The bad news is that this is going to be very bad for a lot of people.
The good news is that he's escalating to avoid dealing with the fact that he's already losing grip on power.
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You'd be naive to jump right to that conclusion.
The worldwide pedophile ring of rich people definitely does exist. That doesn't mean we throw out rational skepticism in other ways.
He was 80 years old and sick. Just like with Scalia's death, there's no reason to jump to conclusions about foul play. Of course, that won't stop the Alex Jones crowd from doing it anyway.
What 2003 forum thread did this comment crawl out of?
At least with Rust, there is a specific, defensible goal for why it does that.
Java is just over designed. All of java.io reads like somebody's Object Orientated Programming 101 final project, and they'd get a B- for it. Lots of things where you can see how they're abstracting things, but there's no thought at all in bringing it together in a tidy way.
Literally me, the very moment I clicked on this.
Yes, and I think that only strengthens the point that this was all shooed away where it wouldn't be a bother.
It was mostly Silents/Greatest generations who were doing that kind of cooking. They were only feeding it to Boomers. In fact, Greatest gen should probably get more flak for making Boomers the way they are. They were super horny and literally fucked the Boomers into existence, but didn't know what to do beyond that.
Sometimes, I don't know how America avoided a collective heart attack before Kennedy was assassinated.
Yes, right. Still works.
So I think this is actually a little bit of a naive viewpoint. The next level beyond it is to consider why they're saying something. You don't have to assume they're telling the truth, but politicians say things for a strategically chosen reason.
I do think the fact that Johnson even piped up about the Epstein files is meaningful. There is a break in the thinking between the coalitions of the Republican parties. Johnson was probably trying to woo some of them, got pressured, and then backed off. But even the fact that he had to be pressured means they had to expend effort to keep him in line. That can't keep working forever.
Which is also why I think the Epstein files are no mere distraction. There is a breakdown, and they're not easily falling in line.
Really, just Marco Rubio. He's the only kinda competent person around; he's not that smart, but if he walks into a room in the White House, chances are good he's the smartest one there. That's why they keep giving him new jobs to do.
Except you can't manage people like that. Dude is going to burn out, and then what?