Fuck yeah, dude. That sounds awesome. Happy for you.

Amazing.

One of the many reasons I loved RRR is precisely because it did not do this.

This is great. Thanks.

I think most of us are indeed hoping for US imperial power to diminish, as it is historically, by far, the greatest impediment to any sort of left movement anywhere. And it’s not just leftism. It’s an impediment even to basic economic sovereignty. Russia is a good example. Not open enough to domination by US capital, therefore a US enemy, despite being otherwise fairly similar to the US politically. This can’t continue if any progress to be made.

It’s unfortunate that some of the countries successfully (at least partly) asserting their sovereignty against the US are doing so on strictly nationalist rather than leftist grounds, but that’s what we’ve got at the moment, and it offers at least a modicum of hope that US imperialism might also be resisted by more left wing states in the future.

Not going to get into anything about China because I suspect we have vastly different ideas about what is and is not true about China, and that’s another discussion entirely.

Good point.

Jesus. What a perfect encapsulation of the entropy inherent in a system so allergic to central planning. It’d almost be funny if it wasn’t such nasty business.

I’ve seen a lot of takes lately about ISIS being essentially a US asset at this point. Tracks with what I know of US methods historically, but wondering if anybody has anything substantive or specific on this.

Optimistic take. I like it.

You know, most of what I’ve heard about settlers has been negative, but the “white surprise” bit is just so good that it makes me want to read it anyway.

This is very relatable, though I haven’t torrented anything in years since most stuff seems to be streaming on free websites now. I’d probably get back into it if I wasn’t too lazy to figure out a vpn. ISP sent me a scary letter when I downloaded something awhile back so I just stopped. If they cut me off I would be fucked, so figured it wasn’t worth it. This kinda makes me miss it though. By the way have you revealed what you’re downloading at some point or is that a secret?

Yeah, all sounds about right. Was just hoping somebody had maybe already done the digging and written something up about it. Never really considered that with respect to AIPAC, but shit… makes sense.

Very interesting. I’ve heard this sort of thing mentioned recently but haven’t seen much in the way of specifics on the “recycling.” Any good reporting on this? Sure the Hudson interview below is good but something in print would be nice if you got anything.

Tea like that is weirdly expensive too. I’ve started just buying giant bags of loose leaf chamomile, mint, whatever, and empty paper tea bags to make my own, and it’s great. Got a pretty extensive collection at this point and it lasts basically forever. Also encourages me to collect and dry my own stuff. So many tasty drinkable plants out there.

I actually work with a millennial Disney adult Taylor swift fan. So I guess you’re onto something. I’m sure it will surprise you to learn that she’s also pretty into Harry Potter.

Wonder if there’s any news goin on.

King Charlie will be fine. Joe Biden about to cure cancer any day now.

Lol. What the fuck are you even doing here?

You see, folks, Gaza is full of jafars…

If he somehow outlives “genocide joe” as a nickname, “earth rider” is a strong contender for its replacement. We can say shit like “ride on, earth rider” when he finally croaks. I guess he deserves worse, but it’s pretty fucking funny.