James Cowap
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An anti-Trump chant needs to be devised well in advance. Are Baddiel and Skinner available?
I'd completely forgotten that the 2026 World Cup is being held jointly between the US, Mexico and Canada. Christ what a mess. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The 2026 World Cup, heralded as a uniter, is facing divisive road blocks
And on-again, off-again trade war and threats from the US toward both of its co-hosts leave fans and teams in a tough position
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
An anti-Trump chant needs to be devised well in advance. Are Baddiel and Skinner available?
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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Idea: clear/reduce debt, save lots of money on interest payments, don’t charge 66+year-old fans who’ve gone since they were kids more money for the privilege
March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Idea: clear/reduce debt, save lots of money on interest payments, don’t charge 66+year-old fans who’ve gone since they were kids more money for the privilege
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He ain’t wrong.
Gary says (after MA at Oxford) "academia is a dead end" www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAb_...
How to stop the economy from collapsing
YouTube video by Garys Economics
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
He ain’t wrong.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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this ‘jurassic park’ story 😭
March 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
this ‘jurassic park’ story 😭
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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BE11 END5
Personalised number plate sales double over 10 years
Personalised number plate sales double over 10 years
Private plates are increasingly being seen as an investment, often never even being used on a car, say experts.
www.bbc.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
BE11 END5
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I was to give a talk at a big US Attorney's Office next week abt the complicity of German lawyers in the creation of the Nazi state. Yesterday the Justice Department cancelled it.
Irony is dead.
I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated.
#LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust
Irony is dead.
I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated.
#LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust
January 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I was to give a talk at a big US Attorney's Office next week abt the complicity of German lawyers in the creation of the Nazi state. Yesterday the Justice Department cancelled it.
Irony is dead.
I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated.
#LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust
Irony is dead.
I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated.
#LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust
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Mr. President: Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, I have a better idea.
In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour.
Let's steal those ideas.
In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour.
Let's steal those ideas.
January 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Mr. President: Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, I have a better idea.
In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour.
Let's steal those ideas.
In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour.
Let's steal those ideas.
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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
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Fewer than half of British people can name the 2022 British PM with a 5-letter surname starting with T. Politics can be more brutal than showbusiness sometimes.
January 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Fewer than half of British people can name the 2022 British PM with a 5-letter surname starting with T. Politics can be more brutal than showbusiness sometimes.
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Hard to believe United ‘did all they could’ to stop Rangers fans getting in the home end. A week ago they put announcements out in the Stretford End warning supporters who stand that they’ll be removed on safety grounds for standing during a game. Makes a mockery of that.
January 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hard to believe United ‘did all they could’ to stop Rangers fans getting in the home end. A week ago they put announcements out in the Stretford End warning supporters who stand that they’ll be removed on safety grounds for standing during a game. Makes a mockery of that.
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The Democratic Party needs to get out of this woman's way.
AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.
January 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Democratic Party needs to get out of this woman's way.
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Pam Hemphill, a J6er who has since expressed serious regret for what she did, says she will not accept a pardon from President Trump.
“I committed a crime.”
“I committed a crime.”
January 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Pam Hemphill, a J6er who has since expressed serious regret for what she did, says she will not accept a pardon from President Trump.
“I committed a crime.”
“I committed a crime.”
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Just an idea of what's happening to Manchester United for those of you insisting that INEOS is just doing what needs to be done because of what the Glazers have done for 20 years.
January 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Just an idea of what's happening to Manchester United for those of you insisting that INEOS is just doing what needs to be done because of what the Glazers have done for 20 years.
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It’s rare when people of the highest talent are also the nicest you could wish to meet.
Thank you, Denis. 🙏🏻
For everything you did for Manchester.
For the joy you brought to millions.
Thank you, Denis. 🙏🏻
For everything you did for Manchester.
For the joy you brought to millions.
January 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It’s rare when people of the highest talent are also the nicest you could wish to meet.
Thank you, Denis. 🙏🏻
For everything you did for Manchester.
For the joy you brought to millions.
Thank you, Denis. 🙏🏻
For everything you did for Manchester.
For the joy you brought to millions.
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Manchester City's last 11 matches have seen more wins for Ruben Amorim than Pep Guardiola.
December 15, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Manchester City's last 11 matches have seen more wins for Ruben Amorim than Pep Guardiola.
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"Support Sportswashing for an autocratic state again? DFB: You spineless a***holes!"
VfB Stuttgart ultra group Commando Cannstatt are the latest to criticize Germany's FA (DFB) for voting in favor of handing the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia.
Via @kurvenhelden.bsky.social
VfB Stuttgart ultra group Commando Cannstatt are the latest to criticize Germany's FA (DFB) for voting in favor of handing the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia.
Via @kurvenhelden.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 6:59 PM
"Support Sportswashing for an autocratic state again? DFB: You spineless a***holes!"
VfB Stuttgart ultra group Commando Cannstatt are the latest to criticize Germany's FA (DFB) for voting in favor of handing the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia.
Via @kurvenhelden.bsky.social
VfB Stuttgart ultra group Commando Cannstatt are the latest to criticize Germany's FA (DFB) for voting in favor of handing the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia.
Via @kurvenhelden.bsky.social
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Cost for a ten year old Jim Ratcliffe from Failsworth to watch Manchester United in 1962 7.5 pence
Cost for a ten year old kid from Failsworth to watch Jim Ratcliffe’s Manchester United in 2024 £66
Cost for a ten year old kid from Failsworth to watch Jim Ratcliffe’s Manchester United in 2024 £66
November 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Cost for a ten year old Jim Ratcliffe from Failsworth to watch Manchester United in 1962 7.5 pence
Cost for a ten year old kid from Failsworth to watch Jim Ratcliffe’s Manchester United in 2024 £66
Cost for a ten year old kid from Failsworth to watch Jim Ratcliffe’s Manchester United in 2024 £66
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Stretford End making our feelings known at 4-0 up. “Just like the Glazers, Jim Ratcliffe’s a cunt”, “66 quid, you’re taking the piss” and “you know what you are, you greedy bastards, you know what you are.”
December 1, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Stretford End making our feelings known at 4-0 up. “Just like the Glazers, Jim Ratcliffe’s a cunt”, “66 quid, you’re taking the piss” and “you know what you are, you greedy bastards, you know what you are.”
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This feels significant. Hours until kick-off in a Sunday afternoon league game at Old Trafford and there’s plenty of tickets available all over the ground (new £66 minimum price in place). This isn’t normal.
December 1, 2024 at 7:23 AM
This feels significant. Hours until kick-off in a Sunday afternoon league game at Old Trafford and there’s plenty of tickets available all over the ground (new £66 minimum price in place). This isn’t normal.