Noted Texan Energy Executive
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“Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take!” - My Daddy.
It's not enough to put ice in the bucket, but it's enough to buy a bottle of champagne and keep it in the fridge.
Trump sure was making a lot of weird jerky motions while speaking tonight. He doesn't seem capable of standing for more than 10 seconds without using his arms to hold himself up, and he kept tensing up the left side of his body for no reason--you know, the way a healthy person might
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It's not enough to put ice in the bucket, but it's enough to buy a bottle of champagne and keep it in the fridge.
It's becoming difficult to say that we live in a violent society and more accurate to say we live in a violent civilization. Y'all know how I feel about guns, and why, so I definitely applaud this action.
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It's becoming difficult to say that we live in a violent society and more accurate to say we live in a violent civilization. Y'all know how I feel about guns, and why, so I definitely applaud this action.
If I ever look like that, y'all have my permission to finish what they started in 1980...
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If I ever look like that, y'all have my permission to finish what they started in 1980...
Whatever happened to recycling?
Any secondhand bookstore or junk shop in Wisconsin has three or more copies of Scott Walker's book. I am not joking.
It is not uncommon to walk into the book section of a Goodwill in the DC area and see 10-20 copies of a certain book, sometimes political memoir, sometimes an economics book, on display for sale, usually published somewhat recently.
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Whatever happened to recycling?
No one likes us / Don't know why / May not be perfect / But heaven knows we try
Or political professionals, for that matter. Correctly applied political science is an instrument in the hands of a politician like the knife is to the painter.
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
No one likes us / Don't know why / May not be perfect / But heaven knows we try
I feel these should be in the form of pop quizzes from here on out...
Three tests?
December 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I feel these should be in the form of pop quizzes from here on out...
They bought Mrs. Clinton's book, as well.
The book is selling simply because people want to know what the hell happened.
December 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
They bought Mrs. Clinton's book, as well.
As my great-grandson says, "We're cooked, Pappy."
An officer tells us it showed up unbidden on the computer today. For lack of anything better to do they tried it, asking when the latest NDS was. It replied with a history of Nintendo.
jesus christ
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
As my great-grandson says, "We're cooked, Pappy."
Welp... guess I won't be sleeping this week...
The exhibit at Art Basel Miami Beach is called “Regular Animals.” Created by digital designer and artist Mike Winkelmann, who goes by Beeple, it features robot dog versions of Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso, according to Storyful.
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Welp... guess I won't be sleeping this week...
I suspect we will have quantum computing before a human being sets foot on Mars, and that will handily dwarf any space or AI company.
SpaceX is kicking off a secondary share sale that would value it at $800 billion, surpassing OpenAI as the most valuable U.S. private company.
Exclusive | SpaceX in Talks for Share Sale That Would Boost Valuation to $800 Billion
The company’s CFO told investors about the transaction in recent days, sources say.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I suspect we will have quantum computing before a human being sets foot on Mars, and that will handily dwarf any space or AI company.
Does the Epstein thing still have steam? It seems to come in and out like the tide.
A federal judge ordered the release of grand-jury transcripts from the Justice Department’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in Florida, citing a new law mandating that files be made public.
Judge Orders Release of Epstein Florida Grand-Jury Transcripts
Congress passed a new law, cited by the judge, requiring that files related to the convicted sex offender be made public.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Does the Epstein thing still have steam? It seems to come in and out like the tide.
She's out before Super Tuesday.
I am saying, yes, that Harris - who clearly does want to run again, and if she does she’ll get nowhere - gains nothing by calling Shapiro an asshole. Political professionals already know it. Nobody but the biggest partisans will buy the book, and the general public, if they ever learn, won’t care.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
She's out before Super Tuesday.
I've dated more intelligent sweatsocks.
No one ruthless enough to parlay 3am-college-paper-on-speed writing into national gigs & affairs with powerful men is this unprepared for a fairly soft interview. This is a shitty performance by someone trying to save her book's narrative - 'Young Woman Swept Up in the Current.'
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I've dated more intelligent sweatsocks.
"Agreed to part ways" is the nice way of saying that she was shitcanned, and probably in a rather permanent way. <evil chuckle>
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Agreed to part ways" is the nice way of saying that she was shitcanned, and probably in a rather permanent way. <evil chuckle>
I remember those 1980s parties...
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I remember those 1980s parties...
Yippie-kai-ay!
From time to time in Los Angeles I meet people who were involved in the Nakatomi business. They always find this time of year difficult.
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Yippie-kai-ay!
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"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
It's one thing for a has-been like Carville to talk about this stuff. Many have said similar. It happens that the Dems had a guy suggesting similar in the last two elections. Did well, but the party united against him. Others before him were total also-rans. He wants Newsom to run this, though.
Anybody who spends the kind of money Carville is talking about, the public will all but let them outlaw chewing gum. But that doesn't matter. Once again this is being set up falsely. You should go easy on him; he hasn't won an election in 35 years. Write it on the blackboard a thousand times -
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's one thing for a has-been like Carville to talk about this stuff. Many have said similar. It happens that the Dems had a guy suggesting similar in the last two elections. Did well, but the party united against him. Others before him were total also-rans. He wants Newsom to run this, though.
Had Bobby raised him, so many things would be different. Including the quality of his poetry.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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November 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Had Bobby raised him, so many things would be different. Including the quality of his poetry.
In that day we had a phrase, out of date but still applicable: A Tough Broad.
I would not have liked to deal with Joan Crawford in politics.
Quoting, to not hijack your JFK thread.
You were good friends with Pepsi Pres. Don Kendall, who was a major backer. These were also the years Joan Crawford was chair of the board of directors. What was that like? Did you deal with her a lot, and was she as intense in business as portrayed?
You were good friends with Pepsi Pres. Don Kendall, who was a major backer. These were also the years Joan Crawford was chair of the board of directors. What was that like? Did you deal with her a lot, and was she as intense in business as portrayed?
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
In that day we had a phrase, out of date but still applicable: A Tough Broad.
I have often said I suspect the first female president will be a Republican. Not sure she will be of the Greene/Palin stripe; I pictured a gal more like the elder Bush in policy. Possibly also a former spook. Someone who could be a throwback and a step forward. If not Liz Cheney, someone like her.
Greene is lying low for ‘28.
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I have often said I suspect the first female president will be a Republican. Not sure she will be of the Greene/Palin stripe; I pictured a gal more like the elder Bush in policy. Possibly also a former spook. Someone who could be a throwback and a step forward. If not Liz Cheney, someone like her.
I think casino greeter is well within his wheelhouse.
Is he dealing blackjack on the Cape Girardeau-Memphis riverboat?
Whoever dresses him included.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I think casino greeter is well within his wheelhouse.
Are you sure he didn't just sign off the document with a "See You Next Thursday?"
President Trump wants Ukraine to accept a sweeping U.S. peace deal by Thursday, giving Kyiv less than a week to decide.
Trump Says He Wants Ukraine’s Answer on Peace Plan by Thursday
Ukraine’s president says he faces ‘very difficult choice’ over the administration’s 28-point plan, which would hand concessions to Russia.
on.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Are you sure he didn't just sign off the document with a "See You Next Thursday?"
That could definitely work.
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
That could definitely work.
Brace for impact. Gonna be the longest, weirdest lame duck term in the nation's history. A horse in the cabinet... that sort of thing.
As a serving Pentagon officer with top secret clearance said to us this afternoon, "Things happen."
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Brace for impact. Gonna be the longest, weirdest lame duck term in the nation's history. A horse in the cabinet... that sort of thing.