A Hooded Stranger
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* Believer in traditional values, like progress, solidarity, and the betterment of mankind through rational means.
* Poly-Nerd: easily excited by science, technology, languages, philosophy, history, anthropology.
* Stoic-ish.
* German
* Poly-Nerd: easily excited by science, technology, languages, philosophy, history, anthropology.
* Stoic-ish.
* German
We're seeing why Unified Executive Theory is so wrong:
If the head of the executive branch can
* fire anyone who does not agree with them and
* pardon anyone who follows their illegal orders,
then orders by the Judiciary against the Executive and laws governing the Executive become meaningless.
If the head of the executive branch can
* fire anyone who does not agree with them and
* pardon anyone who follows their illegal orders,
then orders by the Judiciary against the Executive and laws governing the Executive become meaningless.
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
We're seeing why Unified Executive Theory is so wrong:
If the head of the executive branch can
* fire anyone who does not agree with them and
* pardon anyone who follows their illegal orders,
then orders by the Judiciary against the Executive and laws governing the Executive become meaningless.
If the head of the executive branch can
* fire anyone who does not agree with them and
* pardon anyone who follows their illegal orders,
then orders by the Judiciary against the Executive and laws governing the Executive become meaningless.
Show of hands: whose crazy aunt thinks DJT is spending his time doing what he does best, for the country?
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Show of hands: whose crazy aunt thinks DJT is spending his time doing what he does best, for the country?
Reposted by A Hooded Stranger
Saddened by the passing of his good friend, Saruman, Sir Elton John re-rendered one of his classics, and Sarumans favorites: Hold me Closer, Necromancer.
December 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Saddened by the passing of his good friend, Saruman, Sir Elton John re-rendered one of his classics, and Sarumans favorites: Hold me Closer, Necromancer.
The Ministry of Truth has spoken.
JFC - drugs are bad, but they aren't weapons! By attacking language, they attack independent thought, and by attacking independent thought, they attack opposition.
Resist!
JFC - drugs are bad, but they aren't weapons! By attacking language, they attack independent thought, and by attacking independent thought, they attack opposition.
Resist!
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The Ministry of Truth has spoken.
JFC - drugs are bad, but they aren't weapons! By attacking language, they attack independent thought, and by attacking independent thought, they attack opposition.
Resist!
JFC - drugs are bad, but they aren't weapons! By attacking language, they attack independent thought, and by attacking independent thought, they attack opposition.
Resist!
The most unselfconscious sentence I've ever read:
"It is a librarian in a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles, snobbishly shushing the workers outside."
(About the EU)
Snobbish, is it?
From:
www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/euro...
"It is a librarian in a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles, snobbishly shushing the workers outside."
(About the EU)
Snobbish, is it?
From:
www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/euro...
Europe Is Delusional | National Review
Europe, in the year 2025, is what NPR would look like if it ran a continent.
www.nationalreview.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The most unselfconscious sentence I've ever read:
"It is a librarian in a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles, snobbishly shushing the workers outside."
(About the EU)
Snobbish, is it?
From:
www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/euro...
"It is a librarian in a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles, snobbishly shushing the workers outside."
(About the EU)
Snobbish, is it?
From:
www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/euro...
DJT has never been interested in a thriving Europe - he has said so himself.
So, why would anyone believe a word of concern for Europe, coming from his administration?
When they say we shouldn't do X, then X is something they think is hurting their interests, not ours.
So, why would anyone believe a word of concern for Europe, coming from his administration?
When they say we shouldn't do X, then X is something they think is hurting their interests, not ours.
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
DJT has never been interested in a thriving Europe - he has said so himself.
So, why would anyone believe a word of concern for Europe, coming from his administration?
When they say we shouldn't do X, then X is something they think is hurting their interests, not ours.
So, why would anyone believe a word of concern for Europe, coming from his administration?
When they say we shouldn't do X, then X is something they think is hurting their interests, not ours.
Breaking --- Plans for Peace in Ukraine Almost Settled --- Few Details Remain
(which are exactly the details that have been open since the start of the war, the ones where Russian demands and Ukrainian vital interests are diametrically opposed)
(which are exactly the details that have been open since the start of the war, the ones where Russian demands and Ukrainian vital interests are diametrically opposed)
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Breaking --- Plans for Peace in Ukraine Almost Settled --- Few Details Remain
(which are exactly the details that have been open since the start of the war, the ones where Russian demands and Ukrainian vital interests are diametrically opposed)
(which are exactly the details that have been open since the start of the war, the ones where Russian demands and Ukrainian vital interests are diametrically opposed)
Hartes Schicksal: wenn man als Feuerwehrfrau eine Angst vor Spritzen entwickelt. 😜
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Hartes Schicksal: wenn man als Feuerwehrfrau eine Angst vor Spritzen entwickelt. 😜
Say what you will about Trump, but his loyalty cannot be bought. He is not loyal to anyone or anything.
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Say what you will about Trump, but his loyalty cannot be bought. He is not loyal to anyone or anything.
That is exactly it.
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
That is exactly it.
The problem with centrists is that the center is on the wrong side of history.
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The problem with centrists is that the center is on the wrong side of history.
Communication that is not grounded in facts but only in the effect it has on the receiver becomes irrelevant - noise, in information theory.
And so, anything coming from US institutions under Trump becomes noise and a rational agent should disregard it completely.
And so, anything coming from US institutions under Trump becomes noise and a rational agent should disregard it completely.
December 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Communication that is not grounded in facts but only in the effect it has on the receiver becomes irrelevant - noise, in information theory.
And so, anything coming from US institutions under Trump becomes noise and a rational agent should disregard it completely.
And so, anything coming from US institutions under Trump becomes noise and a rational agent should disregard it completely.
Yeah... Let's talk about each other's policies...
December 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Yeah... Let's talk about each other's policies...
It's so good to see that enough people in the US still care about legality and the lives of non-Americans for the boat strikes to become a real problem for Hegseth.
I couldn't have predicted that.
I couldn't have predicted that.
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It's so good to see that enough people in the US still care about legality and the lives of non-Americans for the boat strikes to become a real problem for Hegseth.
I couldn't have predicted that.
I couldn't have predicted that.
Totally possible, but... Why would anyone believe anything the FDA says, these days?
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Totally possible, but... Why would anyone believe anything the FDA says, these days?
Maybe Obama's greatest sin in office was /celebrating/ killing bin Laden.
Killing a vile human being who is a danger to innocent people without a trial, in a foreign country without that country's consent, outside of war may be defensible, but you should lament having to do it, not celebrate it.
Killing a vile human being who is a danger to innocent people without a trial, in a foreign country without that country's consent, outside of war may be defensible, but you should lament having to do it, not celebrate it.
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Maybe Obama's greatest sin in office was /celebrating/ killing bin Laden.
Killing a vile human being who is a danger to innocent people without a trial, in a foreign country without that country's consent, outside of war may be defensible, but you should lament having to do it, not celebrate it.
Killing a vile human being who is a danger to innocent people without a trial, in a foreign country without that country's consent, outside of war may be defensible, but you should lament having to do it, not celebrate it.
Someone was strong enough to lift the big weights but too much of a wuzz to put them back 🙄
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Someone was strong enough to lift the big weights but too much of a wuzz to put them back 🙄
Anybody remember when this guy told us, by 2199, people will have darkened the skies to starve AIs which relied on solar power?
That seems much less unlikely today than it did then.
That seems much less unlikely today than it did then.
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Anybody remember when this guy told us, by 2199, people will have darkened the skies to starve AIs which relied on solar power?
That seems much less unlikely today than it did then.
That seems much less unlikely today than it did then.
A face begging for a brick.
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A face begging for a brick.
The EU didn't break the internet. Industry did by not coming up with a solution to privacy choices that don't require a cookie consent form on every website.
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The EU didn't break the internet. Industry did by not coming up with a solution to privacy choices that don't require a cookie consent form on every website.
Words have meanings! 'Terrorism' must at the very least pursue the spread of terror, that is, fear.
That is not what drug cartels are doing in the US. They may, at times, in other countries, but in the US, they're actively trying to maintain a low profile.
Don't let them muddy the waters!
That is not what drug cartels are doing in the US. They may, at times, in other countries, but in the US, they're actively trying to maintain a low profile.
Don't let them muddy the waters!
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Words have meanings! 'Terrorism' must at the very least pursue the spread of terror, that is, fear.
That is not what drug cartels are doing in the US. They may, at times, in other countries, but in the US, they're actively trying to maintain a low profile.
Don't let them muddy the waters!
That is not what drug cartels are doing in the US. They may, at times, in other countries, but in the US, they're actively trying to maintain a low profile.
Don't let them muddy the waters!
What's the most benevolent realistic explanation for Trump's attempts at peace diplomacy in Ukraine and Israel?
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What's the most benevolent realistic explanation for Trump's attempts at peace diplomacy in Ukraine and Israel?
Turns out whatever makes him a dumb asshole of a person is also what makes him a terrible US president by all objective measures.
Who on earth would ever have thought that?
Who on earth would ever have thought that?
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Turns out whatever makes him a dumb asshole of a person is also what makes him a terrible US president by all objective measures.
Who on earth would ever have thought that?
Who on earth would ever have thought that?
Who else is getting multiple scam 'PayPal' calls a day?
I mean, it's good to waste their time so they can't use it to call someone more vulnerable, but damn this is getting tiresome!
I mean, it's good to waste their time so they can't use it to call someone more vulnerable, but damn this is getting tiresome!
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Who else is getting multiple scam 'PayPal' calls a day?
I mean, it's good to waste their time so they can't use it to call someone more vulnerable, but damn this is getting tiresome!
I mean, it's good to waste their time so they can't use it to call someone more vulnerable, but damn this is getting tiresome!