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$15/gal for the cheap stuff in CA

06.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So… since before he was born

02.03.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

they’rethesamepicture.jpeg

02.03.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That he’s wearing UVM colors is a nice touch

02.03.2026 07:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of defending where the lines are being drawn, they just pretend there’s no line at all. There is not unlimited space in opinion pages. We all know editorial decisions are being made, have the courage to defend the specific lines or at least be honest enough to admit they exist

02.03.2026 06:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We should think of a name for this. Something like β€œmany catastrophesβ€œ

02.03.2026 06:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Droop! Droop! Droop!

02.03.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Specifically the *worst* things in the most incompetent way possible

02.03.2026 06:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That the plan was to essentially just leave the regime in place is insane, in and of itself.

But then, having decided on the insane plan, that completely fucked up the execution.

Malicious incompetence.

02.03.2026 06:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Condescending? Insufferable? This guy???

01.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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donald trump says " i did n't know that " in front of a c-span logo ALT: donald trump says " i did n't know that " in front of a c-span logo
01.03.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NPR morning news is really bad on this front. And on the weekend they wake up Ron Elving to provide his view point from 1984

16.02.2026 06:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Folks, we found Roger Clemens alt

16.02.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I stopped myself from adding that lol

16.02.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Core song to the catalog and they just plow through it now. Let it breathe a little, fellas

16.02.2026 04:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In California the legislature is to the left of the executive. This has some benefits if you have left of center policy goals!

16.02.2026 04:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My long standing and well considered opinion is that song and the whole album/tour/movie are really bad. Schlock

16.02.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Peter Theil has previously said just as much about women voters. This specific guy is kookie but he didn’t get this idea from nowhere

16.02.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think we disagree on the mechanism! Twitter and the influencer economy has actually broken some brains

16.02.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders.

Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if youβ€˜re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.

15.02.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 2826 πŸ” 640 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 33

The Horse Shoe is a flat circle

16.02.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, fits with him clumsily misstating the whole thing. It’s Scots-Irish, as in a subset of people’s distinct in culture and religion from the Irish. Arguably the English and Scots-Irish do have some cultural commonalities between them but, alas, Elon is dumb and missed the point entirely

15.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If Garland moves with appropriate speed on Trump, the question gets to SCOTUS in 2021. That is well before we was the defacto 2024 nominee. Does Roberts still protect him?

There was a window of opportunity but instead of pressing the small advantage pro-Constitution forces had, Garland did nothing

15.02.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

…so I said it sounds like Great Britain is just feeding prime ministers to Larry the cat and then the Queen started crying.

15.02.2026 07:45 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These types of posters are mute/block quickly and move on. I do not need to know their thoughts on anything for any reason.

I have a small account and I’m not here for any professional reasons so there’s no actual cost to me by being aggressive

15.02.2026 06:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe the real Swarovski Shrek were the internet friends we made along the way

15.02.2026 06:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

15.02.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All framed around a photo of him drinking coffee lol

13.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This historian is the Patron Saint of staffers who gets hauled into a crisis management meeting about leaks from their organization and then immediately leaks the details of the meeting

08.02.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can think of one other book I’m sure they’ve read

07.02.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0