James Wagner
jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social
James Wagner
@jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social
cranky radical, fussy aesthete, humanist, generalist, partner of
@bhoggard
Reposted by James Wagner
Say it with me: “Liberals will always accept fascism over socialism because fascism doesn’t threaten capital.”
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
just checked out the house

actually a somewhat sympathetic property

yeah, although it’s not in a city,
it’s otherwise an attractive site,
in Wisconsin below Milwaukee, above/fronting that great Lake,
a good 1-story, mid-c modern,
movie palace is downhill below

www.realtor.com/news/unique-...
www.realtor.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
when you could buy a small one-bedroom in Manhattan
for maybe the same money

it’s supply, but mostly demand
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Reposted by James Wagner
Because he told DOJ to open an investigation into Dems in the files so they can't be released with an open investigation. It's the "I cant release my taxes because I'm being audited" excuse
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
and looking so handsome
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
definitely, and even as a non-German, I was aware of the Government’s - and people’s - assumption, and certainly preference, that the whole thing was temporary
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I lived in what was then West Germany in 1961 and again in 1963-1964, when I thought they _would_ stay, and for as long as they felt welcome

developments related to that condition would soon make many lives far more complicated than most people anticipated
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
because

we are doing this

and at this very moment
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
and current German birth rates, in dramatic decline since the Gastarbeiter program was initiated, will be making it even more clear going forward

graph from Statista, a global data and business intelligence platform www.statista.com/statistics/2...
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reposted by James Wagner
As the old bigots become more anti immigration; there appears to be an increasing number of young people who just want out.

As with German, same with the US.

I think these things are linked?

news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM