Category Archives: Politics

Disney CEO apologizes to LGBTQ employees, halts political donations in Florida

Posted on March 14, 2022 by David K.

Chapek said Disney was rethinking how it approaches political donations on Wednesday; on Friday, he said the company would pause them altogether pending an internal review. However, Disney will increase its “support for advocacy groups to combat similar legislation in … Continue reading →

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Cats and Dogs Living Together; Mass Hysteria

Posted on March 7, 2022 by David K.

Remember when people said that if you changed the definition of marriage, you’d have people marrying, like, robots, or whatever? And then, like, the next year, a bunch of Japanese men did just that, in a mass ceremony? This has … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton mocks Trump, says his followers’ conspiracy theories are getting ‘wilder’

Posted on February 18, 2022 by David K.

Hillary Clinton suggested Thursday that a desperate President Donald Trump hopes to divert attention from his deepening legal trouble by spreading ludicrous lies about her. “It’s funny, the more trouble Trump gets into, the wilder the charges and conspiracy theories … Continue reading →

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Joe Rogan’s use of the n-word is another January 6 moment – CNN

Posted on February 13, 2022 by David K.

But what Rogan and those that defend him have done since video clips of him using the n-word surfaced on social media is arguably just as dangerous as what a mob did when they stormed the US Capitol on January … Continue reading →

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Monopolize All The Things

Posted on February 13, 2022 by David K.

This is a perfect, illustrated example of venture capital squeezing out individuals, cornering a market, and trying to extract ALL the profits from it. This sort of behavior is why housing prices have shot up nationwide. Home ownership was already … Continue reading →

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Wealth Tax

Posted on February 2, 2022 by David K.

I once had a strained conversation with a good friend over the concept of a wealth tax. I was for it; he was very much against it, on the grounds that most of the “wealth” we’re usually talking about is … Continue reading →

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The Problem With NFTs – YouTube

Posted on January 24, 2022 by David K.

I’ve watched The Big Short many times now. In fact, I just rewatched it again a couple weeks ago. This video makes some really good points about the 2008 mortgage meltdown in its 7-minute introduction, and draws lines between some … Continue reading →

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Conservative social networks keep making the same mistake

Posted on January 3, 2022 by David K.

Given the extremely predictable turmoil that emerged from Gettr’s content policies, though, I wonder if there isn’t something to this: a false-flag social network, set up only to watch it burn to the ground. Source: Conservative social networks keep making … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t They Believe Us?

Posted on December 9, 2021 by David K.

You’re struggling to understand where all this vaccine hesitancy comes from. Let me help you. Source: Why Don’t They Believe Us? Terrific summary of the last few years of politics, as played out in the media. N.B., Twitter is never … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS v. Congress

Posted on December 3, 2021 by David K.

The point everyone seems to be missing about the current hearing in the Supreme Court, reconsidering Roe v. Wade, is that we’re asking SCOTUS to adjudicate a nationally-binding, controversial interpretation of conflicting state laws. It doesn’t matter what you think … Continue reading →

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