Afternoon Tea 10.28.21 - A Ton of Meth

Someone went GTA at the John Deere UAW picket line, 1.5 tons of crystal meth will never make it to Chelsea, North Koreans ordered to eat less food until 2025, Ukraine used Turkish drones on Russian forces, new Legends of the Hidden Temple found, and New York dogs get their day in court. It’s Thursday October 28th 2021, and this is your Tea. Your vibe is a soulful garage house tune by newcomer Hollowz.

Deere worker on strike hit, killed by car in Illinois near UAW picket line (Des Moines Register) Now that striking workers have to be scared of random cars, in addition to the various neo-Pinkerton tactics that Capital currently employs against Labor.

Kim Jong Un ordered North Koreans to eat less food until 2025 (Toronto Sun) 2025 is when China said it would open the border with NK that was closed for COVID. If the border really stays closed for 4 more years, there might not be much left of the citizenry by then.

Laos police seize record drugs haul in Golden Triangle (Reuters) 55 million meth tablets, 1.5 tons of crystal meth, enough teeth grinding and jaw tension to last a hundred thousand lifetimes.

Ukraine uses Turkish drone for first time against pro-Russian forces (AL-Monitor) International arms sale controls usually prevent this from happening to Americans, so we have to assume Russia is 31 flavors of pissed that Turkish drones were used against them in Eastern Europe.

Ecuadorians Block Roads On Second Day Of Fuel Price Protests (Barron’s) Direct action gets the goods, in the concrete jungle and the real jungle.

Weapons execs lament losses from Afghanistan exit, tout DOD budget increase (Responsible Statecraft) & The New Superfluous Men (American Affairs Journal) If you needed a reason for your blood to boil, reading the lament of Raytheon over the withdrawal from Afghanistan. One difference between previous era wars and today, is that many, many more of our soldiers came home. Previously, “superfluous” men didn’t make it to 35. Now, they can hit middle age and sign up for Oathkeeper emails.

De Blasio administration pushes to approve supervised injection sites (Politico) Lame duck De Blasio gives so few fucks these days, he might actually win a legitimate good for NYC. SCS would not only drop city health & police costs, but it would also go a long way to reducing overdose deaths across the metro area.

Who Should Play Dark Twink Feyd-Ratha? (Gawker) & Dune, Annotated (Max Read) The first, speculation on who should play the nemesis of Dune’s ascendant protagonist. The second, a scene by scene annotation of the movie, for all the readers of the book who don’t feel like thumbing through the Appendix.

Remote-sensing reveals details of ancient Olmec site in Mexico (Reuters) Nickelodeon is sparing no expense to promote the new season of Legends of the Hidden Temple.

Who gets Fido in the divorce? New law could help solve bone of contention (Spectrum News) The law requires divorce courts to consider the best interest of a pet when resolving custody disputes. Puppies & kittens deserve advocates

Sometimes, the glow-up is worth it, take your time, as this Griffon Vulture did.

Poem of the Tea: Custom messaging and wildly overfiltered IG mindfulness is just the exhalation reminder you need to round out the week.

We’ll be out of pocket until Monday, November 8th, when we return safely from pulling off something that might make the real news.

Told you, we’re just getting warmed up.