The Stackies

Predictions this episode:

“Let me tell you this. Now you know I make predictions, and, unfortunately, they’ve all come true. I will now make one. Let me make a conservative guess or estimate or projection. Because I would say two years, but to be safe, I will say that within four years there will be reports every week. You, many of you as listeners will experience it as you 14 year-old daughter or son throws a fit and demands the IM-12 megachip. As they blow up in your face and say all my friends are getting it. I can’t get in to certain events. I’m not cool. I can’t interface the internet, you know, through my computer sunglasses, if I don’t have this. I’ve got to have it. And your child will come home, and you will never know until they’re twenty years old that six years before they were implanted with a chip. They’re not gonna tell you, and they’re gonna take the chip. Now, and, and, and if you catch them, they’re gonna scream at yell at you. If you find the receipt in their, in their, in their dresser drawer, they’re gonna say, ‘I deserve it, you old coot! You weirdo Christian! This is so cool! So Donny D, the Mack G Rapper has it. And, and, you know, all these cool people have got it, and you’re not going to stop me. It’s mine!’ Now, I’m serious.”

This is not the prediction, though. Jones says it is, but what is he actually predicting? That “there will be reports every week?” Reports of what? From were? Jones repeating his lies about the plot to chip everyone’s children could be considered"reports every week." Or is the prediction that “many of you” will have teenagers demand the “IM-12 megachip.” How would that be verified? And even if a half-dozen kids demanded to be chipped because they thought it was a cool idea, who cares? And the rest of it is obviously Jones exaggerating for entertainment. He would absolutely claim that this was a direct message from God if any of it actually happened, but this is neither “serious” nor a “prediction.” However, earlier in the show, he said this:

“We’ve got their press release now. We’re gonna get him on the show, the owner of the number one bar/disco in Madrid, Spain where, to get into the VIP section, you’ve got to take a microchip. And they’re doing it right now. And how many times did I tell you that it’s gonna be a status symbol. Your teenage children within just a few years will be demanding that they get the chip. They will run out to the so-called tattoo parlors that are now being signed on by Verichip. It’ll be a counterculture thing sold to you directly by the military-industrial complex.”

That’s more like it. Clearly, this is something is seriously warning people about. Apparently, more than once. I think it’s safe to say this never happened. Verichip looks to have maxed out at a couple thousand implants worldwide, mostly in healthcare and corporate security, and it stopped chipping people in 2010 due to lack of public acceptance. So, no, no widespread demand from the teens.

Don’t be silly. They believe that the president would only have total immunity until they were impeached by Congress. So Biden would also have to execute anyone in Congress that would vote for impeachment. After that, he should be fine. Totally normal democracy in action.

It looks like this would apply to any item used to conceal one’s identity. So, it’s possible that all of those things could be included.

That book cover

Predictions this episode:

“I predict George Duuuuuuhbya will be our next llloord.”

We have a correct prediction. He predicted the re-election of a sitting president and did it in maybe the dumbest way possible. So it is not impressive, but it is correct. Four stars. Go home to your mother and tell her you’re brilliant.

Predictions this episode
“You don’t make stuff up and, so what I’m saying here is Biden’s a liability for them, Trump’s a liability, what do they do? They have a right-winger, they’ll claim, assassinate Biden. And they’ll have a left-winger assassinate Trump. That then gets the country even in more of a fight against each other, and then they put in Gavin Newsome, uh, and, you know, somebody like Mike Pence or who knows? But I really think the next 13 months is the most critical time, not just in American history, but world history.”

OK…let’s see how this turns out.

BLOOP!

If someone is in a swing state? Sure, vote for whoever the Democrats put up. But I think it’s important to acknowledge that the Democrats are part of the problem here, not the solution. Do the Democrats want multiple parties and proper coalitions? They do not. They actively fight against those things. Anyone who blindly votes Democrat in any of the majority of states that are solidly red or blue is making the situation worse.

How to get a fascist on the ballot in the first place: keep voting for the conservative Democrat.

This article doesn’t have much info about what was said, but it does have a link to an article with the quote.

“We will immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft. Very simply: If you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store,” he said Friday during a speech to California Republicans.

His comments drew applause from members of his party inside the Anaheim convention and he loudly said “shot” again for emphasis.

I don’t think I’ve been so excited about an episode for a long time. This should be amazing. Unfortunately, I’ll have to listen to it tomorrow.

Alex Jones was ordered to pay Erica Lafferty $76 million, but she needs a GoFundMe to pay her bills for cancer treatment.

we call those crinkle-cut fries

Not anymore. How can we go back after realizing Ziggy Fries is an option?

Exactly. So I think it would have been more helpful to just jump to the explanation. Just say “But protests are meant to be disruptive because that is how they draw attention to the issue being protested.” There is no need to question the knowledge of the commenter. Just present the information that you think they don’t have. Even if the person you’re replying to isn’t interested, the info will be there for others and may lead to more conversation.

do you know how protests work

This does not sound like an honest attempt at communication. Why would you even ask this unless you thought the person did not know? Yet you don’t offer any explanation of how you think protests work that might actually create a conversation. It may not be what you intended, but I interpreted your question as nothing more than a personal insult to the person who made the original comment. The equivalent of replying, “you don’t know what you’re talking about.” That sort of reply might be true, and I would probably even agree with it in the comment you linked, but it’s still not helpful in any way and kind of makes you seem like a jerk looking for an argument. So, to answer your question, I will often downvote a comment like this because it does nothing to make a positive contribution, and I would likely not explain why because I try to limit my interactions with people who are acting like argumentative jerks.

Those behind this campaign simply cannot accept that a first-generation Latino American from humble beginnings could rise to be a U.S. Senator and serve with honor and distinction. Even worse, they see me as an obstacle in the way of their broader political goals

I get that you have to pretend that you’re innocent, but this is the same race-baiting conspiracy bullshit that comes out of the right-wing wackos. Fuck this guy.

He owns his own business and is doing this by choice. They don’t go into numbers, but the fact that the article is titled “The Affluent Homeless” makes me think he’s not struggling. The guy is atypical, but the people saying he’s a socialist or he’s being crushed by capitalism are reading their own politics into this.

Predictions this episode: None. I’m not going to count Alex just saying that he predicted something.