Peter Kurze
@peterkurze.bsky.social
Imagine there’s no heaven…
Pronouns: who/me
Pronouns: who/me
We need to treat it as a vital public institution and do what it takes to make it adequate to the needs of the population. /f
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
We need to treat it as a vital public institution and do what it takes to make it adequate to the needs of the population. /f
healthcare. It’d be great to open up access to everyone but it seems that we already have a shortage of healthcare resources (at least in rural communities that’s for sure true). I don’t think it’s sensible to rely on market forces alone to fix the supply problem while we increase demand. /2
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
healthcare. It’d be great to open up access to everyone but it seems that we already have a shortage of healthcare resources (at least in rural communities that’s for sure true). I don’t think it’s sensible to rely on market forces alone to fix the supply problem while we increase demand. /2
Im absolutely on board with universal healthcare, but I think Medicare4All is a deceptive slogan because Medicare has problems too. For my wife and I it consumes almost 1/4 of our income. But what I really wanted to say is that we need to fundamentally rethink/1
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Im absolutely on board with universal healthcare, but I think Medicare4All is a deceptive slogan because Medicare has problems too. For my wife and I it consumes almost 1/4 of our income. But what I really wanted to say is that we need to fundamentally rethink/1
That’s the problem with hiring a bunch of dumbfucks to represent you. They’re good at lying but they’ve got no idea when to keep their mouths shut.
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
That’s the problem with hiring a bunch of dumbfucks to represent you. They’re good at lying but they’ve got no idea when to keep their mouths shut.
Well, to be fair, his experience of reality may be very different than what it is for most of us. Imagine how unsettling it would be to go through your whole adult life looking into mirrors and seeing no reflection.
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Well, to be fair, his experience of reality may be very different than what it is for most of us. Imagine how unsettling it would be to go through your whole adult life looking into mirrors and seeing no reflection.
Has the term Stepford student entered the lexicon yet?
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Has the term Stepford student entered the lexicon yet?
I read the review and it mentions that it delves into causes. How comprehensive is that part? I’m specifically interested in the macroeconomic/finance driven issues. As for the rest, I don’t need anyone to explain housing insecurity to me.
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I read the review and it mentions that it delves into causes. How comprehensive is that part? I’m specifically interested in the macroeconomic/finance driven issues. As for the rest, I don’t need anyone to explain housing insecurity to me.
It’s ironic that the whole reason for the crypto/blockchain architecture was to provide a stable currency that did not depend on the untrustworthy intermediaries of governments and bankers and it has failed spectacularly at establishing a fraction of the reliability of the banking system.
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It’s ironic that the whole reason for the crypto/blockchain architecture was to provide a stable currency that did not depend on the untrustworthy intermediaries of governments and bankers and it has failed spectacularly at establishing a fraction of the reliability of the banking system.
So how does that translate to actual policy. UBI, universal healthcare, minimum housing subsidies? If that’s what you’re talking about Hakeem, I’m all ears, otherwise fuck all of the way off.
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So how does that translate to actual policy. UBI, universal healthcare, minimum housing subsidies? If that’s what you’re talking about Hakeem, I’m all ears, otherwise fuck all of the way off.
Jeffries proudly plants his flag on Mount Misunderstanding the Problem.
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Jeffries proudly plants his flag on Mount Misunderstanding the Problem.
He used the kinetic functions of his lips to confess to war crimes.
November 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
He used the kinetic functions of his lips to confess to war crimes.
There is no valid reason to turn fiscal deficits into debt. That’s a choice imposed by gilded age oligarchs, subtly reinforced by FDR, and adhered to by Dems and Republicans ever since. Not one Congress critter in 10 understands the nature of money and the fact that we can choose differently.
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
There is no valid reason to turn fiscal deficits into debt. That’s a choice imposed by gilded age oligarchs, subtly reinforced by FDR, and adhered to by Dems and Republicans ever since. Not one Congress critter in 10 understands the nature of money and the fact that we can choose differently.
Upon some reflection, I think that the text I am thinking of was in Timothy Crouse’s “Boys on the Bus”. A very good book.
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Upon some reflection, I think that the text I am thinking of was in Timothy Crouse’s “Boys on the Bus”. A very good book.
That’s not to say Trump isn’t a disgusting misogynist. Just talking about the dynamics of the White House press corps.
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
That’s not to say Trump isn’t a disgusting misogynist. Just talking about the dynamics of the White House press corps.
This dynamic has been in place for a very long time and it’s not gender specific. Hunter Thompson described it pretty well back in the days of Nixon and Ron Ziegler.
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This dynamic has been in place for a very long time and it’s not gender specific. Hunter Thompson described it pretty well back in the days of Nixon and Ron Ziegler.
Counting on the corrupt cabinet to overthrow themselves seems like it might not work.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Counting on the corrupt cabinet to overthrow themselves seems like it might not work.
Better to get your lifestyle advice from a real economist.
In the long run we are all dead.
J.M. Keynes
In the long run we are all dead.
J.M. Keynes
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Better to get your lifestyle advice from a real economist.
In the long run we are all dead.
J.M. Keynes
In the long run we are all dead.
J.M. Keynes
Every time my OCD neighbor fires hers up I think about Rand Paul’s neighbor that broke his ribs. I’m too lazy to do it, but my favorite stress-relieving fantasy is to sneak over there at night to spread a bunch of leaves and then glue some of them down so that they spell “Surrender Dorothy.”
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Every time my OCD neighbor fires hers up I think about Rand Paul’s neighbor that broke his ribs. I’m too lazy to do it, but my favorite stress-relieving fantasy is to sneak over there at night to spread a bunch of leaves and then glue some of them down so that they spell “Surrender Dorothy.”
I’d like to know if he was paying alimony to her.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I’d like to know if he was paying alimony to her.
I look forward to her book “Trolling MAGA - How i waltzed into the heart of the beast with a steak knife and a bottle of A1.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I look forward to her book “Trolling MAGA - How i waltzed into the heart of the beast with a steak knife and a bottle of A1.”
Or at least to reach their trash folders and spread annoyance far and wide.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Or at least to reach their trash folders and spread annoyance far and wide.