Grumpy Old Me.
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Just a guy looking at the world today and thinking...$#!@$!!! Navy veteran, world traveler, fantastic cook.
This is bad policy on so many levels.
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is bad policy on so many levels.
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On the bright side, MAGATS have no issue with self-identifing. One can spot them from a safe distance.
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
On the bright side, MAGATS have no issue with self-identifing. One can spot them from a safe distance.
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Not sure this tell me much one way or the other abt the larger political/societal debates about AI. But this fascinating science. Working of scientists believes they're now able to decode or understand the language of sperm whales using AI/LLMs. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Not sure this tell me much one way or the other abt the larger political/societal debates about AI. But this fascinating science. Working of scientists believes they're now able to decode or understand the language of sperm whales using AI/LLMs. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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I was just in China and this doesn’t surprise me one bit.
The EVs on the road there are outstanding and the prices are shockingly affordable. China let Tesla build and sell cars there, learned the playbook, then knocked them off and outperformed them in every way.
BYD “Build Your Dreams”
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The EVs on the road there are outstanding and the prices are shockingly affordable. China let Tesla build and sell cars there, learned the playbook, then knocked them off and outperformed them in every way.
BYD “Build Your Dreams”
🧵
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I was just in China and this doesn’t surprise me one bit.
The EVs on the road there are outstanding and the prices are shockingly affordable. China let Tesla build and sell cars there, learned the playbook, then knocked them off and outperformed them in every way.
BYD “Build Your Dreams”
🧵
The EVs on the road there are outstanding and the prices are shockingly affordable. China let Tesla build and sell cars there, learned the playbook, then knocked them off and outperformed them in every way.
BYD “Build Your Dreams”
🧵
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Reporters who fact-check Trump to his face are not “stupid”, they are not “piggies”, and they are not “ugly”. They are doing their jobs, and doing it under pressure most of us will never experience.
We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.
We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Reporters who fact-check Trump to his face are not “stupid”, they are not “piggies”, and they are not “ugly”. They are doing their jobs, and doing it under pressure most of us will never experience.
We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.
We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.
Cornbread from Reinhart's "Bread Bakers Apprentice" cooked for 50 minutes in cast iron skillet and transfered to cake carrier for traveling. #thanksgiving2025 #homecooking
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Cornbread from Reinhart's "Bread Bakers Apprentice" cooked for 50 minutes in cast iron skillet and transfered to cake carrier for traveling. #thanksgiving2025 #homecooking
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A reminder: Time to start defrosting the turkey! #thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A reminder: Time to start defrosting the turkey! #thanksgiving
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Our convicted felon president, who pardoned Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, wants to charge Mark Kelly, a decorated war veteran and astronaut, with seditious conspiracy.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Our convicted felon president, who pardoned Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, wants to charge Mark Kelly, a decorated war veteran and astronaut, with seditious conspiracy.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
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If you’re wondering why there’s a lull in the Epstein files discussion, it’s because the law that just passed gave Pamela Jo 30 days to release the files. So we’re all waiting to see how she tries to sabotage it. The discussion will pick back up in earnest on December 20th.
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you’re wondering why there’s a lull in the Epstein files discussion, it’s because the law that just passed gave Pamela Jo 30 days to release the files. So we’re all waiting to see how she tries to sabotage it. The discussion will pick back up in earnest on December 20th.
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“Trump turns being artless into an art form; he’s a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. Even his flaws have flaws. There’s always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too, but rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.” -Nate White
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“Trump turns being artless into an art form; he’s a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. Even his flaws have flaws. There’s always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too, but rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.” -Nate White
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been hated by the left for years and never feared for her life. She’s been hated by the right for two days and had to hire security.
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I was surprised that I couldn't find the name of the Bloomberg reporter Trump called "Piggy," and then I realized that if she's ID'd, she'll be bombarded with threats of death and sexual assault from Trump supporters.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I was surprised that I couldn't find the name of the Bloomberg reporter Trump called "Piggy," and then I realized that if she's ID'd, she'll be bombarded with threats of death and sexual assault from Trump supporters.
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Yes, sadly it is real.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yes, sadly it is real.
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The "thagomizer" is the name for the spiked tail of a stegosaurid dinosaur. It didn't have a name until the cartoonist Gary Larson published this comic about it, named it, and the scientific community just accepted it and started using it, too.
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The "thagomizer" is the name for the spiked tail of a stegosaurid dinosaur. It didn't have a name until the cartoonist Gary Larson published this comic about it, named it, and the scientific community just accepted it and started using it, too.
Epstein scenarios:
1. Trump knew nothing. Highly unlikely.
2. Trump knew but did not partake (unless girls turned 18)
3. Trump knew and acted as a voyeur
4. Trump participated wholeheartedly.
Did I miss anything?
1. Trump knew nothing. Highly unlikely.
2. Trump knew but did not partake (unless girls turned 18)
3. Trump knew and acted as a voyeur
4. Trump participated wholeheartedly.
Did I miss anything?
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Epstein scenarios:
1. Trump knew nothing. Highly unlikely.
2. Trump knew but did not partake (unless girls turned 18)
3. Trump knew and acted as a voyeur
4. Trump participated wholeheartedly.
Did I miss anything?
1. Trump knew nothing. Highly unlikely.
2. Trump knew but did not partake (unless girls turned 18)
3. Trump knew and acted as a voyeur
4. Trump participated wholeheartedly.
Did I miss anything?
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The White House keeps unilaterally taking entirely voluntary actions which it openly says are intended to inflict more pain and then they're I guess surprised - along with most of the DC media - about why they seem to be taking the blame for the shutdown.
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The White House keeps unilaterally taking entirely voluntary actions which it openly says are intended to inflict more pain and then they're I guess surprised - along with most of the DC media - about why they seem to be taking the blame for the shutdown.
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The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
www.oregonlive.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds.