Barry Parr
@parr.org
I publish Coastsider in Montara California. Ex-News.com, Mercury News, Dow Jones, Forrester Research.
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THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, in most cases you'll find your premium DRAMATICALLY increasing...and if you don't take any action by the final deadline (Jan. 15th in most states), you'll be stuck with that policy or none at all for the full year.
🚨 SHOP AROUND. SHOP AROUND. SHOP AROUND. 🚨
🚨 SHOP AROUND. SHOP AROUND. SHOP AROUND. 🚨
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, in most cases you'll find your premium DRAMATICALLY increasing...and if you don't take any action by the final deadline (Jan. 15th in most states), you'll be stuck with that policy or none at all for the full year.
🚨 SHOP AROUND. SHOP AROUND. SHOP AROUND. 🚨
🚨 SHOP AROUND. SHOP AROUND. SHOP AROUND. 🚨
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
“When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made.”
Has this ever happened?
Has this ever happened?
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made.”
Has this ever happened?
Has this ever happened?
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Exactly 80 years ago tomorrow (Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth should be very worried. www.executedtoday.com/2009/11/30/1...
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Exactly 80 years ago tomorrow (Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth should be very worried. www.executedtoday.com/2009/11/30/1...
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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Piss experts far more likely than the public to believe piss “tastes great”
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Piss experts far more likely than the public to believe piss “tastes great”
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It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
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Yeah you're gonna wanna turn these on if they aren't already
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Yeah you're gonna wanna turn these on if they aren't already
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Jesus tapdancing Christ
"The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."
"The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."
‘Shadow’ police force removing homeless from downtown Nashville, state trooper says
“Our job is to police the homeless community,” a trooper told WSMV4 Investigates. “Profiling is what it is.”
www.wsmv.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Jesus tapdancing Christ
"The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."
"The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
Scoop: Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries
It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Making devastating cuts to our own budget simply implements Trump's plan to make rich people richer. Our supermajority should decouple Oregon from this new federal tax regime. It doesn't work for us. 4/4
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Making devastating cuts to our own budget simply implements Trump's plan to make rich people richer. Our supermajority should decouple Oregon from this new federal tax regime. It doesn't work for us. 4/4
So move to Alabama to save $500 out of a $100,000 annual budget?
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
So move to Alabama to save $500 out of a $100,000 annual budget?
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Strong points from Sarah Hurwitz: "Our key mistake was giving Jewish children brains that think and hearts that feel, and then encouraging them to use them. This naturally leads them to sympathize with Palestinians. We should consider removing our kids' brains & hearts until they turn 45."
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Strong points from Sarah Hurwitz: "Our key mistake was giving Jewish children brains that think and hearts that feel, and then encouraging them to use them. This naturally leads them to sympathize with Palestinians. We should consider removing our kids' brains & hearts until they turn 45."
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Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
Tom Nichols: it’s a republic not a democracy.
Give me a fucking break
Give me a fucking break
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Tom Nichols: it’s a republic not a democracy.
Give me a fucking break
Give me a fucking break
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He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
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Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
Elon Musk: Grok is extremely vulnerable to "adversarial prompting" attacks.
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Elon Musk: Grok is extremely vulnerable to "adversarial prompting" attacks.
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The State of Illinois should charge Agent Charles Exum with attempted murder
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...
Judge dismisses charges against 2 people accused of ramming vehicle of federal agents conducting Chicago immigration sweeps
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the indictment against two people accused last month of "ambushing" federal agents conducting an immigration sweep in Chicago.
abcnews.go.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The State of Illinois should charge Agent Charles Exum with attempted murder
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...
abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...
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The mayor of NYC could also unleash daily sanitation, building & restaurant inspections on all Trump properties & see to it that the streets in front of them are dug up for noisy underground repairs taking months or years to complete so he's got at least an arrow or two of retaliation in his quiver
This piece normalizes the “temperamental president” and his threats to engage in extralegal punishment against New York City.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Mamdani’s meeting with Trump comes with a power disadvantage
The president has threatened to yank federal aid and send the National Guard to patrol the Big Apple.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The mayor of NYC could also unleash daily sanitation, building & restaurant inspections on all Trump properties & see to it that the streets in front of them are dug up for noisy underground repairs taking months or years to complete so he's got at least an arrow or two of retaliation in his quiver