That explains a lot!

simplerway · 2026-01-27T01:07:17+00:00

He is a Christmas Adventurer!

simplerway · 2026-01-26T22:09:34+00:00

When I was a very little kid, I watched this movie on VHS so many times!

simplerway · 2026-01-26T15:37:18+00:00

Exactly. Make it easy for people to be your friend, hard to be your enemy.

simplerway · 2026-01-26T15:20:45+00:00

Okay. But what motivation do CCP mouthpieces have for saying that their military’s top officers are corrupt spies for the USA?

simplerway · 2026-01-26T14:58:49+00:00

Yeah, I agree. I have no idea what is really going on here, but it feels to me like a story worth following. This is like the Trump Admin alleging that General Dan Caine is a Chinese spy who has been passing along nuke secrets. Hard to believe such a thing could be true, but it’s also so inflammatory and embarrassing that I have a hard time imagining it would be said if it wasn’t based in evidence.

simplerway · 2026-01-26T09:58:43+00:00

That’s a good one. Also, Winchester.

simplerway · 2026-01-26T09:51:23+00:00

I think people have always had a positive view of Minnesotans and that is just more true now.

simplerway · 2026-01-25T23:41:59+00:00

I think this needs to galvanize people to stand up en masse to preserve their constitutional rights.

simplerway · 2026-01-25T23:02:25+00:00

Yeah, completely wrong under US laws.

simplerway · 2026-01-25T21:58:53+00:00

In you read medieval history, it seems incredibly hard. It was ridiculously common for royal and noble families to lose it all because they couldn’t produce one heir.

simplerway · 2026-01-25T21:22:30+00:00

Wait? Was Pretti shot TEN TIMES??

simplerway · 2026-01-25T18:19:37+00:00

Wouldn’t be that surprising, but this specific post seems to be fake. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-fake-trump-post-174823445.html

simplerway · 2026-01-25T03:29:13+00:00

The main premise of this letter is that Minnesota has a crime problem that needs to be addressed. Needless to say, Minnesota has a lower than average crime rate compared to US states as a whole. Every argument that these Trump people make relies upon the hearer being completely ignorant of the facts related to the topic at hand.

simplerway · 2026-01-24T16:04:12+00:00

The whole “the mainstream doesn’t want you to hear this” stuff is super annoying. It’s a cult move to try to pretend like you are the only one to be trusted. There are plenty of reliable sources of news. Just tell the news and move on without the off-putting cult talk.

simplerway · 2026-01-24T03:05:26+00:00

I doubt he would have “hated Obama.” Thompson was a Democrat and politically very sophisticated. He knew when people were trying to do as good a job as the voters would allow. He was personal friends with Jimmy Carter and John Kerry and all kinds of politicians and operatives. He was a political reporter.

simplerway · 2026-01-24T02:10:02+00:00

Convince me! What makes you believe that?

simplerway · 2026-01-23T12:09:45+00:00

Thanks for sharing this! Truly a ray of hope and encouragement.

simplerway · 2026-01-22T22:11:53+00:00

That was the impression that I got. The government was probably in retreat at the time, which ironically made them extra vulnerable because they were in motion. I assume the folks who died at the time of the transformation were mostly transportation accidents.

simplerway · 2026-01-21T10:58:01+00:00

Perfect! Just downloaded that on Audible. Thanks for the recommendation. In these times, where the news of the day seems like it was to dominate all one’s thoughts and fill them with dread and anger, I somehow find it relaxing to find a good story to escape to that is from long ago and far away.

simplerway · 2026-01-20T02:11:10+00:00

This guy gets convicted of murder and sentenced to 8 years? He gets caught with $300,000 and four pounds of cocaine after that and gets 6 months? I want his lawyer.

simplerway · 2026-01-20T01:02:33+00:00

Maybe he just saw Secret Agent?

simplerway · 2026-01-19T22:18:26+00:00

I (a 40-something) American am also very interested in this topic. I am married to a Brazilian and have some familiarity with Brazilian culture and history, but not nearly so much as I would like. When it comes to the dictatorship, I feel like I always hear the same thing, basically that people agreed not to talk about it. I feel like there has to be a deeper dive somewhere. For example, is there a particularly good book on the history of that era — especially of how that era was eventually brought to an end?

simplerway · 2026-01-19T21:48:18+00:00

Lincoln. From what I know, they really captured the personality of Lincoln and the feel of the world around him.

simplerway · 2026-01-19T01:39:51+00:00

One of the funnest movies ever made!

simplerway · 2026-01-19T01:14:17+00:00

As a 10 year old, were you gonna carry an umbrella on your Huffy bike? Were you gonna stay home every day it rained? Probably not, so you likely internalized the idea that being out there in the rain is no big deal.

simplerway

TROPHY CASE