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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 3h

Pray for Ferris.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 3h

This would explain a lot.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 4h

I am of course biased, but every time I go to Southern Anywhere my automatonophobia kicks in like I saw Pennywise in Uncanny Valley.

Midwestern theory: people too weak for Winter are prone to narcissistic delusion.

That's probably something-ist, but have you been to South Florida? Yikes.

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1d

I’m in the Dallas airport and the number of women with Mar-a-Lago Face is freaking me the fuck out

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 4h

No doubt about it.

Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 4h

By the way, Grant wanted me to mention something about some Minnesotan rebel sympathizer saying that warriors should not have facial hair, but Ol' Unconditional Surrender was a bit vulgar as usual, and well, I won't share that here. Fancy clothes and makeup don't impress him too much.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 6h

The feudalism stage is not predetermined, by the way, but it is coming if we do not prevent it.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 6h

I highly recommend negotiation as a subject of study.

Much of the advice regarding living with narcissists, sociopaths, and other toxic personalities relates directly to recognizing and defending against manipulation.

That is negotiation, which by the way does not necessarily imply compromise.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 6h

I love Boston, but driving may not be its strong suit.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 6h

This is the deal.

The oligarchs will live in some untouchable place, the chosen servants of the oligarchs will live in protected compounds so they can safely rule the serfs, and the serfs will live in squalor. The four ages of white America: expansion, industrialization, progress, feudalism.

Kevin Wardrop @kevinwardrop.nitemayr.com · 1d

If you look at Russia, now, with the crumbling streets, the deprivation, the loss of a future.

That's the Future Trump is making happen to America.

Some of America will be fine, the bits that Trump visits will be "kept up" but the rest will be left to fester and rot, no money from the government

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 7h

Missouri is NOT in the Midwest.

Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 7h

Millions of old men are yelling at assisted living and nursing home attendants right now, and they all sound very much like Krasnov, but unfortunately Krasnov was chosen by the FSB and Mossad, probably because he was the only child sex trafficker who is also some sort of pied piper of white morons.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 7h

I would take it. And I don't even like prairies.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 7h

I still firmly believe that LED headlights are the work of Satan.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 7h

Has Canada considered doing a citizen swap where the MAGA-loving Canadians are allowed to emigrate to the U.S. and then the smartest Americans are allowed to populate the mostly empty Prairie Provinces?

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 7h

Singapore is a worthless venue in terms of racing. It's been bad even when the racing was good.

I also agree that the TV direction is now pathetic. They keep claiming that it's entertainment, but they simply do not understand what makes good racing entertainment.

Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 8h

States that do not touch The Great Lakes are not in the Midwest.

We will consider honorary status for Iowa, but Missouri is a total no-go. Slavers need not apply.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 8h

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

- Nathan Hale (6 June 1755 – 22 September 1776)

This hits much harder in 2025 than it ever has for me.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 10h

We're just knocked out
We heard about the sell out
You gotta get an album out
You owe it to the people
We're so happy we can hardly count

Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 10h

Nice thought, but mountains of evidence and every bit of my experience says otherwise.

Nature is cruel, not kind.

Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 1d

It seems to me that disability lies in people whose brains are lacking in imagination, humor, and appreciation of beauty. People who can not appreciate art are people incapable of abstraction, and they are the cult and authoritarian followers.

If you "diverge" from that you are more able.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 1d

What is wrong with Geddy's politics?

Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 1d

You can try to tell them that, but I can assure you, you will lose the argument.

I am X and have no skin in the game, so don't expect me to support you. I know where my bread is buttered, and whatever.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi is a worthless waste of human flesh, pure evil in a meat suit.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Schiff: This is supposed to be an oversight hearing when dozens of prosecutors have been fired simply because they worked on cases investigating the former president.

Bondi: What about the fires in California? Are the riots in LA serious?

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 1d

They will until he or his memory no longer serves their purposes. Then they can discard him, claim they were always working against him, and pivot to a new position. But they will keep their authoritarian gains for the next round of power consolidation. All praise the new boss J.D. the Savior.

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Sherman's Ghost @popoffvalve.bsky.social · 1d

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.