Compare the Biden economy from October 2024

I learned a lot from this piece about Eric Schmitt by a Missouri reporter who knows his background well. missouriindependent.com/2026…

RT @Howard_Lovy: There is a subgenre of books now from survivors of the October 7, 2023, massacre. I know that because I'm reading them for…

John Kiriakou on Israel; "They know that they can f**k with you any way they want, and nobody on Capitol Hill is gonna have the guts to say a word." youtu.be/z9JDC2r_hVA?t=2920

Like Ralph Nader ensured Bush's win in 2000

Always listen to @JessicaBRiedl

Agent civilizations: a history. dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggin…

Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who’s job is to track oil and gas prices and devise ways to reduce them, when I asked today about high gas prices said, “I don’t want to have an opinion.” There is no way to satirize this.

Obvious point: The Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are far better Americans than Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller.

RT @JessicaBRiedl: My 30-year budget plan is below. My most aggressive-yet-plausible spending cuts left spending around 23% of GDP long-ter…

Taking the nanny state to extremes!

This is so absurd! In a gated community, no less! When I was 5, I used to walk home from kindergarten. Over one mile on a country road.

Ah ils ont enfin compris qu'ils avaient perdu et vont retirer toutes leurs troupes d'Ukraine

Laura is going beyond the pale (so to speak).

Hey, @DNC and dem candidates: Next time a reporter tries the gotcha question, "Does Israel have the right to exist", here's your brief reply. ifonlytheydaskedme.blogspot.…

Bloviating asshole

BREAKING: Doug Ford just unveiled a massive sign reading “Lake Ontario Now and Always” on the shoreline of Lake Ontario. Trump would hate it if this went viral.

Dear world: Please accept out apology for the idiocy of our current president and the cravenness of his apparatchiks. Hang in there and we will be back, one day soon, on the side of sanity and decency. Sincerely, Patriotic Americans of goodwill

Britney Shki-Giizis "Beetle" - the former captain of the Canadian army, stands today on the front line in Ukraine🇺🇦🫡 Brittney, call sign "Beetle," is a Canadian volunteer. She previously trained Ukrainian tank crews on Leopard 2 tanks but eventually concluded that her expertise was needed more at the front line than in rear-area training centers. Serving with the 25th Brigade, she quickly learned to operate the T-80 tank. On her very first combat mission, her crew destroyed a group of Russian infantry and a fortified Russian position near a railway station. As the focus at the front shifted from heavy armor to drones, "Beetle" retrained for the new role. Today, she serves as an FPV drone operator in a tank battalion's UAV platoon. She recently undertook an eight-kilometer trek to evacuate two fellow soldiers. The journey was extremely dangerous—vehicles exploded nearby, the evacuation vehicle was destroyed by enemy drones, and Brittney had to spend the night in a tree line while waiting for another transport. The mission was successful. Brittney a former Canadian Army captain and volunteer in the Ukrainian Armed Forces remains on the front line today, defending Ukraine.🇺🇦 Absolutely respect 🫡

Probably worth saying, amid all of this rather dark conversation about parenting, that actually being a parent is really awesome and often fun and it brings a kind of beauty and fulfillment into your life that you could not have any other way. Most of the hard stuff — with the exception of really tragic or extreme situations, like serious medical problems and that sort of thing — is not really that hard, all things considered. The daily challenges generally just amount to minor annoyances, which only compound if you let them. So I would definitely recommend the experience.