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just trying to make sense of why we find it so hard to collectively make good political decisions
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
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Saw a movie post about a film that I am a detractor for. But I did not comment.
Rage posting is the tool of the enemy. We do not use it. We do not *need* it.
Rage posting is the tool of the enemy. We do not use it. We do not *need* it.
December 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Saw a movie post about a film that I am a detractor for. But I did not comment.
Rage posting is the tool of the enemy. We do not use it. We do not *need* it.
Rage posting is the tool of the enemy. We do not use it. We do not *need* it.
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Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY?
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY?
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
I’m going to miss the BBC an awful lot. It’s a very important part of British life.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I’m going to miss the BBC an awful lot. It’s a very important part of British life.
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Who would have thought another series of #CelebrityTraitors was reaching a finale inside the BBC board, just as the first was coming to a climax on TV
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Who would have thought another series of #CelebrityTraitors was reaching a finale inside the BBC board, just as the first was coming to a climax on TV
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
September 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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Steve Bannon: “If you merge MAHA with MAGA, it’s like 1932 - you govern forever.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “100%”
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “100%”
May 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Steve Bannon: “If you merge MAHA with MAGA, it’s like 1932 - you govern forever.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “100%”
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “100%”
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Yes. We keep writing headlines that assign powers to the president that he does not have.
May 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yes. We keep writing headlines that assign powers to the president that he does not have.
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BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
April 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
If you collaborated with a friend to build a big sandcastle, you'd probably be pretty pleased. If that friend then decided to demonstrate his power by stomping all over the castle devaluing it - how would you feel? Is it a surprise that he has this ability? No. Collaborate again? Probably not.
April 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you collaborated with a friend to build a big sandcastle, you'd probably be pretty pleased. If that friend then decided to demonstrate his power by stomping all over the castle devaluing it - how would you feel? Is it a surprise that he has this ability? No. Collaborate again? Probably not.
This is one of the most chilling things I have seen for a long time. This is what Trump is about. He's not a statesman. He's acting more like a bullying gangster, tormenting hostages.
BREAKING: Donald Trump right now:
And don't let some of these politicians...let me tell you. These countries are calling me, kissing my ass, they are dying to make a [trade] deal..."please please sir let me make a deal, I'll do anything, I'll do anything sir."
And don't let some of these politicians...let me tell you. These countries are calling me, kissing my ass, they are dying to make a [trade] deal..."please please sir let me make a deal, I'll do anything, I'll do anything sir."
April 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is one of the most chilling things I have seen for a long time. This is what Trump is about. He's not a statesman. He's acting more like a bullying gangster, tormenting hostages.
This is an actual government communication channel. The US govt has been hijacked and everyone seems to be carrying on as if all is normal.
April 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is an actual government communication channel. The US govt has been hijacked and everyone seems to be carrying on as if all is normal.
Trump and co can't keep this concealed forever - it's going to start affecting people.
LIVE: Fox presenters’ souls leave their body as they’re forced to finally tell the truth about tariffs.
Here, the story a small business making products for kids with special needs. Its tariff bill has gone from $26,000 to $346,000. Fatal.
A fate Fox deserves for months of tariff disinformation.
Here, the story a small business making products for kids with special needs. Its tariff bill has gone from $26,000 to $346,000. Fatal.
A fate Fox deserves for months of tariff disinformation.
April 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Trump and co can't keep this concealed forever - it's going to start affecting people.
If Trump hates humiliation so much and really wants respect - as he has so often expressed - why does he choose to do things that everyone knows will make him a laughing stock?
April 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If Trump hates humiliation so much and really wants respect - as he has so often expressed - why does he choose to do things that everyone knows will make him a laughing stock?
Countries around the world should be changing future plans, changing the way they trade, changing their relationship with - and any reliance on - the USA.
The consequence is that the USA will be left out of things in future. They will be sidelined and become a marginalised country. (Permanently?)
The consequence is that the USA will be left out of things in future. They will be sidelined and become a marginalised country. (Permanently?)
The credibility of the US government is completely shot.
Gone.
Annihilated.
Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration.
Ever.
Gone.
Annihilated.
Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration.
Ever.
April 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Countries around the world should be changing future plans, changing the way they trade, changing their relationship with - and any reliance on - the USA.
The consequence is that the USA will be left out of things in future. They will be sidelined and become a marginalised country. (Permanently?)
The consequence is that the USA will be left out of things in future. They will be sidelined and become a marginalised country. (Permanently?)
Let's stop talking about Trump policies as if he's just mad and random, and try to understand what he wants to do.
Trump has talked about loving tariffs since the 1980s.
Edward Fishman discusses the reasons:
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Trump has talked about loving tariffs since the 1980s.
Edward Fishman discusses the reasons:
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April 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Let's stop talking about Trump policies as if he's just mad and random, and try to understand what he wants to do.
Trump has talked about loving tariffs since the 1980s.
Edward Fishman discusses the reasons:
[1/3]
Trump has talked about loving tariffs since the 1980s.
Edward Fishman discusses the reasons:
[1/3]
This is really good. Well worth a watch.
What's Trump doing with Macron handshake? What was happening when Zelensky went to Whitehouse? etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imSd...
What's Trump doing with Macron handshake? What was happening when Zelensky went to Whitehouse? etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imSd...
The Truth behind Trump: Leading body language expert exposes the president
YouTube video by Times Radio
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This is really good. Well worth a watch.
What's Trump doing with Macron handshake? What was happening when Zelensky went to Whitehouse? etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imSd...
What's Trump doing with Macron handshake? What was happening when Zelensky went to Whitehouse? etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imSd...
All the economic turmoil around the world's stock exchanges is part of the plan. It's not some kind of failure.
This is a demonstration of POWER: Trump saying "Look what I can do!"
This is a demonstration of POWER: Trump saying "Look what I can do!"
April 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
All the economic turmoil around the world's stock exchanges is part of the plan. It's not some kind of failure.
This is a demonstration of POWER: Trump saying "Look what I can do!"
This is a demonstration of POWER: Trump saying "Look what I can do!"
Not just make it look "more scientific" (because they suddenly do approve of scientific experts after all?) but more importantly to obscure it and discourage people from talking about it.
Those working for the Trump administration did not only include greek letters in the tariff formula to make something non-sensical look more scientific; they also referred to publications in top-5 journals (AER, QJE) - just to be sure that scientific authority is on their side ;)
April 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Not just make it look "more scientific" (because they suddenly do approve of scientific experts after all?) but more importantly to obscure it and discourage people from talking about it.
Is a trade deficit the same as "unfair trade practices"? (as expressed by Whitehouse spokesperson)
Is trade deficit/surplus a bad thing for a country and we should always ensure Balance Of Trade?
Can any economists explain this?
Is trade deficit/surplus a bad thing for a country and we should always ensure Balance Of Trade?
Can any economists explain this?
April 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Is a trade deficit the same as "unfair trade practices"? (as expressed by Whitehouse spokesperson)
Is trade deficit/surplus a bad thing for a country and we should always ensure Balance Of Trade?
Can any economists explain this?
Is trade deficit/surplus a bad thing for a country and we should always ensure Balance Of Trade?
Can any economists explain this?
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What this piece doesn’t say is that they took the funds because they were almost destitute having had to return funding from a Kremlin backed bank when they got found out so they took the EU money to bail them out in France. She deserves her punishment.
April 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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This is right. These ARE sanctions.
And it's not revitalization or you'd promote it differently: long-term planning, support for people financing and building new factories. It takes time and can't just burst to life instantly when you put prices up.
People will suffer; governments should mitigate.
And it's not revitalization or you'd promote it differently: long-term planning, support for people financing and building new factories. It takes time and can't just burst to life instantly when you put prices up.
People will suffer; governments should mitigate.
NEW: There's no reason to act like Trump is pursuing a trade policy or an industrial revitalization strategy.
These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do.
prospect.org/economy/2025...
These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do.
prospect.org/economy/2025...
They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions
Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
prospect.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is right. These ARE sanctions.
And it's not revitalization or you'd promote it differently: long-term planning, support for people financing and building new factories. It takes time and can't just burst to life instantly when you put prices up.
People will suffer; governments should mitigate.
And it's not revitalization or you'd promote it differently: long-term planning, support for people financing and building new factories. It takes time and can't just burst to life instantly when you put prices up.
People will suffer; governments should mitigate.