Increasingly of the opinion that the only function of the GOP is to constantly orient/reorient all factions of American conservatism towards Reaganism and Pax Americana at all times.

I asked Grok to write an essay on any civil rights leader; he chose Hitler. I gave him another chance b/c I know his dad died in that fire and his neo-Nazi older brother is still in prison over that curb-stomping thing. We call our class American History X.

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Apparently the U.S. is tough on Iran but crumbles at the sight of a tenured Italian academic. What a dimwitted flex of authoritarianism.

Why? Just... why? Why do we need tier lists for micro-celebrities, Youtubers, and Twitch streamers? WHY!?

No. That's a decade old. Bitcoin turned out to NOT be a currency. It is an electronic tulip, perhaps; not a currency.

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Yeah, well, she's almost 60 now so if she looked like she did 30 something years ago I'd have to assume she was a vampire.

The funny thing about Russiagate was the fact that neither its detractors or proponents covered Psy-Group. Except for James Bamford and a few other exceptions that I'm no doubt blanking on right now. But it wasn't that many. Really, a handful imo.

Manna from heaven would be not hearing the chattering classes argue about isolationism vs. globalism. But then we’d have to actually talk foreign policy, types of conflict engagement, the defense budget, bombing a country vs. aiding one’s war effort, etc. So… not gonna happen.

I don't really see this as much different from what pro wrestling has historically done even going back to the territories. For example, Adam West & Andy Kaufman in Memphis. Probably had celebrity timekeepers & guest announcers in Portland, Florida, etc.

Beyond being an amazingly weak list, how exactly is TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) in there? There's literally no gore in it. All implied. Dried blood on walls and all that.