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math checks out

I'm really struggling to block this out. Its the promised land and its just over the next hill and we are climbing that hill tonight.

Have we discussed the New Apostolic Reformation? This thing seems to have formed the core of the Jan 6 nutters. Were I still doing political psychology stuff I'd do a deep dive.

The Lloyd Austin hospitalization situation...smdh. If you are in the hospital because you have a bunion, that's one thing. This guy is navigating a serious set of global crisis and needs to be in the game. Appears it was a routine medical procedure that went awry.

Not to mention that we would have to play at Dallas in the playoffs if we both advance thanks to same old refs.

90% of all this content is designed to get me stressed out. Michigan playing for the NC and Lions in the playoffs. Mein gott in himmel.

2022's Red Wave sent a DM on Signal saying "'sup?"

i’m out of patience with Welker. She’s more interested in being famous and having her “star trek lighting” than the actual outcome of what’s happening.

Gen X and defiantly so.

edit: upon relistening... I'm still wrong. Ears...i'm old.

You are right that's accurate for the chorus. I was thinking of the first time they mention Motor City. Glitch by me.

I came across this song while picking up breakfast for my son who is driving back to MSU from northern VA today. I told him to play it the minute he crossed into Michigan. https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/x/thenewworld.html It was typical Reagan era cynicism about the United States and what not. But the chorus "What about the Motor City?" is actually pretty cool in the context of NFL refereeing screw jobs of the Detroit Lions. It also is particularly interesting given the state of Michigan roads "this is supposed to be The New World?" If Michigan football fans can adopt "Mr Brightside" despite all the Boomer fans hating it, Lions football fans could adopt this.

more atrocities

actually, to add to this... I think a lot of the Trump-is-inevitable propaganda is designed by the permanent campaign industrial complex to get us to surrender our money to their operations. Everyone knows he's awful except a shrinking number of die hards who can't see in front of their face. So, really i'm not so Pollyanna-ish. I'm basing my cynicism on the cynicism of the political class.

I honestly have a good feeling about this election. I don't know why. I am reminded of the Diary of Anne Frank and I know that deep down, people are actually not that great. That said, i think the cumulative effect of all this will weigh on Trump's appeal in a general election even if he makes it past the primary.

And from Moscow

Nah, she got what was coming to her. F the insurrectionist and everyone who egged it on and directed it from the White House and from within Congress.

She became their dead martyr

this was real

Supreme Court

the Hawaii/Kiribati one is interesting. That is a big gap of land between Hawaii and anything else. Kiribati is famous because it was the site of the first landing of Nimitz central pacific drive at Tarawa.

while we are keeping score Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in 2018 and 2019 before running for Congress | CNN Politics

If true, this is a tragedy. Because Gerasimov is a drunken fool.

Concur 100% and the "do you care" part should extend to: do you care if Europe is a strong, stable security partner. do you care if America represents any kind of values whatsoever -- particularly the kind purported by and sung about by dudes who drive pickup trucks and claim to love Jesus -- red state America, i am looking in your general direction. Hint: rhymes with Lee Greenwood's proud to be an Schmerican do you care that a notoriously bad actor Putin is emboldened to control western political systems via his influence operations in the horseshoe ends of the right and left wings of various political parties I could do more but i got to get to work.