Vance has been backed throughout his career by Peter Thiel, an influential Silicon Valley right-wing billionaire, so he has at least some appreciable oligarch support.
February 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Vance has been backed throughout his career by Peter Thiel, an influential Silicon Valley right-wing billionaire, so he has at least some appreciable oligarch support.
Even if it happened we'd end up with President Vance.
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Even if it happened we'd end up with President Vance.
We need more pterrordactyl!
February 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
We need more pterrordactyl!
"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." -- A.J.Liebling (but the sentiment was around long before)
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." -- A.J.Liebling (but the sentiment was around long before)
I see your inner 12-year-old is thriving.
February 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I see your inner 12-year-old is thriving.
Shamelessness is a job prerequisite in this regime.
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Shamelessness is a job prerequisite in this regime.
It's interesting how widespread the Algonquian language family was/is. Current theories hold that the family originated somewhere in the west, and dropped off branches as Algonquian speakers migrated east.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonqu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonqu...
Algonquian languages - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
It's interesting how widespread the Algonquian language family was/is. Current theories hold that the family originated somewhere in the west, and dropped off branches as Algonquian speakers migrated east.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonqu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonqu...
"Enforcing the law requires lawlessness."
February 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"Enforcing the law requires lawlessness."
"Evidence?! We don't need no stinking evidence!"
February 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"Evidence?! We don't need no stinking evidence!"
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. (I know, it's hard to tell these days.)
February 1, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. (I know, it's hard to tell these days.)
Kinda looks like Reporting While Black.
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Kinda looks like Reporting While Black.
I remember who I am, fascist, and this ain't it.
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I remember who I am, fascist, and this ain't it.
Not having an ounce of integrity is what got them their positions in the first place.
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Not having an ounce of integrity is what got them their positions in the first place.
Introverts unite! Er, not in person, of course.
January 25, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Introverts unite! Er, not in person, of course.
"I'm concerned," Collins will have said. She might even manage "very concerned".
January 24, 2026 at 2:10 AM
"I'm concerned," Collins will have said. She might even manage "very concerned".
... but don't call me late to dinner.
January 23, 2026 at 1:33 AM
... but don't call me late to dinner.
It's the best scifi novel that's not actually science fiction. The world building is awesome.
January 23, 2026 at 1:32 AM
It's the best scifi novel that's not actually science fiction. The world building is awesome.
I imagine what the rich find inspiring about Musk is $450B (or whatever it is today).
January 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I imagine what the rich find inspiring about Musk is $450B (or whatever it is today).
So your answer to King's "I have a dream" is "wake up, man"?
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
So your answer to King's "I have a dream" is "wake up, man"?
The only drug usage I now regret is tobacco.
January 18, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The only drug usage I now regret is tobacco.
(Today is National Griping about Made-up Holidays Day.)
January 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM
(Today is National Griping about Made-up Holidays Day.)
My (usually unanswered) question about such day namings is "Sez who?".
Sez who, @merriam-webster.com ?
Sez who, @merriam-webster.com ?
January 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
My (usually unanswered) question about such day namings is "Sez who?".
Sez who, @merriam-webster.com ?
Sez who, @merriam-webster.com ?
In other news, typically women are less masculine than men, non-Whites have darker skin than Whites, and poor people have fewer resources than the rich.
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
In other news, typically women are less masculine than men, non-Whites have darker skin than Whites, and poor people have fewer resources than the rich.