George Dubya
@itisgeorge.bsky.social
A mishmash: Middle East stuff, development stuff, organizational dysfunction, crisis response, carbon transition dynamics, silly sports things. Mostly here to read smarter people than me.
The Primitive Root Weiners
just two cool guys looking normal and alive, like humans
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Primitive Root Weiners
Jesus, the guy's doing drive-bys now
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Jesus, the guy's doing drive-bys now
Oh this is the good stuff
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Oh this is the good stuff
The St. Georges hotel in Beirut, only the spies are a bunch of the most annoying people on the planet
At this point X is like 1950s Vienna, a whole place made up entirely of spies, running ops against other spies, with no non-spy people. Or maybe like a 1971 Black Panthers convention where 3/4 of the attendees are conintelrpo.
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The St. Georges hotel in Beirut, only the spies are a bunch of the most annoying people on the planet
When I'm president we're getting the Master and Commander sequel, so help me God
A person directly familiar with the conversations tells Semafor that Donald Trump has personally pressed Larry Ellison to revive Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour" franchise.
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Exclusive: How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with his favorite buddy-cop franchise
The president is offering some creative input on potential upcoming projects.
www.semafor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
When I'm president we're getting the Master and Commander sequel, so help me God
America's elite impunity problem in a nutshell. RHCP released this record during the Reagan administration, suffered no consequences, and to this day are releasing records with names like "Return of the Dream Canteen" that go to #1. The Elliott Abrams of rock bands.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
America's elite impunity problem in a nutshell. RHCP released this record during the Reagan administration, suffered no consequences, and to this day are releasing records with names like "Return of the Dream Canteen" that go to #1. The Elliott Abrams of rock bands.
This whole thread is phenomenal but this part really sticks out for me. In American history, has there ever been a case where a federal judge puts, in writing, "this federal law enforcement agency is entirely full of shit and I don't believe anything they say"?
Judge Ellis says all these errors, no matter how minor, add up. "[A]t some point, it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to believe almost anything that [DHS] represent[s]."
E.g., a top officer testified protestors had shields with nails in them; there were no nails and mostly it was carboard.
E.g., a top officer testified protestors had shields with nails in them; there were no nails and mostly it was carboard.
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This whole thread is phenomenal but this part really sticks out for me. In American history, has there ever been a case where a federal judge puts, in writing, "this federal law enforcement agency is entirely full of shit and I don't believe anything they say"?
A LOT to unpack here (and in the similarly awful "young Jews think genocide is bad for everybody!" talk at the same conference) but both speakers are perplexed about people seeing videos of Israeli atrocities and I mean, if Israel wasn't doing what it's doing then there wouldn't be any videos?
Jewish Federations applauds Olivia Reingold, a staff writer at Bari Weiss's Free Press, as she victory laps her (ghoulish and erroneous) reporting that some of the children Israel was starving to death and denying medical aid to in Gaza had pre-existing conditions.
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A LOT to unpack here (and in the similarly awful "young Jews think genocide is bad for everybody!" talk at the same conference) but both speakers are perplexed about people seeing videos of Israeli atrocities and I mean, if Israel wasn't doing what it's doing then there wouldn't be any videos?
Um, guys...
Also, Elon Musk managing to fumble what was damn near a monopoly position at the same moment that the market boomed around the globe has to be one of the biggest screwups in the history of commerce, no?
Also, Elon Musk managing to fumble what was damn near a monopoly position at the same moment that the market boomed around the globe has to be one of the biggest screwups in the history of commerce, no?
Gas car sales have fallen 30% from their peak in 2017 as EV's have exploded in popularity around the world
Only one direction for cars and that's cheaper, cleaner and better
Cold as ICE 😎
Only one direction for cars and that's cheaper, cleaner and better
Cold as ICE 😎
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Um, guys...
Also, Elon Musk managing to fumble what was damn near a monopoly position at the same moment that the market boomed around the globe has to be one of the biggest screwups in the history of commerce, no?
Also, Elon Musk managing to fumble what was damn near a monopoly position at the same moment that the market boomed around the globe has to be one of the biggest screwups in the history of commerce, no?
OK so this is just piracy—ambulance rides in Spokane had a base cost of $975 in 2021 and will have a base cost of $5275 next year. This is per AMR, the private equity-owned company that handles 95% of ambulance transports in the county 1/
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
In 2021 an ambulance ride in Spokane was $975. Next year it will be more than 5 times higher
The price for ailing Spokane County residents to ride in an ambulance to the hospital has skyrocketed in the past five years.
www.spokesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
OK so this is just piracy—ambulance rides in Spokane had a base cost of $975 in 2021 and will have a base cost of $5275 next year. This is per AMR, the private equity-owned company that handles 95% of ambulance transports in the county 1/
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com had a good piece about this a while back; basically once women didn't need a husband to survive, men couldn't just rely on Being Male in order to land a wife. Us dudes need to up our game and some don't want to.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com had a good piece about this a while back; basically once women didn't need a husband to survive, men couldn't just rely on Being Male in order to land a wife. Us dudes need to up our game and some don't want to.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
Jesus, Chuck Schumer. This is almost enough to make me feel sorry for the poor bastard
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Jesus, Chuck Schumer. This is almost enough to make me feel sorry for the poor bastard
The narrator for the Nuzzi audiobook has to be someone who can read the sexy parts in a believable RFK Jr. voice. It's the only way to truly do justice to the story. Suggested template:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XkLq...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XkLq...
Gilbert Gottfried Reads 50 Shades of Grey
YouTube video by Dropout
m.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The narrator for the Nuzzi audiobook has to be someone who can read the sexy parts in a believable RFK Jr. voice. It's the only way to truly do justice to the story. Suggested template:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XkLq...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XkLq...
(cracks knuckles) better watch out blue cross, here I come
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
(cracks knuckles) better watch out blue cross, here I come
Donald Trump's social media posts were about $2000 worth of entertainment if you think about it
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Donald Trump's social media posts were about $2000 worth of entertainment if you think about it
"Oh, you're upset when people show up without permission? You'd like us to help out with that? Huh."
Breaking from us:
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
"Oh, you're upset when people show up without permission? You'd like us to help out with that? Huh."
Can't argue with this. Dude was honking better than any of the other ballers.
Honkballer Ohtani van Los Angeles Dodgers voor de vierde keer MVP #sport
Honkballer Ohtani van Los Angeles Dodgers voor de vierde keer MVP
LOS ANGELES ANPAFP Honkballer Shohei Ohtani van Los Angeles Dodgers is voor de vierde keer uitgeroepen tot meest waardevolle speler MVP in zijn divisie van de MLB. Het was de tweede keer op rij dat de 31jarige Japanner werd gekozen tot MVP van de National League. Eerder kreeg hij als speler van Los Angeles Angels twee keer de prijs in de American League.
www.rtl.nl
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Can't argue with this. Dude was honking better than any of the other ballers.
Reposted by George Dubya
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
My people got off the boat in America and got citizenship and the attendant legal protections and voting privileges within 24 hours. No passports or visas or background checks or 20 years being undocumented and exploited and hiding from ICE. We should go back to that.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My people got off the boat in America and got citizenship and the attendant legal protections and voting privileges within 24 hours. No passports or visas or background checks or 20 years being undocumented and exploited and hiding from ICE. We should go back to that.
I may be imagining things but I remember watching the news as a kid in the 80s and every now and then seeing some politician or CEO do a perp walk. Savings and loan stuff maybe? Anyway, crime is good business and bribes are speech so we don't do that anymore 1/
If only our society took major crimes by rich people as seriously as minor crimes by poor people. Ideally more seriously. But as seriously would be a big improvement.
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I may be imagining things but I remember watching the news as a kid in the 80s and every now and then seeing some politician or CEO do a perp walk. Savings and loan stuff maybe? Anyway, crime is good business and bribes are speech so we don't do that anymore 1/
I can't see this tonight because it's cloudy but essentially Earth is doing a care bear stare right now
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I can't see this tonight because it's cloudy but essentially Earth is doing a care bear stare right now
Look, theocracy is generally bad, but this guy seems cool and well-grounded and he knows what moral clarity is and, given the comprehensive failures and cowardice of our ruling class, I'm open to some sort of United Papal States of America with this pope in charge
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Look, theocracy is generally bad, but this guy seems cool and well-grounded and he knows what moral clarity is and, given the comprehensive failures and cowardice of our ruling class, I'm open to some sort of United Papal States of America with this pope in charge
Tying a bow on the case this summer of Border Patrol goons arresting wildland firefighters while they were fighting a fire. TLDR the guy who got deported wasn't an American on paper and yet in truth he's a much better American than the fat fucks who kidnapped him will ever be 1/
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Tying a bow on the case this summer of Border Patrol goons arresting wildland firefighters while they were fighting a fire. TLDR the guy who got deported wasn't an American on paper and yet in truth he's a much better American than the fat fucks who kidnapped him will ever be 1/
What about those robots in the back? The ones wearing the black t-shirts? They seem to move pretty well. Could I hire some of them?
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What about those robots in the back? The ones wearing the black t-shirts? They seem to move pretty well. Could I hire some of them?
This BBC thing in particular is driving me nuts. Donald Trump supported the Jan 6 insurrection on live TV in front of everybody. He did the groundwork leading up to it and defended it publicly *for years* afterwards.
Despite years of effort by the Murdoch trolls, the UK still boasts the BBC, among the most trusted news institutions in the world.
And guess what? The right-wing fuckheads are about to gut it.
And guess what? The right-wing fuckheads are about to gut it.
BBC leaders resign amid scandal over misleading edit of Trump speech | CNN
The BBC’s Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, following criticism over impartiality and bias at the news corporation.
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This BBC thing in particular is driving me nuts. Donald Trump supported the Jan 6 insurrection on live TV in front of everybody. He did the groundwork leading up to it and defended it publicly *for years* afterwards.