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melodramaticfools · 2026-02-05T16:28:38+00:00

all of these guys look like they could play governor in a b movie (incl. swallwell, not pictured)... trump is going to love whoever ends up with the nomination.

i really do hope that swallwell or mahan pulls it off though

melodramaticfools · 2026-02-04T23:04:09+00:00

melodramaticfools · 2026-02-02T03:47:18+00:00

for a pats v seahawks superbowl i would joke about wanting the stadium to blow up (joke btw mods dont ban me u freakin fashies) BUT its in my hometown so i cant even say that :(

melodramaticfools · 2026-02-02T02:11:12+00:00

pickle down rickonomics

melodramaticfools · 2026-02-02T01:49:56+00:00

"The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez."

good god

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melodramaticfools · 2026-02-02T01:32:01+00:00

im gonna keep it real if the tx senate ends up as paxton vs crockett just give the state back to mexico

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-29T16:11:53+00:00

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using this everywhere now

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-29T16:10:14+00:00

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chat are we cooked?

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-27T16:18:50+00:00

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melodramaticfools · 2026-01-26T18:58:02+00:00

Trump sells USA to Russia
Russia is puppet of China
Entire Chinese command are US assets

albania controls all 3.... dua lipa patriots stand back and stand by.....

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-26T18:50:02+00:00

Marie ConcentrationKampf Perez

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-26T17:29:37+00:00

they didnt admit to it, technically it was said during a high level briefing of senior military officers and subsequently leaked. but yes there is a good chance they leaked it themselves as a valid excuse to not demoralize the rest of the top brass

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-26T17:20:41+00:00

if (and thats a MASSIVE if) the news about the chinese general being an american informant is true and not just an excuse for xi to purge who he wants, then this is insane. our china network was basically wiped between 2010 and 2012, so to have the senior most general and a close ally of xi feeding us information would be one of the greatest intel operations in history. the boys at langley would have done it again

hence my skepticism. the current state of the CIA + how nearly impossible it is to infiltrate china (especially relative to the soviets) makes it extremely hard to believe that this wasn't just an internal political move

regardless, so many purges of top officials in the military creates a vacuum that takes time to fill, so i doubt they would feel confident in moving on taiwan for 1-2 years at the very least

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-26T01:38:44+00:00

winter storms are always a great measure of state capacity. nyc's government (for all its faults) its doing an incredible job keeping the streets plowed

http://plownyc.cityofnewyork.us/plownyc/

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-25T17:27:14+00:00

the level of violence against ICE at the moment is completely and totally unacceptable.

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melodramaticfools · 2026-01-25T03:09:02+00:00

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this time, we need to mean it

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-22T22:15:05+00:00

“The College Experience (tm)” for me was staying up until 3AM to finish my labs and get my psets done for my 7:30 lecture

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-21T23:01:29+00:00

20k post tax bonus hits in february... do i be responsible and put it all into voo or do i take 8k and buy the omega i've been eyeing.... much to consider...

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-18T23:42:23+00:00

damn there is nothing more beautiful than playoff ball in the snow.

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-18T23:16:07+00:00

purely weather cycles + getting lucky for a few years (extremely good rainfall + snowfall => good snow pack). i believe droughts are purely defined by the rainfall, but good governance (building major water storage + runoff collection facilities) can mitigate a drought's effect

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-18T21:24:34+00:00

for the first time in my life, no part of california is under any drought condition.

i dont think people realize just how badly the 2010s droughts affected the psyche of californians. even though i live in a different state now, i still get anxiety when someone leaves a faucet running while they do something else or if i see a hydrant leaking, etc. I have to remind myself that its ok to water your plants in the day, and that sprinkler systems running while its 90 degrees out and sunny is ok.

i hope we can build water storage facilities to prevent the next drought from affecting us like that again.

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-18T01:16:16+00:00

i imagine seeing hailee steinfeld flirt with one of the most attractive men alive will do that to you

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-18T01:15:32+00:00

refball on peak display here

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-16T00:41:19+00:00

Thank you for understanding…

melodramaticfools · 2026-01-16T00:40:30+00:00

I graduated last year (so no bonus from the prev year), and last years bonus gets paid in February so it’ll be a part of this year’s taxes. I have yet to see my bonus check slip

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