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Beyond Consequence
jameshowardkunstler.substack ^ | 18 Nov, 2024 | James Howard Kunstler

Posted on 11/18/2024 7:02:11 AM PST by MtnClimber

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To: Leaning Right
Harry was a pretty savvy conman actually. Wouldn't put it past him to have time travelled to the past and taken advantage ;-).

Maybe the out of touch Canadian Shatner can pretend to be an All-American, Iowa farm-boy, Captain again and send him packing one last time.

21 posted on 11/18/2024 8:06:21 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Leaning Right

LOL, I wanted my son to attend “Harvey Mudd” - part of the Claremont Colleges in California - Mudd was a very wealthy mining engineer and “Harvey Mudd” college specializes in science and engineering.

Turns out the college is very prestigious - but is also very very expensive.

Son attended U of California (for engineering), which was much cheaper at that time. I plan to ask him about “Harry Mudd” when I see him - he’s also a total Star Trek (and Star Wars) nerd.


22 posted on 11/18/2024 8:08:13 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Bon of Babble
It's all starting to come together!


23 posted on 11/18/2024 8:11:05 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Frank Drebin

On a long enough time line, everyone and everything is related.


24 posted on 11/18/2024 8:17:46 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: AAABEST

We may well be stumbling into WW III—Many in power want that to happen. Many Americans have forgotten what world wars are like. We have had wars that were a defeat (Vietnam) a Draw (Korea) and a Victory (Iraq). Lots of little hot spot wars and raids from Serbia to Syria—But none have hit us hard—only 9-11 had a major impact.—in a big war a 9-11 would be a weekly event. The ultimate horror is glossed over in old movies and retelling of the Great Victory in WW II. We must keep us out of a major war at all costs. Our enemies are getting ready—they have formed a powerful block in the New Axis—Russia-China-Iran-North Korea. We are not ready for a war and would be hard pressed to wage one. A defeat would end America as we know her—even a victory would see abrupt change. The only winners would be the nations that are neutral.


25 posted on 11/18/2024 8:22:23 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: bk1000

“Clueless author.”

Yep, computers and cell phones killed the Malls.

Malls used to be where the kids met.


26 posted on 11/18/2024 8:23:55 AM PST by missthethunder
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To: bk1000

Urban sprawl, suburbia, the loss of a small-town sense of community, etc., are his ‘thing’:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geography_of_Nowhere


27 posted on 11/18/2024 8:24:06 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: bk1000

What do you mean, clueless? He’s absolutely right. Malls were built to give people a place to drive to and most of the families had bunches of kids. The first mall I went to was in 1969, I was 12 years old. Baby boom. Several malls in my area have closed as the anchor stores went out of business and surrounding communities have deteriorated. Still was a phenomenon of baby boom families and happy motoring.


28 posted on 11/18/2024 8:41:12 AM PST by webheart
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To: kiryandil

Partied with Shatner at Mara Lago literally a day or two after Spock died.

He had to be “managed” off the stage.


29 posted on 11/18/2024 8:42:14 AM PST by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: kiryandil
What planet is William Shatner living on? Oh wait...let me think about that question for a minute.

30 posted on 11/18/2024 8:53:35 AM PST by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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To: Bon of Babble

I want Shatner to go out & do his own shopping.

PEOPLE with money don’t care if prices are higher.

THEY NEVER KNEW what the prices were BEFORE, either.


31 posted on 11/18/2024 8:55:49 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
"I don't know why the Democrats lost. I don't understand ... Prices have come down [sic], the economy is good [sic]. I don't know why they voted against her, against the party." — William Shatner (note, "the party" -- there's only one party to entertainment industry twits and other leftists.)

32 posted on 11/18/2024 3:16:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: MtnClimber

Since democrats were able to shut people up - to control the death of conversations... they were clueless about what hit them.


33 posted on 11/18/2024 7:27:14 PM PST by GOPJ (Liberal cancel culture is dead. )
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To: MtnClimber
A lot of American "economists" need to learn this:

"To call ourselves “consumers” degrades us. We are citizens who have duties, responsibilities, and obligations to each other. We are economic actors who can make choices and take risks, not passive units to be exploited. "

34 posted on 11/18/2024 7:34:16 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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