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If Henry James wrote Daisy Miller, what did Henry Miller write?
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Doctor here. Trump’s call to hang opponents is a textbook sign of “disinhibition”, a central feature of frontotemporal dementia.
Our new motto should be
(For the good of the country)
#ReleaseTheMRI
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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OK j'ai ri.
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Motiv Fremdenhass: Nazi zündet eigenes Haus an, weil er sich wie Fremder im eigenen Land fühlt www.der-postillon.com/2015/10/moti...
Motiv Fremdenhass: Nazi zündet eigenes Haus an, weil er sich wie Fremder im eigenen Land fühlt
Es ist ein ganz besonderer Fall von Xenophobie: Weil er sich in seinem eigenen Land wie ein Fremder fühlt, hat der 37-jährige Martin L. aus Celle heute sein Haus in Brand gesteckt. Das gab der Mann…
www.der-postillon.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Here is the transcript of the speech President Reagan delivered on April 25th, 1987, on “free and fair trade”:
Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade
042587a
www.reaganlibrary.gov
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch

“Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”
Discworld QOTD, from Eric

“The captain glared at him. The sergeant put on the poker face that has been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another, lower-ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero

“Too many people, when listing all the perils to be found in the search for lost treasure or ancient wisdom, had forgotten to put at the top of the list "the man who arrived just before you".”
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Well, this is flattering. I may add "Deranged BUM" to my profile

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump Rages at ‘Deranged Bum’ Nobel Laureate in Late-Night Meltdown
The president went after economist Paul Krugman in an irate Truth Social post.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A quote from Tom Fazio in Rick Reilly’s book about Trump as a golfer and course operator. I’ve often had this thought about Trump.
August 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Here's the lie at the center of it:

Pretend that unarmed people walking, including presenting themselves to US officials and requesting asylum in accordance with US law, constitute a foreign military invasion (they obviously do not).

Facing a real invasion, the military could and should respond.
Trump seems to be using "invasion" agitprop to recreate the national trauma that reigned after 9/11, to hyper-militarize the homeland.

As one scholar tells me, this "could create a kind of domestic ‘Forever War,’ but one that is uniquely dangerous."

newrepublic.com/article/1987...
August 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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your call is deeply unimportant to us in fact we'd love to take your money and never talk to you at all so please stay on the line and wait an hour for one of our criminally under-resourced customer service reps to assist you as long as it's one of the 3 things we've given them authority to resolve
August 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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[pulled over]

COP: you were going 55 in a 35 zone

ME: no i don’t like those numbers you’re fired get me a different cop
August 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Every blue-haired they/them liberal arts grad living in NYC is tougher than this sad little bitch.
July 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Deeply uninterested in hearing about what any AI has to say in response to any question, it’s like getting a parrot’s opinion but not fun because the parrot has the funny high-pitched voice and says things so quickly
July 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
= “Nasir with the low-grade copper.” IYKYK
June 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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I know a skinny guy with a funny name who could end this pretty quickly. I know we demand he Green Lantern us to safety a lot, but this is one thing he could do with a post.
June 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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"Learn to code" was always bad advice, unless you actually like to code. College students have the best chance of professional success if they major in topics that interest them. Today in @startribune.com. Please tell high school students and parents.

www.startribune.com/what-should-...
Opinion: College students, go ahead and major in what you love
"The lesson here is simple: Major in what you love, not what you think will get you a job," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Chanson qui cible explicitement des fils à papa comme... Trump.
Au défilé militaire de Trump, l’armée défile sous l’air de "Fortunate son" de Creedence Clearwater, chanson… anti-militariste et anti-patriotique de 1969 devenue l’hymne de l’opposition à la guerre au Vietnam.
Qu’ils sont cons.
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.

CINEMATIC
June 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
June 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Romans did this to the Goths in 376. They allowed them to migrate into Roman territory but then persecuted them.
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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See how both parties are not the same. If you didn't already know this, have you been sleeping or just willfully ignorant?
June 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Since the AG doesn't seem to be getting ethics guidance from her team these days, I wanted to make sure she has the rule in the Justice Manual in front of her, which expressly prohibits this.
June 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Bon allez ça suffit l'apathie devant un écran ! On va lire un LIVRE, il est tard !
Rogatons Rediffusions - 17/04/2023 - "Stimulation"
Source: www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/202...
May 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Dan Quayle's political life ended when he misspelled "potato" in public.

But this dangerous moron can do career-ending things over and over and never pay the price.

That's the power of Citizen's United. The rich can simply buy public opinion.
May 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I can also flawlessly visualize what a paint chip will look like on a whole wall.

Take that, X-Men.
May 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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This is a shockingly mistaken understanding of due process by Stephen Miller. It is likely this misunderstanding that is informing the President’s misunderstanding.
May 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM