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My goals: Say No Pasaran! to the dark lords and write about books, music, and film I find interesting.
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Nazi salutes are having a moment. Our critic weighs in. Steve Bannon’s offered precise form worthy of 1930s Germany, but Elon Musk’s honored the drug-fueled mania of the original Nazis.

Eric Adams can’t be trusted. That’s why I’ve asked Eric Adams for his recommendations of who should help keep him in check.

The Daily Beast: What is this Elon Salute what can it mean French Nazis: too Nazi for us

Not a headline you see every day.

You tell 'em, Georgia.

First they came for the proofreaders, and I said nothing, because I was not a proofreder.

MAGA death watch.

"The National Park Service's Loss is Our Loss" 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/the-nation...

This is a lawyerly way of saying “fuck off, clown” and I’m absolutely here for it

A (God forbid) reasonable approach to eliminating the penny legally, rather than on impulse. Note that said impulse could present (surprise!) unexpected and unwanted consequences.

An excellent summary, and a cautionary tale for other special interest groups who think the Dear Leader is on their side -- he's not.

Someone drove a vehicle into a protected area of California’s Death Valley National Park last December, leaving behind two miles of tire marks on the Eureka Dunes and damaging several plants in an area with endemic plant species. National Park Service officials have yet to identify the culprit.

It’s sort of fitting, I guess, that “failed Broadway producer” is Trump’s version of “Hitler went to art school.”

I'm sure Tommy Tuberville (the dumbest guy in Congress) and his cohorts are thrilled at this slashing of "Government waste."

This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII

Religious freedom is routinely curbed in Central Asia – but you won’t often see it making international news. But lack of official prayer in U.S. public schools is the REAL threat.

The board will be much better with Kid Rock and Ted Nugent on it.

The husband of an Indian-American wife and the father of 3 Indian-American kids wants to bring back the staffer who posted “normalize Indian hate.”

I don't know whether "invest or I'll choke you" is a sound marketing strategy.

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

Correct, and it behooves all of us to keep on pointing this out.

Elon Musk is a moron.

'Prices at the pump' dominated the news when gas prices were going up. (Now .... when was the last time you saw a news segment filmed at a gas station?) 'Have you seen the price of eggs?' was taken as "people who really understand the country" insight circa Oct 2024. And now...

The kind, compassionate, and very smart Dear Leader at work.

In the wake of this week’s deadly aircraft collision near Washington, President Trump happily jumped to conclusions and pulled the U.S. apart rather than together, Peter Baker writes. "He has long demonstrated that he is more comfortable as the blamer in chief than consoler in chief."

A below-the-radar conflict where real diplomacy rather than the Dear Leader's ignorant, neo-imperialist ravings might be helpful.

The Dear Leader's response to a question about whether he planned to visit the air crash site: "What's the site, the water? You want me to go swimming?" Note: I listened to the audio before I posted this quotation. He did say it.

Whoever wrote this headline for the NYT should be willing to: 1) take named responsibility for his/her judgment call, and 2) explain whether NYT would use same 'steely' framing for a press conference by Ron Ziegler (Watergate), 'Baghdad Bob' (Iraq), or North Korean news—and if not, why not.

It's working out well so far.

it's like AOC is the only person who is expressing an actual emotion here

She's very impressive.

DEM SENATOR: Well there’s always next time 😃 a hearty “good game” to my colleagues across the aisle as they shepherd our great nation in the spirit of collaboration and teamwork! 🦅🫡 REPUBLICAN SENATOR: Does anyone know when it’s technically legal for me to kill this [SLUR NO ONE HAS SAID SINCE 1889]

Real preview of next four years - Trump rambling off-prompter to the overflow crowd, has twice said the J6 committee "deleted everything," Vance laughing at every joke

welp here we go

I like how he’s talking about a corrupt elite who profits off citizens at home right after he launched a shitty coin scam that lined his pockets

Egyptologists Unearth Depictions Of Simple Ramps, Levers Aliens Used To Build Pyramids  — theonion.com/egyptologist...

He's a world-class wimp.

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