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Reluctant Washingtonian. Likes: international broadcasting, history, personal finance, geography, what used to be called new wave, vexillology, slow travel, fast quizzing, smart movies, dumb jokes.

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Putting all your eggs in one basketcase

08.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Diva

07.10.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People hated the new design paper money when it first came out too. If given the choice people almost always want to stick to the status quo.

07.10.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's how they get their food.

07.10.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Waze's Ice warning button is right there

07.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Surely you noticed that Albania and Azerbaijan aren't at war since the tariffs started

07.10.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, Susannah.

05.10.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not just a portrait .. TWO portraits

05.10.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too! 🀨

05.10.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure everyone will get along great there from now on

04.10.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doesn't seem so

04.10.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why did we stop referring to these guys as weird?

03.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We ain't claiming him as one of us for sure

03.10.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The authoritarians won

01.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think there's a still a lot of accumulated respect in that room for Mark Milley

30.09.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Then be a leader and teach them the difficult words

30.09.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bang bang

30.09.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And it's almost entirely because of Israel itself.

29.09.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gabby gabby hey

28.09.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He so wants a soldier to be shot

27.09.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tom Homan does NOT eat what Cava has to offer. The fact he didn't instinctively reject the bag should have been the first red flag

27.09.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And he's planned this for months?

26.09.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell of a thing to announce beforehand. A goldmine for someone with malign intent.

25.09.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a lot more coming with this story for sure

25.09.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Who are these chuds in the audience and how does the focus whether someone has bad ratings mean anything?

24.09.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Argentina also still claims part of Britain as theirs as well!

23.09.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In all the best ways

22.09.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And Jewel is no flaming liberal!

22.09.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Ukrainians seem able to find itπŸ‘

21.09.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe more icebergs cleaving off (because of climate change). The most tenuous of truths...

19.09.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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