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A 180 On ADHD

By Orion on Fri, 02/18/2022 - 3:15pm |

There's a lot of theories abounding about why men are largely no longer participating in the world. The phenomenon does not just entail the school shooter, the incel or other wayward young men but is global and across age ranges. It's largely men you see selling things on the corner, living in a tent, dealing drugs or committing crimes. The phenomenon is literally called "failure to launch." Businesses have been set up to provide therapy for this "condition" and it's literally been called "failure to launch syndrome."

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[Canada] What do you guys think of what's going on in Canada?

By Orion on Fri, 02/18/2022 - 12:48pm |

Conservatives on Twitter seem to think it's Tianeman Square. There's not much mention of it here at Dag at all. The headlines seem to match what is on Twitter. What do you all think?

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History of Inflation in US

By Orion on Mon, 02/07/2022 - 11:24pm |

[nice rundown of where inflation comes from & it's place in US history - PP]

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/inflation-united-states/

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Where Will All This Canceling Take Us?

By Orion on Sun, 02/06/2022 - 12:37am |

I'm not sure how much of what is on social media is relevant to real life but, apparently, according to what is showing up in my feed, the United States government is pushing Spotify to let go of Joe Rogan. Rogan has been a critic of Covid-19 measures and that criticism grew in to saying that the guy is, predictably, a racist:

 

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"Men on the Sidelines of American Life"

By Orion on Fri, 02/04/2022 - 1:08pm |

I blogged earlier here about how an article about the Biden administration's trucking initiative and the phenomenon of out of work men intersected got hysterically rejected. I have to put an emphasis on hysterical because the editor didn't just say "we will pass on this, thanks." He left comments in caps on the edit, saying that all the stuff about out of work men should be in another article. There were spelling errors in his corrections all over the place.

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References

By Orion on Sun, 01/30/2022 - 2:16am |

Hello all!

I'm applying to remote work right now. I would like to use some of you as references, given that I have known you for a decade now and we have kept a dialogue going for years that has done nothing but progress. 

I once obtained a job by using Michael Maiello as a reference. Artappraiser, especially, let me know if you are willing. Please! I can be messaged at OrionXP61 at sign gmail.com.

Thank you.

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Biden Administration Proposes Roosevelt Style Interventions Keep Trucking Industry Afloat

By Orion on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 5:09pm |

Dagblog is a progressive blog, so it's a bit easy to forget that it's a bit more on the conservative Democrat end of the spectrum. I sent some stuff to a progressive publisher that I knew would win with folks here but they didn't like it. Here it is for you guys, especially artappraiser, I know you will like it.

If you know anyone willing to publish work like this, please let me know.

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Little Italy in Burkina Faso

By Orion on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 3:42pm |

A little more positive human interest story about Burkina Faso. Spaghetti is actually super popular in West Africa.

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