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Lost Mike
@lostmike.bsky.social
· Sep 24
"Defoe says, that there were a hundred thousand stout country-fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."
- William Hazlitt, "On Prejudice"
- William Hazlitt, "On Prejudice"
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Looks like it’s time to break out Old Reliable again.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Looks like it’s time to break out Old Reliable again.
I would like, before I die, to live in a free country where wealth is distributed fairly and the powerful are not above the law.
And I no longer give a shit whether or not that country is the United States of America.
And I no longer give a shit whether or not that country is the United States of America.
I've reached the point where the dissolution of the country into new independent states doesn't really bother me anymore.
Anything but this.
Anything but this.
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I would like, before I die, to live in a free country where wealth is distributed fairly and the powerful are not above the law.
And I no longer give a shit whether or not that country is the United States of America.
And I no longer give a shit whether or not that country is the United States of America.
"Brown people are stealing your goodies" is pretty much the entire GOP message at this point, and it is to America's lasting shame that it works on a big chunk of our populace.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Brown people are stealing your goodies" is pretty much the entire GOP message at this point, and it is to America's lasting shame that it works on a big chunk of our populace.
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"taking jobs from Americans" really gives away the game. This guy just hates immigrants and thinks they don't belong here, and can be treated as sub-humans.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"taking jobs from Americans" really gives away the game. This guy just hates immigrants and thinks they don't belong here, and can be treated as sub-humans.
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it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
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After the touchdown, ARSB specifically looked around to find Trump and pointed at him and then did his little dance, performing for Trump and Pete Hegseth. Dancing for him. Pathetic. Own it. He even called you Amon Ra St Trump
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
After the touchdown, ARSB specifically looked around to find Trump and pointed at him and then did his little dance, performing for Trump and Pete Hegseth. Dancing for him. Pathetic. Own it. He even called you Amon Ra St Trump
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Woody Allen might be a pervert but he’s also famously clever. Noam Chomsky is the most cited academic in the country. And they wanted to have dinner with this barely literate asshole whose other friends’ humor doesn’t rise beyond boob jokes?
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Woody Allen might be a pervert but he’s also famously clever. Noam Chomsky is the most cited academic in the country. And they wanted to have dinner with this barely literate asshole whose other friends’ humor doesn’t rise beyond boob jokes?
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The fact that new evidence show that our entire ruling class is swarming with pedophile rapists who cover for another, regardless of ideological differences, just proves the importance of switching out a few dozen people and getting back to business as usual.
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The fact that new evidence show that our entire ruling class is swarming with pedophile rapists who cover for another, regardless of ideological differences, just proves the importance of switching out a few dozen people and getting back to business as usual.
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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"why don't women want to have more kids?!"
Because you made a country they want to flee.
Because you made a country they want to flee.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"why don't women want to have more kids?!"
Because you made a country they want to flee.
Because you made a country they want to flee.
I am not what you would call a fan of David Frum, but I am always interested in what Quico Toro has to say about Venezuela. The transcript of Frum's interview of Toro is informative about the state of Venezuela and the possibility of an American attack.
America on the Brink of War With Venezuela
Quico Toro on the Trump administration’s dangerous game of brinksmanship with Venezuela, and why a conflict in the Caribbean could be a disaster for everyone involved. Plus: Trump’s newest attempt at ...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am not what you would call a fan of David Frum, but I am always interested in what Quico Toro has to say about Venezuela. The transcript of Frum's interview of Toro is informative about the state of Venezuela and the possibility of an American attack.
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tbh, the scope of criminality described in barely-literate text and the scale of how many people involved are both genuinely really shocking to me
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
tbh, the scope of criminality described in barely-literate text and the scale of how many people involved are both genuinely really shocking to me
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"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
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Reminds me of when MAGA chuds say things like: “Well, King XYZ married her when she was 16, it’s natural, that’s how life was then.” No, the highly inbred royal houses were freakish outliers from normal folks actually.
Polygamy, while permissible in conservative interpretations of Islam, is widely regarded as weird hillbilly shit throughout MENA and is rarely actually practiced, but expecting these boors to know that would require that they know anything about the world beyond their nose
JD Vance: "I don't know if you saw this media circulating on social media, but the president met the president of Syria, al-Sharaa, in the Oval Office a couple of days ago, and he asked him, 'How many wives do you have?' Heh heh heh heh heh! Haaaaaa! Amazing comedic timing."
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Reminds me of when MAGA chuds say things like: “Well, King XYZ married her when she was 16, it’s natural, that’s how life was then.” No, the highly inbred royal houses were freakish outliers from normal folks actually.
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Joe Biden was a failure because he did not prevent Trump from becoming President using every legal means available..
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Joe Biden was a failure because he did not prevent Trump from becoming President using every legal means available..
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My Big Senate Conspiracy Theory is that it's basically a 100 member "Good Vibes Only, No Drama, Drama Banned" groupchat with legislative powers
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My Big Senate Conspiracy Theory is that it's basically a 100 member "Good Vibes Only, No Drama, Drama Banned" groupchat with legislative powers
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Tom Nook Presents The Great Outdoor Fight
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Tom Nook Presents The Great Outdoor Fight
1948's "Drunken Angel", for the curious.
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
1948's "Drunken Angel", for the curious.
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COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT PETRO ORDERS SUSPENSION OF INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH U.S. SECURITY AGENCIES — VIA X
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT PETRO ORDERS SUSPENSION OF INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH U.S. SECURITY AGENCIES — VIA X
If you do want to give food instead of money, and a lot of people do, check with the food bank, they will often post lists of items that they need that they can't get any more cheaply than you can. Some include Amazon wishlists for food and other items.
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you do want to give food instead of money, and a lot of people do, check with the food bank, they will often post lists of items that they need that they can't get any more cheaply than you can. Some include Amazon wishlists for food and other items.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Written by a man living in exile in Hungary, a country whose strongman pretty openly premises his rule on anti-semitic fear-mongering.
But how could anyone get the idea that Viktor Orban's politics are good, asks Rod Dreher, who relentlessly promotes them.
But how could anyone get the idea that Viktor Orban's politics are good, asks Rod Dreher, who relentlessly promotes them.
Rod Dreher putting on a hot dog costume as he sits down to type this out..
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Written by a man living in exile in Hungary, a country whose strongman pretty openly premises his rule on anti-semitic fear-mongering.
But how could anyone get the idea that Viktor Orban's politics are good, asks Rod Dreher, who relentlessly promotes them.
But how could anyone get the idea that Viktor Orban's politics are good, asks Rod Dreher, who relentlessly promotes them.
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Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.