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We had a joke back in the Bush Jr. administration.

“Evil or stupid? Why not both?”

Bush Jr. was clearly mentally challenged. Cheney was supposedly smart, but he was the type of smart guy who winds up ordering the charge of the Light Brigade: great at internal politics, worthless at anything else.

Biden’s clearly senile (no, don’t even). Trump’s somewhat better, but still makes mistakes frequently and is often incoherent.. We used to sneer at the Soviet politburo of the 70s and 80s, but this worse.

Your dummy Uncle Tim is getting married at sixty-four. His wedding is sure to be a bore. But have no fear, because when those church bells go ringing and Tim’s at the altar smooching, you’ll be in the third row bumping your head, earbuds in, listening to those Dune tunes. Dune: Part Two tunes to be precise. Man, oh man, does Hans Zimmer rock it with those Dune tunes. Guitar riffs and sonic booms. He takes you straight to Dune, riding sandworms in the heat of noon.

Later, when you go to that buffoon Uncle Tim’s reception, and you’re sitting at the rejects table, with all the kids and the goons, you’ll be swinging around a spoon while listening to those Dune tunes. Because the spoon’s a sword and Harkonnens are raiding your ship. All aboard! And the kids will stare and laugh, but you’ll be too busy watching Paul Atreides’s back. Paul’s the chosen one, that’s for sure. Just ask Stilgar and the desert ladies. Hail Atreides!

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The famed scholar on why reducing Hamas to a terrorist label sanctions Israel’s war on Palestinians.

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Can transplants help Caribbean corals avert collapse?

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