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So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.

So around 0.6% of the population.

0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.

They do not have enough goons.
In 1932, on the eve of seizing power, the Nazi goon army - the Sturmabteiling or SA - numbered 400,000 members. By 1933, it was over two *million.*

DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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"At Pentecost, we remember God didn’t just speak once in history. God continues to speak. The Spirit didn’t just descend on a few, but fills all flesh even today." @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social

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Pentecost: The Spirit That Births the Church
I invite you to read my new piece for Good Faith Media as we prepare our hearts and minds for this powerful celebration of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.
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June 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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While everyone watched the Trump/Musk bromance breakup, the @nehgov.bsky.social dropped this insanity.

Want NEH funding? Better toe the line on American Exceptionalism. No critical takes allowed. Cue a flood of garbage history projects for the next few years…at least.
June 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Dr. David Schmid, Dr. Lídia Del Rio and Hans Busstra explore a metaphysical shift that’s happening in the foundations of physics: the wave function is no longer regarded as something real, but just as a description of what we know about the world.
youtu.be/SgQdDD3SY84
Why The Quantum State Only Exists In Our Mind
YouTube video by Essentia Foundation
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June 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys.

This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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I read 108 books in 2024 & here are my top 20 w/ short notes about each of them.

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Top 20 Books I Read in 2024
Find out how I decide what to read!
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January 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life amzn.to/3VRcI7c
All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life
All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life [Hart, David Bentley] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life
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January 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New year , new me… again
January 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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December 25, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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Please tell me who first posted this so I can properly credit, bc it made me laugh hard this morning
December 13, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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There are roughly 330M people in this country, and I realized this morning that for less than the cost of a cheap cup of coffee a day, a S. African billionaire was able to buy the Presidency, and in effect — the country. It’s both embarrassing and sad that, not only was it easy, but it was so cheap…
December 11, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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You have to do your murders legally in order to get away with it. Insurance execs kill people legally. Biden and all the pols who support giving bombs to murderers do their killing of babies legally. If international and moral law mattered, Biden, Netanyahu and others would be in prison right now.
December 10, 2024 at 5:30 AM
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Two 26-Year-Olds: One Killed a Homeless Man, Another is Suspected of Killing a Healthcare CEO

Daniel Penny is free after killing a man victim to the system. What of Luigi Mangione, who is suspected of killing a man symbolic of it?
Two 26-Year-Olds: One Killed a Homeless Man, Another is Suspected of Killing a Healthcare CEO
Daniel Penny is free after killing a man victim to the system. What of Luigi Mangione, who is suspected of killing a man symbolic of it?
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December 10, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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December 9, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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would be pretty funny if luigi mangione was the wrong guy they picked up after the CEO assassin look alike contest
December 9, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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In the past 5 days:
—Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide
—CEO of largest US health insurance company killed
—Martial law declared in South Korea, fails in hours
—French government collapses
—Assad regime collapses

Weeks where decades happen…
December 8, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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So, the richest man in the world who spent $250 million to elect Trump wants to take away social programs that benefit seniors, children, the middle class, and the poor in order to further enrich himself?

Is that the plot? Did I get that right?
December 6, 2024 at 11:09 PM
What if the UHC CEO asssasin is from the future like a scenario out of _Looper_ or _Terminator_? Well as long he doesn’t get caught we can entertain that thought …
December 6, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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I can't believe we used to live in a world with three other human species. So freaking cool.
December 5, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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on “Wonderful Christmastime,” Sir Paul McCartney set out to make a timeless christmas classic and also to figure out what every button on his synthesizer did, and he absolutely succeeded at one of those things
December 5, 2024 at 7:01 PM