Dr Theo J. Herlinghetti
@herlinghetti.bsky.social
Welcome to the eXodus.
Retired Syracuse Newhouse School TV/Radio/Film professor, music recording engineer/producer, musician, Mercedes/ motorcycle mechanic, film buff, mad scientist, ex-radio DJ, recovering academic, proud red diaper baby.
Retired Syracuse Newhouse School TV/Radio/Film professor, music recording engineer/producer, musician, Mercedes/ motorcycle mechanic, film buff, mad scientist, ex-radio DJ, recovering academic, proud red diaper baby.
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That's certainly a steaming pile of bullshit.
April 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
That's certainly a steaming pile of bullshit.
April 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Oh, how I long for those bygone days when the market was ruled by simple Fear...
April 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Oh, how I long for those bygone days when the market was ruled by simple Fear...
I need a drink.
It only took 74 days for Donald Trump to smash the global economic order. Why did he decide to blow up a century’s worth of globalization?
Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy
On a chilly Wednesday afternoon, the President announced he would single-handedly blow up a century’s worth of globalization.
www.newyorker.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I need a drink.
More of this, please.
Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering
April 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
More of this, please.
Reposted by Dr Theo J. Herlinghetti
I used the Signal scandal as a gateway to answer a bigger question: why are so many people in positions of power both stupid and incompetent? www.forkingpaths.co/p/on-power-a...
On Power and Stupidity
Why do so many fools end up in positions of authority?
www.forkingpaths.co
March 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I used the Signal scandal as a gateway to answer a bigger question: why are so many people in positions of power both stupid and incompetent? www.forkingpaths.co/p/on-power-a...
Reposted by Dr Theo J. Herlinghetti
‘Guess what? You don’t matter’: what Trump’s war on DEI means for every American who’s not a straight white man
‘Guess what? You don’t matter’: what Trump’s war on DEI means for every American who’s not a straight white man
The government’s move to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion policies is a naked attempt to appeal to prejudice – but it may well backfire
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
‘Guess what? You don’t matter’: what Trump’s war on DEI means for every American who’s not a straight white man
Reposted by Dr Theo J. Herlinghetti
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
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Yes, Trump is running America like his businesses: right into the ground.
We should jettison him while we're still able to recover.
We shouldn't let him financially or morally bankrupt this nation.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/he-bankrup...
#stockmarketcrash
#StockMarket
We should jettison him while we're still able to recover.
We shouldn't let him financially or morally bankrupt this nation.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/he-bankrup...
#stockmarketcrash
#StockMarket
He Bankrupted His Casino. Now He's Bankrupting Our Country.
Throughout three presidential campaigns, people who’ve voted for Donald Trump have repeatedly have said they’ve so, in part, because he was a “successful businessman.”
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Yes, Trump is running America like his businesses: right into the ground.
We should jettison him while we're still able to recover.
We shouldn't let him financially or morally bankrupt this nation.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/he-bankrup...
#stockmarketcrash
#StockMarket
We should jettison him while we're still able to recover.
We shouldn't let him financially or morally bankrupt this nation.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/he-bankrup...
#stockmarketcrash
#StockMarket
The Oregon counties that depend most on federal government jobs are the same ones that voted for Trump, and those workers earn higher average pay.
March 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Oregon counties that depend most on federal government jobs are the same ones that voted for Trump, and those workers earn higher average pay.
Meanwhile, on Wall Street (aka the Dog Track) ...
March 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Meanwhile, on Wall Street (aka the Dog Track) ...
I've been a communications scholar for over 40 years. This is an absolute low point in the agency's history. You should call your congressional representatives and demand they hold hearings over this blatant act of petty partisanship.
someone has added a banner to the FCC Complaints page so that anyone going to file a complaint first gets asked if they want to join in a complaint re: “investigating news distortion at 60 Minutes” consumercomplaints.fcc.gov
February 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I've been a communications scholar for over 40 years. This is an absolute low point in the agency's history. You should call your congressional representatives and demand they hold hearings over this blatant act of petty partisanship.
To those of you who live in countries with sensible healthcare systems, this is not the Onion.
"...a 65-year-old individual may need $165,000 in after-tax savings to cover health care expenses."
www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/p....
"...a 65-year-old individual may need $165,000 in after-tax savings to cover health care expenses."
www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/p....
How to plan for rising health care costs | Fidelity
Health care costs keep increasing and will consume a big portion of retirement savings. Learn how you can factor health care costs into your retirement income planning.
www.fidelity.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
To those of you who live in countries with sensible healthcare systems, this is not the Onion.
"...a 65-year-old individual may need $165,000 in after-tax savings to cover health care expenses."
www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/p....
"...a 65-year-old individual may need $165,000 in after-tax savings to cover health care expenses."
www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/p....
What should be a reason for concern is if Musk sets his sights on rival social media. It's not impossible for him to get the levers of government to screw Bluesky. Any moment now we could see our povcfxhhh)sVF&3xnK
February 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What should be a reason for concern is if Musk sets his sights on rival social media. It's not impossible for him to get the levers of government to screw Bluesky. Any moment now we could see our povcfxhhh)sVF&3xnK
Musk's fortune is based on his family's South African mining business which was developed by using Apartheid regime cheap labor.
atlantablackstar.com/2025/02/14/e...
atlantablackstar.com/2025/02/14/e...
'Beyond Disgusting': Elon Musk Faces Backlash After Mocking Federal Aid Recipients As ‘Parasite Class’ While His Companies Rake In $18 Billion from U.S. Taxpayers
Elon Musk is many things, but self-aware is not one. Compassionate is another adjective that eludes one of the nation's biggest recipients of federal
atlantablackstar.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Musk's fortune is based on his family's South African mining business which was developed by using Apartheid regime cheap labor.
atlantablackstar.com/2025/02/14/e...
atlantablackstar.com/2025/02/14/e...
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Marching Morons, by C. M. Kornbluth.
www.gutenberg.org
February 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Geographically challenged schmuck learns about tariffs.
"Trump said the tariffs would be on china New Mexico (?) and Canada not on American citizenship."
"Trump said the tariffs would be on china New Mexico (?) and Canada not on American citizenship."
February 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Geographically challenged schmuck learns about tariffs.
"Trump said the tariffs would be on china New Mexico (?) and Canada not on American citizenship."
"Trump said the tariffs would be on china New Mexico (?) and Canada not on American citizenship."
Reposted by Dr Theo J. Herlinghetti
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Reposted by Dr Theo J. Herlinghetti
And just like that, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau homepage, consumerfinance.gov, is being erased. As of January 30, 2025, CFPB enforcement actions resulted in
$19.7 billion in consumer relief.
$19.7 billion in consumer relief.
February 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
And just like that, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau homepage, consumerfinance.gov, is being erased. As of January 30, 2025, CFPB enforcement actions resulted in
$19.7 billion in consumer relief.
$19.7 billion in consumer relief.
Stock analysts are referring to the daily public output of baffling bullshit as "macro environment uncertainty."
February 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Stock analysts are referring to the daily public output of baffling bullshit as "macro environment uncertainty."
Putin's henchmen are smiling tonight. Some of those Russian oligarchs make Bond villains like Blofeld look like Boy Scouts.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration disbands taskforce targeting Russian oligarchs
US attorney general issues memo to break up effort started after 2022 Ukraine invasion to target those close to Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Putin's henchmen are smiling tonight. Some of those Russian oligarchs make Bond villains like Blofeld look like Boy Scouts.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The current administration is focused on generating bullshit on a wide scale.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The current administration is focused on generating bullshit on a wide scale.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"We didn't think this crazy old shithead wouldn't keep coming up with crazy shit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans conflicted on Trump’s pitch to ‘own’ Gaza: ‘I thought we voted for America First’
Some senior party leaders call Trump’s vow that the US will ‘take over’ Gaza ‘problematic’ while others approve
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"We didn't think this crazy old shithead wouldn't keep coming up with crazy shit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...