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Rob Reiner once told his parents he wanted to change his name.
They thought well, this poor kid is worried about being in the shadow of his famous father. So they asked him, "OK, what do you want to change your name to?"
He said, "Carl."
Christ, I'm going to miss this man. 😢
They thought well, this poor kid is worried about being in the shadow of his famous father. So they asked him, "OK, what do you want to change your name to?"
He said, "Carl."
Christ, I'm going to miss this man. 😢
December 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Rob Reiner once told his parents he wanted to change his name.
They thought well, this poor kid is worried about being in the shadow of his famous father. So they asked him, "OK, what do you want to change your name to?"
He said, "Carl."
Christ, I'm going to miss this man. 😢
They thought well, this poor kid is worried about being in the shadow of his famous father. So they asked him, "OK, what do you want to change your name to?"
He said, "Carl."
Christ, I'm going to miss this man. 😢
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We are closing out tonight with a link to enjoy the legendary table read of The Princess Bride.
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
Princess Bride reunion and table read
YouTube video by CoG
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December 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We are closing out tonight with a link to enjoy the legendary table read of The Princess Bride.
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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This is Seth at his best youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...
Seth Remembers Rob Reiner
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
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December 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is Seth at his best youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...
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It’s so cool that every website is just Like This now. We used to send guys to the chair for putting pop-up ads on their sites. Now if I want to read something I have to read single lines between autoplaying video ads that use so much RAM they force the browser to reload every 5 seconds.
December 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s so cool that every website is just Like This now. We used to send guys to the chair for putting pop-up ads on their sites. Now if I want to read something I have to read single lines between autoplaying video ads that use so much RAM they force the browser to reload every 5 seconds.
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Hanukkah celebrates finding perseverance, strength, and light in the darkest moments.
Now more than ever, it’s on all of us to carry that light forward for the good of everyone.
Happy first night of Hanukkah, California! 🕎
Now more than ever, it’s on all of us to carry that light forward for the good of everyone.
Happy first night of Hanukkah, California! 🕎
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hanukkah celebrates finding perseverance, strength, and light in the darkest moments.
Now more than ever, it’s on all of us to carry that light forward for the good of everyone.
Happy first night of Hanukkah, California! 🕎
Now more than ever, it’s on all of us to carry that light forward for the good of everyone.
Happy first night of Hanukkah, California! 🕎
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The housing crisis comes down to this: Not enough homes and the ones we have are too expensive.
My Housing BOOM Act would expand federal tax credits to help kickstart the next housing boom in America, and help Californians get housing they can afford.
My Housing BOOM Act would expand federal tax credits to help kickstart the next housing boom in America, and help Californians get housing they can afford.
December 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The housing crisis comes down to this: Not enough homes and the ones we have are too expensive.
My Housing BOOM Act would expand federal tax credits to help kickstart the next housing boom in America, and help Californians get housing they can afford.
My Housing BOOM Act would expand federal tax credits to help kickstart the next housing boom in America, and help Californians get housing they can afford.
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Don’t worry, CBS News is completely unaffected by the new change in management.
December 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Don’t worry, CBS News is completely unaffected by the new change in management.
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A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
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And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
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Less "nothing matters" & more "We are ruled by people who don't understand that things matter"
December 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Less "nothing matters" & more "We are ruled by people who don't understand that things matter"
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Generations of renters have been left behind by the home shortage and skyrocketing costs we've inherited.
Blue city and blue state electeds had better wake up and deliver results.
If not, why would young people continue to have faith in Democrats—or democracy—as capable of solving problems?
Blue city and blue state electeds had better wake up and deliver results.
If not, why would young people continue to have faith in Democrats—or democracy—as capable of solving problems?
From the Yale Youth Poll - note how much more young people care about housing. It's issue #3 in importance for them! (And since housing is most people's biggest expense, "affordability" is really another way of talking about housing.)
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Generations of renters have been left behind by the home shortage and skyrocketing costs we've inherited.
Blue city and blue state electeds had better wake up and deliver results.
If not, why would young people continue to have faith in Democrats—or democracy—as capable of solving problems?
Blue city and blue state electeds had better wake up and deliver results.
If not, why would young people continue to have faith in Democrats—or democracy—as capable of solving problems?
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"Yet, long before Hitler or Stalin, the cult of the individual hero carried with it contempt for democracy." - Daniel Boorstin, The Image, 1961
December 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Yet, long before Hitler or Stalin, the cult of the individual hero carried with it contempt for democracy." - Daniel Boorstin, The Image, 1961
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This single closure wipes out nearly 5% of the nation’s daily beef capacity. Add another 1,700 jobs lost in Amarillo, Texas, and it’s obvious what’s happening: the beef supply is under stress and workers are eating the fallout.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
www.msn.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This single closure wipes out nearly 5% of the nation’s daily beef capacity. Add another 1,700 jobs lost in Amarillo, Texas, and it’s obvious what’s happening: the beef supply is under stress and workers are eating the fallout.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Talking about a “DMZ with Russia”? Sure. Here’s how it should look.
If anyone insists on a “demilitarized zone” between Ukraine and Russia, let’s be clear where it belongs.
Not inside Ukraine.
Not on Ukrainian land.
A real DMZ starts inside Russia — far enough to stop missiles, drones, 👇
If anyone insists on a “demilitarized zone” between Ukraine and Russia, let’s be clear where it belongs.
Not inside Ukraine.
Not on Ukrainian land.
A real DMZ starts inside Russia — far enough to stop missiles, drones, 👇
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Talking about a “DMZ with Russia”? Sure. Here’s how it should look.
If anyone insists on a “demilitarized zone” between Ukraine and Russia, let’s be clear where it belongs.
Not inside Ukraine.
Not on Ukrainian land.
A real DMZ starts inside Russia — far enough to stop missiles, drones, 👇
If anyone insists on a “demilitarized zone” between Ukraine and Russia, let’s be clear where it belongs.
Not inside Ukraine.
Not on Ukrainian land.
A real DMZ starts inside Russia — far enough to stop missiles, drones, 👇
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The daily value of NATO is not that it fights wars. The greater value is that it prevents them by binding together the strategic nervous systems of democracies. When that system weakens, the United States does not become freer. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pAE7qK
This Isn’t the End of NATO
There’s a reason every previous prediction of the alliance’s dissolution was wrong.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The daily value of NATO is not that it fights wars. The greater value is that it prevents them by binding together the strategic nervous systems of democracies. When that system weakens, the United States does not become freer. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pAE7qK
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Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
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In June of this year, DHS Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin forcefully proclaimed on social media that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “will never go free on American soil”
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
In June of this year, DHS Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin forcefully proclaimed on social media that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “will never go free on American soil”
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
Today he was released by a federal judge
He spent this evening with his family
In Maryland
@theguardian.com Could you please read what you wrote here and rethink the choice of descriptors used?
The word "conservatives" is used to label justices who appear to be ready to dispense with precedent. If "conservative" is meant to preserve the status quo, that isn't conservative behavior.
The word "conservatives" is used to label justices who appear to be ready to dispense with precedent. If "conservative" is meant to preserve the status quo, that isn't conservative behavior.
US supreme court conservatives appear poised to back Trump in case that tests president’s ability to fire officials – live
Lawyer for fired FTC member says removal protection ‘has been part of our story since 1790’; Trump administration argues 90-year precedent ‘must be overruled’
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@theguardian.com Could you please read what you wrote here and rethink the choice of descriptors used?
The word "conservatives" is used to label justices who appear to be ready to dispense with precedent. If "conservative" is meant to preserve the status quo, that isn't conservative behavior.
The word "conservatives" is used to label justices who appear to be ready to dispense with precedent. If "conservative" is meant to preserve the status quo, that isn't conservative behavior.
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Still think Trump/Russia is a “hoax”?
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe—Not Russia—as Villain in New Security Policy
An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Still think Trump/Russia is a “hoax”?
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Once Again, For the People in the Back Row: The South Didn't Lose the Civil War 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Once Again, For the People in the Back Row: The South Didn't Lose the Civil War
The other day I posted this photograph on Bluesky with the following comment: “The South didn’t lose the Civil War.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Once Again, For the People in the Back Row: The South Didn't Lose the Civil War 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
What is wrong with us?
Our kids were little, and we lived in Malaysia, when current HepB vax approved in 1986. Our doctor in KL told us how great it was for our kids to get this protection so early in life. I got my shot too. Deb was then very sick w HepA, from trip through China. Got her shot later
This ruling is evil
This ruling is evil
This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
What is wrong with us?