The fourth stage is pure simulacrum, in which the simulacrum has no relationship to any reality whatsoever.
I was going to say the same thing. You still get routine, exercise, arthritis, tinnitus, low pay, and an actual pension. Both get to drive around in the heat all day with no AC. I imagine both ship a similar amount of drugs. Either one can get you shot for being on someone else's land, but I like to think it's less likely with postal work.
"She's handled it very well, and it's going to be up to her,"
She's fired
Now that I could see them doing
What if Trump replayed his recent success: drop one bomb on something insignificant, run away, declare victory? Has anyone gamed that one out?
Wasn't there a recent unclassified US wargame over Taiwan? IIRC one of their main conclusions was that the degree of support from regional allies, Japan and Australia specifically, was pretty decisive.
Incidentally, I remember another major finding was that the US did not have the supply infrastructure or depth of ammunition reserves that would be needed, which also seems reasonable/likely. Haven't seen any signs of improvement on that issue, but seems like a big one to watch for.
Yeah, I remember he discussed it recently, I believe as a guest on another show. Maybe the May 1 Bad Hasbara, ep 104?
Specifically it was about something he posted immediately after Oct 7. Nebula wanted him to at least partially walk it back, say something both-sids-ish, "condemn Hamas", something along those lines. Seemed like Nebula was pretty afraid and wanted to CYA basically. JT went back and forth with them a bit by email and then decided to leave instead. He made it sound as amicable as possible given the circumstances, but my impression personally was that he was softening the story to some degree, out of professionalism/courtesy (which I recall he has done in discussing other past disagreements as well, eg with CPUSA.)
JT was (I believe?) the only one willing to walk away from Nebula over Palestine.
The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of garbage.
New TikTok trend of posting comedic death threats against senators
The thing is, they're almost right: it was a spectacle, he did want attention - ATTENTION TO THE GENOCIDE. They just can't (or refuse to) understand that anyone could take any action to benefit a larger cause instead of benefiting themselves as individuals.
Could have just entirely skipped the "die in an explosion" training course