George Hackenschmidt 🇺🇸🇺🇦
@ghackenschmidt.bsky.social
Uninspired M&A Lawyer with a thing for politics.
Martial artist. Lifter. Runner. Hiker. Lover of travel. Aspiring hyperpolyglot. Scotch snob. Smoker of brisket. A tennis player on my better days. World citizen, but American first. Extreme moderate.
Martial artist. Lifter. Runner. Hiker. Lover of travel. Aspiring hyperpolyglot. Scotch snob. Smoker of brisket. A tennis player on my better days. World citizen, but American first. Extreme moderate.
You…good, there, professor?
February 7, 2026 at 11:45 PM
You…good, there, professor?
Get a grip, man!
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Get a grip, man!
FIFA is so far up Trump’s butt it can see Lindsey Graham.
He’ll go.
He’ll go.
January 28, 2026 at 12:02 AM
FIFA is so far up Trump’s butt it can see Lindsey Graham.
He’ll go.
He’ll go.
But you know Trump will want to show up for it.
Just IMAGINE the booing.
Just IMAGINE the booing.
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
But you know Trump will want to show up for it.
Just IMAGINE the booing.
Just IMAGINE the booing.
Kitty living its best life.
January 26, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Kitty living its best life.
Maple crème brûlée French toast.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Maple crème brûlée French toast.
Indies only, no LV screen.
Wake me in late October.
In the meantime, I’ll be white-knuckling it.
Wake me in late October.
In the meantime, I’ll be white-knuckling it.
January 23, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Indies only, no LV screen.
Wake me in late October.
In the meantime, I’ll be white-knuckling it.
Wake me in late October.
In the meantime, I’ll be white-knuckling it.
Don’t put it past him.
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Don’t put it past him.
Rotten Tomatoes’ “fresh” certification died with Ghostbusters 2016.
January 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Rotten Tomatoes’ “fresh” certification died with Ghostbusters 2016.
It’d be an ex post facto law with respect to Minnesota, however.
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It’d be an ex post facto law with respect to Minnesota, however.
If this were 1998, we’d be at impeachment hearings right about now.
January 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
If this were 1998, we’d be at impeachment hearings right about now.
Bush never fails to disappoint.
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Bush never fails to disappoint.
“Pro tempore” is Latin.
The writer was being fancy.
The writer was being fancy.
December 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“Pro tempore” is Latin.
The writer was being fancy.
The writer was being fancy.
Is this like, Middle French, or?
I’m getting charitably 30%.
I’m getting charitably 30%.
December 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Is this like, Middle French, or?
I’m getting charitably 30%.
I’m getting charitably 30%.
Even Norway—a gorgeous country with a top-notch social safety net—has billionaires.
France has billionaires. Germany has billionaires.
Surely we can effectively tax them at rates equivalent to what working people pay without alienating them entirely (especially in a post-Citizens United era)?
France has billionaires. Germany has billionaires.
Surely we can effectively tax them at rates equivalent to what working people pay without alienating them entirely (especially in a post-Citizens United era)?
December 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Even Norway—a gorgeous country with a top-notch social safety net—has billionaires.
France has billionaires. Germany has billionaires.
Surely we can effectively tax them at rates equivalent to what working people pay without alienating them entirely (especially in a post-Citizens United era)?
France has billionaires. Germany has billionaires.
Surely we can effectively tax them at rates equivalent to what working people pay without alienating them entirely (especially in a post-Citizens United era)?
Glass can do that.
Does the sun hit it, perchance?
Does the sun hit it, perchance?
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Glass can do that.
Does the sun hit it, perchance?
Does the sun hit it, perchance?