Christianity would be healthier if more attention were paid to Christ’s teachings and less to the centuries of philosophical contortions used to justify cruelty, exclusion, and moral policing. I’m looking at you, Augustine, Aquinas — and yes, you too, Ross Douthat. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...

Nuff said.

A worthwhile read. defector.com/the-conserva...

Gotta live the latest South Park! The theme? “Pete Hegseth is a Fuck’n Douche”

How very on brand

Our family’s Thanksgiving Tradition “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”

Watch it and weep. youtube.com/watch?v=eFI6...

I hate that people are either losing or having to pay more for benefits. I hate that people will go hungry. It is wanton cruelty. BUT, remember that #ETTD. And that Trump has deeply touched the Republican party. If he and the Rs have chosen this hill to die on, then let it hasten their demise.

Ross Douthat being his usual dickish self. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...

The NY Times calls the race mor Mikie Sherril!

NJ. This is the kind if bullshit we have to deal with in this campaign. Do the right thing: Fuck Jack!!

“Let them eat cake”

Speaking of DJT: “an asshole by any other name would…??🤔…hmmm…🙋‍♂️…still smell like shit!” With apologies to Juliet.

I could do without the Tyler Cowen jab, but otherwise pretty funny. defector.com/free-press-r...

Reading Conrad’s Heart if Darkness. Trump is Kurz.

As I’ve said before, the cruelty is point. The ONLY point!! apple.news/ACmilfBNiTwm...

Christ on a cracker! What if Oregon deployed its guard against the California guard troops for violating its border? This entire thing is so far beyond the norm that I’m concerned that random acts of violent insurrection may be at our doorstep. I’m talking Weather Underground type stuff redux.

But seriously, how dedicated to being a total douchebag to you have to be to still be driving a Cybertruck at this point?

Don’t worry about ICEBlock. You can still download Red Dot.

Xi, Putin, Modi, Kim, etc… Re Hegseth, Rubio, and Trump. “Never interrupt your opponent when he’s making a mistake.” Much of SE Asia is hedging or already hedged. Maybe learn Mandarin.

RIP John Searle. His famous Chinese Room thought experiment, his disagreements with Raymond Kurzweil, whilst neither, IMO, could overcome “The Hard Problem”. A massively important philosopher and thinker!

Long but… 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...

Or one can pursue life as Donald Trump. A selfish, turgid, intellectual eunuch, a fool and an asshole.

What a fucking Asshole.

Last night I watched K Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix. Fuck Disney @FuckDisney

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Big sigh. Watch this. Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting? No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.

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For Laborers on Labor Day: youtu.be/n06f6et66NQ?...

Hi everyone. Quick question. Is he dead yet?

Is he dead yet?

He is The Asshole in Chief” and I always refer to him as such. I no longer use his name. Just The Asshole in Chief.

@allofitwnyc.bsky.social There I go confusing Tim Hardin with Tim Buckley. My bad. Please accept my apologies. Love the show and listen often. A cultural bellwether.

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social The Upside of Populist Authoritarianism By Ross Douthat

Lemme see… Wexner: you can live rent free in my townhouse. DJT: already convicted (civilly) of sexual abuse. And Alan-I kept my underwear on-Dershowitz. Hmmmm…sir William of Ockham would like a word.

The Asshole-In -Chief is a modern day Caligula. History may not repeat, but it certainly echoes. We’ll see.

The Trump administration Too many assholes, not enough toilet paper.