This Nomadic Life
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Not nearly as smart as I think I am, but I'm trying...
Wellstone Liberal, Bibliophile, Cinephile, Genealogist
Wellstone Liberal, Bibliophile, Cinephile, Genealogist
May 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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The same people villifying Karmelo Anthony ardently defended George Zimmerman, Derek Chauvin, Travis McMichael , Darrel Wilson, Daniel Penny, Mark Hanneman, Kimberly Potter, Michal Cosgrove, Timothy Loehmann, Kyle Rittenhouse, etal.
Don't tell me they aren't racists.
Don't tell me they aren't racists.
April 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The same people villifying Karmelo Anthony ardently defended George Zimmerman, Derek Chauvin, Travis McMichael , Darrel Wilson, Daniel Penny, Mark Hanneman, Kimberly Potter, Michal Cosgrove, Timothy Loehmann, Kyle Rittenhouse, etal.
Don't tell me they aren't racists.
Don't tell me they aren't racists.
Rest in Peace, Madmartigan. You've earned your place in Valhalla.
April 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Rest in Peace, Madmartigan. You've earned your place in Valhalla.
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March 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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In case you were wondering if the "anti-racists are the REAL racists" talking point was new.
March 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
In case you were wondering if the "anti-racists are the REAL racists" talking point was new.
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No. Christians feel persecuted because there is a vast media apparatus telling them that they are persecuted. There is no evidence whatsoever of large-scale discrimination against Christians in this country.
Interesting story that gets to the heart of why many Christians feel persecuted in the U.S.: The secular elite find many of their views abhorrent and uncouth
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
No. Christians feel persecuted because there is a vast media apparatus telling them that they are persecuted. There is no evidence whatsoever of large-scale discrimination against Christians in this country.
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New in PN: MAGA's Big Lie budget
"Trump has said he wants to do three things:
1. Balance the budget
2. Extend tax cuts
3. Keep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fully funded
But doing all these simply isn’t possible. And Republicans know it."
"Trump has said he wants to do three things:
1. Balance the budget
2. Extend tax cuts
3. Keep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fully funded
But doing all these simply isn’t possible. And Republicans know it."
MAGA's Big Lie budget
Trump’s economic agenda is about fooling the American people.
www.publicnotice.co
March 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New in PN: MAGA's Big Lie budget
"Trump has said he wants to do three things:
1. Balance the budget
2. Extend tax cuts
3. Keep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fully funded
But doing all these simply isn’t possible. And Republicans know it."
"Trump has said he wants to do three things:
1. Balance the budget
2. Extend tax cuts
3. Keep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fully funded
But doing all these simply isn’t possible. And Republicans know it."
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It is a greased, vertical slope from this to incarcerating full citizens for their political speech. The First Amendment has to apply to everyone, or it will cease to exist.
March 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It is a greased, vertical slope from this to incarcerating full citizens for their political speech. The First Amendment has to apply to everyone, or it will cease to exist.
Pondering on the fact that, excepting my great grandpa (103), none of my closest ancestors lived 20 yrs beyond my current age.
Damn, Life is short. Make sure you are present for all of it. I try to be.
I don't fear death. I'm healthy-mentally/phyically active. Aiming for 103.
Damn, Life is short. Make sure you are present for all of it. I try to be.
I don't fear death. I'm healthy-mentally/phyically active. Aiming for 103.
March 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Pondering on the fact that, excepting my great grandpa (103), none of my closest ancestors lived 20 yrs beyond my current age.
Damn, Life is short. Make sure you are present for all of it. I try to be.
I don't fear death. I'm healthy-mentally/phyically active. Aiming for 103.
Damn, Life is short. Make sure you are present for all of it. I try to be.
I don't fear death. I'm healthy-mentally/phyically active. Aiming for 103.
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LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
Republicans welcomed Kash Patel's confirmation, seeing him as someone who can fix the FBI's alleged targeting of conservatives in recent years.
Senate confirms Kash Patel, fierce critic of FBI, to head the bureau
Republicans welcomed Kash Patel's confirmation, seeing him as someone who can fix the FBI's alleged targeting of conservatives in recent years.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
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Wrote about how easy it is to claim you saved taxpayers billions when you just make shit up. But also how this is the Twitter Files all over again. The dumbest people don't know what they're looking at so it must be a conspiracy www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/i...
It’s Easy To Save Billions In Taxpayer Funds When Everything Is Made Up
Here’s a neat trick for saving taxpayers billions of dollars: just make stuff up! I mean, sure, you could do all the hard work of actually finding government waste and fixing inefficient proc…
www.techdirt.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Wrote about how easy it is to claim you saved taxpayers billions when you just make shit up. But also how this is the Twitter Files all over again. The dumbest people don't know what they're looking at so it must be a conspiracy www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/i...
Currently reading Atwood's "Oryx & Crake".
I'm attempting to deal with the current political climate by indulging in a steady diet of dystopian fiction.
I'm attempting to deal with the current political climate by indulging in a steady diet of dystopian fiction.
February 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Currently reading Atwood's "Oryx & Crake".
I'm attempting to deal with the current political climate by indulging in a steady diet of dystopian fiction.
I'm attempting to deal with the current political climate by indulging in a steady diet of dystopian fiction.
Want to be a hero? Show up for your kids & family.
February 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Want to be a hero? Show up for your kids & family.
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I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history.
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
February 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history.
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
How fucking dare they
Old vs. new
Profiles in Courage(Fear):
Gillibrand on WNYC today said one reason they're all falling in line is that they get death threats.
cassidy changing his tune after what he said on the senate floor is what has upgraded my position from "they are being bribed" or "they are worried about primary challenges" to "they are worried about being murdered"
February 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Profiles in Courage(Fear):
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One of the most aggravating things is that ANYONE who has worked for the federal govt or knows anyone who has, knows the federal govt has more oversight than any private business could ever. Every federal agency has its OWN oversight! There’s an entire agency devoted to oversight!
February 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One of the most aggravating things is that ANYONE who has worked for the federal govt or knows anyone who has, knows the federal govt has more oversight than any private business could ever. Every federal agency has its OWN oversight! There’s an entire agency devoted to oversight!
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I wanted to say something clever about Weber and bureaucracy but I would only detract from this killer opening line: “Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology for manufacturing excuses.”
NEW: The US is in the midst of a political coup that, if successful, would forever change the nature of its government, writes Eryk Salvaggio. But this coup is not taking place in the streets. It's taking place cubicle by cubicle in federal agencies and in the mundane automation of bureaucracy.
Anatomy of an AI Coup | TechPolicy.Press
DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
February 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I wanted to say something clever about Weber and bureaucracy but I would only detract from this killer opening line: “Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology for manufacturing excuses.”
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America, destroyed by antidisestablishmentarianism masquerading as rebellion
They heavily (and successfully) framed the violation of liberty as liberty, the transgression of freedom of association as free speech, to kill the Constitution to save it
Sticking it to The (little, free) Man
They heavily (and successfully) framed the violation of liberty as liberty, the transgression of freedom of association as free speech, to kill the Constitution to save it
Sticking it to The (little, free) Man
February 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
America, destroyed by antidisestablishmentarianism masquerading as rebellion
They heavily (and successfully) framed the violation of liberty as liberty, the transgression of freedom of association as free speech, to kill the Constitution to save it
Sticking it to The (little, free) Man
They heavily (and successfully) framed the violation of liberty as liberty, the transgression of freedom of association as free speech, to kill the Constitution to save it
Sticking it to The (little, free) Man
Due to my itinerant childhood, I've always felt like an outsider. I've never been in a place where I truly fit.
I wouldn't change any of it. Life has been an adventure & I've encountered so many people whose experiences drastically differed from my own. I've treasured them all.
I wouldn't change any of it. Life has been an adventure & I've encountered so many people whose experiences drastically differed from my own. I've treasured them all.
February 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Due to my itinerant childhood, I've always felt like an outsider. I've never been in a place where I truly fit.
I wouldn't change any of it. Life has been an adventure & I've encountered so many people whose experiences drastically differed from my own. I've treasured them all.
I wouldn't change any of it. Life has been an adventure & I've encountered so many people whose experiences drastically differed from my own. I've treasured them all.
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And y’all wanna guess why that is?
Because it’s not like we don’t have the money, resources, and manpower to get it done.
Y’all wanna guess?
Gone and take a guess.
Go ‘head.
Because it’s not like we don’t have the money, resources, and manpower to get it done.
Y’all wanna guess?
Gone and take a guess.
Go ‘head.
Not so fun fact: The U.S is the richest country in the world, but we don't even make the top 20 for the most developed countries. Sit with that for a minute.
February 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And y’all wanna guess why that is?
Because it’s not like we don’t have the money, resources, and manpower to get it done.
Y’all wanna guess?
Gone and take a guess.
Go ‘head.
Because it’s not like we don’t have the money, resources, and manpower to get it done.
Y’all wanna guess?
Gone and take a guess.
Go ‘head.
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Tell a Black child:
• I’m so proud of you.
• You are so loved.
• You make the world brighter.
• You are amazing just the way you are.
• I believe in you.
• You are so creative.
• You are a great problem solver.
• You have a kind heart.
• I love your sense of humor.
• You are enough.
• I’m so proud of you.
• You are so loved.
• You make the world brighter.
• You are amazing just the way you are.
• I believe in you.
• You are so creative.
• You are a great problem solver.
• You have a kind heart.
• I love your sense of humor.
• You are enough.
February 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Tell a Black child:
• I’m so proud of you.
• You are so loved.
• You make the world brighter.
• You are amazing just the way you are.
• I believe in you.
• You are so creative.
• You are a great problem solver.
• You have a kind heart.
• I love your sense of humor.
• You are enough.
• I’m so proud of you.
• You are so loved.
• You make the world brighter.
• You are amazing just the way you are.
• I believe in you.
• You are so creative.
• You are a great problem solver.
• You have a kind heart.
• I love your sense of humor.
• You are enough.