k1da1983.bsky.social
Economist. History nut. Politophile. I am a neurodivergent who loves to info dump history.
Fight on my men, I am hurt, but I am not slain; I'll lay me down and bleed a-while, And then I'll rise and fight again.
-Andrew Barton
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To me not only does this shit sound weird, but it just makes me think of so many crack pot rich dudes who wanted to find immortality. Mary Shelley explored these issues 200 years ago. Take a message from that. Just accept death and deal with it. That is the one thing we leave alone.
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I could be a blacked out drunk on a regular basis and be more qualified than this chode. That is the problem. The more incompetent and unfit for the job they are the more they will lick Trumps ass like the wannabe King that he is. Brace yourself. This will be a bumpy ride.
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Just another way to wrap up the courts. Full frontal assaults don't always work however.
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This should go really well. Let me get my popcorn out as speculation explodes and grifters and scammers gobble up land only to do whatever the hell with it and crash our markets. Not sure if they realize this but creating bitcoins takes up a ton of power and he is cutting back on output. Genius.
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Now I am reading that it simply destroyed some entryways, then today or late yesterday, they came out and said it was "severely damaged." I just don't buy it. I think Trump threw a tantrum and they gave into his bullshit. Even if it is true so what? Give them 18 months. They are hard at work now.
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We are dealing with something that could have been seen from 40 miles away. But as more of these stories get out it will just turn people against the abhorrent nature of his immigration policies. We forget it was the separating families stuff that turned people on him last time.
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The Mad King Trump and his minions are at it again. This is the kind of nonsense that makes you look back at fondness towards King George the III. He wasn't as bad as people painted him, and certainly not like this crazy S.O.B in office.
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Bro, I worry about the whole damn operation. None of these people has business in government, but the buck stops with Trump.
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I would recommend you get a Word doc or notebook out, depending on your preference, and start listing this stuff. You will forget in two weeks because it will be some other trump centered shit that we have to deal with.
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It should be noted that Iran built its nuclear program infrastructure around the possibility of being bombed someday. So they dug a deep hole and acted accordingly. If you have ever shot a bullet into the dirt, it is a hell of a backstop. Just imagine tons of concrete and dirt. Limited damage.
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DNC officials, in leaked emails, discussed strategies to weaken Sanders' campaign and question his viability. Wasserman Schultz resigned in the aftermath of these revelations. how will we know if he could have won? If you think the "DNC controls nothing" you haven't been paying attention.
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Could be, but as we all know, voters are fickle. When one region is ready to push forward, another region in our country is ready to push back against. So, little by little, we can chip away at the control the DNC has. This is a small victory, but also a large one at the same time. Good job, NYC.
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These guys make the Empire in Star Wars not only look cool as hell but way more of a preferrable system than to whatever these fucking dickwads want to implement. Stop worshipping tech bros people. It will only get us a version of reality that is a never ending white washed technocracy
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The worst part is that it ever had to come to stuff like this. If I were in some red state hell hole I'd have to travel hours for reproductive freedom? And then this shit In Georgia is beyond the pale of disgusting.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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These fucking dudes are the like the Empire in Star wars but way less cool and overall way more fucking creepy.
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A new order inside a political party has never in American politics come without a hard fight. The DNC and money Dems will not go gently into that goodnight. If we want them gone, we as the people have to send a message through the ballot box. No other way about it.
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If you want me to unwrap that for you, sit back roll out a joint and get a 6 pack out because it would honestly be a fucking 3 hour rage rant for me. 😊
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GOP and Democrat leaders are all from the same educational background. The VP and President both went to Ivy league schools. So did the last President. So did the Last presidential candidate that lost. Bro, where there is smoke put out the damn fire already. Stop relying on "Education" to save us.
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The Highly educated have done exactly what to bolster this country the last 40 years besides maybe the ACA? and that is debatable. Clinton deregulated us so did Bush and Obama did shit about it with a congress from the same background in education. Yep, all a bang up job.
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Bud, see that is the problem, you think education and economic growth signifiers signify a better society, and the fact is if that was the truth we wouldn't have people shunning those societies and electing Donald Trump twice. Nor would we have a dissolving middle class the last 40 years.
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He ended up being one the key figures in the tax policy and new deal programs. That is why work ethic and a moral code and common sense are leaps and bounds ahead of education in importance. If the educated were that educated we wouldn't be managing a decline for half a century.
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Nah you are hearing someone tell like it is. We have relied on Yale, Harvard, the Ivy league and the "meritocracy to the guide our political life and it has gone to shit. You don't need a degree to know shit and that is coming from a guy with two. FDR'S Treasury sec had no degree whatsoever
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I tend to think education has its benefits. But, that can only go so far. I'd rather have someone with a good worth ethic and common sense and a sense of actual fucking duty than some Yale bubble fed asshole who has no idea what its like to get dirt under their manicured nails.
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Well, as soon as I heard Israel hadn't commented and Binny was telling people to shut up about it that something was afoot that we were missing. I even looked it up specifically what he said about the cease fire and just results of Trump announces cease fire, so yeah, no worries, I was def skeptical
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Yeah but the lesson here kids is you don't need to be smart to win an election. Now if only more of us with basic common sense could actually run for office. Maybe we could have a decent society and equality both civil and labor rights wise. But hey I can have wet dreams don't hate me for it.
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All parties benefit in some way. Iran has a decent outcome, Trump has a win, and Binny keeps his place in power. What more could a healthy society ask for? In the meantime we have legislation going through congress that could kneecap the American people, but this is the major stuff here.
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Let us be honest and admit that despite the increased danger now they are consistently in danger over there. And for what? Geopolitical influence and control of resources among other things. It is just a big scam. We have 750 bases globally. Why is that necessary?
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This is what we are still living with because of Reagan and the anti tax nuts who came around back then. Ironically it was California our most liberal and heavily taxed state per capita that is now arch enemies of conservative states.
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
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Oh make no mistake. I am a 20 yr historian brother. I know all about that era, but I was mighty young when he came around, Ironically as a youth I supported Bush in his first term and was generally a GOP supporter, then IDK what happened, I think I grew up and became a human being.
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Good luck explaining the ins and outs of this entire era one day to people who never lived or have a real memory of this era. It would be like describing going inside the mind of an extremely ill person who needs help immediately.
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His 38 percent approval rating was pretty much the first thought that came to my head as to his reason to jump into something that literally no one asked for or for him to do.
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I barely remember Reagan but I do remember the Mission accomplished bullshit in 03 when in reality it was just getting started. Maybe this goes a different way, I hate to predict how this shit turns out. But history tells us to never try and predict ME politics either way.
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The troops can't be safe now, no matter what anyone does short of either suing for peace immediately or pulling out. Iran is just testing the waters with this recent attack to gauge our defense strength, but the prodding and poking isn't done, and in the meantime American lives will be lost
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NYC has to send a message. If they don't the DNC will just keep pulling the same center-right oligarchic supporting bullshit that forgets and has no worry about the needs of the people.
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Because the stock market and oil markets are doing two things. They are either short-selling or are untethered to the realities of the oil market in general. I am going to bet on the first. Let us remember that Trump and his minions are great at stock manipulation and grifting.
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In America, you would have to move heaven and earth to bring the Peacetime/wartime draft back. There are still plenty of old heads alive who remember the fight over it. Not to mention the political capital necessary to do it just isn't there.
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It made me think that NYC can play a big part in establishing the narrative or trend that money-grubbing wall street democrats need to be gone. Otherwise, they will just keep coming back again and again like a cockroaches invading your domicile. So I am hoping Zohran wins.
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Honestly, lets be real, this was a long time coming. Bush and the forever wars didn't help and then you had the "War on terror" which made the U.S involved in prison torture and it was well documented. Our memories are just so short we forget that we have been managing a decline for damn near 40 yrs
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No, it was a one off remember? And never forget Trump ALWAYS tells it to us straight, buddy.
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I hope New Yorkers are smart enough to see through the ruse, but NYC isn't exactly known for electing the most stand-up Mayors. I can't name one that I am like, yeah, that guy was top notch, and nothing went wrong under him. Maybe LaGuardia? I'd have to dig into that one.
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Hey have to pull in the big guns when you want your lackey to the DNC and the democratic money machine in office. When are these people going to understand the huge disconnect between the people they run and the people they want to vote? I hope New Yorkers are smarter than this. Time will tell.
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Amen to that. One day at a time. I consider them like sort of an addiction. People can't be out in public and sitting down without their phone in their face. Not good sign of social evolution if you ask me.