Bobby Finstock
@coachbobbyfinstock.bsky.social
"It doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose. And even that doesn't make all that much difference."
Politics/NBA/Music/Various Miscellanea
A new Song of the Day every evening slightly after midnight CST
Politics/NBA/Music/Various Miscellanea
A new Song of the Day every evening slightly after midnight CST
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Politico, fawning over Trump, casually drops that we might be going to war with our NATO ally Denmark to seize Greenland, like winning with 49.9% of the vote somehow gave Trump “a mandate” to pursue truly deranged military explanation he announced post-election
January 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Politico, fawning over Trump, casually drops that we might be going to war with our NATO ally Denmark to seize Greenland, like winning with 49.9% of the vote somehow gave Trump “a mandate” to pursue truly deranged military explanation he announced post-election
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I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
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This is almost such an obvious point, it feels slightly crazy to point it out, but a politician winning a national election does not mean that the criticisms of that politician were wrong. Nixon and Bush both go reelected and everything their most unsparing critics said about them was right.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is almost such an obvious point, it feels slightly crazy to point it out, but a politician winning a national election does not mean that the criticisms of that politician were wrong. Nixon and Bush both go reelected and everything their most unsparing critics said about them was right.
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This comment from a right winger coming to some realizations nails it. Too bad they didn't care until they realized no one was safe, including "their side."
January 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This comment from a right winger coming to some realizations nails it. Too bad they didn't care until they realized no one was safe, including "their side."
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i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?
January 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?
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“Virtue signaling” remains one of the most pernicious concepts to gain popular purchase. The whole premise of the concept leans on the idea no one actually cares about anyone aside from themselves.
Zuckerberg says people who leave his platforms are "virtue signaling"
January 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“Virtue signaling” remains one of the most pernicious concepts to gain popular purchase. The whole premise of the concept leans on the idea no one actually cares about anyone aside from themselves.
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Nice job, Strib. The right way to cover this buffoon
January 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Nice job, Strib. The right way to cover this buffoon
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RIP Jimmy Carter
Breaking news: Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:13 PM
RIP Jimmy Carter
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The Wolves come back from 16 down with less than 5 minutes to go, Ant with the game winning bucket
December 28, 2024 at 3:30 AM
The Wolves come back from 16 down with less than 5 minutes to go, Ant with the game winning bucket
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CNN is hopelessly broken.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
December 24, 2024 at 4:58 PM
CNN is hopelessly broken.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
1. This "expansion" would require military invasions of several allies in violation of international law.
2. It would violate several treaties.
3. The Louisiana Purchase was the sale of land by a colonial power (France). These are sovereign nations.
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That was an incredible, incredible bit of playmaking by Darnold given how clearly injured he is. This game!
December 22, 2024 at 11:59 PM
That was an incredible, incredible bit of playmaking by Darnold given how clearly injured he is. This game!
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My most controversial take about the 2024 election is that Trump voters are adults with agency who made a voluntary choice, and most backed him because they saw what he offers and like it.
It is basically impossible to hold a logically coherent conversation about the 2024 US presidential election using the rules of media approved discourse due to holding voters responsible for anything being forbidden.
The 🇺🇸 voter/consumer, so angry about & Suffering From Inflation™️ that she is breaking all holiday spending & travel records, consuming 14% more in real terms than in 2019, & sitting on tens of billions of dollars in unused gift card balances. Those eggs, though.
December 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
My most controversial take about the 2024 election is that Trump voters are adults with agency who made a voluntary choice, and most backed him because they saw what he offers and like it.
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part of the reason conservatives support restrictions on immigration is that keeping immigrants illegal and underground makes them easier to exploit, and puts more downward pressure on wages of American workers who compete with them for work.
Uline, "a company owned by two of Donald Trump’s top mega-donors, has routinely brought dozens of its workers from Mexico to staff its warehouses in Wisconsin and other locations even though they do not appear to have permission to work in the US, according to a Guardian investigation."
Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege
Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:03 PM
part of the reason conservatives support restrictions on immigration is that keeping immigrants illegal and underground makes them easier to exploit, and puts more downward pressure on wages of American workers who compete with them for work.
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
#NowPlaying
#SongOfTheDay
#Christmas
youtu.be/IJPc7esgvsA?...
#NowPlaying
#SongOfTheDay
#Christmas
youtu.be/IJPc7esgvsA?...
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Official Music Video) [HD]
YouTube video by RHINO
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
#NowPlaying
#SongOfTheDay
#Christmas
youtu.be/IJPc7esgvsA?...
#NowPlaying
#SongOfTheDay
#Christmas
youtu.be/IJPc7esgvsA?...
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This is your semi-regular reminder that Shirley Manson is an absolute ROCK GOD, and Garbage is a criminally underrated band.
Garbage - Stupid Girl (Live Open Air Festival Loreley, 1998)
YouTube video by The Garbage Collector
youtu.be
December 18, 2024 at 1:06 AM
This is your semi-regular reminder that Shirley Manson is an absolute ROCK GOD, and Garbage is a criminally underrated band.
SGA has become a 30 ppg MVP-caliber player in no small part because he is completely immune to offensive foul calls, despite engaging in the most blatant push-offs you will ever see on a nightly basis.
December 18, 2024 at 3:42 AM
SGA has become a 30 ppg MVP-caliber player in no small part because he is completely immune to offensive foul calls, despite engaging in the most blatant push-offs you will ever see on a nightly basis.
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i know everyone wants to play nice through the proper channels of reasoned debate and everything but this is what actual community moderation is. the community getting together and screaming at a guy until he leaves and goes back to a place that will tolerate him
December 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
i know everyone wants to play nice through the proper channels of reasoned debate and everything but this is what actual community moderation is. the community getting together and screaming at a guy until he leaves and goes back to a place that will tolerate him
What the Post Office does is nearly miraculous, yet the American population can probably be easily convinced it's terrible. Our collective narcissism, selfishness and ignorance will be harnessed by bad faith actors to make a single lost package seem like an indictment of the system as a whole.
December 17, 2024 at 6:40 PM
What the Post Office does is nearly miraculous, yet the American population can probably be easily convinced it's terrible. Our collective narcissism, selfishness and ignorance will be harnessed by bad faith actors to make a single lost package seem like an indictment of the system as a whole.
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this is exactly how the german right claimed every crime in the nation was the fault of jewish people. this is literally how they built the argument for the holocaust. this is not hyperbole.
I honestly don't even know what to do with this anymore. The baseless narrative that every mass shooter is trans is completely solidified on the online right. It's completely memeified. No amount of fact checking breaks through. It's so incredibly dangerous at this moment.
December 17, 2024 at 3:35 PM
this is exactly how the german right claimed every crime in the nation was the fault of jewish people. this is literally how they built the argument for the holocaust. this is not hyperbole.
Instead of choosing the telegenic young fighter to battle the reality TV President in House hearings, Democrats have opted for a guy who might drop dead at any second. Their response to this election has me more disillusioned with them than at any point in 25 years. Complete impotence.
December 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Instead of choosing the telegenic young fighter to battle the reality TV President in House hearings, Democrats have opted for a guy who might drop dead at any second. Their response to this election has me more disillusioned with them than at any point in 25 years. Complete impotence.
CHRISTMAS IN JAIL THE YOUNGSTERS .wmv
YouTube video by ruben s
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December 17, 2024 at 8:13 AM
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i wrote this a few weeks ago but its really crazy how much of a hard-on conservatives have for jumping into online fights with liberals. they regularly come into my mentions here and the desperation is so thick u can smell it. www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
Explaining the Right: Why they hate liberals fleeing to Bluesky
Following the 2024 election, many users have left Elon Musk’s X and the main beneficiary has been the Bluesky social network. For the first time, Bluesky reported that it had surpassed 20 million user...
www.dailykos.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:17 PM
i wrote this a few weeks ago but its really crazy how much of a hard-on conservatives have for jumping into online fights with liberals. they regularly come into my mentions here and the desperation is so thick u can smell it. www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
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those are actually the real lyrics to “Even Flow”
December 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM
those are actually the real lyrics to “Even Flow”
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One of my immediate thoughts about HBO not renewing Sesame Street is that we live in a moment where being kind is an inherently political act.
December 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM
One of my immediate thoughts about HBO not renewing Sesame Street is that we live in a moment where being kind is an inherently political act.