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Back in the 80s, when I was a Foreign Service Officer in West Berlin, I was asked by a German what really was the difference between the USSR and the USA. I told her that the difference in our values was reflected in the nature of the biggest annual parades we threw. In the Soviet Union, …

New Math: 1 Scaramucci = 2.2 Zacharias

With Trump complaining that the Houthis are “behaving very badly” by attacking Saudi Arabia, I guess we are all listening to Houthis and the Blowhard.

Looking towards the road forward for the ICC. www.justsecurity.org/149478/futur...

Trump keeps calling the war in Iran an “excursion”. OK, from now on, Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of Excursions, or, alternately, the Chief Travel Officer (CTO).

Am I the only one who saw that the announcement of the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten- Windsor had come from the Thames Valley Police and immediately wondered if Inspector Morse was on the case?

Let’s go easy on John Fetterman. He does, after all, represent the pro-fascist wing of the Democratic Party. Oh, right! He IS the pro-fascist wing!

Today would be a good day to reveal who killed Alex Pretti

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Either Kristi Noem was badly misinformed and needs to fire the people who lied to her or she’s a lying sack of shit. My bet is on the latter.

The title of the speech? Desperate Lies

I feel like they are going to have to use a hook to get him off.

His tone is one of desperation.

Today (November 19) is World Toilet Day, according to the UN. Time to flush the Orange Turd.

For Nancy Pelosi, after Trump’s Oval Office comments on her retirement. youtu.be/nxz1DuVaRr8?...

"They were careless people,… 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.” From The Great Gatsby (h/t Heather Cox Richardson)

The Nobel committee should immediately announce that any head of state initiating nuclear weapons tests will be permanently disqualified from consideration for the Peace Prize.

Stamford CT No Kings

Perhaps, if the US paid its dues to the UN, they would have the money to fix the freaking escalator.

Under Kash Patel & Bingo Bongo, FBI now stands for Fumbling Bunch of Idiots

The Foreign Service promotion list came out yesterday. At least 10 of the 264 FSOs unceremoniously fired last month were on the list, proving that merit played no role whatsoever in the firings. It was a purge. afsa.org/statement-20...

@joe-scarborough.bsky.social showing what a one dimensional thinker he truly is. He wasted 10 minutes of the interview with Chicago’s mayor insisting that he accept 5000 new cops. With a force of 14,000, that number, which he pulled out of his ass, would represent an increase of 35%.

Zohran Mamdani should troll Trump by endorsing Trump’s forced US government acquisition of 10% of Intel.

Shorter presser : the summit was a nothingburger

R.I.P., Tom Lehrer. The greatest satirist of the 20th Century. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

This is Lentil, who crossed the rainbow bridge last night. He had the sweetest disposition. We miss him.

The world must be set free.

One of the central achievements of the Affordable Care Act was to *raise* the Medicaid eligibility threshold to 133% of the federal poverty level—because everyone understood that there are plenty of folks who couldn't otherwise afford health care even though they're just over that (arbitrary) line.

I was rewatching The Princess Bride when there was a quote I had never before noticed. After they climb the Cliffs of Insanity, they are leaving Inigo Montoya to face the Man in Black. Fezzick turns to him and says, “You be careful! People who wear masks are not to be trusted.”

They say that Truth is the first casualty of war. Is it too much to hope that, this time, the first casualty is Truth Social?

Bluesky is dying?! Really? Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X. www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...

Happy heavenly Father’s Day to my Dad, who fought against fascists.

Over 5000 in the rain in Stamford, CT for No Kings

The NO KINGS PROTEST is Saturday please stay, keep your eyes and ears open protest peacefully, and don’t give Trump anything to use against us. Follow, follow back, and repost. TY go.bsky.app/65wCWRU

Reposting this as it is appropriate for this upcoming weekend.

That would be awful. Don’t share this.

The same people who try to tell us “we’re a constitutional republic, not a democracy” are complaining that the courts can’t stop Trump because “that is what the people elected him to do”.

We certainly live in confusing times. There are reports that Stephen Miller’s wife has left him for Elon Musk and I honestly can’t say whether that is a step up or a step down for her.

So, if I post a photo of Don Adams from Get Smart next to one of POTUS, will I get referred to the Secret Service?

The Qatari AF1 should only be allowed to take off from and land at Newark Liberty Airport.

Congrats to new Acting Warden of Alcatraz Marco Rubio.

The Chicago White Sox new City Connect uniforms are a tip of the cap to the Chicago Bulls. I guess that White Sox management wants ICE to deport the team as “gang members”.

This is ultimate kakistocracy, just a step below Caligula appointing a horse to be a Roman Senator.