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That's disheartening to learn about Post and Andreesen. What's up with toad.social being "defederated" with Mastadon though? Is it correct to say one is on Mastadon if on toad.social?

That Andreesen tweet of the Mao quote is disturbing unless it was meant sardonically. The last thing we need is another billionaire chaos agent.

BTW did you see the pic of Musk at the World Cup, standing right next to fucking Jared Kushner? The funny thing is how unhappy they both look.

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Clutching at straws

Greetings Jim:

I have been drafting these emails to you for 2 years now. In all this time, I have come to see that our political opponents have a few sexual fetishes. How else, for instance, can you explain Matt Walsh’s anti-LGBTQ+ stance but that he is himself LGBTQ+. I know it seems less obvious than the known secrets of closeted Republican male leaders (and even a few females), yet it is there. Even so, the GQP/Flynn cult has been obsessively concerned with free sexuality and liberation. In their case, the need to end free sexuality and liberation. For the “children,” as they repeat ad nauseum. Well, I am not naïve and prone to their propaganda. To give one example, I have no desire to prop up my niece and nephew to do beauty talent shows and exploitation events. These Republicans, though, have a fetish for sexing up their young offspring, from toddler age onward. Go to a place like, say, Texas and these child exploitation shows are done without a peep. With these so-called conservative families thinking their 6-year-old is the next Jonbenet Ramsey. Yes, I said it. And that is also not considering the incest and oddly religiously oriented values these families espouse.

Yet these people have the gall to proclaim pedophile and pervert to us. I do not see child exploitation for beauty contests in much of New York, or any liberal minded enclave and state for that matter. Indeed, I see a vast array of responsible parents knowing what their children are doing 24/7/365. I cannot say the same for the more rural, religiously conservative states and areas. I mentioned before that I believe a Republican male who has only daughters as children will have wanted to and/or completed an incidence of incest to at least One of the daughters. I do not see incest running unabated by Democrats and independents. I doubt you or I have a story to tell of any children we have whoring themselves to the highest paying male john. Most notably, it is not us that complains about people who are not of the same sexual orientation and attractions as we are. For myself, the LGBTQ+ community have not altered my sexual orientation, nor have they been in my face. This is due to living in New York and seeing alternative lifestyles every so often. So, I see no reason I need to alter their lifestyle. Those who seek to alter their lifestyle are themselves LGBTQ+ and not willing to admit it to themselves and to others. Just thought this needed to be said.

Best Wishes and Kindest Regards,

Robert Kelly

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Jim, re divide and conquer, check out our non-profit’s 40-second video at positivesum.net. We’re working to preserve our critical democracy networks even as people disperse.

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100% Jim. See this exactly the same way. Thank you for the tight work documenting these machinations.

“Divide and conquer” is right. Used the same language in my piece on post-Soviet psychological warfare.

https://radmod.substack.com/p/a-theory-on-post-soviet-psychological?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

And the ultimate goal is to become the controlling overlord, the master of reality….merging state and corporate to milk and capture profits from the masses - this is post-soviet, neofascist predatory kleptocracy, as I recently wrote in “Manafort’s Collusion, Post-Soviet Machinations and Merger of Mafia”.

https://radmod.substack.com/p/manaforts-collusion-post-soviet-machinations

It is all orchestrated from above. As Trump’s grip fades, now Elon and Desantis are positioning to capture back the right wing cult for the post-Soviet mafia. Gonna need to lean on the imperfect Dems for the near future.

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founding

Important, unanswered question: just how does one pronounce ‘QElon’? ‘Qwee-lon’? ‘Q-E-lon’?

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