7.29.2023

A Strong Primary Challenge

Well, kiddies, for those of you following the little Democracy™ game, it’s no secret that DNC voters are about as enthusiastic over Joe Biden next year as they’d be over having to eat glass. So, for all those desperate Dems who can’t seem to bust out of the electoral prison, the idea of a primary challenge sounds made of awesome.

So, who do they get — a fresh, bold progressive insurgent in the Bernie Sanders mold? Nahh, hell no, man — they get a xenophobic antivax Kennedy spawn and a bougie self-help guru who’s the “spiritual adviser” to Oprah. OPRAH, f’crissake. Hell, man, if that’s not a prime qualification for the White House, I’d like to know what is.

Hello, Second Trump Administration.

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7.03.2023

It's Delightful, It's Delectable, It's De-Dollarization!

This is a piece I’d sketched out earlier but originally tossed for being too complex, too obscure an issue… but then, a couple of weeks ago I was reading about how BRICS was strengthening, “de-dollarization” was spreading, how the spread of de-dollarization was starting to get people shook on the Hill and how this means the issue might finally break out into public media, and about how the BRICS countries were contemplating creating an alternate reserve currency and  — and suddenly, that goofy-ass dollar-bill parody gag was starting to look pretty good…

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