rogergathmann
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Always in a sweat. Also, sorry, I never use that chat key. I'm not a good recipient for hot tips, or hotness of any type. Also, should say, if you support the Gaza genocide, don't reply to me. I'll block you. .
Yeah, the obvy part is there to make the cartoon ideogramically clean. But the idea from the get-go - the Republicans pursuading Trump to be more racist - is wrongheaded and dumb. Trump was racist as a Dem. The cartoon idea - that the GOP is strategically racist - is sound. But needs images.
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yeah, the obvy part is there to make the cartoon ideogramically clean. But the idea from the get-go - the Republicans pursuading Trump to be more racist - is wrongheaded and dumb. Trump was racist as a Dem. The cartoon idea - that the GOP is strategically racist - is sound. But needs images.
Yes. American foreign policy geniuses, following our huge success in Iraq, encouraging Syria to attack Shi'ites in Lebanon seems sort of on the menu. Surely the Iraq state won't mind.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Yes. American foreign policy geniuses, following our huge success in Iraq, encouraging Syria to attack Shi'ites in Lebanon seems sort of on the menu. Surely the Iraq state won't mind.
In the last election, in both Virginia and NJ, many people who voted for Trump in 2024 voted for the Democrat this year. Don't throw away a wonderful issue! And this one has a GOP thread running through it, since McCain supported these folks under Obama.
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In the last election, in both Virginia and NJ, many people who voted for Trump in 2024 voted for the Democrat this year. Don't throw away a wonderful issue! And this one has a GOP thread running through it, since McCain supported these folks under Obama.
Josh Barro said, two weeks ago, that history will vindicate Eric Adams. Eric Adams! So Josh Barro is not a good guy to have on your team, Schumerites. Ask him politely to leave.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Josh Barro said, two weeks ago, that history will vindicate Eric Adams. Eric Adams! So Josh Barro is not a good guy to have on your team, Schumerites. Ask him politely to leave.
Yes. Exactly a week after Cuomo's Mamdani is for the 9.11 terrorists ad, Trump comes out for... the 9/11 terrorists. It is pretty head twisting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Yes. Exactly a week after Cuomo's Mamdani is for the 9.11 terrorists ad, Trump comes out for... the 9/11 terrorists. It is pretty head twisting.
This is not to say Trump was wrong, per se. The Empire lost all the Bush wars. The result is Taliban rule in Afghanistan and Al Qaeda in Syria. The latter, of course, is suffering now from Israeli occupation of its territory. But still - it is a pretty shocking photo op.
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is not to say Trump was wrong, per se. The Empire lost all the Bush wars. The result is Taliban rule in Afghanistan and Al Qaeda in Syria. The latter, of course, is suffering now from Israeli occupation of its territory. But still - it is a pretty shocking photo op.
Peak Maga Parent advice: it worked for the Unabomber, honey!
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Peak Maga Parent advice: it worked for the Unabomber, honey!
I wonder if the GOP found that insurance companies poll way below Luigi and decided that this was the rhetorical cure. Thing is, people aren't as stupid as GOP pollers think they are. Although GOP stupidity is def abetted by the press.
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I wonder if the GOP found that insurance companies poll way below Luigi and decided that this was the rhetorical cure. Thing is, people aren't as stupid as GOP pollers think they are. Although GOP stupidity is def abetted by the press.
Trump, a far right old man still living off his father's money, won the presidency - pass it on to the Daily News.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump, a far right old man still living off his father's money, won the presidency - pass it on to the Daily News.
that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is—in my opinion—the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth." Go forth and seek the truth.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
that kind of independence from prejudices of his generation from which most scientists are suffering. This independence created by philosophical insight is—in my opinion—the mark of distinction between a mere artisan or specialist and a real seeker after truth." Go forth and seek the truth.
This quote from one of Einstein's letters is a good guide: So many people today—and even professional scientists—seem to me like somebody who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This quote from one of Einstein's letters is a good guide: So many people today—and even professional scientists—seem to me like somebody who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest. A knowledge of the historic and philosophical background gives
And remember: this is what teachers from the 8th grade onward have been trying to get you to do!
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
And remember: this is what teachers from the 8th grade onward have been trying to get you to do!
Go into the library. Then ask to find out where the right section is. Then get some map in your head of the recent history of the research on the issue you are interested in. Don't be afraid of being heterodox. Remember: contrarianism per se is no virtue. Do, do your own research, and reflect on it
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Go into the library. Then ask to find out where the right section is. Then get some map in your head of the recent history of the research on the issue you are interested in. Don't be afraid of being heterodox. Remember: contrarianism per se is no virtue. Do, do your own research, and reflect on it
There have been times without number over the past 25 years when doing your own research was very important. For instance, when all the Serious people were saying Iraq had WMD and was threatening the U.S.Backed up by many a warhawk outfit, rightwing and centrist. Who flooded the zone.
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
There have been times without number over the past 25 years when doing your own research was very important. For instance, when all the Serious people were saying Iraq had WMD and was threatening the U.S.Backed up by many a warhawk outfit, rightwing and centrist. Who flooded the zone.
The right wing influencers were like bad librarians, telling you to search in the section entitled pseudoscience. Unfortunately, the liberal crowd was too often like: don't research at all. Not only a dumb answer, but one that has lead us in the past to disaster.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The right wing influencers were like bad librarians, telling you to search in the section entitled pseudoscience. Unfortunately, the liberal crowd was too often like: don't research at all. Not only a dumb answer, but one that has lead us in the past to disaster.
And an unsuccessful insane crank. She did not recieve the standard insane crank award: a Trump cabinet post. I'd attribute this, following HA, to her being a woman, since, following HA, women are shit. Solution: sex change. Problem: Trumpies hate trans. What's a swastikagirl to do?
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
And an unsuccessful insane crank. She did not recieve the standard insane crank award: a Trump cabinet post. I'd attribute this, following HA, to her being a woman, since, following HA, women are shit. Solution: sex change. Problem: Trumpies hate trans. What's a swastikagirl to do?
This dialectic of feeding comes to its synthesis and, one might well say, Aufhebung, in the character of Colin Robinson, the energy vampire in What we do in the shadows. If we consider It Leibniz, and Mary Poppins, Kant, (which we are obviously meant to), then WWDINS is obviously Hegel.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This dialectic of feeding comes to its synthesis and, one might well say, Aufhebung, in the character of Colin Robinson, the energy vampire in What we do in the shadows. If we consider It Leibniz, and Mary Poppins, Kant, (which we are obviously meant to), then WWDINS is obviously Hegel.
As every cook knows, sometimes using the same recipe just doesn't work. I think most people rely on some storyboarding around candidates. In Fetterman's case, the story was good. And he was helped by running against Oz. But something has happened to that man. nymag.com/intelligence...
John Fetterman’s Struggle
The senator insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.
nymag.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
As every cook knows, sometimes using the same recipe just doesn't work. I think most people rely on some storyboarding around candidates. In Fetterman's case, the story was good. And he was helped by running against Oz. But something has happened to that man. nymag.com/intelligence...
Some of them would not have voted for the ACA - Fetterman, for example - if they had been around in 2009. When the Ds recruit moderates, they often turn out to be moderate Republicans. Same with Maso in Nevada.
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Some of them would not have voted for the ACA - Fetterman, for example - if they had been around in 2009. When the Ds recruit moderates, they often turn out to be moderate Republicans. Same with Maso in Nevada.