Schnipp'sQuips
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Dad, Mets fan, Cornell alum, ink-stained wretch, night stalker, sleepwalker, failed poet. Suddenly a CNBC Pro editor. Opinions mine alone/RTs unendorsed.
So let's keep cutting basic scientific research. I'm sure that's a great idea.
Opinion | I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
So let's keep cutting basic scientific research. I'm sure that's a great idea.
Drunken, bullying, abhorrent, terrorizing laughingstock.
JD Vance Booed at Olympic Opening Ceremony in Milan
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Drunken, bullying, abhorrent, terrorizing laughingstock.
If there's one reason AI exists, it's to write self-assessments.
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
If there's one reason AI exists, it's to write self-assessments.
Meet the smuggest man in the room. Your United States Treasury Secretary.
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Meet the smuggest man in the room. Your United States Treasury Secretary.
Friends look for alternatives.
Enemies gloat.
This is what 77 million of my countrymen voted for
Enemies gloat.
This is what 77 million of my countrymen voted for
Essay | How America First Risks Becoming America Alone
U.S. allies are growing increasingly disenchanted and insulted by the country’s aggressive foreign policy strategy.
www.wsj.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Friends look for alternatives.
Enemies gloat.
This is what 77 million of my countrymen voted for
Enemies gloat.
This is what 77 million of my countrymen voted for
Give it up for Minneapolis, world!
Springsteen Takes the Stage as Minneapolis Residents Take to the Streets
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Give it up for Minneapolis, world!
Hundreds of Minnesotans on a frozen lake today.
January 31, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Hundreds of Minnesotans on a frozen lake today.
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It doesn’t seem like Epstein is a hoax after all.
January 31, 2026 at 1:53 AM
It doesn’t seem like Epstein is a hoax after all.
“You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way.”
Judge Weighs Trump’s Removal of Slavery Markers From George Washington’s House
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:04 AM
“You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way.”
The GOP thinks this is a winning message to take into November?
In what alternate universe.
In what alternate universe.
January 27, 2026 at 1:53 AM
The GOP thinks this is a winning message to take into November?
In what alternate universe.
In what alternate universe.
Impunity.
No consequences.
No consequences.
From Kent State to Minneapolis
The American Tradition of State Violence Without Consequence
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Impunity.
No consequences.
No consequences.
Assuming fair elections are held in November, how do a vast tidal wave of independent voters repulsed by ICE and the WH not vote for anyone else but the GOP?
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Assuming fair elections are held in November, how do a vast tidal wave of independent voters repulsed by ICE and the WH not vote for anyone else but the GOP?
We had absolutely no idea.
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
We had absolutely no idea.
When today's Portland, Maine was attacked and set ablaze in a naval bombardment in the 18th century, we called it the Burning of Falmouth.
Difference being, it was the British navy, not Americans, that set it alight.
Difference being, it was the British navy, not Americans, that set it alight.
Burning of Falmouth - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:07 PM
When today's Portland, Maine was attacked and set ablaze in a naval bombardment in the 18th century, we called it the Burning of Falmouth.
Difference being, it was the British navy, not Americans, that set it alight.
Difference being, it was the British navy, not Americans, that set it alight.
Minnesota aside, where is the greatest concentration of (legal) Somali immigration into the United States?
The Pine Tree State.
The Pine Tree State.
Federal officials launch ICE operation in Maine and begin arrests
“Everyone is on high alert,” Portland Mayor Mark Dion said. His city and nearby Lewiston have seen an influx of migrants and asylum seekers in recent years.
wapo.st
January 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Minnesota aside, where is the greatest concentration of (legal) Somali immigration into the United States?
The Pine Tree State.
The Pine Tree State.
All those Germans after Nov. 1932 who said, "Well, I never voted that guy!"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novembe...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novembe...
November 1932 German federal election - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
All those Germans after Nov. 1932 who said, "Well, I never voted that guy!"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novembe...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novembe...
What a profoundly weird dude.
(I blame Fred!)
(I blame Fred!)
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
What a profoundly weird dude.
(I blame Fred!)
(I blame Fred!)
I just came in from an hour long walk and my youngest child (16) is studying while listening to Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue.
My job here is done.
My job here is done.
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 AM
I just came in from an hour long walk and my youngest child (16) is studying while listening to Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue.
My job here is done.
My job here is done.
Strange choice of name for this restaurant company’s loyalty program.
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Strange choice of name for this restaurant company’s loyalty program.
Climate change is a hoax except for this from Vail Resorts:
-Snowfall at western U.S. resorts in November and December was ~50% below historical 30-year average
-Rockies snowfall down ~60% versus historical 30-year average
-11% of terrain open in December
-Tahoe near historic lows thru mid-December
-Snowfall at western U.S. resorts in November and December was ~50% below historical 30-year average
-Rockies snowfall down ~60% versus historical 30-year average
-11% of terrain open in December
-Tahoe near historic lows thru mid-December
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Climate change is a hoax except for this from Vail Resorts:
-Snowfall at western U.S. resorts in November and December was ~50% below historical 30-year average
-Rockies snowfall down ~60% versus historical 30-year average
-11% of terrain open in December
-Tahoe near historic lows thru mid-December
-Snowfall at western U.S. resorts in November and December was ~50% below historical 30-year average
-Rockies snowfall down ~60% versus historical 30-year average
-11% of terrain open in December
-Tahoe near historic lows thru mid-December
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“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
Dismantling the Fed is extreme, even by the bipartisan standards of treating the U.S. dollar like toilet paper since 1970.
Careful what you wish for MAGA.
Careful what you wish for MAGA.
January 12, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Dismantling the Fed is extreme, even by the bipartisan standards of treating the U.S. dollar like toilet paper since 1970.
Careful what you wish for MAGA.
Careful what you wish for MAGA.
The problem with an independent, “unweaponized” Justice Department is it dragged its heels, failed to prosecute at trial — and the Republic crumbled.
Now look at the mess we’re in.
Now look at the mess we’re in.
Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:35 AM
The problem with an independent, “unweaponized” Justice Department is it dragged its heels, failed to prosecute at trial — and the Republic crumbled.
Now look at the mess we’re in.
Now look at the mess we’re in.
Wag The Dog.
Wag The Fog.
The Epstein Files must have contain really incriminating shit.
Wag The Fog.
The Epstein Files must have contain really incriminating shit.
January 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Wag The Dog.
Wag The Fog.
The Epstein Files must have contain really incriminating shit.
Wag The Fog.
The Epstein Files must have contain really incriminating shit.