DISASTER X
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Anthropology of cinema, with a focus on how Hollywood imagines/images pandemics. Also interested in the national security state, rule by permanent emergency, and authoritarianism.
Please start talking about how that wealth can be recuperated--the legal, financial, and political means needed to do so.
When Trump falls, I suspect it's going to be a great day to be an accountant in America.
When Trump falls, I suspect it's going to be a great day to be an accountant in America.
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Please start talking about how that wealth can be recuperated--the legal, financial, and political means needed to do so.
When Trump falls, I suspect it's going to be a great day to be an accountant in America.
When Trump falls, I suspect it's going to be a great day to be an accountant in America.
And the implications that are missed here:
Look at all the ways that Trump's path to power was smoothly paved for him. Have an internal reckoning not just among his supporters, but also his opponents. All that precedents were set in advance for Trump, it just remained for him to emulate.
Look at all the ways that Trump's path to power was smoothly paved for him. Have an internal reckoning not just among his supporters, but also his opponents. All that precedents were set in advance for Trump, it just remained for him to emulate.
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
And the implications that are missed here:
Look at all the ways that Trump's path to power was smoothly paved for him. Have an internal reckoning not just among his supporters, but also his opponents. All that precedents were set in advance for Trump, it just remained for him to emulate.
Look at all the ways that Trump's path to power was smoothly paved for him. Have an internal reckoning not just among his supporters, but also his opponents. All that precedents were set in advance for Trump, it just remained for him to emulate.
Oh it "looks like America's backyard again" does it? So all Latin American countries have cancelled all trade with China? China is no longer the number one trading partner? All because Maduro was kidnapped. Has even Venezuela cancelled any ties to China?
Bullshit Trumpist propaganda.
Bullshit Trumpist propaganda.
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Oh it "looks like America's backyard again" does it? So all Latin American countries have cancelled all trade with China? China is no longer the number one trading partner? All because Maduro was kidnapped. Has even Venezuela cancelled any ties to China?
Bullshit Trumpist propaganda.
Bullshit Trumpist propaganda.
Saving the names of the killers and abusers. Done.
Oh, sorry, were we talking about Iran?
Oh, sorry, were we talking about Iran?
January 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Saving the names of the killers and abusers. Done.
Oh, sorry, were we talking about Iran?
Oh, sorry, were we talking about Iran?
The US empire has been in steady decline since the end of the Vietnam War. Typically for all modern empires of the last 500 years, the decline stage lasts about 50 years, until bottom is reached. Those 50 years are up for the US. Anything we see now is an example of death throes.
January 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The US empire has been in steady decline since the end of the Vietnam War. Typically for all modern empires of the last 500 years, the decline stage lasts about 50 years, until bottom is reached. Those 50 years are up for the US. Anything we see now is an example of death throes.
Speaking of decline, remember that Democracy Now! was all in support of US military intervention in Libya. No talk of decline then, but a lot of absurd cheerleading.
January 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Speaking of decline, remember that Democracy Now! was all in support of US military intervention in Libya. No talk of decline then, but a lot of absurd cheerleading.
I wish we were seeing Americans reacting as if they believed your words.
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I wish we were seeing Americans reacting as if they believed your words.
There are a few other excellent reasons for banning X in Canada. That is a very weak response.
January 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
There are a few other excellent reasons for banning X in Canada. That is a very weak response.
Correct, Homan: ICE consists of terrorists, racists, and Nazis, and they are disappearing people. Thank you for the summary.
January 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Correct, Homan: ICE consists of terrorists, racists, and Nazis, and they are disappearing people. Thank you for the summary.
Name one ICE agent killed by a vehicle that was used with the intent to murder.
January 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Name one ICE agent killed by a vehicle that was used with the intent to murder.
You can't murder a citizen on the streets and have "absolute immunity". That is total BS. Why does he repeat it?
January 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
You can't murder a citizen on the streets and have "absolute immunity". That is total BS. Why does he repeat it?
"Masks are government tyranny," said the anti-maskers during Covid. Now watch them defend ICE masking its agents, in order to exercise tyranny in the most brutal manner.
January 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"Masks are government tyranny," said the anti-maskers during Covid. Now watch them defend ICE masking its agents, in order to exercise tyranny in the most brutal manner.
Is anybody keeping careful track of each one of the impeachable offenses? The list must be very long by now. Does anyone know of any source compiling all of them?
And what about Vance?
And what about Vance?
January 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Is anybody keeping careful track of each one of the impeachable offenses? The list must be very long by now. Does anyone know of any source compiling all of them?
And what about Vance?
And what about Vance?
Meanwhile, for protesting against this on X, I have been locked out for a solid week starting from today.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Meanwhile, for protesting against this on X, I have been locked out for a solid week starting from today.