Dave
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Well, we could say "The president of Taiwan isn't a brutal dictator and alleged narcotics trafficker." We'd still look like idiots who just launched an illegal war for oil, but that is a line we could trot out.
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 4, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Well, we could say "The president of Taiwan isn't a brutal dictator and alleged narcotics trafficker." We'd still look like idiots who just launched an illegal war for oil, but that is a line we could trot out.
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just figured out why i’m currently experiencing a debilitating bout of déjà vu
January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
just figured out why i’m currently experiencing a debilitating bout of déjà vu
Foreign leaders are gonna start watching betting markets to predict tariffs and kidnappings.
A side story is there’s a ton of insider trading on these prediction markets. New accounts making hundreds of thousands on their first and only trade, that maduro would be ousted. Seems like insider trading is legal if not encouraged on these platforms
January 4, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Foreign leaders are gonna start watching betting markets to predict tariffs and kidnappings.
What if he was just jealous of the attention Mamdani was getting.
January 4, 2026 at 4:06 AM
What if he was just jealous of the attention Mamdani was getting.
Did you mean "Cuba, Marco is coming"? Alcohol is fucking awesome.
January 4, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Did you mean "Cuba, Marco is coming"? Alcohol is fucking awesome.
"Predicting"
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"Predicting"
This dumb fuck can't even figure out how to run Washington DC without boots on the ground, so not sure how he's going to manage a whole-ass foreign country.
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This dumb fuck can't even figure out how to run Washington DC without boots on the ground, so not sure how he's going to manage a whole-ass foreign country.
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Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
Why is it small.
Small but loud and proud group of Palestine solidarity activists protesting Netanyahu’s visit to Surfside, Miami Beach on 12/31. Happy new year and Free Palestine.
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Why is it small.
Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer wanted to lock up Bill Clinton for lying about sleeping with an adult.
“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are... contrary to, the president’s official duties. In this country, no one... is above the law.”
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer wanted to lock up Bill Clinton for lying about sleeping with an adult.
as opposed to nonviolently killing peaceful protesters?
A postscript to Trump I-Stop-Wars-Except-For-The-Ones-Putin-Or-I-Start... he's speaking in tongues again. It's "shoots" not "shots."
January 3, 2026 at 12:04 AM
as opposed to nonviolently killing peaceful protesters?
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I love America, which is why I don't want my news media to love America.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I love America, which is why I don't want my news media to love America.
Tony wrote a few freelance stories for me around 2005. I'm fairly certain this does not make him a Thrillist "founding editor." One of the stories *was* about a New York-area nude beach, but even that hot, hot scoop does not give him founding editor status.
January 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Tony wrote a few freelance stories for me around 2005. I'm fairly certain this does not make him a Thrillist "founding editor." One of the stories *was* about a New York-area nude beach, but even that hot, hot scoop does not give him founding editor status.
If Grok can be quoted, Grok can be arrested.
It should be journalistic malpractice to quote an AI chatbot instead of the company’s spokesperson when the chatbot is shown to have product flaws due to cutting corners.
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If Grok can be quoted, Grok can be arrested.
It must be hard for George Santos to leave not only his home, but the diasporic capital of his people, the Jews.
January 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
It must be hard for George Santos to leave not only his home, but the diasporic capital of his people, the Jews.
Imagine being a comedian complaining about how you can't make fun of things anymore while you leave this inspiration sitting on the table to get cold.
January 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Imagine being a comedian complaining about how you can't make fun of things anymore while you leave this inspiration sitting on the table to get cold.
Saturn says population lapses led to images of no population on Saturn.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Saturn says population lapses led to images of no population on Saturn.
Abolish Ice.
Vanilla Ice performing with a dancing Ninja Turtle at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party
January 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Abolish Ice.
I voted for Mamdani. There is evidence he harbors antisemitism of a more subtle variety than his more hysterical/cynical detractors charge. Calling Sanders universally beloved is delusional; implying he he represents American Jewry is antisemitic. Branding all critics liars & fools is a foolish lie.
They spent months and months insisting he was an antisemite, with zero evidence, and then he chooses to get sworn in as mayor by America’s most famous and beloved Jewish politician.
His critics are a mix of liars and fools.
His critics are a mix of liars and fools.
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I voted for Mamdani. There is evidence he harbors antisemitism of a more subtle variety than his more hysterical/cynical detractors charge. Calling Sanders universally beloved is delusional; implying he he represents American Jewry is antisemitic. Branding all critics liars & fools is a foolish lie.
How could Trump have known that a man who liked having sex with very young girls might behave inappropriately with very young girls?
Epstein wasn't just a frequent visitor to Trump's Mar-a-Lago in the 1990s and 2000s. The club was also sending spa employees—usually young women—to Epstein's mansion, according to former employees.
The house calls went on for years, even as spa employees warned each other about Epstein.
The house calls went on for years, even as spa employees warned each other about Epstein.
Exclusive | The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago’s Spa
Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
www.wsj.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
How could Trump have known that a man who liked having sex with very young girls might behave inappropriately with very young girls?
Good to see the hookers are back in Times Square.
January 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Good to see the hookers are back in Times Square.
Not sure how encouraging Trump voting parents to give their kids measles will reverse this trend
These are the people who the administration will harass, fire, detain, and deport you for criticizing, in some cases for just being insufficiently appreciative of them.
January 2, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Not sure how encouraging Trump voting parents to give their kids measles will reverse this trend
"They say blood is thicker than water, well not my blood!"
Trump admits he applies makeup to his hands to hide bruises. He takes more aspirin than his doctors recommend — 325 milligrams a day — which causes him to bruise easily.
"…I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart," Trump says. "I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart."
"…I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart," Trump says. "I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart."
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
"They say blood is thicker than water, well not my blood!"
There are self-loathing Jews and then there is Curtis Yarvin, a self-incinerating Jew.
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
There are self-loathing Jews and then there is Curtis Yarvin, a self-incinerating Jew.
Happy New Year to everyone except people who want clean drinking water.
January 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Happy New Year to everyone except people who want clean drinking water.