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To be sure, their efforts were both inept and ineffective for the scale of the issue.

Oh good, disinformation and state sponsored conspiracy bullshit!

Definitely not with the establishment bands.

Yeah, but wombat poop is funnier.

She also hated government handouts...unless she needed them.

An interview with Evva Pryror, a social worker and consultant to Miss Rand's law firm of Ernst, Cane, Gitlin and Winick verified that on Miss Rand's behalf she secured Rand's Social Security and Medicare payments which Ayn received under the name of Ann O'Connor (husband Frank O'Connor). As Pryor said, "Doctors cost a lot more money than books earn and she could be totally wiped out" without the aid of these two government programs. Ayn took the bail out even though Ayn "despised government interference and felt that people should and could live independently… She didn't feel that an individual should take help."

Earmuffs

What pushes that gripe from weird to absurd is in their own words:

“Consent for the intervention was therefore provided by her legally authorized representative, who was also closely involved in her care and familiar with her medical condition.”

I already had plans. This just provides solid reasoning.

Cubes, you say?

Oh shit, yeah me too!

The Mythbusters fiasco woke me up to how easily I could lose my digital library on Playstation. Got myself completely removed from that ecosystem before I threw away any more money on rental games with store bought prices.

I bet there is lots of strategic forgettery when it comes to this asshole, who managed to top Ronnie Raygun in his destruction (most likely - Ronnie Raygun is responsible for a shit-ton of destruction).

Reagan's destruction has been playing out over the last 40 years but was necessary groundwork to get us here. The 80s were when the republicans came up with "starve the beast", "two santa clauses", supply side economics, and accelerated regulatory capture.

The Two Santa Claus Theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jude_Wanniski%5C

The Two Santa Claus Theory is a political theory and strategy published by Wanniski in 1976, which he promoted within the United States Republican Party.[15][16] The theory states that in democratic elections, if members of the rival Democratic Party appeal to voters by proposing programs to help people, then the Republicans cannot gain broader appeal by proposing less spending. The first "Santa Claus" of the theory title refers to the Democrats who promise programs to help the disadvantaged. The "Two Santa Claus Theory" recommends that the Republicans must assume the role of a second Santa Claus by not arguing to cut spending but offering the option of cutting taxes.[15]