Just a tad:
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'The Cult of the Bully' -Sam Harris
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A predatory approach to the world:
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Letters from an American:
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The Puppet Master:
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Captain Mark Kelly:
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In The Atlantic this morning: Elon Musk Is President By Jonathan Lemire The world’s richest man has declared war on the federal government, and his influence appears unchecked.
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Making crossing the street a little less boring:
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"The highest-ranking Treasury official is expected to depart soon after a clash w/ Elon Musk allies over their demands for access to a sensitive internal government payment system, sources say Musk allies wanted access to the system responsible for disbursing trillions in fed payments annually. Treasury career staff saw request as highly unusual David A. Lebryk, viewed internally as
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"The Trump administration might benefit by designating an official "nice person," who would be tasked to say something decent and human at days of national grief. The president himself, first lady, VP, etc. etc. are obviously uninterested/incapable ... but there must be someone?" -David Frum
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Making Sense podcast: Episode #399 The Politics of Catastrophe January 27, 2025 Sam Harris speaks with Rick Caruso about the Los Angeles fires. They discuss how mismanagement may have contributed to the severity of the fires, who’s to blame, the practice of private firefighting, rebuilding and the future of L.A., how DEI fueled public cynicism toward government, the ethics of having immen
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Pete--not discouraged, not giving up:
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John Fogerty paying tribute to first responders:
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Upping his recklessness: January 27, 2025 Heather Cox Richardson "Yesterday, President Donald Trump began a trade war with Colombia after that country’s president refused to permit two U.S. military airplanes full of deportees to land in Colombia. As Regina Garcia Cano and Astrid Suárez of the Associated Press pointed out, Colombia and the U.S. had an existing agreement for deportati
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"I’m confused how awarding 4 years of back pay in a lump sum to 8,000 service members who were discharged for refusing to get vaccinated is good for the morale of the other 99% of troops who spent the last 4 years working their asses off on active duty for that same pay." -Ron Filipkowski
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Neil Young:
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This is not a good look for the big bad bully:
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Capital police officer Daniel Hodges:
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Heather Cox Richardson (American historian): "Marc Caputo of Axios reported today that Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes for that day’s events, including those who attacked police officers, was a spur of the moment decision by Trump apparently designed to get the issue behind him quickly. “Trump just said: ‘F*ck it: Releas
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"Don't show up."
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We're all counting on you: Dave Chappelle: And then there's this:
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Pivot clip:
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I confirm this analysis:
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Is it possible for a basset to "break every bond"? I thought you weren't going to ask any stupid questions.
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One of a basset hound's priorities, perhaps top priority, is simply to have good time. Humans must help make that happen. Otherwise, what is their purpose?
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Approximately seven years ago: Posted by: changedagain Date: January 08, 2018 08:01AM puddington Wrote: I recall hearing in LW services, teachings about the “unforgivable sin”, i.e. blaspheming the Holy Spirit. It was said that to deny that Christ was coming forth in his people was equivalent to blaspheming the Holy Spirit. The LW teaches that the 2nd coming of Christ will happen wi
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An honest, potent response from Zelensky after he is asked "Can't Ukrainians just forgive Russia?' (It's the put the onus on the victims approach--and let the perpetrators of horrific life-shattering crimes go free)
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Chief of staff John Kelly was "beyond furious" and let the president know it:
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He thought she was going to hug him, but that was not the case. Tim Miller misreads a situation, a rarity.
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Ask President Carter--SNL (Dan Aykroyd at his best)
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