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Schnipp'sQuips

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Dad, Mets fan, Cornell alum, ink-stained wretch, night stalker, sleepwalker, failed poet. Suddenly a CNBC Pro editor. Opinions mine alone/RTs unendorsed.

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Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 1d

Kotzebue, AK is 550 miles from Anchorage, has no roads connecting to other parts of the state and requires air travel to access other cities.

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Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 1d

The only arrest Saturday was a MAGA Trump supporter in Pennsylvania. He didn't like what the demonstrators were doing so he pulled a gun. Naturally. #NoKings.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 1d

New Providence, NJ
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Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 6d

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NO KINGS New Providence, NJ · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 7d

More smoke and mirrors; less light.

“The contingent of journalists working from the Pentagon is almost certain to shrink in the coming weeks.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions

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Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 8d

Leyton High Street, East London

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 8d

Watch the banks and alt asset managers Monday

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Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 8d

Just saw one of the Parker Posey commercials again, but saw it in a new light.

I now think there’s a lot of Diane Keaton in Parker. #DebtOwed

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 12d

Portland PD now using light sabers.

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 13d

You’ll have to pry the Lara & Scott letter opener from my cold, dead hands.

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 13d

Emigration prepping.

(With Arendt’s “Origins of Totalitarianism” background.)

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 14d

Betcha dollar this won't matter and an indictment will be wrangled.

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 15d

Toronto lands another blow for democracy and against MAGA: 22-1 vs the nationalistic, jingoistic Yankees after 14 innings.

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 15d

These people are happy with inciting insurrection and maybe even a coup. And a counter insurrection and counter coup.

Where will we be then? For starters, markets would crash.

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 15d

The toddlin town that Billy Sunday couldn’t shut down.

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Listen to Chicago by Frank Sinatra. See lyrics and music videos, find Frank Sinatra tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!

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Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 15d

“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings” — Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 16d

“They suck and we’ll win and God will bless us.” — #18 in the Line of Presidential Succession

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 17d

"Power perceived is power achieved."

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 17d

Strike a blow against MAGA.

Root for the Toronto Blue Jays vs the NY Yankees at 4:08 pm ET Saturday Oct. 4.

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 17d

Nation states themselves are no more than "Imagined Communities."

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 19d

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Beijing will take note that a United States that turns national defense posture into spectacle invites uncertainty and tests U.S. credibility in the Indo-Pacific.

All Hail the Showmen

The nation’s senior military leaders were called to Quantico not for strategy, but for theater.

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Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 19d

Personally, I refuse to donate to my local station because at least two hosts are pulling down half a million annually. The president gets close to a mill.

Screw that.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20d

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Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 20d

"Mr. Hegseth, who spoke first, told the generals and admirals that he was tightening standards for fitness and grooming..."

Hah! The Pentagon can't fill its enlistment quotas as it is because too many recruits are overweight and out of shape.

Schnipp'sQuips @schnippquips.bsky.social · 20d

Giving succor to Beijing and Moscow at every turn...

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders