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"It is difficult with these evil folk to know when they are in league, and when they are cheating one another."
Aragorn, son of Arathorn, "The Two Towers," J.R.R. Tolkien.
Aragorn, son of Arathorn, "The Two Towers," J.R.R. Tolkien.
What *ought* to be shocking is how comparatively unconcerned the people whose concern trolling about Biden's cognitive decline drove him off the ticket remain about Trump's.
But, alas, to be shocked now, I would have to have thought it wasn't pure, and transparently, bad faith Swift Boating then.
But, alas, to be shocked now, I would have to have thought it wasn't pure, and transparently, bad faith Swift Boating then.
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What *ought* to be shocking is how comparatively unconcerned the people whose concern trolling about Biden's cognitive decline drove him off the ticket remain about Trump's.
But, alas, to be shocked now, I would have to have thought it wasn't pure, and transparently, bad faith Swift Boating then.
But, alas, to be shocked now, I would have to have thought it wasn't pure, and transparently, bad faith Swift Boating then.
The journalism convention that requires stories about the latest annual increases in retirement account contribution limits, the standard deduction or Social Security COLA's to take a breathless tone suggesting it's a bit surprising it's happening at all is so weird.
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The journalism convention that requires stories about the latest annual increases in retirement account contribution limits, the standard deduction or Social Security COLA's to take a breathless tone suggesting it's a bit surprising it's happening at all is so weird.
We're so overwhelmed by the depth, breadth, multi-dimensionality, and sheer Castle-Bravo runaway magnitude of the shitshow we had to break it into two to meme it.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We're so overwhelmed by the depth, breadth, multi-dimensionality, and sheer Castle-Bravo runaway magnitude of the shitshow we had to break it into two to meme it.
I pity the appellate lawyer who has to watch Alito smirk when they get to the part about the very existence of ordered liberty and limited government now turns upon the reviewability of presidential determinations supporting the deployment of troops into a state for transparent pretextuality.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I pity the appellate lawyer who has to watch Alito smirk when they get to the part about the very existence of ordered liberty and limited government now turns upon the reviewability of presidential determinations supporting the deployment of troops into a state for transparent pretextuality.
C'mon man. Even by gutter penny dreadful standards, this is just pathetic. I mean, is it parody? Because MSN doesn't seem to think so. And yet there the words "slightly plummet" are, without apparent humorous intent.
I hate to give them clicks, but it's quite something.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
I hate to give them clicks, but it's quite something.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
October 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
C'mon man. Even by gutter penny dreadful standards, this is just pathetic. I mean, is it parody? Because MSN doesn't seem to think so. And yet there the words "slightly plummet" are, without apparent humorous intent.
I hate to give them clicks, but it's quite something.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
I hate to give them clicks, but it's quite something.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Not debating artistic merits here. I'm just saying if I was told I could hang out with any 19th Century Paris literary figure, it would be Dumas père.
I would, of course, need to become reasonably fluent in French first. That's where the Monkey's Paw/Twilight Zone curse version of the wish lies.
I would, of course, need to become reasonably fluent in French first. That's where the Monkey's Paw/Twilight Zone curse version of the wish lies.
September 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Not debating artistic merits here. I'm just saying if I was told I could hang out with any 19th Century Paris literary figure, it would be Dumas père.
I would, of course, need to become reasonably fluent in French first. That's where the Monkey's Paw/Twilight Zone curse version of the wish lies.
I would, of course, need to become reasonably fluent in French first. That's where the Monkey's Paw/Twilight Zone curse version of the wish lies.
Some lawyer in Florida needs to file a bar grievance against Lindsay Halligan.
Granted, Florida is an authoritarian shithole that doesn't seem to ever discipline connected Republican lawyers unless they incur the wrath of Baby Ron.
Granted, Florida is an authoritarian shithole that doesn't seem to ever discipline connected Republican lawyers unless they incur the wrath of Baby Ron.
September 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Some lawyer in Florida needs to file a bar grievance against Lindsay Halligan.
Granted, Florida is an authoritarian shithole that doesn't seem to ever discipline connected Republican lawyers unless they incur the wrath of Baby Ron.
Granted, Florida is an authoritarian shithole that doesn't seem to ever discipline connected Republican lawyers unless they incur the wrath of Baby Ron.
And no one whose brain is owned by the Murdoch clan will ever know.
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
And no one whose brain is owned by the Murdoch clan will ever know.
Behold! A thing never seen before that may never be seen again! A tenured job opening in political science.
I wish my law school alma mater success in wading through the hundreds of application.
I wish my law school alma mater success in wading through the hundreds of application.
September 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Behold! A thing never seen before that may never be seen again! A tenured job opening in political science.
I wish my law school alma mater success in wading through the hundreds of application.
I wish my law school alma mater success in wading through the hundreds of application.
Oh god, they're Frau Engel and Bubi from Wolfenstein.
September 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Oh god, they're Frau Engel and Bubi from Wolfenstein.
Evidently they've decided that the best way to show maximal servility to Tremendous Leader is to just treat words as if they have no meaning independent of his need for Narcissistic Supply.
September 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Evidently they've decided that the best way to show maximal servility to Tremendous Leader is to just treat words as if they have no meaning independent of his need for Narcissistic Supply.
Predictably, the Times buried the lede.
September 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Predictably, the Times buried the lede.
Naw, dawg. Actually, what you don't do IS USE THE PUBLIC COMPUTERS AND PRINTERS IN AN OLD-SCHOOL HOTEL "BUSINESS CENTER!" because holy jesus, how big an incompetent dumbass do you have to be to do that?
As god as my witness, I don't think any of them ever even had a real job in their whole lives.
As god as my witness, I don't think any of them ever even had a real job in their whole lives.
August 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Naw, dawg. Actually, what you don't do IS USE THE PUBLIC COMPUTERS AND PRINTERS IN AN OLD-SCHOOL HOTEL "BUSINESS CENTER!" because holy jesus, how big an incompetent dumbass do you have to be to do that?
As god as my witness, I don't think any of them ever even had a real job in their whole lives.
As god as my witness, I don't think any of them ever even had a real job in their whole lives.
Thing is, it does seem like most of the cars are still driven by people...
August 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thing is, it does seem like most of the cars are still driven by people...
Boy, there sure are a lot of sources popping up and being all sourcey lately.
Also, um, the cell video was faked up?
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
Also, um, the cell video was faked up?
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
July 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Boy, there sure are a lot of sources popping up and being all sourcey lately.
Also, um, the cell video was faked up?
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
Also, um, the cell video was faked up?
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
Dude, this is not a "gasp! two people with mono are French-kissing!" problem. It's a "democracy is succumbing to the deadly infection of fascism" problem.
The only centrist position between fascism and democracy is "collaborator." Or "carrier" if we're still using the immunological metaphor.
The only centrist position between fascism and democracy is "collaborator." Or "carrier" if we're still using the immunological metaphor.
July 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Dude, this is not a "gasp! two people with mono are French-kissing!" problem. It's a "democracy is succumbing to the deadly infection of fascism" problem.
The only centrist position between fascism and democracy is "collaborator." Or "carrier" if we're still using the immunological metaphor.
The only centrist position between fascism and democracy is "collaborator." Or "carrier" if we're still using the immunological metaphor.
Maybe this would be a good 4th of July to remember that America is a revolutionary state created by adherents to a radical ideology. We unleashed the fire of the 18th Century Enlightenment on the despots, oligarchs and clerics of the whole world and they've been trying to stamp it out ever since.
July 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Maybe this would be a good 4th of July to remember that America is a revolutionary state created by adherents to a radical ideology. We unleashed the fire of the 18th Century Enlightenment on the despots, oligarchs and clerics of the whole world and they've been trying to stamp it out ever since.
I first saw Casablanca in college. In the 40+ years sinc, I've seen it dozens of times. There's always some previously unnoticed bit of virtuosity that grabs me.
Tonight it was the flare of rage that flashed in Ilsa's eyes in the shadow of that improbable hat when Rick said the word "entitled." 👏
Tonight it was the flare of rage that flashed in Ilsa's eyes in the shadow of that improbable hat when Rick said the word "entitled." 👏
June 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I first saw Casablanca in college. In the 40+ years sinc, I've seen it dozens of times. There's always some previously unnoticed bit of virtuosity that grabs me.
Tonight it was the flare of rage that flashed in Ilsa's eyes in the shadow of that improbable hat when Rick said the word "entitled." 👏
Tonight it was the flare of rage that flashed in Ilsa's eyes in the shadow of that improbable hat when Rick said the word "entitled." 👏
Oh noes! An exciting thing just up and happened that entirely by coincidence will justify the declaration of a state of emergency! And if it overreaches a bit, well Trump gonna Trump. No worries. The courts or, somehow, the Democrats will doubtless reign him in.
Also, fuck Axios with a sharp stick.
Also, fuck Axios with a sharp stick.
June 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Oh noes! An exciting thing just up and happened that entirely by coincidence will justify the declaration of a state of emergency! And if it overreaches a bit, well Trump gonna Trump. No worries. The courts or, somehow, the Democrats will doubtless reign him in.
Also, fuck Axios with a sharp stick.
Also, fuck Axios with a sharp stick.