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  • The Tuareg also known as The Blue Men of the Desert are a formidable force since they basically have silently ruled the desert for thousands of years. I had the pleasure of teaching the Tuareg in Niger how to build domes out of sandbags for long term protection and food storage. They also can be used as embattlements. They are a matriarchal society although their culture has also integrated Islam as well. They are a rich and beautiful culture. They play bad ass electric guitar and a band you should listen to is Tinariwen if you like good music.

    I spent 28 days with them. The last 3 days were one long sandstorm. The longest I had ever been in, worse than what I had seen in the ME. We finished the project early as they are actually very good at hard labor, and they basically fell in love with my building partner and worked harder for her lol. Anyway, I hope they wipe every Russian merc off the continent. All the Russians do is cause trouble.

















  • Here are the key points from the article:

    •	Kamala Harris’s Economic Vision: Harris is crafting a new economic approach, blending government-driven market guidance with efforts to correct economic power imbalances.
    •	“Build and Balance” Strategy: This involves investing in infrastructure and people while implementing strong antitrust policies to ensure fairer markets.
    •	Government Role: The government should guide markets toward national goals, such as decarbonization and housing, rather than leaving them unchecked.
    •	Potential Bipartisan Appeal: This vision could unify Democrats and appeal across party lines, challenging both traditional economic policies and rivals like Trump.
    

    Something I have said for 25 years is that the government should be guiding the markets NOT capitalists and “free markets” because in reality, capitalists aren’t guiding anything but are capitalizing everything which gives no way to fulfilling societal requirements and responsibilities.

    They are also in reality cannibalizing whole markets and enshittifying them in real time instead of making services and infrastructure better and more available.



  • I knew Ted Dobias as he was one of my mentors at NYMA and was still there after I graduated. He said Trump was always a bully. He didn’t have anything else to say about him. I briefly met Trump and his two sons while I was there too, as NYMA had to court money to keep the place going and give parades to donors and distinguished alumni. He made his daughter stay in the limo the entire time. The entire visit was about 5 hours long. It was weird as fuck as this is a co-ed school. Anyway, he didn’t give a good vibe then and I always knew he was a scumbag fraud because the NY/NJ news always told on him because he’s crude and has no class. Also nobody likes racists and the Trump family is just a bunch of weirdos and racists. Look up their family history it’s all right there. It’s sad so many people are indoctrinated from the Apprentice. He created them through that outlet. No doubt about that.

    That said, Ted was probably just lying to him. Ted was a very smart guy. Smart enough to know not to fuck with Trump in those days as Fred was a real POS.

    NYMA got sold to the Chinese btw.