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"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s
After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.
zeteo.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
If you're looking for a low budget and kind of cringe livestream of the NYC election results, this is the stream for you. (And me)
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you're looking for a low budget and kind of cringe livestream of the NYC election results, this is the stream for you. (And me)
Is there a tl;dr on how Ray Dalio came to be viewed as a sort of macroeconomic oracle? He seems to have replaced Buffet as the one investor whose views are regularly all over the media. Did he get some predictions right that everyone else got wrong?
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Is there a tl;dr on how Ray Dalio came to be viewed as a sort of macroeconomic oracle? He seems to have replaced Buffet as the one investor whose views are regularly all over the media. Did he get some predictions right that everyone else got wrong?
I know the No Kings movement, such as it is, lacks any critique or program more nuanced than "Orange Man Bad," and the optics of the new rococo East Wing play right into their narrative, but I still have found the reaction to this series of events profoundly depressing.
October 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I know the No Kings movement, such as it is, lacks any critique or program more nuanced than "Orange Man Bad," and the optics of the new rococo East Wing play right into their narrative, but I still have found the reaction to this series of events profoundly depressing.
In a cab for the first time in about a year and it's got Newsmax on the little shitty tv. Is this new? Wtf
October 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
In a cab for the first time in about a year and it's got Newsmax on the little shitty tv. Is this new? Wtf
The only reasonable policy response to this is to make all of downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights into a pedestrian/bike/bus only zone. No cars north of Atlantic and west of Flatbush unless on the BQE or an approach to one of the bridges. static1.squarespace.com/static/61f01...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The only reasonable policy response to this is to make all of downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights into a pedestrian/bike/bus only zone. No cars north of Atlantic and west of Flatbush unless on the BQE or an approach to one of the bridges. static1.squarespace.com/static/61f01...
It occurs to me that there's a type of internet guy who puts out a steady stream of content, say on youtube, despite regularly getting view counts in the dozens or hundreds.
October 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It occurs to me that there's a type of internet guy who puts out a steady stream of content, say on youtube, despite regularly getting view counts in the dozens or hundreds.
If NYC was going to have a casino, the only acceptable location was Hudson Yards. That place is already blighted. Since they voted that down, all the proposals should get squashed.
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
If NYC was going to have a casino, the only acceptable location was Hudson Yards. That place is already blighted. Since they voted that down, all the proposals should get squashed.
Ok. Full disclosure the source of this is Phil Magness, and yes, I know, but it's still pretty funny.
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ok. Full disclosure the source of this is Phil Magness, and yes, I know, but it's still pretty funny.
Will all the free marketers who have been pointing at Argentina as vindication say anything now that the US is going to have to step in to bail out Milei or nah?
September 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Will all the free marketers who have been pointing at Argentina as vindication say anything now that the US is going to have to step in to bail out Milei or nah?
I am not any kind of free speech absolutist but it was always clear to me that people who claimed to be were always a greater threat to free speech than the people they opposed in its name. If that wasn't clear to you, but you get it now, this is the time to engage in some public self flagellation.
September 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I am not any kind of free speech absolutist but it was always clear to me that people who claimed to be were always a greater threat to free speech than the people they opposed in its name. If that wasn't clear to you, but you get it now, this is the time to engage in some public self flagellation.
This is probably hyperbolic but it seems to me the most disturbing aspect of the reaction to the killing of Kirk is the way belief formation surrounding it seems to be a microcosm for everything wrong with how people make sense of the world these days.
September 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is probably hyperbolic but it seems to me the most disturbing aspect of the reaction to the killing of Kirk is the way belief formation surrounding it seems to be a microcosm for everything wrong with how people make sense of the world these days.
Paul should've invoked Ruby Ridge if he wanted to make this point in language his supporters would understand.
September 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Paul should've invoked Ruby Ridge if he wanted to make this point in language his supporters would understand.
Turns out you can't fire your way to a better labor market. on.ft.com/4mQCxzC
US economy adds just 22,000 jobs in August
Lower than expected figure increases pressure on Federal Reserve to cut rates
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September 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Turns out you can't fire your way to a better labor market. on.ft.com/4mQCxzC
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Let us celebrate the 13th anniversary of Eric Cantor's classic unclear-on-the-concept Labor Day tweet.
September 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Let us celebrate the 13th anniversary of Eric Cantor's classic unclear-on-the-concept Labor Day tweet.
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Read @swordsjew.bsky.social on the legacy of James Dobson, namely thousands & thousands of permanently traumatized people & a sick, death-worshiping evangelical cult that is dragging this country into the toilet.
Ministry of Violence
James Dobson is dead, leaving behind the legacy of poisoned politics he created, and countless children and adults who live with the pain of surviving the...
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August 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Read @swordsjew.bsky.social on the legacy of James Dobson, namely thousands & thousands of permanently traumatized people & a sick, death-worshiping evangelical cult that is dragging this country into the toilet.
I have federal jury duty next week, which whatever, sure, but so far it's been postponed once and I get the feeling it might get postponed day after day for several days... and my productivity next week might go through the roof as I cancel my meetings in waves.
August 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I have federal jury duty next week, which whatever, sure, but so far it's been postponed once and I get the feeling it might get postponed day after day for several days... and my productivity next week might go through the roof as I cancel my meetings in waves.
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A fitting tribute.
James Dobson, Burn in Hell - Lawyers, Guns & Money
James Dobson is dead. Finally. This awful homophobe made the world a significantly worse place by his living in it. His brand of hate was tremendously influential in the modern Republican Party. Futur...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A fitting tribute.
Brought my office hoodie home to wash and damn do office buildings overdo it with the AC. I'm freezing to death.
August 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Brought my office hoodie home to wash and damn do office buildings overdo it with the AC. I'm freezing to death.
What are the chances Trump lifts sanctions on Russia before he lifts tariffs on India for not honoring the sanctions? Gotta be pretty high right?
August 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What are the chances Trump lifts sanctions on Russia before he lifts tariffs on India for not honoring the sanctions? Gotta be pretty high right?
How did i reach a point in my life where I'm using 6 different messaging apps daily?
July 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
How did i reach a point in my life where I'm using 6 different messaging apps daily?
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![4-panel comic. (1) [Person 1 with ponytail flanked by person with short hair and another person speaking into microphone at podium] PERSON 1: In the early 2010s, researchers found that many major scientific results couldn’t be reproduced. (2) PERSON 1: Over a decade into the replication crisis, we wanted to see if today’s studies have become more robust. (3) PERSON 1: Unfortunately, our replication analysis has found exactly the same problems that those 2010s researchers did. (4) [newspaper with image of speakers from previous panels] Headline: Replication Crisis Solved](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibwuu57ullc7vacjyno6c5z3gtyakkg2qub6cn3dbbjdpn2kaowmi@jpeg)
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It's not a perfect analogy but I've landed on comparing MAGA's Epstein meltdown to the Night of the Long Knives. The conspiracy theorists are its SA. The main axis of the comparison is the need for the party in power to disown its less socially acceptable fringe, despite owing its power to them.
July 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It's not a perfect analogy but I've landed on comparing MAGA's Epstein meltdown to the Night of the Long Knives. The conspiracy theorists are its SA. The main axis of the comparison is the need for the party in power to disown its less socially acceptable fringe, despite owing its power to them.
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The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?
So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?