Ockam's Laser
@ockhamslaser.bsky.social
Retired US Diplomat. Dad. Reader. Viewer. Doomscroller.
This guy gets it www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
Opinion | The Pointless Triumph of a Hapless President
www.nytimes.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This guy gets it www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
Typically great analysis from Iulia Huiu open.substack.com/pub/iuliahui...
What Romania Got Right, and Why the World Should Pay Attention
Thoughts on the international significance of Romania’s presidential elections
open.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Typically great analysis from Iulia Huiu open.substack.com/pub/iuliahui...
Great summary of Romania's election results from Iulia Huliu. open.substack.com/pub/iuliahui...
Romania at the Crossroads: A Victory for Democracy
A Sigh of Relief throughout Europe After the Romanian Presidential Elections
open.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Great summary of Romania's election results from Iulia Huliu. open.substack.com/pub/iuliahui...
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I know many are desensitized to this since it has essentially been US policy since October 7 (not to mention before), but this is actually the most scandalous passage in the Fetterman piece.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
May 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I know many are desensitized to this since it has essentially been US policy since October 7 (not to mention before), but this is actually the most scandalous passage in the Fetterman piece.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
"working" LOL.
May 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"working" LOL.
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New in PN: @therickwilson.bsky.social on Marco Rubio's great debasement
"He’s not only betrayed every value he ever claimed to have, but he’s profoundly — at a level I can barely articulate — harming the country. It’s an astounding comedown for a guy who was once thought of as someone of principle"
"He’s not only betrayed every value he ever claimed to have, but he’s profoundly — at a level I can barely articulate — harming the country. It’s an astounding comedown for a guy who was once thought of as someone of principle"
Rick Wilson on Marco Rubio's debasement
"He’s become an obscene parody of the guy Marco Rubio once claimed to be."
www.publicnotice.co
May 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New in PN: @therickwilson.bsky.social on Marco Rubio's great debasement
"He’s not only betrayed every value he ever claimed to have, but he’s profoundly — at a level I can barely articulate — harming the country. It’s an astounding comedown for a guy who was once thought of as someone of principle"
"He’s not only betrayed every value he ever claimed to have, but he’s profoundly — at a level I can barely articulate — harming the country. It’s an astounding comedown for a guy who was once thought of as someone of principle"
Yep...held firm in his support for genocide no matter what it cost him politically. Great job...
April 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yep...held firm in his support for genocide no matter what it cost him politically. Great job...
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“The proposal that Trump, Vice President J. D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are pushing is not a framework for peace, but a rich and bloody reward to Moscow for three years of aggression and war crimes.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump Is Acting as a Proxy for Putin
His proposal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine isn’t a peace plan—it’s a reward for aggression.
www.theatlantic.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“The proposal that Trump, Vice President J. D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are pushing is not a framework for peace, but a rich and bloody reward to Moscow for three years of aggression and war crimes.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Another clear effort to weaken the ability of the United States to defend our interests and project power around the world. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Latest News on Hegseth, Rubio and More
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Another clear effort to weaken the ability of the United States to defend our interests and project power around the world. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
I know he'd choose a name like Pius or John or Paul or something but I would love to have a Pope named Pizzaballa...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/next-pope-francis-candidates.html
April 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I know he'd choose a name like Pius or John or Paul or something but I would love to have a Pope named Pizzaballa...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/next-pope-francis-candidates.html
It's getting harder to think that the goal is anything but just to weaken the United States everywhere.
Morning Bluesky.
A draft Executive Order seen by the NYT suggests the US is about to abandon Africa, which would be a big win for Russia and China.
The drastic overhaul of the State Department would eliminate almost all African operations and close embassies and consulates.
A draft Executive Order seen by the NYT suggests the US is about to abandon Africa, which would be a big win for Russia and China.
The drastic overhaul of the State Department would eliminate almost all African operations and close embassies and consulates.
April 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's getting harder to think that the goal is anything but just to weaken the United States everywhere.
When Trump I took office new political appointees were starting official meetings with a prayer.
The State Department is asking employees to report any "anti-Christian bias" they experienced during theBiden administration, Politico reports and I've independently confirmed. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Images of the snitch portal they set up that were shared with me:
Images of the snitch portal they set up that were shared with me:
April 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
When Trump I took office new political appointees were starting official meetings with a prayer.
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Trump DOS appointee Tibor Nagy on Elon Musk and his DOGE team: "Seeing it firsthand at the U.S. Department of State – where I returned briefly to help launch the new administration – was like a stage production which combined elements of a tragicomedy with the Twilight Zone."
Tibor Nagy: Surgery? Yes. Chainsaw? No. How not to reform the U.S. government
Fresh off his role as Undersecretary of State in the new Trump administration, Ambassador Tibor Nagy reflects on moves and changes we've seen so far.
www.lubbockonline.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Trump DOS appointee Tibor Nagy on Elon Musk and his DOGE team: "Seeing it firsthand at the U.S. Department of State – where I returned briefly to help launch the new administration – was like a stage production which combined elements of a tragicomedy with the Twilight Zone."
Huh. Is there a link between Mounjaro and sudden conversion to Trumpism? To enthusiasm for genocide? Someone should look into this. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
Opinion | John Fetterman: GLP-1 Drugs Saved My Health. More Americans Need Access.
The government should make it easier to access GLP-1s.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Huh. Is there a link between Mounjaro and sudden conversion to Trumpism? To enthusiasm for genocide? Someone should look into this. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
Remember this idiot's $78 airport lunch?
April 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Remember this idiot's $78 airport lunch?
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"We don’t know how many Americans will die prematurely because public health is now being run by a man who rejects medical science, but it’s likely that the number will eventually run into the millions." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...
Attack of the Quack-Industrial Complex
Another front in the war on American greatness
paulkrugman.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"We don’t know how many Americans will die prematurely because public health is now being run by a man who rejects medical science, but it’s likely that the number will eventually run into the millions." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...
This is such a soft-headed pointless article. Premise isn't even substantiated: if 24% of Americans report they are eating out less, that means up to 76% are actually reporting eating out as much or more often. If there's a decline it's because we like better food! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/d...
Where Will We Eat When the Middle-Class Restaurant Is Gone?
The boom in American sit-down chains has come and gone. What replaced them isn’t so great for human connection.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is such a soft-headed pointless article. Premise isn't even substantiated: if 24% of Americans report they are eating out less, that means up to 76% are actually reporting eating out as much or more often. If there's a decline it's because we like better food! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/d...
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Good!! If you’re not prepared to OPPOSE, then sit tf down and shut tf up!!
April 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Good!! If you’re not prepared to OPPOSE, then sit tf down and shut tf up!!
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Another unvaccinated child has died from the measles in Texas.
There are over 600 cases in the US right now.
Letting children die to a completely preventable disease is absolute insanity.
There are over 600 cases in the US right now.
Letting children die to a completely preventable disease is absolute insanity.
April 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Another unvaccinated child has died from the measles in Texas.
There are over 600 cases in the US right now.
Letting children die to a completely preventable disease is absolute insanity.
There are over 600 cases in the US right now.
Letting children die to a completely preventable disease is absolute insanity.
It's been sickening to see some genocide enthusiast libs saying "actually all the stuff Columbia agreed to was stuff they should have done anyway."
April 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's been sickening to see some genocide enthusiast libs saying "actually all the stuff Columbia agreed to was stuff they should have done anyway."
Guess this book is going to need a new edition..
April 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Guess this book is going to need a new edition..
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Video discovered on the mobile phone of one of the victims reveals the details of an Israeli attack that killed 15 medics, including eight from the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza.
Read more: aje.io/6xwedh
Read more: aje.io/6xwedh
April 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Video discovered on the mobile phone of one of the victims reveals the details of an Israeli attack that killed 15 medics, including eight from the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza.
Read more: aje.io/6xwedh
Read more: aje.io/6xwedh