Normally you would think that someone who would bomb public property would be priority number one. It was treated like spraypaint vandalism rather than something that could potentially hurt people. If it happened in a regular suburban park, they would be searching relentlessly for days on end IMO.

My opinion is that it was 100% an inside job. When they were blown up, the state government wasted no time demolishing what was left and did barely any investigation before doing so. Usually crime scene investigations take a while before proceeding to clean up. Afterwards the GBI slow-walked the investigation to some extent, at least.

If no one in the government had any connection to the bombing, they certainly pounced on the opportunity to cover the tracks. Lots of conservatives thought that those guidestones were literal evil. Not a rational motive but it’s certainly a motive.

I’m usually quite skeptical when it comes to conspiracy theories in general but I have a strong notion on this one.

Many residents’ electricity bills are skyrocketing due to the predicted demand of data centers. It’s not as hard to convince people to oppose building more if they know it’s due to more data centers. The problem is convincing many that it’s the reason the bills are so high and not blaming windmill or solar power. The last part isn’t always easy.

Chinese companies are most likely going to fill at least some of the void that the other companies will be leaving to chase AI hype. It won’t necessarily be cheap though.

He did say “If Trump lost, I’d be going to prison.” Most attribute that to election interference but it also could be about how he runs his businesses.

You’re right that they either never learned what 1st-2nd-3rd world really means, or they forgot what they were taught in history class. Unfortunately it still is the main term to refer to poor countries even though it’s incorrect. Language seems to be biased towards the common meaning over the technically correct meaning.

No one really uses that word in its Cold War context anymore. It’s the common term for “developing countries” and the like.

The US only taxes the difference between the country’s tax amount and the US tax amount, at least. Someone living in Sweden may not have to pay anything while someone in Thailand may owe most of their taxes to the US. It still is wild that they demand tax money from citizens all over the world though.

Drug addicts looking for scrap metal aren’t much different. They look through abandoned structures, sneak around armed “hostiles”, and sleep wherever there are no enemies.

The animation (and this meme) have been around for way longer than modern AI. IIRC I remember seeing this meme in 2019.