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Cape May Dave - proud vermin

@capemaydave.bsky.social

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Born in the 60s. Cornell. Physics/Philosophy major. retired Wall St. derivatives trader. A guy who believes the US experiment in self-government is a less than 50/50 proposition going forward, but will die on that hill. #231273

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · Nov 9

As @timothysnyder.bsky.social suggests - the fight against the coming fascism will be personal.

If you are not in the targeted groups, talk to those you know who are.

Let them know you are on their side.

Give them your cell #

Help them prepare.

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 11h

but many more wars

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 11h

I saw that film in the theater.

Loved it.

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 15h

When DJT is your first option....🙃

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 15h

"Weiss is a hugely successful journalist and entrepreneur, and the target—especially from others within her field—of Bari Weiss–derangement syndrome."

So many Nazis fit this bill.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 18h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 18h

YES!

After the next financial crash the drive to ensure all financial flows are certified and tracked will grow.

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 20h

As a former Philosophy Major myself I caution than Philosophers who find the insights of Leo Strauss and René Girard compelling might be more outlier than representative.

www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

René Girard

Author of I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, Deceit, Desire and the Novel, and The Girard Reader

www.goodreads.com

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 1d

#EconSky

play along at home while Scott Bessent proves he wasn't part of Soros' team at Quantum who famously bet against the Bank of England defending a very overvalued GBP in the ERM in 1992

The number to remember is 1420

Check in next week

https://www.google.com/search?q=argentine+peso+to+usd&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS807US807&oq=argentine+peso+to&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDwgAEAAYRhiCAhixAxiABDIPCAAQABhGGIICGLEDGIAEMgYIARBFGDkyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQkxMDg2M2owajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 1d

you should have @'ed him in this skeet cuz he won't know it's sarcasm 😉

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 1d

Fear not.

Tr*ump will impose a peace plan between Pakistan and Aruba.

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 1d

GOP faith that they will never lose power is so pervasive in the Federal Gov't.

If that faith ebbs, things will change...FAST.

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 1d

#EconSky

"Between the fourth quarters of 2019 and 2024, the conditional median value of equities held by stock market participants nearly doubled from about $117,000 to $228,000, then rose about another 15% by the third quarter of 2025"

If #AI is a bubble😬

data.sca.isr.umich.edu/fetchdoc.php...

data.sca.isr.umich.edu

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 2d

Most Improved President Award

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 2d

They are linked.

Both will pop coincidentally.

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 3d

#EconSky

I guess the #AI tech bros were too busy self dealing to lobby #Trump to keep this project going.

It's as if, bear with me here, they are more interested in getting paid than powering their proposed data centers.

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui...

heatmap.news/sparks/esmer...

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 3d

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 3d

At least the people soon to be fired to prove AI works as replacement rather than augmenter even though it doesn't will die quickly without health care.

The GOP thinks of everything.

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 4d

I know for whom I'm not voting.

Jack Ciattarelli

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 4d

In the sea of people doing "journalism" as vocation there are those who do it as a calling.

Marisa is one such.

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 4d

..right before his trip to visit Putin

perhaps this is an attempt by his staff to forestall that journey

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 4d

#PhilosophySky

I guess this makes Trump's Cabinet the "evil demons"

So not cool to be living through this part of my Phil 101 course - being an object subject to another's whim.

And yes, coincidentally being thrown out of Plato's cave is thin gruel.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_i...

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 4d

Fitzgerald vs Halligan

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 4d

Somebody needs to get Lola on Trump's playlist. Would love to watch a MAGA crowd screaming those lyrics

a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a crowd

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a crowd

media.tenor.com

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 4d

Ming Dynasty: Zheng He orbited the moon but then the emperor nuked his spaceship.

Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 5d

So many young people in the Trump admin foolishly believe he will outlive them.

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Cape May Dave - proud vermin @capemaydave.bsky.social · 6d

maybe people need to learn in a personal way, that good government matters...that, after all, was the means by which FDR was able to pass his New Deal legislation

our body politic just needs to learn, the hard way, how much good government has created their world