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May 20, 2022Liked by SimulationCommander

M. Sim, I hope you won't mind an off-topic share.

A long, and imo must, read:

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/05/17/its_conservative_david_vs_the_woke_corporate_green_giant_832255.html?utm_campaign=JW_Promo_Player&utm_medium=Direct_home%20with-ora%20politics&utm_source=0-0

(Sorry, I am not sure what is okay to leave off of a copy-and-paste url!)

Only under true Capitalism (the social system that puts the individual first in hierarchy), do we get to "vote" three ways: 1) for our political representatives, 2) for what we want more of (what we consume), and, most importantly, 3) how we store our capital (primarily through the greatest invention of all time, the "public" corporation).

We (Capitalists) are winning.

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In case you missed this, M. Sim, there is a Jay Inslee passing mention I thought might interest you.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/05/17/swiss_billionaires_mega-influence_on_us_politics__147610.html#2

Edit: Hmm...strange, this just showed up in my msn news feed. Am I being tracked? Or is someone targeting this Swiss "Soros"?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/pelosi-aligned-dark-money-nonprofit-received-3-million-from-group-fueled-by-swiss-billionaire/ar-AAXvVQa?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=26fb6d5bb55e426ca4bb07af84666259

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"We counter disinformation that is peddled by international smuggling syndicates who are trying to induce people to pay them to bring them up to our southern border."

Is that what the mission is/was? Could have fooled me when you had Mary Poopins at the head of it, singing songs on Twitter about Putin and Russia.

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I've often watched this administration and wondered if they were really working for the Republicans. America has long been a caricature in many ways, with an inability to moderate our excess (for war, for wealth, for consumption, for religion, for anti-religion). But this administration takes the cake.

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May 19, 2022Liked by SimulationCommander

It seems likely that old Joe's handlers are going to figure out what they're doing isn't working, and the upcoming midterms will further damage their prospects. So they're likely to start adjusting their tactics if they hope to salvage something.

Old Joe has looked less incompetent recently than he used to. It is possible to reverse dementia if it's not too advanced. I wonder if he's getting better medical care. If so, his political instincts should kick in. Either way, we should start seeing better news soon,

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May 19, 2022Liked by SimulationCommander

We’re all delighted about Scary Poppins but remember, federal government was already working to “combat” disinformation without little Nina. Now It will be more covert. I hated even the idea of DGB (cumm on, no more original term? kGB?) but at least the overt ridiculousness was easy to ridicule.

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May 19, 2022Liked by SimulationCommander

Commander I wondered WTF when I read that title. You made it work congratulations. A sad reflection on our times.

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Ding dong the Wicz is dead!

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I agree completely with your assessment. I used to joke that Biden had “ Chauncey Gardner” potential…..I was wrong, Biden makes the Peter Sellers’s character look outright brilliant. This administration frightens me with their staggering incompetence and media enabled corruption. Did anyone consider that DGB sounds an awful lot like KGB ? Disinformation? Nah… That’s their lingo for propaganda and censorship.

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May 18, 2022Liked by SimulationCommander

"This has nothing to do with politics..."

Not so fast, there:

So the game was in Pittsburgh, a Democrat stronghold in purple state, and they get to deny a (Reds, no less!) no-hitter to a team from a state in the process of returning to its red status!!!

I cry foul!

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Public Education may only be contrasted to Theological private education. I do not contrast it with secular private education. My wife taught in public, private and Parochial school for 20 years in SF and Marin. Shameful in each case.

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May 18, 2022·edited May 18, 2022Liked by SimulationCommander

I would argue that these things show no one is really in control right now. At first I thought Biden was a propped up puppet, now I realize it is more Weekend at Bernie's. No one knows how to do any messaging or even that there is a problem. "Inflation, what inflation? I don't see any inflation. Oh THAT inflation." They screw up their "misinformation" authoritarian power grab by putting a Harry Potter wizard rocking stage performer who has a long history of putting out misinformation. Hell, they leave Kamala Harris in charge of ANYTHING. It looks to me like these people have no competent leadership and are self-destructing. Corn Pop, ugh I mean popcorn anyone?

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My college team in my first year lost a no-hitter 3-0.

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May 18, 2022Liked by SimulationCommander

The happy chair generation are terrible voters and great cheaters. They seek no one's approval but their own. We parents and grandparents are at fault, sad to say. Don't hate me please.

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May 18, 2022Liked by SimulationCommander

So what I'm hearing you say is that the Cincinnati Reds are the Joe Biden of baseball?

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The American voter is in my estimation DUMBER, far worse though is that they do not care. We can blame puppets. We choose to be on strings because we value bare life and nothing else. No future for the children of Century 20 and 21. Too few rise up, too many hang heads and obey.

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