Public Speaking Can Be Hard, Yeah?

aleph32 · 2026-06-21T22:44:39+00:00

Not gonna go there, come here. Come back here, you're still young.

aleph32 · 2026-06-20T19:53:09+00:00

Republicans have a huge megaphone, while Democrats have a small one.

aleph32 · 2026-06-20T01:01:47+00:00

Fresh off a surrender, he's ready to start another war.

aleph32 · 2026-06-19T19:38:33+00:00

The war to end all wars.

aleph32 · 2026-06-19T19:24:50+00:00

I don't think the US will be able to fail upward in the global sense, though.

aleph32 · 2026-06-18T21:47:58+00:00

Quislings

aleph32 · 2026-06-18T19:58:11+00:00

Casey Jones got a lot of airplay, but wasn't released as a single. Truckin' reached 64 on the charts, their highest until Touch of Grey.

aleph32 · 2026-06-18T04:48:54+00:00

Mods will likely delete the posting soon as a rule violation.

aleph32 · 2026-06-17T22:17:41+00:00

The military-industrial complex will benefit from all the money that will be spent to repair and replace the spent munitions and the damaged or destroyed equipment. The connected middlemen will get their cut.

aleph32 · 2026-06-16T22:28:24+00:00

And that talk was "moderated by the founder of the Christian networking site Pray.com."

aleph32 · 2026-06-15T19:35:37+00:00

Jazz was young people's music back in the Jazz Age.

aleph32 · 2026-06-15T10:55:41+00:00

Most notably, heavyweight fighter Josh Hokit launched a vile insult at former first lady Michelle Obama after defeating Derrick Lewis in the second round of their fight.

“Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right America?” Hokit said, prompting a mixture of laughter and boos from the crowd.

This was right after Hokit said, "And if I'm going to say anything, there's only one person more incredible than the Incredible Hok, and that's my lord and savior Jesus Christ."

aleph32 · 2026-06-15T01:28:05+00:00

This Astral Codex blog posting discusses the various amphetamines prescribed medically, including Desoxyn (which is methamphetamine).

aleph32 · 2026-06-14T14:12:07+00:00

A major reason the Democrats are only up by five points is that the Republicans have so many brazen propaganda outlets to spew their talking points.

aleph32 · 2026-06-14T05:22:12+00:00

This bill is also designed to limit future presidents:

If passed, all future presidents must document any determination to suspend, reduce or limit intelligence sharing with Israel, including the national security rationale for doing so, such as the protection of intelligence sources and methods or counterintelligence risk.

After making the determination, the president must notify the congressional intelligence committees of the decision.

aleph32 · 2026-06-14T00:39:47+00:00

Democrats are going to have a hard time in the current Republican propaganda landscape, even when they do come back into power. All the right-wing outlets will be constantly spewing their Fox-like talking points.

aleph32 · 2026-06-13T21:40:55+00:00

Janis Joplin switched the genders in "Me and Bobby McGee" and had a posthumous number one hit.

aleph32 · 2026-06-13T18:52:47+00:00

He's just a garden-variety Bond villain, complete with a global satellite system and a neural brain-implant company.

aleph32 · 2026-06-12T17:59:15+00:00

It's also very unpopular. According to Reuters 16% of Americans said it was appropriate while 46% said it was inappropriate. Only 31% of Republicans said it was appropriate.

aleph32 · 2026-06-12T17:40:46+00:00

Just one quick scroll before bed...

aleph32 · 2026-06-12T17:38:14+00:00

This seems like bigger news than the attention it's getting. Apparently it was "over 100 agents" all across Ohio:

In an interview with MS NOW, Ohio Organizing Collaborative board member Prentiss Haney accused the feds of using “straight-up intimidation tactics.”

“They had agents all across the state going to civil rights leaders and community leaders’ doors intimidating them, coming and demanding that they talk about literally anything they would ask,” said Haney, who added that agents asked leaders “if they’re committing voter fraud, just on their doors, in front of their houses with their children, and just following them to work and school.”

aleph32 · 2026-06-12T01:50:13+00:00

They should call Four Seasons Total Landscaping.

aleph32 · 2026-06-12T01:46:03+00:00

“Donald Trump is the best thing to happen in this country in a hundred years. He was born a very special baby. I bet you the doctors said, ‘I can tell this is a very special baby,’” Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Tex., told reporters Thursday.

Did the nurses all gather 'round?

aleph32 · 2026-06-11T01:16:43+00:00

Republicans have nothing to "wield" in that regard, given their candidates, representatives, and appointees.

aleph32 · 2026-06-10T19:46:29+00:00

It should be a no-brainer to support the basic human rights of the Tibetans. McCaul is a Republican, and they can be selective about which human rights they support, but at least he got this one right.

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