Ralf W
@raflw.bsky.social
"We collectively need to remind ourselves that the arc of history only stays bent if we are constantly pushing on it." –Gwen Snyder
Peripatetic pessimist-optimist.
Hanger-on at Balloon Juice.
MSP / CO / WI
Peripatetic pessimist-optimist.
Hanger-on at Balloon Juice.
MSP / CO / WI
JFC! The learned helplessness here is off the charts.
The Congress is a >coequal branch of government<.
Act like it!!
The Congress is a >coequal branch of government<.
Act like it!!
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
JFC! The learned helplessness here is off the charts.
The Congress is a >coequal branch of government<.
Act like it!!
The Congress is a >coequal branch of government<.
Act like it!!
This is also such a bullshit abuse of the word 'sorry.'
He isn't.
He's a arrogant prick. Definitely not sorry.
He isn't.
He's a arrogant prick. Definitely not sorry.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is also such a bullshit abuse of the word 'sorry.'
He isn't.
He's a arrogant prick. Definitely not sorry.
He isn't.
He's a arrogant prick. Definitely not sorry.
These guys are so dang insecure, they can't stand that someone who spent 4 to 6 more years in college than they do have +gasp+ more credentials than they do.
Absolute participation trophy behavior.
Absolute participation trophy behavior.
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
These guys are so dang insecure, they can't stand that someone who spent 4 to 6 more years in college than they do have +gasp+ more credentials than they do.
Absolute participation trophy behavior.
Absolute participation trophy behavior.
By 1987, at least at my private university, quite a few kids had loans. Tuition doubled in five years!
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
By 1987, at least at my private university, quite a few kids had loans. Tuition doubled in five years!
He's exhibit A for how an brain gets cooked hanging out on X.
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
He's exhibit A for how an brain gets cooked hanging out on X.
Millions of people have the cash lying around to "just move".
What a f--knugget.
What a f--knugget.
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Millions of people have the cash lying around to "just move".
What a f--knugget.
What a f--knugget.
I know there's all sorts of rules about how we can't really seek redress from the US gov't. But we should be able to sue the ever loving sh*t out of these people if they keep doing this.
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I know there's all sorts of rules about how we can't really seek redress from the US gov't. But we should be able to sue the ever loving sh*t out of these people if they keep doing this.
I was surprised and embarrassed recently when my wrist watch, which I've worn thru 100s of security screenings, set of an old school metal detector at VCE. People were pretty patient and nice, which was a relief.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I was surprised and embarrassed recently when my wrist watch, which I've worn thru 100s of security screenings, set of an old school metal detector at VCE. People were pretty patient and nice, which was a relief.
I've been sober ~23 years. My partner and I throw a big party early in the holiday season (since I'm a December baby). Here's how we handle it, and it's always gone very well.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I've been sober ~23 years. My partner and I throw a big party early in the holiday season (since I'm a December baby). Here's how we handle it, and it's always gone very well.
This is not the future liberals want.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is not the future liberals want.
Hard to really imagine a power struggle with some as weak as Rubio. Only someone as daft and vain as Vance can't find out how to successfully outmaneuver him.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Hard to really imagine a power struggle with some as weak as Rubio. Only someone as daft and vain as Vance can't find out how to successfully outmaneuver him.
I still think this phone is new, and it turns 3 in one week!
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I still think this phone is new, and it turns 3 in one week!
Dr. Cassidy, still unable to fathom the oaths he took - to be a doctor, and to defend the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dr. Cassidy, still unable to fathom the oaths he took - to be a doctor, and to defend the constitution.
Rubio giving Kushner that sad puppy look is spot on. The weakest Secretary of State in several lifetimes. Kissinger is looking up from Hell and impotently screaming "What happened to all that power I amassed?!"
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Rubio giving Kushner that sad puppy look is spot on. The weakest Secretary of State in several lifetimes. Kissinger is looking up from Hell and impotently screaming "What happened to all that power I amassed?!"
So maybe Johnson trying to jam Thune on the CR and causing the shutdown had a price? 😆
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
So maybe Johnson trying to jam Thune on the CR and causing the shutdown had a price? 😆
He's certainly not drunk on power.
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
He's certainly not drunk on power.
We're an absolute laughingstock. But we're also probably about to go to war with Venezuela, so a very dangerous bus load of fools.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We're an absolute laughingstock. But we're also probably about to go to war with Venezuela, so a very dangerous bus load of fools.
Reposted by Ralf W
Oh cute. They're trying to say they tricked the Russians into something they sent directly to the Ukrainians, thereby getting the two sides to talk to each other.
Nu-uh. Witkoff got rolled again, and they're trying to get the stink off them.
Nu-uh. Witkoff got rolled again, and they're trying to get the stink off them.
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Oh cute. They're trying to say they tricked the Russians into something they sent directly to the Ukrainians, thereby getting the two sides to talk to each other.
Nu-uh. Witkoff got rolled again, and they're trying to get the stink off them.
Nu-uh. Witkoff got rolled again, and they're trying to get the stink off them.
It seems like a pile of BS. The WH took this list from Putin and was shocked that a) as early as last night experts figured out it was drafted by Russia and b) that Ukraine would never agree (nor European allies).
They'd rather look like fools now than the obvious stooges they are for Vlad.
They'd rather look like fools now than the obvious stooges they are for Vlad.
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It seems like a pile of BS. The WH took this list from Putin and was shocked that a) as early as last night experts figured out it was drafted by Russia and b) that Ukraine would never agree (nor European allies).
They'd rather look like fools now than the obvious stooges they are for Vlad.
They'd rather look like fools now than the obvious stooges they are for Vlad.
Doesn't Rubio look bad here too?
Pretty wild if this is true.
(More likely, this is the backpedal and Rubio was ordered to take the fall?)
(More likely, this is the backpedal and Rubio was ordered to take the fall?)
Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Doesn't Rubio look bad here too?