Edward Goldstick
@ejgoldstick.bsky.social
Occam's Razor cuts both ways...
... and Zeno's Paradox is a rounding problem for anyone but purists.
... and Zeno's Paradox is a rounding problem for anyone but purists.
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Consumer spending in nearly 70% of the U.S. economy. When those consumers get laid off, our economy never does well.
When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.
I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.
FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS
When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.
I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.
FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Consumer spending in nearly 70% of the U.S. economy. When those consumers get laid off, our economy never does well.
When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.
I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.
FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS
When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.
I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.
FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS
Consumer spending in nearly 70% of the U.S. economy. When those consumers get laid off, our economy never does well.
When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.
I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.
FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS
When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.
I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.
FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Consumer spending in nearly 70% of the U.S. economy. When those consumers get laid off, our economy never does well.
When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.
I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.
FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS
When wealth disparity is so high, our country never does well.
I've witnessed this over and over again since Reagan, Boom-bust, boom-bust.
FDR had answers. Nixon had lies. #SOS
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This alone would've gotten a previous president laughed out of office so fast there wasn't time to impeach him.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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This alone would've gotten a previous president laughed out of office so fast there wasn't time to impeach him.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This alone would've gotten a previous president laughed out of office so fast there wasn't time to impeach him.
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can’t really express the level of contempt i have for what is just a form of solipsism. “the things that annoy me are the only things that exist and also the worst things imaginable”
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
can’t really express the level of contempt i have for what is just a form of solipsism. “the things that annoy me are the only things that exist and also the worst things imaginable”
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It breaks my heart imagining how Rockwell would painfully depict the scene today with ICE goons putting zipties on small children (some citizens) while backed up by National Guard who shouldn't be there (and probably don't want to be...).
h/t @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
It breaks my heart imagining how Rockwell would painfully depict the scene today with ICE goons putting zipties on small children (some citizens) while backed up by National Guard who shouldn't be there (and probably don't want to be...).
h/t @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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It breaks my heart imagining how Rockwell would painfully depict the scene today with ICE goons putting zipties on small children (some citizens) while backed up by National Guard who shouldn't be there (and probably don't want to be...).
h/t @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
It breaks my heart imagining how Rockwell would painfully depict the scene today with ICE goons putting zipties on small children (some citizens) while backed up by National Guard who shouldn't be there (and probably don't want to be...).
h/t @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
🤯... 💯for sharing, @joshtpm.bsky.social , but the highlighted phrase is just another peek at the twisted mind of the author... humor, perhaps, but there is no solace from knowing what MTG still defends than there is from watching JDV position himself as a more articulate version of DJT.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🤯... 💯for sharing, @joshtpm.bsky.social , but the highlighted phrase is just another peek at the twisted mind of the author... humor, perhaps, but there is no solace from knowing what MTG still defends than there is from watching JDV position himself as a more articulate version of DJT.
"I wish I could be sure that this is has absolutely no chance of happening."
h/t and💯for @digby56.bsky.social... 🤯...😥...😠
Thank you, @atrupar.com
h/t and💯for @digby56.bsky.social... 🤯...😥...😠
Thank you, @atrupar.com
TRUMP: We’re going to give Americans the money to buy health insurance
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"I wish I could be sure that this is has absolutely no chance of happening."
h/t and💯for @digby56.bsky.social... 🤯...😥...😠
Thank you, @atrupar.com
h/t and💯for @digby56.bsky.social... 🤯...😥...😠
Thank you, @atrupar.com
How about "willfully ignorant"? 😠
I no longer use "moron"
So I will not say that a person—a Fed governor!!—who claims that immigration has been a major source of housing inflation is "a moron."
Instead I'll say that he is "uninformed" about home-construction biz, median rent or purchase prices from immigrants, etc
Also, a bigot.
So I will not say that a person—a Fed governor!!—who claims that immigration has been a major source of housing inflation is "a moron."
Instead I'll say that he is "uninformed" about home-construction biz, median rent or purchase prices from immigrants, etc
Also, a bigot.
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
How about "willfully ignorant"? 😠
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Someone is clearly trying to position himself as a more articulate if equally ignoble Mad King...
... and considering the next post in this timeline, perhaps JD has his PressSec lined up already.
h/t @jfallows.bsky.social for both
Someone is clearly trying to position himself as a more articulate if equally ignoble Mad King...
... and considering the next post in this timeline, perhaps JD has his PressSec lined up already.
h/t @jfallows.bsky.social for both
If Vance believes this, he is an idiot.
(Hint: The most inflated real estate is !!!NOT!!! where immigrants are concentrated.)
If he knows how stupid this argument is, he's a tool.
Take your pick.
In his defense, he once called Trump "America's Hitler."
(Hint: The most inflated real estate is !!!NOT!!! where immigrants are concentrated.)
If he knows how stupid this argument is, he's a tool.
Take your pick.
In his defense, he once called Trump "America's Hitler."
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Someone is clearly trying to position himself as a more articulate if equally ignoble Mad King...
... and considering the next post in this timeline, perhaps JD has his PressSec lined up already.
h/t @jfallows.bsky.social for both
Someone is clearly trying to position himself as a more articulate if equally ignoble Mad King...
... and considering the next post in this timeline, perhaps JD has his PressSec lined up already.
h/t @jfallows.bsky.social for both
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... keep thinking how much of this Speaker Johnson has known for months or longer (esp. the more the stuff that is still being withheld...).
h/t @radiofreetom.bsky.social for reposting @gtconway.bsky.social because it's impossible to keep up...
... keep thinking how much of this Speaker Johnson has known for months or longer (esp. the more the stuff that is still being withheld...).
h/t @radiofreetom.bsky.social for reposting @gtconway.bsky.social because it's impossible to keep up...
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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... keep thinking how much of this Speaker Johnson has known for months or longer (esp. the more the stuff that is still being withheld...).
h/t @radiofreetom.bsky.social for reposting @gtconway.bsky.social because it's impossible to keep up...
... keep thinking how much of this Speaker Johnson has known for months or longer (esp. the more the stuff that is still being withheld...).
h/t @radiofreetom.bsky.social for reposting @gtconway.bsky.social because it's impossible to keep up...
Westfield Center in downtown San Francisco is mostly vacant, too, but not because of crime. Because of Amazon. How is he in commercial real estate and not know this? Then again, he's president and doesn't understand how tarriffs or buying groceries works.
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So, what's likely? Whether 300B or 3T, will he order the importers be reimbursed and then "hope" consumers who paid for the tariffs will see some of that?
In any case, he's setting the stage for another Big Lie when recessionary numbers and unemployment become even more obvious.
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In any case, he's setting the stage for another Big Lie when recessionary numbers and unemployment become even more obvious.
😠
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
So, what's likely? Whether 300B or 3T, will he order the importers be reimbursed and then "hope" consumers who paid for the tariffs will see some of that?
In any case, he's setting the stage for another Big Lie when recessionary numbers and unemployment become even more obvious.
😠
In any case, he's setting the stage for another Big Lie when recessionary numbers and unemployment become even more obvious.
😠
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Covers concepts, finetuning, evaluations.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Covers concepts, finetuning, evaluations.
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Any bets on how long it will be until the WH revives the "well regulated Militia" language in the 2A to justify the power to *deny* the right to bear arms to some individuals and groups?
attn: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
attn: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Any bets on how long it will be until the WH revives the "well regulated Militia" language in the 2A to justify the power to *deny* the right to bear arms to some individuals and groups?
attn: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
attn: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Agree with this.
About to publish something on the airplane mess. But this too is ON THE REPUBS. It is not a reason to cave. Dems, it is a time to keep standing up.
About to publish something on the airplane mess. But this too is ON THE REPUBS. It is not a reason to cave. Dems, it is a time to keep standing up.
Opening the government with no concessions from GOP merely to alleviate airline cancellations - when Congress has been dragging its feet for years on chronic FAA staffing issues - is a lame ass choice.
Also, doing it while the House refuses to work is appalling.
Also, doing it while the House refuses to work is appalling.
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Agree with this.
About to publish something on the airplane mess. But this too is ON THE REPUBS. It is not a reason to cave. Dems, it is a time to keep standing up.
About to publish something on the airplane mess. But this too is ON THE REPUBS. It is not a reason to cave. Dems, it is a time to keep standing up.
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PS: thanks for your insights on the growing snafu in air travel. Now doubt here that the controllers will try to keep things flowing, but they cannot be expected to be indifferent to their depleted bank accounts as their pay is withheld...
PS: thanks for your insights on the growing snafu in air travel. Now doubt here that the controllers will try to keep things flowing, but they cannot be expected to be indifferent to their depleted bank accounts as their pay is withheld...
I have questions.
How does anyone make a million dollars out of a $55K a year job? Much less 20 mil?
Why are a bunch of people dependent on the Federal Government for jobs voting for Congressmen that can't get a Bill passed? Reps. that "hate" government?
I guess they don't listen to the lyrics.
How does anyone make a million dollars out of a $55K a year job? Much less 20 mil?
Why are a bunch of people dependent on the Federal Government for jobs voting for Congressmen that can't get a Bill passed? Reps. that "hate" government?
I guess they don't listen to the lyrics.
Song of the South-Alabama (lyrics)
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November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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PS: thanks for your insights on the growing snafu in air travel. Now doubt here that the controllers will try to keep things flowing, but they cannot be expected to be indifferent to their depleted bank accounts as their pay is withheld...
PS: thanks for your insights on the growing snafu in air travel. Now doubt here that the controllers will try to keep things flowing, but they cannot be expected to be indifferent to their depleted bank accounts as their pay is withheld...
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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... and where is the Speaker? Ignoring his core responsibilities in plain sight.
Thank you, @robertscotthorton.bsky.social and substack.com/profile/1577...
... and where is the Speaker? Ignoring his core responsibilities in plain sight.
Thank you, @robertscotthorton.bsky.social and substack.com/profile/1577...
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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... and where is the Speaker? Ignoring his core responsibilities in plain sight.
Thank you, @robertscotthorton.bsky.social and substack.com/profile/1577...
... and where is the Speaker? Ignoring his core responsibilities in plain sight.
Thank you, @robertscotthorton.bsky.social and substack.com/profile/1577...
💯... and the timing is an ironic highlight.
Stopped watching nightly but would go to CBS News when necessary or tempted... but no longer.
Thank you, @jdickerson.bsky.social et al. and hoping you will keep sharing your notes...
Stopped watching nightly but would go to CBS News when necessary or tempted... but no longer.
Thank you, @jdickerson.bsky.social et al. and hoping you will keep sharing your notes...
We won a Cronkite award for our essays on @cbseveningnews Plus which went off the air last Friday. www.cronkiteawards.org/uploads/5/1/...
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
💯... and the timing is an ironic highlight.
Stopped watching nightly but would go to CBS News when necessary or tempted... but no longer.
Thank you, @jdickerson.bsky.social et al. and hoping you will keep sharing your notes...
Stopped watching nightly but would go to CBS News when necessary or tempted... but no longer.
Thank you, @jdickerson.bsky.social et al. and hoping you will keep sharing your notes...
💯😅✊... 🤔
While having no doubt as to your preference, any of these outcomes seems possible... or perhaps just more stalling by Mike Johnson.
Trump and Johnson do NOT want the House back at work at all.
Thank you, @normornstein.bsky.social
PS: "sweet peace"!?! ... the AI in IOS is revealing.
While having no doubt as to your preference, any of these outcomes seems possible... or perhaps just more stalling by Mike Johnson.
Trump and Johnson do NOT want the House back at work at all.
Thank you, @normornstein.bsky.social
PS: "sweet peace"!?! ... the AI in IOS is revealing.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
💯😅✊... 🤔
While having no doubt as to your preference, any of these outcomes seems possible... or perhaps just more stalling by Mike Johnson.
Trump and Johnson do NOT want the House back at work at all.
Thank you, @normornstein.bsky.social
PS: "sweet peace"!?! ... the AI in IOS is revealing.
While having no doubt as to your preference, any of these outcomes seems possible... or perhaps just more stalling by Mike Johnson.
Trump and Johnson do NOT want the House back at work at all.
Thank you, @normornstein.bsky.social
PS: "sweet peace"!?! ... the AI in IOS is revealing.
💯😠....🤣
Bazinga!
Thank you, @stevevladeck.bsky.social, for this and what you do when serious rather than sarcastic...
... though I would not put it past the Speaker to claim exactly that and then run from the microphones.
Bazinga!
Thank you, @stevevladeck.bsky.social, for this and what you do when serious rather than sarcastic...
... though I would not put it past the Speaker to claim exactly that and then run from the microphones.
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Bazinga!
Thank you, @stevevladeck.bsky.social, for this and what you do when serious rather than sarcastic...
... though I would not put it past the Speaker to claim exactly that and then run from the microphones.
Bazinga!
Thank you, @stevevladeck.bsky.social, for this and what you do when serious rather than sarcastic...
... though I would not put it past the Speaker to claim exactly that and then run from the microphones.
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A wonderful review and concise summary of a well-done and tremendously important work.
Thank you, @garrettepps.bsky.social and Jill Lepore...
A wonderful review and concise summary of a well-done and tremendously important work.
Thank you, @garrettepps.bsky.social and Jill Lepore...
The result is generous, original, and fascinating—de-emphasizing the stories of the so-called Founding Fathers, and forwarding those of ordinary people, some of whom made constitutions of their own. We the People is also profoundly, indeed joyously, subversive.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/w...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/w...
Constitution in Progress
In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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A wonderful review and concise summary of a well-done and tremendously important work.
Thank you, @garrettepps.bsky.social and Jill Lepore...
A wonderful review and concise summary of a well-done and tremendously important work.
Thank you, @garrettepps.bsky.social and Jill Lepore...