Trump's team is so sloppy! There's a misspelling in the new initiative. Fixed it!
Carl Lindemann
@expatcarl.bsky.social
Professional troublemaker out to transform consumerism into sustainerism. Creator of SantaSoaked.net & GetGoneGuide.com. Ministry, media and muckraking. Vipassana, too. Sober as a judge, but nothing like Aileen Cannon. Ubuntu is a We/They proposition.
The first steam-powered passenger rail trip was on 27th Sept 1825 (200th bday is nuanced - regular passenger steam slightly later). Here's transport carbon footprint today - Eurostar easily cleanest cos fully electrified. I hope the next 200 yrs has even more (electric) trains! With lower prices...
"Best friends forever"? Trump doesn't have friends. His relationships are strictly transactional. So the obvious question is - what were the nature of the transactions he so cherished Epstein for? What was it that the sex trafficer traded in that Trump made such an investment to receive?
Trump and Epstein were friends? He served a purpose for Trump. What purpose? "Anybody that tells you they’re friends with Donald Trump is misjudging the relationship. He has no friends. You might interact with him, but he’s so transactional that you’re actually not his friend." - Anthony Scaramucci
Please note that Trump will NOT be seeking his usual retribution for this "disloyalty." The one free "no" vote was gifted to Collins to support her reelection bid next year. She is indebted now for that and eager to please.
Explain the Big Ugly budget bill to me like I’m five… Seriously, this demo is a must see—anyone can understand it. Share it with family and friends. #VoteNo
Two different portraits of diversity in the USA. First, Rama Duwaji, the lesser-known spouse of Zohran Mamdani. This newlywed Muslim couple is now the toast of NYC. They are the embodiment of progressive sensibilities in the emerging generation determined to live their values. 1/2
Mamdani’s Wife, Absent for Much of Campaign, Is Thrust Into Spotlight
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The cheerleading in the New York Times is absurd. Trump! Brilliant! Carefully calculated! 1/4
Orwellian spin - war is peace: "...a reactive approach in the Middle East can now be transformed into a proactive vision: one that curbs Iran’s malign ambitions and efforts, stabilizes Gaza and lays the foundation for a new Middle Eastern order built on security, integration and peaceful relations."
Opinion | Why Israel Had to Act
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
Theater of the absurd. The bogus gravitas of the supposed deep deliberation to come to some sort of thoughtful decision... Does anyone really buy that this thoughtless, feckless person and the crew of know-nothings around him are capable of such decision-making? thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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The absurd chatter to pretend that there's any serious deliberation underway is unbearable.
Trump to allow 2 more weeks for diplomacy before deciding on US strike in Iran
YouTube video by CNN
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#NoKings in Cape Town! A gathering of extraordinary, committed Americans ready to defend the constitution. The whole world is watching!!! #democratsabroad #notyrants #nokingsinamerica
My latest: "Fellow liberal democracies should not stand by idly while the country that was once the standard-bearer for their movement falls into tyranny. When is intervention appropriate, and how to go about it?"
Democracies must hang together to temper autocratic Donald Trump
Democracies around the globe must demand free and fair elections in the US and deliver consequences if Trump overturns the constitution to hold on to power.
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Some cultural translation needed to understand the most shocking video shown in the Oval Office to catch the South African delegation off-guard. The sight of Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) comrade Julius Malema shouting "Kill the Boer!" seems a clear-cut case of inciting racial violence. BUT 1/3
Our trade deal so far is no tariffs on Rolls Royces and Bentleys and our refugee policy is white South Africans only.
Don't they know the formula for success in Trump 2.0? Bring RFK Jr and MTG on board, then launch a memecoin to give insiders a piece of the action.
Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up
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Had another go at this - how does this "climate comedy" hold up amidst realities more absurd than satire?
Don't Look Up - Wikipedia
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
@bestese34.bsky.social's extraordinary exchange over the doctored image - was it some confusion on Trump's part? Perhaps the finest scene in Star Trek TNG speaks to that. Patrick Stewart captures the significance of this moment (with plot twist) that transcends the confines of the series.
THERE ARE...4..LIGHTS!!!!
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@mimiswartz.bsky.social gave this heads-up on Dan Patrick, Trump's newly appointed Defender of the Faith, in 2007. Get ready for the inquisition ahead!
Here Comes Trouble
Dan Patrick is causing nervous breakdowns of various size and duration—and he’s not even in the Texas Senate yet.
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@nytimes.com makes you wade pages deep before getting a clear statement of what's with the US surrender monkeys: "Ukraine is ready to negotiate — but not to surrender. There will be no agreement that hands Russia the stronger foundations it needs to regroup and return with greater violence.”
Trump Pressures Ukraine to Accept a Peace Plan That Sharply Favors Russia (Gift Article)
The U.S. proposal would freeze territory along the current front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which Ukraine has rejected.
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