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I know what you mean. it's why I still follow certain right leaners who aren't in the cult, someone like a Jay Caruso. They will still go after the D's. But I honestly do not know if I will ever vote for a Republican in this generation. The ones I'd consider won't get a nomination above a local seat, when party is irrelevant, so it's moot. But it's also led me to look back at things like the Iraq war and realize it probably wasn't on the level as to why we went in. I'm not going so far as to say it was a conspiracy for $$ or oil or whatever... just that certain people wanted it done so it happened. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that it was a matter of revenge and removing a bad guy when they had a chance. There were no wizards behind the curtain with other motives.

Trump was certainly the catalyst. I once looked through the old site's threads to see if I could find anything but I think it was just gradual. I do think I was prepared to vote for Rubio or Kasich, or anyone else with the exception of Cruz maybe. I voted for Romney and wanted him to win. Once I saw the GOP go all in on Trump I realized it was bullshit. A lot of people will never admit they were wrong.

I used to read that. David Horowitz ran it. Then it got too crazy, even for me at the time when I was more right wing. This was years before Trump and the Tea Party.

I believe two factor authentication is dead on twitter. Musk killed the group that maintained it. I have a friend who logged out and cannot get back in due to 2FA not sending over a code.

Obviously Musk can do what he wants. Not a free speech or first amendment issue. But in their world when people on the right got banned… well it’s certainly hypocritical. is this a crime or should congress get involved? No. But he’s making his site less attractive for visitors so now is that helping him? I don’t see it

So is his play to turn twitter into a RW echo chamber because those people are dumb enough to pay for access?

I almost want them to give it to him because clearly they are too stupid to have money.

I go to see my friends and because baseball is back. But we are over the party atmosphere. I just can’t take all the public drunkenness. Same reason I don’t to go o lions games anymore. We get there early just to secure parking.

Most likely nothing interesting... I'm of the belief that the reason not everything has been released yet has to do with certain people still being alive.

They must really be hurting on sales. I had access to some yesterday. I didn't get any. Not sure I could even get my money back with fees if I got them so why risk it.

2010 seemed very 80's to me based on what I saw. And it's like "Oh, Roy Scheider... a woman.... a kid".... is this Jaws? And the kid was feeding fish to the dolphins then walked over and picked up a breadstick with his spaghetti. We quit washing hands in 2010?

His announcement was Trump trading cards. The photo is as ridiculous as it sounds. $99 for the set. I won't link to it.

I feel like in a way Musk has replaced Trump as the leader of the crazies. I really do think Trump's irrelevant now. He still has his base but they are pretty much just talking to each other now.

I watched 2001 again last week after spending 25-30 years thinking it was garbage. It was better than I remember, i think the big screen helped things and I'm a different person. I can say it's not garbage and I don't hate it. I appreciate the context from when it was made. It's not for everyone. I started about 30 min into 2010 and plan on finishing it over the break.

What was so funny about Max?

I'm "literally" having this conversation right now regarding a book I am reading on the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It's more pretentious than the movie! Filler words. One thing I really hate is the phrase "rather interesting". It's almost, like 99% of the time, never needed.

My twitter experience has been degraded. I've been careful in not over reacting to some things when trying to figure that out. But I just have noticed that I don't spend as much time there as I used to. Maybe some people I followed have left or stopped posting. I do think some of the reaction is overblown because twitter is what you make of it. Follow quacks or follow people who follow quacks and don't use the block button.... then you are going to get the crap. You can weed it out if you want. But I think some people like the drama. Block Musk. Block his name. You can make the site useful for your own needs if you desire. I have noticed a degradation of the ads. Doesn't bother me at all. that's his problem.

I think we have reached the stage where he’s irrelevant now. I really do.

Go for it..... keep digging.

Boulder area. A good friend lives there and loves it. From people I know who live there even though it can snow in October or June, it is always sunny and it melts fast. And it can be 75 in the winter sometimes. They say the seasonal changes are so much better than the midwest and east because of the sunshine. Mentally it makes a huge difference.

I got that ad on twitter.

Does it contain dick pics? That’s the criteria I think.

I saw a study that said conservatively, the vaccines kept 18.5M out of the hospital, saved 3.2 million lives, and $1T in medical costs.

There is a risk in getting it too early. I got mine in late Aug/early Sept, not sure when. My friend suggests November. She thinks whatever help I am getting from it could wear off in February. Then again given how they derive the vaccine nothing is guaranteed. But every bit helps. Would rather be sick than "wanting to die" sick and would rather be "wanting to die" sick than "you are going into the hospital" sick. If getting the shot prevents that give it to me. I think that's a big piece of info the "I got the shot but got the flu" anyway crowd misses. It could have been worse. The flu can be deadly.