Gawd, I hate that aftertaste.

Should have been blue light…

Oh, you know: Tomato tmahto, potato criptofacism.

That’s the point

Trust but verify

Yah. At 6’2” I get people a bit scared of me… and then we talk. It can be a kind of entertaining turn of interaction, especially with kids.

Merkin here: I apologize to things and also say thanks to digital assistants. It is just polite, I suppose.

Keep it up, y’all. Counter our idiotic government.

All of Putins homes. All at once.

I heard that damned theme song as I read it.

Hurt me harder, daddy Canada!

No, but it gives him a reason to be read and considered. Taking anyone’s ideas just because they said them is… problematic to say the least.

I am just trying to give you a bit more context than you seem willing to find, and, as everyone who has responded in this thread seems to note, you are writing responses that seem bizarrely … aggressive?

I mean, I’m not wed to the idea, nor am I to all the man’s writings, but you seem extremely set against him with no explanation.

A blogger and…

Dude has had some fairly prophetic understandings of how thing are headed for years, so he does have some background on a potentially valid pov.

(That was my first post on the thread. I was just making sure there was the clarification of the two locations and the innocent people would be in jail, where prison are for those convicted.)

Jail vs Prison.

AND THEY DOUBLED DOWN ON THE BAD IN LATER SEASONS!!

Just one is washed out.

I honestly never understood the idea that it was gold. It solidified for me that some people just don’t have the depth of color perception that others do.

So glad they pushed back.

Ooh. Dunno about the adaptation side of things. I will say that I read the damned thing all in one night. Had to stay home from classes after doing so. Good book, to say the least.

I think they are buying carve outs for the tariffs