Pete Doughman
@troutfish.bsky.social
YES. More of this - call them jokes; call them liars, call them cowards, call them cowards. And do it to their faces.
The time for observing professional courtesies is well and truly over.
The time for observing professional courtesies is well and truly over.
January 23, 2026 at 6:22 AM
YES. More of this - call them jokes; call them liars, call them cowards, call them cowards. And do it to their faces.
The time for observing professional courtesies is well and truly over.
The time for observing professional courtesies is well and truly over.
That's about as naff as a band wearing its own shirt in promotional photos.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
That's about as naff as a band wearing its own shirt in promotional photos.
You know, it is IS possible to be too good at satire. I feel actual pain every time I read one of these posts.
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
You know, it is IS possible to be too good at satire. I feel actual pain every time I read one of these posts.
I honestly don't know which half of this post is worse?
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I honestly don't know which half of this post is worse?
Which is why the Republicans never bothered challenging Obamacare in the courts
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Which is why the Republicans never bothered challenging Obamacare in the courts
The fucking knots the NYT headline writers need to tie themselves into just to avoid directly criticizing criminal Republicans.
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The fucking knots the NYT headline writers need to tie themselves into just to avoid directly criticizing criminal Republicans.
I didn't know we were still supposed to give a flying fuck about Glenn Greenwald and his bullshit bought opinions.
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I didn't know we were still supposed to give a flying fuck about Glenn Greenwald and his bullshit bought opinions.
What a world we live in that war criminals are just posting the evidence of their war crimes on to social media.
This will make the prosecutors' jobs at The Hague a whole lot easier.
This will make the prosecutors' jobs at The Hague a whole lot easier.
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
What a world we live in that war criminals are just posting the evidence of their war crimes on to social media.
This will make the prosecutors' jobs at The Hague a whole lot easier.
This will make the prosecutors' jobs at The Hague a whole lot easier.
So either Thompson was bribed by Trump to moderate CNN's news reporting, or was blackmailed based on something unpleasant in Thompson's closet. So what was it?
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
So either Thompson was bribed by Trump to moderate CNN's news reporting, or was blackmailed based on something unpleasant in Thompson's closet. So what was it?
It's because the Right is so unprincipled and awful it is completely unfathomable that anyone would engage in political activity without being paid to do so.
October 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's because the Right is so unprincipled and awful it is completely unfathomable that anyone would engage in political activity without being paid to do so.
That is true. I just hope the Democrats can work out their messaging and ensure charges stick if and when justice is sought.
October 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
That is true. I just hope the Democrats can work out their messaging and ensure charges stick if and when justice is sought.
The problem is that if and when the Democrats get back in charge and they (rightfully) attempt to indict Trump and his criminal enablers and lackeys for their obscene criminal and unconstitutional behavior, the Right will accuse the Left of engaging in the same political prosecutions.
October 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The problem is that if and when the Democrats get back in charge and they (rightfully) attempt to indict Trump and his criminal enablers and lackeys for their obscene criminal and unconstitutional behavior, the Right will accuse the Left of engaging in the same political prosecutions.
This is like claiming to like John Cage, but complaining that his performance of 4'33' was 'too quiet'.
October 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This is like claiming to like John Cage, but complaining that his performance of 4'33' was 'too quiet'.
So fucking much for the " States Rights" bullshit we've been forced to hear about from the fascist Right for decades.
Apart from Nazis, racists and monsters, they're also outrageous hypocrites.
Apart from Nazis, racists and monsters, they're also outrageous hypocrites.
October 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
So fucking much for the " States Rights" bullshit we've been forced to hear about from the fascist Right for decades.
Apart from Nazis, racists and monsters, they're also outrageous hypocrites.
Apart from Nazis, racists and monsters, they're also outrageous hypocrites.
And Hillary (accurately) described him and his supporters as Deplorable.
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
And Hillary (accurately) described him and his supporters as Deplorable.
Not much that Apple will be able to do if the developers make a webapp version of ICEblock in HTML5.
October 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Not much that Apple will be able to do if the developers make a webapp version of ICEblock in HTML5.
This post is like trying to beat your political opponents to death with rose-scented bootlaces.
September 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This post is like trying to beat your political opponents to death with rose-scented bootlaces.
This is bad news
And this is the most ridiculously mealy-mouthed and understated point I've ever read in a news article.
And this is the most ridiculously mealy-mouthed and understated point I've ever read in a news article.
September 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is bad news
And this is the most ridiculously mealy-mouthed and understated point I've ever read in a news article.
And this is the most ridiculously mealy-mouthed and understated point I've ever read in a news article.
It's not as if you called for the homeless to be euthanized.
September 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It's not as if you called for the homeless to be euthanized.
If the orange motherfucker and his feckless goons are so scared of assassinations on faulty escalators, they are welcome to take the lift.
September 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If the orange motherfucker and his feckless goons are so scared of assassinations on faulty escalators, they are welcome to take the lift.