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 Now we see the motive behind Elons' brain implant. It's to take stuff out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/business/training-repayment-agreement-debt.html 
 Big funders of No Labels include  Peter Thiel, Foster Friess, Home Depot founder Ken Langone, and... 
 @f884fa2b It seems so intelligence-insultingly transparent.

So expect the media and millions of voters to fall for it. 
 @f7e91e8b Now, I'm not the world's most biblical guy, but ... Tower of Babel, anyone? 
 @f7e91e8b Not much of a believer -- an atheist if you wanna make something of it -- but if you dig metaphor, the Bible is worth a skim. 
 Like the conceptual vandals in John Kessel's GOOD NEWS FROM OUTER SPACE: They break into your car and install an expensive stereo:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/15/la-quinta-inn-takeover-documented-by-group-friends-tiktok/70869192007/ 
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Sooooooooo Tom, are you a ... 
 @f42fdd5b definitely, tho the handle was actually inspired by Walter/Wendy Carlos’s album of Bach on the Moog called The Well-Tempered Synthesizer. 
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I sure understand that. I ... 
 @f42fdd5b Amphetamines?:)

This is a movie to watch with the subtitles on.

Somewhat like the early seasons of The West Wing,  come to think. 

But funnier. 
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 @f884fa2b Jeff Zucker gave away the game in ‘16, if I recall. 

Tr*mp might be bad for the country, but he’s good for ratings.

They made their choice a long time ago. 
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 @f7e91e8b Now, I'm not the world's most biblical guy, but ... Tower of Babel, anyone?