Yuki (was Catherine Rampell for POTUS!)
@foreignsubstance.bsky.social
Refugee (self-deleted) from Elon as of mid-2023.
Why Catherine? A properly functioning moral compass. Sharp as a tack. But you have to want it (not a LOT, but at least a little). I understand.
Color me "Open" right now. But '26 may make '28 meaningless.
Why Catherine? A properly functioning moral compass. Sharp as a tack. But you have to want it (not a LOT, but at least a little). I understand.
Color me "Open" right now. But '26 may make '28 meaningless.
Pinned
At today's GOP presser, Mike Johnson links Mamdani to Obama, "who made health care unaffordable with his own socialist scheme."
Calling subsidized private health insurance a socialist scheme is a quick way to show everyone that when you decry "socialism," you just mean anything that helps people.
Calling subsidized private health insurance a socialist scheme is a quick way to show everyone that when you decry "socialism," you just mean anything that helps people.
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 36 of Government Shutdown
YouTube video by Speaker Mike Johnson
www.youtube.com
Once again, because it apparently needs repetition:
We, are social primates. On our own, dead social primates. Some form of 'socialism' then, should be second nature to us.
Were it not for those of extreme privilege who deliberately confuse it with excesses it is only tangentally related to.
We, are social primates. On our own, dead social primates. Some form of 'socialism' then, should be second nature to us.
Were it not for those of extreme privilege who deliberately confuse it with excesses it is only tangentally related to.
"Piece Prize" (sic)
"You can do anything you want
At Donald Trump's restaurant
Walk right in, it's around the back
Just a little stroll from the torture rack
Blow to hell all the boats you want
At Donald Trump's restaurant"
Mea culpa
At Donald Trump's restaurant
Walk right in, it's around the back
Just a little stroll from the torture rack
Blow to hell all the boats you want
At Donald Trump's restaurant"
Mea culpa
December 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"Piece Prize" (sic)
"You can do anything you want
At Donald Trump's restaurant
Walk right in, it's around the back
Just a little stroll from the torture rack
Blow to hell all the boats you want
At Donald Trump's restaurant"
Mea culpa
At Donald Trump's restaurant
Walk right in, it's around the back
Just a little stroll from the torture rack
Blow to hell all the boats you want
At Donald Trump's restaurant"
Mea culpa
December 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"You can do anything you want
At Donald Trump's restaurant
Walk right in, it's around the back
Just a little stroll from the torture rack
Blow to hell all the boats you want
At Donald Trump's restaurant"
Mea culpa
At Donald Trump's restaurant
Walk right in, it's around the back
Just a little stroll from the torture rack
Blow to hell all the boats you want
At Donald Trump's restaurant"
Mea culpa
Actually, there is an "Electrical Parade" every evening at Tokyo Disneyland. 😲😂
I know it's the 7th in the USA of course. But it was the 8th on our side of the dateline.
A friend of mine: "We 'celebrate' it on the 8th."
Narrator: "'Celebrate'? Like the beginning of the end?"
Me: There are no parades.
A friend of mine: "We 'celebrate' it on the 8th."
Narrator: "'Celebrate'? Like the beginning of the end?"
Me: There are no parades.
I'm the only one who thinks this looks & smells like a market top? I mean, not an 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 top, cuz those are unknowable except in hindsight. But, close enough for 'government work'?
Yomiuri: Japan's SMFG to Invest 1 Trillion Yen in IT Over 3 Years
Narrator: Tomorrow (the 8th) is "Pearl Harbor Day".
Yomiuri: Japan's SMFG to Invest 1 Trillion Yen in IT Over 3 Years
Narrator: Tomorrow (the 8th) is "Pearl Harbor Day".
December 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Actually, there is an "Electrical Parade" every evening at Tokyo Disneyland. 😲😂
I know it's the 7th in the USA of course. But it was the 8th on our side of the dateline.
A friend of mine: "We 'celebrate' it on the 8th."
Narrator: "'Celebrate'? Like the beginning of the end?"
Me: There are no parades.
A friend of mine: "We 'celebrate' it on the 8th."
Narrator: "'Celebrate'? Like the beginning of the end?"
Me: There are no parades.
I'm the only one who thinks this looks & smells like a market top? I mean, not an 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 top, cuz those are unknowable except in hindsight. But, close enough for 'government work'?
Yomiuri: Japan's SMFG to Invest 1 Trillion Yen in IT Over 3 Years
Narrator: Tomorrow (the 8th) is "Pearl Harbor Day".
Yomiuri: Japan's SMFG to Invest 1 Trillion Yen in IT Over 3 Years
Narrator: Tomorrow (the 8th) is "Pearl Harbor Day".
December 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I know it's the 7th in the USA of course. But it was the 8th on our side of the dateline.
A friend of mine: "We 'celebrate' it on the 8th."
Narrator: "'Celebrate'? Like the beginning of the end?"
Me: There are no parades.
A friend of mine: "We 'celebrate' it on the 8th."
Narrator: "'Celebrate'? Like the beginning of the end?"
Me: There are no parades.
I'm the only one who thinks this looks & smells like a market top? I mean, not an 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 top, cuz those are unknowable except in hindsight. But, close enough for 'government work'?
Yomiuri: Japan's SMFG to Invest 1 Trillion Yen in IT Over 3 Years
Narrator: Tomorrow (the 8th) is "Pearl Harbor Day".
Yomiuri: Japan's SMFG to Invest 1 Trillion Yen in IT Over 3 Years
Narrator: Tomorrow (the 8th) is "Pearl Harbor Day".
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I'm the only one who thinks this looks & smells like a market top? I mean, not an 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 top, cuz those are unknowable except in hindsight. But, close enough for 'government work'?
Yomiuri: Japan's SMFG to Invest 1 Trillion Yen in IT Over 3 Years
Narrator: Tomorrow (the 8th) is "Pearl Harbor Day".
Yomiuri: Japan's SMFG to Invest 1 Trillion Yen in IT Over 3 Years
Narrator: Tomorrow (the 8th) is "Pearl Harbor Day".
A great takedown of Hegseth's phony "arguments from authority", "straw man", and other sophomoric arguments.
pca.st/yrsvp98w
pca.st/yrsvp98w
Mark Hertling: War Criminal, Cosplay Commandant, or Both?
pca.st
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A great takedown of Hegseth's phony "arguments from authority", "straw man", and other sophomoric arguments.
pca.st/yrsvp98w
pca.st/yrsvp98w
Ross Douthat doesn't like the post-religious right
open.substack.com/pub/joelmmat...
Ross is the kind of guy who gets a life-sentence to purgatory.
Narrator: Temporary, my ass.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmmat...
Ross is the kind of guy who gets a life-sentence to purgatory.
Narrator: Temporary, my ass.
Ross Douthat doesn't like the post-religious right
Why can't the Trump administration be more Christlike?
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Ross Douthat doesn't like the post-religious right
open.substack.com/pub/joelmmat...
Ross is the kind of guy who gets a life-sentence to purgatory.
Narrator: Temporary, my ass.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmmat...
Ross is the kind of guy who gets a life-sentence to purgatory.
Narrator: Temporary, my ass.
He was really glib. But glib don't count for much in organic chemistry.
I knew this guy at Georgetown. Gawd, he wanted to get into med school. But his MCAT scores said "So sorry."
So he became a Chiropractor.
Side note: He was a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman in the summers between school terms. Anyone see a ... connection? 😀😜
So he became a Chiropractor.
Side note: He was a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman in the summers between school terms. Anyone see a ... connection? 😀😜
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
He was really glib. But glib don't count for much in organic chemistry.
Trump's new National Security Strategy.
Narrator: We're gonna tell our Western Hemisphere 'brothers & sisters' what to do, and they're gonna like it. Meanwhile, we're gonna strip-mine the fuck out of them. M̶o̶n̶r̶o̶e̶ Mining Doctrine. Oh, and Russian can have Europe.
Narrator: We're gonna tell our Western Hemisphere 'brothers & sisters' what to do, and they're gonna like it. Meanwhile, we're gonna strip-mine the fuck out of them. M̶o̶n̶r̶o̶e̶ Mining Doctrine. Oh, and Russian can have Europe.
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Trump's new National Security Strategy.
Narrator: We're gonna tell our Western Hemisphere 'brothers & sisters' what to do, and they're gonna like it. Meanwhile, we're gonna strip-mine the fuck out of them. M̶o̶n̶r̶o̶e̶ Mining Doctrine. Oh, and Russian can have Europe.
Narrator: We're gonna tell our Western Hemisphere 'brothers & sisters' what to do, and they're gonna like it. Meanwhile, we're gonna strip-mine the fuck out of them. M̶o̶n̶r̶o̶e̶ Mining Doctrine. Oh, and Russian can have Europe.
Next, astrologers.
Ah, the fake doctors are MAHA. Makes sense.
How Chiropractors Became the Backbone of MAHA
Why they love Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and he loves them.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Next, astrologers.
Japan's PM (Takaichi) has released claims of net worth around 30,000,000 yen. This only about 200K USD, and smells very much like horseshit.
But mass media here is unquestioning.
Most independent (non-Japanese sources) say between 2-4 million USD.
Narrator: "Fish rot from the head."
But mass media here is unquestioning.
Most independent (non-Japanese sources) say between 2-4 million USD.
Narrator: "Fish rot from the head."
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Japan's PM (Takaichi) has released claims of net worth around 30,000,000 yen. This only about 200K USD, and smells very much like horseshit.
But mass media here is unquestioning.
Most independent (non-Japanese sources) say between 2-4 million USD.
Narrator: "Fish rot from the head."
But mass media here is unquestioning.
Most independent (non-Japanese sources) say between 2-4 million USD.
Narrator: "Fish rot from the head."
Caveat Hannibal Lecter.
1) Anonymous sources, so caveat lector.
2) What he says now to avoid confessing a crime is hardly as meaningful as documentation/recordings of the decision.
3) What's described here is *still* a crime! You can't just execute people because you claim they're "attempting to continue their drug run."
2) What he says now to avoid confessing a crime is hardly as meaningful as documentation/recordings of the decision.
3) What's described here is *still* a crime! You can't just execute people because you claim they're "attempting to continue their drug run."
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Caveat Hannibal Lecter.
"Me, too."
Love how it took like a week for Mr. Beast to go from “I am sorry everyone. My videos have been bad. I need to refocus.”
to being like “fuck it, imma be a bank now”
to being like “fuck it, imma be a bank now”
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Me, too."
Actually, she (my inner grammarian) shrieks out in stark terror, knowing that she has made exactly the same mistake, and will likely do so again. 😲😂
Someone "who", but that's only the grammarian in me. 😲😂
As a married man, I have learned never to be an asshole, but especially never be an asshole to someone that fixes your food.
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Actually, she (my inner grammarian) shrieks out in stark terror, knowing that she has made exactly the same mistake, and will likely do so again. 😲😂
Reposted by Yuki (was Catherine Rampell for POTUS!)
His Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes Tour is going to be fantastic.
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
His Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes Tour is going to be fantastic.
Someone "who", but that's only the grammarian in me. 😲😂
As a married man, I have learned never to be an asshole, but especially never be an asshole to someone that fixes your food.
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Someone "who", but that's only the grammarian in me. 😲😂
No. You will be saved by phantom FSD.
The invisible hand of the market will buckle you in with the invisible seatbelt of the market and you will ultimately be saved by the invisible airbag of the market.
Institutionalized regression in consumer protection.
Next, they’ll make seat belts optional in the name of “choice”. 🤡
Next, they’ll make seat belts optional in the name of “choice”. 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
No. You will be saved by phantom FSD.
Reposted by Yuki (was Catherine Rampell for POTUS!)
This fucking Rogaine guy again ffs.
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This fucking Rogaine guy again ffs.
Also breaking from WaPo:
"Supreme Court hands Trump a victory in fight over Texas congressional map"
Narrator: None of them can spell Pyrrhic.
"Supreme Court hands Trump a victory in fight over Texas congressional map"
Narrator: None of them can spell Pyrrhic.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Also breaking from WaPo:
"Supreme Court hands Trump a victory in fight over Texas congressional map"
Narrator: None of them can spell Pyrrhic.
"Supreme Court hands Trump a victory in fight over Texas congressional map"
Narrator: None of them can spell Pyrrhic.
Breaking per WaPo:
"[Ham sandwich] refuses to reindict Letitia James in mortgage fraud case"
Narrator: Indictment was ham-fisted.
"[Ham sandwich] refuses to reindict Letitia James in mortgage fraud case"
Narrator: Indictment was ham-fisted.
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Breaking per WaPo:
"[Ham sandwich] refuses to reindict Letitia James in mortgage fraud case"
Narrator: Indictment was ham-fisted.
"[Ham sandwich] refuses to reindict Letitia James in mortgage fraud case"
Narrator: Indictment was ham-fisted.
Sec of Commerce Sputnik says he admits admits that Trump's policies have "caused disruption". But promises that the deportations will ultimately have some kind of trickle down effect, & that (noblesse oblige) they will start growing the economy in '26.
Narrator: Imaginary J curves. Plus ça change.
Narrator: Imaginary J curves. Plus ça change.
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sec of Commerce Sputnik says he admits admits that Trump's policies have "caused disruption". But promises that the deportations will ultimately have some kind of trickle down effect, & that (noblesse oblige) they will start growing the economy in '26.
Narrator: Imaginary J curves. Plus ça change.
Narrator: Imaginary J curves. Plus ça change.
Freezing point last night in Setagaya. First time this year. Crystalline skies & dead calm will do that. So will -6C at ~1500 meters, the 1st big outbreak this far south in the W. Pacific. Should be about 11C/50F today. "Sixties" on the weekend. But today, it's Jan. here. Visibility: unlimited.
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Freezing point last night in Setagaya. First time this year. Crystalline skies & dead calm will do that. So will -6C at ~1500 meters, the 1st big outbreak this far south in the W. Pacific. Should be about 11C/50F today. "Sixties" on the weekend. But today, it's Jan. here. Visibility: unlimited.
Newspeak:
"The renamed ‘Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’ hosts first event"
Narrator: I need a Tylenol.
"The renamed ‘Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’ hosts first event"
Narrator: I need a Tylenol.
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Newspeak:
"The renamed ‘Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’ hosts first event"
Narrator: I need a Tylenol.
"The renamed ‘Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’ hosts first event"
Narrator: I need a Tylenol.
@thunderbird.net
I will migrate from Thunderbird, probably permanently, if the Xpunge issue is not addressed.
Either fix the bug that disables the extension, or make a similar function available natively.
Sorry, non-negotiable.
I will migrate from Thunderbird, probably permanently, if the Xpunge issue is not addressed.
Either fix the bug that disables the extension, or make a similar function available natively.
Sorry, non-negotiable.
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
@thunderbird.net
I will migrate from Thunderbird, probably permanently, if the Xpunge issue is not addressed.
Either fix the bug that disables the extension, or make a similar function available natively.
Sorry, non-negotiable.
I will migrate from Thunderbird, probably permanently, if the Xpunge issue is not addressed.
Either fix the bug that disables the extension, or make a similar function available natively.
Sorry, non-negotiable.
"Fecal stuff"
Question for Michael Lewis concerning Steve Bannon's explains-everything 2018 quote about Trump: "The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit." Did he emphasize "flood the zone" and say "shit" as a version of "stuff," or did he emphasize "shit"?
December 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Fecal stuff"