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As I suspected the singer is infected with the Qanon conspiracy theory cult. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/24/1195566500/rich-men-north-richmond-republican-primary-debate The first Republican primary debate opened up with a nod to a breakout country song, "Rich Men North of Richmond," that has achieved the unusual feat of topping the Billboard 100 chart almost overnight. The song, which is being hailed by some as a kind of "hillbilly elegy" for the working class, comes from a previously unknown singer who goes by the name Oliver Anthony. It rails against the hardship of taxation, but also against people on welfare — and it also nods to a conspiracy theory that has become a mainstay of the far right.
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Biden suggests Putin could be behind Russian plane crash
Jingthing replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Yeah may as well have a bot post such canned stuff. -
Biden suggests Putin could be behind Russian plane crash
Jingthing replied to Social Media's topic in World News
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In actual modern usage, the term Jesus freaks is out of fashion and is rarely used in a derogatory way or any way as it's rarely used PERIOD. It's incredibly passe and dated. I find this entire Jesus freak discussion an absurd irrelevant diversion from the actual topic. The cold blooded murder of a fine upstanding woman by a perverted homophobe. But typical for this forum to go off in ridiculous tangents. BTW -- the much more common terms to describe fundamentalist Christian religious fanatics are bible-thumpers and God botherers. Bible-thumper Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster God-botherer definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary (collinsdictionary.com)
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Probably about the 25 mini wheats. More often I do 5 tablespoons if puffed rice or quinoa in which case I don’t count the grains.
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I vary the fruit. Not often melon. Always banana but sometimes blueberries, apple, mango, or papaya.
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1/2 cup no sugar mixed grain muesli 25 pieces no sugar mini shredded wheats Tablespoon pumpkin seeds 5 Almonds 1 Brazil nut Sliced cantaloupe Sliced one banana In a mix of plain yogurt and cold water Mug of black coffee
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This is I think a brilliant analysis of the phenomenon of this song. Incoherent populism. Even of you don't agree with the article it provides lots of food for thought about issues raised by the song. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/oliver-anthony-and-the-incoherence-of-right-wing-populism.html Over the weekend, an obscure Virginia country singer became a conservative folk hero and progressive hate object. Oliver Anthony’s overnight transformation into the bard of red America has already attracted a great deal of commentary, some of it worthwhile, much of it not.
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You can probably come in with a printed list of all your medications and dosages with a note to the effect of what you want to say and any cheap clinic might sign and stamp it. Will customs accept that? I don't know. Technically they want scrip bottles with your name on it.
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There is an irony about this song. IF he had deleted all the weird stuff (pedo island, trashing obese "welfare cheats", civil war glorification) would it have still been such a massive viral sensation? After all it is a good song as a song, and lots of authentic emotion, even without the weird stuff. Maybe but not nearly as much as the song is mostly being pushed by right wingers.
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If you haven't seen it yet, you will, so you may as well get it over with. It's very understandable that it's gone so viral. It's a catchy tune, the singer clearly has very authentic deep emotion coming from his difficult life experiences, and it certainly has a message. But what is that message exactly? Remember when songs celebrating the exploited poor came from the left, were pro union, and didn't attack other segments of poor Americans? This one is clearly different. Rich men north of Richmond? (Virginia.) Huh? Civil war redux or what? Shades of Q pizzagate conspiracy theories / Jeffrey Epstein with it's reference of minors on an inland. Attacking obese people on welfare?!? That's probably the weirdest thing here. The singer comes from Apalachia. That's a region with a huge percentage of people on assistance, yes sometimes with bogus disability claims but also because the region is so economically devasted. Imagine Woody Guthrie pulling something like that. I think this song is going to make a difference, but descriptions of it as "unifying" are clearly overblown. If you want to get what I'm talking about listen to it numerous times. You need to do that to start to get the questionable subtext of this. Likely your first impression (as was mine) will be to be moved by it.
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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2023)
Jingthing replied to CharlieH's topic in Entertainment
A couple of oddities avaliable on youtube. A Nazi propaganda movie that the Nazis deemed not Nazi enough to release. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Große_Freiheit_Nr._7 Ever wondered about the origin of the term Nancy boy? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nance Video of theater production.