J.J.
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Peace now, peace tomorrow, peace forever
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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In Mussolini's Italy, the fascist movement was obsessed with people wearing suitable attire in all social settings. Thomas Mann describes this brilliantly in one of his novellas. The fact that transportation secretary Duffy obsesses over how one should dress to fly in an airplane, while being
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In Mussolini's Italy, the fascist movement was obsessed with people wearing suitable attire in all social settings. Thomas Mann describes this brilliantly in one of his novellas. The fact that transportation secretary Duffy obsesses over how one should dress to fly in an airplane, while being
Liberate Venezuela? In THIS economy???
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Liberate Venezuela? In THIS economy???
Because they really think Trump will live/be president forever; or, the yet-to-be-named MAGA heir apparent will grant them all the same immunity to consequences they've enjoyed under Trump
I like how people in the Trump Administration are too stupid to avoid becoming evidence in any war crimes trials after they leave office.
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Because they really think Trump will live/be president forever; or, the yet-to-be-named MAGA heir apparent will grant them all the same immunity to consequences they've enjoyed under Trump
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Imagine picking fights about duty and honor with this man.
They’re so fucking stupid.
They’re so fucking stupid.
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Imagine picking fights about duty and honor with this man.
They’re so fucking stupid.
They’re so fucking stupid.
I'm sure somewhere on the internet some putative "Kelly for President" campaign is gathering some steam effective now, and I'm not saying anything about the relative merits of such a prospect, but if anything else, it really shows how little anyone in Trumpworld is thinking in terms of a long game
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'm sure somewhere on the internet some putative "Kelly for President" campaign is gathering some steam effective now, and I'm not saying anything about the relative merits of such a prospect, but if anything else, it really shows how little anyone in Trumpworld is thinking in terms of a long game
Maybe if they start making flying an experience that doesn't feel like being strapped upright in a sardine can, then I'll possibly consider going in with something other than my own utmost comfort in mind.... because I know that's the last thing the airlines are considering
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Maybe if they start making flying an experience that doesn't feel like being strapped upright in a sardine can, then I'll possibly consider going in with something other than my own utmost comfort in mind.... because I know that's the last thing the airlines are considering
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This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
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so many incredible details in this one. what an unbelievable comic. the canned cranberries are killing me
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
so many incredible details in this one. what an unbelievable comic. the canned cranberries are killing me
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fall guys take falls, that's their purpose
mildly amusing these shitheads didn't understand that, but meaningless unless the planners are also prosecuted
mildly amusing these shitheads didn't understand that, but meaningless unless the planners are also prosecuted
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
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'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
fall guys take falls, that's their purpose
mildly amusing these shitheads didn't understand that, but meaningless unless the planners are also prosecuted
mildly amusing these shitheads didn't understand that, but meaningless unless the planners are also prosecuted
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
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One of the most intense B-52's tapes I've heard — some of Cindy's shrieks are awesomely terrifying.
The B-52’s - Duffy’s, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 4, 1979 https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/800837632370311168
_**The B-52’s - Duffy’s, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 4, 1979**_
Another week, another legend on Aquarium Drunkard’s Transmissions podcast. This time around, Jason P. Woodbury talks with Kate Pierson of the B-52s — a wide ranging chat that gets into Devo, Pee-Wee Herman, Yoko Ono, Julee Cruise and beyond. The B-52s are never anything less than fascinating; I heard there was a documentary in the works a few years back, but it may still be in the planning stages. I’m sure it would be great. The Beach Boys took the “America’s Band” title at some point, but we’d be better off it was the B-52’s, frankly.
**Kate Says:** Well, the B-52s writing together was very complex because it’s by committee, putting the songs together. I mean, that’s what really made us unique though, is that we write like that, and when you do that sort of jamming and you get our collective unconscious going and all this stuff spews out of your mind, of the collective mind. You never know what’s going to happen.
Listening to this week’s Transmissions naturally put me in the mood to listen to the B-52s, so I went to a vintage audience tape of the band in Minneapolis in 1979 — and it did not disappoint. In fact, it might be one of the most purely intense B-52s tapes I’ve heard, the quartet tearing through their early repertoire with endless reserves joy and vigor. Next stop, Planet Claire …
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November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
One of the most intense B-52's tapes I've heard — some of Cindy's shrieks are awesomely terrifying.
Is this bad?
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Is this bad?
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we are returning to the state in which the framers intended for the legislature, in which the lower chamber and the upper chamber absolutely despise one another
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
we are returning to the state in which the framers intended for the legislature, in which the lower chamber and the upper chamber absolutely despise one another
For every 3 international students who attend college in the US, 1 job is created/supported, totaling 378,000 in FY24.
This year, thanks to Trump & the GOP gleefully screwing over working people, the number is down to 355,736, for a loss of more than $1.1 billion and nearly 23,000 jobs
This year, thanks to Trump & the GOP gleefully screwing over working people, the number is down to 355,736, for a loss of more than $1.1 billion and nearly 23,000 jobs
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
For every 3 international students who attend college in the US, 1 job is created/supported, totaling 378,000 in FY24.
This year, thanks to Trump & the GOP gleefully screwing over working people, the number is down to 355,736, for a loss of more than $1.1 billion and nearly 23,000 jobs
This year, thanks to Trump & the GOP gleefully screwing over working people, the number is down to 355,736, for a loss of more than $1.1 billion and nearly 23,000 jobs
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Decent people around the world are avoiding the United States like it's a bad cold, or worse.
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Decent people around the world are avoiding the United States like it's a bad cold, or worse.
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How are rural residents supposed to shop around for emergency care? What do they do when there's only one hospital for miles?
Especially when GOP Medicaid cuts are CLOSING those hospitals!
Especially when GOP Medicaid cuts are CLOSING those hospitals!
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
How are rural residents supposed to shop around for emergency care? What do they do when there's only one hospital for miles?
Especially when GOP Medicaid cuts are CLOSING those hospitals!
Especially when GOP Medicaid cuts are CLOSING those hospitals!
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I'll never get over how all of these companies folded like wet cardboard when a dim NYC real estate conman operating at a fourth grade reading level demanded they all be more sexist and racist (or at best hide their efforts to be kind and inclusive under a tarp)
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I'll never get over how all of these companies folded like wet cardboard when a dim NYC real estate conman operating at a fourth grade reading level demanded they all be more sexist and racist (or at best hide their efforts to be kind and inclusive under a tarp)
"Truck get lady pregnant"
Uh, that's four, I guess
Uh, that's four, I guess
I am genuinely interested in what those thousand words are.
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Truck get lady pregnant"
Uh, that's four, I guess
Uh, that's four, I guess
What stage of the Emperor having no clothes are we at here? Like, the live-streamed colonoscopy stage?
Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to fire his ass. He should be fired. The only thing Scott [Bessent] is blowing it on is the Fed. The rates are too high, Scott. And if you don't get it fixed fast, I'm going to fire your ass."
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What stage of the Emperor having no clothes are we at here? Like, the live-streamed colonoscopy stage?
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reminder that Donald Trump said on the record that he partied with his buddy Jeffrey Epstein and women “on the younger side” and yet we’re pretending like the natural of their relationship is some big mystery
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
reminder that Donald Trump said on the record that he partied with his buddy Jeffrey Epstein and women “on the younger side” and yet we’re pretending like the natural of their relationship is some big mystery
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If the Devil is __
Then, God is __
Then, God is __
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If the Devil is __
Then, God is __
Then, God is __
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The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
I have no doubt they will have been heavily tampered with. I have just as little doubt that the morons who still work for Trump will have not been clever enough to make the tampering anything else but completely obvious
The problem with having rather openly purged DOJ of all but the most shameless stooges and loyalists is precisely this: Even once the Epstein files are released, why would anyone believe that release is complete and undoctored?
At this stage there’s literally no reason to believe the admin, even if it releases more than you’d expect, are being forthcoming. It’s the opposite of conspiracy theory to look at the proudly lawless pattern of deception and raw power that this trump admin has engaged in then to conclude they’d…
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I have no doubt they will have been heavily tampered with. I have just as little doubt that the morons who still work for Trump will have not been clever enough to make the tampering anything else but completely obvious