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The American officer corps not reconciling with how a guy like Flynn could reach the highest levels of American military intelligence is part of the reason we’re in this mess
December 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The American officer corps not reconciling with how a guy like Flynn could reach the highest levels of American military intelligence is part of the reason we’re in this mess
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
Musk, but he’s a worse version.
Musk, but he’s a worse version.
Horrific story. DOGE targeted him on social media. Then the Taliban took his family.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
Musk, but he’s a worse version.
Musk, but he’s a worse version.
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Zuckerberg is a moron.
I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
January 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Zuckerberg is a moron.
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Do millennials know how good the lemonheads are
December 24, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Do millennials know how good the lemonheads are
I don’t want to live in this planet anymore.
December 15, 2024 at 1:10 AM
I don’t want to live in this planet anymore.
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The President of the United States should not have a personally-minted currency that “fans” can buy from him. Nor should he have a publicly-listed stock that trades based on little more than his name.
Just a few years ago, these statements would have been unthinkably obvious.
Just a few years ago, these statements would have been unthinkably obvious.
November 30, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The President of the United States should not have a personally-minted currency that “fans” can buy from him. Nor should he have a publicly-listed stock that trades based on little more than his name.
Just a few years ago, these statements would have been unthinkably obvious.
Just a few years ago, these statements would have been unthinkably obvious.
Every one of them was probably happy to squeeze extra profit out of the average American during an inflationary period, and now they’ll toss money at a fake currency so they can get more policies that screw average Americans.
To break into the unusual circle of influence that surrounds Trump, chief executives are discussing whether to secure an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. They are buying the Trump family’s cryptocurrency token and emailing tips about spending cuts to Vivek Ramaswamy www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
Corporate America Launches Unorthodox Campaign to Gain Trump’s Attention
Companies are looking at scrubbing left-leaning policies from their websites and scoping out appearances on conservative podcasts.
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Every one of them was probably happy to squeeze extra profit out of the average American during an inflationary period, and now they’ll toss money at a fake currency so they can get more policies that screw average Americans.
We’ve got so many more problems coming.
This is exactly it. These SOF-focused podcasts are rewriting the story of the GWOT into something that would sound totally alien to most veterans of the wars—as though SOF fought them alone—but has a lot of purchase with non-veterans who are in awe of (a particular vision of) SOF, of all ages.
November 28, 2024 at 10:44 PM
We’ve got so many more problems coming.
Imperial staff officer somewhere far from anywhere that matters, grumbling at my desk about how much time is being wasted on Unidentified Astronomical Phenomena when it’s obviously just space debris and parallax.
Tag yourself with the job you’d actually have in the Star Wars universe given your occupation
I’d be the Rebel engineer officer screaming at leadership on Hoth that a linear defense against armor is useless unless you’ve got integrated minefields and obstacle belts linking in with the terrain
I’d be the Rebel engineer officer screaming at leadership on Hoth that a linear defense against armor is useless unless you’ve got integrated minefields and obstacle belts linking in with the terrain
Whenever people post "what job would you have in Star Wars" my answer is "I'd be writing memos to the Grand Moff explaining why we need more Microsoft Office licenses" and well here we are.
November 24, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Imperial staff officer somewhere far from anywhere that matters, grumbling at my desk about how much time is being wasted on Unidentified Astronomical Phenomena when it’s obviously just space debris and parallax.
The malpractice of “both sides” media. They’re not abandoning the practice because of health concerns, they’re abandoning it because they have been lied to about health concerns.
Fluoride is added to water to strengthen teeth and reduce cavities, but communities are abandoning the practice because of health concerns.
RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Oregon shows what’s coming.
Fluoride is added to water to strengthen teeth and reduce cavities, but communities are abandoning the practice because of health concerns.
wapo.st
November 20, 2024 at 1:09 PM
The malpractice of “both sides” media. They’re not abandoning the practice because of health concerns, they’re abandoning it because they have been lied to about health concerns.
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u should be able to burn an anonymous source if they are utter dumbasses
it is just my new rule
it is just my new rule
September 2, 2024 at 10:19 PM
u should be able to burn an anonymous source if they are utter dumbasses
it is just my new rule
it is just my new rule
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Need a catchy name for the phenomenon of "wasn't planning on this being my forever home but I am not giving up this 2.8% interest mortgage loan"
November 12, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Need a catchy name for the phenomenon of "wasn't planning on this being my forever home but I am not giving up this 2.8% interest mortgage loan"
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Daylight Saving Time is increasingly hard to notice when my digital devices are like, "What? Nothing happened. We know what time it is."
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
November 5, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Daylight Saving Time is increasingly hard to notice when my digital devices are like, "What? Nothing happened. We know what time it is."
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"
And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"