> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.sweatyspice.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # May 30, 2026 - Week in Review - URL: https://www.sweatyspice.com/may-30-2026-week-in-review/ - Published: 2026-05-30T13:00:54.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-30T13:00:54.000Z - Author: Geoff Anderson Another busy week at Sweaty's Corner. Reminder: If you prefer to read the recap on Saturdays, you can turn off the email to the main newsletter (Sweaty's Corner) by clicking through to the web, logging in (if you need to) and then click on the Account button. From there, you will fine the option to manage your emails. Saturday: The next installment in the Glorious Garbage cinema series. This time it is the Drive In roughies: [Asphalt and Attitude: The Drive-In Roughie and the Cinema That Played After DarkAs we plumb the depths of trash cinema, there is a whole raft of “made for Drive-in” films that defined a generation, and so many back seat necking sessions. This is near and dear to my Gen-X heart![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/thumbnail/kQ2WvmTk2fpEMJHkjjGaF6Z81ST-aa815b6914e9c64d9fb521457252f8a1f4cbf5280d60cd5d315f9044c2e0833a.jpg)](https://www.sweatyspice.com/asphalt-and-attitude-the-drive-in-roughie-and-the-cinema-that-played-after-dark/) Sunday (bonus): I compare the speculative field for Republicans int he 2028 primary should Trump decide to not run. I compared them to a Tribute Band: [The Tribute Band PrimaryEvery candidate on this list is auditioning to inherit a coalition built entirely around one man’s specific id. That’s the tribute band problem. Tribute bands don’t sell out stadiums.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/thumbnail/sweaty---tribute-band-0afe2c44b9c4ef03e08117f451ce2e150d35e59d53c69d7973a3e4b91c319fdd.png)](https://www.sweatyspice.com/the-tribute-band-primary/) Monday: The weekly episode of a series I am doing on why Tech isn't unionizing, and I will wrap up with they are beginning to realize they should have, but it is far too late: [Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm - Post 2: The Valley Mythology MachineThe white collars met management with a twist of No California wackiness, and the die were cast.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/thumbnail/genius-techie-1cd8f2a49922f56028250ecaf15b5ad07cccd82f1c3d73d9be1b869ef67cd444.webp)](https://www.sweatyspice.com/ubermensch-in-a-cubicle-farm-post-2-the-valley-mythology-machine/) Tuesday: Part III of a series [The Permission SlipMilton Friedman didn’t invent greed. He did something more useful: he gave it a theory, a Nobel Prize, and fifty years of intellectual cover. The rest took care of itself.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/thumbnail/Friedman-permission-slip-e93ffd167aca8f2762394a337f82a5a8b52ae55623a422be52c9760ea74c48a9.png)](https://www.sweatyspice.com/the-permission-slip/) And on Wednesday, buttoning it all up... Part IV - the conclusion: [The Long DiminishmentEveryone reaches for Weimar eventually. It’s not wrong. It’s just not the whole story, and the part it leaves out is the part that actually keeps me up at night.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/thumbnail/the-long-road-57c5174e351d347306df9912a8119c83fc3c635927f64126d0fb8175ecb4599e.png)](https://www.sweatyspice.com/the-long-diminishment/) A Wednesday bonus - JVL at The Bulwark had a really shitty take: [The Never Trumpers Discover Their Ass With Both Hands (And Still Get It Wrong)Texas Republicans chose a walking rap sheet over a 24-year incumbent -- by nearly 2 to 1\. The Never Trump brain trust’s response? Maybe Democrats should flirt with chemtrail theories. Stunning. Brilliant. Completely fucking wrong.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/thumbnail/sweaty-texas-dem-67b0bb61159692ef375df881057594d5b4c8ca32e317ecdd122aa13a7fda774d.png)](https://www.sweatyspice.com/the-never-trumpers-discover-their-ass-with-both-hands-and-still-get-it-wrong/) Thursday: Part 1 of 2 on why the media ecosystem is so fucked. Hint: It's not because of the "liberal bias" of the mainstream media [They Built the Swamp, Part One: The MachineIn 1987 Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine. A year later Rush Limbaugh went national. Roger Ailes had been planning Fox News since 1970\. None of this was an accident. They wrote it down.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/thumbnail/sweaty-flooding-media-57850c26fc59f54620ae1af65e741e26d574b374d491dda70f06bdf147792353.png)](https://www.sweatyspice.com/they-built-the-swamp-part-one-the-machine/) [They Built the Swamp, Part Two: Why the Other Side Can’t Build ThisMurdoch funded a network. The Kochs funded infrastructure. Musk owns the pipes. That’s not a difference of degree — it’s a difference in kind, and the left has no answer for it.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Sweaty's CornerGeoff Anderson![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/11/f5/11f5bb9f-30c4-445e-afa3-85a47d260f6e/content/images/thumbnail/Dude---the-network-af7c3e4870fc6162e63d67d49db8bee0a49538c619b316c8b9abe8d2da023a48.png)](https://www.sweatyspice.com/they-built-the-swamp-part-two-why-the-other-side-cant-build-this/)