Liberty View
@libertyview.bsky.social
Living on a hill that overlooks NY Harbor and the Statue of Liberty. Hoping that Liberty remains something more than just a statue in a harbor.
311.8 ppm
311.8 ppm
Idiot. How much do teachers make in Indiana or Nebraska? Now, tell me about their retirement system.
Cherry-picked stats don't tell the whole story, Bessent, you lying fool.
Cherry-picked stats don't tell the whole story, Bessent, you lying fool.
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Idiot. How much do teachers make in Indiana or Nebraska? Now, tell me about their retirement system.
Cherry-picked stats don't tell the whole story, Bessent, you lying fool.
Cherry-picked stats don't tell the whole story, Bessent, you lying fool.
Inspired by ancient Greek pottery?
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Inspired by ancient Greek pottery?
Many apologies. Turns out, I should look these things up before asking.
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Many apologies. Turns out, I should look these things up before asking.
If one intends to profess a religion, one owes it to themself to understand what following that religion entails, what they should believe, and how that should influence how they conduct their life.
Claiming a label while ignoring even the basics damages how others view that religion. A lot.
Claiming a label while ignoring even the basics damages how others view that religion. A lot.
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If one intends to profess a religion, one owes it to themself to understand what following that religion entails, what they should believe, and how that should influence how they conduct their life.
Claiming a label while ignoring even the basics damages how others view that religion. A lot.
Claiming a label while ignoring even the basics damages how others view that religion. A lot.
Senile obsessive narcissistic mf'er still thinks he's a businessman in the branding and marketing business.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Senile obsessive narcissistic mf'er still thinks he's a businessman in the branding and marketing business.
I'll admit I'm biased against the idea of cryptocurrencies. I'll also admit that I enjoy having my ego stroked by articles that confirm my biases. That said, you still might want to read this:
archive.ph/XoZRe ← CLICK FOR ARCHIVED ARTICLE
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November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'll admit I'm biased against the idea of cryptocurrencies. I'll also admit that I enjoy having my ego stroked by articles that confirm my biases. That said, you still might want to read this:
archive.ph/XoZRe ← CLICK FOR ARCHIVED ARTICLE
archive.ph/XoZRe ← CLICK FOR ARCHIVED ARTICLE
"Not officially commemorate?!?"
From what I'm reading, it's a goddamned BLACKOUT! Utter denial! As close to a complete BOYCOTT as they can get away with, and a GAG ORDER on anyone who works there!
Holy crap-a-roo. I'm sure this has something misguided to do with their Christian Nationalism.
From what I'm reading, it's a goddamned BLACKOUT! Utter denial! As close to a complete BOYCOTT as they can get away with, and a GAG ORDER on anyone who works there!
Holy crap-a-roo. I'm sure this has something misguided to do with their Christian Nationalism.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Not officially commemorate?!?"
From what I'm reading, it's a goddamned BLACKOUT! Utter denial! As close to a complete BOYCOTT as they can get away with, and a GAG ORDER on anyone who works there!
Holy crap-a-roo. I'm sure this has something misguided to do with their Christian Nationalism.
From what I'm reading, it's a goddamned BLACKOUT! Utter denial! As close to a complete BOYCOTT as they can get away with, and a GAG ORDER on anyone who works there!
Holy crap-a-roo. I'm sure this has something misguided to do with their Christian Nationalism.
And a little more background:
MTA is a state agency. The City doesn't run the buses. Would the MTA be happy to accept a contract from the City to provide the buses for free? I'm pretty sure they would. One bonus to the MTA is they'd no longer have to service the fare boxes.
MTA is a state agency. The City doesn't run the buses. Would the MTA be happy to accept a contract from the City to provide the buses for free? I'm pretty sure they would. One bonus to the MTA is they'd no longer have to service the fare boxes.
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
And a little more background:
MTA is a state agency. The City doesn't run the buses. Would the MTA be happy to accept a contract from the City to provide the buses for free? I'm pretty sure they would. One bonus to the MTA is they'd no longer have to service the fare boxes.
MTA is a state agency. The City doesn't run the buses. Would the MTA be happy to accept a contract from the City to provide the buses for free? I'm pretty sure they would. One bonus to the MTA is they'd no longer have to service the fare boxes.
Start rice & water in rice cooker, or potato in microwave.
While that's going, put frozen chops in broiler with choice of seasonings. Wash, cut and put veg in pot. Turn chops.
Fresh dinner, not much longer than a frozen dinner takes. Cost, under $2.
3/3
While that's going, put frozen chops in broiler with choice of seasonings. Wash, cut and put veg in pot. Turn chops.
Fresh dinner, not much longer than a frozen dinner takes. Cost, under $2.
3/3
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Start rice & water in rice cooker, or potato in microwave.
While that's going, put frozen chops in broiler with choice of seasonings. Wash, cut and put veg in pot. Turn chops.
Fresh dinner, not much longer than a frozen dinner takes. Cost, under $2.
3/3
While that's going, put frozen chops in broiler with choice of seasonings. Wash, cut and put veg in pot. Turn chops.
Fresh dinner, not much longer than a frozen dinner takes. Cost, under $2.
3/3
NO HE EFFING WOULDN'T HAVE!
Politico NY Playbook newsletter, quoting Cuomo riffing on sour grapes, spilled milk, or something...
Hey, Cuomo, if you wanted the Republican vote, you should have run on that line! Schmuck.
Politico NY Playbook newsletter, quoting Cuomo riffing on sour grapes, spilled milk, or something...
Hey, Cuomo, if you wanted the Republican vote, you should have run on that line! Schmuck.
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
NO HE EFFING WOULDN'T HAVE!
Politico NY Playbook newsletter, quoting Cuomo riffing on sour grapes, spilled milk, or something...
Hey, Cuomo, if you wanted the Republican vote, you should have run on that line! Schmuck.
Politico NY Playbook newsletter, quoting Cuomo riffing on sour grapes, spilled milk, or something...
Hey, Cuomo, if you wanted the Republican vote, you should have run on that line! Schmuck.
Or the underworld. [Insert double-entendre mobster joke I can't think of right now]
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Or the underworld. [Insert double-entendre mobster joke I can't think of right now]
Good, but not great. This was the easy way out, without finding perjury or criminal contempt against Halligan or dismissing the charges against Comey with prejudice.
From the NYT:
From the NYT:
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Good, but not great. This was the easy way out, without finding perjury or criminal contempt against Halligan or dismissing the charges against Comey with prejudice.
From the NYT:
From the NYT:
You know who DOESN'T want to see the price of oil go down? MBS and the rest of the Mideast Petro States. You know who else doesn't want to see the price of oil go down? US shale and oil sands producers. Below $50/bbl they'll start shutting down, and there goes our independence.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You know who DOESN'T want to see the price of oil go down? MBS and the rest of the Mideast Petro States. You know who else doesn't want to see the price of oil go down? US shale and oil sands producers. Below $50/bbl they'll start shutting down, and there goes our independence.
No, wait. That explanation is bullshit. Live cattle prices are actually down over the last few months. Here's what must really be happening: Consumers are pulling back on purchasing beef, so orders are down.
[1 year graph of LC1 -- Live Cattle Futures on the commodities exchange]
[1 year graph of LC1 -- Live Cattle Futures on the commodities exchange]
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
No, wait. That explanation is bullshit. Live cattle prices are actually down over the last few months. Here's what must really be happening: Consumers are pulling back on purchasing beef, so orders are down.
[1 year graph of LC1 -- Live Cattle Futures on the commodities exchange]
[1 year graph of LC1 -- Live Cattle Futures on the commodities exchange]
I'm pretty sure that if you were to ask Americans how they feel about people wearing symbols of their religion in public, it would depend a lot on which picture you showed them.
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm pretty sure that if you were to ask Americans how they feel about people wearing symbols of their religion in public, it would depend a lot on which picture you showed them.
I think I've seen enough pictures of Mamdani to opine that that's not him smiling. That's his serious face.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I think I've seen enough pictures of Mamdani to opine that that's not him smiling. That's his serious face.
This is a graph of the futures trading in the S&P500 over the last two days. It is bonkers to see price girations over 250 points in that time frame. This kind of volatility is rarely good news.
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This is a graph of the futures trading in the S&P500 over the last two days. It is bonkers to see price girations over 250 points in that time frame. This kind of volatility is rarely good news.
For those of you in your 70s who might not need your RMD from your retirement account right now, but are being forced to take it, consider taking advantage of the QCD provision. You can make sizable donations tax free and still get the full standard deduction.
Here are a few worthy orgs I support:
Here are a few worthy orgs I support:
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For those of you in your 70s who might not need your RMD from your retirement account right now, but are being forced to take it, consider taking advantage of the QCD provision. You can make sizable donations tax free and still get the full standard deduction.
Here are a few worthy orgs I support:
Here are a few worthy orgs I support:
I'd be shocked if he had a working vocabulary of even 2000 words.
Fun Presidential Facts:
Fun Presidential Facts:
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'd be shocked if he had a working vocabulary of even 2000 words.
Fun Presidential Facts:
Fun Presidential Facts:
Aren't there are some qualifications even a bored rich kid needs to meet?
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November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Aren't there are some qualifications even a bored rich kid needs to meet?
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Is that container in the room with us now?
(That is utter nonsense, of course. "Special container?" There's no such thing. The White House flag is only raised or lowered by a Marine Honor Guard wearing white gloves. When lowered, it is removed and ceremonially folded.)
(That is utter nonsense, of course. "Special container?" There's no such thing. The White House flag is only raised or lowered by a Marine Honor Guard wearing white gloves. When lowered, it is removed and ceremonially folded.)
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Is that container in the room with us now?
(That is utter nonsense, of course. "Special container?" There's no such thing. The White House flag is only raised or lowered by a Marine Honor Guard wearing white gloves. When lowered, it is removed and ceremonially folded.)
(That is utter nonsense, of course. "Special container?" There's no such thing. The White House flag is only raised or lowered by a Marine Honor Guard wearing white gloves. When lowered, it is removed and ceremonially folded.)
Bloomberg News' Editorial Board is lamenting the current state of college freshman math skills. #1 and #3 are simple arithmetic questions. #2 adds reading comprehension.
So, two questions for everyone:
How hard do you find these?
When did you graduate high school?
Me: Dead easy, and the '60s.
So, two questions for everyone:
How hard do you find these?
When did you graduate high school?
Me: Dead easy, and the '60s.
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Bloomberg News' Editorial Board is lamenting the current state of college freshman math skills. #1 and #3 are simple arithmetic questions. #2 adds reading comprehension.
So, two questions for everyone:
How hard do you find these?
When did you graduate high school?
Me: Dead easy, and the '60s.
So, two questions for everyone:
How hard do you find these?
When did you graduate high school?
Me: Dead easy, and the '60s.
Sigh... Meanwhile a jury of twelve heard the prosecution and heard the defense, and rendered a verdict. EXCEPT in the case of those who PLEAD GUILTY!
How do you plead guilty and then demand reparations for being prosecuted?
In any event, none of these pardons had anything to do with justice.
How do you plead guilty and then demand reparations for being prosecuted?
In any event, none of these pardons had anything to do with justice.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Sigh... Meanwhile a jury of twelve heard the prosecution and heard the defense, and rendered a verdict. EXCEPT in the case of those who PLEAD GUILTY!
How do you plead guilty and then demand reparations for being prosecuted?
In any event, none of these pardons had anything to do with justice.
How do you plead guilty and then demand reparations for being prosecuted?
In any event, none of these pardons had anything to do with justice.
@noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
Well, the problem with the 25th Amendment is that in order to remove the President, his incompetent Cabinet of minions, lackeys, myrmidons, and drunks, who are utterly dependent on him, would have to do the deed.
Well, the problem with the 25th Amendment is that in order to remove the President, his incompetent Cabinet of minions, lackeys, myrmidons, and drunks, who are utterly dependent on him, would have to do the deed.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
@noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
Well, the problem with the 25th Amendment is that in order to remove the President, his incompetent Cabinet of minions, lackeys, myrmidons, and drunks, who are utterly dependent on him, would have to do the deed.
Well, the problem with the 25th Amendment is that in order to remove the President, his incompetent Cabinet of minions, lackeys, myrmidons, and drunks, who are utterly dependent on him, would have to do the deed.
Mark Twain on lies (which he attributed to UK PM Disraeli):
"there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"
The thing about trends and graphs is, as long as you can pick your starting point, you can make either case. Inflation is up the last several months, but down from 2022.
"there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"
The thing about trends and graphs is, as long as you can pick your starting point, you can make either case. Inflation is up the last several months, but down from 2022.
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Mark Twain on lies (which he attributed to UK PM Disraeli):
"there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"
The thing about trends and graphs is, as long as you can pick your starting point, you can make either case. Inflation is up the last several months, but down from 2022.
"there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"
The thing about trends and graphs is, as long as you can pick your starting point, you can make either case. Inflation is up the last several months, but down from 2022.