MontanaMama
MontanaMama's JournalJD Vance is in Butte, MT
and apparently headed to the little town of Dillon, MT. His trip here to Missoula was cancelled at the last minute last Saturday. At least here in Missoula, we’ve got a luxury resort that’s a draw…Dillon? Not so much. It’s a little cowboy town. Crypto scheme? Peter Thiel’s data center? Curious.
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/air-force-2-lands-in-butte-vp-enroute-to-dillon
Why are Musk, Vance, Homeland Security coming and going
in and out of Missoula freaking Montana? Last weekend, Elon Musk flew into Missoula. He was shuttled up to the Paw’s Up resort for a three hour-ish meeting. His jet shuttled wealthy well connected people in and out all weekend. They also went to the Paws Up. The pilot of his plane spoke with my kiddo and when asked who these people were, the pilot said “I can’t tell you their names but what these people are involved in is on the front page of the paper every day”.
JD Vance is coming tomorrow and headed to the Paws Up. The FAA has restricted our air spade for his arrival and departure. Secret Service has been busy at the private FBO where he will be received and all employees at that FBO have signed NDA’s. Two C17’s are also coming with Homeland Security on board. 50 rooms have been reserved at one hotel to house them. Guess the government doesn’t want to pay to keep them at the swanky Paws Up.
WTH is happening? Why here?
ETA: UPDATE…The FAA has lifted the airspace restrictions for today. It appears Vance has cancelled his trip. Curiouser and curioser. If I hear anything else, I’ll post it here. Thanks for your interest everyone.
https://www.reddit.com/r/missoula/comments/1l552mb/update_missoula_airport_restriction_for_unnamed/
Elmo Mush flew into Missoula, MT today.
Ugh. The tail number on the Gulfstream jet is registered to him as of November 2024. My kiddo works at the FBO where the plane is scheduled to land later today. The pilot has asked for a private parking place for the plane and two limos are arriving from the Paws Up luxury resort north of town. I can't even go out there to flip him off or protest with a sign without outing my kid. Damn it. I hate when the nutters come to town. They aren't welcome.
ETA: Musk indeed landed late afternoon today. My kiddo had eyes on him. Kenneth Copeland, televangelist and grifter is here too. The private jets are coming one after another. The manifests are secret and the limos from the Paws Up luxury resort are picking these yahoos up.
ETA:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ElonJetTracker/s/85hIoLXZiC
At the Bernie AOC rally in Missoula MT!
We are at the Adams Center at the Universiry of Montana. The lines to get in wrap through the campus. The place is filling up. Energy is high. People are happy.
My kiddo works at a private aviation company where Bernie and AOC’s jet will arrive. He said the security detail is tight.
A small but meaningful way to support Ukraine.
My neighborhood began a postcard campaign to let folks in the Ukrainian embassy know that we support them and denounce the ambush of President Zelenskyy by FOTUS and Hillbilly Davenport. Will it change the world? No. But sending good energy to Ukraine felt like something positive to do.
Here’s an example of one of the cards:
Serious question about social security solvency.
Maybe some of you are in my shoes or some version of my shoes and have some thoughts on this…
I 60 and my husband is 63. We are recently retired. We had planned to take money from our investments for living expenses until we are 67 and can draw our full social security benefits. At that time we planned to ratchet back what we take from our investments.
Reputable economists have said that with the felon’s economic “plan” and project 2025, SS could be insolvent in 6 years.
Should we take our SS early in the hopes of getting something out of what we’ve put in over our lifetimes or should we gamble that it might still be there?
If fascism begins to take hold, I don’t believe we can count on a free and fair election in 4 years…but maybe? This too seems like a gamble.
Anybody else thinking about these things?
My Halloween display is UP!
My neighbor took this pic from his kiddo’s second story window across the street. This is, imho, the most wonderful time of the year. I hope the snow holds off until after 11/1. 🎃💀
Sorry about my recycling bins out front…🙄
JD Vance apparently admired Barack Obama enough to put it in writing?
Apologies if this has been posted. Please tell me how the Felon’s only the best people didn’t dig this up? I guess it’s another example of the JD flip flop.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7951262-president-obama-came-on-the-scene-right-as-so-many
“President Obama came on the scene right as so many people in my community began to believe that the modern American meritocracy was not built for them. We know we’re not doing well. We see it every day: in the obituaries for teenage kids that conspicuously omit the cause of death (reading between the lines: overdose), in the deadbeats we watch our daughters waste their time with. Barack Obama strikes at the heart of our deepest insecurities. He is a good father while many of us aren’t. He wears suits to his job while we wear overalls, if we’re lucky enough to have a job at all. His wife tells us that we shouldn’t be feeding our children certain foods, and we hate her for it—not because we think she’s wrong but because we know she’s right. Many”
― J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Looks like Taylor Swift has entered the chat.
Saw this on her verified Instagram account:
Group behind Project 2025 floats conspiracy theory that Joe Biden will use force
to stay in power. Sweet baby jeebus...everything is projection with these people.
WASHINGTON — A conservative think tank that is planning for a complete overhaul of the federal government in the event of a Republican presidential win is suggesting that President Joe Biden might try to hold the White House "by force" if he loses the November election.
The Heritage Foundation's warning — which goes against Biden's own public statements — appeared in a report released Thursday that the group said resulted from a role-playing exercise gaming out potential scenarios before and after the 2024 election.WASHINGTON — A conservative think tank that is planning for a complete overhaul of the federal government in the event of a Republican presidential win is suggesting that President Joe Biden might try to hold the White House "by force" if he loses the November election.
https://missoulian.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/politics-election-trump-democracy-heritage-foundation/article_81064ba9-cc2f-5669-8704-431d4463e640.html#tncms-source=login
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