I think we've seen that movie too. Oh, we didn't. It looked boring.

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□ [“Russia Confirms BRICS+ Nations Will Launch New Joint Gold-Backed Currency to Counter US Dollar Dominance"]

They're planning to start it in August.  Non-white countries are interested in taking part.  How many people in all nations will try moving over to that immediately?  Then there's a question of how many problems they will have, because I doubt you can switch to a brand-new currency without problems somewhere.  Wouldn't be surprised if the US government suddenly has a law taking 70 or 80% of any money that gets transferred to the new currency.

It's also not clear our our rulers will respond.  The dollar is getting weaker anyway, they're destroying all the influence that made it the world currency.  It looks like they expect everybody to just start using the made-up digital currency but few people will be stupid enough to do that without a gun at our heads, then you have to give the men with guns control over our money.

Then there's the question of when they're supposed to get this digital currency started.  People will have a lot of incentive to keep away from it and once this BRICS dollar is established, what will that do to business here?  Groceries, gasoline, rent, that sort of thing.  And how will we know what anything is worth?  Things are going to get very bad very quickly.

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□ [“Tampon Company Says They Want to Be ‘Gender Inclusive’ Brand, Refers to Women as ‘Menstruaters’"]

Do they need to put "men" into the word?  That seems misogynist, these tampons should probably be banned.  Or stupidity, since they obviously don't have a clue what a woman is.

I really don't get why businesses aren't loudly resisting this.  I get that the ESG scores impose tyranny but every company needs to justify this to themselves, to their employees and their customers.  And none of them complain about it?  You'd think resistance to this would be going all down the line.  I really don't get why people aren't just gathering together and saying 'we've had enough.'

But these companies, how can they be forced to put out a pointless product that will only drive away their customers?  We see this going on from Disney and Bud Lite all the way down to the local manufacturers.  If nothing else, it would show an enormous market for any company that's willing to ignore this nonsense.  Yet they all just go along and expect everyone else to obey.

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□ [“‘Not My King’ Chants from Protesters as King Charles visits Scotland"]

Nice thought but we'll need a little more proof.  Scotland and England have had the same monarch for 400 years, just after Queen Elizabeth died.  Maybe it's time for some actual separation, or at least a serious attempt.  Don't make us have to rely on the Irish to take care of this.

□ [“Resetting the Great Reset: Dutch WEF Government Falls, Populists to Gain in Fall Elections"]

Something like this only with a little more oomph.  The Netherlands basically has permanent government officials who move around periodically.  I don't know if it's relevant, but the Netherlands' royal family has been the Orange and they've ruled since Elizabeth took over in England.  It is interesting to look at how close-knit these royal families really have been for centuries although it does get tough to keep track of unless you're really fascinated by who these people are.

But anyway, the Netherlands has been watching the French riots and must be nervous.  They're devout fans of the EU, they've been bringing in replacement subjects and seizing farmland, they don't want to have to deal with the same resistance.  I expect more of Europe to be having these problems soon, although as always I tend to assume it's deliberate, an excuse for the EU to seize all power and erase the nation-state.

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□ [“Democrats and Activists Renew Push to Lower the Voting Age to 16"]

This is grooming, telling your victim how everything will be find as long as they do what you tell them and how hard you're fighting against anybody who tries to keep this from happening.  It's also a fundamental lack-of-awareness about what being a child actually means, which gives the impression that these people were groomed the same way.

Once upon a time, children were properly raised and they were required to work for a living.  They would have been much more capable of voting and they would have been the first to understand that it wasn't their problem.  They're not going to get the farming done and the animals fed and maybe get to school for a day or two *and* have to pay attention to that voting stuff so there's a basic understanding of what's actually important.  They'll get to that stuff later if they want.

But now of course, Democrats are totally in favor of letting children mutilate themselves and encouraging invaders to vote to take anything they want from actual Americans.  So of course they want anything else that lets them do whatever they want to children, they know how easily they can be brainwashed.

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Despite not watching movies, I'm still paying attention to the recent problems Hollywood is having.  After three weeks, The Flash has finally passed $100 million domestic, something it only took Indiana Jones eight days to do.  Of course it only took Ant-Man 3 three days, but we know what a success really looks like.

But for the second time in its eight days-so-far, another movies has done better box office than Indiana Jones.  This time it's an horror movie that's in 1500-fewer theaters.  The previous movie was about combating child-trafficking and it was in 2000-fewer theaters.  Both movies get much less promotion and cost about $15 million each to make, so they're already close to making a profit.  Not like that old man who just wants to die after he discovers time travel.

We're also getting ready for the next superhero movie bombs.  The Blue Beetle movie has no chance if you know the character and even less if you don't, but the movie trailer made sure to call Batman a fascist even though he's not in the movie.  The director first said how he wanted to drive away people who didn't like that, now he's saying that they should buy a ticket to his movie anyway.

Oh, by the way, director Angel Manuel Soto also tweeted on August 7, 2018 "The only thing I hope Trump has similar to Lincoln's presidency is the way it ended."  He has recently deleted his old tweets so I'm just putting this out there in case you want to see a movie made by someone who sides with the Confederacy.

Anyway, then we'll get Captain Marvel 2 which was originally scheduled to be released one year ago today.  [I would have called Ms. Marvel 2 but Monica was Captain Marvel so she gets a pass.]  It's almost fascinating that this is looming in, getting closer every day, and everybody can see how badly it's going to fail.  What I'm really surprised about is how nobody from the CEO on down seems to have a clue what to do with this.  Why not send them out to do the promotion if they're really going to force theaters to take this thing.  Why not give movie theaters 100% of the ticket sales to give them some incentive?

Never mind movies, this stuff is far more interesting.

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