My favorite idea for improving democracy comes from Robert Heinlein’s novel ‘Double Star.’
His idea was that people could choose their ‘state’ based on their own interests. Instead of being a New Yorker or a Virginian people could pick to be ‘soccer mom’ or ‘IT professional’ or ‘anarchist’ or ‘teacher.’ The book is light on details, though.
TIL people start the day with a sauna. We always use it as the end of the workout.
Let’s point out the obvious.
Harris hasn’t shifted position or gone looking for them; they decided that they had to put the country ahead of the Party.
He never went for the big bucks. Think of it this way; $10 million wouldn’t buy an apartment in Trump Tower.
In the comics the real Punisher knows he’s insane and tells anyone who idolizes him that they should try to be like Captain America instead.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/tony-schwartz-author-donald-trumps-art-deal-trump/story?id=40662196
BTW, Trump pretty much gave away the farm to his co-author. Schwartz got full credit and half the profits, unheard of for a ghost writer. Schwartz also left Trump’s circle after the book came out and has bad mouthed him ever since.
Beyond everything else, the fact that Donald Trump made so little money off the White House is staggering to me.
He could have gotten $50 billion from the Saudis on Inauguration Day if he’d had the balls to demand it.
He wouldn’t have had to change any policies or make any new laws, just tell them that it was what it was.
actual human, etc.
Magneto has entered the chat
He was tried and found guilty of raping a woman.
She wasn’t some sugarbaby coming on to him; she was going about her day and he decided that he could do what he wanted.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/trump-carroll-judge-rape/
He also perved on teenage girls
https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-walks-in-miss-teen-usa-contestants-changing/
This story is from when Trump was putting up Trump Tower. The biggest scandal that he used illegal immigrants to demolish the original building. He ended up havign to pay them over $1 million for the abuses.
The part of the story that made him anathema to the Manhattan elites was that he destroyed the building after promising to preserve it. It was considered one of the loveliest buildings in the city.
I was once in a class being taught by an MD. I mentioned that I liked chocolate covered espresso beans. He told us a story about a classmate who brought a five pound bag of them to study for finals. The classmate ended in the Emergency Room for a caffeine overdose.
I read about that trick years ago. It was in an essay by Ian Fleming. He wrote ‘…as hot as you can stand it for as long as you can stand it, followed by as cold as you can take it for as long as you can take it.’
“Clevon Little voice”
That’s not his leg…
He’s been trying to become President for years.
I also think it’s hysterical that the first article that popped up was from TV Guide.
https://www.tvguide.com/news/donald-trump-presidential-campaign-timeline/
On one hand, Melania is a horrible person in her own right. On the other, I don’t think any other single person has done more to humiliate and infuriate Cadet Bonespurs.
I liked it when she refused to move to Washington and when she made the White House look like a torture chamber for Christmas.
“My dad says you used to be evil, but now you’re just cranky.”
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Or organization like ISIS will have recruiters. Mr. A shows up in a town, talks with the locals and arranges a few meetings. The locals know who might be receptive. Say Mac is a likely recruit. Angry at the powers that be, not a lot of prospects, ready for some adventure. Mr. A will give him a few tests. Graffiti this building, throw a rock through that window. If Mac does well he gets an offer to visit the big city. Train fare and a few bucks. There he meets others like himself. There’s training and more training. Mac is now part of something big and important.
In a lot of ways it’s not much different from High School ROTC. A sense of belonging and purpose mean a lot to many people.
When I saw Loomer’s plastic surgery I realized she was one of those desperate Sugar Babies who’d do anything to be a “winner.”
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Iran has WMDs and so does Israel. As much as Iran loves to talk about destroying Israel [and vice versa] both sides are aware that they aren’t going to survive a full on war. Look at the Cuban Missile Crisis. Russia felt they had to put weapons in Cuba, even though they knew that if they were found the US would take action. Back in the day they called it ‘Brinksmanship,’ a variation of ‘statesmanship.’ A ‘brinksman’ was a leader/diplomat who could bring his country to the edge of war without going over the edge.
You can trust Harris or Biden to have some cooler heads in the War Room. Trump listens to no one and acts like a child.