Mr. America
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"The Simpsons" is a documentary. Homer is the median American.
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Mr. America
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· Aug 31
We're like a squabbling family whose car broke down in "Hills Have Eyes" country, smoke coming from the hood, and vowing to buy a better brand of spark plugs, or fill the tank with premium gasoline next time.
The engine blew up, son. You either need a new engine or a new car, period.
The engine blew up, son. You either need a new engine or a new car, period.
The midterm ads pretty much write themselves here. All that's left is to remind the dumbasses out there that most (🙄) "food stamp" recipients *have jobs*, and/or are military veterans or, you know, *children*.
No one says "Merry Christmas" anymore, so here ya go, America.
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No one says "Merry Christmas" anymore, so here ya go, America.
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Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The midterm ads pretty much write themselves here. All that's left is to remind the dumbasses out there that most (🙄) "food stamp" recipients *have jobs*, and/or are military veterans or, you know, *children*.
No one says "Merry Christmas" anymore, so here ya go, America.
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No one says "Merry Christmas" anymore, so here ya go, America.
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Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the execution of a Nazi commander who sunk a civilian steamer and then killed the survivors
British Military Court at Hamburg, The Peleus Trial | How does law protect in war? - Online casebook
casebook.icrc.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the execution of a Nazi commander who sunk a civilian steamer and then killed the survivors
Goddammit, will a single one of the useless people -- politicians, media mutts, etc. -- who have proximity to a microphone / camera *anywhere* ever take a moment and call him out on this sheer idiocy, that the MoCA is not the Stanford-Binet or even the Wonderlic?
Gutless. 🐔
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Gutless. 🐔
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Trump: "I took my physical. I got all As. Everything. But they said to me, 'would you like to take a cognitive test?' I said, 'Is it hard?' They said, 'yes.' I said, 'Well, I'm a very smart person. Who was the last president to take one?' 'No president has ever agreed to take one' ... I aced it."
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Goddammit, will a single one of the useless people -- politicians, media mutts, etc. -- who have proximity to a microphone / camera *anywhere* ever take a moment and call him out on this sheer idiocy, that the MoCA is not the Stanford-Binet or even the Wonderlic?
Gutless. 🐔
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Gutless. 🐔
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I named my fists “Strong Floor” and “No Ceiling” because they are not ready to win any important fights.
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I named my fists “Strong Floor” and “No Ceiling” because they are not ready to win any important fights.
Yep, there's your house of cards right there -- no real revenues means stonk valuations are bullshit, which means there's a "market correction" coming, which means we get to bail these fuckers out *again*, so they can do it *yet again* in a few years.
Same as it ever was.
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Same as it ever was.
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Nvidia is spending $1.3 billion to rent its own chips back from CoreWeave, a company in which it owns a $4 billion stake.
There are, AFAICT, only two explanations for this arrangement:
(1) It's accounting fraud.
(2) It's accounting non-fraud, because we don't prosecute financial crimes anymore.
There are, AFAICT, only two explanations for this arrangement:
(1) It's accounting fraud.
(2) It's accounting non-fraud, because we don't prosecute financial crimes anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yep, there's your house of cards right there -- no real revenues means stonk valuations are bullshit, which means there's a "market correction" coming, which means we get to bail these fuckers out *again*, so they can do it *yet again* in a few years.
Same as it ever was.
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Same as it ever was.
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I used to read lots of "alternate history" lit, esp. Turtledove and KSR, and it's a genre that requires the unfolding of time and the observation of history and its players.
Nearly a decade on, there's a "what if" AH arc to be written re 2016 election....and it isn't good.
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Nearly a decade on, there's a "what if" AH arc to be written re 2016 election....and it isn't good.
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New: Hillary Clinton will be speaking at an event hosted by Israel Hayom (Israel's most read newspaper, run by Israeli-American billionaire & Trump megadonor Miriam Adelson).
She'll join John Fetterman, Eric Adams, Trump UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, Biden official Amos Hochstein, and Israeli officials
She'll join John Fetterman, Eric Adams, Trump UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, Biden official Amos Hochstein, and Israeli officials
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I used to read lots of "alternate history" lit, esp. Turtledove and KSR, and it's a genre that requires the unfolding of time and the observation of history and its players.
Nearly a decade on, there's a "what if" AH arc to be written re 2016 election....and it isn't good.
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Nearly a decade on, there's a "what if" AH arc to be written re 2016 election....and it isn't good.
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If I know my median 'murkin add-dolt -- and unfortunately, I encounter them all too often -- they're almost certainly thinking of Justinian Bieber.
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I'm sorry, but I just do not believe that 32% of US adults know who Justinian was, let alone have an opinion about him one way or the other
Cleopatra is the single most popular ancient figure* among Americans. Big potential support base for the "attractive maniac" candidate
* they didn't poll for Jesus, but to be fair I suspect he'd take the crown.
* they didn't poll for Jesus, but to be fair I suspect he'd take the crown.
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If I know my median 'murkin add-dolt -- and unfortunately, I encounter them all too often -- they're almost certainly thinking of Justinian Bieber.
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No -- the only options after Whiskey Pete are either a more inept toady, or a more frighteningly competent monster.
Again, the onus is on *Democrats* to use what little power they have to investigate, impede, impeach, draw as much attention as possible to all of this.
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Again, the onus is on *Democrats* to use what little power they have to investigate, impede, impeach, draw as much attention as possible to all of this.
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Republicans should increase the pressure on Donald Trump "to fire the most unqualified secretary of defense in U.S. history," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
No -- the only options after Whiskey Pete are either a more inept toady, or a more frighteningly competent monster.
Again, the onus is on *Democrats* to use what little power they have to investigate, impede, impeach, draw as much attention as possible to all of this.
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Again, the onus is on *Democrats* to use what little power they have to investigate, impede, impeach, draw as much attention as possible to all of this.
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However much you might think you despise these monsters, trust me, it isn't nearly enough.
I don't just want Thirsty Gnome and her grotesque ilk away from the levers of power, I want them pursued and prosecuted mercilessly, do some prison time, and then live a long miserable life in an alley.
I don't just want Thirsty Gnome and her grotesque ilk away from the levers of power, I want them pursued and prosecuted mercilessly, do some prison time, and then live a long miserable life in an alley.
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
However much you might think you despise these monsters, trust me, it isn't nearly enough.
I don't just want Thirsty Gnome and her grotesque ilk away from the levers of power, I want them pursued and prosecuted mercilessly, do some prison time, and then live a long miserable life in an alley.
I don't just want Thirsty Gnome and her grotesque ilk away from the levers of power, I want them pursued and prosecuted mercilessly, do some prison time, and then live a long miserable life in an alley.
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One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
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Stop asking why corporate Democrats keep failing and pay attention to what they do. Jeffries is openly pushing the party to move further into Neoliberal capitalism and championing an agenda that’s defined by a venture capitalist.
They’re not failing. They’re in on it.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
They’re not failing. They’re in on it.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Stop asking why corporate Democrats keep failing and pay attention to what they do. Jeffries is openly pushing the party to move further into Neoliberal capitalism and championing an agenda that’s defined by a venture capitalist.
They’re not failing. They’re in on it.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
They’re not failing. They’re in on it.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
I'm honestly far less put off by the pathetic, performatively sadistic antics of this monstrous cow, than by the idea there's an audience out there that she's performing *for*, just a swath of miserable assholes out there who get off on this garbage.
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Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm honestly far less put off by the pathetic, performatively sadistic antics of this monstrous cow, than by the idea there's an audience out there that she's performing *for*, just a swath of miserable assholes out there who get off on this garbage.
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Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
Well, it's nowhere near my birthday, but it's close enough to Christmas. Pay no mind to that hyena devouring your face, champ.
As Mencken once famously said, injustice is relatively easy to bear -- what really stings is justice.
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As Mencken once famously said, injustice is relatively easy to bear -- what really stings is justice.
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REPUBLICAN MAYOR IN KANSAS FACING DEPORTATION OVER VOTER FRAUD
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Well, it's nowhere near my birthday, but it's close enough to Christmas. Pay no mind to that hyena devouring your face, champ.
As Mencken once famously said, injustice is relatively easy to bear -- what really stings is justice.
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As Mencken once famously said, injustice is relatively easy to bear -- what really stings is justice.
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medical examiner at the trump autopsy making a small incision in his neck and squeezing out a churro-length span of solidified big mac special sauce
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
medical examiner at the trump autopsy making a small incision in his neck and squeezing out a churro-length span of solidified big mac special sauce
To the extent that I might have any Grand Unified Theory of the "elite" corporate media ecosystem, it's that its primary mission that overrides and underpins *every word* printed or uttered is to keep consumers in a constant state of agitation, confusion, and fear.
It's designed to drive us nuts.
It's designed to drive us nuts.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
To the extent that I might have any Grand Unified Theory of the "elite" corporate media ecosystem, it's that its primary mission that overrides and underpins *every word* printed or uttered is to keep consumers in a constant state of agitation, confusion, and fear.
It's designed to drive us nuts.
It's designed to drive us nuts.
Here's the old, decayed, ghoulish face of the Republicon party -- a literal thief, who literally stole hundreds of millions of dollars from the literal pockets of American taxpayers, and got rewarded for it -- lecturing everyone else on "values" and "knowledge."
Fuck that scumbag. 🖕🤡💩
#FloridaMan
Fuck that scumbag. 🖕🤡💩
#FloridaMan
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Here's the old, decayed, ghoulish face of the Republicon party -- a literal thief, who literally stole hundreds of millions of dollars from the literal pockets of American taxpayers, and got rewarded for it -- lecturing everyone else on "values" and "knowledge."
Fuck that scumbag. 🖕🤡💩
#FloridaMan
Fuck that scumbag. 🖕🤡💩
#FloridaMan
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An outrage machine seeking a cause of the day; a media happy to launder it; socials up in arms; administrators rolling over in an instant; all to destroy some random grad student and make them treat every piece-of-shit reaction memo put in front of them as if it were the Federalist Papers. Gross.
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
An outrage machine seeking a cause of the day; a media happy to launder it; socials up in arms; administrators rolling over in an instant; all to destroy some random grad student and make them treat every piece-of-shit reaction memo put in front of them as if it were the Federalist Papers. Gross.
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The White House knows they can call the press names, denigrate reporters, all of it — because those same reporters and mainstream outlets are in on the scam. They get access and scoops and book deals and career advancement by cozying up to the people who publicly abuse them. They don’t care.
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The White House knows they can call the press names, denigrate reporters, all of it — because those same reporters and mainstream outlets are in on the scam. They get access and scoops and book deals and career advancement by cozying up to the people who publicly abuse them. They don’t care.
Wonder what gives them that idea? 🙄 Can't wait for the inevitable NYT sanewashing, and the tepid Dem response to open war-criming.
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There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Wonder what gives them that idea? 🙄 Can't wait for the inevitable NYT sanewashing, and the tepid Dem response to open war-criming.
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Ah.
Russian collusion continues.
Russian collusion continues.
A lawsuit previously alleged that David Gentile—just pardoned by Trump— was an associate of Russian organized crime figure and oligarch Michael Cherney.
A business news outlet found that Cherney’s daughters benefited from some of Gentile’s earliest dealings.
A business news outlet found that Cherney’s daughters benefited from some of Gentile’s earliest dealings.
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ah.
Russian collusion continues.
Russian collusion continues.
"Trejo," huh? Sounds pretty furrin ta me, maybe we need to check his papers just to be sure.
Anyway, I almost want to encourage them on their quest, because at the rate Old Man MRI is going, he may not make it through 2026....but these monsters have the luck of the devil.
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Anyway, I almost want to encourage them on their quest, because at the rate Old Man MRI is going, he may not make it through 2026....but these monsters have the luck of the devil.
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Roger Stone Ally Shane Trejo of Republicans for National Renewal “Pushes 3rd Trump Term at CPAC…Trejo once co-hosted a podcast called ‘Blood Soil & Liberty’“ [He proposes a constitutional amendment limiting a POTUS to two *consecutive* terms, allowing Trump but not Obama to serve again.] 2/21/25 1/
GOP activist who co-hosted podcast with white nationalist pushes third Trump term at CPAC
Shane Trejo once co-hosted a podcast called "Blood Soil and Liberty" that joked about a "Fuhrer." Now, he's at CPAC pushing for Trump to be Caesar.
www.motherjones.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Trejo," huh? Sounds pretty furrin ta me, maybe we need to check his papers just to be sure.
Anyway, I almost want to encourage them on their quest, because at the rate Old Man MRI is going, he may not make it through 2026....but these monsters have the luck of the devil.
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Anyway, I almost want to encourage them on their quest, because at the rate Old Man MRI is going, he may not make it through 2026....but these monsters have the luck of the devil.
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Lol, if that waste of protoplasm can name a single country song other than that Lee Greenwood jingo-fart -- and it's even odds he'd fuck *that* up -- I'll waste money on a Trump flag....just to film myself defiling it in as many ways possible.
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Lol, if that waste of protoplasm can name a single country song other than that Lee Greenwood jingo-fart -- and it's even odds he'd fuck *that* up -- I'll waste money on a Trump flag....just to film myself defiling it in as many ways possible.
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*sigh* it is simultaneously true that 0/25 is probably too harsh a grade AND that if you are going balls to the wall to complain about the difference between a 0 and a F (say, 12-15), you are missing the forest for the trees. the suspension/investigation is the far more important issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
*sigh* it is simultaneously true that 0/25 is probably too harsh a grade AND that if you are going balls to the wall to complain about the difference between a 0 and a F (say, 12-15), you are missing the forest for the trees. the suspension/investigation is the far more important issue.
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties