I think he switched to paid because the shills were becoming overwhelming.
On Substack, while I appreciate the fact they have not caved to the censorship machine, once your stack hits a certain level of views, there is pressure to move to some sort of paid option. A Midwestern Doctor wrote about this early in the year. They want their cut for hosting. I get it.
The book JFK and the Unspeakable touched on this. My take is that at the time, people were genuinely afraid. Some of the people interviewed didn't speak for over 30 years. To no one - not their families, their colleagues. It was a very different time than now.
My nephew got a job working as an admin for one of the homeless industrial complex arms that supposedly feeds the homeless. First job out of college and he makes $30/hour. (I wonder what the director makes.) Works from home. Is bored to tears. Keeps asking if they have anything for him to do. I was kind of surprised he took the job because he is pretty based, but he is still young and I knew he was panicking about not finding anything. I get it.
My mom and I were talking about it and we suspect it is one of those places where the money goes to salaries first, the supposed beneficiaries of the non-profit a distant second. He has some school debt. She advised him to stick it out for one year so he will have something on his resume, pay down your debt and then go out and look for something better. Hard to argue with the logic, just wish he wasn't swimming with the bottom feeders.
I was not aware of how this bill works with other states. My fellow red state pedes should be informed
The entire podcast is worth watching. Includes two detranstioners and Erin Friday who is a parent advocate who lives in the belly of the beast; when she says that left and right are coming together, progess is being made.
https://youtu.be/FJFj0ojmk8Q?si=Bz0mWFFXKl3gjp4o
I have read several accounts of detranstioners and it is always informative. Their insight brings a lot to light. The one young woman here obviously has suffered consequences but she is highly articulate and some of the information she brought up was very eye opening - like the fact that the new push is to have eunuchs as a defined part of the alphabet. (I have seen a couple of others like her and they all seem to be 20 something going on 45.)
I had a co-worker in Dallas who went through that storm a couple of years ago. Said it was 40 degrees in his house. They basically sat around the fire pit with all their clothes on like they were at a ski lodge. Another co-worker said she had a broken her toe and was wearing one of those velcro sandals while it healed. She had one really cold foot.
There are only about 20,000 attendees expected. (Compare to Dreamforce where are about 170,000 attendees.) For a conference like DreamWorks, OracleWorld, etc., they shut down the street that runs in front of the convention center for a block to basically make it a bar/social area. A pain in the ass if you are trying to get around, but doable. For this, they are shutting down and creating a no-go zone from Market to Harrison - 5 city blocks- and from 2nd to 5th. You have to go through checkpoints to get into it. I have never seen this. My husband has to deal with this next week and is dreading it. And we are supposed to get our first big storm on Tuesday which is the day Brandon is supposed to arrive. (When I saw that it made me go "hmmm....what are the odds?")
Should he be impeached? Yes. Do I want that to happen? No. I want his ass tied to the tail of the Democrats so tight that no matter how hard they wag that dog, they are stuck with him and the utter shit show that came to fruition under his watch.
They want to bring in a Gavin (heaven forbid!). No. Just no.
The correlation of wealth and asleep is strong. During the height of CV, a LOT did well and do not relate to people who had to take big bites of the shit sandwich.
I was helping my family's business last month when my brother was recuperating. My mom and I were driving around the very wealthy parts of Silicon Valley doing deliveries. Life there is all wonderful. I told my mom "it's Versailles 1788 here."
If others had to take bites of the shit sandwich, I wonder how much has to be rammed down their throats before they wake up.
With regards to your WH point - I was thinking that if that is the case, maybe he is "Trump" without Trump having to be there - gets to say everything Trump would say anyway without his baggage for the normies who can't get their TDS yet.
Or he is Obama 2.0.
I believe someone asked the question once. What makes a good movie? Great actors...
The Republicans - and by that I mean the Establishment ones - are fully content playing the role of the Washington Generals to the Democrats Harlem Globetrotters.
You know the song One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer? The line where the landlady tells the guy "that don't befront me... .long as I get my money next Friday." That’s them.
I took my mom to her doctor's appointment today. When she got our, she said her doctor said CV was the worst thing that ever happened to the medical profession because it was all BS and the result is that patients have completely lost trust. He was the one during the height of CV that once in the exam room, would tell her to take the mask off.
It really is up to the profession to earn back the trust. They are going to have to figure that one out on their own.
R3: quarter life crisis- I do remember that time and it is hard. Part of the problem is she is not too far out of school which offers a lot of structure and there are paths and goals that are more or less defined but upon leaving school, it is not as clear.
Also, for many women, the skills for which they are rewarded for in school - straight As, being "a good girl" - are not necessarily the ones that lead to success in the work world. That is a big lesson, especially for the high achievers.
Because all those babies born the in the last few thousand years missed out!
And I agree - pathetic.