asciilifeform: yes - the 'tammany hall' that's run usa for decades ~could~ evaporate overnight. but i've no idea how or why, i dun have the 'seekrit evidence'.
asciilifeform: phf: you touched it earlier today in that cafe.
asciilifeform: u.s. nomenklatura is every bit as homogeneous as the other one were.
asciilifeform: and in what sense 'was never a thing' ? original 'cathedral' referred to set of folx who all did the right 'internships', 'ivy' schools, etc. consensus 'reality'.
asciilifeform: the shilling for clitler is ~100% consistent across the 'mainstream' organs.
asciilifeform: wonder what happened to the allegedly desaparecido folx.
asciilifeform: and hm, archive.is has no moar reload button..?
asciilifeform: 'A Democratic shift from election night to the final tally of votes is predictable. All states count some ballots late, and those tend to break towards Democrats. '
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: willingness to depart from routine is orthogonal to virility.
asciilifeform: i'm not even convinced that it is about castration - the 'actiony' types are just as fixated, they would sincerely rather make a crappy aluminum musket that eventually kills himself and whoever stands next, than a perfectly serviceable rocket.
asciilifeform: and that a handmade rocket is more accurate, makes bigger and cheaper hole, than trying out medieval musketry.
asciilifeform: orcs tend to be practical folk. witness, e.g., palestine, even there - they understand rocket.
asciilifeform: american 'basement artillerists' almost inevitably fixate on small arms 'just like grandfather's'
