He's progressing nicely. By next week we should be at this stage -
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He's progressing nicely. By next week we should be at this stage -
Those scrambled eggs will put you in the poorhouse !!
I agree with this - including the implicit point that Trump's demise will (hopefully!) result in the collapse of his "coalition" - but we must also give credit for his success to the TOTAL failure of the other party. THEY gave us Trump too.
It would be a great thing if the NCPC could stop construction pending completion of its review, but given the other "exceptions" made for this monster's behavior so far I am not feeling optimistic. I would, however, be first in line with a sledgehammer to bring that (gold-plated) obscenity down.
I’m just gonna leave this here…
I'm also old enough to remember when being "red" was universally understood in the USA as meaning you were a communist or on the left, so this whole "red state" thing (since around 2000) has long struck me as utterly bizarre. Colors + culture are interesting.......
It's what Excel automatically generated from the data, and I didn't change them, so I guess it was the "choice" of not choosing .... ?
The Bernie Madoff Award for Financial Integrity
Yep, and it's not helped by the collapse of Dem voter registration in FL over the last five years -
And - poof! - just like that, the Dutch are gone.
This must be one of those "AI Historians" that Microsoft told us will replace actual historians.
And he served it in REVERSE chronological time - even more impressive !!
From Phoenix, Arizona all the way to Tacoma, Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A. ... keep on rock'n me, baby !!
The world didn't cooperate, but the plan was legit !!
They figured it was high time the same old sh#tty policies were peddled by people a few decades younger than those currently peddling them.
"America is desperate for apolitical entertainment"? That's got to be one of the most off-the-wall things I've ever read. Get a life, "Clay Travis"
They can't stand that her dissents are going to become more important and influential to the future of the law than those of Oliver Wendell Holmes, while the clowns on the current majority will be forgotten as cranks.
One way or another, a day of reckoning must come for the Dems or the descent into more darkness will continue. There is plenty of energy available for defeating MAGA, but a neoliberal Democratic Party is an obstacle to that goal. It can be "reformed" or "replaced," but it cannot continue like this.
We can't fight this regime without an organized political party built to do it, & the Dems are not it. What's the point of fighting to oust Republicans from office so the Dems cough up another Sinema, Manchin, etc. to deep-six the policies needed to repudiate the horrorshow already inflicted on us?
As recently as last Sunday Hakeem Jeffries thought it was a better use of his time on the talk shows to badmouth Zohran Mamdani than to focus on this obscenity of a bill. It's one of countless examples of behavior that explains why we've experienced the specific events of the last decade.
Today's "29-year-old guy living in his mom's basement choosing not to work" is yesterday's "welfare recipient driving around in a Cadillac." It's just the same old song.
Medicaid is the main provider of funds for nearly two out of every three (63 percent) nursing home residents. There are approximately 1.3 million nursing home residents on any given day (about 819,000 people). So let's get those lazy nursing home residents in their 80s & 90s back to work! Deadbeats!
"their money" - yeah, the money they STOLE from the working class. No one "earns" a billion dollars by working.
Dr. Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social after UVa's prez being forced out: "Authoritarans are greedy. They are never satisfied...You yield one inch & they will keep asking & asking & demanding & demanding...This is no time for silence! This is no time for cowardice....This is the hour of struggle!"
I agree with him that "this is getting a little ridiculous," if "this" refers to his endless torrent of unhinged racist rants.
Walsh seems to be putting an awful lot of weight on the value of having been "born" here, but what do you want to bet he's against "birthright citizenship"? So what is it, Matt? Let me guess: you're just using ill-concealed code language for your racism.
This is exactly how it's done. Let this person's courage give you courage.
Pope Leo condemns US bombing Iran
#Republicans say they’re targeting just criminals and gang members. Bullsh*t. They’re targeting anyone who “looks illegal” for their 3,000 a day quota, no matter what. And masked #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers get to decide who that is! “The homegrowns are next.” - DT, 04/14/25 #MAGAKidnappers
Over the next 8 days, you won't be able to turn on your TV, check your mail or watch a YouTube video without seeing a lie about our campaign. But we have the people. And the only thing more powerful than all this billionaire cash are New Yorkers talking to their neighbors.
New Yorkers scream out each officer’s lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.
❌👑 Tomorrow is No Kings Day. While Trump wastes millions of dollars on his birthday parade in DC, millions of Americans are gathering everywhere else to say NO KINGS. No matter where you live, there’s probably a #NoKings event near you. Please join us tomorrow: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:
This is the spirit of Los Angeles. This is California. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #FreeDavidEndRaids
Agreed, but if it's OK with you I'm going to refer to him as a "weakman."
"If you ignore the impact of what we're doing to destroy the economy, the economy is doing great! Why can't you people see that?"
That mess of pottage is a helluva drug, I guess.
A never-ending parade of Claire McCaskills, every one of them doomed (if people are broken down enough to buy their nonsense in the first place). And then they get hired by corporate media as "political analysts" so they can keep peddling the same nonsense years after they lose.
I'm sure a few drinks will calm him down. If that doesn't work, then a few more should do the trick.
I can't tell you how many times I have to call people out when they start in with that "half the country" bullsh#t. Um, no, no, and no.
Essential reading/listening.
Now I see why they only let Vance write press releases in the Marines.
Why the people of Maine should fork over federal tax money for this kind of outrageous treatment boggles the mind. The only thing mob boss Trump and his fellow crooks deserve for this behavior is scorn and derision.
Listen to the start of this. The grovelling sycophant meeting Trump: “You got the markets seeing your brilliance”. This is the most catastrophically dangerous thing happening right now.
So, pardon me for being a contrarian the The Contrarian, but your interpretation here is just backwards. Or at least it is if we stop using the bogus definition of what "progressive" means.
Only in a country where the so-called "liberal" party runs screaming from the legacies of the New Deal do we get surveys reporting that voters trust the Republicans more with Social Security, the economy, and the cost of living.
Because the Democrats have fully embraced neoliberal ideology, politics, and policies for some 40+ years (Dem politicians prefer to speak approvingly of Reagan rather than FDR these days), their repudiation of the working class has resulted in profound voter alienation.
But I read the Blue Rose Research report, and what do I see? Page after page of evidence that it is EXACTLY because the Democrats refuse to address class/economic issues - or what I at least would call "progressive" issues - that they lose. But it's worse than that.
I've seen this claim numerous times and I guess we've all just bought in to the bizarre Orwellian definition of what "progressive" means these days, which is apparently a bunch of liberal issues OTHER THAN economic ones. This is the kind of crap that leads to conclusions like this.
I know it's a little early for this, but let's face it: if anyone deserves a "Downfall" parody, it's Elon. Let's make this increasingly apropos in the coming days. youtu.be/v1UODyy-jng?...
Let this radicalize YOU.
a better way to invest in the future would be to tax these people at 90%, producing no appreciable effect on their incentives or lifestyles, and using the money to feed children www.bloomberg.com/features/202... www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-...
If you were across the street from this, would you think the six people in masks and hoodies were law enforcement? Or would you think you were witnessing a fucking kidnapping? Six ICE officers. For someone who wrote an op-ed.
I want to read/hear those stories too (and I bet it's happening all over the country), but I reckon we'll have to write them ourselves. Corporate media ain't gonna go for that line of inquiry.
A guy who threatened to fund opponents to run against them is now the putative leader of Congress. Just like that. All because men who claim to hate D.C. would rather sell their souls and betray their country rather than go back to live in Shreveport,LA, Carthage, Kentucky, and Troy, Ohio.
We have a major fight ahead, but I see no other choice.
The arrival of a new cardboard box always means new fun for my cats.
Yeah, fuck that.
Jasmine Crockett speaks for all of us. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I guess they've already cloned him and have it stashed in the basement - but that's strictly on a "need-to-know" basis ...
Oh, I'm sure he's feeling plenty confident given that his election win percentages have gone from 51% (2020) to 62% (2022) to 64.85% (2024). He probably figures he can afford to piss off a bunch of people. What are they gonna do? Vote for a Democrat?
Everyone needs to see this. Be ready to deny access, even if you don't know any immigrants. Let them waste time and you might save a family somewhere else. #Disobey #blue #fotus #FBR #immigrants #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #FBPE #FuckICE #SaveOurDemocracy #sanctuary #organize #fucktrump
Geez, we've got much better things to do than deal with his nonsense. He's an automatic block, no questions asked.
Chuck's not capable of it. His only talent is to shake down Wall Street executives for campaign contributions. I doubt he's had a conversation with an actual working person in decades. He has to go.
This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.
Leaked memo from the DIA ordering it to "pause" all commemorations for: MLK Day, Black History Month, Women's History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pride, etc....w/ the rationale being that such things are somehow "radical," wasteful," and "harmful." [Source: Ken Klippenstein/Jeffrey St. Clair]
Fareed Zakaria and his Democratic Party pals have a message for the U.S. working class: drop dead. www.commondreams.org/opinion/demo...
Ha! Living rent-free in their heads!
Some EXCELLENT recommendations here for how you can engage with people in your community to get them involved in supporting your local library and protecting it from harm. librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/for-the-pe...
An important message to everyone thinking about getting involved in resistance organizing and building community power. Do it! We need a major revival of "horizontalism," the kind I recall Marina Sitrin describing to people inspired by the Occupy movement back in 2011. It STILL makes good sense.
to support them. So let's approach this fight with as much clarity as possible. It's important. (5/5)
work. This will escalate, and we must meet this directly. These folks are not trying to engage us in a debate, and they are not interested in our rational, reasonable responses. Our appeals are not to them but to our communities, to the people who will support us as we have and will continue (4/5)
and to "demonstrate our value" (as they say), but the current challenge goes far beyond the issue of a wise use of tax money. You're already familiar with the weapons the fascists use, including nonstop lies about what libraries and librarians do and the demonization of librarians in their (3/5)
On those grounds alone that makes us a menace to unjust and corrupt power. We CAN fight this, and we CAN win, but to do this we have to build support in our communities. The good news is that a great deal of work has already been done for years to engage with our communities (2/5)
Dear Library Colleagues - They're coming for us. Please don't fail to see this. After all, it only makes sense. Libraries are democratic institutions that protect intellectual freedom, the right of access to information, and equal access. (1/5) www.everylibrary.org/billtracking...
Geez!! BOTH of my Senators in NJ voted for Ratcliffe! And Kim was just elected! What the hell does he owe the Republicans?!?! FFS!!
This is a very important thread - an honest, clear assessment of recent trends that present major challenges to left political organizing going forward. We can certainly debate and disagree, but in doing so we should bring evidence, examples, and constructive approaches. We have to work together.
An important piece from the folks at Tempest: "Transformative change will require us to build resilient, democratic, and politically independent organizations out of the movements to come." tempestmag.org/2025/01/trum...
The Frozen Oath (please be fair, share the original, dont copy) #trump #fucktrump #unrealmemories #elonmusk #meme #memes #fascism #resist #repost #resistance
Yes, he won with 49.8% (not a majority), and he's very unpopular. He doesn't have a mandate, and he'll have even less support with every passing day.
During the f#$king Gilded Age (!) Boss Tweed could be convicted and jailed, but apparently our standards aren't that high any more. Giuliani should be sitting in a cell in the Metropolitan Detention Center right now instead of thumbing his nose at the court from Florida. Geez!
I strongly suspect our elites will begin advocating for dementia victims to be euthanized, since would-be "eugenicists" are rampant among them.
NYC-area friends: Coming up on January 20 - let's come together to honor MLK by continuing his work! And if you're not near NYC I'd wager there's a local action near you.
Thanks. Blocked!
GREAT episode, Rob. Your guest was a joy to listen to - I admit I got a little burned out on this album in its heyday, but it really holds up well and I can now listen to it again with fresh ears. Thanks for the opportunity to do that.
Grifting his life away .....
Human Rights Watch concluded that Israeli authorities have intentionally created conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza in whole or in part. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
Gerrymandering as a means of democracy suppression: "Republicans won a net 16-seat advantage due to manipulated maps drawn for party advantage. (Democrats garnered an edge in 7 seats through gerrymandering, but the GOP gained a total of 23 seats that way)" www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
I like the little "...think about it...nothing's impossible" passage. I'm going to go ahead and say that includes the overthrown of Rand's corrupt regime!
Many thanks to the good folks who created a Thread viewer for BlueSky - it's a handy tool! - blue.mackuba.eu/skythread/
Hooray!
"The collective net worth of America’s top twelve billionaires has surpassed $2 trillion as of December 3....We see the [HORRIFIC] effects of this growing concentration of wealth and economic inequality everywhere." www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/10/t...
So far my position is that GenAI for fraud and GenAI for legit educational purposes do not overlap anywhere. I'm sure plenty of people will argue there is a grey area. They're welcome to make their case, but as a librarian I just find other things more worthwhile to spend time and energy on.
So we have "enhanced cheating technology," which is another nail in the coffin of democratic education. This seems just Jim Dandy with today's higher ed admins, who pretty much all talk about education solely in terms of its "job market value," period.
I guess we have to pay attention to it, but I think we all need to be very specific in stating why. What is one's concrete interest in GenAI? People who want to engage in fraud will do so, and GenAI gives them a tool that supports it while evading detection. Legit and ethical uses live elsewhere.
I stopped teaching last year because abuse of AI became pretty much uniform. It's not clear why I should spend a precious minute reading or grading something a student didn't write. The only way I could resume teaching now is by making all writing assignments in-class exercises.
The last "rule" is my favorite: you must "ensure academic jargon"! Or else!
Indeed - I'm still amazed by all the people me around who suddenly claimed expertise in "Sharia law" some years back.
Source of chart - www.valuepenguin.com/health-insur...
I'm sure this is just a total coincidence.
