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  1. Will the tattoo-induced measels eventually ill or is that just like that guys lot in life to have that skin.
  2. That's a courtyard by marriott if I've ever seen one and I'm Lifetime Titanium. Nobody has those snakey reading lights in their homes.
  3. Same. I have a colleague in the Miami suburbs who partakes quite casually and he said for years the testing kits were just part of the standard process, even out in clubs. But beyond that, I think there has been a general lack of....call it, top of the funnel pipeline...of net new addicts on fentanyl which is why the numbers are down. The addicts that want it will get it, but it's lost the vibe among young and new addicts for other things, it seems. The article makes the point that the crackdowns from years ago (as well as the Purdue/McK/lawsuits) are also finally showing their delayed effect in outcomes. All to say, it's actually great news for Americans and deaths, but again it's the Drug King who wins. In the article that is El Senor Mencho (new nickname for a drug pin unlocked for me).
  4. Read this today and thought it was interesting on a couple of levels. It does seem that there has been a shift in the zeigeist away from a drug that will literally kill you the first time you take it (Fent) and more to the party drugs you can do for decades and not die, from unofficial vibey "feel" of social circles. I had a 60+ year old healthcare executive tell me he did some bumps the other day in Manhattan. Yes, my mind was blown. Anyways, and further, it's interesting that 60-75 a gram is cheap. Back in my day that was the price of a ball. Life passes by fast. LINK
  5. 100% this. And I think, much to the benefit of everyone involved, people are starting to wake up to the reality of "what is" and meeting the situation where it actually is, versus living in the ivory tower of the "ought" and hand-wringing on how bad everyone is in theory and if they'd just wake up and see things our way, then we'd live in harmony. It's about growing a backbone and a stomach for a fight. Which is why Newsom is going to be the man in 28. (I'll take it to the Newsom thread now lol)
  6. This is exactly right. That is why to my previous post, when Covid-19 happened and ruined their lives initially, there was a change. I think an AI bubble pop to the economy will be another similiar change agent to usher in D's for 2028.
  7. I think that, much like Covid-19 was a huge event that threw MAGA's best laid plans off course, the thing that likely ushers in Newsom in 2028 is the AI bubble pop and the big recession/depression that follows. That's the likely trajectory and hope. Right now AI-powered stock market is the only thing keeping most non-liberal (center-left/center all the way to the far reaches of the alt-right) from caring too much about the near daily erosions of the republic.
  8. you mean doesn't like?
  9. Another post of stolen valor from Charlie Strong.
  10. The Cartoon Villain's Guide to Killing Climate Action Why the DOE Climate Working Group report process is so opaque Andrew Dessler spoilered becasue it's long, but worth a read: --
  11. The difference between Marcello and Bad Bunny picture meme. They are the same picture.
  12. delete / an hour late Beat me to it.
  13. What in the wide world of sports is going on there. That read like an Onion headline.
  14. Gotcha. I follow now. I think that's probably right-- like the French in American Revolution-- you need outside help to win those sorts of wars. And right now the outside help (Russia, Eastern Europe, China) is helping the other side.
  15. What are you talking about here? Seriously you lost me.
  16. You'd actually be surprised. "Everyone in jail is innocent" is not an axiom for no reason. But even if it's just 1%, you are right.
  17. That's the problem with the laziness and cultural status of what it means to self identify as Chrisitan in America (which I think is Brisket's main railing point).
  18. If you've ever been a part of helping someone change, you might disagree. But yes, ultimately the locus of control and motivation has to be internal first, but the support can be almost as important. I've seen it with religious things but also things like addiction and substance abuse -- I am assuming politics is not more sacred, could be wrong.
  19. I hear you. I personally think there is no such thing as "irrdeemable" and that everyone can be redeemed, but I understand those are personal values and beliefs. One of the reason I am involved in prison ministry IRL.
  20. I don't know, maybe you are right. But I don't think it's as clear cut or obvious as you think it is. I think it has more to do with distribution and a virtous cycle of popularity, likes, clicks, views, etc. The only other Christian I can think of who was/is more popular for both the lay and actively practicing Chrisian is maybe Joel Osteen. And his message is wildly different as a prosperity gospel guy, but the distribution and algo's keep him relevant. As I've sort of poured over the Charlie Kirk issue the last week, I definitely agree that his nationalism and politics also had a lot to do with a certain (large size) sect of Christians loving him as well. Those are Christians who I agree with Brisket who are doing it wrong.
  21. And I'll be equally honest (thanks for your honesty and vulnerability as well) in that I think most people that I've talked to about the situation since last week (I literally had someone in my social circle I didn't even know knew who Charlie Kir was tell me he was his hero), they admire Kirk because he was a lion in defending a culturally unpopular belief system and way of life (and one that is impossible to adhere to as human beings on earth, full of hypocripsy and temptations) and they saw him as their champion of faith in a culture that is counter to everything they believe in. In that way maybe we are saying something similiar? I think that what made him more popular than the other millions who fervently defend faith was that most of these people from what I can tell, aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, and most are addicted to the internet and the algorithm where Charlie Kirk reigned supreme. He was like the Mr. Beast of Christian short form video or something from what I gather in being prolific and popular.
  22. That's fine but it doesn't matter. Globally, social media is not going anywhere and it can and is used for positive change (which was your whole anti-point). Extremely young Americans are, in their own way, just as intertwined with global culture as young Nepalis and Phillipines and Arab Spring youth were. "Everyone on Earth under 30 was basically born into a world where that’s always been the case. Obviously that’s going to change how geopolitics works! And American lawmakers clearly don’t understand that (yet)."
  23. Yep, that's what I've drawn as a conclusion as well.
  24. No doubt, 100% there are a lot of people that admire Charlie Kirk for his racism and J6 insanity. But I think, at least from what I've witnessed, is that most people actually admired Charlie Kirk for his evangilism and fervent defense of his (and by extension, their) beliefs and religion. They see him as a lion for their faith in an unchurched, biblically hostile world (even in the big tent of Christianity, where there are faiths and churches who are more "progressive" in views).
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