niftyjames
@niftyjames.bsky.social
fairly ridiculous
still trying to get all my ducks in a row
still trying to get all my ducks in a row
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... When Trump was convicted of falsifying business records, the Republican response was: "This is a crime now? I mean, we all falsify business records, don't we, heh heh heh?"
It turns out the business-record-falsifiers are mostly Republicans.
If I had a chance to cheat on taxes, I wouldn't.
It turns out the business-record-falsifiers are mostly Republicans.
If I had a chance to cheat on taxes, I wouldn't.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
... When Trump was convicted of falsifying business records, the Republican response was: "This is a crime now? I mean, we all falsify business records, don't we, heh heh heh?"
It turns out the business-record-falsifiers are mostly Republicans.
If I had a chance to cheat on taxes, I wouldn't.
It turns out the business-record-falsifiers are mostly Republicans.
If I had a chance to cheat on taxes, I wouldn't.
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"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake." -Jeanette Rankin
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake." -Jeanette Rankin
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No-one has ever won a war. We use that term: "We won the war" when we've lost less than the other side. Many things in life are win/win, but war is always lose/lose except for a few dictators or rich oligarchs who gain. The people on both sides always lose. petersironwood.com/2025/04/20/w...
We Won the War! We Won the War!
We won the war! We won the war! Their flag we tore! We evened the score! The bugler toots! The hooter hoots! We destroyed the Other! Avenged sad mother! We ruined their crops! We sever…
petersironwood.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
No-one has ever won a war. We use that term: "We won the war" when we've lost less than the other side. Many things in life are win/win, but war is always lose/lose except for a few dictators or rich oligarchs who gain. The people on both sides always lose. petersironwood.com/2025/04/20/w...
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Well, it’s now it’s:
crimes against humanity
(vs war crimes)
+ piracy
___________________
= violating international law ->
The Hague?
crimes against humanity
(vs war crimes)
+ piracy
___________________
= violating international law ->
The Hague?
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Well, it’s now it’s:
crimes against humanity
(vs war crimes)
+ piracy
___________________
= violating international law ->
The Hague?
crimes against humanity
(vs war crimes)
+ piracy
___________________
= violating international law ->
The Hague?
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So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil”
Is this not just theft
Is this not just theft
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil”
Is this not just theft
Is this not just theft
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It used to be an impeachable offense.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It used to be an impeachable offense.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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Again, if Republicans couldn’t lie, they would be mute.
December 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Again, if Republicans couldn’t lie, they would be mute.
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You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
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Conservatives are not good at economy, Part 48,104:
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Conservatives are not good at economy, Part 48,104:
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Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
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NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
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This one is speaking to me today
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This one is speaking to me today
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Owning shares in a soybean farm does not make you a soybean farmer. All it means is that you are rich and understand the tax code.
Brooke Rollins: "On the China soybeans, Secretary Bessent -- himself a soybean farmer ... "
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Owning shares in a soybean farm does not make you a soybean farmer. All it means is that you are rich and understand the tax code.
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Someone’s up and they’re worried that the Supreme Court might give him a graceful exit from the tariff debacle.
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Someone’s up and they’re worried that the Supreme Court might give him a graceful exit from the tariff debacle.
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Everything is getting stupider
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Everything is getting stupider
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I’m in favor of this but only for financial crimes
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’m in favor of this but only for financial crimes
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Missed @iris-meredith.bsky.social's essay on wank when it first came out. Well worth a read; will be muttering "wank" a lot under my breath now.
deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_o...
deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_o...
An essay on wank | deadSimpleTech
This captures well the uncomfortable, slightly disorienting feeling that wank creates when you're subjected to it, wherein you're expected to speak about and think about the statement as though it say...
deadsimpletech.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Missed @iris-meredith.bsky.social's essay on wank when it first came out. Well worth a read; will be muttering "wank" a lot under my breath now.
deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_o...
deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_o...
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NEW: The IG report on SignalGate is out. Hegseth sent classified information out on an unclassified Signal chat and put our troops in harms way. Hegseth says he retroactively "declassified" it so it doesn't count. You can read the findings here: media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
NEW: The IG report on SignalGate is out. Hegseth sent classified information out on an unclassified Signal chat and put our troops in harms way. Hegseth says he retroactively "declassified" it so it doesn't count. You can read the findings here: media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
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Matt Walsh criticizing political pundits and commentators for not focusing on the ordinary-everyday problems facing ordinary people...
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Matt Walsh criticizing political pundits and commentators for not focusing on the ordinary-everyday problems facing ordinary people...
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Breaking: Name released of the suspect accused of planting pipe bombs before Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Person suspected of planting pipe bombs ahead of Jan. 6 riots in custody
The pipe bombs were placed near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees on the night of Jan. 5, 2021, Reuters and the Associated Press reported.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Breaking: Name released of the suspect accused of planting pipe bombs before Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr is undermining trust in vaccines with claims about aluminium that contradict scientific studies involving millions of people.
Aluminium in vaccines: separating RFK Jr’s claims from scientific evidence
Robert F. Kennedy Jr is undermining trust in vaccines with claims about aluminium that contradict scientific studies involving millions of people.
tcnv.link
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr is undermining trust in vaccines with claims about aluminium that contradict scientific studies involving millions of people.
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Agree 💯 With Mark Kelly......
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Agree 💯 With Mark Kelly......