Thanks for this primer. I’d just like to point out something that’s been flying under the radar in a lot of national coverage.

I started drinking a cup of coffee regularly when I was in 6th or 7th grade, and I needed it. I was already decidedly not a morning person and my morning classes immediately began to get easier to focus on, and my grades began improving.

Seriously, if you combine Tech and Marketing into a seamless incarnation, The Singularity isn’t far away.

yeah, fuck ‘em, move ‘em to internement camps with gas showers. Classic Boston right there.

well, they ARE the 5th largest economy on the globe, as they so often like to tout. If people and businesses leave, do you really think they’re afraid of moving down the list to... like... the 10th largest economy on the globe? Maybe they titans of California do, but they have enough clout to never really fall off the…

Secure housing, not shelter beds, is the only solution.

I totally get it, but I feel like billionaires are a lot more insular and egotistical... once they add that extra “0" to their net-worth, they feel as though they have a much more thorough understanding of economics, government, and the global strategic environment because they’re allowed through so many more doors…

you know they got absentee ballots.

as do I, but I’m in the Pacific Nortwest, so it’s basically Canada already, but with tech money.

To be fair, there was a ridiculous amount of malfeasance on the Federal side that made any repercussions impossible. I’m no fan of militias, but the Gvt seriously fucked that whole situation up beyond repair.

Trump can try, but the military knows the law, and they would not deploy in such a fashion.

Pentagon declined to allow their forces to be used for law-enforcement, so probably not.

wish I could give more stars.

Real-time net-worth of $44.3 BILLION!!! (as of October 30th.)

Agree 100%. I left for good in 2004 and never looked back. I bounced around the country for a while, but I’m quite happy now out in the Pacific Northwest.

Just a head’s up, as a long-time customer-service professional in the nutritional supplement industry with a scientific/medical bent, (we’re a rare breed, lots of my co-workers bought into a lot of snake-oil sales pitches and don’t dig into the research,) you may want to avoid the list of brands in the link above.…

“Unless you feel like it’s a bad idea to provide a multi-billion dollar corporation with an idea for a brand name that will be worth millions of dollars for a mere $10,000 payout. Ultimately, it’s up to you.”

NIMH... as in National Institute of Mental Health. Lab rats.

Typically, permanent members of the security council are considered “secure.”

People on the right will point you at this: