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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Apr 14

How very H L Mencken.

Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Apr 14

Including insurrectionists?

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Apr 12

The don’t actually like misery. They just don’t connect the dots. It’s the power of grievance voting.

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Apr 8

Well shit. Times have gotten so bad, that Rand Paul is making sense.

His grocery analogy is excellent and makes the fallacy of trade-deficits-are-bad arguments very clear.

Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Apr 7

WE?

Not a majority of us.

Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Apr 7

Ice cream, Mandrake? *Children’s* ice cream?

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Apr 7

Yeah. Who could possibly have foreseen that Trump cronies would exploit their position for personal gain?

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Apr 5

At least of them will still drink the Kool Aid for him. Because they are, indeed, a cult. A sick cult.

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Mar 22

Judges are not poor saps to be middle-fingered.

And a majority of SCOTUS may, just may, be awakening.

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Mar 12

How uplifting.

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what …ah just shut the fuck up!

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Mar 12

Looks like there goes Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize.

You don’t bargain with these guys. You defeat them.

Europe? You in on this?

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Mar 9

Oh great. Vax up people.

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · Mar 9

NEW: State health department announces new measles case in Maryland

State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Mar 9

Lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · Mar 9

So why do EU politicians say the EU import 80% of weapons and researchers think it's under half?

In October the IISS figured it out.

The IRIS paper forgot to include domestic sales of weapons. So it didn't count German industry selling to the German army as "EU" defence sales.

A basic mistake.

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · Mar 9

NEW: State health department announces new measles case in Maryland

State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · Mar 9

So why do EU politicians say the EU import 80% of weapons and researchers think it's under half?

In October the IISS figured it out.

The IRIS paper forgot to include domestic sales of weapons. So it didn't count German industry selling to the German army as "EU" defence sales.

A basic mistake.

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thank you. Reagan and his administration were scofflaws. Oliver North and his ilk set the stage for today’s in-your-face crime by politicians.

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Mar 2

The UK is keen on preventing a tariff war. Starmer will cave.

Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Mar 2

But … did he say “Thank You” enough times?

Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Mar 1

What a profound disappointment this man has turned out to be.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · Feb 28

I’d like to speak up

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Feb 24

So out of his depth….he looks absolutely ridiculous next to any leader of standing and accomplishment…

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Feb 13

Which later cost him a seat on the Supreme Court during the Reagan years. In the days when behaviour mattered. Somewhat.

Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Feb 11

Yes. Looking cool and cosplaying is all that it’s about. But of course he can’t be bothered to take the one minute of time to learn even a proper pretend salute.

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Feb 7

To borrow a line from Raising Arizona,

“Sometimes a man’s career just gotta come ahead of family.”

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Feb 4

Not if a real judge gets involved (there are still a few)…

Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Feb 4

A crack of light in the darkness.

Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · Feb 4

This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸

Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · Feb 4

This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸

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Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Feb 2

If he never thought Trump would impose tariffs when the man couldn’t stop talking about them 24/7, then your guy probably voted for Trump as well.
Zero sympathy.

Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Feb 2

🤦‍♂️
Pathetic

Steven Balbus @oxfordyank.bsky.social · Feb 1

State AGs have brought lawsuits. The Dems in Congress are much more disappointing. Even one senator can clog the works (eg Tuberville). But they all seemed cowed.