Flying Mezerkis
@bananapantz.bsky.social
Ne'er do well, sailor. The Jim Belushi of poasters. Biding my time.
Every day and in every way, I’m trying to become a better Lieutenant Junior Grade.
The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time.
Every day and in every way, I’m trying to become a better Lieutenant Junior Grade.
The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time.
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I mean this with all due respect: nobody’s making him be Speaker. He almost didn’t get the necessary support. He can literally step down any time and take ask the vacation he wants.
Mike Johnson: “I haven’t had a vacation day in two years. I haven’t been off in two years, literally.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I mean this with all due respect: nobody’s making him be Speaker. He almost didn’t get the necessary support. He can literally step down any time and take ask the vacation he wants.
No stupid no stupid
YOUR the stupid person.
YOUR the stupid person.
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting
Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?
TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
No stupid no stupid
YOUR the stupid person.
YOUR the stupid person.
Actually. Fuck you.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Actually. Fuck you.
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"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
This ain’t true for the last 3 places I’ve lived in America (no idea why “downtowns”
Is the relevant metric here.
Is the relevant metric here.
Although most US cities have failed at attracting families with kids in downtowns and other urban places (largely through the creation of a self-fulfilling prophesy of failure), other places, including Vancouver, have succeeded. Read my @vox.com interview with @volts.wtf. www.vox.com/2017/6/21/15...
Young families typically leave cities for the suburbs. Here’s how to keep them downtown.
Urbanist Brent Toderian explains how Vancouver held onto its families.
www.vox.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This ain’t true for the last 3 places I’ve lived in America (no idea why “downtowns”
Is the relevant metric here.
Is the relevant metric here.
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It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
That’s it. Log off. Go home.
I won the day.
I won the day.
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
That’s it. Log off. Go home.
I won the day.
I won the day.
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
Ok. Yeah.
I’m pretty sure you’re cooking your turkey wrong.
I’m pretty sure you’re cooking your turkey wrong.
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ok. Yeah.
I’m pretty sure you’re cooking your turkey wrong.
I’m pretty sure you’re cooking your turkey wrong.
If I’m spending $100k on a personal vehicle, it’d better be able to do better than hull speed in 16 kts and carry a full bar and a decent galley.
If I'm spending $100K on a personal vehicle, it'd better be able to make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
if i'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle it better have dynamic hyperspectral camouflage and synthetic myomer strength enhancements
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If I’m spending $100k on a personal vehicle, it’d better be able to do better than hull speed in 16 kts and carry a full bar and a decent galley.
The number at which I will be very happy is when it stops moving because everything is at 0.
Trump’s approval ratings are tanking. Even a Fox News poll found that only 38 percent of voters approve of how Trump is handling the economy while 61 percent disapprove.
The New York Times reports:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The New York Times reports:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
President Trump’s Approval Rating: Latest Polls
Track the latest approval rating and polls on Americans’ approval of President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The number at which I will be very happy is when it stops moving because everything is at 0.
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Shout out to everyone getting the rolling chair at dinner tonight you’re the real ones
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Shout out to everyone getting the rolling chair at dinner tonight you’re the real ones
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Thanksgiving has many lessons to teach us, perhaps the most important being that Thursday is the GOAT day of the week for a holiday and we should move every holiday on the calendar to Thursday
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thanksgiving has many lessons to teach us, perhaps the most important being that Thursday is the GOAT day of the week for a holiday and we should move every holiday on the calendar to Thursday
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Almost forgot that Bari Weiss still has a fake university now that she’s back to not actually being done with legacy institutions
The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Almost forgot that Bari Weiss still has a fake university now that she’s back to not actually being done with legacy institutions
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Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
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Today - and every day - is a good day to read Justice Stevens’ dissent in Heller v DC. The bonkers 5-4 decision that not only made it legal to carry firearms in DC but also declared that the first 13 words of 2A were “merely preferatory”. www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/0...
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER
www.law.cornell.edu
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today - and every day - is a good day to read Justice Stevens’ dissent in Heller v DC. The bonkers 5-4 decision that not only made it legal to carry firearms in DC but also declared that the first 13 words of 2A were “merely preferatory”. www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/0...
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This seems like an important story.
The US is deregulating banks. Will the rest of the world follow?
New rules will boost lending and profits and entrench American dominance. But critics say they could lead to another crash
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
This seems like an important story.
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Gardanne, 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12829
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12829
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Gardanne, 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12829
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12829
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These are, at worst, procedural misunderstandings, not grounds for deporting someone as a dangerous criminal.
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
These are, at worst, procedural misunderstandings, not grounds for deporting someone as a dangerous criminal.
We’re doing wide leg pants again aren’t we?
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We’re doing wide leg pants again aren’t we?
And the poison pilling has begun. Or continued. Whatever.
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
And the poison pilling has begun. Or continued. Whatever.
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There has always been a type of person who becomes a journalist because they want to get next to power or success or fame. It is dumb to be reflexively cynical and suggest that that is all, or most, journalists. But they're the dangerous ones, and what's frustrating is, they're not hard to spot.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There has always been a type of person who becomes a journalist because they want to get next to power or success or fame. It is dumb to be reflexively cynical and suggest that that is all, or most, journalists. But they're the dangerous ones, and what's frustrating is, they're not hard to spot.
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...