Welsh rarebit
@welshrarebit.bsky.social
🇨🇦🏴 Retired prof, rugby fan.
If certainly serves Russian interests.
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If certainly serves Russian interests.
I still don’t quite get why Trump is enabling this. Is it just that he needed the votes that RFK Jr would bring and didn’t care about anything else?
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I still don’t quite get why Trump is enabling this. Is it just that he needed the votes that RFK Jr would bring and didn’t care about anything else?
Delenda est Ukraine. That’s been the watchword all along. They’ve never made a secret of it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Delenda est Ukraine. That’s been the watchword all along. They’ve never made a secret of it.
With each passing week he gets more self-obsessed. It can’t be long before we hear of plans for a North Korea-style monumental statue of himself on the National Mall.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
With each passing week he gets more self-obsessed. It can’t be long before we hear of plans for a North Korea-style monumental statue of himself on the National Mall.
Retrumplican, obviously.
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Retrumplican, obviously.
He’s close to achieving what has been the prime objective of Russian foreign policy ever since the foundation of NATO in 1949.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
He’s close to achieving what has been the prime objective of Russian foreign policy ever since the foundation of NATO in 1949.
Instead of a ballroom he’d do better to plan his mausoleum.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Instead of a ballroom he’d do better to plan his mausoleum.
Yes, and Noem too.
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yes, and Noem too.
She obviously has her eyes on the succession.
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
She obviously has her eyes on the succession.
Next, the monumental statue of himself right in front of the Washington Monument.
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Next, the monumental statue of himself right in front of the Washington Monument.
As Hamlet says, “one may smile, and smile, and be a villain,” and not only in Denmark.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As Hamlet says, “one may smile, and smile, and be a villain,” and not only in Denmark.
Based the same low level of understanding as his tariff policy.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Based the same low level of understanding as his tariff policy.
National defense policy is being held hostage to one man’s weird hangups.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
National defense policy is being held hostage to one man’s weird hangups.
The word he’s looking for is Retrumplican.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The word he’s looking for is Retrumplican.
The Schadenfreude will know no bounds when the leadership of MAGA is snatched from under Vance’s nose and he’s left with nothing.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Schadenfreude will know no bounds when the leadership of MAGA is snatched from under Vance’s nose and he’s left with nothing.
There’s a comparable sense of unreality in US media. Not so much about loss of agency as a failure to face up to the fact that the rule of law is being demolished. So instead it’s “politics as usual,” “both sides-ism,” and lots of stress on savviness, clocking up wins and losses, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
There’s a comparable sense of unreality in US media. Not so much about loss of agency as a failure to face up to the fact that the rule of law is being demolished. So instead it’s “politics as usual,” “both sides-ism,” and lots of stress on savviness, clocking up wins and losses, etc.
More likely they’ll get it for one month and that’ll be the end of it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
More likely they’ll get it for one month and that’ll be the end of it.
Ludicrously, the one person he singles out for blame is Biden.
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Ludicrously, the one person he singles out for blame is Biden.
If tulips had a smell, I’d say there was a strong smell of Dutch tulips.
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If tulips had a smell, I’d say there was a strong smell of Dutch tulips.
Who can forget Trump saying that his assessment of the economy depended on how he was feeling on that particular day. That’s how it goes now. All very postmodern.
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Who can forget Trump saying that his assessment of the economy depended on how he was feeling on that particular day. That’s how it goes now. All very postmodern.
What kind of woke nonsense is that!?
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What kind of woke nonsense is that!?
Since it won’t be a war to advance democracy or human rights but rather will be about looting the country’s natural resources for private profit, Vance will probably say he’s fine with it. It’ll be a kind of extension of venture capitalism.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Since it won’t be a war to advance democracy or human rights but rather will be about looting the country’s natural resources for private profit, Vance will probably say he’s fine with it. It’ll be a kind of extension of venture capitalism.
What’s more, this personal obsession seems to have displaced the normal priorities of our national defense policy.
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What’s more, this personal obsession seems to have displaced the normal priorities of our national defense policy.
He’s really growing into the job, isn’t he. /s
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
He’s really growing into the job, isn’t he. /s
Wasn't supposed to be about drug cartels or something?
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Wasn't supposed to be about drug cartels or something?