-holds that folks must use their revenue producing resources for the benefit of local residents under threat of lethal consequences to the folks if they don't.</p><p>7- holds that aesthetic concerns enforced through up to lethal acts by government agents are more important than utilitarian uses of resources.</p><p>8- holds that plans crafted by and with bureaucrats to maintain aesthetic wishes through up-to-lethal acts are too important to alter.</p><p>9- holds that aesthetic preferences of non-users are more important than the productive preferences of a property&#8217;s user.</p><p>10-holds that a property use must benefit something that does not exist. There is no Acton community. There is just real land on which real folks really live. </p><p>This is not about property users fighting over to what use the subject property serves their best interests. It is about non-users demanding that property users comply with non-users&#8217; wishes without compensation to the users.</p><p>With compliant planning, engineering, and zoning. aren&#8217;t property users eligible to apply for permits? Doesn&#8217;t this makes the "approval" process much easier, just as it would be for project opponents if they wanted to build on their privately owned properties? Isn&#8217;t this is a project that is being constructed on privately owned property, not on public land? Would project opponents be OK with people trying to stop them from building on their own properties, especially if they went through the process correctly, got their permits, and did their due diligence? Wouldn&#8217;t anybody would be upset with this outcome?  If opponents take the scope of this project out of it and plug in a generic project, e.g., adding a pool in a backyard or a barn for kept horses, would they accept pushback for something done privately on owned property?</p><p>For the record, I do not support or oppose this project. Let bystanders, opponents, and proponents do their own research and not rely on second hand information. </p><p>Don't forget that Acton CA was a working, ranching, mining, farming area before yuppie-duppies infested it with their fantasies of leisure fake-rural, regulated living.</p><p>Here is a short link to this essay <a href="http://tinyurl.com/p8r7tzyd"> </a><em><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/p8r7tzyd">tinyurl.com/p8r7tzyd</a></strong></em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://docellis.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"> Thanks for reading Dance of the Furies! 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