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Software developer. Noted enemy of vinaigrette dressing wherever it is peddled.

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@OlanBreecy @Badhombre Right, too much hand-waving. Even proponents of this theory should want specifics: so little money to change an election's outcome means it's still vulnerable: $34M is nothing. If true, USAID was the means this time, not the root problem.

Any good theory must be falsifiable.

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@OlanBreecy @Badhombre This is fair. We can imagine many ways - from ads & biasing news to paying people to sign up new (sympathetic) voters, rig polls, stuff ballots, exploit voting machines, etc.

I'm suspicious of USAID given all this, but details about the actual mechanisms are vital.

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@hb1290hb @boriquagato @Theo_TJ_Jordan Agreed. It was a reasonable piece without histrionics. I love the World Cup reactions by US visitors, but I’ve also wondered how many of their reactions are faked for clicks. I’d like to think most are real, but inevitably there will be opportunists.

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@JGCardonaSA @OsredAlfredson @JasonC88766481 @Devon_Eriksen_ I’ve noticed that critiques of capitalism are usually critiques of human nature: greed, callousness, selfishness, etc.

Capitalism says you own your labor & its fruits, and what you own you can freely trade.

More freedom means more ability to act in ways some call immoral.

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@ClayTravis I’ve loved the World Cup Buc-ee’s kinds of posts. But I want genuine ones, not cynical, self-serving influencer BS with over the top awe.

The article reflects some of that while highlighting some legit ones. If it weren’t in the Atlantic I think it’d seem reasonable & obvious.

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@OsredAlfredson @JasonC88766481 @Devon_Eriksen_ It’s clearly not true that only rich people are valid change agents: one of the most hallowed archetypes in America is the near-broke entrepreneur changing the world from his garage.

Far more rich capitalists started poor than under any other system.

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@OsredAlfredson @JasonC88766481 @Devon_Eriksen_ That’s not true. Rich ppl may have been thieves, govt flunkies, heirs, gamblers, etc.; capitalism doesn’t assume they were productive. It’s contingent on a justice system to give it a moral & legal context: catch thieves, what is moral property (animals? people?), etc.

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@LaurenzRod @WomanDefiner @plzbepatient We can't blame Variety for this one. Her own family - free to highlight any facet of her personality across the decades - are the ones who shortlisted her "hatred of Trump" in the FB notice of her passing.

https://t.co/beUtRy9E2S

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Holy crap... This obituary is wild.

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@Protestia The misuse of the word "safe" by people on the left is rampant & egregious. She doesn't feel safe at church as a queer person?

These coddled westerners need a trip abroad to recalibrate their meaning of "safe" rather than cynically using it for artificial gravity.

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@prophecyghxost @GibsonWrites That’s honest and realistic. Catholics don’t believe the Pope is infallible in life or everyday opinions like politics and culture.

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@garrytan Major problem with electing and paying people to always appear like they’re “getting things done.”

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@etasjim @JimRosicaFL @GovRonDeSantis Ever seen a car crash? A person at the bottom of a pool? A barbell fall on a guy’s neck? A death on the football field?

But I’m sure you know how statistics work and that this is a disingenuous appeal to emotion.

Relating 480k deaths specifically to cigars is factually wrong.

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@etasjim @JimRosicaFL @GovRonDeSantis That it's the same "drug" as 480k (extrapolated) deaths ignores the vast gulf between cigarettes & all else in statistical risk. Cigar smokers are also less likely to be "junkies."

The occasional cigar smoker is not contributing to those numbers in any appreciable degree.

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@genocidalgirl Cultures vary in merits to be sure - I favor the West, esp classical American values (go figure). But I hate to see this kind of self-loathing based on race, nationality, etc. Objectively weigh good vs. bad in the culture & either change or transcend it. It doesn't define you.

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@BillArnoldTeach I was raised Catholic & attend now, but I’ve never done a deep-dive into these comparatives despite having attended other churches along the way (non-denom, Baptist, even Unitarian).

However, this seems to be an egregious recent example of your point. https://t.co/6wmVyIeeh8

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Flickchart has been a long journey. We started building it in 2006, launched in 2009. Since 2017, my partner & I have rewritten the entire site: hundreds of thousands of lines of code. We're now finally live.

Find me there at: https://t.co/ZbDFLgb1ww

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We're live. https://t.co/S8RHiDCxun

All-new. Years in the making.

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@urPapaDeyCraze Hey, it’s the bad breaker-upper who said Elaine’s head was too big for her body!

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@boothunofficial @WilliamWolfe What's the barrier to understanding revoking privileges from people who lied about qualifying for them? Do you respond to the concept of putting murderers in jail with "wait till we lock YOU up"?

I really don't get this mindset. Do you believe in any rules or consequences?

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All your criticisms *absolutely* apply to thousands of other founders, C-suite execs, heirs, lobbyists, etc.

But those thousands with money, connections, nepotism, and luck... they flounder, fizzle, and fail and you never know their names. Some people - Jobs, Bezos, Musk - have the "it" factor, but it's one in millions. Generational. You can obv dislike the guy all you want, but it doesn't make sense to say he succeeded bc of things hordes of other people have but fail hard despite it.

He doesn't have to be brilliant. I'd say more often it's a mix of foresight, risk tolerance, confidence, and determination. And sure, I'd even throw in connections, bullying, opportunism, and luck. But those mean little without the first set.

Maybe Terafab gets scaled down; Musk has missed plenty of targets before. But how many of these rich guys even dream of or announce building the largest fab ever built in the US, possibly the world? Most of them are idly sailing on their yachts, maybe plunking a few millions into some startup so they can get a nice return.

Success would mean tens of thousands of jobs, revitalized US manufacturing, easing microchip price/supply issues, and enabling things like advanced robotics. Why would anyone want him to fail, apart from politics or personal dislike?