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Contests where you root for the war to continue without taking sides:
Hitler v. Stalin
Iran v Iraq (Saddam version)
Cowboys v Eagles
Trump v Musk
June 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If tips are tax free, I can see people shifting the way they pay and the way they tip out of jealousy.

If overtime is somehow tax free, I can absolutely see wages cut and hours increased to give tax-free income. No doubt.
June 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Di I have this correct?

Trump unilaterally raises tariffs on China.
China responds.
Trump negotiates a 90 day roll back of both sets.
Trump declares victory.
The Cult cheers.

What am I missing?
May 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
How soon before the Idiot in chief takes credit for Leo?
May 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I admit to being confused.

Here I thought all these years that Congress authorized spending.

How is Trump's slashing foreign aid and now NPR, etc. funding legal?

This is a serious question. Congress authorized these programs, how can the executive "cut" them?
May 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
USPS is yet another hidden blue state/red state welfare arrangement, where we pay more for a service so that rural areas don't have to pay their fair share. That is why some red state politicians oppose the privatization of mail.
But something has to be done. The deficit is large and growing.
April 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I haven't rooted this hard against a kid coming out of college since Johnny Manziel.

That they both got drafted by the Browns says something, though I'm not sure just what.

Here's to the Browns #4 QB failing as miserably as possible.
The Cleveland Browns select...QB Shedeur Sanders
April 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
As long as the Jets aren't drafting a QB I'm OK on Draft Day.

But if word leaks that they may be looking that way, then the most terrifying words in the English language become: the Jets are on the clock.
April 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
At what point does the world simply turn away from MAGA-USA and just cut deals with China?

The arc of history seemed to be pointing to them anyway--is Trump just accelerating it?

Are we really living in a world where China is more stable than the US?
April 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The attorneys at Paul Weiss and Skadden should be ridiculed and held to professional and public shame. Every. Day.

And those who made the decision to cave?

They should be disbarred.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | I helped defend Reagan’s would-be assassin. Law firms that fear Trump, take note.
My law firm represented John Hinckley Jr. despite the financial risks. It was a matter of principle.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Absolutely. Skaddan and Paul Weiss shd be ashamed of themselves...and disbarred.
March 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I hope Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor, can sleep at night, knowing he voted to confirm a man who dismantling our health system.
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I am very concerned that Greenland, to defend itself from these idiots, cuts a deal with China, giving them exclusive rights to the minerals. And, hey, maybe a naval mission couched as a scientific exploration fleet.
JD Vance and Usha Vance have landed in Greenland.

Who are they waving to?

Reporters?

Nobody wants them there.

How embarrassing.
March 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Absolutely fearful that Dems will take the seat.

Her staying in Congress is a huge loss to the country.
Trump announces that Elise Stefanik is staying in Congress
March 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A possible outcome of this insanity: Greenland cuts a minerals and air/naval base deal with China.

When a bully comes at you, sometimes getting another big guy to stand with you is your only option.
Denmark PM joins Greenland officials by objecting to JD & Usha Vance’s trip there on Thurs: “It is unacceptable pressure being placed on Denmark & Greenland, and it is pressure we will resist. It is not what Greenland wants or needs.” meidasnews.com/news/denmark...
Denmark Prime Minister Calls U.S. Visit to Greenland 'Unacceptable'
Neither Denmark nor Greenland is recognizing the visit of JD and Usha Vance as official
meidasnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
No big deal.

It's not like a disease that runs rampant in a poor country can mutate and spread to other areas of the world.

I mean, what are the odds something like that could happen?

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If these federal cuts really do go through across the board, here is what it will mean:

Red states will get dumber, sicker, poorer, and with worsening infrastructure.

Blue states will pay more in-state to replace the federal $$, and, eventually, more to clean up the Red state messes.
March 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Is this all a result of 60 years of terrible education?

Of pervasive relativism, of failure to teach the core principles upon which this country was based? Of liberal teachers and professors highlighting every flaw, without stressing the pluses?

All coming home to roost in the form of this cult.
March 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Don't expect colleges to stand up to Trump.

Because they're not about education.

They are whores, led by admins making obscene money.

Proof? Look at college sports.

Every decision made is about money; none about the students or education.

They'll cave to Trump, ESPN, NIKE-every time- for $$.
March 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
All of these programs he & Musk are slashing were voted on and funded (repeatedly) by Congress.

At what point does Congress say no to him and the cult? Or at least vote, even if it is to support what he is doing?

If not, why not just call the Capital the Reichstag and get it over with?
March 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Reposted
“Less medical research, a pull-back on life-saving vaccines, turning away from science and embracing folk medicine.

Make America Healthy Again.

Again.

Meaning: America used to be ‘healthy’ and now is not.

This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.”

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
MAHA Is a Fraud
America has never been healthier. Going backwards is going to mean more people getting sick and dying.
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Notice to flat-Earthers all around the globe: Please alert the authorities if tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse looks like this:
March 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM