HorthyMiklosKatonaja
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HorthyMiklosKatonaja
7d ago
I tried to read Jurgen once, because it was supposed to be this towering fantasy masterpiece, and the title of Heinlein's Job: A Comedy of Justice was a reference to it.
I bounced off it. Didn't care for it, didn't see what was so great about it. And I recall the language being too affectedly old-fashioned for a twentieth-century work.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
7d ago
That may have been the beginning of it, but IIRC as late as 1988 the Democratic nomination was up in the air as late as June/July. (Anyone remember the "Seven Dwarfs"?)
Every election cycle since then, the front-runner has been locked in earlier and earlier, and the whole process rendered less and less interesting to watch.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
8d ago
Everyone seems terrified nowadays of having contested conventions which used to be the norm.
I'm reading Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972 and it's an eye-opener.
After the first few primaries nowadays, everyone just drops out to make room for the Chosen One. And it's happening earlier and earlier.
I'm subscribed to Noahpinion because he seems like he knows what he's talking about economics-wise, though I 100% disagree with his stance on immigration (since he completely ignores cultural issues (On that front, Peter Brimelow's Alien Nation strikes me as just plain common sense.)) and American exceptionalism.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
10d ago
There's /r/libsofreddit and /r/conservative, Reddit's token right-wing echochambers.
/r/politicalcompassmemes has more ideological diversity and /r/shitpoliticssays is worth a look.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
15d ago
Also, Milton Berle.
HorthyMiklosKatonaja
28d ago
I have a vague sense that this "Dreaded Jim" person is internet-famous as some kind of troll or lolcow.
Would this mean that foreign films would no longer be distributed in the US? That would put most arthouses out of business.
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