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“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”—Mencken
Every insight into human behavior I have ever had has come at the cost of admitting something unpleasant to myself about my own psychic needs and motivations.
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Every insight into human behavior I have ever had has come at the cost of admitting something unpleasant to myself about my own psychic needs and motivations.
Guerrero initiates the bat flip on the walk, this inning will see if it takes life.
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Guerrero initiates the bat flip on the walk, this inning will see if it takes life.
People fail to take into account that Trump chose RFK Jr. for HHS because it meant that a member of America’s most iconic Democratic family would be humiliating them every day. His idiocy is a feature, not a bug.
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
People fail to take into account that Trump chose RFK Jr. for HHS because it meant that a member of America’s most iconic Democratic family would be humiliating them every day. His idiocy is a feature, not a bug.
Americans are accepting this Trojan Horse “crime fighting” military occupation of their capital as if they’d never read Book Two of The Aeneid.
August 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Americans are accepting this Trojan Horse “crime fighting” military occupation of their capital as if they’d never read Book Two of The Aeneid.
What we’re witnessing in America right now is what happens when there’s no honor left in being honorable.
July 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
What we’re witnessing in America right now is what happens when there’s no honor left in being honorable.
You wouldn’t be able to tell if Marco Rubio was being impersonated by AI because it seemed artificial—it would have to be because it seemed intelligent.
July 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You wouldn’t be able to tell if Marco Rubio was being impersonated by AI because it seemed artificial—it would have to be because it seemed intelligent.
Stop trying to explain why Trump is bad. It’s either self-evident or invisible.
June 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Stop trying to explain why Trump is bad. It’s either self-evident or invisible.
A generalization based on admittedly limited evidence, but I have been frustrated that most coverage of Trump’s failure to make a deal with Iran before the Israeli strike doesn’t mention that Trump foolishly killed the same deal, which Obama had made—resulting in the current situation.
June 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A generalization based on admittedly limited evidence, but I have been frustrated that most coverage of Trump’s failure to make a deal with Iran before the Israeli strike doesn’t mention that Trump foolishly killed the same deal, which Obama had made—resulting in the current situation.
A space alien, completing the stations of the cross, laughing at what a melodramatic species humans are.
June 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A space alien, completing the stations of the cross, laughing at what a melodramatic species humans are.
A totalitarian regime that has developed a medical procedure to confer immortality. It is allotted only to those who ingratiate themselves into its good graces.
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A totalitarian regime that has developed a medical procedure to confer immortality. It is allotted only to those who ingratiate themselves into its good graces.
The root of our demise is the failure of the American culture of insatiation. Americans' spiritual desperation has exceeded the capacity of another bottomless wing night at TGI Friday's to palliate. Only by burning America to the ground can their agony find it's proper expression.
June 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The root of our demise is the failure of the American culture of insatiation. Americans' spiritual desperation has exceeded the capacity of another bottomless wing night at TGI Friday's to palliate. Only by burning America to the ground can their agony find it's proper expression.
Any civilian blood spilled by the military in LA will be spattered on the face of every senator who voted to confirm Pete Hegseth.
June 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Any civilian blood spilled by the military in LA will be spattered on the face of every senator who voted to confirm Pete Hegseth.
Some people derive pleasure from seeing people happy, others from seeing them suffer. This explains our current situation better than any political theory, I would venture.
May 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Some people derive pleasure from seeing people happy, others from seeing them suffer. This explains our current situation better than any political theory, I would venture.
A play where someone someone stands on stage and says "line" 500 times to a silent theater.
May 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A play where someone someone stands on stage and says "line" 500 times to a silent theater.
On the 29th of May, 1453, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II strode into the conquered city of Constantinople, whose walls had held back foreign invasion for more than 14 centuries. (1 of 2)
May 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
On the 29th of May, 1453, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II strode into the conquered city of Constantinople, whose walls had held back foreign invasion for more than 14 centuries. (1 of 2)
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May 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
People think the president is a danger to the Republic because he has vanquished Liberalism, but Liberalism is not dead, just disorganized. The greater danger is that he has annihilated Conservatism—we are as a ship without ballast on choppy seas, listing about, on the precipice of capsizing.
May 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
People think the president is a danger to the Republic because he has vanquished Liberalism, but Liberalism is not dead, just disorganized. The greater danger is that he has annihilated Conservatism—we are as a ship without ballast on choppy seas, listing about, on the precipice of capsizing.
Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Troy, New York, April 13, 2025. A sign of the times?
April 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Troy, New York, April 13, 2025. A sign of the times?
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”—Mencken
April 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”—Mencken
Hire a clown and expect a circus—where the tent burns down, and everybody dies.
April 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hire a clown and expect a circus—where the tent burns down, and everybody dies.
If only there was some peaceful, collective way that we could have prevented this civil catastrophe from having happened in the first place….
April 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If only there was some peaceful, collective way that we could have prevented this civil catastrophe from having happened in the first place….
This is why Dan Savage always reminds his readers to turn off the Bluetooth on their phone when they retire for the night while visiting relatives at the holidays.
March 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is why Dan Savage always reminds his readers to turn off the Bluetooth on their phone when they retire for the night while visiting relatives at the holidays.
Kind of depressing to leave Twitter and come here just to see so many people naively celebrating a public murder.
December 7, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Kind of depressing to leave Twitter and come here just to see so many people naively celebrating a public murder.