David S. Salet
@dsalet1.bsky.social
I contain multitudes. 🇺🇸🇪🇸
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"Betting tends to surge during periods of social breakdown. Russia saw a “gambling orgy” from 1905 until the outbreak of the Russian Revolution. ... A similar wave of gambling roiled the French Revolution."
America’s Gambling Addiction Is Metastasizing
When life feels this precarious, it’s only natural to roll the dice on just about everything.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"Betting tends to surge during periods of social breakdown. Russia saw a “gambling orgy” from 1905 until the outbreak of the Russian Revolution. ... A similar wave of gambling roiled the French Revolution."
I'm following how Europe is making trade agreements with China and South America, moving away from American money changers like Visa and Mastercard, and developing its own military capabilities, and that's it: Trump and MAGA have ended the American Century. They killed the World Order.
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I'm following how Europe is making trade agreements with China and South America, moving away from American money changers like Visa and Mastercard, and developing its own military capabilities, and that's it: Trump and MAGA have ended the American Century. They killed the World Order.
Yeah, I can enjoy nostalgia while keeping in mind that "the good old days" had their problems too.
February 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Yeah, I can enjoy nostalgia while keeping in mind that "the good old days" had their problems too.
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"The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie." ~ #MarkTwain
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 AM
"The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie." ~ #MarkTwain
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Playfully spraying my neighbour with the hose as he's loaded into the coroners van
October 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Playfully spraying my neighbour with the hose as he's loaded into the coroners van
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I hereby submit that every convicted felon should run for president. Why not? There's no law against it.
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I hereby submit that every convicted felon should run for president. Why not? There's no law against it.
I love this scene!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6c7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6c7...
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) - How You Can Die
YouTube video by Binge Society
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I love this scene!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6c7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6c7...
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The worst thing about scientists moving the hands of the doomsday clock forward is having to adjust the time on the doomsday clock in your car.
January 27, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The worst thing about scientists moving the hands of the doomsday clock forward is having to adjust the time on the doomsday clock in your car.
I understand all the analyses that say that "Trump is weak" or "MAGA is fracturing" or "Change is in the air," but we've been hearing that for 10 years now and they've always been wrong.
January 28, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I understand all the analyses that say that "Trump is weak" or "MAGA is fracturing" or "Change is in the air," but we've been hearing that for 10 years now and they've always been wrong.
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On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence were have another King George who we elected. -OS
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence were have another King George who we elected. -OS
I miss being able to like "Country" stuff without feeling like I was supporting a bunch of backward/regressive shit.
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I miss being able to like "Country" stuff without feeling like I was supporting a bunch of backward/regressive shit.
What's happened to the strength of the dollar over the last year, you ask?
January 26, 2026 at 11:57 AM
What's happened to the strength of the dollar over the last year, you ask?
"Frivolous! Is it frivolous when I see the flag of my country prostituted to an act of wrong? Is it frivolous when I see the mighty power of this Republic degraded to an act of oppression?" -Charles Sumner
January 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM
"Frivolous! Is it frivolous when I see the flag of my country prostituted to an act of wrong? Is it frivolous when I see the mighty power of this Republic degraded to an act of oppression?" -Charles Sumner
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You gotta dig a little for the good stuff
January 25, 2026 at 2:09 PM
You gotta dig a little for the good stuff
Or the gallows.
If you are running for president you should make clear you’re gonna send Greg Bovino to prison
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Or the gallows.
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Okay big guy I've had to watch MAGA Oathkeeper types showing up wherever and whenever they want with ARs and chest rigs and pistols in thigh holsters SINCE OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT and they were just "patriots" but one dude with his EDC under his jacket observing and filming ICE is a domestic terrorist.
Kash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have a right to break the law." (Pretti was carrying a gun legally.)
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Okay big guy I've had to watch MAGA Oathkeeper types showing up wherever and whenever they want with ARs and chest rigs and pistols in thigh holsters SINCE OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT and they were just "patriots" but one dude with his EDC under his jacket observing and filming ICE is a domestic terrorist.
I wish I had discovered Woody Guthrie earlier.
January 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I wish I had discovered Woody Guthrie earlier.
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As a combat veteran myself, I’m opposed to the idea of military members being spit on when they return from a tour overseas but any attack on Greenland and our NATO allies is so clearly an illegal order that it might be justified for those military members who obey.
Don’t dishonor our Nation!
Don’t dishonor our Nation!
January 19, 2026 at 1:09 PM
As a combat veteran myself, I’m opposed to the idea of military members being spit on when they return from a tour overseas but any attack on Greenland and our NATO allies is so clearly an illegal order that it might be justified for those military members who obey.
Don’t dishonor our Nation!
Don’t dishonor our Nation!
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"Marco Rubio reads voraciously" is the new "Paul Ryan is a numbers guy." -OS
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 AM
"Marco Rubio reads voraciously" is the new "Paul Ryan is a numbers guy." -OS
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This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
This dude is intense and correct
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i pause in the middle of the street fight, only to eat a handful of candy corn and then return to fighting, noticeably more powerful
September 30, 2024 at 9:06 PM
i pause in the middle of the street fight, only to eat a handful of candy corn and then return to fighting, noticeably more powerful
A few months ago, before I left Montana, I was talking with my barber, who owns a house in Portugal, and he said "I'm just afraid that I'll wake up one day and we'll be at war with Europe and I won't be able to leave," and I was like "Nah, that won't happen," and, man, was I naive!
January 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A few months ago, before I left Montana, I was talking with my barber, who owns a house in Portugal, and he said "I'm just afraid that I'll wake up one day and we'll be at war with Europe and I won't be able to leave," and I was like "Nah, that won't happen," and, man, was I naive!
Would anyone like some Kentucky Chicken from La Coruña?
January 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Would anyone like some Kentucky Chicken from La Coruña?
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🕯️My cousin Brian passed away last night. After a courageous 3 wk stint with ICE. He slipped on a fellow agent’s frozen peepee puddle & somersaulted many times in the air, yelling “yabbada yabbada yabbada” & tragically aspirating (a different) agent’s pee he’d been gargling. He hated women🇺🇸💔
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🕯️My cousin Brian passed away last night. After a courageous 3 wk stint with ICE. He slipped on a fellow agent’s frozen peepee puddle & somersaulted many times in the air, yelling “yabbada yabbada yabbada” & tragically aspirating (a different) agent’s pee he’d been gargling. He hated women🇺🇸💔