Delaware Liberal

I was reading the FoxNews take on the Tufts University bomb threats and the algorithms naturally assumed I wanted to look like a complete fuckwit.

I'm not a big stock investor, so I don't pay very close attention to the rise and fall of individual stocks, but watching the collapse of Barron VonDickhead's business empire…

“This man did not know cold. Possibly, all the generations of his ancestry had been ignorant of cold, of real cold, of cold 107 degrees below freezing point. But the dog knew; all its ancestry knew, and it had inherited the knowledge.” ― Jack London, To Build A Fire

This is one of my all time favorite short stories. I think it is written in a more economical, modern style than Jack London's other work. But what I really like is how the dog has a bit part but is really the hero.

How did they miss this? Yesterday I joked — well, maybe half-joked? — that with all we’ve learned about Rep.-Elect George Santos, is he even gay? Being an “openly gay”…

Sorry CNN and all TV weather people.  Your credibility is currently at Trump administration levels.  And making up menacing sounding shit like "bomb cyclone" and "thunder snow" doesn't help.   …

They've done the research: The co-chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party privately told supporters last month that the party’s long-established donors would rather “lose this whole state” than help GOP candidates…

Ed Note: This is a very half-assed (already in holiday mode) Open Thread. Trump’s Tax Returns To Be Released To The Public. After a delay to redact SS #’s and the like: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/20/us/trump-taxes-news We’re looking at the last six years.

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Rep Schiff says the DOJ is moving "way too slow."

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Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter's chief executive officer when he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job". (eg. the next time he looks in a mirror) The billionaire had promised to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 57.5% of users vote "yes" to him quitting the role. He says he will still run the software and servers teams after his replacement is found.

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