@ohiodolt.bsky.social
Retired French professor and editor. A (not very good) Quaker. Definite feminazi tendencies. Cat lover. Ohioan. Tech dolt.
Look, if a handful of French thieves can drive a truck and lift right up to the Louvre in broad daylight...
Why couldn't some tough Americans drive a truck and wrecking ball up to Mar a Lago and start taking the place apart?
Why couldn't some tough Americans drive a truck and wrecking ball up to Mar a Lago and start taking the place apart?
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Look, if a handful of French thieves can drive a truck and lift right up to the Louvre in broad daylight...
Why couldn't some tough Americans drive a truck and wrecking ball up to Mar a Lago and start taking the place apart?
Why couldn't some tough Americans drive a truck and wrecking ball up to Mar a Lago and start taking the place apart?
If ICE had captured any members of Tren de Aragua, MS-13, or other gang members and violent criminals, surely they'd be parading them around to the media saying, "See? SEE? They're here and we're catching them!"
Instead, all we see are immigrants without crime records, families, and children.
Instead, all we see are immigrants without crime records, families, and children.
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If ICE had captured any members of Tren de Aragua, MS-13, or other gang members and violent criminals, surely they'd be parading them around to the media saying, "See? SEE? They're here and we're catching them!"
Instead, all we see are immigrants without crime records, families, and children.
Instead, all we see are immigrants without crime records, families, and children.
"But [Texas] lawmakers have so far allocated only a fraction of the money needed for flood projects through the state’s Flood Infrastructure Fund, about $669 million so far, even as state lawmakers this year approved $51 billion in property tax cuts."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...
Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"But [Texas] lawmakers have so far allocated only a fraction of the money needed for flood projects through the state’s Flood Infrastructure Fund, about $669 million so far, even as state lawmakers this year approved $51 billion in property tax cuts."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...
Kristi Noem tells terrified Haitian refugees, "Y'all can go home now! The coast is clear!"
In fact, conditions in Haiti have been getting worse.
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In fact, conditions in Haiti have been getting worse.
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DHS ends deportation protection for Haitians, says Haiti is ‘safe’
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said allowing Haitians to stay in the country was against the “national interest.”
wapo.st
June 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Kristi Noem tells terrified Haitian refugees, "Y'all can go home now! The coast is clear!"
In fact, conditions in Haiti have been getting worse.
wapo.st/3GiF1qp
In fact, conditions in Haiti have been getting worse.
wapo.st/3GiF1qp
This is why we can't have nice things.
June 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is why we can't have nice things.
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Has Tom Nichols' post on the State Department's invitation to a "Christian prayer service" been deleted? WHY??
May 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Has Tom Nichols' post on the State Department's invitation to a "Christian prayer service" been deleted? WHY??
"In an environment where any guy on the street could turn out to be part of an ICE or Homeland Security sting operation, such impersonations become trivially easy."
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Opinion | Is that guy with a gun an ICE officer — or just a guy with a gun?
Masked federal agents aren’t exactly Trump’s secret police. But they are hiding from accountability.
wapo.st
May 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"In an environment where any guy on the street could turn out to be part of an ICE or Homeland Security sting operation, such impersonations become trivially easy."
wapo.st/438r062
wapo.st/438r062
I guess I should have seen this coming.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
Trump to Sign Order Designating English as Official Language of the U.S. (Gift Article)
The order is expected to be largely symbolic but would be a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has long had ties to efforts to reduce immigration and restrict bilingual education.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I guess I should have seen this coming.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
Two of Trudeau's top ministers are scheduled to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss border and tariff issues.
At several points during the proceedings, Mélanie Joly and Dominic LeBlanc should turn to each other, say something in French, and then snicker. It'll drive Trump absolutely nuts.
At several points during the proceedings, Mélanie Joly and Dominic LeBlanc should turn to each other, say something in French, and then snicker. It'll drive Trump absolutely nuts.
December 27, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Two of Trudeau's top ministers are scheduled to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss border and tariff issues.
At several points during the proceedings, Mélanie Joly and Dominic LeBlanc should turn to each other, say something in French, and then snicker. It'll drive Trump absolutely nuts.
At several points during the proceedings, Mélanie Joly and Dominic LeBlanc should turn to each other, say something in French, and then snicker. It'll drive Trump absolutely nuts.
Part of me is utterly outraged that Trump (not yet president) and Musk (not yet human) are horning in on the House's budget negotiations.
The other part of me is delighted to watch Mikey and the Morons being harried by these two harpies from Hades.
The other part of me is delighted to watch Mikey and the Morons being harried by these two harpies from Hades.
December 19, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Part of me is utterly outraged that Trump (not yet president) and Musk (not yet human) are horning in on the House's budget negotiations.
The other part of me is delighted to watch Mikey and the Morons being harried by these two harpies from Hades.
The other part of me is delighted to watch Mikey and the Morons being harried by these two harpies from Hades.
So Musk and SpaceX are facing multiple reviews for violating rules on security reporting.
How dare ANY government department or agency challenge the guy who's gunning for them ALL?
How dare ANY government department or agency challenge the guy who's gunning for them ALL?
December 17, 2024 at 8:43 PM
So Musk and SpaceX are facing multiple reviews for violating rules on security reporting.
How dare ANY government department or agency challenge the guy who's gunning for them ALL?
How dare ANY government department or agency challenge the guy who's gunning for them ALL?
Our local rag, under the loving management of Gannett, has devolved from a mediocre newspaper into a sports-and-advertising gazette. Last week they have the nerve to announce that they're DOUBLING the price of their subscriptions. (This would now cost me more than my digital subscription to NYT.)
December 16, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Our local rag, under the loving management of Gannett, has devolved from a mediocre newspaper into a sports-and-advertising gazette. Last week they have the nerve to announce that they're DOUBLING the price of their subscriptions. (This would now cost me more than my digital subscription to NYT.)
What qualifies Sean Duffy to serve as Secretary of Transportation? The fact that he has been log-rolling and speed-climbing since he was five years old?
November 18, 2024 at 11:29 PM
What qualifies Sean Duffy to serve as Secretary of Transportation? The fact that he has been log-rolling and speed-climbing since he was five years old?
WARNING LANGUAGE CURMUDGEON IN THE ROOM:
When did "everyday" replace "every day"?
When did "backseat" replace "back seat"?
When did "backyard" replace "back yard"?
When did "everyday" replace "every day"?
When did "backseat" replace "back seat"?
When did "backyard" replace "back yard"?
November 18, 2024 at 11:22 PM
WARNING LANGUAGE CURMUDGEON IN THE ROOM:
When did "everyday" replace "every day"?
When did "backseat" replace "back seat"?
When did "backyard" replace "back yard"?
When did "everyday" replace "every day"?
When did "backseat" replace "back seat"?
When did "backyard" replace "back yard"?
Here's an interesting headline from WaPo:
"What do four more years of Trump look like?"
Gee I dunno, maybe being slowly munched to death by a leisurely alligator with halitosis?
Any other good similes / metaphors that come to mind?
"What do four more years of Trump look like?"
Gee I dunno, maybe being slowly munched to death by a leisurely alligator with halitosis?
Any other good similes / metaphors that come to mind?
November 16, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Here's an interesting headline from WaPo:
"What do four more years of Trump look like?"
Gee I dunno, maybe being slowly munched to death by a leisurely alligator with halitosis?
Any other good similes / metaphors that come to mind?
"What do four more years of Trump look like?"
Gee I dunno, maybe being slowly munched to death by a leisurely alligator with halitosis?
Any other good similes / metaphors that come to mind?
Trump has chosen 27-year-old Karoline Leavitt for White House press secretary. Youngest person ever to take the job. She's a hard-core Trumpist and is still contesting the 2020 election.
If journalists ask her any hard questions during press briefings,
will Trump sue them for bias and harassment?
If journalists ask her any hard questions during press briefings,
will Trump sue them for bias and harassment?
November 16, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Trump has chosen 27-year-old Karoline Leavitt for White House press secretary. Youngest person ever to take the job. She's a hard-core Trumpist and is still contesting the 2020 election.
If journalists ask her any hard questions during press briefings,
will Trump sue them for bias and harassment?
If journalists ask her any hard questions during press briefings,
will Trump sue them for bias and harassment?
