Fred, 55e Division d'Infanterie disrespecter
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Gleichschaltung, coming to an institution near you. Faster than you can learn to spell "Gleichschaltung."
I would never say that HUR should assassinate Marco Rubio, but I would say that if they did, Trump would be impressed.
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I would never say that HUR should assassinate Marco Rubio, but I would say that if they did, Trump would be impressed.
There are ways to turn CBS News into an effective propaganda outlet, but they all involve never seeing or hearing from Bari Weiss.
January 3, 2026 at 12:40 AM
There are ways to turn CBS News into an effective propaganda outlet, but they all involve never seeing or hearing from Bari Weiss.
Bari Weiss is the dumbest person in the room but thinks she's the smartest person in the room.
January 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Bari Weiss is the dumbest person in the room but thinks she's the smartest person in the room.
They said if I voted for Kamala Harris, the bookstores would have giant gay hockey romance novel displays at the first table in the foyer. And they were right!
January 3, 2026 at 12:27 AM
They said if I voted for Kamala Harris, the bookstores would have giant gay hockey romance novel displays at the first table in the foyer. And they were right!
Only in America can "courtesan to billionaires with no discernible talent or ability" be a career choice.
January 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Only in America can "courtesan to billionaires with no discernible talent or ability" be a career choice.
how do i find a contemporary novel that is not "a generational journey through love, life, and loss"?
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
how do i find a contemporary novel that is not "a generational journey through love, life, and loss"?
We are who we choose to be.
The split-screen here is unbelievable - first from yesterday, the others from 2017. Musk’s Twitter has truly driven us mad. People absorb far more of their beliefs from their social environment than they realize, and we’ve created an environment where being a gutter bigot is the baseline expectation
January 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
We are who we choose to be.
I think there's a tendency in the US, and perhaps in the UK, too, to understate how powerful the UK was and how unrealistic it was for Germany to defeat even Britain alone. The UK was much richer and more scientifically productive than Germany, and was outproducing Germany in material until 1943.
I actually would disagree with this take - though he might not have known it, Hitler has essentially set the conditions to make eventual defeat and regime extinction very likely (and so his great power position very poor) by November 1940 at the latest, even with the success of Fall Gelb/Rot.
From a great power diplomacy perspective, Hitler had a good run until the twin idiocies of invading the Soviet Union and declaring on the US.
His luck might have run out with the invasion of Poland if the invasion of France hadn’t worked. However, he did have a de facto alliance with the Reds.
His luck might have run out with the invasion of Poland if the invasion of France hadn’t worked. However, he did have a de facto alliance with the Reds.
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I think there's a tendency in the US, and perhaps in the UK, too, to understate how powerful the UK was and how unrealistic it was for Germany to defeat even Britain alone. The UK was much richer and more scientifically productive than Germany, and was outproducing Germany in material until 1943.
The best stone dealer within a 15-minute drive of Mar-a-Lago.
per @cqzakrz.bsky.social, who's filing White House pool reports today, Trump has stopped at a shopping center in Florida + a White House official says the president is buying "marble and onyx, at his own expense, for the White House Ballroom."
January 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The best stone dealer within a 15-minute drive of Mar-a-Lago.
Their primitive AI superstition.
Our great 8-column Excel spreadsheet.
Our great 8-column Excel spreadsheet.
The parents of the first baby born in 2026 in this county outside Baltimore got their name ideas from ChatGPT. Hudson Oakley Winkler.
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
ChatGPT named Carroll County’s first-born baby in 2026
The first baby born in Carroll County in 2026 was named with help from ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot.
www.baltimoresun.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Their primitive AI superstition.
Our great 8-column Excel spreadsheet.
Our great 8-column Excel spreadsheet.
So the president is on dangerously high doses of anticoagulants and is having monthly CT scans to look for any new cardiovascular abnormalities.
A stroke is a cardiovascular problem. It's almost as if he had one.
A stroke is a cardiovascular problem. It's almost as if he had one.
January 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So the president is on dangerously high doses of anticoagulants and is having monthly CT scans to look for any new cardiovascular abnormalities.
A stroke is a cardiovascular problem. It's almost as if he had one.
A stroke is a cardiovascular problem. It's almost as if he had one.
Question: what would eliminating the US current account deficit do for demand for Treasuries?
December 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Question: what would eliminating the US current account deficit do for demand for Treasuries?
True, but the lowest hanging fruit right now is repealing 199A and simply enforcing tax laws.
One of my more controversial opinions is that the US needs to significantly raise taxes to the tune of a couple % of GDP right now, even before any expansive social democratic reforms, and that means you—yes you, dear highly educated professional—will need to pay up, not just nebulous billionaires.
December 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
True, but the lowest hanging fruit right now is repealing 199A and simply enforcing tax laws.
One way to look at this is that a 1% tax on wealth over $10 million only yields 0.2% of household wealth.
Another way to look at this is that a 1% tax on wealth over $10 million yields $300 billion a year, or enough to make Social Security solvent permanently.
Another way to look at this is that a 1% tax on wealth over $10 million yields $300 billion a year, or enough to make Social Security solvent permanently.
Take-home portion: Assume the US enact a 1% a year wealth tax on net worth over X. Obviously, if X = $0, then the effective rate would be 1%. What is the effective rate if X = $1 million? $10 million? $1 billion?
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
One way to look at this is that a 1% tax on wealth over $10 million only yields 0.2% of household wealth.
Another way to look at this is that a 1% tax on wealth over $10 million yields $300 billion a year, or enough to make Social Security solvent permanently.
Another way to look at this is that a 1% tax on wealth over $10 million yields $300 billion a year, or enough to make Social Security solvent permanently.
L2s discuss coding
L7s discuss data governance
L7s discuss data governance
December 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
L2s discuss coding
L7s discuss data governance
L7s discuss data governance
Neither of these people believe what they're saying, because there is an one extremely obvious answer to their question.
Real "oh my god, she admit it" moment here. Trump is treated as an uninteresting figure without agency so we can dump endless criticism on liberals for how they react to his "natural disaster." He "doesn't participate in moral frameworks" lmfao
December 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Neither of these people believe what they're saying, because there is an one extremely obvious answer to their question.
Please do not lump all supporters of Palestinian statehood in with Bernie Sanders dead-enders. That is not fair to the former.
December 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Please do not lump all supporters of Palestinian statehood in with Bernie Sanders dead-enders. That is not fair to the former.
If you want an interesting question, why would a municipality's congressional electorate swing 29 points right from 2020 to 2022 when the state swung left 1 point?
December 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
If you want an interesting question, why would a municipality's congressional electorate swing 29 points right from 2020 to 2022 when the state swung left 1 point?
Seriously, fuck the Dearborn voters who voted for Trump because they hate the gays and then lied that it was for Palestine.
December 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Seriously, fuck the Dearborn voters who voted for Trump because they hate the gays and then lied that it was for Palestine.
Those are some beautifully swollen hands.
December 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Those are some beautifully swollen hands.
@theatlantic.com I canceled specifically because of Caitlin Flanagan and a few others.
a lot of dumb dumbs at the Atlantic, but man, Caitlin Flanagan is on another level
December 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@theatlantic.com I canceled specifically because of Caitlin Flanagan and a few others.
Part of the job of a corporate treasurer is to monitor the solvency of the banks the company uses and keep cash in safe short-term investments. There are many banking services that are decades old that help with this. Every medium size business or large small business should have a treasurer.
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Part of the job of a corporate treasurer is to monitor the solvency of the banks the company uses and keep cash in safe short-term investments. There are many banking services that are decades old that help with this. Every medium size business or large small business should have a treasurer.
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Last night I re-watched "Cats" - with my daughters. They had never seen it, even though it's a cult film.
December 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Last night I re-watched "Cats" - with my daughters. They had never seen it, even though it's a cult film.
At best, you can impose consequences and let pain teach them how they benefit from the rule of law.
something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
At best, you can impose consequences and let pain teach them how they benefit from the rule of law.
Anyway, yes, it was a bailout, and not how anything was supposed to work.
December 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Anyway, yes, it was a bailout, and not how anything was supposed to work.