GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
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HEY YOU! do you have a thanksgiving-related question for the normal men crew? if so, you're in luck, because i'm soliciting submissions for another round of mailbag on next week's show! as an FYI, i don't share these with the crew beforehand, they get to be surprised in real time.
man, the twelfth night production currently airing on PBS is worth a year of subscription, given the cost
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
man, the twelfth night production currently airing on PBS is worth a year of subscription, given the cost
also jesus fucking christ, matthew rhys as a full-tilt, no brakes villain is terrifying
man, clare danes’ career arc is fascinating
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
also jesus fucking christ, matthew rhys as a full-tilt, no brakes villain is terrifying
man, clare danes’ career arc is fascinating
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
man, clare danes’ career arc is fascinating
anyway, enough annoying infighting, submit your NORMAL MEN thanksgiving questions and/or sound off in the comments about your favorite or infamous thanksgiving stories
HEY YOU! do you have a thanksgiving-related question for the normal men crew? if so, you're in luck, because i'm soliciting submissions for another round of mailbag on next week's show! as an FYI, i don't share these with the crew beforehand, they get to be surprised in real time.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
anyway, enough annoying infighting, submit your NORMAL MEN thanksgiving questions and/or sound off in the comments about your favorite or infamous thanksgiving stories
probably should have realized this would be a magnet for nader dead-ender obnoxious dipshits, but i am always surprised when they turn up loud and unashamed 25 years later
bush v gore is the hinge upon which basically everything awful from the last quarter century swings on
i don't think that bush v. gore is the *worst* ruling in the history of the supreme court, but i do think it is the most openly *corrupt* ruling in its history. a real disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
probably should have realized this would be a magnet for nader dead-ender obnoxious dipshits, but i am always surprised when they turn up loud and unashamed 25 years later
why can’t i remove followers, christ
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
why can’t i remove followers, christ
DID IQs DROP SHARPLY WHILE I WAS AWAY
yes, the linear passage of time, you dumb motherfucker, an entire decade passed between bush v gore and citizens united and citizens united was decided by a majority led by a chief justice nominated by GWB who always would have ruled it this way, this is not fucking hard to understand
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DID IQs DROP SHARPLY WHILE I WAS AWAY
you do not hate or blame ralph nader enough for the last quarter century of dysfunction
guy lied to both his donors and voters about what he actually intended to do and probably handed the election to bush in the process and has spent the last quarter century being an absolutely impenetrable shithead about it, providing a permission structure for lolnothingmatters low-info dickheads
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
you do not hate or blame ralph nader enough for the last quarter century of dysfunction
unsafe for any klout
Also the Corvair was a remarkably interesting car that didn’t deserve the rep he gave it
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
unsafe for any klout
relatedly, ralph nader deserves to be remembered for the rest of time as someone who voluntarily assisted in a critical attack on american democracy, the importance of which far outweighs any of his consumer advocacy
bush v gore is the hinge upon which basically everything awful from the last quarter century swings on
i don't think that bush v. gore is the *worst* ruling in the history of the supreme court, but i do think it is the most openly *corrupt* ruling in its history. a real disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
relatedly, ralph nader deserves to be remembered for the rest of time as someone who voluntarily assisted in a critical attack on american democracy, the importance of which far outweighs any of his consumer advocacy
this is a fair point i didn’t know
Pritzker doesn't command Cook County sheriff's deputies, though.
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
this is a fair point i didn’t know
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rape culture teaches men to lead empty lives where they believe they’re so fundamentally unlovable at their core that they can only simulate the experience of being sincerely desired by cultivating power and leveraging it to obtain simulated, insincere romance through manipulation and coercion
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
rape culture teaches men to lead empty lives where they believe they’re so fundamentally unlovable at their core that they can only simulate the experience of being sincerely desired by cultivating power and leveraging it to obtain simulated, insincere romance through manipulation and coercion
it is both true that giving orders to state police w/r/t ICE gets extremely dangerous for state governors and also true that the job of activists is to push those governors regardless
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
it is both true that giving orders to state police w/r/t ICE gets extremely dangerous for state governors and also true that the job of activists is to push those governors regardless
i think i sort of prefer it this way
Nobody has ever done anything interesting or unexpected with the culture of the Predators onscreen, that they probably aren't ever going to, and I think I've just made my peace with it
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
i think i sort of prefer it this way
bush v gore is the hinge upon which basically everything awful from the last quarter century swings on
i don't think that bush v. gore is the *worst* ruling in the history of the supreme court, but i do think it is the most openly *corrupt* ruling in its history. a real disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
bush v gore is the hinge upon which basically everything awful from the last quarter century swings on
massie was telling the truth about up to 100 republican defections
Trump: "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
massie was telling the truth about up to 100 republican defections
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HEY YOU! do you have a thanksgiving-related question for the normal men crew? if so, you're in luck, because i'm soliciting submissions for another round of mailbag on next week's show! as an FYI, i don't share these with the crew beforehand, they get to be surprised in real time.
Thanksgiving Mailbag
Submit your Thanksgiving question for the Normal Men podcast, in the form of a question.
golikehellmachine.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
HEY YOU! do you have a thanksgiving-related question for the normal men crew? if so, you're in luck, because i'm soliciting submissions for another round of mailbag on next week's show! as an FYI, i don't share these with the crew beforehand, they get to be surprised in real time.
this is true for basically all tradeswork, employers aren’t willing to pay enough for the training to make it worth it
a huge reason the auto industry cannot hire all the mechanics they need is lack of access to the technical education anyone needs to become an automotive technician! cost of this education & failure by corporations to train workers - also a huge factor.
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
this is true for basically all tradeswork, employers aren’t willing to pay enough for the training to make it worth it
brian schatz log off challenge 2025
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
brian schatz log off challenge 2025
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this is most of why I don’t think he’s on a path to personalist consolidation. it’s pretty clear that people don’t like his jackbooted thugs and he appears wholly uninterested in and uncommitted to actually delivering anything else.
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
this is most of why I don’t think he’s on a path to personalist consolidation. it’s pretty clear that people don’t like his jackbooted thugs and he appears wholly uninterested in and uncommitted to actually delivering anything else.
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at the end of the day, the people who voted for Trump thought he was going to help them. the reality of his presidency is constant normalized corruption and setting policy based on who his buddies and enemies are. there’s always been tension there.
she's a little like massie in that i think 99% of her principles are awful but she does seem to actually have some she's stand for
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
at the end of the day, the people who voted for Trump thought he was going to help them. the reality of his presidency is constant normalized corruption and setting policy based on who his buddies and enemies are. there’s always been tension there.
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FWIW, governors are in a much tougher spot than people realize when it comes to ordering state police to impede ICE, as in “insurrection act territory.”
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
FWIW, governors are in a much tougher spot than people realize when it comes to ordering state police to impede ICE, as in “insurrection act territory.”
the sense of incredulity and comic revulsion i get every time i see a cybertruck in the wild has not been reduced by even a single degree in all the time they’ve been on the street
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
the sense of incredulity and comic revulsion i get every time i see a cybertruck in the wild has not been reduced by even a single degree in all the time they’ve been on the street
man, what the fuck is in these files that would a) be worse than anything we have ever learned about him, b) make him willing to risk a maga civil war over it, and c) have him desperately calling half of the republicans in the house and begging them to vote against their release
Trump on Epstein Files: I don’t want to talk about it because fake news like you—you’re a terrible reporter—fake news like you just keeps bringing up to deflect from the tremendous success of The Trump Admin
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
man, what the fuck is in these files that would a) be worse than anything we have ever learned about him, b) make him willing to risk a maga civil war over it, and c) have him desperately calling half of the republicans in the house and begging them to vote against their release
one of the things the epstein emails confirms is that he was a meathead dilettante dipshit, which draws a lot of questions about how he made his actual money — we have speculation about this, but no definitive answers, i think
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
one of the things the epstein emails confirms is that he was a meathead dilettante dipshit, which draws a lot of questions about how he made his actual money — we have speculation about this, but no definitive answers, i think