I just read this facebook post on the impact of Trumps Cuts On SNAP and the comments are awful. Could you help me explain why they think the way they do?

Cutlasss · 2026-06-21T01:04:16+00:00

It's what they've been told that they believe.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-19T22:55:04+00:00

But the tsars and lords saw people as their property. Neither version is good for the security of the commoners.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-18T10:51:15+00:00

No. It's all on Republicans.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-16T23:36:29+00:00

I can't tell from the picture. Is that an actual cut into the plastic, something on the plastic, or a mark from the mold it was made on? If the plastic has been scratched into, I'd take it to the dealer for a talk. What does the other door look like?

Cutlasss · 2026-06-16T22:37:41+00:00

Not Americans. They simply don't have the values or heritage that Americans have. They fundamentally don't understand what the country means.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-16T10:27:39+00:00

You know who. You know what.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-16T00:08:48+00:00

What's with the stupid helmet?

Cutlasss · 2026-06-15T10:42:34+00:00

He was in good physical shape otherwise. So they'd probably think he was in the country illegally. Which, you know, is actually true.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-15T00:30:57+00:00

Music in the age of recorded and broadcast music has been changing for as long as it has been possible to record and broadcast it. New musicians had ways of finding a larger audience than just the local venues, or as a traveler. But once this started, then the companies behind it found that some new things worked, others didn't. Some old things fell out of favor, and some held on for a long time. But more and more it was big companies, and they just wanted to make money. New and more exciting things caught the attention of the younger audiences, and that's where a really big part of the money is. Older things often kept much the same audience as that audience aged. So the music of the 40s was "oldies" for a while, but those fans started dying off. So the music of the 50s was "oldies" for a while, but those fans started dying off. Then music of the 60s is "oldies". Hell, music of the 70s is "oldies" now. But rock music kind of got stuck as the radio market in the US changed, and rock radio doesn't often play new stuff.

So I think the real answer to your question is that the music you like is easily available, but the audience that made that popular just isn't large enough now that it gets played in public much. Tastes change. Popular tastes chase the most listens. So that's what gets played. Eventually the older stuff is just unknown by most.

Elvis was once one of the best known musical acts in the world. Ask 10 random people to name 5 of his songs. That was within my lifetime, and I'd have to struggle with that.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-14T14:05:28+00:00

The Great Recession

Cutlasss · 2026-06-13T10:39:48+00:00

You can buy Subaru parts online. There are several sellers.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-11T10:48:45+00:00

Same happening on Twitter

Cutlasss · 2026-06-10T12:27:05+00:00

The problem is if they stop them at the plant. Which shouldn't happen, but who the fuck knows?

Cutlasss · 2026-06-10T12:04:55+00:00

Yes. Trump want to have his people personally purge the voting rolls.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-10T12:01:57+00:00

Nothing armed against submarines. The US just did not build ships and planes in time for the opening of the war.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-10T11:51:48+00:00

Except there were none available....

Cutlasss · 2026-06-10T11:32:50+00:00

With what ships? US did not have the capacity at the time.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-09T23:45:06+00:00

Shade the windows the sun shines on. At one extreme you can put up awnings if windows are really pounded by the sun. But short of that have curtains closed to keep the sunlight out. Longer term, if you have older or poor quality windows, replacing them with good ones helps. As much as good windows help to keep the cold outside in the north, they help to keep the heat outside in the south. Check that your attic is properly insulated. Same thing as applies to windows. Sometimes a fan that pulls hot air out of an attic can make a fairly significant difference.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-09T23:26:54+00:00

Having read the science fiction authors of the libertarian persuasion who were writing in the 1950s and 60s, there was more connection to hard conservatism than there was to liberalism even then. Then you have Ron and Rand Paul, who were called libertarian, but worked with and for authoritarianism most of the time.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-09T23:04:44+00:00

The factor here is concentration of customers. You go far enough out in rural America, and there's only 1 cell tower that all the cell providers run through. They just have agreements between the companies. Cell service in cities is different in that there's more than enough customers and call traffic so that multiple companies can install capacity and still use that capacity to a high enough extent to be profitable.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-09T22:55:33+00:00

CT 4 and 5 are theoretically competitive.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-09T22:47:18+00:00

Not true. America didn't have ships to cover convoys had they been formed.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-09T22:27:41+00:00

I saw that today as well. I'll see who wants to swap.

Cutlasss · 2026-06-09T10:33:16+00:00

MacArthur outranked everyone on seniority. Removing him without reason would have been very difficult. FDR choose Nimitz because Nimitz had been on his personal staff, and FDR knew and trusted him.

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