"But these missives do reveal the evil banality of the world’s most rich and famous, whose vast pursuit of money or teenaged blondes or whatever knew no bounds, or, at long last, any sense of decency."

Get the audiobook, folks. Fugelsang is a Franken-level narrator!

"The Home of Milky Way Confections"
Yuck. (Snickers)

"a floating crown" or the Devil's Horns?

That's the American Dream, right there! Enjoy the ride! Happy Birthday!

Congratulations!! I hope the happy days are easier to come by. Enjoy!

Thanks for the Niedermeyer interview! It's hugely revealing.

Why isn't the follow-up question ever "if you're that ignorant about the major news of executive $$$ corruption, why should I trust you on the US budget?"
These guys (maggots to neolibs) are (and have been) waging a soft civil war--and the non-confrontational MSM is complicit.

Just waiting for the "now's the time to buy" crowd...

I didn't think Naomi Klein's disaster capitalism model would be an inside job in the U.S. I was expecting external forces, like natural disasters and food shortages. How naïve!

Self-learning by reading books, slowly reflecting on ideas and oneself, yes. But AI presents a general summary of the materials and presents a non-nuanced interpretation. And if the net has taught us anything, it's that efficiency does not equal critical thinking: it promotes cognitive atrophy.