People keep saying Trump term II is the most corrupt administration ever, so I built a model to find out if it was true.
I took the UN's definition of corruption, turned it into eight criteria and 100 points, and scored the leaders history remembers for looting their countries: Marcos, Suharto, Mobutu, Abacha, Obiang, Putin.
Then I put every president since Eisenhower on the same scale, both parties, with every exoneration counted right alongside the convictions.
Nixon scored 41 and no other American President scored over a 25.
Trump's second term scored a 91, which ties him with Suharto and Mobutu and puts him above Marcos and Abacha.
So he is not only the most corrupt president in American history. At this pace he finishes his term level with the most corrupt rulers of the last hundred years.
PSA: don't come in my comments arguing about the results if you haven't read the full article, because ignorance is a choice.
Full article is up now on my Substack (link in bio) and it's free.
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I think I finally understand what makes Zack Snyder’s superhero movies feel so different.
Most directors try to bring superheroes closer to us.
Snyder almost does the opposite.
He makes them feel like gods walking among ordinary people. Superman’s arrival feels almost biblical. Batman feels like a myth people whisper about. Their fights don’t just destroy buildings, they make you think about what would actually happen if beings this powerful existed around us.
The Russos made heroes feel human. Gunn makes them feel broken. Nolan makes them ideological.
Snyder made them feel mythical.
You can dislike his storytelling and still admit that very few superhero directors made power feel that heavy.
Maybe that was both the greatest strength and biggest weakness of his DC movies.
Growing up as a kid I was so on Corey's side, but now that I'm a father, Corey's dad is 100% right. Gotta feel the pain in order to enjoy the winning in life. We need more TV shows like this again.
Trans Woman Says Gender Has Nothing to Do With Biology ,Then She Gets Hit With a Brutal Counter
Cooley: So you identify as a woman?
Melanie Cosmicfox: Yes. My identity is psychological, not biological. Gender is different from sex.
Cooley: So you're operating in a delusion. You can never be a woman, but in your mind, you believe you are one.
Melanie Cosmicfox: I think it's delusional to expect everyone to identify with their genitals. Identity develops separately from sexual organs.
Wickiddream187: If I feel like I'm Black, can I identify as Black?
Melanie Cosmicfox: That's different. Identifying with a particular gender is a natural part of human development. Race isn't the same kind of identity.
Wickiddream187: But I've grown up around Black people, I'm influenced by Black culture. Why can't I identify as Black?
Cooley: Let me take it further. If a human identifies as anything other than male or female say a cat or a cactus is that a mental illness?
Melanie Cosmicfox: Not necessarily. But they wouldn't be functional in society, and society wouldn't have to accommodate those demands.
For me, I'm asking to be accommodated as something that already exists. Society already has accommodations for women.
Cooley: But those accommodations exist because of biological differences between men and women.
Women have certain privileges because of their biology.
They can bear children; you can't. So why should you receive the same accommodations?
Melanie Cosmicfox: I think I understand your point.
Cooley: That's my refutation. The accommodations society makes for women are based on their biology.
And you don't share that same biology.
KENPACHI’S BANKAI IS HERE!
Seeing this animated for the first time brings me back to when I saw this in the manga!
So far, Cour 4 is living up to the hype
#SlickTYBWCour4