The Center Holds
@mornba.bsky.social
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Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
Worth fighting for.
Information and commentary on politics, society, and current events from an ex-data scientist/social scientist.
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"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
- William Butler Yeats, 1919
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
- William Butler Yeats, 1919
So what is it in Tennessee then? The price of eggs?
Nope MAGA was and always is about hating on other people-- and groveling at the feet of the 'big man'. Nothing much more to analyze. It's mean. It's dumb. The rest is details.
Nope MAGA was and always is about hating on other people-- and groveling at the feet of the 'big man'. Nothing much more to analyze. It's mean. It's dumb. The rest is details.
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
So what is it in Tennessee then? The price of eggs?
Nope MAGA was and always is about hating on other people-- and groveling at the feet of the 'big man'. Nothing much more to analyze. It's mean. It's dumb. The rest is details.
Nope MAGA was and always is about hating on other people-- and groveling at the feet of the 'big man'. Nothing much more to analyze. It's mean. It's dumb. The rest is details.
I like Mark Kelly and thought in Aug. 2024 he would be a good President. It would have been nice to have a primary after Biden dropped out.
That said, Harris or any one of the Dems would have been infinitely better than this child raping cheese turd 77 million schmucks went in for.
That said, Harris or any one of the Dems would have been infinitely better than this child raping cheese turd 77 million schmucks went in for.
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I like Mark Kelly and thought in Aug. 2024 he would be a good President. It would have been nice to have a primary after Biden dropped out.
That said, Harris or any one of the Dems would have been infinitely better than this child raping cheese turd 77 million schmucks went in for.
That said, Harris or any one of the Dems would have been infinitely better than this child raping cheese turd 77 million schmucks went in for.
This country feels absolutely nutburger. I really don't want this anymore. Can we please get some grown-ups who care about other people in charge of this country? Just as a baseline...so we can argue about actual, legitimate, policy issues again. Tired of watching the Circus of the Damned.
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This country feels absolutely nutburger. I really don't want this anymore. Can we please get some grown-ups who care about other people in charge of this country? Just as a baseline...so we can argue about actual, legitimate, policy issues again. Tired of watching the Circus of the Damned.
Who in thier right mind would rather live in a community filled with hateful, selfish, stupid, inept, narcissistic MAGA trash than in a community of normal, hardworking people from Somalia.
IMO, if we have no choice but to forcibly deport anyone, I say we are currently deporting the wrong people.
IMO, if we have no choice but to forcibly deport anyone, I say we are currently deporting the wrong people.
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Who in thier right mind would rather live in a community filled with hateful, selfish, stupid, inept, narcissistic MAGA trash than in a community of normal, hardworking people from Somalia.
IMO, if we have no choice but to forcibly deport anyone, I say we are currently deporting the wrong people.
IMO, if we have no choice but to forcibly deport anyone, I say we are currently deporting the wrong people.
Forcibly deporting this entire regime into the custody of the Hague for trial would be a grand gesture that would be:
a) Ironic justice
and
b) The first act of contrition the country must make to reenter the sphere of sane, freedom-loving nations.
We need to elect people thinking along these lines.
a) Ironic justice
and
b) The first act of contrition the country must make to reenter the sphere of sane, freedom-loving nations.
We need to elect people thinking along these lines.
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Forcibly deporting this entire regime into the custody of the Hague for trial would be a grand gesture that would be:
a) Ironic justice
and
b) The first act of contrition the country must make to reenter the sphere of sane, freedom-loving nations.
We need to elect people thinking along these lines.
a) Ironic justice
and
b) The first act of contrition the country must make to reenter the sphere of sane, freedom-loving nations.
We need to elect people thinking along these lines.
In an unintended way, Hegseth removing actual reporters and journalists from the Pentagon might be a good thing.
1) Less spoonfeeding of regime talking points
2) Journalists are now forced to creatively foster unofficial sources
3) Less leverage over the media to 'take away access'. Unleashed.
1) Less spoonfeeding of regime talking points
2) Journalists are now forced to creatively foster unofficial sources
3) Less leverage over the media to 'take away access'. Unleashed.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
In an unintended way, Hegseth removing actual reporters and journalists from the Pentagon might be a good thing.
1) Less spoonfeeding of regime talking points
2) Journalists are now forced to creatively foster unofficial sources
3) Less leverage over the media to 'take away access'. Unleashed.
1) Less spoonfeeding of regime talking points
2) Journalists are now forced to creatively foster unofficial sources
3) Less leverage over the media to 'take away access'. Unleashed.
Shop Costco:
-Co-founder Jim Singal told the CEO "I'd kill you" if he raised the price of the $1.50 hot dog. Same price since 1985.
-Costco remains committed to DEI.
-Costco has absorbed some tarrif costs and is sueing the Trump regime for back-payment on them.
-Workers are unionized.
-Co-founder Jim Singal told the CEO "I'd kill you" if he raised the price of the $1.50 hot dog. Same price since 1985.
-Costco remains committed to DEI.
-Costco has absorbed some tarrif costs and is sueing the Trump regime for back-payment on them.
-Workers are unionized.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Shop Costco:
-Co-founder Jim Singal told the CEO "I'd kill you" if he raised the price of the $1.50 hot dog. Same price since 1985.
-Costco remains committed to DEI.
-Costco has absorbed some tarrif costs and is sueing the Trump regime for back-payment on them.
-Workers are unionized.
-Co-founder Jim Singal told the CEO "I'd kill you" if he raised the price of the $1.50 hot dog. Same price since 1985.
-Costco remains committed to DEI.
-Costco has absorbed some tarrif costs and is sueing the Trump regime for back-payment on them.
-Workers are unionized.
The imagined satisfaction you will get from buying something is almost always far less then the satisfaction you get from actually buying that thing. The magic and expectations you idealized crash into material reality.
Save your money.
Save your money.
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The imagined satisfaction you will get from buying something is almost always far less then the satisfaction you get from actually buying that thing. The magic and expectations you idealized crash into material reality.
Save your money.
Save your money.
The regime is in a bind. The more loyal someone is to thier agenda, the less competent they are to enact it. Those who are competent are more likely to object and less likely to help them.
If they replace competence with loyalty, the agenda stalls. If they choose competence, the agenda stalls.
If they replace competence with loyalty, the agenda stalls. If they choose competence, the agenda stalls.
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The regime is in a bind. The more loyal someone is to thier agenda, the less competent they are to enact it. Those who are competent are more likely to object and less likely to help them.
If they replace competence with loyalty, the agenda stalls. If they choose competence, the agenda stalls.
If they replace competence with loyalty, the agenda stalls. If they choose competence, the agenda stalls.
'Pathetic'. It isn't a strong enough word. I use it all the time to describe the people that voted for this regime in 2024 and it doesn't accurately capture the depth of awfulness. Even adding 'uttery' before 'pathetic' leaves me unsatisfied. I know of no word in the English language that suffices.
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
'Pathetic'. It isn't a strong enough word. I use it all the time to describe the people that voted for this regime in 2024 and it doesn't accurately capture the depth of awfulness. Even adding 'uttery' before 'pathetic' leaves me unsatisfied. I know of no word in the English language that suffices.
The American (non)voter is ultimately responsible for all this lunacy.
Yes, people are under heavy propaganda pressure, but this was so foreseeable. It reflects, on average, the electorate's immaturity, laziness, ineptitude, and hatefulness. That is why the GOP owns the government.
Cultural rot.
Yes, people are under heavy propaganda pressure, but this was so foreseeable. It reflects, on average, the electorate's immaturity, laziness, ineptitude, and hatefulness. That is why the GOP owns the government.
Cultural rot.
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The American (non)voter is ultimately responsible for all this lunacy.
Yes, people are under heavy propaganda pressure, but this was so foreseeable. It reflects, on average, the electorate's immaturity, laziness, ineptitude, and hatefulness. That is why the GOP owns the government.
Cultural rot.
Yes, people are under heavy propaganda pressure, but this was so foreseeable. It reflects, on average, the electorate's immaturity, laziness, ineptitude, and hatefulness. That is why the GOP owns the government.
Cultural rot.
It's a political cliche to yell 'kick the bums out', but we really really need to.
The GOP is a criminal enterprise and establishment Dems periodically step out of their wine and cheese parties to say a few strong words from the balcony to placate their domesticated constituents.
Kick them all out
The GOP is a criminal enterprise and establishment Dems periodically step out of their wine and cheese parties to say a few strong words from the balcony to placate their domesticated constituents.
Kick them all out
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's a political cliche to yell 'kick the bums out', but we really really need to.
The GOP is a criminal enterprise and establishment Dems periodically step out of their wine and cheese parties to say a few strong words from the balcony to placate their domesticated constituents.
Kick them all out
The GOP is a criminal enterprise and establishment Dems periodically step out of their wine and cheese parties to say a few strong words from the balcony to placate their domesticated constituents.
Kick them all out
The Tea-Party movement was a Fox News media creation rooted in anxiety about a black president (Obama), but disguised as 'anti-tax'.
Child Rapist really took the mask off the xenophobia when he turned 'Tea-Party' into 'MAGA' and started 'saying out loud what they were thinking'.
Child Rapist really took the mask off the xenophobia when he turned 'Tea-Party' into 'MAGA' and started 'saying out loud what they were thinking'.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The Tea-Party movement was a Fox News media creation rooted in anxiety about a black president (Obama), but disguised as 'anti-tax'.
Child Rapist really took the mask off the xenophobia when he turned 'Tea-Party' into 'MAGA' and started 'saying out loud what they were thinking'.
Child Rapist really took the mask off the xenophobia when he turned 'Tea-Party' into 'MAGA' and started 'saying out loud what they were thinking'.
Why does Costco seem to be more aggressively standing up to Child Rapist than most establishment Dems in the Senate?
It's that bad.
Primary them out and get some innovative fighters in. Enough of the Schumeristas.
It's that bad.
Primary them out and get some innovative fighters in. Enough of the Schumeristas.
Costco sues Trump admin seeking tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules if they're illegal
Costco joined dozens of other companies that are seeking to protect their rights to refunds of Trump's tariffs without first waiting for the Supreme Court.
www.cnbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Why does Costco seem to be more aggressively standing up to Child Rapist than most establishment Dems in the Senate?
It's that bad.
Primary them out and get some innovative fighters in. Enough of the Schumeristas.
It's that bad.
Primary them out and get some innovative fighters in. Enough of the Schumeristas.
If Schumer remains in leadership he will serve to undermine any fundamental reform that this country desperately needs. He has to be replaced by someone with a strong progressive vision for a strong America.
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If Schumer remains in leadership he will serve to undermine any fundamental reform that this country desperately needs. He has to be replaced by someone with a strong progressive vision for a strong America.
There will be no more white collar criminals, or corrupt politicians left in prison thanks to the Child Rapist. I'm sure this isn't bribe driven.
White collar criminals paying white collar criminals to get white collar criminals out of prison.
Well done America! Way to 'own the libs'! [Slow clap]
White collar criminals paying white collar criminals to get white collar criminals out of prison.
Well done America! Way to 'own the libs'! [Slow clap]
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
There will be no more white collar criminals, or corrupt politicians left in prison thanks to the Child Rapist. I'm sure this isn't bribe driven.
White collar criminals paying white collar criminals to get white collar criminals out of prison.
Well done America! Way to 'own the libs'! [Slow clap]
White collar criminals paying white collar criminals to get white collar criminals out of prison.
Well done America! Way to 'own the libs'! [Slow clap]
Child Rapist has demonstrated that public corporations are terrible institutions. They are disloyal, mercenary, and rapacious by design. They are empty profiteering vessals.
DEI, environmentalism, LGBTQ+, and pro-employee posturing were simply good for business at the time.
Get them out of politics.
DEI, environmentalism, LGBTQ+, and pro-employee posturing were simply good for business at the time.
Get them out of politics.
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Child Rapist has demonstrated that public corporations are terrible institutions. They are disloyal, mercenary, and rapacious by design. They are empty profiteering vessals.
DEI, environmentalism, LGBTQ+, and pro-employee posturing were simply good for business at the time.
Get them out of politics.
DEI, environmentalism, LGBTQ+, and pro-employee posturing were simply good for business at the time.
Get them out of politics.
I wish Poland/NATO would just take out the Lukashenko regime, put Belarusian's back in charge, and relieve Ukraine's northern flank.
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I wish Poland/NATO would just take out the Lukashenko regime, put Belarusian's back in charge, and relieve Ukraine's northern flank.
"Strong floor, no ceilings" is meant to calm the nerves of wealthy/corporate donors. It says that establishment Dems are still the party of Clinton, not the party of FDR.
A better slogan builds on an ethos of shared responsibility and 'to whom much is given, much will be required' from Luke 12:48.
A better slogan builds on an ethos of shared responsibility and 'to whom much is given, much will be required' from Luke 12:48.
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Strong floor, no ceilings" is meant to calm the nerves of wealthy/corporate donors. It says that establishment Dems are still the party of Clinton, not the party of FDR.
A better slogan builds on an ethos of shared responsibility and 'to whom much is given, much will be required' from Luke 12:48.
A better slogan builds on an ethos of shared responsibility and 'to whom much is given, much will be required' from Luke 12:48.
When Child Rapist was reelected I knew that it would be bad. Corrupt. Authoritarian.
I did not know his regime would be THIS incompetent.
I did not know his regime would be THIS incompetent.
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
When Child Rapist was reelected I knew that it would be bad. Corrupt. Authoritarian.
I did not know his regime would be THIS incompetent.
I did not know his regime would be THIS incompetent.
This regime has zero legitimacy on anything at all.
I don't think the Child Rapist even cares about appearances anymore. His life is winding down.
He is going to leave all his sycophants and boot-lickers out to dry. Like he has always done. 100% cult. 100% criminal enterprise.
I don't think the Child Rapist even cares about appearances anymore. His life is winding down.
He is going to leave all his sycophants and boot-lickers out to dry. Like he has always done. 100% cult. 100% criminal enterprise.
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This regime has zero legitimacy on anything at all.
I don't think the Child Rapist even cares about appearances anymore. His life is winding down.
He is going to leave all his sycophants and boot-lickers out to dry. Like he has always done. 100% cult. 100% criminal enterprise.
I don't think the Child Rapist even cares about appearances anymore. His life is winding down.
He is going to leave all his sycophants and boot-lickers out to dry. Like he has always done. 100% cult. 100% criminal enterprise.
Gift Article.
Child Rapist pardoned the former Honduran president, who:
-Once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.”
-Accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras.
-Used drug money to manipulate the vote in two elections.
Child Rapist pardoned the former Honduran president, who:
-Once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.”
-Accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras.
-Used drug money to manipulate the vote in two elections.
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Gift Article.
Child Rapist pardoned the former Honduran president, who:
-Once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.”
-Accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras.
-Used drug money to manipulate the vote in two elections.
Child Rapist pardoned the former Honduran president, who:
-Once boasted that he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.”
-Accepted a $1 million bribe from El Chapo to allow cocaine shipments to pass through Honduras.
-Used drug money to manipulate the vote in two elections.
Among other things I believe ICE operates in such a mean, rudimentary, and ineffective way because a) this inept regime can not run a government agency in a sophisticated fashion, and b) because they know the boss wants spectacles of brutality to satisfy his own twisted sociopathic pleasure.
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Among other things I believe ICE operates in such a mean, rudimentary, and ineffective way because a) this inept regime can not run a government agency in a sophisticated fashion, and b) because they know the boss wants spectacles of brutality to satisfy his own twisted sociopathic pleasure.
We still have the power to kick out establishment Dems and put in 'New Deal' fighters that will get us universal healthcare and fumigate government from all the fascist stench.
Vote smart. Don't elect weak-spined aholes.
Vote smart. Don't elect weak-spined aholes.
November 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We still have the power to kick out establishment Dems and put in 'New Deal' fighters that will get us universal healthcare and fumigate government from all the fascist stench.
Vote smart. Don't elect weak-spined aholes.
Vote smart. Don't elect weak-spined aholes.
Gift Article.
First Child Rapist pardons a corrupt Honduran drug-trafficker. Now he releases a guy two weeks into a 7 year sentence, who stole 1.6 Billion from more than 1,000 “hardworking, everyday people,”
“I lost my whole life savings,” one victim wrote.
We gotta get these people out if power.
First Child Rapist pardons a corrupt Honduran drug-trafficker. Now he releases a guy two weeks into a 7 year sentence, who stole 1.6 Billion from more than 1,000 “hardworking, everyday people,”
“I lost my whole life savings,” one victim wrote.
We gotta get these people out if power.
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Gift Article.
First Child Rapist pardons a corrupt Honduran drug-trafficker. Now he releases a guy two weeks into a 7 year sentence, who stole 1.6 Billion from more than 1,000 “hardworking, everyday people,”
“I lost my whole life savings,” one victim wrote.
We gotta get these people out if power.
First Child Rapist pardons a corrupt Honduran drug-trafficker. Now he releases a guy two weeks into a 7 year sentence, who stole 1.6 Billion from more than 1,000 “hardworking, everyday people,”
“I lost my whole life savings,” one victim wrote.
We gotta get these people out if power.