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Get Your Dunkin' Wednesday

 I've been on a reading kick of late. Mostly science fiction and fantasy. I am currently reading Project Hail Mary, Shadow and Bone, and Mistborn. I don't think I've ever engaged in one book at a time, but this year I'm all over the place, so it suits me. If you have any recommendations, comment below. I will be done with these books soon and would like to keep the momentum going.  Here are your highlights:  Virginia, my home state, does the right thing . Redistricting!  Kash Patel is such a loser. But he's "never been intoxicated on the job." Separation of Church and State . Not a thing apparently... Justice Clarence Thomas hates progressivism, and he hates you, you stupid anti-American scum . He's also terrible at giving speeches and is historically ignorant.  CPAC and Hungary. Time to investigate.  The very American death of Prince. Prince could only have died in America . We miss his genius. 10 years later, and it still hurts.  I am Frank Chow, an...
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Get Your Dunkin' Tuesday

When all of this is said and done, Trump will be the most unpopular president ever . He will likely be remembered as the worst president ever. The Iran War his lasting legacy of arrogance, incompetence, and ignorance. But we're not done yet, and that's the scary part. I have no clue what will come next. None of us do, as he drives deeper into madness; we're all in danger. Fun times. Someone should do a study post-Trump era about how we all have collective PTSD. I will volunteer as tribute.  Here are your highlights:   SCANDAL. Trump fires Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer . Sounds like a frat party office.  Cuba confirms meeting with the Trump administration.  It'd be nice to have folks in Cuba not suffer.  The aftermath of the deadly fire in Hong Kong .  Purdue Pharma finally has to pay .  RFK Jr. hates mRNA vaccines. Cool that mRNA vaccines can help pancreatic cancer patients .  Climate Change continues its terror . Northeast farmers deal with...
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Get Your Dunkin' Monday

 Happy 4/20 y'all! Smoke em' if you got em'. I will not be participating. Hopefully, I'll be sleeping though. We had a run of storms on Friday, and something like 10 tornadoes touched down in Illinois. The closest to us was too close for comfort. So, I didn't sleep well all weekend. I do think about how silly our marijuana policies are in America. Federalize it already; we know both parties are profiting off the business. Let's research it with an eye on what the product does and how it can help throughout our society. It has long lost its bogeyman reputation.  Here are your highlights:  Can't have peace if you're blowing up Iranian cargo ships .  More of this! Mamdani and Obama visit preschoolers and read to them .  Tragedy in Louisiana . 8 children dead, more wounded. Guns, get the guns. Prayers for this family.  Chief Justice John Roberts - a traitorous activist judge .  Palantir is an evil company, and it needs to be stopped .  Book bans and a...
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Get Your Dunkin' Friday

 The AI music debate is heating up. Diplo caused a stir, telling producers and musicians alike to accept that AI is here and it's not going away. He said it more crassly because he's a prick. I think he's right and he's really wrong. As someone who has produced several records (long, long ago), I did so when ProTools was talked about similarly to AI. The critics said it sounded different; they could tell the difference, and it took away the need for engineers. Well, two of those turned out to be true. You still need engineers. To this day, both Analog and ProTools still exist and co-exist. There are benefits to both depending on the sound you want. Some compare the use of AI to sampling, and while I empathize with that, I don't think that's right. Sampling was inspirational, showcased creativity, style, and sparked a revolutionary musical movement. AI music is being sold as "SEE ANYONE CAN WRITE SONGS, SINGERS AREN'T NEEDED, I DON'T NEED MUSICIANS....
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Get Your Dunkin' Thursday

 Every day I wake up, get our kids to school, and then get to work. I open up the news, and sure enough, there is something so bizarre I'm not sure how to move forward with my day. Sometimes it paralyzes me, and other times it gets me riled up. Today, I'm at a place where I'm back to "how the fuck are we here?" RFK Jr. said he cut the penis off a raccoon in front of his kids . This man is in charge of our HHS...I have no words. I can't believe this administration somehow gets weirder daily.  Here are your highlights:  Live Nation guilty of operating a monopoly . Maybe this means we can actually get tickets to see shows? Maybe.  Democrats do something! File impeachment articles against Pete Hegseth .  The World Cup is going to be a disaster. Too expensive. No tailgating. I hope every stadium is empty. What an embarrassment.  Russia and Ukraine are still at war. I thought it was going to be over day one. 16 dead in Ukraine .  Out of Oil. Europe has "may...
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Get Your Dunkin' Wednesday

Trump didn't think this war through at all. It shows as we receive more news of Russian and Chinese involvement in the war.  Then there are stupid consequences like chips and medical supplies . The world needs helium, well, guess what, it ain't moving! The world needs chips, hell, our missiles need chips, guess what, they ain't coming! As Trump continues to show his ass, JD Vance has had a terribly embarrassing week. He's such a loser, he's trying to pick a fight with the Pope. Orban lost. And Trump can't wait to throw him under the bus for the Iran negotiations failing.  Here are your highlights:  Two men in Paris, IL, were  charged with attempted murder and hate crimes .  Eric Swalwell is a scary kind of predator .  Well, for the first time in a long time, I owe taxes. And I'm not the only one . Fuck Trump.  CBS continues its fall . David Ellison is scum.  Instead of a war with Iran, this administration could be helping the starving people in Su...
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Get Your Dunkin' Tuesday

 AI is starting to get its push back, and it's not pretty. Sam Altman's home was attacked again, this time with a firebomb . The response by Silicon Valley is how dare we raise alarms about their technology. Yet, they themselves have warned what their tech might do. Mass unemployment, unaliving, breaking of relationships, and the robot apocalypse, to name a few. I don't condone any violence towards these tech overlords. But I find it interesting that they never considered that people might be fed up with their tech sooner or later. If your tech does more harm than good, what is it for? What's the end game? If you're only profit-driven, I'd say we're in trouble as a society. And from what I've read, that's the case. AI has potential; however, more and more people are realizing those hocking it do not have humanity's best interests in mind.  Here are your highlights:  Israel and Lebanon to meet for the first time in more than 30 years .  Mark Zucke...
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