Next they'll demand the creation a girl's branch of TP Texas & call it Bund Texaner Mädel.
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Next they'll demand the creation a girl's branch of TP Texas & call it Bund Texaner Mädel.
No, but I recall a live ticker scrolling across the bottom of the TV screen, and the shock I felt.
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
No, but I recall a live ticker scrolling across the bottom of the TV screen, and the shock I felt.
Having solved all other problems, they're now trying to make performative airport chinuppery a thing.
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Having solved all other problems, they're now trying to make performative airport chinuppery a thing.
I suppose airports will hasten to add chin-up bars to placate Duffman.
And, though I'm kind of a fitness dork, I'm looking forward to mocking the jackasses who will engage in performative airport chinuppery.
And, though I'm kind of a fitness dork, I'm looking forward to mocking the jackasses who will engage in performative airport chinuppery.
December 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I suppose airports will hasten to add chin-up bars to placate Duffman.
And, though I'm kind of a fitness dork, I'm looking forward to mocking the jackasses who will engage in performative airport chinuppery.
And, though I'm kind of a fitness dork, I'm looking forward to mocking the jackasses who will engage in performative airport chinuppery.
To be fair, there's a Pratchett quote for everything.
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
To be fair, there's a Pratchett quote for everything.
Rule of law strikes me as a huge issue, especially as it relates to FDI in the US. Who would commit to a major long-term investment in the US if the rule of law has been replaced by the whims of a decrepit, autocratic old man?
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Rule of law strikes me as a huge issue, especially as it relates to FDI in the US. Who would commit to a major long-term investment in the US if the rule of law has been replaced by the whims of a decrepit, autocratic old man?
I used to consult with hedge fund investors about the networks business in the oughts. Their questions were touchingly naive - they hadn't a clue about the technology or market structure.
But they all had really big watches.
But they all had really big watches.
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I used to consult with hedge fund investors about the networks business in the oughts. Their questions were touchingly naive - they hadn't a clue about the technology or market structure.
But they all had really big watches.
But they all had really big watches.
Awkward when buying shoes, but surely an advantage when you're swimming.
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Awkward when buying shoes, but surely an advantage when you're swimming.
Three. Word. Taglines...
...should have died along with the tech bubble, but have remained a staple of creatives who are either phoning it in or flat out of ideas.
...should have died along with the tech bubble, but have remained a staple of creatives who are either phoning it in or flat out of ideas.
December 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Three. Word. Taglines...
...should have died along with the tech bubble, but have remained a staple of creatives who are either phoning it in or flat out of ideas.
...should have died along with the tech bubble, but have remained a staple of creatives who are either phoning it in or flat out of ideas.
(headdesk)
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
(headdesk)
He's got all of the charisma & warmth of a pit viper. He's a Harvard educated J.D., an asshole of the people. The Rep party is full of these psychos with negative charisma -- JD Vance, Desantis, Hawley, Cruz...
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
He's got all of the charisma & warmth of a pit viper. He's a Harvard educated J.D., an asshole of the people. The Rep party is full of these psychos with negative charisma -- JD Vance, Desantis, Hawley, Cruz...
Cotton has been a bloodthirsty ghoul with openly authoritarian views for his entire career in the Senate. In 2020 the NYT disgraced itself by publishing his screed calling for the US military to squash BLM protests.
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Cotton has been a bloodthirsty ghoul with openly authoritarian views for his entire career in the Senate. In 2020 the NYT disgraced itself by publishing his screed calling for the US military to squash BLM protests.
Yup. AP's coverage of the Trump junta has been less compromised than that of most mainstream news media. Reuters, too.
May help that AP is structured as a non-profit?
May help that AP is structured as a non-profit?
December 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Yup. AP's coverage of the Trump junta has been less compromised than that of most mainstream news media. Reuters, too.
May help that AP is structured as a non-profit?
May help that AP is structured as a non-profit?
He owns or doesn't own Schrodinger's soybean farm.
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
He owns or doesn't own Schrodinger's soybean farm.
This will almost certainly provoke complaints that South Park has become woke and unfunny.
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This will almost certainly provoke complaints that South Park has become woke and unfunny.
Focusing on "affordability" at a time like this is not just vapid, it also sets them up for failure in future election cycles, since it's a campaign pledge they can't possibly deliver.
How do maroons like this end up "leading" the party?
How do maroons like this end up "leading" the party?
December 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Focusing on "affordability" at a time like this is not just vapid, it also sets them up for failure in future election cycles, since it's a campaign pledge they can't possibly deliver.
How do maroons like this end up "leading" the party?
How do maroons like this end up "leading" the party?
How can we beat a a Rep party that is:
* comically corrupt,
* trampling civil liberties & the rule of law,
* Sowing chaos in US cities, destroying families?
* Led by an incoherent, drowsy old narcissist?
I've got it! Let's focus on grocery prices!
* comically corrupt,
* trampling civil liberties & the rule of law,
* Sowing chaos in US cities, destroying families?
* Led by an incoherent, drowsy old narcissist?
I've got it! Let's focus on grocery prices!
December 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
How can we beat a a Rep party that is:
* comically corrupt,
* trampling civil liberties & the rule of law,
* Sowing chaos in US cities, destroying families?
* Led by an incoherent, drowsy old narcissist?
I've got it! Let's focus on grocery prices!
* comically corrupt,
* trampling civil liberties & the rule of law,
* Sowing chaos in US cities, destroying families?
* Led by an incoherent, drowsy old narcissist?
I've got it! Let's focus on grocery prices!
He heard it from a cousin whose friend's aunt saw a strapping-buck & a welfare-queen immigrant, flashing their welfare checks to buy lobsters & t-bones, while hardworking Americans are making do with hot dogs & chuck roast.
She also thinks they were "swarthy," though she's unsure what that means.
She also thinks they were "swarthy," though she's unsure what that means.
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
He heard it from a cousin whose friend's aunt saw a strapping-buck & a welfare-queen immigrant, flashing their welfare checks to buy lobsters & t-bones, while hardworking Americans are making do with hot dogs & chuck roast.
She also thinks they were "swarthy," though she's unsure what that means.
She also thinks they were "swarthy," though she's unsure what that means.
Preferably at the precise moment Lonsdale is stepping in to serve a fresh cup of tea to Thiel.
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Preferably at the precise moment Lonsdale is stepping in to serve a fresh cup of tea to Thiel.
But think of all the synergies! And how else are they to achieve the scale they need to be able to raise prices and reward their shareholders?
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
But think of all the synergies! And how else are they to achieve the scale they need to be able to raise prices and reward their shareholders?
So they're basically conducting a live experiment on the US public, even as US trains are getting ever longer. Eg over 10% of Union Pacific's trains are more than 2.5 miles long. Longer trains require more time to brake, & to clear intersections.
www.railwayage.com/freight/clas...
www.railwayage.com/freight/clas...
Long Trains in the U.S. Southwest
Freight train length has been a growing topic of discussion, and concerns about the safety risks of running longer trains have captured the attention of policy makers and the public.
www.railwayage.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So they're basically conducting a live experiment on the US public, even as US trains are getting ever longer. Eg over 10% of Union Pacific's trains are more than 2.5 miles long. Longer trains require more time to brake, & to clear intersections.
www.railwayage.com/freight/clas...
www.railwayage.com/freight/clas...
19. Never had an AOL account.
Slept in a waterbed once, at a B&B in Erfurt, in the former East Germany, whose owners had used their new entrepreneurial freedom to open a waterbed store.
Slept in a waterbed once, at a B&B in Erfurt, in the former East Germany, whose owners had used their new entrepreneurial freedom to open a waterbed store.
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
19. Never had an AOL account.
Slept in a waterbed once, at a B&B in Erfurt, in the former East Germany, whose owners had used their new entrepreneurial freedom to open a waterbed store.
Slept in a waterbed once, at a B&B in Erfurt, in the former East Germany, whose owners had used their new entrepreneurial freedom to open a waterbed store.