Musk Twitter

Musk v Twitter: 3 X the Charm

A surprise move that brings Elon Musk closer to owning Twitter than ever in their months-long legal saga, the billionaire has reversed course on his decision to abandon the deal. Elon Musk's $44 billion deal to buy Twitter is back on the table and the billionaire is claiming the purchase…
October 5, 20224 Comments
Adult Happy Meal

Adult Cult Meal

It might be low-hanging fruit, but the new adult Happy Meal from McDonald's demands coverage on this blog. If only because it's the quintessential intersection of my Lost Generations model and the Pop Cult. McDonald's is serving up nostalgia with new “boxed meals” for adults that look like Happy Meals…
October 4, 20226 Comments
Student Debt Burden

Mammon Mobbery

In a last-second move that surprised no one, the Mammon Mob has leapt to the defense of big bankers and the grave sin of usury. In a remarkable reversal that will affect the fortunes of many student loan borrowers, the U.S. Department of Education has quietly changed its guidance around…
October 3, 202216 Comments
Musk Dorsey

Secret Messages

Elon Musk's legal wrangling with Twitter had been rather quiet since the social media company's board voted in favor of the billionaire's buyout earlier this month. Now, leaked messages between Musk and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey shed new light on Uncle Elon's motives. Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey texted privately…
September 30, 2022
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Combat Frame Ƶ XSeed Preview 2

Combat Frame Ƶ XSeed is well underway. To whet your appetite for the final CFXS novel, please enjoy this second preview.   Captain William “Drake” Roberts sat pondering the old-style monitors clustered around the bridge of his medium frigate the Joan Lafitte. The air duct rattle that Pants, the ship’s…
September 29, 2022
Smarthphone Dark Age

A New Dark Age

As Western civilization decays, it's easy to forget that the errors that inaugurated a new dark age were sold as steps toward a shiny, sexy utopia. Progress is essential to the Death Cult's moral myth much as salvation informs Christian teleology. The Cult's brand evangelists prophesied that technological advances like…
September 28, 20225 Comments
Pro-Lifer Raided

They’re Coming for Christians

For years, Christian dissidents have been warning that the regime's de facto established Cult would use its power to persecute the Church. Death Cultists and WigNats alike downplayed our ruling class' animosity toward Christ. But now, the government persecutions have begun. A well-known pro-life author, sidewalk counselor, and father of…
September 27, 20227 Comments
Newpub Talk

Return of Newpub Talk

Until a little over a decade ago, you couldn't go online without being inundated by talking points from the popularly called New Atheists. In contrast to past popularizers of godlessness like Russell, Shaw, or even Sagan, the New Atheists largely dispensed with the genteel intellectual routine and waged constant rhetorical…
September 26, 202212 Comments
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Back to the Future Part III

Every American science fiction series involving time travel has to have a Western arc. It's an unwritten law of storytelling. And of course, the best time travel movie series is no exception. Nor was Back to the Future's take on the Western genre unexpected. Doc and Marty's trip to the…
September 23, 20228 Comments
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Back to the Future Part II

In the current Dark Age, it's almost a universal law that any successful IP from before Ground Zero will become fodder for a bastardized remake or insulting sequel. Yesterday's post showcased Back to the Future as the sole exception to that rule. But did it break the other ironclad Hollywood…
September 22, 202219 Comments