Economist is the funniest fake profession.

"We need to invest in businesses.." If a business needs government investment, it should become publicly owned and all people previously involved in running said business should be permanently removed from it.

It is very funny to me, the idea of marginalizing Americans who left and therefore didn't "fight," when most of the Americans who stayed arent doing fuck all to fight anyone, OP included. Seems like an arbitrary, if ego-soothing position to take

Just. Fuck. Ur. Bros. "Aw man, my bros and I cant get women" fuck each other. Tradition older than time. Seriously. Buttfuck ur bros.

They think that to be an icon, you have to be selected and installed like they are.

i know, i shouldn't expect these people to understand the words that they are using, but 'guy who is brutally persecuted by the government for engaging in core first amendment protected activity in a high profile synecdoche of the political moment' is the literal definition of a 'civil rights icon'

As @ahjohnson.bsky.social points out here, the US media is stroking its chin & pondering why Trump wants to attack Venezuela. They somehow overlook his stated motivation, which is that Venezuela has the world's biggest oil reserves.

I guess it's obvious in retrospect but "it's stolen work" was less persuasive in turning public opinion against AI than everybody just seeing a ton of it constantly and getting sick of not being able to trust your eyes. Hey, that works too. Whatever it takes, really.

I haven't shared this in a while, but it seems on topic right now.

Crazy how badly we need communism these days

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Emfuckingbarrassing.

JUSTICE IS BEST SERVED LIGHTLY TOASTED

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As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.

Ah well, it's not like climate change affects our lives, our economy, or the future of the planet or anything.

I know there are people out there who defend people who work at the NYT, but it needs to be 9/11'd Over and over again

I condemn Nancy for not following the lead of her former California colleague Dianne Feinstein, and refusing to die

The last time New York had a decent mayor was Giuliani, over two decades ago. Say what you will about him (you younger people only know what's become of him after leaving office), but he really did clean up the city. He oversaw the removal of its two biggest eyesores.

Katy Perry smiles politely as Trudeau describes himself as “the Canadian Mamdani”

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

As a “former USSR/Eastern bloc” scholar, nothing makes me want to walk into the void like this. Not an apologist either, but the USSR *objectively* delivered one of the single greatest transformations of quality of living to its people. And the same is true in most of the Warsaw Pact too.

Its been a bad week for all of Canada, but it's nice to know Poilievre is shouldering his fair share

The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody. Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.

There's a Cuomo joke in here about how Israel and The Church are both breeding grounds for massive sexual abuse, but Im not gonna tease it out.

This could be framed as either “an overwhelming two-thirds of New York Jews voted against Mamdani” or as “a record 1 in 3 New York Jews supported an avowed anti-Zionist.” Both framings are technically true, but bear very different implications.

“The reason the left is losing is because they don’t like my favorite TV show.” That’s great buddy. You’re 12.

Hey now! The worked hard to get us here, they're just happy to be noticed at this point

If I could, I would shrink you down and force you to live inside your own asscrack.

The great thing about Parenti (there are valid criticisms out there, though some leftists despise him) is that he's funny indeed interesting to listen to. He has consistent messaging, and he knows who the enemy is. Love that guy. I'll be sad when he dies

The laughable reality behind possessing this perennial canard of an opinion is the underlying-yet-overlooked assumption that public service was adequately sized to serve the population to begin with. That quickly loses credibility if you peruse the last 40 years of public service cuts

if we can figure out how to effectively oust these fucking terminal losers out of the party, we will never lose another election in our lives

Oh, you mean this Sarah Longwell?

The Liberals' budget -- it mostly helps upper income people, it mostly helps men, it mostly helps war, oil and gas. Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...

A leaked contract reveals LNG Canada offered to pay at least one Kitimat resident to temporarily “relocate” if they agreed not to raise concerns or to sue if operations damaged their property: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...

Eve Barlow is to fighting antisemitism what chemtrail-nanoparticle guys are to climate science

But they will. At agonizing length, they will

I see the libs are out here using their favorite term: thermostatic Which, as a heating tech, is a political term I fucking abhor

Yes, I remember when people said they couldn't vote for someone funding and provisioning the wholesale murder of their families, aka the most reasonable position in the world. What of it?

In Alberta, landowners can’t deny oil and gas wells on their properties, but they’re entitled to compensation. Some companies fail to pay those bills — and rural Albertans are tired of waiting. They're also tired of that repayment, eventually, coming from taxpayers. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...

Mamdani's speech is so good I'm afraid he's gonna do drone strikes.

A lot of people are bad at their jobs

Oh yeah, chase the center guys! That was the message, all right!