Les von Darrow
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"We pretend to work, they pretend to pay us."
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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Russia, every single day: we might nuke European capitals
European politicians: we might have to defend ourselves against Russia
Tankies: OMG, EU so aggressive, why not peace and love, give Russia what they want
European politicians: we might have to defend ourselves against Russia
Tankies: OMG, EU so aggressive, why not peace and love, give Russia what they want
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Russia, every single day: we might nuke European capitals
European politicians: we might have to defend ourselves against Russia
Tankies: OMG, EU so aggressive, why not peace and love, give Russia what they want
European politicians: we might have to defend ourselves against Russia
Tankies: OMG, EU so aggressive, why not peace and love, give Russia what they want
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Errr... Would this not include someone who has Nigerian citizenship through her parents, and who has admitted to hacking Harriet Harman's website, a crime which at the time carried a maximum sentence of five years?
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Errr... Would this not include someone who has Nigerian citizenship through her parents, and who has admitted to hacking Harriet Harman's website, a crime which at the time carried a maximum sentence of five years?
This is absolutely correct. That said, I wish we could draw a cordon around Varoufakis so that he becomes representative of nothing more than Yanis Varoufakis. Just a massive twat. It instantly hurts the credibility of anyone when they associate with him and I wish the left would ostracise him.
Too much of the Greek left has swallowed the Russian bs straight up. It's the victim mentality they share, and a sad entitlement towards what history and "the west" deprived them of.
What is this high school debate shit?
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is absolutely correct. That said, I wish we could draw a cordon around Varoufakis so that he becomes representative of nothing more than Yanis Varoufakis. Just a massive twat. It instantly hurts the credibility of anyone when they associate with him and I wish the left would ostracise him.
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Too much of the Greek left has swallowed the Russian bs straight up. It's the victim mentality they share, and a sad entitlement towards what history and "the west" deprived them of.
What is this high school debate shit?
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
Everyone wants peace!
Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Too much of the Greek left has swallowed the Russian bs straight up. It's the victim mentality they share, and a sad entitlement towards what history and "the west" deprived them of.
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Buying Time Warner is now an official point in every bubble
Oh well, what could go wrong. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Buying Time Warner is now an official point in every bubble
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A stopped clock…
Trump: "When you look at football in the US, soccer -- we seem to never call it that, because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that's called football. But when you think about it, shouldn't it really be called football? We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff."
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A stopped clock…
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The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
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Chelsea still hungover from celebrating their draw on Sunday
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Chelsea still hungover from celebrating their draw on Sunday
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bill kristol is scoring off of the democratic house minority leader from the left. and he's right.
I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
bill kristol is scoring off of the democratic house minority leader from the left. and he's right.
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Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
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Say what you like about the National Trust: they look after their members.
National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant
National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant
Deal expected to pave way for further scientific study, boost conservation and open up access to Dorset chalk figure
The mystery of when, how and – perhaps most importantly – why a giant naked figure was carved into a dizzyingly steep hillside in the English West Country has been a source of wonder and intrigue for centuries.
Future generations may come closer to solving the puzzle of the Cerne Giant after the National Trust stepped in to buy 340 acres of land around the 55-metre (180ft) figure. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Say what you like about the National Trust: they look after their members.
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Only wire service journalists will comprehend the full horror contained in these two minutes.
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Only wire service journalists will comprehend the full horror contained in these two minutes.
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Structurally it's also interesting that, as the leak report also notes, the OBR has all these responsibilities but is about the scale of a small to medium-sized business, with a budget of £6.4mn and a team of 52 people, only six in what you'd call 'operations'. Not extending to a full IT department.
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Structurally it's also interesting that, as the leak report also notes, the OBR has all these responsibilities but is about the scale of a small to medium-sized business, with a budget of £6.4mn and a team of 52 people, only six in what you'd call 'operations'. Not extending to a full IT department.
And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. But then God felt bored so He created Your Party so God could have a bit of a laugh.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. But then God felt bored so He created Your Party so God could have a bit of a laugh.
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
Me to middle child after getting home: Ok, your wet socks need to go in the laundry. Where are your socks?
Middle child: They’re in your hood.
Me: What?
Middle child removes a pair of wet socks from my hoodie hood.
Middle child: They’re in your hood.
Me: What?
Middle child removes a pair of wet socks from my hoodie hood.
a man with a mustache is saying that he is not even mad
ALT: a man with a mustache is saying that he is not even mad
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Me to middle child after getting home: Ok, your wet socks need to go in the laundry. Where are your socks?
Middle child: They’re in your hood.
Me: What?
Middle child removes a pair of wet socks from my hoodie hood.
Middle child: They’re in your hood.
Me: What?
Middle child removes a pair of wet socks from my hoodie hood.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
Not so bad. I was expecting four MPs and six factions.
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Not so bad. I was expecting four MPs and six factions.
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I think when this era is all said and done, what the history books are gonna show is that a stunning amount of elites gave themselves irreparable brain damage via the internet
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I think when this era is all said and done, what the history books are gonna show is that a stunning amount of elites gave themselves irreparable brain damage via the internet
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Die Hard is indeed a Christmas movie, but It’s a Wonderful Life is a Financial Stability movie and A Christmas Story is a film about Reflationary Military Keynesianism.
December 21, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Die Hard is indeed a Christmas movie, but It’s a Wonderful Life is a Financial Stability movie and A Christmas Story is a film about Reflationary Military Keynesianism.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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