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If Russia is persuaded/compelled to send in enough troops to quell Kazakhstan, that could spell the end to their pressure campaign on Ukraine maintaining the same tempo as we've seen.

I just finished the episode. I really do like what they're doing telling two stories in parallel. The story in the flashback was SO satisfying. I absolutely loved it. And the 'present day' story is more setup, but it's definitely building a great vibe. Yet again, Star Wars is at its absolute best telling stories about the world while tipping its hat to samurai and western movies.

Welp. It's a Samurai/Shogun show now. We're back in business, baby! I'm fucking IN IT.

I am maybe vindicated in my uninformed shot in the dark opinion! The intricacies of Mormon thought aside, there seems to be a lot of overlap in culture, lifestyle, prejudices, and civic beliefs between Mormons and Evangelicals. Or at least what I know about the latter seems to pop up when I hear about the former. That's what I made my guess based on. This too: Entrata | Press Room & Events | First Place: Property Solutions WWW.ENTRATA.COM <heading>Property Solutions</heading> <p> <strong>What it does:</strong> Makes web-based software that lets apartment managers accept rent payments

That was a good post. Thanks for filling in the gaps of my knowledge. That said, the tweet thread is INSANE. There's so many of those... And he reminds me of a guy I used to know that was into secret societies, Kaballah, Rosicrucianism, theosophy, etc. All the high points this dude was into hits the same notes as tech bro up here. The guy's deep into the conspiracy theory hole. he may not be into Q-Anon, but I bet he isn't far off.

Yeah, this dude is 100% a Mormon.

I don't know what either of these bills do.

I think we're over-analyzing a pretty thin piece of media that doesn't really need any analysis at this point since it's just been unresolved setup at this point.

All of that really sucks. But moreover, it's underscored the fact that I have no idea what The Gong Show is or how it works.

I was going to post that. I laughed my ass off when I saw that connection being made. It works well, but the fact that they actually put it in is wonderful

The Miami Herald has published an animated story on the Surfside condo collapse. It includes the engineering concepts inherent in the design, what was left out in construction, and the methods and modes of failure that led to the collapse. It's simply a stunning piece of forensic work: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/surfside-investigation/article256633336.html

And even further, he wasn't merely a racist right winger. He was also a men's rights person in what's called the "manosphere." There Was A Denver Spree Killer Again. He Was A Racist Men's Rights Asshole Again. - Wonkette WWW.WONKETTE.COM Are you not SURPRISE? The Manosphere and the figured associated with it (Stephen Crowder, Jordan Peterson, Mike Cernovich, Dave Rubin, etc) are pernicious forces that perpetuate male supremacy and lead to violence against women. Histories of misogyny, association with these men's rights spaces, and violence will always lead to this. And not many people want to address the root of the issue that is these men's rights groups. If we don't, this will keep happening. And there's enough overlap between these types and far right white supremacists that it's a feeder into those spaces.

I thought the first ep was great. I'm not going to dissect every bit of every episode as it comes out. I liked seeing the first bits of the story unfold and Mando has gotten me used to the anthology style of presentation. Looking forward to the rest.

See, THIS is a good own in this story:

I reject Jason's agreement.

@Joe I'm feeling more and more vindicated in my stance regarding Biden's Covid response with all this new news

Jason that's fucking nonsense. Stop posting BlueAnon garbage.

We're a year in to the presidency and when he was inaugurated things were just about as bad as they are now. Where were the federal testing sites? I'll give him the vaccine mandate. That's fair. He still hasn't released the patents to help the rest of the world that's still waiting on 1st vaccine doses. And you can claim I'm doing the right's dirty work all you want. That's just not true. Criticizing Biden isn't helping the right wing. That's foolish. Don't look at me like I'm in some political team binary. I want Biden to live up to the standards and promises he made to get to where he is. So far he has not. He isn't 100% to blame with where things are either. I can lob just as many grenades at the right and their followers. But when it comes to exercising power to do what he said, he's fallen well short.

And it still didn't sound any better in the full clip. He still kicks the can down to the states, knowing that there's a whole range of ways states are reacting to it--both doing what they can to help, and to perpetuate it. Asa Hutchinson himself (the guy Biden was responding to) has fought federal vaccine mandates and is on record regretting signing a law prohibiting schools from instituting mask mandates. Biden's response just completely misses those failures. He is the de facto head of the political party that is in power. He controls the largest bureaucracy on the planet. He has the House, 48 members of the Senate, plus two shitheads to arrange a response that advances where we are not just as a country but globally in this thing. Maybe there's not really a lot the president himself can do here. But they're in power to fix shit. And our rotten gerontocracy should have enough collective knowhow of how this government works to come up with something creative. But no. The Democrats through 2021 have pissed away the last bits of confidence I have in their ability not just to govern, but to lead. Bring on the rotating white hairs and give us our own Brezhnevs/Chernenkos/Andropovs until the country falls apart because all we can think of is "getting everyone back to work" and not the actual wellbeing of the people.

We're just all bullshitting around things. 1% is real actual "what do I do" situations or just venting. If you're vaxxed and boosted and wear a mask, your risk is pretty low. In times of large community spread (now) I personally curtail more of my public appearances. That's about it.

He was so incredibly funny. Someone of his stature is rarely so human.

Take your updoot dammit.

sbl's story is infuriating. Sorry you're having to deal with that. Your inlaws sound like... inlaws

RIP to one of the truly good people in our lifetimes.