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@potato2112.bsky.social

SJ Sharks 😁 SF firebells 😁 GS Valkyries 😁 SF giants 🙁 DHS must be dismantled. Here's to surviving the regressive 20's. The Grifter Age.

@schooley.bsky.socialReposted by @potato2112.bsky.social

Rich people not paying their bills is way too common a story.

Raw Story@rawstory.com

Elon Musk's SpaceX has fallen months behind on a roughly $70,000 restaurant tab, leaving the owner struggling to pay staff and bills, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

bit.lyElon Musk’s SpaceX blasts off without paying $70k restaurant tab: reportElon Musk’s SpaceX has fallen months behind on a roughly $70,000 restaurant tab, leaving the owner struggling to pay staff and bills, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.“We’re the blue-collar guys cooking this food, hustling to make this work for these young kids making like six figures, and this ...
@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.socialReposted by @potato2112.bsky.social

AHHHHHHH THE ONLY REASON HE EVEN STAYS TO DIE AT TROY IN THE ILIAD IS TO AVENGE PATROCLUS. IT'S A POEM ABOUT HIS RAGE. THE OPENING LINES ARE PRETTY CLEAR WHY CAN'T A SINGLE DEFENDER OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION READ A SINGLE THING FROM THE WESTERN CANON AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social

I read Rubio’s speech where he does a Prager U recap of Ancient Greek history, and the funniest part is where he praises Achilles for seeking glory in Troy even though it means his death. Yeah, Marco, the Iliad is great. What’s Achilles up to in the sequel?

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.socialReposted by @potato2112.bsky.social

The DOJ beclowns itself again.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.

nytimes.comJustice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool CoverageMajor TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
@maxgranger.infoReposted by @potato2112.bsky.social

⚠️ Border wall contractors to remove thousands of sacred saguaros (ha:ṣañ) on sovereign O'odham land starting Monday — Indigenous People's Day.

@lethalityjane.bsky.socialReposted by @potato2112.bsky.social

The UK subreddits have been saying that pointing with a pinky like that is the sign for "bad" in Makaton, a simplified form of sign language taught to people with significant special needs in the UK. Seems likely the poor guy had a significant disability.

@lizagross.bsky.socialReposted by @potato2112.bsky.social

Sound familiar? “The entire approach has changed from making the rolls inclusive,” Ashok Lavasa, a former election commissioner, said. “The effort, and the priority, seems to be getting rid of people on the slightest pretext.”

@sethcotlar.bsky.socialReposted by @potato2112.bsky.social

The other important thing to know about Rhodesia (and Ian Smith) fandom in the US is that it has a long history on the radical (and not so radical) right. Here’s the American Conservative Union, the people behind CPAC, stanning Rhodesia in 1978.

OFFICERS CHAIRMAN Hon. Philip M. Crane Member of Congress, Illinois FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN Thomas S. Winter SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN Jamesoo Campaigne, Jr. Publisher SECRETARY Stefan T. Possony, Ph.D. Author and Lecturer TREASURER Hon. Mickey Edwards Member of Congress, Oklahoma BOARD OF DIRECTORS Hon. John Ashbrook Member of Congress, Ohio C. Lee Barron Coral, Idaho Hon. Robert E. Bauman Member of Congress, Maryland Jeffrey Bell Trenton, New Jersey JohnS. Buckley Chairman, Young Americans Sor Freedom John Chamberlain Author and Columnist Leroy D. Corey The American Conservative Union 316 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20003 (202) 546-6555 October 18, 1978 Mr. Ron Dreeszen 421 Southwest Fifth Avenue Portland, OR 97204 Dear Mr. Dreeszen: ACU, as a public interest lobbying organization, is continually involved As a leader in the American Legion, I believe you are probably concerned about many of the same issues with which we are also concerned. Al though I realize you have a very busy schedule, please read this letter with the COON OTOW thought of strengthening lines of communication between us. Ronald B. Dear Attorney, Houston, Texas Donald J. Devine University of Maryland M. Stanton Evans Editor and Author Hon. Jake Gam U.S. Senator, Utah Alan M. Gotteb Critens Committee for the Right to Keep and in many areas and we would like to share a few with you. One such area is that of national defense. Through an ACU television documentary entitled, "Soviet Might/American Myth: The United States in Retreat, ing to do our part to bring the tragedy of the weakened we are attempt-state of our defense system to as many Americans as possible. The film features Senators Barry Goldwater and Jake Garn, General John Singlaub, Admiral Thomas Moorer, Richard Harvey President, Congressman Richard Ichord and ACU Chairman Congressman Philip M. Crane. Our Texas Freedom Forum Hon. Jesse Helms goal is to air the film throughout every state. Enclosed is the November U.S. Senator, North Caro…
@maxdubler.comReposted by @potato2112.bsky.social

Elite impunity is perhaps the single greatest problem in American politics going back to Gerald Ford’s Watergate pardons. These people keep getting away with it. This needs to stop.

Patrick Monahan@pattymo.com

It’s cool, and not incredibly demoralizing, that the last ~25 years (? more?) have been an increasingly flagrant demonstration that The Rules, as we were brought up to understand them, just do not apply to a lot of people

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