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“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large; I contain multitudes.)” ~ Whitman
For my sins, I’m back in Missouri.
For my sins, I’m back in Missouri.
Okay, here’s another one…why do I only get upstairs neighbors who don’t get home until after 11PM every night and proceed to walk around overhead for the next hour when I’m trying to wind down? And it’s not a late weekend nights thing; it’s every single night. The last 3 of them have been this way.
I recognize that I have a lazy streak, but still…why is it that people who never sit still always seem to take apartments on the top floor. Like dude’s not even walking that loud, but it’s CONSTANT and not regular enough to ignore like white noise. Just please sit down & watch a movie, dude!!
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Okay, here’s another one…why do I only get upstairs neighbors who don’t get home until after 11PM every night and proceed to walk around overhead for the next hour when I’m trying to wind down? And it’s not a late weekend nights thing; it’s every single night. The last 3 of them have been this way.
The good news is that I don’t think MTG has any interest in becoming a Democrat.
The bad news is the actual Democrats who are still trying to drag the tent to the right as fast as they can.
The bad news is the actual Democrats who are still trying to drag the tent to the right as fast as they can.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The good news is that I don’t think MTG has any interest in becoming a Democrat.
The bad news is the actual Democrats who are still trying to drag the tent to the right as fast as they can.
The bad news is the actual Democrats who are still trying to drag the tent to the right as fast as they can.
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some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Just saw someone on The Bad Place claim that this season has been a “total franchise collapse” for the Chiefs and you can really tell when some wasn’t around for the Todd Haley & Romeo Crennel years, y’know?
Yeah, this season is a let down, but it can be and has previously been so much worse.
Yeah, this season is a let down, but it can be and has previously been so much worse.
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Just saw someone on The Bad Place claim that this season has been a “total franchise collapse” for the Chiefs and you can really tell when some wasn’t around for the Todd Haley & Romeo Crennel years, y’know?
Yeah, this season is a let down, but it can be and has previously been so much worse.
Yeah, this season is a let down, but it can be and has previously been so much worse.
Now we play the game of “Did they delete everything that harms Trump or has the senile old man just forgotten it’s not just Democrats on the files?”
BREAKING: President Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal.
In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files
President Donald Trump says House Republicans should vote to release files involving the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Now we play the game of “Did they delete everything that harms Trump or has the senile old man just forgotten it’s not just Democrats on the files?”
Pro Tip: Electric pressure cookers get up to pressure a lot faster when you remember to turn the vent knob from venting to sealing.
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Pro Tip: Electric pressure cookers get up to pressure a lot faster when you remember to turn the vent knob from venting to sealing.
Predictions that AI will be ubiquitous in 5 years made by someone who has a huge financial stake in the technology being ubiquitous in 5 years should be met with a great deal of skepticism, even if they’re playing at being concerned.
AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10% to 20% in the next one to five years, predicts Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. cbsn.ws/44c6Vgk
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Predictions that AI will be ubiquitous in 5 years made by someone who has a huge financial stake in the technology being ubiquitous in 5 years should be met with a great deal of skepticism, even if they’re playing at being concerned.
Others have pointed out that what AI is doing now is not cognition, but I thought I’d point out that they’re also absolutely not going to do anything to cushion the blow. Just in case you might have found any of that persuasive.
The plow, the steam engine, electricity — all replaced muscle. AI replaces cognition. If you spend your day “reading lots of stuff and turning it into straight English,” well… so does the machine. The goal now is to learn from history and cushion the blow better than last time.
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Others have pointed out that what AI is doing now is not cognition, but I thought I’d point out that they’re also absolutely not going to do anything to cushion the blow. Just in case you might have found any of that persuasive.
People in the replies are insisting it’s “just a generalization” while ignoring how many other replies are assuming she personally was a Trump voter just because she’s from Tennessee. And none of them are engaging with her points about gerrymandering & voter suppression in red states. 🙄
Behn: My biggest pet peeve in politics is when people who don’t live in the South say, “You get what you voted for.” I didn’t vote for the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. I didn’t vote for the highest inflationary cost of groceries in the country.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
People in the replies are insisting it’s “just a generalization” while ignoring how many other replies are assuming she personally was a Trump voter just because she’s from Tennessee. And none of them are engaging with her points about gerrymandering & voter suppression in red states. 🙄
The virtual measurement remains the dumbest new “innovation” in the NFL this year. It takes 3 times as long as the physical chains & it still all depends on the spot.
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The virtual measurement remains the dumbest new “innovation” in the NFL this year. It takes 3 times as long as the physical chains & it still all depends on the spot.
The refs being so damn flag happy today isn’t doing anything to make me more excited about this game. 🙄
I’m having a hard time getting stoked for football this year and it’s a bummer. I would like to start feeling like myself again soon-ish.
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The refs being so damn flag happy today isn’t doing anything to make me more excited about this game. 🙄
What a very “rich white out-of-touch Gen X man” thing to say. 🙄
Bill Maher Buries the Left AND the Right in Searing CNN Interview: Why Can’t They Just ‘Be Normal?’
Bill Maher Buries the Left AND the Right in Searing CNN Interview: Why Can’t They Just ‘Be Normal?’
Bill Maher bashed both Democrats and Republicans during a CNN interview on Sunday, saying Republicans like Trump go "too far" while Dems push "revolutionaries"
The post Bill Maher Buries the Left AND the Right in Searing CNN Interview: Why Can’t They Just ‘Be Normal?’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What a very “rich white out-of-touch Gen X man” thing to say. 🙄
I’m having a hard time getting stoked for football this year and it’s a bummer. I would like to start feeling like myself again soon-ish.
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’m having a hard time getting stoked for football this year and it’s a bummer. I would like to start feeling like myself again soon-ish.
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
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My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?
See what happens when Trump finally starts to show weakness and cracks in his previously unflappable base? TV pundits start to find their spines again.
KARL: The president claims that Thanksgiving costs are down 25%. Does he know that's not true?
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
See what happens when Trump finally starts to show weakness and cracks in his previously unflappable base? TV pundits start to find their spines again.
I recognize that I have a lazy streak, but still…why is it that people who never sit still always seem to take apartments on the top floor. Like dude’s not even walking that loud, but it’s CONSTANT and not regular enough to ignore like white noise. Just please sit down & watch a movie, dude!!
November 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I recognize that I have a lazy streak, but still…why is it that people who never sit still always seem to take apartments on the top floor. Like dude’s not even walking that loud, but it’s CONSTANT and not regular enough to ignore like white noise. Just please sit down & watch a movie, dude!!
Okay, I know it’s not cool to be annoyed by screaming babies on a plane. But can I be annoyed about a baby screaming so loud that I can hear it through their closed apartment door, up the stairwell and through my closed apartment door? Check on your kid if they’re screaming THAT loud. That’s a lot.
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Okay, I know it’s not cool to be annoyed by screaming babies on a plane. But can I be annoyed about a baby screaming so loud that I can hear it through their closed apartment door, up the stairwell and through my closed apartment door? Check on your kid if they’re screaming THAT loud. That’s a lot.
Watching folks in the replies insist it wasn’t because they were women, it was because they didn’t meet their super exacting standards (that they conveniently don’t hold male candidates to) is a real trip.
Internalized misogyny is hard to defeat because it’s hard to see it in ourselves. Just sayin.
Internalized misogyny is hard to defeat because it’s hard to see it in ourselves. Just sayin.
Former first lady Michelle Obama said America is "not ready for a woman" president during a conversation at her New York book event. https://cnn.it/43ApuKZ
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Watching folks in the replies insist it wasn’t because they were women, it was because they didn’t meet their super exacting standards (that they conveniently don’t hold male candidates to) is a real trip.
Internalized misogyny is hard to defeat because it’s hard to see it in ourselves. Just sayin.
Internalized misogyny is hard to defeat because it’s hard to see it in ourselves. Just sayin.
👇👇👇 They waited just long enough for people to forget how bad it was pre-ACA and Dems absolutely MUST be out here reminding people or we’re gonna be right back there. Because with groceries & housing through the roof, folks will try to convince themselves a check is a good idea.
Before ACA, I regularly had patients who bought insurance they thought was "best for them". I've seen $50k annual max, $500k lifetime max, plans w/ no Rx coverage, plans *carving out* cancer treatment, plans that denied leukemia treatment because prior iron deficiency anemia was a pre-existing. /1
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
👇👇👇 They waited just long enough for people to forget how bad it was pre-ACA and Dems absolutely MUST be out here reminding people or we’re gonna be right back there. Because with groceries & housing through the roof, folks will try to convince themselves a check is a good idea.
Look, I don’t know what news he got at his last 6-month “annual” check up, but the way he’s been acting, this is clearly a man who doesn’t think he has much time left.
this man knows he is not sufficiently jellicle to make it to the Heaviside Layer
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump, 79, Crashes Wedding to Ramble About Heaven
The president made himself the guest of honor at a Mar-a-Lago wedding.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Look, I don’t know what news he got at his last 6-month “annual” check up, but the way he’s been acting, this is clearly a man who doesn’t think he has much time left.
Reminder: Never Trumpers are still Republicans.
Guys like Tommy Boy here and the Lincoln Project are occasionally useful, but they are not our friends on most issues.
Guys like Tommy Boy here and the Lincoln Project are occasionally useful, but they are not our friends on most issues.
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Reminder: Never Trumpers are still Republicans.
Guys like Tommy Boy here and the Lincoln Project are occasionally useful, but they are not our friends on most issues.
Guys like Tommy Boy here and the Lincoln Project are occasionally useful, but they are not our friends on most issues.
This. I keep seeing people posting “just because MTG’s turned on Trump doesn’t make her our ally.”
Babies, no one is saying she’s our ally.* We’re saying enjoy the show.
(*I think a lot of us are still carrying around a lot of anger about Dems embracing Liz Cheney, et al and losing.)
Babies, no one is saying she’s our ally.* We’re saying enjoy the show.
(*I think a lot of us are still carrying around a lot of anger about Dems embracing Liz Cheney, et al and losing.)
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This. I keep seeing people posting “just because MTG’s turned on Trump doesn’t make her our ally.”
Babies, no one is saying she’s our ally.* We’re saying enjoy the show.
(*I think a lot of us are still carrying around a lot of anger about Dems embracing Liz Cheney, et al and losing.)
Babies, no one is saying she’s our ally.* We’re saying enjoy the show.
(*I think a lot of us are still carrying around a lot of anger about Dems embracing Liz Cheney, et al and losing.)
If ever there was a time for this gif, this is the time for this gif.
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If ever there was a time for this gif, this is the time for this gif.
Do I think she’s actually feeling shame? God, no.
Do I think she’s closer to the MAGA base than most of the rich elite GOP leadership and can tell which way the wind is blowing? I really do and she clearly believes Trump’s in real trouble with his base this time.
Do I think she’s closer to the MAGA base than most of the rich elite GOP leadership and can tell which way the wind is blowing? I really do and she clearly believes Trump’s in real trouble with his base this time.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Do I think she’s actually feeling shame? God, no.
Do I think she’s closer to the MAGA base than most of the rich elite GOP leadership and can tell which way the wind is blowing? I really do and she clearly believes Trump’s in real trouble with his base this time.
Do I think she’s closer to the MAGA base than most of the rich elite GOP leadership and can tell which way the wind is blowing? I really do and she clearly believes Trump’s in real trouble with his base this time.
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The American political class is so disconnected from voters that they don’t realize that regular folks are totally down with a giant pan partisan jail cell holding everyone involved with Epstein’s crimes.
#uspoli
#uspoli
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The American political class is so disconnected from voters that they don’t realize that regular folks are totally down with a giant pan partisan jail cell holding everyone involved with Epstein’s crimes.
#uspoli
#uspoli