Save me Agent Jay
a man in a suit and tie is holding a lighter and says vayagif.com on the bottom right
Alt: Clip from Men In Black with Agent Jay (played by Will Smith- a man in a black suit and black tie and sunglasses). He’s holding a silver wand that flashes directly towards the camera erasing your memories.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Save me Agent Jay
Where did she message him?
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Where did she message him?
“literary mid-off”
Perfection.
Perfection.
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“literary mid-off”
Perfection.
Perfection.
She’s going to finish third in the GOP primary. And blame it on Kat for not accepting the gift bag.
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
She’s going to finish third in the GOP primary. And blame it on Kat for not accepting the gift bag.
That reminds me. I have to go feed my starter.
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
That reminds me. I have to go feed my starter.
I seem to remember a Tolkien quote about violence, Rachael the Hobbit.
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I seem to remember a Tolkien quote about violence, Rachael the Hobbit.
My eyes rolled out of my head when I saw that he reads Heinlein’s Starship Troopers once a year.
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My eyes rolled out of my head when I saw that he reads Heinlein’s Starship Troopers once a year.
The take away for most aspirants in 2026 and beyond will be that even in liberal Massachusetts, speaking and acting against Trump & ICE’s inhumane operations is a losing issue.
And it’s not.
And even if it was, it’s the right thing to do, and I admire Councilor Haxhiaj for taking that stand.
And it’s not.
And even if it was, it’s the right thing to do, and I admire Councilor Haxhiaj for taking that stand.
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The take away for most aspirants in 2026 and beyond will be that even in liberal Massachusetts, speaking and acting against Trump & ICE’s inhumane operations is a losing issue.
And it’s not.
And even if it was, it’s the right thing to do, and I admire Councilor Haxhiaj for taking that stand.
And it’s not.
And even if it was, it’s the right thing to do, and I admire Councilor Haxhiaj for taking that stand.
And they really didn’t use it in this article- which will be read across the country and be part of the breakdown of what worked and didn’t work in the mid term elections.
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
And they really didn’t use it in this article- which will be read across the country and be part of the breakdown of what worked and didn’t work in the mid term elections.
I know the NYT gets a lot of flack for their Opinion Desk and the direction of the paper provided by the nepo baby owner.
But there is good reporting with lots of resources still there.
But there is good reporting with lots of resources still there.
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I know the NYT gets a lot of flack for their Opinion Desk and the direction of the paper provided by the nepo baby owner.
But there is good reporting with lots of resources still there.
But there is good reporting with lots of resources still there.
We know the NYT certainly wasn’t going to write a feature on Councilor Mero-Carlson losing because she refused to apologize or deny using a slur in reference to a colleague on the City Council.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We know the NYT certainly wasn’t going to write a feature on Councilor Mero-Carlson losing because she refused to apologize or deny using a slur in reference to a colleague on the City Council.
I’m not sure if it’s the author, the editor, or the NYT standards that let us end up with “ended up.”
Whoever is responsible needs to get out of journalism and go work PR for police departments.
Whoever is responsible needs to get out of journalism and go work PR for police departments.
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’m not sure if it’s the author, the editor, or the NYT standards that let us end up with “ended up.”
Whoever is responsible needs to get out of journalism and go work PR for police departments.
Whoever is responsible needs to get out of journalism and go work PR for police departments.
Instead we got this halfhearted effort.
At least we weren’t described as a gritty dying former mill town.
At least we weren’t described as a gritty dying former mill town.
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Instead we got this halfhearted effort.
At least we weren’t described as a gritty dying former mill town.
At least we weren’t described as a gritty dying former mill town.
Or we could have had an article that explored the angry, hate filled backlash Councilor Haxhiaj faced not just from voters, but from her opponent and his campaign.
A full length article on the threats she faced and how it affected her and her campaign would have been a great read.
A full length article on the threats she faced and how it affected her and her campaign would have been a great read.
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Or we could have had an article that explored the angry, hate filled backlash Councilor Haxhiaj faced not just from voters, but from her opponent and his campaign.
A full length article on the threats she faced and how it affected her and her campaign would have been a great read.
A full length article on the threats she faced and how it affected her and her campaign would have been a great read.
A journalist with a better perspective and local connections could have explored how one of the main themes of the election was “decorum.”
And how the only three incumbents to face the consequences of an electorate supposedly interested in decorum were women.
And how the only three incumbents to face the consequences of an electorate supposedly interested in decorum were women.
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A journalist with a better perspective and local connections could have explored how one of the main themes of the election was “decorum.”
And how the only three incumbents to face the consequences of an electorate supposedly interested in decorum were women.
And how the only three incumbents to face the consequences of an electorate supposedly interested in decorum were women.
But we end up with Steve Quist of all people quoted as a reliable knower of Worcester politics and trends.
There’s no mention of Councilor Haxhiaj being one of three incumbents losing, all three with different political leanings and on different responses to the Eureka Street raid.
There’s no mention of Councilor Haxhiaj being one of three incumbents losing, all three with different political leanings and on different responses to the Eureka Street raid.
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
But we end up with Steve Quist of all people quoted as a reliable knower of Worcester politics and trends.
There’s no mention of Councilor Haxhiaj being one of three incumbents losing, all three with different political leanings and on different responses to the Eureka Street raid.
There’s no mention of Councilor Haxhiaj being one of three incumbents losing, all three with different political leanings and on different responses to the Eureka Street raid.
The basic problem I have with articles like this from national news organizations is that they can’t get to the level a local news org could.
Instead we have someone parachuting in with a superficial understanding of the situation and a story that fits nicely with their thesis.
Instead we have someone parachuting in with a superficial understanding of the situation and a story that fits nicely with their thesis.
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The basic problem I have with articles like this from national news organizations is that they can’t get to the level a local news org could.
Instead we have someone parachuting in with a superficial understanding of the situation and a story that fits nicely with their thesis.
Instead we have someone parachuting in with a superficial understanding of the situation and a story that fits nicely with their thesis.
Here’s the article by Jenna Russell, who is the NYT Bureau Chief for New England.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
A Councilwoman Intervened During an ICE Arrest. Then She Faced the Voters.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Here’s the article by Jenna Russell, who is the NYT Bureau Chief for New England.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Name one Democrat who “articulated their platform as de-masculinizing.”
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Name one Democrat who “articulated their platform as de-masculinizing.”
That whole thread OP linked to has some pretty detailed examples.
Go read it again and again until it sinks in how reply guys guys like you are the proverbial turd in the punch bowl.
Go read it again and again until it sinks in how reply guys guys like you are the proverbial turd in the punch bowl.
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
That whole thread OP linked to has some pretty detailed examples.
Go read it again and again until it sinks in how reply guys guys like you are the proverbial turd in the punch bowl.
Go read it again and again until it sinks in how reply guys guys like you are the proverbial turd in the punch bowl.
What a chickenshit line:
“Police officers raced to stop her, and the teenager ended up on the ground.”
“Police officers raced to stop her, and the teenager ended up on the ground.”
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
What a chickenshit line:
“Police officers raced to stop her, and the teenager ended up on the ground.”
“Police officers raced to stop her, and the teenager ended up on the ground.”
