Analytical Left
@leaddreamer.bsky.social
Tolerance is an agreement, not a suicide pact. We AGREE to tolerate each other. If one aide refuses to tolerate the other, then there IS NO AGREEMENT to uphold, and we are NOT called to tolerate their intolerance. No paradox at all.
"Yeah, but what if I WANT the bias? What if I WANT the error? Huh? You ever thought of that? Huh? Geez, you fact-based people are SO restricting!!"
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Yeah, but what if I WANT the bias? What if I WANT the error? Huh? You ever thought of that? Huh? Geez, you fact-based people are SO restricting!!"
HASSETT: "Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals and evil pixies and sabotage yetis and innumerate gnomes and statistical centaurs. It certainly isn't my fault"
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
HASSETT: "Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals and evil pixies and sabotage yetis and innumerate gnomes and statistical centaurs. It certainly isn't my fault"
"Yeah! Yeah! We'll get rid of collective bargaining by groups of THOUSANDS of people, and make each one bargain on their own!! Just like we did to Unions!! Yeah!! Yeah!! That'll be SO much better!!"
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Yeah! Yeah! We'll get rid of collective bargaining by groups of THOUSANDS of people, and make each one bargain on their own!! Just like we did to Unions!! Yeah!! Yeah!! That'll be SO much better!!"
How do magic beans help you?
"Do you know what a swap line is? I swapped $20B for5 magic beans! The government made money."
"Do you know what a swap line is? I swapped $20B for5 magic beans! The government made money."
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
How do magic beans help you?
"Do you know what a swap line is? I swapped $20B for5 magic beans! The government made money."
"Do you know what a swap line is? I swapped $20B for5 magic beans! The government made money."
No. Nothing ever did. It was all bad reporting
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
No. Nothing ever did. It was all bad reporting
It's the same f'ing insurance, and they'll be buying it individually, not as groups. It's the WORST possible way to do it!!
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It's the same f'ing insurance, and they'll be buying it individually, not as groups. It's the WORST possible way to do it!!
Johnson: "You don't know them. They live in Canada"
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Johnson: "You don't know them. They live in Canada"
Trump: "In this house, when the President doesn't know, NOBODY knows."
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump: "In this house, when the President doesn't know, NOBODY knows."
Nah, they stamped their little feet and cried.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Nah, they stamped their little feet and cried.
I would sooner see the state lines re-drawn to balance the populations more easily. Won't happen, but makes more sense.
We need to reduce the voting power of dirt.
We need to reduce the voting power of dirt.
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I would sooner see the state lines re-drawn to balance the populations more easily. Won't happen, but makes more sense.
We need to reduce the voting power of dirt.
We need to reduce the voting power of dirt.
DHS response: "Nuh-uh neither. Didn't not. You're a big fibber"
SUCH serious people.
SUCH serious people.
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
DHS response: "Nuh-uh neither. Didn't not. You're a big fibber"
SUCH serious people.
SUCH serious people.
Johnson: "What is a promise? I've not heard of anything like that. I don't even know what I'm saying right now"
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Johnson: "What is a promise? I've not heard of anything like that. I don't even know what I'm saying right now"
oh, FFS, everybody reading it knew EXACTLY what it meant. All your "grammar rules" come from an 1830's spinster teacher with a stick up her butt. Language is communication, not rules.
Do you think humans had to write down grammar RULES before they could communicate?
Do you think humans had to write down grammar RULES before they could communicate?
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
oh, FFS, everybody reading it knew EXACTLY what it meant. All your "grammar rules" come from an 1830's spinster teacher with a stick up her butt. Language is communication, not rules.
Do you think humans had to write down grammar RULES before they could communicate?
Do you think humans had to write down grammar RULES before they could communicate?
Yeah, Comer, we fuckin' can. It's called "A Society", perhaps you've heard of it while greedily grabbing for yourself.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Yeah, Comer, we fuckin' can. It's called "A Society", perhaps you've heard of it while greedily grabbing for yourself.
It's also not fair that we don't pay salaries sufficient for them to buy healthcare, but I don't see the MAGAts complaining about that...
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It's also not fair that we don't pay salaries sufficient for them to buy healthcare, but I don't see the MAGAts complaining about that...
Is The Spleen in the next installment?
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Is The Spleen in the next installment?
Yeah, "standing up" involved actually "standing up", and he's tired and his knees hurt and he wants to go home for the holidays, so it's just too much, too much.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Yeah, "standing up" involved actually "standing up", and he's tired and his knees hurt and he wants to go home for the holidays, so it's just too much, too much.
Fits the "Old Man..." theme, tho...
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Fits the "Old Man..." theme, tho...
Oh, *he* understands it. He's just sure the MAGAt faithful doesn't.
cf "I have to balance my checkbook; why doesn't the Federal guv'mint?"
cf "I have to balance my checkbook; why doesn't the Federal guv'mint?"
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Oh, *he* understands it. He's just sure the MAGAt faithful doesn't.
cf "I have to balance my checkbook; why doesn't the Federal guv'mint?"
cf "I have to balance my checkbook; why doesn't the Federal guv'mint?"
Shaheen: "We've heard from Lucy a number of times that she's willing to hold the football for us to get this done. We've heard it from her brother Linus as well. So ..."
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Shaheen: "We've heard from Lucy a number of times that she's willing to hold the football for us to get this done. We've heard it from her brother Linus as well. So ..."
Didn't explain, just asserted without evidence. The (pretend, weaponized) condescension flows heavily.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Didn't explain, just asserted without evidence. The (pretend, weaponized) condescension flows heavily.