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“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” – H.L. Mencken
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· Feb 14
With all due respect to Cavafy, it now seems clear that the barbarians were a really bad kind of solution.
The Trump Failson Alliance marches onward. 🙄 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
Housing Official Who Attacked Democrats Invokes a Disputed Family Legacy
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November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Trump Failson Alliance marches onward. 🙄 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
Any “they” calling it good writing is intellectually bankrupt (and probably wants to (get in line to) get into her pants.
you cannot make me read that trash they're calling "good writing"
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Any “they” calling it good writing is intellectually bankrupt (and probably wants to (get in line to) get into her pants.
Good write up of the Clasico Femenino. It was a terrific match. cc @juanrive.bsky.social www.thecutback.com/p/madrid-bar...
How Real Madrid's aggressive press transformed El Clásico despite defeat
The scoreline screams Barcelona dominance, but Madrid's tactical bravery proved women's El Clásico finally has edge
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November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Good write up of the Clasico Femenino. It was a terrific match. cc @juanrive.bsky.social www.thecutback.com/p/madrid-bar...
I bet those classes Summers is continuing to teach at Harvard are gonna be awkward. 🤨 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I bet those classes Summers is continuing to teach at Harvard are gonna be awkward. 🤨 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Holy shit the quarter must be a train wreck.
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Holy shit the quarter must be a train wreck.
I have decided—after much careful consideration—that this is an excellent take.
the internet has decided that em-dashes are a hallmark of llm writing, which is *extremely* annoying to me, as someone who uses em-dashes all the time.
dear internet please consider the possibility that LLMs use em-dashes a lot because they're, like, good
dear internet please consider the possibility that LLMs use em-dashes a lot because they're, like, good
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I have decided—after much careful consideration—that this is an excellent take.
Jesus Christ, Larry. 🙄
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Jesus Christ, Larry. 🙄
FWIW, can testify that the balance has been restored in Barcelona. It wasn’t a Manita, but it was good enough. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lbdm...
FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid | Liga F 2025-26 Matchday 11 Full Match
YouTube video by DAZN Women's Football
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November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
FWIW, can testify that the balance has been restored in Barcelona. It wasn’t a Manita, but it was good enough. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lbdm...
The Beaver Sabotage Alliance is in close touch with the Orca Enforcement Alliance. Fear them.
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Beaver Sabotage Alliance is in close touch with the Orca Enforcement Alliance. Fear them.
Welcome to the resistance, Marge.
Trump literally putting Marge’s life in danger because she wants to see the Epstein files
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Welcome to the resistance, Marge.
Trading bans are good. She should extract extract her 10 pounds of flesh in the divorce.
Extremely woof. Kugler’s husband punting around CAVA and AAPL appears to be why she resigned. What a stupid man.
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trading bans are good. She should extract extract her 10 pounds of flesh in the divorce.
The unconstrained pardon authority US Presidents have has always been a temptation to corruption and a bad idea. The way this joker is abusing it may just lead to its permanent limitation or elimination. A good outcome if so, even though unintentionally from a very bad man.
Once wasn’t enough. Trump pardons a J6 rioter for a SECOND time.
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The unconstrained pardon authority US Presidents have has always been a temptation to corruption and a bad idea. The way this joker is abusing it may just lead to its permanent limitation or elimination. A good outcome if so, even though unintentionally from a very bad man.
It is very satisfying to think this hyped up book release is torturing RFK Jr’s enabler and apologist Cheryl Hines at some level, although who knows what kind of fucked up marriage those two ghouls have.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It is very satisfying to think this hyped up book release is torturing RFK Jr’s enabler and apologist Cheryl Hines at some level, although who knows what kind of fucked up marriage those two ghouls have.
Follow the money
There are way too many people in the media - even the "liberal" media - who see Donald Trump as the greatest show on earth and the best thing that ever happened to their careers.
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Follow the money
He’s gonna start having flop sweats on camera. Keep it up, folks.
Trump: Epstein and I had a very bad relationship for many years. You have got to find out what did he know with respect to Bill Clinton… all those people that knew including JP Morgan Chase..
Reporter: If there is nothing incriminating in the files, why not—
Trump: QUIET! QUIET!
Reporter: If there is nothing incriminating in the files, why not—
Trump: QUIET! QUIET!
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
He’s gonna start having flop sweats on camera. Keep it up, folks.
My girlfriend lives in Canada and does not have a social media account. on.ft.com/49TgDrC
Have you switched to private yet?
The new rules of cool
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November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
My girlfriend lives in Canada and does not have a social media account. on.ft.com/49TgDrC
There is a very old and very true saying that “Politics is show business for ugly people.”
years ago an emmy-winning comedy writer posted this in a DM group and I’ve thought about it literally every day since (anonymized and shared with permission)
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
There is a very old and very true saying that “Politics is show business for ugly people.”
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Ironically, the great discoveries by science that Watson was central in ushering in, all ended up showing that genes are less majestic and determiners of "good breeding" than was thought before 1953.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ironically, the great discoveries by science that Watson was central in ushering in, all ended up showing that genes are less majestic and determiners of "good breeding" than was thought before 1953.
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The recent Epstein emails have badly damaged Donald Trump’s credibility
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Republicans are trying to raid the government in every way they can because they know the good times won’t last much longer.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Republicans are trying to raid the government in every way they can because they know the good times won’t last much longer.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
Gotta wag the dog
>get blown the fuck out in elections due to the state of the economy
>everyone is yelling at you about Epstein again
>your entire foreign policy is floundering and erratic
Errrr…uhhhh…we should uh….start a new conflict?
>everyone is yelling at you about Epstein again
>your entire foreign policy is floundering and erratic
Errrr…uhhhh…we should uh….start a new conflict?
"Senior military officials on Wednesday presented President Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land, according to multiple sources familiar with the meetings at the White House. "
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Gotta wag the dog
Seeing Treasury police in body armor rappelling from Black Hawk helicopters onto the roof of Mar a Lago would heal a lot of psychological damage to the American people.
"Fuck moving forward. Screw coming together. We are going to hire a team of prosecutors so large it needs its own building, fund them so well they have their own helicopters, and instruct them to go after everyone who broke the law from the White House to individual ICE agents."
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Seeing Treasury police in body armor rappelling from Black Hawk helicopters onto the roof of Mar a Lago would heal a lot of psychological damage to the American people.
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.