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Dystopia does not do a lot for us. It does not inspire people to change the world; only the right utopian dream will do that. But for some reason dystopia has become the "default narrative" for this global space and historical time. Only by examining dystopia will we be able to understand its prevalence as a trend. I suppose the resultant literary genre for the prolonged investigation into dystopia would be called "horror."

There are already more Democrats trying to be the president than there are benzenes in the waters. So I am throwing some out. We will start with those whose names are just Wrong. Tulsi Gabbard: too much like Gabby Hayes, unsane sidekick in a bazillion B westerns. John Hickenlooper: a man with a name like Hickenlooper is a man who will wear a propeller beanie. Pete Buttigieg: a name that looks like it's pronounced "butt gig" will engender snickers in a thousand classrooms. Beto O'Rourke: like the street name of a three-card-monte hustler in some lesser David Mamet play. Okay. So these people, they are finished. Over. I will hear no more about them.

Hillary Clinton: Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans. Here’s how to respond

This is the most unexpected news since someone reported that, roughly every twenty-four hours, the sun rises in the east. Please try to recover from the shock.

Creepy, privileged Joe Biden finally formally entered the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

It's taken hundreds of thousands of innocent lives and trillions of dollars, but it appears that most people think that war isn't very fun anymore.

Judicial Watch: FBI Admits Hillary Clinton Emails Found in Obama White House

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Sadly, more questions than answers as regards the probabilities, possibilities, and unknowns are epically confusing to me, as they may be to you.  Noting that process stories suck, allow me to proceed.  I’d been searching for Julian’s status within Belmarsh UK Gitmo prison (above), checking what seemed to be the relevant Twitter accounts when I’d come up on this Tweet from Ariel: on Julian’s mama’s account:

“Has the UN @UN been discussing his case? After 2 weeks he is still not allowed visitors, including his lawyers!! His doctors said he is in urgent need of medical care… We must protect his human rights. WE MUST ACT BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.”, replying to Christine Assange, but the apparent parent Tweet wasn’t on mama’s account, what in the world?

Forget the polls. Forget what the voters want.
The real question is who the ruling elite want our political figurehead to be.
There are several ways to measure this.