Stephen
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Stephen
@srojak.bsky.social
Historian, economist, software engineer, change agent. Probably qualify as a normie, compared to what I am seeing here.
A Modest Proposal: have the Natl Guard go to ERs and turn away people who should not receive care, since the hospitals can't.
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The sports betting people should get some action going on His Majesty's speeches. What's the over/under on how long he talks? How many times does he blame Biden?
September 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For those of you who missed the #UNSpeech, I will save you an hour of your life you'd never get back.
1. It's all Biden's fault.
2. America is the greatest country; you all suck.
3. I should get a Nobel Peace Prize; that's not braggadocio.
4. Global warming is a con.
Sorry, out of characters.
September 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yes, you're being set up. Unless you're going to take initiative and put forward your own point of view, you are open to being set up.
www.axios.com/2025/09/18/c...
House Democrats fume about vote to honor Charlie Kirk: "We're being totally set up"
The vote has been the topic of frenzied discussions in Democrats' closed-door meeting this week.
www.axios.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Could you, maybe, find out what they do and whether or not you need them before you shoot your mouth off? Or are you really the only essential ingredient?
www.businessinsider.com/opendoor-kei...
Opendoor chair says the company currently has 1,400 employees but only needs 200 of them
Keith Rabois, cofounder and new chairman at Opendoor, said the company's headcount should be slashed and that remote work doesn't work.
www.businessinsider.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🙃🙃 Arguing with my definitions of anything is also political violence.😑
Assassination isn't the only form of political violence.
September 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Why does His Majesty not go back to his compliant Congress to get these changes? Does he not trust them to do his will?
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow freeze on billions in foreign aid

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow freeze on billions in foreign aid
The emergency request could set up a major test of the president’s assertion that he has the unilateral authority to block spending budgeted by Congress.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
While we're on the subject, stop carrying on about defending democracy. Trump won the 2024 election, with 77.3 million votes. That's democracy.

The US is meant to be a constitutional republic.
www.axios.com/2025/08/22/d...
Group begs Democrats to ditch jargon like "birthing person", "privilege"
A blunt memo from Third Way implores opponents of President Trump to ditch jargon that's off-putting to many voters.
www.axios.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Electing a king wannabe as President is not an example of American exceptionalism. We're still not clear on what that exceptionalism is, but it is definitely not that.
August 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Most American towns don't want manufacturers. They think it's greasy and dirty. They have zoning for light industrial, like warehouses, but that's as far as they will go.
August 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You've heard of the deep state. Now we're seeing the shape of the shallow state. It is not an improvement.
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The Shallow State
In recent years, we have seen much discussion of the deep state. It is actually been around about a hundred years as a concept, but loosely defined. In the opposition to it in America, we are now s…
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July 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The Fed's FAQ list re: the building renovations in DC.
www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/buildin...
Marriner S. Eccles Building and 1951 Constitution Avenue Building Project
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
www.federalreserve.gov
July 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Is Jerome Powell receiving death threats yet? #MobRule
July 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
You want privacy, Kenny? Like the privacy you're given to so many women here in Texas? Bless your heart.
www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/a...
Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Attorney General Ken Paxton
In a statement, Angela Paxton said she moved to end her 38-year marriage “on biblical grounds,” citing “recent discoveries.”
www.texastribune.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Media wants to cover war as if it were a football game. In football, you can see everything that happens on the field. In war, you can't. Beware the fog of war.
June 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We need a new subject: Applied History. An example: in WWII, only Italy was able to throw off their government when the war got dire. What was different for Italy?
June 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Now have we finally heard the last about annexing Canada?
June 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Years ago, I took a class on strategic partnerships. My biggest takeaway is that both partners usually get what they want out of these partnerships.

In that light, consider Israel and the US.
cont'd
June 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Those of us who have received information have received information, and that is the information we have received. Humphrey Appleby would approve.
June 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Remember that people went in to the Tea Party for the same reason. I have met some.
June 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A necessary condition for having a foreign policy is having a policy. The assault on government institutions is a further move away from having a policy.
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Foreign Policy, Despots and the Deep State
A policy is a course of action for an organized institution, established to direct decisions, actions and behaviors of institutional members. Executives put policies in place so that persons at all…
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June 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Kristi Noem found herself caring about someone and had to be rushed to hospital.
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Redirect Notice
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June 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM