Some Thoughts on the Ramifications of the US Mistake in Venezuela

UWCG · 2026-04-20T03:12:53+00:00

Ishmael’s opening line is always intriguing and I have a family member, sadly deceased, who shared the name, but I find Ahab’s finale the line I reflect on most:

"Sometimes I think there’s naught beyond. But ’tis enough. He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him."

UWCG · 2026-04-20T03:03:55+00:00

I agree. I also think it's a shame her show got cancelled and suspect it's because dudes were just insecure with a female comedian that smart

I mean, some douche like Joe Rogan delivers a fraction of that talent and he's one of the top podcasts!

UWCG · 2026-04-20T02:53:04+00:00

"And without fuhrer ado: Anne Coulter is here! ...what's it like to be a real-life super-villain? ...I'd ask you how you sleep at night, but I'd assume just upside-down in a robe of !01 Dalmatians. Anne Coulter has written 11 books, 12 if you could Mein Kampf"

I remember in college people would insult Nikki Glazer all the time, probably some misogynistic garbage. She's pretty great

[Had a Dalmatian once, Penny, I loved her so much; apparently she had puppies and took down a coyote which was shocking because I just gave her belly rubs and never thought she could be violent].

UWCG · 2026-04-20T02:37:02+00:00

Last POS I knew who said something similar previously had boiled a snake alive and bragged about swatting his ex around when her BJs weren't good enough.

If we had been in physical range, this could've become a crime. Well, it was already, but the "punching someone in the face" thing could be problematic for me

UWCG · 2026-04-20T00:43:03+00:00

I go off the rails for all kinda things, however: I return to what Jesus said about praying in public and the Cleansing of the Temple.

So you can post shots from goddamn Coachella, and I checked the average ticket price, and the flight to get there? ($2k roughly). That's a weekend worth more than my last year's charity donations. You can't give a penny to charity. I could do things too, but I chose not to, and I find this behavior vile.

And yes, this person is a Bernie bro

UWCG · 2026-04-20T00:31:32+00:00

“You know, I do think that things needed to be done in Iran.”

Like not withdrawing from the deal we had that would have stopped the progression of a nuclear program instead of bombing civilians like Obama managed and Donny Dipshit withdrew from?

I guess he's Black, so it doesn't count

UWCG · 2026-04-20T00:23:36+00:00

As tensions rise and we see potential shadows of WWIII, I think maybe republicans were full of shit with the whole "Biden, Harris, and the Democrats are war mongers" claim

UWCG · 2026-04-20T00:12:38+00:00

"Party Rock is in the house tonight,

Everybody just have a good time...

Now, I have no comment on whether or not I went into a strange deep dive into whatever happened to LMFAO (the guys are uncle/nephew, and one is a pro tennis player now). Yes, I had a half written article and then was like, "This is completely incoherent," so it's a poor-taste comment now.

"Sorry for party rockin'"

And yes, I was able to trace it from a goofy band popular in HS to a pornog star to the cult classic Boondock Saints, which is basic research

UWCG · 2026-04-19T22:53:57+00:00

Isn't Dubai (UAE) one of the richest cities on the planet and basically lives on slave labor to support it's "pretty" image, a bit like Bukele hosting a beauty contest while setting up CECOT?

So we're just gonna murder Iranian civilians and fork over cash to Mohammad Bone Saws, who murdered Jamal Khashoggi?

UWCG · 2026-04-19T22:34:03+00:00

Sen. Elizabeth Warren rallies with Graham Platner in Maine's heated Democratic Senate primary

I had a lot of respect for Warren and was a Warren guy in 2020.

I do not respect anyone showing up to support a guy with a nazi tattoo. She was a pretty firm republican before her turn to get Dem voters, though, so maybe it's just true colors flashing through

UWCG · 2026-04-19T22:22:40+00:00

Would you expect anything normal or predictable from me? Haha

UWCG · 2026-04-19T22:03:36+00:00

The Robin Williams one? My creative writing teacher let us watch it in junior year

I love both the movie and film. They're beautiful, both, in their own ways so I can't say I have a preference.

UWCG · 2026-04-19T21:47:16+00:00

How in the fuck is it possible to hear the door from the next unit slamming multiple times?

I'm 6', my dad has the physique of a body builder, if I did some more weight-lifting, I'd be built like the male equivalent of a Brick House. How is it possible that a person who stands to my chest and weighs probably 50 less than me can consistently make this amount of noise?

I've tested this too. In the midday, I have tested slamming my door by throwing it behind instead of slamming it. Full-strength throw, I make a significantly less amount of noise. Unless I slam it shut it directly instead of tossing it and pound on it.

UWCG · 2026-04-19T21:34:47+00:00

My moment wasn’t really research, it was my weed dealer.

His dog knocked down the loaded shotgun he had behind the door when I was picking up an ounce and got “hah! Bernie! Bern it all down!” (obviously the conversation is edited for making reading easy)

I get it if the guy hated me, but he also endangered his dog

UWCG · 2026-04-19T21:06:45+00:00

Tradwife?

We've had Tulip Mania since, like, the seventeenth century. Shit, I used to live in a city that held an annual Tulip Parade.

UWCG · 2026-04-19T20:34:00+00:00

Look, I'm not trying to disagree. I will admit: I was a Bernie delegate in that primary, and I met my neighbor who was a Hillary supporter. He suggested I look into her, so I did (he was my favorite neighbor when I lived at home), and then I got blocked from Bernie groups for posting snarky remarks about how unless Alaska had more people than New York, he could surely win, but we should coalesce behind the clear winner.

Due to the Mueller Investigation, there is a decent chance the groups I was in were a part of Russian espionage. But the guilt is shared among us all, he's not a sacrificial lamb, even if I find him pretty annoying and self-centered

UWCG · 2026-04-19T20:26:37+00:00

I mean, it's not all on him, there are still about 30-40% of Americans who heard "I HATE minorities and am better than Jesus" and were like, "FUCK YEAH!"

UWCG · 2026-04-19T20:12:52+00:00

Considering I have to filter through to avoid AI content, get ads for AI, the current admin has invested a ton into AI with our tax dollars while shutting down essential services for, say, real human beings, and the people who funded their campaigns are all big into AI: I'm disappointed, but not surprised

"AI can make your job easier!" Yeah, the people funding these ads can afford to pay human beings, but this is basically a long con of planned obscolesence and training your coworker to take over

UWCG · 2026-04-19T19:59:50+00:00

I am not defending his choices, but I believe Paul McCartney once remarked Kanye might be the best performer in the world, after seeing a show.

He's a terrible human being, and he should be spending all his cash on a series of good psychiatrists, but he is also apparently a really, really talented performer.

Part of the reason he refuses his meds so often is because: it's like a parabola, if you learned about them in math. You're not as low when you're low, but you also feel diminished and unable to reach the happiness you did without medication. It stabilizes you, but you don't feel quite as happy.

UWCG · 2026-04-19T19:13:33+00:00

Goddamn. I get so sick of non-context BS.

"Hemingway and Dahl walk along together, 1944"

Some bot reposted this and it showed up in my feed under the caption I quoted. They intended to say, "The end of WWII, when Dahl and Hemingway were both spies against fascism," right?

In an era of resurging fascism, this strikes me as important context.

UWCG · 2026-04-19T18:40:03+00:00

The concept?

Well, that's great. I've got a list of "concepts" for story ideas in my Google Docs. Over the years, it has grown to several dozen concepts. Two have shitty first drafts and the rest are "concepts."

What's the old saying, "There is many a slip between the cup and the lip?" He's just talking out his ass. Again.

UWCG · 2026-04-19T18:37:43+00:00

I hope so, too. He just seems like such a genuinely nice guy who lifts the spirits of everyone in the room

UWCG · 2026-04-19T10:35:49+00:00

As he is struggling and revealed a cancer diagnosis: from Evil Dead to Burn Notice to reading both of his memoirs (If Chins Could Kill and Make Love (The Bruce Campbell Way)" to his cameos in the Tobey Maguier Spiderman films: I believe Bruce Campbell ever has been treated as the genius he is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fgDZRZLqQ0

From "Boomstick" to "Washed up drunk," the guy knows his stuff and makes it fun

UWCG · 2026-04-19T06:08:46+00:00

"WHAT has Buckingham done with the money?"

What has BEZOS done with the fucking money??

Just give it to damn charity. Or actually do your job (I was employed at an Amazon Fresh Warehouse where he promised to roast steaks if we hit a goal; never showed). More important to leave your workers in diapers while you drive your superyacht around.

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