To-do list for SD Mayor Pete and DSD Uncle Frank (and the transition team):
- at 1201 rip down the stupid fucking sign, regardless of whether Congress has officially changed the name (not looking good for the 27 NDAA lol)
- at 1202 issue orders to rename all the confederate bases back*
BREAKING: CFTC staff have reportedly been told to retract their analysis of suspicious oil trades.
They include well-timed bets on oil futures placed shortly before major Trump announcements on the Iran war.
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
Defund ICE.
Disable the grift.
Disempower the Epstein class.
Defy authoritarianism.
Discredit Trumpism.
Deconstruct MAGA.
Defeat the GOP.
Thank you for your attention to these matters.
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
A while ago a lovely German man appeared at our church. He came a few times to look around during our Saturday opening hours, before asking if the piano abandoned in the corner worked.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
France and the UK, “some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 20 or 30 years.”
The UK lost 457 soldiers in Afghanistan, fighting alongside the US, and 179 soldiers in Iraq.
Hard to overstate what an insult this is to the Brits.
(Also wrong on FR obviously)
The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
Ham sandwich is deli is $8.
Loaf of bread ($4) and pound of ham ($4) can make many sandwiches. See how simple math works?
Me also available if you have trouble with concepts like "near" and "far," or if you have unattended plate of cookies lying around.
> Who gives a fuck about cookies?'
Okay, first of all, how dare you.
Second, it called giving example. This Sesame Street-level concept you pretending not to understand. Same way you pretend not to understand how basic math works. Of course cooking anything at home is cheaper than paying someone.
Isaac Asimov was born on this day in 1920. This quotation from 1980 holds up:
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States…. [It is] nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”
If you're wondering: "Is it even worth expressing outrage that Trump nominated this person to be Attorney General bc nothing matters?"
The answer is: Yes, you must express outrage. Failing to do so is what will ensure nothing matters.
Media, politicians, us, we must insist this is unacceptable.
Korea Expert here. I’ll explain what’s going on over there because the Orient can be confusing to Westerners. In Korea, there is a concept known as “the law.” (법) This is a set of rules which are enforced to encourage prosocial behavior and ensure stability which leaders aren’t allowed to break.
I am glad I am not in politics because someone is going to have to craft a message that explains to voters why prices went up despite voting for Trump and somehow I don't think "you're morons and he told you he would do this to your faces but you didn't believe him because you're morons" would work
Mazi Smith put together a strong performance in the middle of the #Cowboys defense.
Got off the ball as well as I've seen and read blocking concepts better than I've seen.