Good to remember that the wealthy German industrialists that supported the 3rd Reich's rise to power (because der fuhrer was anti union) all had their businesses seized and nationalized. And the owners wound up in jail.
February 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Good to remember that the wealthy German industrialists that supported the 3rd Reich's rise to power (because der fuhrer was anti union) all had their businesses seized and nationalized. And the owners wound up in jail.
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
I'm glad that America is doing real classic end of empire stuff. A king who is visibly losing his mind declaring a war based on a dream he had. Greedy courtiers feuding over access to the treasury. Some looks are timeless.
February 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'm glad that America is doing real classic end of empire stuff. A king who is visibly losing his mind declaring a war based on a dream he had. Greedy courtiers feuding over access to the treasury. Some looks are timeless.
4. I *know* you know this, because we have all been here before, but I *beg* you to stop imagining that any of this stuff has to make sense by any external metric. That it has to be consistent with reality. The point is to unmoor the discourse from reality.
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
4. I *know* you know this, because we have all been here before, but I *beg* you to stop imagining that any of this stuff has to make sense by any external metric. That it has to be consistent with reality. The point is to unmoor the discourse from reality.
2. Let me take a punt: maybe this is not politics, but alternate reality world building. aimed at creating the Trumpiverse, the running reality TV show/WWE special where he fights villains weekly and never truly loses.
February 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
2. Let me take a punt: maybe this is not politics, but alternate reality world building. aimed at creating the Trumpiverse, the running reality TV show/WWE special where he fights villains weekly and never truly loses.
Playing an extremely rare voice and guitar set with good buddies Seculants at my fave St. Paul venue White Squirrel. First show in my hometown in several years!
January 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Playing an extremely rare voice and guitar set with good buddies Seculants at my fave St. Paul venue White Squirrel. First show in my hometown in several years!