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Hi! Just a quick note to (potential) followers. I don't really post much. I mostly repost and comment on others' threads, so don't expect a lot of novel content from me. Otherwise, welcome!
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I thought the rendering I saw here of the "Trump Class" USS Defiant with the pew pews was some niche Star Trek joke. And then I realized its real.
The guy is a lunatic... How many VLS cells can one fit on the deck of a Panamax?
The guy is a lunatic... How many VLS cells can one fit on the deck of a Panamax?
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I thought the rendering I saw here of the "Trump Class" USS Defiant with the pew pews was some niche Star Trek joke. And then I realized its real.
The guy is a lunatic... How many VLS cells can one fit on the deck of a Panamax?
The guy is a lunatic... How many VLS cells can one fit on the deck of a Panamax?
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No cause for shame or pride either way, in my view. What she does, says or believes just doesn't reflect on me or you.
December 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
No cause for shame or pride either way, in my view. What she does, says or believes just doesn't reflect on me or you.
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“The agreement — called a memorandum of understanding, or MOU — would hand the federal government a major role in election administration, a responsibility that belongs to the states under the U.S. Constitution.”
stateline.org/2025/12/18/t...
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Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
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December 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“The agreement — called a memorandum of understanding, or MOU — would hand the federal government a major role in election administration, a responsibility that belongs to the states under the U.S. Constitution.”
stateline.org/2025/12/18/t...
stateline.org/2025/12/18/t...
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Everyone remembers Saturday Night Fever for The Bee Gees music & dance scene, but it was actually an incredibly depressing film.
everything we see about the 1970s focuses on the flash and glitter of the decade. there isn't much media that centers on the stagflation of the decade and the collapse of the nation's industrial base. (one reason that SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is still worth watching is it is *about* the latter)
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Everyone remembers Saturday Night Fever for The Bee Gees music & dance scene, but it was actually an incredibly depressing film.
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Scott Alexander: the case for not hating Boomers
Against Against Boomers
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December 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Scott Alexander: the case for not hating Boomers
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Russians understand consequences.
Ukrainian defenders kill or severely wound about 1,000 Russian invaders every day. Putin hates and fears them.
Americans impose no consequences on Russia. Putin has contempt for their weakness and manipulates them like puppets.
Ukrainian defenders kill or severely wound about 1,000 Russian invaders every day. Putin hates and fears them.
Americans impose no consequences on Russia. Putin has contempt for their weakness and manipulates them like puppets.
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Russians understand consequences.
Ukrainian defenders kill or severely wound about 1,000 Russian invaders every day. Putin hates and fears them.
Americans impose no consequences on Russia. Putin has contempt for their weakness and manipulates them like puppets.
Ukrainian defenders kill or severely wound about 1,000 Russian invaders every day. Putin hates and fears them.
Americans impose no consequences on Russia. Putin has contempt for their weakness and manipulates them like puppets.
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Yuanxin is six years old. He sat in a classroom in our neighborhood. His family fled danger seeking safety and were met with state violence and deportation instead. This is a moral failure. Demand accountability. Support local immigrant defense efforts. Refuse to let this happen in silence.
December 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Yuanxin is six years old. He sat in a classroom in our neighborhood. His family fled danger seeking safety and were met with state violence and deportation instead. This is a moral failure. Demand accountability. Support local immigrant defense efforts. Refuse to let this happen in silence.
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In a stable superpower, not a fading country shackled to the Confederacy’s corpse, this would be an administration-ending scandal.
Impeachment and conviction of numerous administration officials - including the president - would happen almost immediately.
But nothing will pass at all.
Shame.
Impeachment and conviction of numerous administration officials - including the president - would happen almost immediately.
But nothing will pass at all.
Shame.
Steve Witkoff’s unlikely diplomatic ascent was bolstered by two fans: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Witkoff’s Other Backer in His Unlikely Diplomatic Ascent: Putin
The Kremlin release of an American prisoner and a Saudi backchannel bolstered the rise of Trump’s longtime friend.
on.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In a stable superpower, not a fading country shackled to the Confederacy’s corpse, this would be an administration-ending scandal.
Impeachment and conviction of numerous administration officials - including the president - would happen almost immediately.
But nothing will pass at all.
Shame.
Impeachment and conviction of numerous administration officials - including the president - would happen almost immediately.
But nothing will pass at all.
Shame.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
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This excellent work from the WP should have gotten more attention. Stephen Miller has become a kind of Grand Vizier, directing not only domestic policy but also our military, at least in this hemisphere (gift link):
wapo.st/4avmYKt
wapo.st/4avmYKt
Stephen Miller’s hard-line Mexico strategy morphed into deadly boat strikes
President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller, had a plan to target Mexican drug cartels. That strategy morphed into lethal boat strikes.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This excellent work from the WP should have gotten more attention. Stephen Miller has become a kind of Grand Vizier, directing not only domestic policy but also our military, at least in this hemisphere (gift link):
wapo.st/4avmYKt
wapo.st/4avmYKt
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Trump nominated the Supreme Court Justices that overturned Roe. That wasn’t Joe Biden’s fault you moron. The people who refused to vote for Hillary in 2016 allowed Trump to nominate the 3 Supreme Court justices that overturned Roe.
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump nominated the Supreme Court Justices that overturned Roe. That wasn’t Joe Biden’s fault you moron. The people who refused to vote for Hillary in 2016 allowed Trump to nominate the 3 Supreme Court justices that overturned Roe.
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Can anyone help identify this mysteriously blacked out figure from the Epstein files?
December 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Can anyone help identify this mysteriously blacked out figure from the Epstein files?
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1. First, let's talk about the elephant in the room that he doesn't mention explicitly but haunts the whole piece: climate change is real, we've overshot the goal and the only way to turn the corner is to leave fossil fuel in the ground. To ignore that is to talk about rocketry and ignore gravity.
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1. First, let's talk about the elephant in the room that he doesn't mention explicitly but haunts the whole piece: climate change is real, we've overshot the goal and the only way to turn the corner is to leave fossil fuel in the ground. To ignore that is to talk about rocketry and ignore gravity.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
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❗️"There are many Putins: one negotiates with the Americans, another gives speeches, a third does other things," — Zelenskyy
December 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
❗️"There are many Putins: one negotiates with the Americans, another gives speeches, a third does other things," — Zelenskyy
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The falsely-named “Russian Federation” is a transnational crime syndicate. It is not a state and does not belong to the family of nations. It is wholly illegitimate.
The Putin-Kremlin crime syndicate must not be bowed down to out of fear. It must be destroyed.
The Putin-Kremlin crime syndicate must not be bowed down to out of fear. It must be destroyed.
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The falsely-named “Russian Federation” is a transnational crime syndicate. It is not a state and does not belong to the family of nations. It is wholly illegitimate.
The Putin-Kremlin crime syndicate must not be bowed down to out of fear. It must be destroyed.
The Putin-Kremlin crime syndicate must not be bowed down to out of fear. It must be destroyed.
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Here is a copy of the complaint, which describes how Epstein threatened to “burn her house down”
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Here is a copy of the complaint, which describes how Epstein threatened to “burn her house down”
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Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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A "debate" where the two sides are a conservative operative and an Epstein files guy. Remember what I said about how "stacked panel" propaganda works.
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A "debate" where the two sides are a conservative operative and an Epstein files guy. Remember what I said about how "stacked panel" propaganda works.
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“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
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December 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
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Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev said he is traveling to Miami for talks with US officials on the Russian-Ukrainian war.
December 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev said he is traveling to Miami for talks with US officials on the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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Very long story short, what we are finding is that both Trump and Epstein were products of a large scale subversion campaign designed by Vladimir Kryuchkov to topple the West, with Trump as a political front and Maxwells/Epstein tasked with allocating ~$50 billion in KGB funds.
📄 EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Epstein's 1988 trip to Iowa connects to a sprawling influence network around Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation. Ray Dalio, James Comey, Sean Combs, David Lynch and others make appearances. Part 5 in our series.
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Part Five: Epstein, Iowa, and the Maharishi
Was Jeffrey Epstein part of Russia's broader war on the West? In this multi-part series we examine his obsession with nuclear scientists, eugenics, transhumanism, and influence. What we found will lik...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Very long story short, what we are finding is that both Trump and Epstein were products of a large scale subversion campaign designed by Vladimir Kryuchkov to topple the West, with Trump as a political front and Maxwells/Epstein tasked with allocating ~$50 billion in KGB funds.