Pretty sure that they named themselves. So closer to propaganda.

There was actually an early sect of Christians called the Gnostics. That was sort of their whole thing.

A core belief was that everyone was the child of God, and thus, was God.

They also believed that Jesus asked Judas to go to the Romans.

The early church wiped them out to the last, and we only know what we do thanks to some sparse records and modern archeology.

They think that when the revolution hits, they can use Peter Theil’s spy tech to crush it, and then they will go full mask off.

Is the leader alive or not? Alive is likely a cult, dead is usually religion.

The next question is how isolated from friends and family or society at large are the members. More isolated is more likely to be a cult.

Other than that, there’s not much difference.

The usual setup is a cult is formed and then the second or third leader opens things up a bit and transitions it into just another religion… But sometimes a cult can be born from a religion as a small group breaks off to follow a charismatic leader.

Honestly, the orange soda that we think of might be Crush, which debuted in 1911.

Tang would also like a word.

But really, the most popular orange based drink, is just orange juice. That or Mountain Dew, which is lemon, lime, and orange plus lots of sugar and caffeine.

Companies open subdivisions in other countries. These subdivisions are often responsible for full operations in that country.

Coca-Cola opened a subsidiary in Germany sometime after the end of the first world war. (My Google fu has failed me)

The main company stopped sending syrup to Germany after 1939 or so, but didn’t close it’s German subdivision. The German plant manager then created Fanta out of ingredients that were available to Germany during the war.

And then after WW2 ended, the main Coca-Cola company regained control of their German subdivision, and adopted Fanta as a brand.

As a note here, Coke was one of a bunch of American companies that were extremely friendly with the Nazis.

Pure coke, or Adderall. Ketemine seems to also be popular with this administration.

While true, the intent behind Hanlon’s has been expressed for millennia. The Principal of Charity (which was only named in the 1950s)

Basically, never assume the worst about someone.

The problem here is when there is actual malice. But that’s when Occam’s razor comes in.

Some conservatives get those.

Mass shooters don’t tend to get that treatment.

It’s the bridge too far scenario. If this little shit head had joined the police department and then shot a bunch of people, the right would cheer, because that’s how things work in their mind.

But becoming a rouge element and shooting random people… No that’s just murder.

I’m sure there’s a better way to phrase it, but I’m at the tail.end of a nasty cold and can’t think straight.

Climate Change. That’s the meteor. That’s behind the dive to annex Canada and Greenland. It’s also why Peter Theil has a bunker in New Zealand.

All because there will be areas of climate stability to go with the areas rendered uninhabitable.

Russia is likely to be a climate winner. For a time anyway.

The super rich will just bounce around the globe between islands of stability.

The rest of us will die in the water wars.

It was one of the reasons I switched. That and my favorite mod manager is working on a Linux native version. It’s not done yet, but it’s good to play other games from time to time.

Valheim is pretty brutal, but also highly moddable.

That was Rush Limbaugh, may he rot in piss.

And the second they get it, they reinvent IP law, but in an even more restricted form.

This particular final patch, the eighth major patch, is it. The contracts with Wizards of the Coast are expiring, which frees Larain Studios to work on different games.

While there will certainly be more games in the series, this particular one is effectively done.

My guess is that at first it will be a first or second generation citizen. Someone who grew up in a Spanish speaking household.

And the right wing will spin it as “deporting the anchor baby”.

After the corrupt supreme court erases the 14th amendment, the gloves will come off.

Especially with the firing of the NSA director. The guy who was limiting Peter Theil’s spy company from having unlimited access to data collected on US citizens.

Well, security through obscurity never really did work

Another distro that’s easy to get going for gaming is Garuda.

Also, the easiest way to switch to any distro is to get a USB drive and install a program called Ventoy. Then you throw your install iso onto the Ventoy drive, boot from USB, and you’re good to go.

As a tip, pick up an external drive large enough for your Steam library. Then in Steam, you right click on each game and select Manage/Back up game files.

Doing it this way will save you days of downloading.

XP might actually be somewhat safe to connect by now. Most of the viruses and worms have updated past it by now.

Booker did stand around talking for a day. It wasn’t a filibuster, because no bill was up for debate. And he pledged undying loyalty to Israel during his day of remarks.

So while I admire his energy I’m not a fan of the support of genocide.

Peter Theil will never willingly step into the limelight. You’ll just see another poorly disguised cats paw like Musk.