... in which Israel Defense Forces troops describe looting of civilian homes in territory they occupy as a "mitzvah" (religious commandment). I guess it's by following mitzvahs like this that the IDF makes itself, according to its own press, "the most moral army in the world."

Every interview with a tech CEO youtube.com/shorts/ZseOJ...

You can't refute this. You can't. Don't even try.

Old joke; Jewish woman sees her doctor reading Der Sturmer. "Doctor Liebowitz!" she cries. "How can you read such filth?" He answers, "You know Fräulein, I look outside these days, and it seems grim. But here--I learn that we control the media, the banks, and soon the world. Things are looking up!"

The Abyss (1989) (Director’s Cut) (Definitive Edition) (Final Version) (Absolutely Definitive Final Director’s Cut) (35th Anniversary 4K Restoration of the Absolutely Definitive Final Director’s Cut)

The NYT removed the "um"s in Trump's answer on Taiwan, but put "um"s in AOC's answer on Taiwan to make her look dumb Trump said "Um, I would say 'like' is maybe too strong a word...um, no, I'm holding that in abeyance and it depends on China, depends, it's a, it's a.." L: Trump R: AOC Video below

Aspiring Iranian monarch seeks bombs dropping on the heads of the people he desires to rule. Some of them may die, but like Lord Farquaad, that's a sacrifice he's willing to make.

Just...stop...voting with them. "What about...?" No "But this law is targeted at..." No "But they'll say we..." They're going to say that ANYWAY

Uh, Carine, that $20 million for diapers is *what* fraction of a $100+ billion increase in state spending (both your figures)? She's a few years out of Harvard, which presumably means decent scores on the SATs. Uhhhh... what does the math section look like these days?

Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff struck student protesters with his car. This is why.

This is bad economics & worse politics & Democrats stop granting Ronald Reagan's shabby premise & making promises you can't keep that will backfire electorally in spectacular fashion when you don't deliver. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Israel's ambassador to the UN is still (within the past few weeks) telling anyone who will listen that the IDF is "the most moral military in the world". Interview with the ambassador: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Well, I mean, you can’t expect the IDF to fight clothed or armed people; that’s dangerous.

It's worth remembering that as recently as twenty years ago, support for immigration was bi-partisan. *George W Bush* introduced an immigration reform bill that would have regularized the status of "illegal" immigrants and offered them a path to citizenship -- which got killed by filibuster.

I love this scandal because he's like "I'm in a conspiracy with trump, milei, and netanyahu to TOPPLE GOVERNMENTS & SPREAD FASCISM throughout north and south america!" & immediately follows that up with "and to do this I will need $150,000 for an apartment"

I'm going to go to the NYSE trading floor, do the "got your nose" trick on a trader, and refuse to give him his nose back until he gives me one billion dollars. Pretty sure it'll work on these dumb rubes.

Anyone who thinks that you can adjust your behavior so that it won't be demonised fundamentally lacks respect for the intelligent and hardworking professionals whose job it is to demonize you.

Good luck getting the Chinese to agree to this for their next version of DeepSeek.

Incredible. DOJ, in court, tells Judge Reyes "no closure notice has been issued" for the East Potomac golf course. Moments later the judge is handed a note saying that closure signs are on parts of the golf course today. There's a reason the presumption of regularity is gone.

(🚨) We’re mere *hours* from a constitutional crisis of historic proportions—and many Americans don’t seem to realize it. Why? Because nearly no corporate media outlet will properly report on it. So please consider sharing this new report widely.

This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.

How Volodymr Zelenskyy manages to survive in a literal war without a ballroom to keep him safe is just shocking to me.

Given this argument, I assume it's too dangerous for the President to go golfing anymore, right?

I’m at the combination Comedy Central Roast of Adolf Hitler / Reichstag Fire

Also the self-styled deep thinkers in the Silicon Valley techbro set -- it was sub rosa until recently, but if you look over on X, you'll find folks like Ruby on Rails creator (and successful tech founder) David Heinemeier Hansson touting this book about dangerous refugee hordes in public.

So, uh... any idea what's triggering rants like this (also seen in advance of the ruling on the tariff case), if it's not communications from someone associated with the court itself?

I am reminded of the scene in Snow Crash where Y.T.'s Mom, in her soulless programming gig, carefully calibrates the amount of time she spends reading a memo about bathroom usage to create the right impression on her boss's surveillance stat sheet.

Starmer: I am horrified that the responsible parties in my administration allowed the Mandelson appointment to be put forward. They all have to go. I, of course, will not be going; as Prime Minister, I bear no responsibility whatsoever.

Every time a Democrat mentions how to talk to "ordinary people" they mean "how I was told to talk by a handful of weirdo consultants in DC with gross fixations on throwing certain groups under the bus and who would not last a day in an ordinary job interacting with ordinary people."

Another data point in “originalism is a fraud.” So much for the law is the law we can’t think about the impact. They rail against “results oriented judging” in public but when their corporate clients make requests they know exactly what to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Doorman and building staff may go on strike against building owners in NYC for the first time in 30 years+ next week, and I can say that among apartment building residents, there is a 50/50 divide between "Give them anything they want" and "Give them anything they want, you assholes."

The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Oh, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son" Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on" God said, "No" Abe say, "What?" God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but The next time you see me comin', you better run" Well, Abe said, "Where d'you want this killin' done?" God said, "Out on Highway 61"

Exactly one year ago today:

At Pentagon worship service today, Pete Hegseth again read a violent prayer to bless the Iran war. But this time his prayer was apparently borrowed from 'Pulp Fiction.' I promise I'm not writing for @theonion.com now: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...

US Bishops to JD Vance: The Pope in his comments on war was restating long-standing and well-established Catholic doctrine. In your own discussions of the subject, and his comments thereupon, please bear in mind these salient points: *) He's the pope *) You're not

I expect this to be the same kind of smashing success as the blockchain pivot of the company once known as Long Island Iced Tea.

New LLM-enabled monetization strategy just dropped.

Y'know, this is pretty much how the New York Times would talk about Trump's agenda if (cf. @mtsw.bsky.social) they liked him and wanted to help him...

The White House is now Temu Versailles.

The Schumers and Jeffrieses of an earlier generation...

Trump will not be hard to explain to future generations. They will understand "demented narcissist". These guys, on the other hand...

A stopped clock is right twice a day.

The Democrats had majorities in both houses of Congress throughout World War II, including both FDR's terms and Truman's. Scott's just making shit up, and absolutely shameless about it.

8 AM: I WILL DESTROY YOUR ENTIRE CIVILIZATION! I AM THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS! KRISHNA HAS NOTHING ON ME!!! 8 PM: I meekly accept your terms. I agree to pay you $150M a day. I agree to slap myself and say "me!" every time you ask "Who is Booboo the Fool?" I agree to all terms that you write in Farsi.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I call this act... The Democrats!

for those keeping track: antizionism is antisemitism but bombing a synagogue is, of course, fine to do

The reason Moby Dick is the most American novel ever written is because it is about a violent white man enacting a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil.

You first. Show them how it's done.

If you don't feel the rich are paying enough taxes to deserve whatever government services they get, there's a simple solution. Raise their rates until the feeling goes away.