rnewman.ie
Irish 🇮🇪🇪🇺. Bibliophile & IT workaholic.
#ADHD #Autism. #Liberal as fuck. #Sweary
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if Repubs win in 2028, they’re going to be out in 2032 regardless. The US’ credit rating will be severely impacted, which will be an even bigger problem than today, because they will need to borrow externally. This is all about buying votes to stay on the gravy train for longer at any cost. (2/2)
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And when it does add hugely to the deficit, he’ll start by denying he said it wouldn’t, despite the evidence, and then say it’s actually a good thing, because (incomprehensible explanation that has nothing to do with the deficit). That’s what you do when your core supporters are morons. But… (1/2)
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This would tip the power dynamic less toward the political class and their wealthy owners. There’s no will for change among the wealthy, so the political “will” for it hasn’t been purchased. It may even take a revival of “la Terreur” to get started. Who wants to be Robespierre? I’m no orator.
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For a brief, shining period, it was about unity and religious liberty. Then the acquisition of wealth above all other considerations took over, and idealism became the blood sacrifice of profit.
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Per the great Oscar Wilde: “America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.”
Hard to disagree, seen from the outside. The greatest it ever seems to have managed was the period between independence from the colonialist scum, and the civil war.
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And for good measure, more tags appropriate to the above skeet
#Trump #Failure #Pathetic #Impotent #FailingAtFascism #RealityBites #FantasyDictator #LegendInHisOwnMind #PublicHumiliationFetish #Felon #Treason #Rapist #Paedophile #Dementia #LowIQ #WrongSideOfHistory
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Federal agents - which includes ICE - are required by law to provide identification when making an arrest. If they refuse to do so, one is arguably entitled to proceed as though they are instead what they appear to be: violent, racist, thugs.
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The current Supreme Court will overturn Hustler Magazine v. Falwell in a heartbeat if it serves Trump’s interests for them to do so though. Biden royally fucked up by refusing to address the stuffing of the court with amoral sycophants of Trump during 2017-21.
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I would be willing to bet that Musk is discreetly buying up Tesla shares at the lower price, betting on the stock price being lifted by a whole market recovery at some stage.
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Exercise consistently (or - currently - at all). So many (fake) obstacles, but the main one is that any time I am doing anything, I am stressing out about not doing something else. The productivity trap 🙄