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Film: The Rock

My favorite of all Michael Bay films... an absolute sluggers line up of character actors... if you just embrace the absurdity, quite a lot of fun.

Indeed

Revolutions were fought over these issues. 

If I’m on stolen land why the F am I paying property taxes?

Pretty Evil

Putin continues to string us along. 

Hmmm...

So it appears Trump did the Maduro thing and is negotiating with Iran to make their oil available to world markets, so Russia can be induced to ceasefire talks in Ukraine?

Seems a bit complicated, but not exactly the worst idea in the world...better perhaps than the meat grinder offered by Biden and the Europeans...

Gifted and Talented

Nothing the midwit nepo babiy communists hate more than the gifted and talented programs.

90s LA Movies 

Funny how in a lot of 90s LA movies, there exists a run-in with some type of neo-nazi lunatic. Did these people actually exist (and if so, where did they hang out) or is this a figment of the imagination?

I'm thinking American History X, Falling Down, Heat (Waingro), Higher Learning...

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TV: Landman S1 E4-6

Taylor Sheridan's worldview is basically a hillbilly version of BLM, which is to say, all structures and institutions are essentially in place for strong men to do whatever primal shit they want to do - kill, steal, rob, etc. 

Wouldn't It Be Funny If...

America won the AI race, but someone like Mandami or AOC wins the Presidency and uses AI to redistribute all the wealth it created?

Or, if Trump promised all illegal immigrants US citizenship if they moved to Greenland and did a political referendum for the island to declare its independence from Denmark and join the US.

We Are In

The Salem Witch trials... and ICE are the witches.

Aye 

Probably not much else matters other than not letting AI become evil.  We are in deep shit if this thing proves to be as powerful as folks say - because a determined and organized group of people could probably leverage it into causing quite high levels of destruction and mayhem.

The Gaza Obsessives 

These Gaza obsessives are hilarious. They are horrified by both re-building but also not re-building the strip. They blathered on for a year about a ceasefire, get their ceasefire, and now complain about it. I get it. They think a crime occurred. Problem for them is that the only people who agree with them are lunatics. 

Chinese Cars

You see all this stuff in the media about how amazing Chinese cars are. I'm skeptical. Do we ever see media gush over KIA's or Hyundai? Or Nissans? Or Hondas.  Subarus? These cars are all fantastic. So what's the proposition? The Chinese cars are better? Cheaper? I have trouble seeing it. Maybe I'm missing something. When I see the pictures, all the cars look like knock-offs of existing cars. And are affordable cars or car performance really a problem? Not one that I see. 

China-Taiwan

If China goes to war with Taiwan, we want them to be doing so with Generals who have zero combat experience. And then, importantly, not letting it go to a round 2.

Organized Insurrection

Penetrating the organized insurrection in Minnesota. To anyone vaguely familiar with these worlds, all this is obvious. Once you understand the Omnicause, everything falls into place.

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Film: The Smashing Machine

Surprisingly flaccid film, although I'm only about halfway through. 

Film: His Girl Friday

Nothing to be said that hasn't been said ad nauseam. 

Bonkers

6K to all seniors in the US. This is while we have record budget deficits, young people facing a totally uncertain future, and a booming stock and real estate market. A heist of epic proportion and we're talking about ICE. 

Chicken or the Egg

Not sure if Boomers are the ones protesting "No Kings" and ICE because they are taken care of by the government or whether they are protesting as a guise to get their government benefits. But either way, this is a very strong argument against UBI.