Flying Mezerkis
@bananapantz.bsky.social
Ne'er do well, sailor. The Jim Belushi of poasters. Biding my time.
Every day and in every way, I’m trying to become a better Lieutenant Junior Grade.
The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time.
Every day and in every way, I’m trying to become a better Lieutenant Junior Grade.
The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time.
Interesting, if true
An update on the "Great Reallocation" in US sourcing finds that China's share in US imports had fallen by July 2025 back to where it stood in 2001, from Laura Alfaro and Davin Chor www.nber.org/papers/w34490
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Interesting, if true
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Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Hahahahahahahahahaha
This guy is literally on his way to start a war in Venezuela. But he’s distracted by an image of the American hero who is standing up to his boss, because it’s rendered horizontally mirrored.
He’s like a cat caught by an image of itself in a mirror. It can’t be this dumb.
This guy is literally on his way to start a war in Venezuela. But he’s distracted by an image of the American hero who is standing up to his boss, because it’s rendered horizontally mirrored.
He’s like a cat caught by an image of itself in a mirror. It can’t be this dumb.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hahahahahahahahahaha
This guy is literally on his way to start a war in Venezuela. But he’s distracted by an image of the American hero who is standing up to his boss, because it’s rendered horizontally mirrored.
He’s like a cat caught by an image of itself in a mirror. It can’t be this dumb.
This guy is literally on his way to start a war in Venezuela. But he’s distracted by an image of the American hero who is standing up to his boss, because it’s rendered horizontally mirrored.
He’s like a cat caught by an image of itself in a mirror. It can’t be this dumb.
Legitimate concerns of this type from the Left.
I truly think this kind of low grade; anti-Democrat content generation scheme and constant river of negative shit explains a good bit of the antipathy towards the left in this country.
I truly think this kind of low grade; anti-Democrat content generation scheme and constant river of negative shit explains a good bit of the antipathy towards the left in this country.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Legitimate concerns of this type from the Left.
I truly think this kind of low grade; anti-Democrat content generation scheme and constant river of negative shit explains a good bit of the antipathy towards the left in this country.
I truly think this kind of low grade; anti-Democrat content generation scheme and constant river of negative shit explains a good bit of the antipathy towards the left in this country.
It’s the kind of thing that gets a full news cycle and a couple of segments on Fox. To add a few pieces of wood to the fire trying to undermine democrats, the Left and Trump’s enemies.
Despite it being even on its face ridiculous. The Right never gets any kind of negative story about even
Despite it being even on its face ridiculous. The Right never gets any kind of negative story about even
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It’s the kind of thing that gets a full news cycle and a couple of segments on Fox. To add a few pieces of wood to the fire trying to undermine democrats, the Left and Trump’s enemies.
Despite it being even on its face ridiculous. The Right never gets any kind of negative story about even
Despite it being even on its face ridiculous. The Right never gets any kind of negative story about even
Maybe this is what he meant by the Golden Ticket. And we could raise $1 trillion if we just pardoned all the wealthy criminals.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Maybe this is what he meant by the Golden Ticket. And we could raise $1 trillion if we just pardoned all the wealthy criminals.
Really sloppy, bad faith, and completely antithetical to the mission of journalism.
And I could suss that all out without even clicking on the link.
Our news is completely failing us.
And I could suss that all out without even clicking on the link.
Our news is completely failing us.
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Really sloppy, bad faith, and completely antithetical to the mission of journalism.
And I could suss that all out without even clicking on the link.
Our news is completely failing us.
And I could suss that all out without even clicking on the link.
Our news is completely failing us.
Also “US official” doesn’t mean what it used to mean. This isn’t 1998.
If it’s Rubio, we know he’ll lie in public. If it’s Witkoff we know he’s Dim Philby.
That’s BEFORE you get in to what “agreement” and “minor” and all the rest mean.
In the modern world if you are reporting like this it’s
If it’s Rubio, we know he’ll lie in public. If it’s Witkoff we know he’s Dim Philby.
That’s BEFORE you get in to what “agreement” and “minor” and all the rest mean.
In the modern world if you are reporting like this it’s
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Also “US official” doesn’t mean what it used to mean. This isn’t 1998.
If it’s Rubio, we know he’ll lie in public. If it’s Witkoff we know he’s Dim Philby.
That’s BEFORE you get in to what “agreement” and “minor” and all the rest mean.
In the modern world if you are reporting like this it’s
If it’s Rubio, we know he’ll lie in public. If it’s Witkoff we know he’s Dim Philby.
That’s BEFORE you get in to what “agreement” and “minor” and all the rest mean.
In the modern world if you are reporting like this it’s
A. I only got through half of this.
B. This is so irredeemably stupid it might literally have made us all dumber.
C. I was just wondering if KAC still existed. And I guess this is what she does now. Accusing Dems of only caring about social media soundbites coming from Trump is epic gaslighting.
B. This is so irredeemably stupid it might literally have made us all dumber.
C. I was just wondering if KAC still existed. And I guess this is what she does now. Accusing Dems of only caring about social media soundbites coming from Trump is epic gaslighting.
Fox is now claiming that Rep. Slotkin is a CIA asset in a “destabilization op,” controlled by “deep state handlers,” because she reminded service members to follow the law. They even suggest she’s unwitting of her own “mission,”
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A. I only got through half of this.
B. This is so irredeemably stupid it might literally have made us all dumber.
C. I was just wondering if KAC still existed. And I guess this is what she does now. Accusing Dems of only caring about social media soundbites coming from Trump is epic gaslighting.
B. This is so irredeemably stupid it might literally have made us all dumber.
C. I was just wondering if KAC still existed. And I guess this is what she does now. Accusing Dems of only caring about social media soundbites coming from Trump is epic gaslighting.
If Trump is on a train leaving Chicago heading for San Francisco, and his office is on a train leaving Chicago headed for Maralago, at what time will his …
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If Trump is on a train leaving Chicago heading for San Francisco, and his office is on a train leaving Chicago headed for Maralago, at what time will his …
Days are getting longer so every day it’s getting farther away.
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Days are getting longer so every day it’s getting farther away.
Some kind of geographic reckoning on WHERE he leaves office. May be he’ll resign in Saudi Arabia and so each day he’s farther from where we are when he leaves office.
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Some kind of geographic reckoning on WHERE he leaves office. May be he’ll resign in Saudi Arabia and so each day he’s farther from where we are when he leaves office.
Of all the things that didn’t happen. This thing didn’t happen the most.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Of all the things that didn’t happen. This thing didn’t happen the most.
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Quotes on the economy, last few days:
* WSJ: “Life felt more doable a year and a half ago.”
* CBS: “Paying for the house, the car — I just couldn’t do it anymore.”
* FT: “scraping for crumbs.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/cfa6...
* WSJ: “Life felt more doable a year and a half ago.”
* CBS: “Paying for the house, the car — I just couldn’t do it anymore.”
* FT: “scraping for crumbs.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/cfa6...
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Quotes on the economy, last few days:
* WSJ: “Life felt more doable a year and a half ago.”
* CBS: “Paying for the house, the car — I just couldn’t do it anymore.”
* FT: “scraping for crumbs.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/cfa6...
* WSJ: “Life felt more doable a year and a half ago.”
* CBS: “Paying for the house, the car — I just couldn’t do it anymore.”
* FT: “scraping for crumbs.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/cfa6...
What reason do we have to do this? Especially underlining the horrendous conditions in our immigration detention centers.
Are these the worst of the worst? Are these narco-traffickers? Have they committed crimes? Is this how we should spend money?
Are these the worst of the worst? Are these narco-traffickers? Have they committed crimes? Is this how we should spend money?
NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What reason do we have to do this? Especially underlining the horrendous conditions in our immigration detention centers.
Are these the worst of the worst? Are these narco-traffickers? Have they committed crimes? Is this how we should spend money?
Are these the worst of the worst? Are these narco-traffickers? Have they committed crimes? Is this how we should spend money?
Reposted by Flying Mezerkis
NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
Turning everything into outside advisors, and “special” envoys rather than Senate confirmed and government employees is exactly what a personalist and fascist regime does.
We also have likely little official record of tons of this regime’s “dealings”.
We also have likely little official record of tons of this regime’s “dealings”.
One man -- Marco Rubio -- serves this country as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Turning everything into outside advisors, and “special” envoys rather than Senate confirmed and government employees is exactly what a personalist and fascist regime does.
We also have likely little official record of tons of this regime’s “dealings”.
We also have likely little official record of tons of this regime’s “dealings”.
The worst of the worst.
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The worst of the worst.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
How I dress when I travel by air:
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
How I dress when I travel by air:
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Ukraine is still hitting military targets and oil infrastructure, every day
Confirmed by Ukraine’s General Staff: the rare Russian A-60 airborne laser aircraft was likely destroyed in a strike on the Beriev plant in Taganrog. Also hit: drone factory “Molniya,” oil terminals in Novorossiysk, Tuapse refinery, and an S-400 launcher.
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ukraine is still hitting military targets and oil infrastructure, every day
So exponential growth is not going on forever? I’m shocked.
Also. All these companies say electricity and compute are the only way they make money. And it has to increase at a very fast rate. So deceleration would seem to be a sign.
Also. All these companies say electricity and compute are the only way they make money. And it has to increase at a very fast rate. So deceleration would seem to be a sign.
GOLDMAN DESK, on hyperscaler capex:
“.. deceleration in the second derivative is partly what seems to be in the air right now. .. I still don’t want to fight the flow of capital .. but I’m lowering my expectations for how much this will excite the market on a going forward basis.” [Pasquariello]
“.. deceleration in the second derivative is partly what seems to be in the air right now. .. I still don’t want to fight the flow of capital .. but I’m lowering my expectations for how much this will excite the market on a going forward basis.” [Pasquariello]
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So exponential growth is not going on forever? I’m shocked.
Also. All these companies say electricity and compute are the only way they make money. And it has to increase at a very fast rate. So deceleration would seem to be a sign.
Also. All these companies say electricity and compute are the only way they make money. And it has to increase at a very fast rate. So deceleration would seem to be a sign.