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BrickHorn

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  1. I’m with you on this. Trump is an accidental genius at persuading morons. He uses concise, simple phrases and slogans that latch themselves into the brains of the idiot mob like some kind of brainworm. He does this mainly because he’s an idiot and short and concise is all he’s capable of. But it works. Dude is an evil Chauncey Gardiner.
  2. In what sense? That there’s case law supporting the notion? Okay. But that misses the point, which is that the idea that the Friedman Doctrine is fucked up and destructive, is not at all an essential principle of capitalism, and jettisoning it could yield a better world.
  3. This fucking bullshit is one of the most destructive implicit assumptions in modern history. Economists or some talking head say this shit with confident authority, as if it’s a law of nature, and we all nod and say “Can’t argue with that!” I’m as guilty as anyone in that regard (or at least I once was). But it’s not at all self-apparent that management’s highest ideal should be maximizing returns to investors. Why is that the case? Why should that obligation not be secondary to other concerns, such as the well-being of employees or the minimization of externalities? Why is the pure maximization of profit to people who chipped in a few bucks at the front end (or worse, speculated by buying shares on the secondary market) the unquestionable ultimate duty of those who collectively manage a massive slice of the world’s productive and destructive capacity?
  4. That was my gut reaction, too. Then I thought about it for a minute. The next guy in line is a puppet of far right plutocrats. And I wouldn’t be surprised if he picks Gabbard as his VP.
  5. I’m not prone to conspiracy theories, but the timeline of events is curious. Especially considering the reports that Trump allies left the summit meeting visibly shaken.
  6. Whoever is ghost-writing these sucks. That reads very close to how Trump talks. But it’s not at all his written style, which is very different. Dude would never use commas correctly to indicate the pauses in his cadence. And he would never type a phrase like “lo and behold” (much less spell “lo” correctly). Something weird is going on. Even weirder than the usual bizarre state of affairs in this janky-ass administration.
  7. My guess? They wheeled out a Madame Tussaud’s wax figure and the forehead was melting.
  8. Spider 2 Y Bananazi
  9. I don’t follow WWE specifically (and really never have). But I am a fan of local indie wrestling. My sense is the fanbase has evolved since kayfabe died. It used to be that wrestling shows were chock full of yokels who thought it was real. There were a few smart fans who were in on the gag (so-called “smarks” in wrestling lingo) and there to enjoy the show with tongue firmly in cheek. But they weren’t the majority. These days, the crowd is all smarks. Everyone knows it’s fake. The secret is out. So the fans who are looking for real combat now go to shit like UFC, which skews right. In my experience, modern wrestling crowds are pretty diverse and open-minded. The promotion in Austin hosts drag shows every so often and openly supports the LGBTQ community. (Okay, it’s Austin. But still…) People don’t go to wrestling for fights; they go to watch performance art.
  10. Same. I realized yesterday as I watched OSU’s defense humiliate Arch and Sark that I just don’t give a shit anymore. College football is morphing into some weird fascist bread and circus cultural celebration. And the massive amount universities and alumni spend to support the football teams (rather than academics) is perfectly symbolic of how fucked up American culture has become. We are not a serious country.
  11. I was in LA the week that shit unfolded. The idea that the city was in any way at risk is laughable. We explored Southern California, from La Jolla to Leo Carrillo and... up to... Pismo, and literally the only protest we witnessed was a few old ladies peacefully holding anti-ICE signs outside of a Ralph’s in Venice.
  12. Uh… I have some bad news for you.
  13. Sark has always been a terrible game manager. One of the worst I’ve seen. It’s why we have a bad habit of giving up massive leads.
  14. Yeah, yeah. I get it. Fuck off, Da Fino.
  15. Those “usual suspects” are in fact propagandists shitbags.
  16. Not Trump’s style. He doesn’t play defense, only offense. The Mike Leach of politicians. If Trump wants to talk his way into heaven, it will be more like this: ”Jesus is low energy. Really. What God just sits there and lets a couple of Romans nail him to a cross? You have all this power, lightning bolts and floods and all that. Why not use it and save yourself? It’s not very pleasant, having your hands nailed to a cross. Maybe use your God powers to smite those Romans. I’m kidding. But many people are saying maybe I should have been Jesus. ‘Sir, you would never let the Romans nail you to a cross.’ Maybe they’re right about that. We’re looking into it. We have lots of very smart people who are looking at the Bible to see if I can be Jesus. Maybe I can. Maybe I can. We’ll see what they find out, but I think that maybe I can be Jesus.”
  17. It’s not just dumb. It’s dangerous. Heartless. Sadistic. I personally know people whose lives have been saved by SSRI treatment. These fucking jackals are going to get innocent people killed with a witch hunt that makes no sense. But they don’t care because as long as they’re blaming life-saving medication, they can distract from the real issues (the insane prevalence of guns in our society and the lack of social safety nets). Can’t have gun control, so it’s better to fire off an epidemic of suicide and depression. And of course it won’t make a dent in mass shootings. But by the time the world figures that out, these maniacs will be scapegoating some other innocent group.
  18. It’s also not helpful. All that chart could possibly demonstrate is the relative Bayesian probability that a given individual will commit a mass shooting, based on a single measure. And even the highest probably (0.7 out of 1 million, or 0.00007%) is so fucking low that it’s essentially 0%. It literally gives you no actionable information. At most, it says “The chance that any individual regardless of demographic category will commit a mass shooting is vanishingly small, although it’s slightly less vanishingly small for Category X.” You may retort that this chart tells us where to focus our efforts to prevent mass shootings. Maybe you think based on this chart that locking up the trans population (or worse) would be an effective strategy to prevent mass shootings. Well, if that’s what you are thinking, you’re incredibly wrong. Set aside the injustice of punishing over a million innocent people for every one potential criminal. Trans people account for only a tiny amount of all mass shootings (analyses range from 0.1% to 1.3%). So any policy targeting trans people would have almost zero impact on the overall number of deaths due to mass shootings. I hesitate to ask this on the DT board, but anyone care to guess which demographic group is responsible for more than 95% of mass shootings?
  19. Holy shit. He got charged with asspelting?
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