I'm sorry but 262 words is not a manifesto. A manifesto should be so long and rambling that its sheer size deters people from reading it. It should look like you need a briefcase full of ragged, yellowed typing paper to lug it around in and wave at people. It should be usable as a melee weapon in an emergency. 262 words isn't even the abstract to a respectable manifesto. ...
In 100 years this is going to be in a display at some museum to try to help whoever's around the future to understand the early 21st Century. ...
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We can take some joy from knowing that when Elon Musk sees that video his mind will immediately go to all of the Russian mobsters and Saudi bone saw guys he is in hock to.
A glimpse into his future. Yeah, billion dollars or not they *can* get to you and when you’re no longer useful, they will. Sleep tight! ...
Everyone remotely near a position of power in the U.S. right now is drunk on It Can't Happen Here-ism while most of the rest of the world has recent enough experience with "It" Happening that they react differently. If they don't react to authoritarian power-grabs *successfully* they at least react to them decisively. They understand democracy as a thing that is fragile, that can disappear, and that requires a defense beyond telling citizens to vote. ...
FMguru says:
1) They caught this one unusally earlier, so RBG's chances are higher.
2) There are two kinds of pancreatic cancer. 95% give you the Big Adios, 5% are survivable with the whipple procedure (which is what Steve Jobs lucked – or "lucked" – into).
Anyway, best of luck RBG. And fuck cancer.
j says:
I've got some new anti-pancreatic cancer drugs in the lab. I think I might just go ahead and mail them to RBG. With a note that says 'This is not anthrax.'
Dr.Derty says:
Thank the lord Obama won.
Nate says:
Yeah. Bad news. What makes it not terrible news? That this didn't happen a few years ago.