Arieh Kovler
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Trump over on Truth Social is spending this morning calling for the arrest, expulsion and "DEATH" by execution of Democratic Congress members
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump over on Truth Social is spending this morning calling for the arrest, expulsion and "DEATH" by execution of Democratic Congress members
I tweeted about this before but big-nosed, big-eared money obsessed Ferengi with a numbered list of religious rules they observe, played on screen by Jewish actors, always seems to get a pass. And nobody's edited Watto out of the Phantom Menace, even though it was a minor scandal at the time.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I tweeted about this before but big-nosed, big-eared money obsessed Ferengi with a numbered list of religious rules they observe, played on screen by Jewish actors, always seems to get a pass. And nobody's edited Watto out of the Phantom Menace, even though it was a minor scandal at the time.
We're getting there.
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We're getting there.
Nah I'm pretty certain they're referring to their love of the land in the West Bank between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Nah I'm pretty certain they're referring to their love of the land in the West Bank between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim.
Reminds me of this cartoon by @bogswallop.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Reminds me of this cartoon by @bogswallop.bsky.social
My special skill: using the Chrome DevTools panel to hide any ads before I take a screenie.
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My special skill: using the Chrome DevTools panel to hide any ads before I take a screenie.
Classical art gets so boringly realistic that Byzantium goes all kawaii manga stely in response.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Classical art gets so boringly realistic that Byzantium goes all kawaii manga stely in response.
The AI loan approval system:
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The AI loan approval system:
For those who aren't keeping up, Mamdani is a Zionist now (for condeming swastika graffiti on a yeshiva)
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
For those who aren't keeping up, Mamdani is a Zionist now (for condeming swastika graffiti on a yeshiva)
Nah, Khan was a mainstream middle-of-the-road Labour type. Not a "scary leftie". He held the standard Labour positions on Israel in 2016 (though he's changed in the last 18 months). He wasn't an anti-Zionist. Middle East Eye even called him a Zionist!
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Nah, Khan was a mainstream middle-of-the-road Labour type. Not a "scary leftie". He held the standard Labour positions on Israel in 2016 (though he's changed in the last 18 months). He wasn't an anti-Zionist. Middle East Eye even called him a Zionist!
I don't think Donald Trump will end up trying to run in 2028. Too many legal and constitutional barriers. But there will be GOP leaders contemplating "Trump on the ballot" and thinking about getting one of Trump's kids on the ticket. Vance/Don Jr 2028? Or vice versa?
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I don't think Donald Trump will end up trying to run in 2028. Too many legal and constitutional barriers. But there will be GOP leaders contemplating "Trump on the ballot" and thinking about getting one of Trump's kids on the ticket. Vance/Don Jr 2028? Or vice versa?
These ones I can't even figure out. Google isn't helping me. What's a Mahpeta, Scrappy Dee, Bombo or TolMan Toe?
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
These ones I can't even figure out. Google isn't helping me. What's a Mahpeta, Scrappy Dee, Bombo or TolMan Toe?
The costume options... oh dear.
Though I do wonder what a "Belgian" women's costume consisted of?
Though I do wonder what a "Belgian" women's costume consisted of?
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The costume options... oh dear.
Though I do wonder what a "Belgian" women's costume consisted of?
Though I do wonder what a "Belgian" women's costume consisted of?
Remember, Taranto turned up with guns at Obama's house a few hours after Trump posted Obama's address on his Truth Social account. Taranto reposted the Trump post with the address so we know he saw it.
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Remember, Taranto turned up with guns at Obama's house a few hours after Trump posted Obama's address on his Truth Social account. Taranto reposted the Trump post with the address so we know he saw it.
Why does this @wired.com paywall sound so much like a threat?
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Why does this @wired.com paywall sound so much like a threat?
Let me guess: Hillary Clinton and Hunter Biden?
October 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Let me guess: Hillary Clinton and Hunter Biden?
One unconfirmed report claims that popular TikTok reporter/influencer Saleh Aljafarawi was killed or captured by the Doghmush clan. An unverified image of his body has begun circulating in the last hour or so.
October 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
One unconfirmed report claims that popular TikTok reporter/influencer Saleh Aljafarawi was killed or captured by the Doghmush clan. An unverified image of his body has begun circulating in the last hour or so.
3. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year and a day when Jews, even those who aren't usually religious, flock to synagogue services. Some men even wear a kittel, a white gown said to resemble a burial shroud. An attack on Yom Kippur feels like an attack on Jewish life
October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
3. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year and a day when Jews, even those who aren't usually religious, flock to synagogue services. Some men even wear a kittel, a white gown said to resemble a burial shroud. An attack on Yom Kippur feels like an attack on Jewish life
"Al-Shamie" is an unusual (but not unique) spelling of the common Syrian surname Shami (ie "Syrian"). Which makes me raise at least one eyebrow at this 2012 interview with then-Tory MP John Howell:
www.jpost.com/internationa...
www.jpost.com/internationa...
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Al-Shamie" is an unusual (but not unique) spelling of the common Syrian surname Shami (ie "Syrian"). Which makes me raise at least one eyebrow at this 2012 interview with then-Tory MP John Howell:
www.jpost.com/internationa...
www.jpost.com/internationa...
I think you can do "the awful Democrats have forced this terrible shutdown, which we hate, on you. Boo to them!" OR you can do "Shutdowns are awesome and I'm going to use this shutdown to fuck you all over with Project 2025", but you can't do both.
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I think you can do "the awful Democrats have forced this terrible shutdown, which we hate, on you. Boo to them!" OR you can do "Shutdowns are awesome and I'm going to use this shutdown to fuck you all over with Project 2025", but you can't do both.
Disappointingly, her boyfriend isn't a wizard or a time traveller, he just does all the household chores and drives her to work.
I was hoping for at least a Benjamin Button scenario.
I was hoping for at least a Benjamin Button scenario.
October 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Disappointingly, her boyfriend isn't a wizard or a time traveller, he just does all the household chores and drives her to work.
I was hoping for at least a Benjamin Button scenario.
I was hoping for at least a Benjamin Button scenario.
I'm working on the Christian Identity chapter for my book right now, so this idiocy is timely.
September 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I'm working on the Christian Identity chapter for my book right now, so this idiocy is timely.