Michael Kohlhaas Syndrom
@thewinedarkwaves.bsky.social
just getting warmed up
the correlation with never accepting obvious losses feels intuitive
always double down, never acknowledge fault or take responsibility
always double down, never acknowledge fault or take responsibility
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
the correlation with never accepting obvious losses feels intuitive
always double down, never acknowledge fault or take responsibility
always double down, never acknowledge fault or take responsibility
16-20 years ago I sold the wines in Texas, traveled with the national sales rep, and tasted with Todd Anderson in his cave -- 'twas memorable, this would have been around 2007 or so I think...
is Ghost Horse still a thing?
is Ghost Horse still a thing?
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
16-20 years ago I sold the wines in Texas, traveled with the national sales rep, and tasted with Todd Anderson in his cave -- 'twas memorable, this would have been around 2007 or so I think...
is Ghost Horse still a thing?
is Ghost Horse still a thing?
Anderson's Conn Valley is super duper
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Anderson's Conn Valley is super duper
Prof. Lubiano was a superb teacher and lecturer, I had no idea that UT railroaded her -- what happened?
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Prof. Lubiano was a superb teacher and lecturer, I had no idea that UT railroaded her -- what happened?
goodbye, ham
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
goodbye, ham
The continuities from Bush to Obama to Trump to Biden to Trump get papered over
Also the point the critics made all along, that this kind of discretion, while inherently dangerous to people's rights, could become catastrophically dangerous if we ever elected an unscrupulous criminal as president
Also the point the critics made all along, that this kind of discretion, while inherently dangerous to people's rights, could become catastrophically dangerous if we ever elected an unscrupulous criminal as president
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The continuities from Bush to Obama to Trump to Biden to Trump get papered over
Also the point the critics made all along, that this kind of discretion, while inherently dangerous to people's rights, could become catastrophically dangerous if we ever elected an unscrupulous criminal as president
Also the point the critics made all along, that this kind of discretion, while inherently dangerous to people's rights, could become catastrophically dangerous if we ever elected an unscrupulous criminal as president
Shapiro might be concerned for his reputation, the immigration sweeps are gratuitously violent, unlawful and very unpopular. Grasping for hypocritical deniability about mass deportation discloses a shred of conscience: he can see it isn't going well.
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Shapiro might be concerned for his reputation, the immigration sweeps are gratuitously violent, unlawful and very unpopular. Grasping for hypocritical deniability about mass deportation discloses a shred of conscience: he can see it isn't going well.
and antisemitism is something I despise. it scores no points with me for opposing itself to Trump.
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
and antisemitism is something I despise. it scores no points with me for opposing itself to Trump.
Completely serious, the quoted could easily be David Duke and it comes from the same place
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Completely serious, the quoted could easily be David Duke and it comes from the same place
Yoiks...this could be a David Duke or Nick Fuentes quote
And I do believe that's where MTG is coming out on this
And I do believe that's where MTG is coming out on this
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yoiks...this could be a David Duke or Nick Fuentes quote
And I do believe that's where MTG is coming out on this
And I do believe that's where MTG is coming out on this
the apparently defunct US Congress could take back the taxing power and rein in Trump, but that isn't happening either
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
the apparently defunct US Congress could take back the taxing power and rein in Trump, but that isn't happening either
"While continuing to fulfil my teaching duties"
what chutzpah
what chutzpah
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"While continuing to fulfil my teaching duties"
what chutzpah
what chutzpah
that's what i thought when it happened
now I'm not so sure
now I'm not so sure
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
that's what i thought when it happened
now I'm not so sure
now I'm not so sure
they're arguing about which Jews are the bad Jews to be targeted -- very ominous
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
they're arguing about which Jews are the bad Jews to be targeted -- very ominous
Bush radically expanded extralegal Executive options (drone strikes extraordinary rendition, indefinite detention and torture) Obama normalized them and expanded them (secret assassination of US citizens) passed them on to Trump
who passed them to Biden
who passed them to Trump again, fully intact
who passed them to Biden
who passed them to Trump again, fully intact
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Bush radically expanded extralegal Executive options (drone strikes extraordinary rendition, indefinite detention and torture) Obama normalized them and expanded them (secret assassination of US citizens) passed them on to Trump
who passed them to Biden
who passed them to Trump again, fully intact
who passed them to Biden
who passed them to Trump again, fully intact
The excerpted quote sounds like a bird-brained appeal to common law. The extralegality of antiterrorism, by diligent and regular application, has acquired the dignity and patina of custom -- like the law itself.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The excerpted quote sounds like a bird-brained appeal to common law. The extralegality of antiterrorism, by diligent and regular application, has acquired the dignity and patina of custom -- like the law itself.
nontrivially, the division is over which Jews to target for elimination
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
nontrivially, the division is over which Jews to target for elimination
can't be fascist until there's nothing to be done
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
can't be fascist until there's nothing to be done
People think of Texas as a red state, but there are ~8 million registered Democrats who live there
Fwiw, Trump's approval rating in Texas is currently negative
Fwiw, Trump's approval rating in Texas is currently negative
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
People think of Texas as a red state, but there are ~8 million registered Democrats who live there
Fwiw, Trump's approval rating in Texas is currently negative
Fwiw, Trump's approval rating in Texas is currently negative