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Huh. Seems like more countries than that ought to ban it.

When I lived in Colorado I had to go do a field visit to a site in northern Georgia, and I was talking to my colleague to get directions to the site. He kept saying stuff like, “Are you sure you can drive here? There’s a huge mountain in between here and Atlanta.” I told him I drive in the mountains all the time and I was confident I would be just fine. “OK, if you’re sure. Be careful, it’s really a huge mountain.” He really went on about how treacherous the drive would be. Well, I made it to the site. Never did see any mountain. 😝

There’s no way this is true. Seven sailors dead and the only outlet reporting it is an Iranian outlet? How would they obtain this information? I call propaganda.

Bad move. He should be saving that for the billionaire tax. 🤭

It sucks that we need this. There are so many better things Taiwan could be investing in. But, considering the circumstances, it’s hard to argue that it isn’t necessary. I’ll be surprised if the pro-China party let it get through.

Oh, I wouldn’t worry about Trump pressuring him to do that. I’d worry about him doing enthusiastically, without needing to be pressured.

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Complete with a rage bait headline.

Each camera and pole costs approximately $3,000 to replace.

Easy solution: don’t replace.

That’s a shame. Californians will need to organize and get active to remind him who he really works for.

Oh, yah well if that guy could do any better why doesn’t he just run for governor!

Oops.

😁

Right? Brilliant, why didn’t I think of that. 🙃

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Well, it’s a cult. They brainwash people and push a wild system of anti-science, anti-lgbt, and generally anti liberal conspiracy nonsense that centers around a leader who makes explicit supernatural claims about himself. For instance they publish the Epoch Times. Plus it’s just such a creepy vibe whenever I see them in person. Hundreds of people standing in formation with their arms raised in a circle and staying perfectly still with blank stares for hours. That ain’t no ordinary tai chi practice I ever saw. I’m not surprised a cursory glance at the available information on the internet makes them seem innocuous. They have a huge and well-funded PR operation to make themselves seem like just another group of people who like wellness or whatever. But, yeah, it’s a cult.

Yeah, fuck that guy.

I generally agree with this, and the PRC is always sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong and violating people’s human rights and threatening other countries’ sovereignty and I don’t have a single good thing to say about them. But if there’s one group that creeps me out more than the CCP, it’s the Falun Dafa. Shen Yun, while objectively impressive and entertaining, is just the fundraising arm for this incredibly scary cult.

Not if people don’t watch it, it won’t.

But, sigh, people will watch it, won’t they?

Oh, good, I bet that they would on the prediction markets.

Just kidding. I didn’t do that. But I wonder if somebody did.