Steven Balbus
@oxfordyank.bsky.social
How very H L Mencken.
April 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
How very H L Mencken.
Including insurrectionists?
April 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Including insurrectionists?
The don’t actually like misery. They just don’t connect the dots. It’s the power of grievance voting.
April 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The don’t actually like misery. They just don’t connect the dots. It’s the power of grievance voting.
Well shit. Times have gotten so bad, that Rand Paul is making sense.
His grocery analogy is excellent and makes the fallacy of trade-deficits-are-bad arguments very clear.
His grocery analogy is excellent and makes the fallacy of trade-deficits-are-bad arguments very clear.
April 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Well shit. Times have gotten so bad, that Rand Paul is making sense.
His grocery analogy is excellent and makes the fallacy of trade-deficits-are-bad arguments very clear.
His grocery analogy is excellent and makes the fallacy of trade-deficits-are-bad arguments very clear.
WE?
Not a majority of us.
Not a majority of us.
April 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
WE?
Not a majority of us.
Not a majority of us.
Ice cream, Mandrake? *Children’s* ice cream?
April 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ice cream, Mandrake? *Children’s* ice cream?
Yeah. Who could possibly have foreseen that Trump cronies would exploit their position for personal gain?
April 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Yeah. Who could possibly have foreseen that Trump cronies would exploit their position for personal gain?
At least of them will still drink the Kool Aid for him. Because they are, indeed, a cult. A sick cult.
April 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
At least of them will still drink the Kool Aid for him. Because they are, indeed, a cult. A sick cult.
Judges are not poor saps to be middle-fingered.
And a majority of SCOTUS may, just may, be awakening.
And a majority of SCOTUS may, just may, be awakening.
March 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Judges are not poor saps to be middle-fingered.
And a majority of SCOTUS may, just may, be awakening.
And a majority of SCOTUS may, just may, be awakening.
How uplifting.
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what …ah just shut the fuck up!
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what …ah just shut the fuck up!
March 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
How uplifting.
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what …ah just shut the fuck up!
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what …ah just shut the fuck up!
Looks like there goes Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize.
You don’t bargain with these guys. You defeat them.
Europe? You in on this?
You don’t bargain with these guys. You defeat them.
Europe? You in on this?
March 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Looks like there goes Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize.
You don’t bargain with these guys. You defeat them.
Europe? You in on this?
You don’t bargain with these guys. You defeat them.
Europe? You in on this?
Thank you. Reagan and his administration were scofflaws. Oliver North and his ilk set the stage for today’s in-your-face crime by politicians.
March 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thank you. Reagan and his administration were scofflaws. Oliver North and his ilk set the stage for today’s in-your-face crime by politicians.
The UK is keen on preventing a tariff war. Starmer will cave.
March 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The UK is keen on preventing a tariff war. Starmer will cave.
But … did he say “Thank You” enough times?
March 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
But … did he say “Thank You” enough times?
What a profound disappointment this man has turned out to be.
March 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
What a profound disappointment this man has turned out to be.
So out of his depth….he looks absolutely ridiculous next to any leader of standing and accomplishment…
February 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
So out of his depth….he looks absolutely ridiculous next to any leader of standing and accomplishment…
Which later cost him a seat on the Supreme Court during the Reagan years. In the days when behaviour mattered. Somewhat.
February 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Which later cost him a seat on the Supreme Court during the Reagan years. In the days when behaviour mattered. Somewhat.
Yes. Looking cool and cosplaying is all that it’s about. But of course he can’t be bothered to take the one minute of time to learn even a proper pretend salute.
February 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Yes. Looking cool and cosplaying is all that it’s about. But of course he can’t be bothered to take the one minute of time to learn even a proper pretend salute.
To borrow a line from Raising Arizona,
“Sometimes a man’s career just gotta come ahead of family.”
“Sometimes a man’s career just gotta come ahead of family.”
February 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
To borrow a line from Raising Arizona,
“Sometimes a man’s career just gotta come ahead of family.”
“Sometimes a man’s career just gotta come ahead of family.”
Not if a real judge gets involved (there are still a few)…
February 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Not if a real judge gets involved (there are still a few)…
If he never thought Trump would impose tariffs when the man couldn’t stop talking about them 24/7, then your guy probably voted for Trump as well.
Zero sympathy.
Zero sympathy.
February 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If he never thought Trump would impose tariffs when the man couldn’t stop talking about them 24/7, then your guy probably voted for Trump as well.
Zero sympathy.
Zero sympathy.