Toast Conger
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Toast Conger
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· Jul 2
Donald Trump announces his a "trade deal" with Vietnam, which increases taxes on American consumers while decreasing taxes on Vietnamese consumers.
The zero-rate tariff offer in Vietnam was proposed on April 4. He's essentially done nothing in 3 months.
A true genius at work. The art of the deal.
The zero-rate tariff offer in Vietnam was proposed on April 4. He's essentially done nothing in 3 months.
A true genius at work. The art of the deal.
Maybe I just start collecting these
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If he wants to declare martial law, he will. It won't be based on reality. I don't know why some people continue to say: "be peaceful or he'll invoke martial law." Are you all living in this country in 2026???? Haven't you seen them make things up out of whole cloth???? Are you 10 years old?
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 AM
If he wants to declare martial law, he will. It won't be based on reality. I don't know why some people continue to say: "be peaceful or he'll invoke martial law." Are you all living in this country in 2026???? Haven't you seen them make things up out of whole cloth???? Are you 10 years old?
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
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I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
Glad you know it. Those guys really never recovered from the pussy hats. Truly.
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Glad you know it. Those guys really never recovered from the pussy hats. Truly.
This is very adjacent to all those billionaires with signing bonuses for the zombie apocalypse security team mixed liberally with a bit of surejan.gif.
January 11, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This is very adjacent to all those billionaires with signing bonuses for the zombie apocalypse security team mixed liberally with a bit of surejan.gif.
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I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.
It's the pink hat, Zoe. Obvs.
January 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
It's the pink hat, Zoe. Obvs.
It's time to move mail accounts if for no other reason than that this one has too many billions of spam inbound messages. Can't unsubscribe enough to curate this shit. This weekend task. Gonna hold you on speed dial Paul. :)
January 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
It's time to move mail accounts if for no other reason than that this one has too many billions of spam inbound messages. Can't unsubscribe enough to curate this shit. This weekend task. Gonna hold you on speed dial Paul. :)
Absolute MOOD
January 11, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Absolute MOOD
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“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
Odds that Happy Trump contains a bug = 100
January 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Odds that Happy Trump contains a bug = 100
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We need a government with cojones.
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 AM
We need a government with cojones.
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Heh.
Perfect explanation of the AI market bubble.
Perfect explanation of the AI market bubble.
January 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Heh.
Perfect explanation of the AI market bubble.
Perfect explanation of the AI market bubble.
You are also presumably not a lawyer.
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
You are also presumably not a lawyer.
Price controls? Really?
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Price controls? Really?
Weren't we all? Today I'm feeling particularly pre-Jenkins, tbf. Exhausting.
January 10, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Weren't we all? Today I'm feeling particularly pre-Jenkins, tbf. Exhausting.
Yes. That's what the video clearly shows. She said she wasn't mad at him for being an asshole, he shoots half her head off and then calls her a fucking bitch. So you know. Judge, jury, executioner all at once for the crime of noting that an asshole is an asshole.
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Yes. That's what the video clearly shows. She said she wasn't mad at him for being an asshole, he shoots half her head off and then calls her a fucking bitch. So you know. Judge, jury, executioner all at once for the crime of noting that an asshole is an asshole.
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white women and queers - and people who love them - this is a good week to look GOP voters you know in the eye and ask them if they think it should be legally permissible for men to shoot you or your loved one in the head on the basis of being a “fucking bitch”
January 10, 2026 at 12:08 AM
white women and queers - and people who love them - this is a good week to look GOP voters you know in the eye and ask them if they think it should be legally permissible for men to shoot you or your loved one in the head on the basis of being a “fucking bitch”
People who think he was untrained actually miss the crux of it. He was a highly trained arms instructor who knew precisely what he was doing end to end, including being fully aware that the US administration would back him up. He positioned himself to get lightly touched by the car deliberately.
January 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
People who think he was untrained actually miss the crux of it. He was a highly trained arms instructor who knew precisely what he was doing end to end, including being fully aware that the US administration would back him up. He positioned himself to get lightly touched by the car deliberately.
Oh boy. This is when we moved to a zone defense.
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Oh boy. This is when we moved to a zone defense.
Which paradoxically I have to say is probably a disadvantage at this point. Another 9-12 months of consolidation? Not good.
January 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Which paradoxically I have to say is probably a disadvantage at this point. Another 9-12 months of consolidation? Not good.
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In a tripartite post, hete is the perfect example of when to use the (eponymous) Popehat Rule for Social Media.
It states: "If you look at someone and see no reasonable probability you'll ever have a positive or instructive interaction with them, block now and move on."
It states: "If you look at someone and see no reasonable probability you'll ever have a positive or instructive interaction with them, block now and move on."
January 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
In a tripartite post, hete is the perfect example of when to use the (eponymous) Popehat Rule for Social Media.
It states: "If you look at someone and see no reasonable probability you'll ever have a positive or instructive interaction with them, block now and move on."
It states: "If you look at someone and see no reasonable probability you'll ever have a positive or instructive interaction with them, block now and move on."