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📌. Thank you! I will pick up your book!
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You are right. I was focused on the immediate need to stop the coup, and not on the special elections and midterms.
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Wall Street funded ALEC, Heritage, Trump and Republican members of Congress — not to mention Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries.
Wall Street paid for a specific list of agenda items and they expect to get them — the elimination of labor and consumer protections, as well as taxes.
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At least for the moment, it appears that he has control of the funds and no constraints on how he manages / distributes them.
So, there is no reason for him to persuade the public.
If the funds disappear, what real recourse does the public have?
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Thank you for asking this. My feed is filled with Super Bowl references that have no context.
I get it that ~120MM people watched it. Glad they enjoyed it. :)
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They are "flooding the zone" with shit. You have flood with truths. Simple truths, repeated again and again, that lead people to inevitable conclusions.
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Buttigieg is brilliant and wise.
But, I wish he were commenting that about EM, who seems like the bigger threat.
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This is fascinating. If you have published a paper on this, I would love to read it. Thank you for responding.
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Kids?
The youngest is 19 YO. The oldest is 26 YO.
What is the age at which men committing felonies can be described as “adults”?
30? 35? 40?
It is not necessary to have a fully developed prefrontal cortex to know that you are fucking over hundreds millions of ppl by stealing their data.
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I appreciate your optimism that that is even a possibility.
Is any person / institution taking steps that would actually constrain EM?
He allegedly met with Putin for 2 years and was never charged. Is the DOD just purchasing use of his technologies or are they also his ally / backer?
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Dare I ask, do we know anything more about the man who purchased them and what happened? Did he purchase other children, as well? Children who are purchased generally don’t have happy endings, but I am wondering how much we know or might reasonably surmise.
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That is just heart wrenching . . . wow . . .
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Yes, I have been following this for years, and am familiar with him. I always welcome reading recommendations.
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Accurate.
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They have, but their core voter base is becoming enraged by the broken economic promises. If they don’t get the social security / Medicare / Medicaid payments they are expecting in the coming weeks, things may change.
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My experience of having these precious creatures in my life has been that they — like us — have their own epigenetic variables. There is this process of observing to figure out what is normal & when they need help. Not always clear. But, as someone whose wardrobe is mostly black . . . I feel you!
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But isn’t the object of this exercise to wipe out the available funds and end the payments altogether?
For that goal, they only need some easily manipulated young people. They are not approaching this with medium term stewardship or management in mind.
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I am here for civil discourse only, and do not indulge — or engage in — ad hominem attacks.
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Have had 5 cats and 3 dogs. I found that my cats & dogs occasionally needed dietary tweaks to keep their skin healthy and shedding “normal”. My vet had insights & did not sell me anything. Also, I put some comb like fabric on a corner wall where they could rub up against it — helpful.
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Not sure if you are being facetious, but shaving them can interfere with their health. So can giving baths too often. They have a skin microbiome that needs to be in balance, which happens naturally if we don’t meddle w it too much. I would encourage people to talk to a vet before shaving.
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Having the power to turn off social security / Medicare / Medicaid / veterans payments can plunge hundreds of millions of people into starvation.
That is a weapon.
Having control over a critical national defense satellite system is also a weapon.
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The sociopolitical alchemy they want us to perform is a form of self-sacrifice we are uninterested in this time around. Our resignation will accelerate the outcome, which is heartbreaking but our martyrdom would not fix this country and yte America has to grapple with that.
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Give us their email, please. We can re-enforce the importance of community contributions.