@afabian.bsky.social
Family Xmas involved many conversations about Heated Rivalry!
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Family Xmas involved many conversations about Heated Rivalry!
He is accountable to whom? One man, I guess. Not to the voters.
January 6, 2026 at 2:33 AM
He is accountable to whom? One man, I guess. Not to the voters.
Of all the day’s depressing stories this one seems to combine their idiocy, cruelty and short-sightedness.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Of all the day’s depressing stories this one seems to combine their idiocy, cruelty and short-sightedness.
I agree! Completely. He can be a pain to read. Then you put the book down, thinking that was some book. Just remember Hurstwood at the end of Sister Carrie.
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I agree! Completely. He can be a pain to read. Then you put the book down, thinking that was some book. Just remember Hurstwood at the end of Sister Carrie.
You all need to read Fletcher Knebel’s Night of Camp David. I mean, it’s not much of a novel, but there it is, the president gone mad.
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
You all need to read Fletcher Knebel’s Night of Camp David. I mean, it’s not much of a novel, but there it is, the president gone mad.
Lesson from the Somali pirates!
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Lesson from the Somali pirates!
Just goes to show you, a man can make nice while stuffing his pockets and destroying our world.
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Just goes to show you, a man can make nice while stuffing his pockets and destroying our world.
We could try “shut up, ratty.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We could try “shut up, ratty.”
I’ve read almost all the amazing books mentioned here. King Leopold’s Ghost is simply one of the very best. It changed how I saw the world.
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I’ve read almost all the amazing books mentioned here. King Leopold’s Ghost is simply one of the very best. It changed how I saw the world.
I seem to recall that rebate checks were part of the fascist nightmare Sinclair Lewis imagined in 1935. Checks never did happen! Gotta remember.
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I seem to recall that rebate checks were part of the fascist nightmare Sinclair Lewis imagined in 1935. Checks never did happen! Gotta remember.
A brilliant and wonderful friend. I love this picture of her.
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A brilliant and wonderful friend. I love this picture of her.
But think what a boon for all the struggling real estate brokers. Deals galore! Movers and shakers.
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
But think what a boon for all the struggling real estate brokers. Deals galore! Movers and shakers.
They might also note that a very old man seems to be in a big hurry.
October 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
They might also note that a very old man seems to be in a big hurry.
The future, Mr. Jeffries. The future. He needs us all to work with him. I’m old and I’m on board.
October 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The future, Mr. Jeffries. The future. He needs us all to work with him. I’m old and I’m on board.
He’s just the speaker, not the listener of the house.
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
He’s just the speaker, not the listener of the house.
I’m still haunted by Ira Katznelson’s argument that it was the hold of the legislative branch that kept the US from falling into fascism in the 1930s. True, they were a bunch of white racists, but they held the senate.
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m still haunted by Ira Katznelson’s argument that it was the hold of the legislative branch that kept the US from falling into fascism in the 1930s. True, they were a bunch of white racists, but they held the senate.
I know. This made me very mad. Among other things.
October 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I know. This made me very mad. Among other things.
AARP exposed as Antifa cell!!!! Finally the truth comes out.
October 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
AARP exposed as Antifa cell!!!! Finally the truth comes out.
I often think about that September day, driving, listening to the report on the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan. It seemed to mark a very scary moment. This too, in its way.
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I often think about that September day, driving, listening to the report on the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan. It seemed to mark a very scary moment. This too, in its way.
Exactly. Distraction from yesterday’s obscene videos. What will tomorrow bring?
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Exactly. Distraction from yesterday’s obscene videos. What will tomorrow bring?
Could it be that he really doesn’t care? Not at all.
October 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Could it be that he really doesn’t care? Not at all.
What an exceptional person Jason is. What it is to be human. Thank you, Jason and Karl and Marie.
October 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
What an exceptional person Jason is. What it is to be human. Thank you, Jason and Karl and Marie.