Ben Mears

Writer & Vampire Slayer | Fan of sports, politics, music, history and discourse

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Shame.

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@nickysmokess Why did you bail on pancake house

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@EliSeeney @NYMag Literally the majority of the country supports this

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@BackAftaThis I remember listening to this live. Couldn’t believe what I was hearing

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@hexprax @grok where is this bar?

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@jg301202 @_willcompton Saw it last night. That’s the thing – it was just solid. The People trying to convince themselves it’s a generational movie are delusional.

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@HighyieldHarry It was solid. Not a top 3 Nolan film though

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@friskydingo4242 @FeitsBarstool This. The Odyssey was a bottom 5 Nolan movie. Borderline infuriating that these guys are trying to convince themselves it’s tier 1

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@Rocknes_Ghost .@BarstoolBigCat

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

Any American who wants to be patriotic can stay on their kids to read - illiteracy is ruining us.

[Sopranos World @SopranosWorld]

“How crazy was the England-Mexico match”

The match:

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@VivaLaStool @BarstoolYak @danabeers @KaticMichael @barstoolbigboys @barstoolsports @BarstoolBigCat @EddieBarstool @Shanemgillis Dude, you just can’t sit like this.

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@ThrillaRilla369 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

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@PardonMyTake @BarstoolBigCat Pastrami going in the second round is insane

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@AuthorGFAllen Stephen King is incredible

[Farzad 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 @farzyness]

My theory is that the American empire is JUST getting started.

US has a stranglehold on Space with SpaceX, which is the next frontier for defense/war. It has a comically large lead. No one will be close for at least 20 years.

It is the leading power in AI by far - both in models and chips. China is catching up fast, but the US has an inherent mechanism that will increase the likelihood that it will win in the end - a free market + capitalism + free speech.

A free market + capitalism allows for brutal competition between companies. Free speech allows for AI models to be maximally truth seeking, which means that AIs CAN and WILL BECOME smarter than humans to the point where they can tell the truth about its leaders.

This is literally impossible in China. Try having a Chinese model that says Xi Jinping is corrupt. Good luck with that.

Then, you have a country that has more guns than people and surrounded by two massive oceans and two friendly neighbors, which means any sort of kinetic take over of the country is literally impossible.

Not to mention the US has BY FAR the best and strongest military.

The only way adversaries can hope to defeat the US is by tearing it from within by pitting us against each other. This is why it's virtually guaranteed that all the division/hatred/polarization you see within the country is fomented by China/Russia Psy Ops + propaganda efforts.

I'm not saying these aren't naturally happening in spots - America is far from perfect - but it would be naive to think our adversaries aren't pouring millions of gallons of fuel on a fire.

As long as the American public a) has the ability to exercise its free speech b) has a protected 2nd amendment c) capitalism and free markets continue to function and d) the populace is aware of how awesome America really is, it is literally impossible to stop the US's trajectory to global domination in the coming decades, especially as China's demographics continue to collapse.

It's the bottom of the 9th, the game is tied, and the US has the bases loaded. It's a 3-2 pitch.

All we need is a home run, and we win the rest of the century.

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@Athena_is_her @docrussjackson How exactly, and be precise, is the far-right movement (or any American movement) being funded by Russia

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@NickKayal You suck, dude. Sincerely, someone who shares 99% of your beliefs

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@EricWood798773 @EdMarkey Hi Eric. Elon Musk has paid more taxes than any person in human history. In 2021 alone, he paid 12 Billion in taxes, the largest single tax bill ever in a single year. How exactly is he a parasite?

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Elon Musk has paid more taxes than any person in human history. If we implemented your ideology - that is, college education and healthcare is universally funded by the rich - your children and grandchildren would experience the collapse of our country and hardships not seen since the Great Depression.

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@pawelwargan China is also an ethno-state where its nation's pride is based entirely on a single shared heritage, language, and culture. Its core value is nationalism. Should we implement this as well?