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Living on a hill that overlooks NY Harbor and the Statue of Liberty. Hoping that Liberty remains something more than just a statue in a harbor.


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Good recap of recent developments and perspective of where this is likely headed.

Everything Trump Touches Dies. Here, one of our closest international relationships, in multiple senses.
My piece on our break with our closest neighbor and ally:
"There’s no talk about a mutually beneficial relationship; Canada, Trump says, is not even a vassal state. Its very existence is dependent on the US, which means it is dependent on him personally. 'Canada lives because of the US,' he says, like a domestic abuser sneering." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I'm worried about the Melania movie. My wife actually suggested seeing it as a lark. "No one will have seen it," she cheerfully noted, "it will be an event!"

I said no, but what if this catches on? You know, like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with midnight showings to campy crowds reciting lines?
January 31, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Trump is concerned about building a lasting legacy? Now, he's back on his Triumphal/Trumple Arch?

Just die already! That will be his greatest legacy! Like Guy Fawkes, we'll celebrate it annually for centuries!
January 31, 2026 at 4:11 PM
SPRINGSTEEN!!!

(Learn the lyrics. They're posted below the audio-only stream. This will be the anthem of our time!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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"Complainant reported Ghislaine Maxwell as the madam and broker for sex parties, clients of whom included Epstein, Robin Leach, and Donald Trump. Complainant reported participating in orgies and that some girls went missing, rumored to have been murdered and buried at the facility."

👇
DOJ just deleted this.

Whoops!
January 30, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Okay, maybe the world isn't ending. The "Bubble" (really more like a fever blister!) in precious metals (gold and silver) has popped! Down 20% overnight. Fear about the demise of the US dollar has eased after the Madman-in-Charge, Trump, announced someone more or less normal for the next Fed Chair.
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Bondi is an idiot. Arresting Don Lemon? With Abbe Lowell as his attorney, Pam will be lucky to even see this case make it to trial. And zero chance of getting it further than a hung jury.
January 30, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I see Barron inherited his father's unseriousness and lack of academic aptitude.
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I don't really understand this. I'm not opposed to it, I just don't follow the why of it. In the last couple of years, American "craft" brewers have been packaging their beers and ales in 19.2 oz, 568 ml cans. These are pretty unstandard for the US market, but they're exactly Imperial pints.

Why?
January 30, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Some devastating snark in an article on 'Melania,' the schlockumentary, in Mother Jones.
January 29, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Kill ICE!

(Of COURSE I mean eliminate the agency! What did you THINK I meant?)
January 29, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Graffiti spotted scrawled on a poster on the "R" line in Brooklyn:

"The experiment has failed. Glass the US! -- GW maybe"
January 29, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Here's some excellent analysis on the boom, bubble, and potential bust in AI, and the effect of (idiotic) Trump policies on all of this, as well as land use, soaring electric rates, environmental damage.

(GIFT ARTICLE -- expires in 7 days -- print to PDF to save)
The AI Bubble Is Getting Closer to Popping
AI is driving the S&P 500 index and the broader US economy forward. The CEOs of a handful of few dominant firms have become celebrities, with groupies and markets alike hanging on their words and ...
www.bloomberg.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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Also, neither the Trumps nor Netflix nor anyone else gives a shit about the movie appearing successful, OR THEY WOULD HAVE BOUGHT OUT ALL THE SEATS FOR OPENING WEEKEND.

It was all just a transaction. They paid money to Trump. That was the only goal. The "movie" is barely a fig leaf.
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
While she and the perpetrators of that schlockumentary are entitled to all the derision we can muster, don't lose sight of what was creative here. This was a $40 million bribery of the President of the United States, with the thinnest, gauziest cloak of deniability possible, nothing more.
January 28, 2026 at 8:15 PM
He admits it. Trump is purposely damaging the US Dollar. This is folly. Regardless of what the Fed does to lower short-term interest rates, a declining currency results in higher long-term rates, like mortgages, because investors want higher returns for the risk.
January 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Great idea! Next time you see masked or camo or heavily armed ICE or CBP or "Federal" agents, just point and scream, "MURDERERS!!" at them.

At this point, I think we can all agree, they're collectively guilty.
January 27, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Just wrote my Congressman (Dan Goldman) and both NY Senators (Gillibrand and Schumer) and demanded they shut down the government. We cannot live like this, with fascists and liars and propagandists terrorizing and subverting the country from Washington, executing innocents!

SHUT IT DOWN!
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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How can anyone possibly defend what ICE/Border Patrol is doing?!
January 26, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Worth a listen, whether you are White, Black, Brown, Male or Female. I'm not sure what exactly the solution is, but the problem is definitely oppression.

It must stop.
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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True list;)
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Early reviews on Mayor Zohran Mamdani's handling of our first major snowstorm of the year seem pretty excellent.
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Suddenly find myself on a mailing list for "historyfacts" touting an article about who discovered America before Columbus. A little out of date, considering Columbus Day was 3 months ago.

VOA published this very similar story 10 years ago (okay... 9 3/4). I unsubscribed to "historyfacts."
The Real Story: Who Discovered America
America was really discovered a people known as Pre-Clovis who crossed a land bridge between Asian and America 15,000 years ago
www.voanews.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Our Federal Government is now in the hands of monsters.
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 AM