once again: just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns - ThreadSky

rincewind.run • 1 day ago

once again: just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns

Reposted from Mike Boylan-Kolchin

Ahh, there's the Brooks we know and don't love
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...

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steveonearth.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just because it (looks like it) works doesn't mean it isn't stuuuupid.

quantumjared.bsky.social•1 day ago

“Firing on all cylinders” but what they don’t tell you is that all the cylinders are firing at the same time.

This kills the engine.

courtjezter84.bsky.social•1 day ago

heiz16.bsky.social•1 day ago

Illicit drug use will do that David.

wolflawyer.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s really easy to get loads of shit done if you don’t think about it and just do whatever the fuck you want in the moment with no centralized plan or structure.

princeofdorne.bsky.social•1 day ago

Especially if you're doing uppers

petefullerga.bsky.social•1 day ago

I can wreck my house in a very small amount of time. Like cause enough damage to make it uninhabitable in minutes.
It’s cheap and easy. Rebuilding is expensive and takes skill.

ozarkmisfit.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh my god, arson! So much energy!

itsmrfungible.bsky.social•1 day ago

Or laws

drsyintist.bsky.social•1 day ago

Or care if any of it is even legal.

probeblynot.bsky.social•1 day ago

They're just working fast to consolidate their positions. You think you'll get rid of him - them - in 2028?

colette101.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's a cocaine orgy not an administration.

kassassassin.bsky.social•1 day ago

in this case they're all copies of the clown from Twisted Metal

victoriadecapua.bsky.social•1 day ago

To quote from In the Loop: shit on a molecular level is probably fizzling with energy

jewelofhope.bsky.social•1 day ago

There it goes. Zoom-zoom.

riothobbit.bsky.social•1 day ago

The bootlicking description also fits a brain having a seizure so I’m not sure how good it is for the government to behave that way

theokayestpainter.bsky.social•21 hours ago

shaym114.bsky.social•1 day ago

So we should ignore the fact the majority of it is illegal and or immoral, as well as batshit crazy, and what most of America doesn’t want?

rodg3rdodg3r.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Possessing a lot of energy". 🤔
https://youtu.be/A__-3CnSlG0

nobodynohow.bsky.social•1 day ago

He must have gotten some push back for calling for a revolution in the streets against Trump.

hroethgar.bsky.social•1 day ago

"There are clever, hardworking, stupid, and lazy officers. Usually two characteristics are combined ... One must beware of anyone who is both stupid and hardworking; he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always only cause damage." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Hammerstein-Equord

hroethgar.bsky.social•1 day ago

(One of the few people where the phrase "German general from the first half of the 20th century" does not negate anything he has to say)

lowercasedonkey.dev•1 day ago

"We would all like to do something, David."

gozermac.bsky.social•1 day ago

Who among us isn’t jealous of people who can afford to move fast and break other people’s things without consequence.

erichluepke.bsky.social•1 day ago

People do not adequately appreciate how much of a train wreck authoritarian regimes are. They aren't like, you know, actually well organized.

kathleencarson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Proof for what, in my most uncharitable moments, I think people voted for Trump because they were bored. Their interior live is so vacuous that they were simply craving stimulation. Conditioned by the MSM 24hr news cycle: if something hasn't happened in 6hrs, make it (seem like it has) happened.

kathleencarson.bsky.social•1 day ago

As a lifelong political junkie (and Policy Science PhD) govt administration ***should*** be boring and predictable. That's what gives room for our actual lives to be interesting and lovely.

heatherstanford.bsky.social•1 day ago

Boring sounds really nice.

totalgoatrodeo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hard agreee. Alas, your years/decades of study can't prevent your vote from being more than negated by 100 Trump zombies who learned everything they know from Elon Musk's 3am twitter excretions.

davidherdson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Energy without direction is rarely a good thing. Mostly it's a crash waiting to happen - and the more energy, the bigger the crash.

This applies in politics as much as science.

shanzival.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sure, they may have caused incredible damage, ruined untold lives, and doomed countless people to increased suffering and deaths, but they had real gusto while doing it!

yoruichidragon.bsky.social•1 day ago

It demonstrates how many of our checks were really just excuse and obfuscation. How beurocratic slowdown is much more effective at strangling good faith reforms than it is at slowing collapse or dictatorship capture

warofthebees.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, there was a lot of energy at Nuremburg, too

meh333.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mental wounds not healing and who’s to blame.

suredontknow.bsky.social•1 day ago

septic tank extraction truck

curtisdozier.bsky.social•1 day ago

That Bannon quote: flooding the zone

darickr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well said

crickstr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Its quicker and easier to tear down a building than it is to build it

evilrbt.bsky.social•1 day ago

“Hitler was really evil but his tanks were impressively fast.” — David Brooks, probably.

czhorat.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is deeply unfair to clowns.

spaceager.bsky.social•1 day ago

The clown car runs on meth and ketamine

spaceager.bsky.social•1 day ago

Frightened boot lickers on meth and ketamine are full of vim and vigor

thegreatduggo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Brooks reminding us that he's a fucking idiot most of the time.

thalantos.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, but in a race, that doesn't matter, what matters is who goes fastest

dougbridgesesq.bsky.social•1 day ago

It has so much energy, you might even say that it is a Blitzkrieg of an administration.

scottbrews.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Holy crap I can’t believe how long I watched this guy on the NewsHour spout nonsense like this.
Great. Thanks David. 100% agree. They are energetically turning our country into a fascist, criminal wasteland.

kdbyproxy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Meanwhile Putin is also "flooding the zone" in Ukraine.

johnlinen.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Hello, my name is David Brooks, and I lack empathy."

fantabulosa-404.bsky.social•1 day ago

Someone electrocute this clown ... then he can tell us that lots of energy is unequivocally a good thing 🙄

sleeplessone.com•1 day ago

Also a car that has driven off a cliff is also moving very fast, right before it smashes into the ground killing everyone.

iscored.info•1 day ago

ok but just once i'd like to see someone left-leaning take power and actually exercise it.

colinboyle.bsky.social•1 day ago

It also makes the inevitable crash even more catastrophic.

massdisillusion.bsky.social•1 day ago

Asshole

vercingetronix.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump's leaving his mark all around the place, as if he had explosive diarrhea

butterbumps.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think he jizzed his pants

ghowell73.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just when he was getting the kudos from Dems. Leopard doesn’t change its spots.

eltopo71.com•1 day ago

"That Hitler, he gives one hell of a speech!"

bretonlioness3.bsky.social•1 day ago

They started planning all this when Obama became prez, in order to make sure it never happened again.

forbestonow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it is not going to run over a lot of innocent people in its path.

nonsense-opinions.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Oh man they're moving too fast for us to counter every motion!"
So does a seizure, doesn't make it a useful technique.

riverroad.bsky.social•1 day ago

Built by the man who asked why only the motor of a car produces energy when the whole car could be part of an exothermic reaction (on fire).

kellylmiller.bsky.social•1 day ago

Legendary coach John Wooden: "Don't mistake activity for achievement".

ptryck.bsky.social•1 day ago

democrats need to take the initiative.

what happened to shadow government/councils/hearings .. daily pressers to translate and speak to constituents would really help.

they seem afraid to do it, but less afraid to vote for trumps nominations.. it is a bad look.

spottedstarling.bsky.social•1 day ago

Brook is right. The Democratic Party is useless; it does nothing to stop the felonious Republicans from robbing America of its wealth and its democracy - with the exception of a few rare individuals.

theurv.com•1 day ago

It’s also driving towards a cliff but don’t let that stop you.

1dgrn.bsky.social•1 day ago

God, he is such an awful hack

brentscipio.bsky.social•1 day ago

Umberto Eco spinning in his grave as people are like: "Well actually, action for action's sake is *kinda cool.* I'll give them fascists that"

ofvick.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Energy" VBIEDs have that on final approach too

jrn344.bsky.social•1 day ago

Firing on all cylinders is hilarious

stevekarmazenuk.bsky.social•1 day ago

The guy who smokes meth all day has PLENTY of energy, but I wouldn't want him in charge of my country!

tgscenic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wish God would shut him the fuck up permanently

patrickpittis.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not your point, but tbh I’d rather have a troupe of clowns in charge.

cantard.bsky.social•1 day ago

Biden, tisk, he was so lethargic with a steady, predictable, and generally law-abiding government. Boring.

Now Trump, he's pedal to the metal full-throatedly screaming as he swerves around traffic, breaking through barriers, and hurtling the government off the Cliffs of Insanity. What a guy.

octopu5.bsky.social•1 day ago

justjango.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Nazis, they suck but hey, they sure got that pizazz!"

🙃

kimberleelynn.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is like my mom telling me, "Always have something nice to say to everyone you meet."

Fuck that shit.

drgeophysics.bsky.social•1 day ago

He dedicated his life to enabling grotesque racist fascism, and here we all are. He likes the “energy” part. Indeed he does…

fergdawg.bsky.social•1 day ago

Something about broken clocks, etc.

askmetomorrow.bsky.social•1 day ago

You tend to run faster when you’re running from the law.

execrable.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's clear to anyone with half a brain, eg me, the strategy is to swamp any response, especially the courts but also just ordinary people's senses. It also presents a constantly moving target and tries to give the impression that the process is continually evolving and thus will deliver eventually.

itsherby.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wanna know what else is full of energy?

Explosives. That's kind've the definition. I personally wouldn't build a house out of them.

jamesjhare.com•1 day ago

This is starting to feel like about the time the CIA sent a memo titled "bin Laden determined to strike the US" and the Bush administration was too interested in their own crapulence to pay attention.

millerscave.bsky.social•1 day ago

"I hate what they are doing, but at least they are doing a lot of it, and with such energy!"

joewebster1965.bsky.social•1 day ago

David Brooks: "The Third Reich was a grotesque and reprehensible regime, but you had to admire the pep in their step!"

vector-of-bool.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tire fires also contain a lot of energy.

amb-markab.bsky.social•1 day ago

Translation: somebody at the country club called our David woke after he went over his skis quoting ol’ Big Beard Karl.

tknarr.bsky.social•1 day ago

So, basically Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems (BB version, not original).

jaymarose.bsky.social•1 day ago

Picks up speed downhill

repetitiveuser.bsky.social•1 day ago

Going eighty into a bridge pylon seems bad

blood-red.bsky.social•1 day ago

"We're lost, but we're making good time."

parisdog.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'd use 'flailing' instead

houstonyann.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can die in a ball of flame or in a block of ice. One is fast and energetic, but both are deadly.

kobal2.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Now on the one hand, this administration is doing outrageously, inhumanely cruel and stupid things. But on the other hand, it's doing a LOT of them, so who can tell if that's good or bad ?"

ucfjake.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/jcsalterego.bsky.social/post/3lnljpn7hq222

jetsjets.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is like saying dropping a bomb on a skyscraper and destroying it is more impressive then building the skyscraper because it took less time to fealty it then to build it.

carolofthebells.bsky.social•1 day ago

I notice he doesn't mention what they are "flooding the zone" with.

davidjbyrne.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I think the phrase he is looking for is “Flailing around”.

docslacker.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ummm what’s the ¼ he likes?

mfreeman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Freddie Krueger, man. That cat is fast as lightning.

rod-learmonth.bsky.social•1 day ago

25% of clowns are to his liking.

coldwarhost.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Max Power way

amstradsen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, vomiting all over your audience is not impressive just because you're vomiting a lot and very quickly.

adefesioso.canica.pe•1 day ago

That capitalist obsession with productivity bred a mindset where people now think it's good to move fast, even if they're going in the wrong direction

oakelm.bsky.social•1 day ago

Probably a lot of energy spared by them being reckless a holes that realize they can do whatever they want cause their media supporters will explain whatever thoughtless thing they do for them backed up by media wanting to seem neutral. Also spared energy from not planning based on law.

pompoustakes.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thing about engines firing on all cylinders is they do so in a precisely ordered & timed way, not all at once and in all directions.

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