David Olson — Age of Uncertainty
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Retired from career in pension fund financial management. Travel, photography, music, art, books, save me from the madness in the world.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
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Masked ICE GOONS have been using facial recognition technology without consent to capture images of young men for identity and citizenship verification. This technology is fueling a surveillance state that targets Black and Brown communities, silences dissent, and free speech.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Masked ICE GOONS have been using facial recognition technology without consent to capture images of young men for identity and citizenship verification. This technology is fueling a surveillance state that targets Black and Brown communities, silences dissent, and free speech.
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the price of populism
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
the price of populism
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They hate Sen. Kelly because he is everything they are not: a true soldier, brave, honest and determined to defend our Constitution.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
They hate Sen. Kelly because he is everything they are not: a true soldier, brave, honest and determined to defend our Constitution.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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If you need another example of the difference between legacy media and independent pro-democracy media, compare The Washington Post and Democracy Docket's coverage of the same story. ("controversial video"--WTF.)
Subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you need another example of the difference between legacy media and independent pro-democracy media, compare The Washington Post and Democracy Docket's coverage of the same story. ("controversial video"--WTF.)
Subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Subscribe to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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"This is a C-plus, B-minus labor market," says ADP's Chief Economist on CNBC.
US ADP EMPLOYMENT CHANGE WEEKLY ACTUAL: -13.5K VS -2.50K PREVIOUS
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"This is a C-plus, B-minus labor market," says ADP's Chief Economist on CNBC.
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Reupping this piece I wrote when Trump’s criticism of members of Congress who spoke out to say members of the military didn’t have to follow illegal orders & Trump responded by saying they should be hanged. How to talk about this at Thanksgiving dinner:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
This week, Donald Trump continues to use his claimed power to kill people who have received no due process, in international waters, based on his administration’s assertion that they are narcoterroris...
substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Reupping this piece I wrote when Trump’s criticism of members of Congress who spoke out to say members of the military didn’t have to follow illegal orders & Trump responded by saying they should be hanged. How to talk about this at Thanksgiving dinner:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Cramdown would have been good right-to-rent would have been better www.files.ethz.ch/isn/103834/r... It was supposedly dropped from consideration due to Larry Summers
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Cramdown would have been good right-to-rent would have been better www.files.ethz.ch/isn/103834/r... It was supposedly dropped from consideration due to Larry Summers
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Worst retail sales print since May.
US RETAIL SALES (MOM) (SEP) ACTUAL: 0.2% VS 0.6% PREVIOUS; EST 0.4%
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Worst retail sales print since May.
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Highest since May.
*US SEPT. PRODUCER PRICES RISE 2.7% Y/Y; EST. +2.6%
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Highest since May.
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This will be the most useful thing you will read this month
There are 12 statistics, factoids, and studies that dominate every discussion about whether artificial intelligence is a bubble. Here's a deep-dive into all 12 arguments.
via @dkthomp.bsky.social
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
There are 12 statistics, factoids, and studies that dominate every discussion about whether artificial intelligence is a bubble. Here's a deep-dive into all 12 arguments.
via @dkthomp.bsky.social
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
www.derekthompson.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This will be the most useful thing you will read this month
There are 12 statistics, factoids, and studies that dominate every discussion about whether artificial intelligence is a bubble. Here's a deep-dive into all 12 arguments.
via @dkthomp.bsky.social
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
There are 12 statistics, factoids, and studies that dominate every discussion about whether artificial intelligence is a bubble. Here's a deep-dive into all 12 arguments.
via @dkthomp.bsky.social
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
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Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
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The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:
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I thought there was an Emoluments Clause? I thought the person in the WH wasn't supposed to make money on the position. WTF. We are lawless.
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I thought there was an Emoluments Clause? I thought the person in the WH wasn't supposed to make money on the position. WTF. We are lawless.
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Trump's secretary of transportation Sean Duffy is scolding Americans to "dress professionally" for holiday travel at airports and such.
Democratic lawmakers, this is said in love: if you're not mocking these assholes relentlessly over this, then what are we even doing here?
Democratic lawmakers, this is said in love: if you're not mocking these assholes relentlessly over this, then what are we even doing here?
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trump's secretary of transportation Sean Duffy is scolding Americans to "dress professionally" for holiday travel at airports and such.
Democratic lawmakers, this is said in love: if you're not mocking these assholes relentlessly over this, then what are we even doing here?
Democratic lawmakers, this is said in love: if you're not mocking these assholes relentlessly over this, then what are we even doing here?
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SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”
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It’s their standard move and also the easiest thing in the world to disprove, so you’ve got to assume any interviewer who doesn’t correct them is pulling for Trump
I *hate* that interviewers have given up on even gentle pushback when Trump's people confidently assert that they inherited "an absolute economic mess" and therefore had no choice but to set about restructuring the entire U.S. economy
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It’s their standard move and also the easiest thing in the world to disprove, so you’ve got to assume any interviewer who doesn’t correct them is pulling for Trump
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Even as the cases against James Comey and Letitia James are dismissed in a stunning display of prosecutorial ineptitude
The Pentagon opens a case against Senator Mark Kelly-for reminding our troops of their duty to follow the Constitution
The dystopian fascism of Trump’s DOJ on full display
The Pentagon opens a case against Senator Mark Kelly-for reminding our troops of their duty to follow the Constitution
The dystopian fascism of Trump’s DOJ on full display
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Even as the cases against James Comey and Letitia James are dismissed in a stunning display of prosecutorial ineptitude
The Pentagon opens a case against Senator Mark Kelly-for reminding our troops of their duty to follow the Constitution
The dystopian fascism of Trump’s DOJ on full display
The Pentagon opens a case against Senator Mark Kelly-for reminding our troops of their duty to follow the Constitution
The dystopian fascism of Trump’s DOJ on full display
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#NewJukeboxCafe #JimmyCliff #Reggae 🇯🇲
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now 🎶
✌️ 🕊️
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now 🎶
✌️ 🕊️
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#NewJukeboxCafe #JimmyCliff #Reggae 🇯🇲
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now 🎶
✌️ 🕊️
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now 🎶
✌️ 🕊️
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Apparently, Little Marco Rubio only has a problem with tyrannical dictators if they are in the country his family is from. Otherwise, he's more than happy to help them. What a shallow, self-centered view of the world.
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Apparently, Little Marco Rubio only has a problem with tyrannical dictators if they are in the country his family is from. Otherwise, he's more than happy to help them. What a shallow, self-centered view of the world.
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Keep in mind that this serial liar also promised a hundred times during the campaign that he would be able to end the war “in 24 hours” with “one phone call” to Putin because he has “a great relationship” with him, “knows just what to say to him,” & “it won’t even be that hard.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Keep in mind that this serial liar also promised a hundred times during the campaign that he would be able to end the war “in 24 hours” with “one phone call” to Putin because he has “a great relationship” with him, “knows just what to say to him,” & “it won’t even be that hard.”