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Time traveler from the late 1900s. Proud dad of 3 amazing adults, empty-nest Gen-X semi-retired rocket engineer. Fan of science, astronomy, aerospace, science fiction, geology, weather, climate, manufacturing, human development dynamics, etc. DMs welcome.
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Hey so I live in a country where the cia lead a secret coup and got rid of our democratically elected prime minister, and I for one fully support Americans taking back the meaning of their flag as an anti fascist statement.
That rules.
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Harness the same energy, but retool for the 21st century. We have access to new solutions & new thinking that can become its own inspiration for improvement in the years to come.
There are things we understand better in this day & age that were simply unavailable to the OG New Dealers.
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Just a matter of time before this sort of thing is used against soft targets in the US.
Not looking forward to it.
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Will send a telegram if I make it home.
Amy says hi, the babies are doing fine. The daily street battles keep them under cover 24-7.
The fires are burning out now, we are praying tomorrow will bring peace to California.
PS thank you for sending the tarp, it is the perfect starter home."
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More fun to roll with it
"Dear non-Cali Family,
It was just a graze, almost hurts more than the gunshot wound last month. Medic says I should make it to the checkout counter with the last loaf of bread by noon. After that running & dodging artillery fire between Antifa and government troops.
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E tilt right, O tilt left - most believe in democratic norms.
Don't think it will come to mass violence, but there will be more suffering.
It will be tense, but I do not think the military will fracture.
May rational level-headed thinking save the day.
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This is a delicate moment, one worth considering carefully.
How does a democratic republic save itself from dictatorship without state violence?
Refuse compliance with evil wherever possible, laugh at the bullies, and comfort the afflicted.
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It appears both.
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Diversity is a key stabilizer for democratic republics.
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All deals shall use Crayola, no generics. Top-shelf only.
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I'm old enough to remember the 1970s - the Nixon scandal had nuked the Republican brand badly enough to warrant an actor-turned-governer as a reset.
Here we are 45 years after the Reagan Revolution.
Guess what? It trickled up, not down.
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Here comes the pain.
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Rad! Happy birthday!
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Shuddering to think what the red line will end up being.
What could pierce the illusion?
Remember the later Reagan years were marked by irregularities in his mental health. Tame by modern standards.
But Trump rolls with the madness & is rewarded for doing so.
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Imagine living in that amount of fear of unarmed people.
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Wrong question. "What does it say about our country & its society?"
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Not doing things that suck is a powerful way to live.
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There are living giants on Earth, but they are not animals.
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Bookended by nonsense, making it too easy for people to ignore.
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Getting handcuffed face down on the kitchen table before getting disappeared seems salient.
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International *Delight*, just saying.
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If it is as Musk says, he wasn't elected in 2024 either.
More humiliatiion, more revenge.
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Pe...
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Lying at scale takes its toll. The rot comes from within.
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He gave a specific number in the case of the senate - why if he did not know a specific outcome?
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Elon tomorrow morning
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After the first ICE agent goes down from a 2nd amendment admirer, they will stop asking before coming in to protect themselves.
Any escalation could lead to very bad consequences very quick. A spark in a field of dried out grass.
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"Coming soon to a theater near you."
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Haha, the mounts! Prices have been coming down, but not enough to treat it like a hood ornament.
Hard as hell to keep them from bashing into the rotor-brake handle or other fun switches & knobs in the cockpit when flying with them.
Kabuki authoritarianism is still scary looking to those unaware.
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Right!? This sort of LARPing does not endear them to those who know.