Soft.

Impossible. I've been informed by a variety of sources, across the social, economic, and political spectra, that things now are worse than they used to be.

The suggested reasons for The Decline are varied, but the conclusion is basically uniform.

A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns;
Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.

But the old man would not so, but slew his son,
And half the seed of Europe, one by one."

---Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)

But where the lamb for this burnt-offering?
Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps,
And builded parapets the trenches there,
And stretched forth the knife to slay his son.
When lo! an angel called him out of heaven,
Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,
Neither do anything to him. Behold,

Editorial decisions about news are more easily understood if one regards advertisements as the primary focus with the news as the filler in between.

Sub guy dominates Justice Department.

Seeing Mehmet Oz go to the person and act like a doctor was almost worse somehow. There's a competent professional buried in there, going along with this shit show.

RFK Jr. might actually be chewing-on-the-wallpaper batshit crazy.

(With the obligatory caveat about the caliber of last night's opponent), I did like the ball movement. Some of those passes were truly impressive.

"Here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities."

"I don't like this message, so I'm going to amplify it!"

It's where I get all my TruthSocial content too!

There is testimony that the detention centers leave the light on.

And now I have heard of the 1488 Crusade against the Waldensians in southeastern France.

Incidental, but I really hate calling an attorney "General."

Feeling like a dead duck, spitting out pieces of his broken luck.