Mr. America
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"The Simpsons" is a documentary. Homer is the median American.
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Mr. America
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· Aug 31
We're like a squabbling family whose car broke down in "Hills Have Eyes" country, smoke coming from the hood, and vowing to buy a better brand of spark plugs, or fill the tank with premium gasoline next time.
The engine blew up, son. You either need a new engine or a new car, period.
The engine blew up, son. You either need a new engine or a new car, period.
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The alicublog Friday 'Round-the-Horn is up, with one ROY EDROSO BREAKS IT DOWN freebie (Ya want more? Subscribe, it's cheap!) and some deep thought about Trump's patty-cake with Mamdani. alicublog.blogspot.com/2025/11/frid...
<B>FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: TRUMP EMBRACES SOCIALISM EDITION.</B>
Where they spend their se-molians / Just to watch those cre-olians / Skippin', hippin′, doin' the uptown lowdown. (Chick Webb!) The week w...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The alicublog Friday 'Round-the-Horn is up, with one ROY EDROSO BREAKS IT DOWN freebie (Ya want more? Subscribe, it's cheap!) and some deep thought about Trump's patty-cake with Mamdani. alicublog.blogspot.com/2025/11/frid...
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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Trump just gave a stronger endorsement of Zohran Mamdani than Chuck Schumer did.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Trump just gave a stronger endorsement of Zohran Mamdani than Chuck Schumer did.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We've got a cover for Lost Worlds, folks - coming May 5th, 2026. Preorder it here: www.harpercollins.com/products/los...
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WOW WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THAT, THIS IS POLITICAL DYNAMITE, WILL YOU SPEAK AT OUR NATIONAL CONVENTION
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
WOW WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THAT, THIS IS POLITICAL DYNAMITE, WILL YOU SPEAK AT OUR NATIONAL CONVENTION
Until IDs and warrants are shown -- and frankly even then -- they are not any sort of "federal agent" or "law enforcement officer," they're just home invasion gangs. Thugs.
Criminals. Note to Democrats: none of that is negotiable. Either we have rights or we don't.
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Criminals. Note to Democrats: none of that is negotiable. Either we have rights or we don't.
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ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Until IDs and warrants are shown -- and frankly even then -- they are not any sort of "federal agent" or "law enforcement officer," they're just home invasion gangs. Thugs.
Criminals. Note to Democrats: none of that is negotiable. Either we have rights or we don't.
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Criminals. Note to Democrats: none of that is negotiable. Either we have rights or we don't.
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Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
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The correct thing to do in this scenario, when faced with a misogynistic, moronic boor, is to tell him that he's being a boor. If people had done that to Donald Trump 40 years ago instead of trying to ingratiate themselves to the rich guy, we wouldn't be here now.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
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November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The correct thing to do in this scenario, when faced with a misogynistic, moronic boor, is to tell him that he's being a boor. If people had done that to Donald Trump 40 years ago instead of trying to ingratiate themselves to the rich guy, we wouldn't be here now.
Anyone who claims "they didn't know what Trump would do" in 2024 is either too stupid to be trusted with anything beyond a roll of pennies, or lying through their teeth. What did they think (to cite just one of countless examples) all the "Mass Deportation Now!" signs meant?
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This is going to get spun as a "thermostatic shift" chart, but it should be properly interpreted as a "information environment is broken" chart.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
Nearly every county in Virginia has shifted blue in a massive statement against Donald Trump.
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Anyone who claims "they didn't know what Trump would do" in 2024 is either too stupid to be trusted with anything beyond a roll of pennies, or lying through their teeth. What did they think (to cite just one of countless examples) all the "Mass Deportation Now!" signs meant?
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This is the way -- the *only* way. Again, people who won't stand up for themselves will *never* stand up for anyone else.
Flood the zone, shame the both-siders, force *everyone* -- Dems, Reps, media mutts -- to acknowledge aloud that it's unacceptable.
Make him eat it. 💩
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Flood the zone, shame the both-siders, force *everyone* -- Dems, Reps, media mutts -- to acknowledge aloud that it's unacceptable.
Make him eat it. 💩
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is the way -- the *only* way. Again, people who won't stand up for themselves will *never* stand up for anyone else.
Flood the zone, shame the both-siders, force *everyone* -- Dems, Reps, media mutts -- to acknowledge aloud that it's unacceptable.
Make him eat it. 💩
bsky.app/profile/chri...
Flood the zone, shame the both-siders, force *everyone* -- Dems, Reps, media mutts -- to acknowledge aloud that it's unacceptable.
Make him eat it. 💩
bsky.app/profile/chri...
People are calling the new Grok "Mecha-Hitler" and I have to disagree -- this is full-tilt juche agitprop. This is "The Great Leader brought the Sacred Book down from Mount Paektu to enlighten and ennoble the peasants, and Dear Leader is His Prophet. Also He shot 10 holes-in-one at Pebble Beach."
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
People are calling the new Grok "Mecha-Hitler" and I have to disagree -- this is full-tilt juche agitprop. This is "The Great Leader brought the Sacred Book down from Mount Paektu to enlighten and ennoble the peasants, and Dear Leader is His Prophet. Also He shot 10 holes-in-one at Pebble Beach."
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Society needs to stop coddling supremacists. Make them sleep in the filthy bed of sticks and filth they made for others; stop making others sleep in the bed so that they can feel comfortable in their mediocrity. Stop entertaining their nonsense. Lock them out of the house so it can be cleaned.
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Society needs to stop coddling supremacists. Make them sleep in the filthy bed of sticks and filth they made for others; stop making others sleep in the bed so that they can feel comfortable in their mediocrity. Stop entertaining their nonsense. Lock them out of the house so it can be cleaned.
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Lots of fun stuff in this week's episode: best practices on iguana butchery and preparation, Georgian feasting, and the delightful Little Guys of Tasmania. Also some journalism chat and whatnot, but it's mostly (literal) escapist stuff. defector.com/a-big-world-...
A Big World Full Of Friendly Little Guys, With Nathan Thornburgh | Defector
My wife and I have been planning a trip for around five years. The idea was that it would be a big one for our 10th anniversary; we celebrated our 16th in August. There were deferrals due to family tr...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lots of fun stuff in this week's episode: best practices on iguana butchery and preparation, Georgian feasting, and the delightful Little Guys of Tasmania. Also some journalism chat and whatnot, but it's mostly (literal) escapist stuff. defector.com/a-big-world-...
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One day - today - in the Opinion offerings from what we have spent our entire lives being told is the leading voice of the hopelessly liberal media. Is it any wonder that the ordinary person's brain is pickled if this is supposed to be the "good" end of the information pool?
SCENES FROM A LIBERAL MEDIA | Gin and Tacos
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November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
One day - today - in the Opinion offerings from what we have spent our entire lives being told is the leading voice of the hopelessly liberal media. Is it any wonder that the ordinary person's brain is pickled if this is supposed to be the "good" end of the information pool?
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This is true, in the sense that it is a web of very real scandals reactionaries will try to claim are fake through the power of repetitive bare assertion
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This is true, in the sense that it is a web of very real scandals reactionaries will try to claim are fake through the power of repetitive bare assertion
TRUMP: Democratic politicians should be tried as traitors and executed.
DEM LDRSHP: Shut up.
Look, it's a start, if a feeble one. But every missive directed at Trump or his little Eichmanns must always account for the "or *what*?" factor.
*Bring gov't to a halt. Period.*
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DEM LDRSHP: Shut up.
Look, it's a start, if a feeble one. But every missive directed at Trump or his little Eichmanns must always account for the "or *what*?" factor.
*Bring gov't to a halt. Period.*
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November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
TRUMP: Democratic politicians should be tried as traitors and executed.
DEM LDRSHP: Shut up.
Look, it's a start, if a feeble one. But every missive directed at Trump or his little Eichmanns must always account for the "or *what*?" factor.
*Bring gov't to a halt. Period.*
bsky.app/profile/hake...
DEM LDRSHP: Shut up.
Look, it's a start, if a feeble one. But every missive directed at Trump or his little Eichmanns must always account for the "or *what*?" factor.
*Bring gov't to a halt. Period.*
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Trump is being hurt worst by exactly what hurt Biden. People are broke, and he tells them they're not. In Trump's case it's worse because of grocery prices. Trump says they've never been lower, and that's absurd.
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trump is being hurt worst by exactly what hurt Biden. People are broke, and he tells them they're not. In Trump's case it's worse because of grocery prices. Trump says they've never been lower, and that's absurd.
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A common feature of narcissistic collapse is that something happens to cause the narcissist to see themselves as they actually are & then they lash out often with rage or violence until sufficient fealty/adoration are restored, if that doesn’t happen the rage/violence will continue to escalate
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A common feature of narcissistic collapse is that something happens to cause the narcissist to see themselves as they actually are & then they lash out often with rage or violence until sufficient fealty/adoration are restored, if that doesn’t happen the rage/violence will continue to escalate
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This quote below is from Tom Murton, who was hired in the 1960s to reform Arkansas' worst prison. The governor fired him less than a year later after he started excavating unmarked graves of murdered inmates and inviting national media to write about it. Ended up running a duck farm.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This quote below is from Tom Murton, who was hired in the 1960s to reform Arkansas' worst prison. The governor fired him less than a year later after he started excavating unmarked graves of murdered inmates and inviting national media to write about it. Ended up running a duck farm.
Okay, fine. DO IT, FATBOY. Get your faithful dog Blondi on the phone and tell her to fuckin' do it. Come on. See what it gets ya.
Call his bluff and make him eat it.
Call his bluff and make him eat it.
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Okay, fine. DO IT, FATBOY. Get your faithful dog Blondi on the phone and tell her to fuckin' do it. Come on. See what it gets ya.
Call his bluff and make him eat it.
Call his bluff and make him eat it.
Maybe it's just me -- I'm just a simple caveman, your iron bird frightens me! -- but if someone were literally threatening me and my colleagues with kangaroo courts and show trials and a death sentence, I wouldn't be doing or confirming *anything* for them AT ALL.
But what do I know?
But what do I know?
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Maybe it's just me -- I'm just a simple caveman, your iron bird frightens me! -- but if someone were literally threatening me and my colleagues with kangaroo courts and show trials and a death sentence, I wouldn't be doing or confirming *anything* for them AT ALL.
But what do I know?
But what do I know?
[Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays]:
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
[Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays]:
Same, I used to blog about this syndrome a lot back in the day -- they're aesthetically empty, and don't know what to do about it, but also the anger is really the only marketing pitch they have.
It's all about the *kampf* for them and they have no other gear to shift into.
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It's all about the *kampf* for them and they have no other gear to shift into.
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I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.
I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Same, I used to blog about this syndrome a lot back in the day -- they're aesthetically empty, and don't know what to do about it, but also the anger is really the only marketing pitch they have.
It's all about the *kampf* for them and they have no other gear to shift into.
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It's all about the *kampf* for them and they have no other gear to shift into.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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