YouTube has the video MEME Theory: How Donald Trump used Memes to Become President.

Politicians HATE Him! Find out how this guy became President of the United States using this One Weird Trick!

This explains it all better than any expert explanation that I have seen. No professional politician, except for perhaps Bernie Sanders, gets this.

If there were more substance to it, I might become a Meme Theory devotee as much as I am a Modern Money Theory (MMT) devotee.

The American Conservative has published the Gareth Porter article Translated Doc Debunks Narrative of Al Qaeda-Iran ‘Alliance’.

What it shows is that the Al Qaeda operatives were led to believe Iran was friendly to their cause and were quite taken by surprise when their people were arrested in two waves in late 2002. It suggests that Iran had played them, gaining the fighters’ trust while maximizing intelligence regarding Al Qaeda’s presence in Iran.

Although this was published by The American Conservative, the author, Gareth Porter, is often featured in progressive media as well. Actually, having this published by a conservative medium might give it added credibility. You can’t blame it on the liberal apologists who dislike American foreign policy.

As you know, the current FCC net neutrality rules do not allow for high speed internet lanes and lower speed internet lanes.

In my location my independent service provider (ISP) Charter Spectrum internet offers Internet Plus at 60 mbps for $54.99/month and Internet Ultra 100 mbps for $94.99/month.

What will change when the FCC does away with net neutrality so that ISP’s can charge different rates for different speeds?