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Frank Patrick
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Assume the snark. Embrace the snide. “Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.” - Tony Gilroy, through the Andor character, Senator Mon Mothma
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“What a jam.
What a mess.
What a pickle.
What a fix.”
- Arthur “Big Guy” Carlson, Station Manager, WKRP
US to Europe:
“Here…Hold my beer.”
Just two decades ago, China had little capacity to manufacture cars — and owning one was considered a novelty.

Today, China produces and exports more cars than any other country in the world.

Meanwhile we in Europe still pretend we can somehow stop EVs from taking off by holding on to old tech.
Dubrovnik, Croatia 2025
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”
- H. L. Mencken #QOTD
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”
- H. L. Mencken #QOTD
Is it just me or is he (like little Marco) getting littler and littler?
Took to #18 to get to a song and artist (She Drives Me Crazy - FYC) that is still in regular rotation for me…among a list of songs I don’t remember other than Paula Abdul.
So. From rescue to recovery?
Hmmm…Bluesky isn’t accepting my request to share my NYTimes Connections results.
Could someone please explain in what area he is an expert?
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me: a guy here was arrested for assaulting a woman while he was cosplaying as a nazi officer

Dad: what is cosplay

me: *explains*

Dad: sounds like a nazi who stopped "cosplaying" as a normal person

This man's ability to randomly say insightful thing while also putting cosplay in quotes is a trip
Ushering in a new era of bad taste for DC...
We seem to be able to tolerate more than we should.
We are now learning how much oppression and abuse Americans will tolerate. The day will come when enough Americans will decide enough is enough and this lawless regime must be stopped. But right now too many are willing to let the lawless abuse continue.
What does this do to the Texas/JNJ lawsuit?
RFK Jr. now acknowledges at least a partial truth about the fact that Tylenol does not cause autism.

"The causative association ... between Tylenol given in pregnancy and the perinatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely cause autism. But it is very suggestive”.
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Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"

I've saved her some time.
As a stubborn boomer completist, I'm still watching NCIS.
Has anyone had the nerve to tell him he can't keep it?
“We present this gold crown to you on this joyous occasion”

Trump: Thank you very much
Don't know how I feel about this. That's how I go down stairs and I'm only 74.
Hey Verizon @verizon-wireless.bsky.social (?) - Stop flooding my inbox with "perks".
Just lower my rates.
Where is this headed after Jamaica and Cuba?
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Wait until someone finds out there were several completely unrelated people in my life that I referred to as aunt and uncle.
Wait until someone finds out there were several completely unrelated people in my life that I referred to as aunt and uncle.
“How can one fit monarchy into any sound system of ethics when it allows a man to do whatever he likes without any responsibility or control?”
- Herodotus #QOTD