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So this is a bit of a difficult one. It’s not difficult to refute the conspiracy theories he throws my direction, but it’s that he thinks everything is a conspiracy. Last night it was a message on “strange formations and caverns” where I grew up. Geologists have given scientific explanations for their formation and the evidence backs that up. This is the biggest problem. This moron and like-minded morons. The debunking is done by an actual professor in this video. Billy Carson is so incredibly stupid and that he appeared on Rogan’s podcast only underlines this. I mean just a complete lack of intellect. How anyone hears him talk and says “That guy makes perfect sense!” is beyond me. My friend is all in on this guy, evidence to the contrary be darned. I have been friends with this guy for 20 plus years. I guess I should have seen some warning signs for being a conspiracy nut, but I never looked into it until he started sending me links to Facebook posts about Carson. I told him to delete his Facebook and just get off social media because nothing he was listening to was real. It was just a con man making money off of willing rubes, of which he had become one. I do not want to just leave this alone because we live in a world now where so many of our fellow citizens get sucked into these rabbit holes of never ending conspiracies. What have any of you done with friends in a similar circumstance? Any help would be greatly appreciated here as I am watching my friend slowly sink into this alternate reality that does not exist. Kinda sad to watch.

I recently posted about the site I read and also subscribe to called Defector. The woman that wrote this, Kelsey McKinney, is one of the writers/co-owners of the site. She’s also a published author (2nd book due out next February), has a wildly successful podcast called Normal Gossip and is a graduate of The University of Texas. She is one of my favorite reads on Defector. I would highly suggest thinking about a subscription. https://defector.com/a-list-of-words-that-do-not-appear-in-hillbilly-elegy-so-stop-asking

It was a fun movie. I never get the negativity surrounding a movie. Anytime I see a movie and maybe I didn’t enjoy it as much as someone else I preface it with the comment that “Just because it did not connect with me does not mean it isn’t a good movie.” Not every movie is made for everyone. This is a good one though. I enjoyed Powell’s character in this.

I just got in from a late showing. Saw it in a Dolby theatre and wow was this movie awesome! Whatever you are expecting going in this movie will surpass it. I will be going back to see this again in a few days. So much fun in just two hours. I will not spoil a thing for anyone who has not seen it yet. This is definitely a movie to watch when the theatre is full. This was a fun movie start to finish. Hard to overstate how cool it is seeing Reynolds and Jackman together in this one! The cameos that came out of nowhere were something I think everyone here will like as well. GO SEE THIS MOVIE and don’t wait to see it at home. If you have kids take them too. If they are at least 12 years old then this movie will be how they talk when the adults aren’t around.

He can’t count to potato much less read.

This was a really cool movie. Great action and the story exceeded anything I might have expected going in. Definitely a movie worth seeing in a theatre. I will watch this one again.

That was some obvious sarcasm. Funny though.

Thank God he finally decided to do this. Looking forward to President Harris in 2024!

I remember reading about this more than a year ago. Deng is the man for doing almost all of this out of pocket for the land where he was born and Ivey is pretty awesome for coaching this for free. What an adventure that he’ll remember for the rest of his life. He will never have a job that he does that is more meaningful and memorable than being the head coach of the Bright Stars.

Seems like this team might be better if they just use Embiid as the 12th man and let AD and Bam handle things on the backline.

Down 58-44 at the half to South Sudan. That doesn’t sound optimal. Good for Ivey though as he’s done an amazing job keeping South Sudan together. He’ll be a head coach in the NBA sooner rather than later.

Well I never had her as a rep so I cannot be as detailed as others about her. Cancer absolutely sucks and that is not a fun way to go. At least it was quick with no prolonged suffering. My mother is the same age and she has battled cancer for 10 plus years now. My only time seeing her in person was August 2020 at the March on Washington. She was the hardest speaker to follow because she was all over the map. At least she was there though. That was such a hot and humid day so credit to her for being there during the pandemic when things were still such a mess.

Sitting in a theatre is definitely not for everyone. There are things that bug me like people who won’t stop talking. Unless it’s a big movie that I know will be packed I usually avoid going to those showings and opt for ones later at night at an AMC away from the tourist area. That usually works well.

Two weeks, two months, never. Whatever it takes.

Drew Magary is one of the biggest reasons I am a subscriber to Defector. I met him last year at a live podcast he and David Roth did for subscribers and he’s pretty awesome. I only wish he had written this piece on Defector instead of SFGate. You get the uncensored version of his thoughts there.

I’ll go to the beach today and enjoy some sun and maybe watch a movie tonight. I’ll skip the Nazi circus sideshow as well as the crowning of the GQP king. Watching a convention full of people whose collective IQ can be counted on one hand is not my idea of a fun way to spend an evening.

The Boomers aren’t a bad team. They are in a state of building this thing around Giddey. The thing they lack is competent big men. They have good guards and wings, but trotting Jock Landale out there is humorous.

I would absolutely do that and hopefully you get a positive response from them. América has completely and utterly lost its way in a fashion that it cannot come back from. Democrats are not going to get in the pit with these vipers and fight dirty. I have not and will not change my stance on Biden winning in November, but seeing this done by someone as qualified to be a judge as a homeless guy pissing on subway walls has broken something in me.

It has sent me to a level of pushing up the timeline to find a new country to be a citizen of.

The god of the GQP cult only protects thieves, liars, rapists and con artists. Little kids are on their own once they’re born with those folks.

My man Carlitos! Can’t wait to watch him out in Flushing in a little more than a month! I wish some of Rune’s fans had stuck around to yell out Ruuuuuuune during the ceremony when Djokovic got his well-earned not championship trophy.

Trump will not win this election. I don’t condone anyone trying to murder him, but this is not going to push him past 270. Biden and his diminished mental faculties will still win. Is the next four plus months going to be wild? Absolutely. It will still end with one final loss to put on Trump’s resume of losses, bankruptcies, decisions in court made against him etc.

I would prefer he have to face the penalties for a lifetime of awful and horrific behavior towards people. I do not support someone attempting to murder him. I want to see him behind bars not six feet under.

Why only 80? Why not 40k feet over an active volcano?

Oh I am certain we will all hear it a bunch. I am gonna go to the beach and just watch it on my phone and hope that when Alcaraz arrives in NYC in August that he is the back-to-back Wimbledon champion.