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· Sep 16
Nothing could honor the memory of Alfred Nobel more than letting folks know what everyone else will say about them when they pass away. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_P...
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Slavery in the Americas did not emerge wholly formed in all its horrors, but rather developed - in the worst possible ways - out of traditions and markets long pre-dating colonialism.
But this isn't exculpatory for American slavery.
But this isn't exculpatory for American slavery.
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Slavery in the Americas did not emerge wholly formed in all its horrors, but rather developed - in the worst possible ways - out of traditions and markets long pre-dating colonialism.
But this isn't exculpatory for American slavery.
But this isn't exculpatory for American slavery.
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So yeah, sometimes when people bring up pre-modern traditions of slavery, including in Africa, and the role of Africans in the Atlantic slave trade, its clear where they are going politically and its more useful to shut that shit down.
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So yeah, sometimes when people bring up pre-modern traditions of slavery, including in Africa, and the role of Africans in the Atlantic slave trade, its clear where they are going politically and its more useful to shut that shit down.
I searched “america business forum jerkoff dance” on YouTube and it was what you would expect.
Just saying.
Just saying.
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I searched “america business forum jerkoff dance” on YouTube and it was what you would expect.
Just saying.
Just saying.
I don’t see the video of a crowned Donald dumping shit on a crowd from a plane as a distraction from what Donald is doing, I see it as a double red underline to emphasize what Donald is doing, and I wonder about those folks who don’t think they live in the same country that we do.
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I don’t see the video of a crowned Donald dumping shit on a crowd from a plane as a distraction from what Donald is doing, I see it as a double red underline to emphasize what Donald is doing, and I wonder about those folks who don’t think they live in the same country that we do.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that I cannot possibly care about Charlie Kirk any more than his widow does.
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’ve come to the conclusion that I cannot possibly care about Charlie Kirk any more than his widow does.
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Yeah, this is kind of funny. This must be the reason for the firing. youtu.be/uVHQ8WLba68?...
Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING as his OWN DOJ ACCUSES HIM
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yeah, this is kind of funny. This must be the reason for the firing. youtu.be/uVHQ8WLba68?...
IT MIGHT BE
IT COULD BE
IT IS
A CATCH
IT COULD BE
IT IS
A CATCH
October 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
IT MIGHT BE
IT COULD BE
IT IS
A CATCH
IT COULD BE
IT IS
A CATCH
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Steve Bannon is a troll. This talk of a third term is projecting a false future with Trump in it to make him seem like less of a lame duck.
October 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Steve Bannon is a troll. This talk of a third term is projecting a false future with Trump in it to make him seem like less of a lame duck.
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I guess that's like tautologically true but someone making minimum wage at Wal Mart will not starve to death without SNAP, they will just have to start living out of their car or forego medical care or make some other horrible accomodation to poverty because of the money they now must spend on food
Classic Iron Law of Wages reasoning that you can't pay people less than they need to live, by definition. I mean not if you expect them to continue to show up for long.
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I guess that's like tautologically true but someone making minimum wage at Wal Mart will not starve to death without SNAP, they will just have to start living out of their car or forego medical care or make some other horrible accomodation to poverty because of the money they now must spend on food
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At some point they'll discover the Czech Public Benefit Of Smoking study.
(Short version: cigarettes are amazing for state finances, smokers generally live to retirement age able to work - paying normal taxes plus cigarette taxes the whole time - then tend to die quickly, incurably, and cheaply)
(Short version: cigarettes are amazing for state finances, smokers generally live to retirement age able to work - paying normal taxes plus cigarette taxes the whole time - then tend to die quickly, incurably, and cheaply)
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
At some point they'll discover the Czech Public Benefit Of Smoking study.
(Short version: cigarettes are amazing for state finances, smokers generally live to retirement age able to work - paying normal taxes plus cigarette taxes the whole time - then tend to die quickly, incurably, and cheaply)
(Short version: cigarettes are amazing for state finances, smokers generally live to retirement age able to work - paying normal taxes plus cigarette taxes the whole time - then tend to die quickly, incurably, and cheaply)
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Not even Lydia Bennet was this fucking obsessed with a ballroom. And she didn’t have a flailing super-power to manage. 🤔
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Not even Lydia Bennet was this fucking obsessed with a ballroom. And she didn’t have a flailing super-power to manage. 🤔
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Hey you Canadians, you’re so mad at us that you want to destroy the White House again? Beat you to it. You suck.
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey you Canadians, you’re so mad at us that you want to destroy the White House again? Beat you to it. You suck.
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The AI video of Trump taking a dump on protesters points back to something else we've written off as fake. But now I really wouldn't put it past him to hire someone to piss on the bed Pres. and Mrs. Obama slept in.
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The AI video of Trump taking a dump on protesters points back to something else we've written off as fake. But now I really wouldn't put it past him to hire someone to piss on the bed Pres. and Mrs. Obama slept in.
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The emotional appeal of fascism is the promise that the Strong Daddy leader will restore you to a time when you didn't have to worry about paying bills or think about hard, complicated stuff like racism or sexism.
The tradwife thing is a similar flavor.....
The tradwife thing is a similar flavor.....
October 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The emotional appeal of fascism is the promise that the Strong Daddy leader will restore you to a time when you didn't have to worry about paying bills or think about hard, complicated stuff like racism or sexism.
The tradwife thing is a similar flavor.....
The tradwife thing is a similar flavor.....
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you could never make Soylent Green today
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
you could never make Soylent Green today
“Do you know how much Obama gets paid for Obamacare? I hear it’s *a lot*. I plan to replace it with Trumpcare. For a lot less money than what you’re paying Obama for Obamacare, you can have healthcare provided by the people responsible for Trump Casino, Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump Shuttle”
October 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“Do you know how much Obama gets paid for Obamacare? I hear it’s *a lot*. I plan to replace it with Trumpcare. For a lot less money than what you’re paying Obama for Obamacare, you can have healthcare provided by the people responsible for Trump Casino, Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump Shuttle”
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And now she’s talking about the difference between “beach and urban” environments, and how Huntington Beach should be careful of the urban people from Long Beach.
I got a warning from Pat Burns for calling out “that’s racist.”
I got a warning from Pat Burns for calling out “that’s racist.”
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
And now she’s talking about the difference between “beach and urban” environments, and how Huntington Beach should be careful of the urban people from Long Beach.
I got a warning from Pat Burns for calling out “that’s racist.”
I got a warning from Pat Burns for calling out “that’s racist.”
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This is ALL I could think of (to self soothe) while taking in the horrifyingly incompetent cruelty of this week’s ‘mission’ in Chicago.
They did this for the footage - so remind them they look like THIS when they try to use it as promotions performative bullying.
#huthut #huthuthut
#stupidkills
They did this for the footage - so remind them they look like THIS when they try to use it as promotions performative bullying.
#huthut #huthuthut
#stupidkills
October 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is ALL I could think of (to self soothe) while taking in the horrifyingly incompetent cruelty of this week’s ‘mission’ in Chicago.
They did this for the footage - so remind them they look like THIS when they try to use it as promotions performative bullying.
#huthut #huthuthut
#stupidkills
They did this for the footage - so remind them they look like THIS when they try to use it as promotions performative bullying.
#huthut #huthuthut
#stupidkills
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If I got worked over this badly I'd be furious, not impressed, unless they is I didn't get worked over at all.
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If I got worked over this badly I'd be furious, not impressed, unless they is I didn't get worked over at all.
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No joke: one of the most racist, idiotic, dangerous things I’ve ever read. A stunning inversion of reality, turning segregationists into terrified refugees, while actual victims of segregation are transformed into a kind of invading horde who seized inner cities by force - and should be now removed.
October 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
No joke: one of the most racist, idiotic, dangerous things I’ve ever read. A stunning inversion of reality, turning segregationists into terrified refugees, while actual victims of segregation are transformed into a kind of invading horde who seized inner cities by force - and should be now removed.
Donald told farmers on April 1st to grow crops for the domestic market this year, but did they listen? Noooooooooo….
BASH: The argument Dems make is that insurance companies start to make plans soon, and so by the time they make that plan the ACA subsidies will expire. Isn't there something to that?
JOHNSON: No. That's a December policy issue
BASH: But insurance companies have to make decisions well before Dec.
JOHNSON: No. That's a December policy issue
BASH: But insurance companies have to make decisions well before Dec.
October 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Donald told farmers on April 1st to grow crops for the domestic market this year, but did they listen? Noooooooooo….
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That's part of why I wrote this. It's important to understand that MAGA is not "real" America.
On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.
www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...
On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.
www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...
MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why
The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem
www.salon.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
That's part of why I wrote this. It's important to understand that MAGA is not "real" America.
On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.
www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...
On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.
www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...
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Salem has become an increasingly blue shade of purple during the 25 years I've lived here as that subculture of white evangelicalism has shrunk in terms of how many people live inside of it...but many in that subculture have also taken on a more embittered and angry attitude toward their neighbors.
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Salem has become an increasingly blue shade of purple during the 25 years I've lived here as that subculture of white evangelicalism has shrunk in terms of how many people live inside of it...but many in that subculture have also taken on a more embittered and angry attitude toward their neighbors.
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US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.