Victory! Archangel Michael hurls the devil into the abyss, 1665. By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, who was born on this day in 1617.

“.. We can no longer permit ourselves nor ask our audiences to step inside this once great institution,” he said. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...

Saw Ken Burns crossing the street at M Street and Wisconsin in DC, ca. 20 years ago.

The Second-Order Streisand Effect is a social phenomenon where if a party makes an effort to censor information, discussion and news about the censorship paradoxically leads to an increased awareness of Barbara Streisand, a musician whom most "Zoomers" would probably have otherwise never heard of

Scott Adams (dying): please... when i'm gone... don't forget..... the less fortunate.... deserve nothing......

He’s not hiding his medical records because he’s healthy, and he’s not hiding the Epstein files because he’s innocent. This isn’t complicated.

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Just in case you needed to get caught up on current events:

The irony here is I shared this exchange on Facebook I’d get dinged for sharing false information about Clinton and Soros even though we’re pointing out it’s fake. 🤷‍♂️

I guess one thing this year has shown is that when you appoint social media trolls to senior government positions because of their social media trolling you are inevitably going to end up with senior government officials trolling social media.

Millions of workers are toiling away from their families over the holidays. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.

"For the first time ever more countries around the world view America negatively than positively." Want to guess why? www.facebook.com/reel/1436898...

Hulk understands science

If Marjorie Taylor Greene *really* cared about the Epstein victims, she would read the names of the perpetrators on the House floor (where she would have immunity) before she leaves office.

"Trump will live forever, but only as a cautionary tale, one we tell successive generations to demonstrate that sustaining a democracy against the corrupt and the malevolent requires vigilance and determination." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% — a 1% that now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists. We need a wealth tax.

Interesting - if too sympathetic - article on MTG. She apologizes for calling her enemies “traitors” now that she’s on the other side of it. (I still find most of her positions despicable.) FREE ‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...

I like JKR the same way I like a nude fan dance from RFK jr.

live your life so that when you die, a large portion of your wikipedia page won't be about how you incited racial hatred

Joe Rogan on Trump’s vile post about Rob Reiner: It was not funny. There’s no justification for what he did in a compassionate society. Imagine if Obama tweeted something about someone after they died in this way

Wrote my wedding vows using AI to let my wife know right off the bat that I'm a lazy piece of shit who won't put any effort into our marriage

Well... yeah.

Here's a tip. Do not try this as part of your defense to a DUI / patrol car theft charge.

Conservatives are upset that this new breed of TPUSA weirdos don’t have the sense to keep the antisemitism hidden any more.

Stephen Miller is a horrible racist in the sense that he is actually not that good at being racist.

I picture Dean Martin holding a glass of scotch and a cigarette in one hand and punching Stephen Miller inna face with the other. Sinatra would put the boot in while Miller was on the ground, crying.

Me: sweetheart, do you think I’m annoying? Wife: you’re just a former theatre kid, darling

No American president has ever named ships or institutions after himself—until now. Trump’s gold-plated presidency isn’t about strength. It’s about fear, ego, and unmistakable ignorance. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

The other day I got screamed at by a number of extremely angry people because I said I thought @mcuban.bsky.social was doing a good thing with his drug program, even if it wasn’t solving all the healthcare problems in the country and maybe people shouldn’t take their fury out on him. 1/3

There is only one place that Trump deserves to have his name on: The #EpsteinFiles

One of many past watercolour compositions featuring flowers and plants from my garden. There will be new paintings when things start growing. I don't know what happened to the Chinese Lanterns (Physalis). They don't seem to come up now (must try again). #art #watercolour #flowerpainting

The 60 Minutes segment that Trump and his collaborators tried to censor has been viewed way more than this.

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Game designers had it first. Back off! 😡

Happy “Marjorie Taylor Green is Going Away Soon” Day to those who celebrate. 👋🎉🧨😬🍾

Current Theory: Most politicians - even Republicans - hate Trump with the fiery heat of a thousand burning suns. As he fails, some will grow some guts and decide to scuttle back onto the right side of history. Trump will be removed/die and the most awful of his minions will be scapegoated. 1/2

I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US. Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...

Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.

“Miss, do you agree with the sign?” “Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥 #ForcedBirthNation

If the Constitution won't let us get rid of a demented fool, we need to fix the Constitution.

Light heartedly discussing the possibility of Nick Fuentes ever achieving any kind of political office… It’s a good reminder that Nazism wasn’t some fringe ideology. It was talked about openly at high society functions among elites.

I would say he has declined 600 or 700 percent. Some people say 1400 percent. No one has ever seen such declines. They say it took George Washington almost 250 years to decline as much. Huge decline.

Merry Christmas, you magnificent bastards! Thanks for being around during a bad year for me.