A love story.
I was drinking my second cup of coffee, yesterday morning, when I saw the news helicopter floating above what I assumed to be Swamis, the semi-famous surf break located in Encinitas, California.
Hovering low.
Immediately, I guessed there must be a protest of some sort. Frustration has been palpable over the past few days as North County San Diego has seen no new Coronavirus cases since April 11 yet city councils continue to close public spaces, lock the beaches and misdeamean people who dare to sit in their car, watching the sun set, or eat Asian fusion cuisine outdoors.
“Time to be a surf journalist…” I thought to myself, hoping the protest involved a defiant paddle-out.
It did not and I missed most of the scene as the protesters had marched up a street leading away from the beach and made their way through a neighborhood. A few remained, holding signs that read “Your fear doesn’t cancel my rights.” and “Free the beaches.”
As I sat on the hood of my truck, pondering these wild times, a early 2000s minivan came screeching up, its driver a early 50s hippie with frizzy brown hair, teeth clearly brushed with Tom’s of Maine and a giant placard in her window that declared “VEGAN.”
“Did I miss it?” She asked.
“I think they’re up in the neighborhoods now.” I responded.
She whipped out an early 2013 iPhone and bid me over as she was tracking the band of rebels via Instagram Live.
“I take it you think they went to far with all these closures, tickets and trouncing of our civil liberties.” She said as I got within her 6 foot bubble in order to see how many protesters there were, both of us maskless.
“It’s ridiculous.” I responded.
“A complete joke…” she interjected “…the fault of big Pharma and the industrial animal farms.”
I didn’t know what the industrial animal farms had to do with any of it unless the Wuhan bats were raised on one.
We chatted a bit more then she clunked off to find the action.
I read her bumper sticker “Billions of animals are abused & violently killed because you eat meat” and continued pondering. Never in my life have I had common cause with an aggressive, older vegan. Never been on the same team, as it were, and will this be an unforeseen but wonderfully welcomed outcome of the Coronavirus Clampdown?
A bulldozing of the incredibly dull left/right trenches and a new, funner war pitting those who love state security versus the jackboot skeptics?
Hmmmm.
More as the story develops.
Very simple really; until theirs heard immunity, treatment or a vaccine the virus will spike as soon as mass people are together. We all want to be in the water right now and gather in masses, but not going to happen until one of the three items I mentioned comes to fruition, no matter how many overweight people wearing American Flags want to protest. Ha!
Well that escalated quickly. 161 and going sonic.
Check this out, LGR! Mortality rate is much lower than that thought. Vive45, myself and others hunch is correct, far more people have had covid in California than thought.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/
http://www.latimes.com/california/...
Boys love toys
Girls love toy boys. !
Haha! #metoo! Some are from the nineties, they should be back in style soon but most likely won’t be able to fit into them until the next nineties revival in twenty years.
haha, this was funny, “vegan placard”
You ever see the young fathers pushing the cart around Target?
As if every step hurts more than the last and the only thing keeping him upright is the cart handle while the kid picks his nose.
You just know he’s thinking about his boys surfing or golfing, anything better than errands with the wife (family is how she puts it).
It’s abject depression. A full work week is done and he can’t wait for monday morning.
great analogies
He copped so much shit for spending vacation money, bodysurfing Sandies…. those boys just hated him so much… wonder why VONR? Heeeheheee….
Wonder how his spending compares with golf cart rentals now?
If there were 3 African Americans and 2 Mexicans doing this in Encinitas all these white people would be apoplectic….
So many White people. So little to complain about
Once?!
That’s how it always ends….
Just make sure you’re armed if you go to those protests. The police are, and if they put hands on you, they won’t deescalate until you’re in the ground, if you refuse to comply. Take a few with you. I’m not going to protests yet, cause I’m not ready to see it through. But if shit continues to worsen, I’ll attend. Armed. Fuck the police.
Definitely worth dying/killing for. Go get ’em tiger!
This? No. Central American kids in cages, maybe. I tend to believe in peer reviewed science. I’ll probably die at the hands of police for some reason or other though. They managed to tackle me going for my knife once. Won’t make that mistake again. I’m actually glad to see so many Trumpers vying for the Darwin awards.
yummy…
WEll, I don’t have a job so…..
I’m still fucking pissed bro.
Yes, I must say, that was quite an explosion. I swear I heard it all the way here in Fallbrook.
Oh wait, that was the sound of freedom emanating from Camp Pendleton.
This virus has gone viral!!
I’m feeling extra virile this morning
Virtually indestructible.
Anyone else feels like we’re watching the fall of an empire.
Cue Chinese national anthem.
I gotta say, I think many Americans must have no fucking idea how completely stupid their nation currently appears from beyond its borders.
Stupid is as stupid does
young Nicholas.
They don’t nick… they don’t travel. Comfort, ease and inexpensive is all they ask.
With extra cheese and bacon!!!
For protesting? Or because our politicians and media (right and left) are playing the blame game during this crisis instead of finally settling that shit aside?
Had to do a double take, thought this protest was a Mensa gathering at first glance.
Hopefully you can still get malasadas!