The Age of Reason Thomas Paine (@ageofreason-tpaine.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The Age of Reason Thomas Paine (@ageofreason-tpaine.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Also it definitely wouldn’t be banned in Ireland. Actually I can remember a time when it was banned outright and a time when it was repeatedly shown in our secondary school.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely. They really are a great band. A kind of throw back to great music back in the day. Lovely to see a band find the confidence to lay it all out there.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m increasingly seeing this kind of rhetoric as the politics of a 5 year old having a meltdown. No kid - the answer to your ‘problem’ is not more sugar. Looking for ever simplistic ‘solutions’ and getting ever dumber.
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I can only think of 6? He hasn’t invaded Greenland. He hasn’t invaded Canada. He hasn’t invaded Mexico. He hasn’t invaded Venezuela. He hasn’t invaded Panama. He hasn’t invaded Europe, but that one is a bit of a stretch.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes 10. He hasn’t invaded Greenland. He hasn’t invaded Canada. He hasn’t invaded Mexico. He hasn’t invaded Europe. He hasn’t invaded Venezuela. He hasn’t invaded Panama. That’s 6 right there and I’m sure if you were to think about it there are another 3-4 invasions he hasn’t carried out, yet.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
“It is a deeply worrying that this is the view held by the United States President, but…” every day until it is no longer needed. But, boy, is it needed now…
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“suggests”… as in a 5 yr old “suggests” it was his younger brother that done it
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
I will admit to not knowing what a ‘jinn’ is and in this very particular context I am content to have a limit to my knowledge, thank you.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
When I first heard this I genuinely thought it was a funny enough spoof. To be fair it is a good bit funnier/not at all funny that they were being serious
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Especially as the real story is “All the President’s Boys and Girls”
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Second time’ is so underrated
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How could we possibly have known what the weather was going to do? Weather forecasters 🤷🏽♂️
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel". Samuel Johnson 1775.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
From an evolutionary perspective. Can you imagine your ancestors required that amount of drinking water in maybe a week?
Mateusz Fafinski (@calthalas.bsky.social) reposted
I HAVE NOW RESTORED THE ROMAN EMPIRE. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL CEASEFIRE IN ITALY THERE IS NO WAR WITH THE GOTHS AND THERE IS UNIVERSAL PROSPERITY, ANYBODY SPREADING RUMOURS ABOUT A plague IS WRONG, THER IS ALSO NO HERESY ANYMORE ALL IS ORTHODOX THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, YOUR EMPEROR
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
🤷🏽♂️ ⬅️ this guy deserves a hell of a raise
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Free speech ™️ Terms & Conditions apply. Oh & make sure you don’t create a scene.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
The beauty of the tale of the Emperors New Clothes is how it manages to expose the truth of the deception that lies at the heart of power. The weakness is that people think it only applies to actual Emperors… All of these idiots are stringing you along. As long as you don’t see beyond the curtain.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s 2030 AI Trump that keeps me awake at night.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
It helps if you consider Lutnick as an *actual* pirate. Would’ve been first in the door of the East India Company.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
The 1911 census in Ireland our great grandfather is listed as illiterate. Ireland is now, officially the most educated population in the world. I can’t tell you how humbling it is to be a part of that. And yeah the right wing do shit in Irish elections. & Long may that fucking continue.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
This is what happens when the President of Tacostan renames the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico decides to bite the President of Tacostan on his delicious taco arse
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
I have a hard time thinking that if your wife was out for dinner with another guy, you wouldn’t be outraged Mike Johnson: Look, I don’t…..
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Is the difference between Rightwashing and Rightsplaining - that when you are ‘splaining you are losing? If so that’s just even more depressing…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems like ‘Boer Musk’ ought to be a thing though. In the woods. For Dogs to roll around in.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Amaryllis is the name of a flower, and Kick is the name of in the balls. *taps sign
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
The Leaving the EU crowd still with too much time on their hands…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
MAGA Jesus is a different Jesus. He went to another school, you wouldn’t know him.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s lucky my 96 yr old mother passed away last year. On the other hand - he’d better hope there isn’t an afterlife.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m thinking I could maybe reply “Everything is Stupid” to pretty much everything on my timeline.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
I read the initial paragraph - without seeing your summary underneath. I was thinking your summary - except much less eloquently.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
How about golf balls??
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
I can’t resist - so when Mary Robinson was President of Ireland she turned up for an Army Parade in a similar yellow suit - and one of the privates announced: “Oh oh - here comes Big Bird” I can’t ever let that moment go…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems obvious that they are being trolled by their own staff - who are currently chugging beers at the ever more ridiculous stuff they are getting said in public.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Looking forward to the next Pope thrash talking Pope Francis. Makes perfect sense. Absolutely.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
When JFK visited Ireland, he gave a speech in the town of New Ross, where his ancestors had emigrated from, and pointed out the factory that, had they not emigrated, he may well have ended up working. I don’t know, seems relevant.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Stalinist Russia, 1950 model, maybe.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
At the risk of being pedantic “There’s many deals”… Should read *are As in “The man’s an *arse”
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
This could definitely be Putin’s track listing for his 2020 ‘OrangeManBaby’ album
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah, You are not alone. I have taken to calling her Leni in my mind for the past few weeks.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
What a place for a narcissist to find themselves. His make-up is a defence as he can’t do what he does and look himself in the face.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Genius
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Reminds me of Jacob Rees Mogg, at the time a minister in the in the UK, talking about fish being happy to be out of the EU and to be “British Fish”. He lost his seat at the next election. There is an idea…
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This is pinned to my timeline… until it won’t be needed anymore
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It’s 9am in Russia
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Can’t say I’ve been keeping fully upto date, but literally *what* do they think they are doing?
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
*used to
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The man can’t make eye contact with himself in the mirror without that orange grease on his face. Don J Joker
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
It was Miller, Judge. S.t.e.v.a.n M.i.l.l.e.r
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
I see he is taking his role as Chair seriously. I mean that is one serious Chair…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Get him off the pitch, Coach - he sucks!!
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
They are not doing what they are doing to just up and hand over power next time they lose an election…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
When more I see the MAGAverse on FOX the more I’m beginning to think the lizard people from Q Anon were projection…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep, Lost actually ending was quite revolutionary at the time. I remember the makers describing how they came to the realisation that it should it end when they filmed an entire episode that “was all about nothing” with regard to the overall narrative.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Well if this isn’t already a late 1980’s movie starring Kelly Le Brock, Eddie Murphy ,Matthew Broderick, John Candy, Jeffrey Jones and these two pricks, why the hell isn’t it??
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V nice work with the positioning of the X in that photo. Out of the corner of my eye I thought it was a timely reminder of his Nazi salute
Robert Armstrong (@robarmstrong.bsky.social) reposted
you can't spell "tariffs" without "FFS"
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I watched Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall on consecutive evenings. Only realised Sandra Hűller was lead in both weeks later. I would never have even considered it.
joshmactechie.bsky.social (@joshmactechie.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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Imagine my Aunt had balls - she would literally be my Uncle.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
First word of every major point they try to make is ‘imagine’. Pretty confident I’m correct on that.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok so I just understood that the role of the Press Secretary is actually to be the President’s Defence Secretary…
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If only the successful sperm had done the same
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
He doesn’t need this to be explained to him. He does however, need a spine.
irgetsreal.bsky.social (@irgetsreal.bsky.social) reposted
It is difficult to convey how monumentally idiotic Trump’s tariffs are. Allow me to try. Let’s begin with Adam Smith. In the 200 years prior to Smith’s 1776 “Wealth of Nations” Mercantilism was the dominant view of trade.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Excellent.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
What are you? Some kind of leftie?
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Can’t decide whether the Karma Police should arrest him for talking in maths, buzzing like a fridge or his Hitler hairdo
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
David McWilliams calls the market the ultimate bullshit detector.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
I’d believe a whole lot more in a peaceful transfer of power the next time if there had been one the last time his time was up.
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Beginning to think he wears make up for the same reason the Joker wears make up
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
I predict that he is going to tweet “Rosebud” someday - ideally when he is the only user still on X
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Oooff… What an elegant smackdown.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
That is very good. Chapeau…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s a good boy… 🐶
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Never a fan but he started out attacking an EU that was viewed at the time as something of a neo-liberal project - I think that’s why some people thought him admirable. He can fuck right off now though.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
The concept is a simple enough one: 1. reality tv star becomes President 2. introduces a policy to immediately upend evolved global supply chains 3. *montage* 4. US economy has re-centred its manufacturing base and away we go…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Douchecoat
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
The good news is he is making himself unelectable. The bad news is that I have bad news for you…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
On the contrary. This has not to happen.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Hope they keep this up. This is how, eventually, reality bites. Keep telling me things have never been better. Eventually I’ll get the message that you’re a liar.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
“Things changed because people saw there was a better way of doing things” is a very simple concept that I wish was better understood.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Until you realise that it is named after the MAGA Hat…
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Cygnal
Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted
I feel confident in predicting history will judge this decade or so as the absolutely stupidest time in American history. Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Ridiculous is a good word. It’s a good word for the US Right now. Ridiculous is not a good word when one is describing a Govt.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
You know the way you are watching a movie, and it has Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton in it and you are willing to give it a shot and then it turns out to be “The Book Club: the next chapter” and you are like “Jesus Christ, someone make it stop!” after Chapter 1 of 16… That is the US right now…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
If JD Vance has an agenda I suspect it involves a cull
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Not sorry for those people though. They can fuck right off
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
Everything you need to know about Twitter, Orson Welles knew when he directed Citizen Kane. I have an epic level of schadenfreude to deliver when I next line that up. It will be glorious.
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
You had me at Everything’s computer, to be fair…
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
If it was *actual* bullshit I could at least put it on my roses
Everything is Complicated (@licksy.bsky.social) reply parent
The man is a Void: of ideas, morals, respect - any of the good stuff. He is perfect for projecting whatever you want onto him, because MAGA Jesus is going to reflect nothing back on you. More Racism! (He has a bottomless pit for that) More Greed! (…) A Brexit trade deal! (Why come on in…)