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Cake day: August 12th, 2023

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  • I hate the accuracy of your analysis because you are 100% right that so much of that era was forgotten (except by those who lived it and still hold onto those details). Enron had absolutely turned Texas into scrutiny central and someone in Bush’s administration didn’t like their friends going to jail for being corrupt. The Bush family had also used their connections to Saud to enrich them and their friends during the 90s without knowing that they were being used. 9/11 is the day Bush realizes it and was completely unable to do anything about it because of hat direct family connection. So instead America invaded Afghanistan and Iraq as a distraction.

    The entire foreign policy of right wingers is cleaning up the personal history of the grifters who run the party.












  • No. Shame is powerful and under utilized by the left because we are afraid of hurting people. The right is dropping bombs on children and threatening fascism. The difference in restraint is huge and it is hurting the left more.

    The right whines when it doesn’t get it way and throws legal tantrums when they have to play by the same rules as everyone else. This is just the start of the schadenfreude. The right can fucking die of collective anger for all I care.





  • Oh, no doubt she’s fantastic. Her Vampire Diaries essay is still my go-to for background viewing. Even now the China Beach ad gives me giggles.

    It’s just strange to focus so much on how many millions she may make when in reality she’s got almost no merch and uses copyrighted material in her videos that probably prevent a lot of monetization. She doesn’t have millions because most YouTubers with her following have sponsors, ad reads, and patreon call outs. She doesn’t even say “like and subscribe” or say shit to generate comments. She goes against all advice on how to make a living from a channel and it works. So focusing on how much money she must have seems really antithetical to her channel.

    But great to see she is getting mainstream attention! Hopefully her videos will affect change at Disney.