Gary Goldberg
@digimark.net
Retired systems administrator. Likes to play with words.
I'd be shocked if I ever said anything useful.
I'd be shocked if I ever said anything useful.
Its always useful to remind ourselves that the Constitution and laws passed by Congress are the rules by which we allow the Executive branch/Trump regime to manage the country. When the Trump regime does what it wants instead of what we allow it to do and we don’t stop it then there are no rules.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Its always useful to remind ourselves that the Constitution and laws passed by Congress are the rules by which we allow the Executive branch/Trump regime to manage the country. When the Trump regime does what it wants instead of what we allow it to do and we don’t stop it then there are no rules.
What are the latest odds on Trump stroking out in an apoplectic rage before he can pardon all the minions depending on his get-out-of-jail-free cards?
What will that level of panic and keening wailing look like? Will popcorn and drinks be available?
What will that level of panic and keening wailing look like? Will popcorn and drinks be available?
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
What are the latest odds on Trump stroking out in an apoplectic rage before he can pardon all the minions depending on his get-out-of-jail-free cards?
What will that level of panic and keening wailing look like? Will popcorn and drinks be available?
What will that level of panic and keening wailing look like? Will popcorn and drinks be available?
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My right side is absolutely killing me
You need an appendectomy
How much is that
Umm … $47,285
How much without the anesthesia
Ok we can do that for $36,210
I don’t think so
What’s it going to take to get you into this OR today
I’m going to shop around
Hold on, my manager is coming over
You need an appendectomy
How much is that
Umm … $47,285
How much without the anesthesia
Ok we can do that for $36,210
I don’t think so
What’s it going to take to get you into this OR today
I’m going to shop around
Hold on, my manager is coming over
TRUMP: We’re going to give Americans the money to buy health insurance
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My right side is absolutely killing me
You need an appendectomy
How much is that
Umm … $47,285
How much without the anesthesia
Ok we can do that for $36,210
I don’t think so
What’s it going to take to get you into this OR today
I’m going to shop around
Hold on, my manager is coming over
You need an appendectomy
How much is that
Umm … $47,285
How much without the anesthesia
Ok we can do that for $36,210
I don’t think so
What’s it going to take to get you into this OR today
I’m going to shop around
Hold on, my manager is coming over
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This Epstein thing has his malignant narcissism dialed up to 10.
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This Epstein thing has his malignant narcissism dialed up to 10.
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The people doing dark deeds depending on Trump’s pardon ability are also implicitly depending on Vance’s pardoning them when Trump is gone and also depending on Democrats *never* having any power, anywhere, to come after them. Not a statistician but that’s gotta be very VERY low probability.
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The people doing dark deeds depending on Trump’s pardon ability are also implicitly depending on Vance’s pardoning them when Trump is gone and also depending on Democrats *never* having any power, anywhere, to come after them. Not a statistician but that’s gotta be very VERY low probability.
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You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
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I am deliriously laughing at the image of Boebert facing dawning revelation that she's actually found the pedophile elite conspiracy ring and that she's standing right in the middle of it
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I am deliriously laughing at the image of Boebert facing dawning revelation that she's actually found the pedophile elite conspiracy ring and that she's standing right in the middle of it
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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You gotta wonder why Democrats thought it necessary to cave at nearly midnight on a Sunday of a holiday weekend. Because the optics are shit.
BREAKING
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
You gotta wonder why Democrats thought it necessary to cave at nearly midnight on a Sunday of a holiday weekend. Because the optics are shit.
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If outside moderate factionalists really want to disclaim this outcome, they should seize the whip hand in demanding accountability. Immediate new leadership elections, mid-session resignation for all Dem capitulators who would be replaced by Dem governors. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Another disgrace, and a new path forward.
www.offmessage.net
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
If outside moderate factionalists really want to disclaim this outcome, they should seize the whip hand in demanding accountability. Immediate new leadership elections, mid-session resignation for all Dem capitulators who would be replaced by Dem governors. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
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85-year-old democrats negotiating with the jaws of defeat: hey bud you hungry?
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
85-year-old democrats negotiating with the jaws of defeat: hey bud you hungry?
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Harm to SNAP recipients, federal workers, and others is real. In a normal democracy it’d make sense to prioritize reducing that harm in the short term.
In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.
In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.
two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Harm to SNAP recipients, federal workers, and others is real. In a normal democracy it’d make sense to prioritize reducing that harm in the short term.
In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.
In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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I’m no statistician, but if you buy your first house in your 30s on a 50-year mortgage, and life expectancy is low 80s, isn’t this just called — rent?
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I’m no statistician, but if you buy your first house in your 30s on a 50-year mortgage, and life expectancy is low 80s, isn’t this just called — rent?
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Under similar extrapolation it seems like they could make more money just making the cars and robots and giving them away to every adult in the US, especially if they grow the supercharger network to match.
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Under similar extrapolation it seems like they could make more money just making the cars and robots and giving them away to every adult in the US, especially if they grow the supercharger network to match.
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If the Tesla board thinks Elon is worth $1T of Tesla's future money, couldn't they have found 10 people worth $100B each for some sort of cabal? Or one thousand people worth $1B each?
Or a million people they could pay $1M each to?
Or a million people they could pay $1M each to?
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If the Tesla board thinks Elon is worth $1T of Tesla's future money, couldn't they have found 10 people worth $100B each for some sort of cabal? Or one thousand people worth $1B each?
Or a million people they could pay $1M each to?
Or a million people they could pay $1M each to?
November 7, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
November 7, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
I’ve never been so happy just “hearting” so many posts. All the posts. Viva la Democracy!
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I’ve never been so happy just “hearting” so many posts. All the posts. Viva la Democracy!
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How are we 10 years into this, and people as smart as Mehdi don't get that Trump doesn't lie to be believed?
He lies to be repeated.
Trump gets how brains work better than his opponents, and he gets how this association slurs all immigrants. And then he gets immigrants he despises to spread it!
He lies to be repeated.
Trump gets how brains work better than his opponents, and he gets how this association slurs all immigrants. And then he gets immigrants he despises to spread it!
The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
How are we 10 years into this, and people as smart as Mehdi don't get that Trump doesn't lie to be believed?
He lies to be repeated.
Trump gets how brains work better than his opponents, and he gets how this association slurs all immigrants. And then he gets immigrants he despises to spread it!
He lies to be repeated.
Trump gets how brains work better than his opponents, and he gets how this association slurs all immigrants. And then he gets immigrants he despises to spread it!
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i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
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Without anyone saying a word, everyone involved in this episode knew the risks and the safest path forward. They know, instinctively, how to survive in a declining media organization for one more day — please Trump, Weiss, and Ellison, and everyone’s happy. Piss them off and watch out.
60 Minutes Obeys in Advance
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Without anyone saying a word, everyone involved in this episode knew the risks and the safest path forward. They know, instinctively, how to survive in a declining media organization for one more day — please Trump, Weiss, and Ellison, and everyone’s happy. Piss them off and watch out.
The Big Smirk
The cruelty is the point, party edition
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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sounds great
Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
sounds great
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No, CBS will not settle any lawsuits against them that people may bring for editing out over half of Trump’s interview since none of you are in a position of power to approve their merger with any other media companies.
November 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
No, CBS will not settle any lawsuits against them that people may bring for editing out over half of Trump’s interview since none of you are in a position of power to approve their merger with any other media companies.
Just finished reading this -- I recommend it to everyone.
The Next Terrorist Attack
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Next Terrorist Attack
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Just finished reading this -- I recommend it to everyone.
The Next Terrorist Attack
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Next Terrorist Attack
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...