@CharlesPPierce
@theshebeen.bsky.social
Keeper of the Esquire shebeen since 2011. Grand-Da to John Victor. Da to AD, BDP, and Molly Two Names. Aging epee hack, Ringsend Cowboy. "For man is a giddy thing, and that is my conclusion."...A pint of plain is your only man
There were two mass shootings today -- in Michigan and in North Carolina. Too many goddamn guns.
September 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
There were two mass shootings today -- in Michigan and in North Carolina. Too many goddamn guns.
RFK Jt. Is a crackpot who is going to kill a lot of people.
August 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
RFK Jt. Is a crackpot who is going to kill a lot of people.
Welcome home, you old beauty. For the 39th time. #CiarraiAbu!
July 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Welcome home, you old beauty. For the 39th time. #CiarraiAbu!
Kerry with a perfect delay game ending with a David Clifford deuce at the end, 17-10 lead at the half #CiarraiAbu!
July 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Kerry with a perfect delay game ending with a David Clifford deuce at the end, 17-10 lead at the half #CiarraiAbu!
This sounds bad.
For the first time in modern US history, Moody’s has downgraded the United States credit rating from Aaa to Aa1. A direct consequence of economic mismanagement & tariff terrorism by Trump and the GOP, which will lead to higher interest rates on mortgages, credit cards, car loans, and student loans.
May 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This sounds bad.
All of my Toronto friends see that the Leafs have fought their way to a Game 7 at home and they are filled with existential dread. Buck up, eh?
May 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
All of my Toronto friends see that the Leafs have fought their way to a Game 7 at home and they are filled with existential dread. Buck up, eh?
Are you fcking kidding me? Every reporter who writes on this "issue" should be frog-marched to a re-education camp in the Atchafalaya Basin.
For the most part, leading Democrats are ducking what is fast becoming the first real litmus test of the 2028 campaign: former President Biden's mental acuity.
Dems confront the first real litmus test of 2028: Biden's mental acuity
Some Democrats argue their leaders aren’t owning up to the truth about Biden — and risk keeping the issue alive indefinitely.
www.politico.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Are you fcking kidding me? Every reporter who writes on this "issue" should be frog-marched to a re-education camp in the Atchafalaya Basin.
It's very strange but the zeitgeist has me binging on old school Bob, this song in particular.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xk...
Bob Dylan - Ballad of Hollis Brown (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
www.youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It's very strange but the zeitgeist has me binging on old school Bob, this song in particular.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xk...
I was excessively neutral on Shadeur Sanders, but now that he has a chance to make the whole NFL look stupid, I’m all in.
April 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I was excessively neutral on Shadeur Sanders, but now that he has a chance to make the whole NFL look stupid, I’m all in.
Anybody wondering why the Secretary of Homeland Security was waltzing around DC with three grand in her purse?
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Anybody wondering why the Secretary of Homeland Security was waltzing around DC with three grand in her purse?
Putin's Poodle scores to put Caps up, 1-0. Let's go, Habs. Playoff hockey.
April 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Putin's Poodle scores to put Caps up, 1-0. Let's go, Habs. Playoff hockey.
I just watched the most amazing thing on the electric teevee set. It apparently was the last episode of the 2d iteration of the Little House series. An evil land baron buys Walnut Grove. The townsfolk, with the tearful blessing of the minister (!), BLOW UP EVERY DAMN BUILDING IN THE TOWN. Awesome.
April 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I just watched the most amazing thing on the electric teevee set. It apparently was the last episode of the 2d iteration of the Little House series. An evil land baron buys Walnut Grove. The townsfolk, with the tearful blessing of the minister (!), BLOW UP EVERY DAMN BUILDING IN THE TOWN. Awesome.
Doc, down 25 and a minute and a half left, and you call a challenge? C’mon, man
April 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Doc, down 25 and a minute and a half left, and you call a challenge? C’mon, man
I am most impressed that the Supreme Court thought this decision important enough to meet in the middle of the night. Firebell, ringing in the night.
April 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I am most impressed that the Supreme Court thought this decision important enough to meet in the middle of the night. Firebell, ringing in the night.
Ring the bell. School's in session, sucker.
On CNBC today, Elizabeth Warren had to explain to anchor Sara Eisen that Congress can in fact take away Trump's tariffs authority, and also that America is not ruled by a king who can make laws by decree.
April 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ring the bell. School's in session, sucker.
“You should no longer piddle at the threshold,” she dictated. “It is time to leap into the theatre to unlock the bars, and open every gate that impedes the rise and growth of the American republic.”
-- Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams. November, 1775.
-- Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams. November, 1775.
April 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“You should no longer piddle at the threshold,” she dictated. “It is time to leap into the theatre to unlock the bars, and open every gate that impedes the rise and growth of the American republic.”
-- Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams. November, 1775.
-- Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams. November, 1775.
The tiny squirrel in his head just fell off the wheel.
Trust the plan!
Trump: "An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."
April 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The tiny squirrel in his head just fell off the wheel.
Finishing with a flourish. Adios, Strom.
Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."
April 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Finishing with a flourish. Adios, Strom.
Hello?
was “recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries.” According to Mussayev, Trump, then a 40-year-old New York real estate developer, was one of those recruits. "In 1987, our directorate recruited Donald Trump under the pseudonym Krasnov,” he wrote.
February 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hello?
David Clifford warming up....#GAA
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
David Clifford warming up....#GAA
Trombone Shorty saving America The Beautiful.
February 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trombone Shorty saving America The Beautiful.
SB Cutaway Derby — Who gets more, Taylor or DJT? Discuss.
February 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
SB Cutaway Derby — Who gets more, Taylor or DJT? Discuss.
