Chris Panza
@cpanza.bsky.social
Dad | Hubby | Friend | Philosophy Professor | Marathon Runner | Awful Fortnite Player | Temporary Manifestation of Dao.
I (co)wrote "Ethics for Dummies" and "Existentialism for Dummies". In today's whacko world both have become essential reads
I (co)wrote "Ethics for Dummies" and "Existentialism for Dummies". In today's whacko world both have become essential reads
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Chris Panza
@cpanza.bsky.social
· Jan 4
Running Wrap Up, 2024
Not as good as 2023; ran less miles, slower, with less elevation. But, as a result, I had few injuries (the plan).
Total Miles: 2,180
Miles Per Week: 42
Speed: 10:40 a mile
Always thankful I can still run, since at 58, any injury or worse could put an end to it for good.🙏
Not as good as 2023; ran less miles, slower, with less elevation. But, as a result, I had few injuries (the plan).
Total Miles: 2,180
Miles Per Week: 42
Speed: 10:40 a mile
Always thankful I can still run, since at 58, any injury or worse could put an end to it for good.🙏
Trump is like Kim Jung-Il: "Born of the mountain"
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Trump is like Kim Jung-Il: "Born of the mountain"
This is how willing Mullin is to embarrass himself and shed his dignity. The people bobbing up and down in the ocean holding on to debris were a threat, or could have "run". Run? How can these words exit his mouth and he have any self-respect?
Markwayne Mullin defends Hegseth: "If there was a second strike, it wouldn't be to just simply take out the survivors. It's because there was still a threat or opportunity for them to run."
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is how willing Mullin is to embarrass himself and shed his dignity. The people bobbing up and down in the ocean holding on to debris were a threat, or could have "run". Run? How can these words exit his mouth and he have any self-respect?
To win games (rhetorical)
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
To win games (rhetorical)
Tuberville may well be one of the dumbest people alive today. This man is so stupid I'm surprised his organs continue to regulate and operate properly. This doesn't mean he won't win, though.
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Tuberville may well be one of the dumbest people alive today. This man is so stupid I'm surprised his organs continue to regulate and operate properly. This doesn't mean he won't win, though.
When even RMG has you down -7, you know things are BAD,
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
When even RMG has you down -7, you know things are BAD,
Mullin: Let me see if I can effectively parrot Russian propoganda without outright saying "I am parroting Russian propaganda"
VARNEY: This deal in my opinion would be a win for Putin. You happy with that?
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: It's a win for both. Kyiv was never gonna be able to put back into Ukraine -- not Kyiv, but uh, uh, uh, my mind has slipped me
V: Crimea
M: Crimea. They kind of see themselves as more Russian anyways
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: It's a win for both. Kyiv was never gonna be able to put back into Ukraine -- not Kyiv, but uh, uh, uh, my mind has slipped me
V: Crimea
M: Crimea. They kind of see themselves as more Russian anyways
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Mullin: Let me see if I can effectively parrot Russian propoganda without outright saying "I am parroting Russian propaganda"
Says police should rough up the people they arrest, thinks protesters should be shot in the leg, thinks Khasogghi "had it coming" when he was dismembered by a bone saw, wants Dem Senators to get the death penalty, yeah, he doesn't sound violent to me.
JD Vance on the same morning Trump calls for execution of elected Democrats: "He's not a violent person:"
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Says police should rough up the people they arrest, thinks protesters should be shot in the leg, thinks Khasogghi "had it coming" when he was dismembered by a bone saw, wants Dem Senators to get the death penalty, yeah, he doesn't sound violent to me.
Trump calls for death penalty for sitting Democratic representatives, NYT doesn't see it as "news fit to print". No where to be found on front page
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Trump calls for death penalty for sitting Democratic representatives, NYT doesn't see it as "news fit to print". No where to be found on front page
The NYT hits keep coming. After Douthat's last column, "Why Women Ruined the Workplace" now we get "Understanding Why the Right Hates Jews"
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The NYT hits keep coming. After Douthat's last column, "Why Women Ruined the Workplace" now we get "Understanding Why the Right Hates Jews"
NYT at it again. 119k jobs is "solid gains" when it's only solid gains following two months of 0 jobs gained. In a normal environment, 119k jobs would be anemic.
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
NYT at it again. 119k jobs is "solid gains" when it's only solid gains following two months of 0 jobs gained. In a normal environment, 119k jobs would be anemic.
It's not like the Mafia soldiers collect protection money once and that's it. They return, week after week, for their envelope.
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It's not like the Mafia soldiers collect protection money once and that's it. They return, week after week, for their envelope.
Is this piece a joke? Satire? It can't be serious, right?
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Is this piece a joke? Satire? It can't be serious, right?
Wow, what a W!
China agrees to purchase, for the next three years, precisely what it bought from the US the three years prior to Trump coming into office!
Right back to where we were. It's an economic coup! What a deal maker Trump is!
China agrees to purchase, for the next three years, precisely what it bought from the US the three years prior to Trump coming into office!
Right back to where we were. It's an economic coup! What a deal maker Trump is!
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Wow, what a W!
China agrees to purchase, for the next three years, precisely what it bought from the US the three years prior to Trump coming into office!
Right back to where we were. It's an economic coup! What a deal maker Trump is!
China agrees to purchase, for the next three years, precisely what it bought from the US the three years prior to Trump coming into office!
Right back to where we were. It's an economic coup! What a deal maker Trump is!
"I told a degree in welding from Harvard"
Trump on Harvard: "We reached a concept of a deal but it's pretty complicated bc under this deal it would be $500m, they're gonna open up trade schools. I love the idea of trade & trade schools by Harvard. You know, they get into like a vocational-type school... we may just charge them a $500m fine"
October 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"I told a degree in welding from Harvard"
How does Johnson say that and not spontaneously burst into flames?
Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."
October 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
How does Johnson say that and not spontaneously burst into flames?
So she's saying if you look "different" from the standard white man, there's reasonable suspicion and that this makes it protected by the 4th Amendment. Ooooooh kay.
McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."
October 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So she's saying if you look "different" from the standard white man, there's reasonable suspicion and that this makes it protected by the 4th Amendment. Ooooooh kay.
Yet another media fail
CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements
October 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yet another media fail
Reposted by Chris Panza
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
Reposted by Chris Panza
To @govpritzker.illinois.gov:
I understand why you frame your remarks as speaking for Illinois: “Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.”
Well said.
But you’re one of the few rising to the occasion, and the times require more than speaking for your state.
Speak for America.
I understand why you frame your remarks as speaking for Illinois: “Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.”
Well said.
But you’re one of the few rising to the occasion, and the times require more than speaking for your state.
Speak for America.
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
To @govpritzker.illinois.gov:
I understand why you frame your remarks as speaking for Illinois: “Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.”
Well said.
But you’re one of the few rising to the occasion, and the times require more than speaking for your state.
Speak for America.
I understand why you frame your remarks as speaking for Illinois: “Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.”
Well said.
But you’re one of the few rising to the occasion, and the times require more than speaking for your state.
Speak for America.
"Who knows" Vance says. Well, they do know. The answer is in the files they refuse to release.
JD Vance: "We know that Jeffrey Epstein had a lot connections with left-wing politicians and left-wing billionaires ... Democrat billionaires and Democrat political leaders went to Epstein island all the time. Who knows what they did."
August 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"Who knows" Vance says. Well, they do know. The answer is in the files they refuse to release.
Not a big meme person, but this is a good one.
August 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Not a big meme person, but this is a good one.
Coverup dinner now being covered up. We're way in meta territory here.
August 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Coverup dinner now being covered up. We're way in meta territory here.
Apparently according to the NYT Trump has a volatile "side"
August 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Apparently according to the NYT Trump has a volatile "side"
Trump Tries to Sharpie Economic Reality
August 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Trump Tries to Sharpie Economic Reality