Andy Bichara
@andybichara.bsky.social
All these contradictions I wrestled with when I went to Christian school years ago. It never made sense to me either. If it's all preordained, prayer can't change the outcome, so it becomes performative, or a way of imagining our desires as God's will. Not a very humble way to go about faith.
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
All these contradictions I wrestled with when I went to Christian school years ago. It never made sense to me either. If it's all preordained, prayer can't change the outcome, so it becomes performative, or a way of imagining our desires as God's will. Not a very humble way to go about faith.
It is contradictory. They believe they'll be raptured out *before* the suffering, yet they actually support policies meant to accelerate the conditions for it, almost as if they want to force God's hand. Jewish people are instrumentalized for that goal. They don't consider them "saved."
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It is contradictory. They believe they'll be raptured out *before* the suffering, yet they actually support policies meant to accelerate the conditions for it, almost as if they want to force God's hand. Jewish people are instrumentalized for that goal. They don't consider them "saved."
A coalition of moderate Republicans and swing district Dems could get the subsidies across the finish line. Only question is if leadership in either chamber shoots it down, or if Trump and his OMB balks. It’d be political suicide to do so, but they’ve done worse things.
December 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A coalition of moderate Republicans and swing district Dems could get the subsidies across the finish line. Only question is if leadership in either chamber shoots it down, or if Trump and his OMB balks. It’d be political suicide to do so, but they’ve done worse things.
They believe that Israel’s reconstitution as a nation-state is the first step to bringing about the end times. Also they take literally God’s promise to Abraham that he will bless those who bless his descendants and curse those who curse them. They extend that to modern day Israel.
December 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
They believe that Israel’s reconstitution as a nation-state is the first step to bringing about the end times. Also they take literally God’s promise to Abraham that he will bless those who bless his descendants and curse those who curse them. They extend that to modern day Israel.
No wonder they were releasing the news that Barron was working to find Christ. Always happens right before a scandal.
December 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
No wonder they were releasing the news that Barron was working to find Christ. Always happens right before a scandal.
It always surprises people, but evil many times comes in very mundane packaging. It’s why we should never judge by appearances alone.
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It always surprises people, but evil many times comes in very mundane packaging. It’s why we should never judge by appearances alone.
The real question is, do we raid third-world nations one final time to keep our data centers humming, or do we finally admit the age of exponential growth is hitting hard physical limits? 7\
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The real question is, do we raid third-world nations one final time to keep our data centers humming, or do we finally admit the age of exponential growth is hitting hard physical limits? 7\
Venezuela's economy was gutted years ago. What’s left is the carcass, and the U.S. is coming back for one last strip-mine before the global energy descent makes expeditions like this impossible. 6\
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Venezuela's economy was gutted years ago. What’s left is the carcass, and the U.S. is coming back for one last strip-mine before the global energy descent makes expeditions like this impossible. 6\
The effects will resonate throughout the region. Cuba and Nicaragua will lose their subsidized energy, thus collapsing their economies, which will lead to coups in both places. War will also trigger new migrant crises. 5\
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The effects will resonate throughout the region. Cuba and Nicaragua will lose their subsidized energy, thus collapsing their economies, which will lead to coups in both places. War will also trigger new migrant crises. 5\
History shows that nations under such pressure turn to military action to secure new sources of oil, from Japan before WW2 to our various interventions in the Middle East and Latin America. So we're about to dust off gunboat diplomacy in our own hemisphere for oil resources 4\
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
History shows that nations under such pressure turn to military action to secure new sources of oil, from Japan before WW2 to our various interventions in the Middle East and Latin America. So we're about to dust off gunboat diplomacy in our own hemisphere for oil resources 4\
We've cornered the global market on chips, but without energy they can't be powered. This is why AI has bubble characteristics. Its growth curve is physically impossible without a massive new energy source. In steps Venezuelan oil. 3\
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We've cornered the global market on chips, but without energy they can't be powered. This is why AI has bubble characteristics. Its growth curve is physically impossible without a massive new energy source. In steps Venezuelan oil. 3\
Venezuela sits on 300 billion barrels of oil, the largest proven reserves on Earth. Our data centers will need another 50–100 GW over the next 5–8 years just to keep training the next generation of models. Nuclear plants will take a decade to start up. 2\
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Venezuela sits on 300 billion barrels of oil, the largest proven reserves on Earth. Our data centers will need another 50–100 GW over the next 5–8 years just to keep training the next generation of models. Nuclear plants will take a decade to start up. 2\
This is how they soft-launch a military operation. You don’t declare another nation’s airspace closed unless you’re prepping a justification. This is a classic Wag the Dog staging for a regime-change stunt.
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is how they soft-launch a military operation. You don’t declare another nation’s airspace closed unless you’re prepping a justification. This is a classic Wag the Dog staging for a regime-change stunt.
No doubt insiders are still getting the real economic data through private briefs while everyone else is left blind. That’s an engineered information asymmetry that wrecks markets. Insiders trade on facts, while the public trades on guesses. That will create loss of confidence in asset pricing.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
No doubt insiders are still getting the real economic data through private briefs while everyone else is left blind. That’s an engineered information asymmetry that wrecks markets. Insiders trade on facts, while the public trades on guesses. That will create loss of confidence in asset pricing.
That his top lieutenant Dick Durbin, who’s not running for re-election, supported it gives away Schumer’s involvement. The capitulation really doesn’t surprise me. Leadership isn’t really equipped to handle the moment.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
That his top lieutenant Dick Durbin, who’s not running for re-election, supported it gives away Schumer’s involvement. The capitulation really doesn’t surprise me. Leadership isn’t really equipped to handle the moment.
This is just PBMs panicking about the prospect of socialism gaining popularity. In the end they'll go full fascist if it means protecting their profits.
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is just PBMs panicking about the prospect of socialism gaining popularity. In the end they'll go full fascist if it means protecting their profits.
The Republicans have always been the party of the idiot boss's son who never really had to earn much. America has an informal caste system, and that's what the party system defends, more than anything else.
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Republicans have always been the party of the idiot boss's son who never really had to earn much. America has an informal caste system, and that's what the party system defends, more than anything else.
Most of these guys can’t get laid. That’s why they’re so bitter at the world. Resentment drives the reactionary worldview, more than anything else.
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Most of these guys can’t get laid. That’s why they’re so bitter at the world. Resentment drives the reactionary worldview, more than anything else.
Clearly they want a weaker dollar, thinking it’ll boost exports and shrink the trade gap. That’s a dangerous game. Once you start down the path of devaluation, you invite inflation, retaliation, and the kind of currency wars that never end well.
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Clearly they want a weaker dollar, thinking it’ll boost exports and shrink the trade gap. That’s a dangerous game. Once you start down the path of devaluation, you invite inflation, retaliation, and the kind of currency wars that never end well.
The plan is to repeal the ACA by defunding the insurance exchanges.
October 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The plan is to repeal the ACA by defunding the insurance exchanges.
Exaggerating threats are how all authoritarians manufacture pretexts for seizing power.
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Exaggerating threats are how all authoritarians manufacture pretexts for seizing power.
They're narcissistic, entitled control freaks at their core. There's always a story about how they're the victims, how they're not getting what's owed to them.
October 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
They're narcissistic, entitled control freaks at their core. There's always a story about how they're the victims, how they're not getting what's owed to them.