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  1. You can make an argument that USSR was never worthy of our enmity, or the degree we exhibited it; and certainly that the "anti-communist" fever that gripped the country for a half century or so was very wrongheaded and led to a lot of misadventures (e.g. Vietnam, Central America and so on). But, even if you accept that, Russia has a long history of illiberalism, autocracy, brutality, and repression that they have never escaped and are a natural poltical/philiosophical enemy, regardless of the current regime. Putin just makes that worse. The notion that they are a more Christian western power in a secular world is completely absurd.
  2. I think like every dumbass American thinks that if taxes and regulations on the rich are low enough, they'll be the next Bezos or Musk; they also think that an $8k voucher is going to enable them to send their kids to St. Marks, Hockaday, Kinkaid, Country Day, etc. Which is ironic, because the best of those schools are probably as classically liberal and elite as any you'll find. Of course, the real schools they might be able to afford will be grifty-fraudy fundagelical schools whose "education" aligns with current "conservative" thinking and will leave them ill-equipped to do anything real in the world except run for office on a MAGA ticket. And, it enables those who can't afford to move from "diverse" districts and schools to believe that they can finally get their kids away from the dirty darkies. Also, I think there's some vague appeal, like "small government" and "local control" (illusory of course), to letting people out of the "socialism" of paying for education of other people's kids.
  3. Also, in the context of Russia's history as a brutal, autocratic, repressive state vs. us: Stalin:Russia::Trump:USA
  4. So, it occurs to me that perhaps we're trying to replicate Louisiana here. There has been a proliferation of fundagelical private schools in Louisiana of probably dubious educational quality (but sports pipelines, see Evangel in Shreveport, among others). These were ostensibly in response to the decline of public education, severely underfunded in that poor state, but helped along significantly by white flight racism.
  5. The only good that seems to be coming of this shitshow is that Europe (writ large) is having to step the fuck up and take more control of its own security. They had become too dependent on us, and we only too happy, apparently, to secure them. And I don't mean this on a "transactional" basis, as in how much they spend on defense, or how much we spend on their defense, they just need to take more responsibility, I think. Like a lot of Trumpian "policies," there is a tiny nugget of truth somewhere in the enormous, steaming pile of shit, and the above seems to be it. I'm kinda thinking and hoping that by doing this, giving them an external enemy, Europe (again writ large) can turn away from fascist, nationalist populism sooner than later. I think once Europe bands together against the Russian threat, shitbag appeasers like Orban and his marginal country will begin to be ostracized.
  6. What does Col. Dad think about Trump calling him a dope, baby, and loser?
  7. Recent earnings report. I suspect that it's judged as an overall company rather than on some of its recent breaking news. One thing about it, I believe they generate nearly half of their revenue outside the US, where the regulatory framework may be more rational, and less profit-intensive.
  8. World's largest veterinary pharma. Formerly Pfizer Animal Health. Retains a lot of the good characteristics of a pharma without a lot of the bad associated with human pharma, or at least on a much smaller scale. Should be a sound investment.
  9. 52 years for not even killing someone? With a PTSD defendant. Dafuq Florida.
  10. That encapsulates modern American "Christianity" about as well as anything I have seen.
  11. In case you were confused about Rogan's intellect and where his sympathies lie: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/f-ed-picked-wrong-psychopath-151519649.html
  12. Most accounts of her parents state that they were adherents of Technocracy Incorporated," which was one of several Technocracy movements after WWI. All of the technocratic movements are or were highly autocratic, so that part gibes. Also based on the idea that scientists and engineers know better what's best for society, which has a lot of parallels to Musk and to the common gooders. And, perhaps most amusingly, all of the technocratic movements fell apart and reorganized constantly, because most of the adherents were socially retarded.
  13. One of the problems with these techtards is that they have basically matured believing the rules don't apply to them: bricks and mortar business, IP laws, regulations, etc. It's really a chronic case of too cool for school.
  14. Username checks out.
  15. I think that what that actually means is that expert agencies won't interpret their own enabling statutes, only POTUS and AG.
  16. A #2 dookie? Is there some other kind? A #1 dookie? That might have been worse. A #2 dookie grumpy growler? Did you explode a beaver?
  17. Looks like C-Man beat me to it. I came across this in connection with RSTU coverage.
  18. Monty Bennett is a piece of shit, in case anyone was wondering. https://www.texasobserver.org/dallas-hero-initiative-monty-bennett-crowds-on-demand/ Elmo and Petey nationally and in Texas. Timmy and Farris statewide. Dallas has its own oligarch. And yeah, this differs in kind substantially from the Citizens Council shit.
  19. It was quite a harbinger of how much blatant racism still exists and how Obama broke people's brains. At the time I was, like you, shocked. Now I'm like "figures."
  20. Gets better with rewatch. I will submit Battleship.
  21. That's a legit pretty good flick. Ben Foster is fantastic. I think we'd have seen big things from Anton Yelchin eventually. RIP.
  22. Yeah, like a lot of things that were #bothsides or liberal-originated, gerrymandering, "test" civil rights cases, Rs adopted the strategy and turned it to 11.
  23. Also, on this, I generally subscribe to the notion that we shouldn't ascribe "hate-y" motivations to crimes until the evidence compels us to do so, as Bozo points out. I'm also a bit uncomfortable with a separate category of "hate crimes," as opposed to a sentencing enhancement when hate or any other particularly odious or heinous motive is proven. But, I came to these conclusions at a time long ago when I didn't think hatred permeated our society to as great an extent as the empirical evidence has shown me. It may be time to revisit my thinking here.
  24. In her more candid angles shes a bit chonky herself.
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