He wants to see himself as a feminist, so he refuses to say that women need to be economically disadvantaged to let men thrive.
But still, according to him, women should let men pay for everything.
So, weβre supposed to cosplay dependency.
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Historian, podcaster (isn't everyone?), ex-professor, Canadian and American, consumer of ridiculous amounts of tv and film, grumpy person. https://liesagreedupon.com/
He wants to see himself as a feminist, so he refuses to say that women need to be economically disadvantaged to let men thrive.
But still, according to him, women should let men pay for everything.
So, weβre supposed to cosplay dependency.
This is funny if you are an aficionado of McSweeneys and the New Yorker. In other words - according to many - insufferable.
But I am, I guess. Itβs hilarious.
Thank you. I was just wondering that yesterday. Now I know. You've got a lot of clout - them making a whole franchise just for you!
I feel like I've got the opposite mojo: if I like something, it's sure to get cancelled. π
Daily Show for the win.
03.12.2025 00:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Penzeys rocks! Bill Penzeys is a national treasure. He decided during 45 to wear his politics on his sleeve but not in a corporate performative way. In a βIβm a citizen and this is the best way to fight this threatβ kinda way. Now, with 47, heβs peddle to the metal.
02.12.2025 01:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Penzeys rocks! Its CEO is a star! Costco and Penzeys are the 2 US companies I exclude from my Buy Canadian policy. π¨π¦β€οΈπ
02.12.2025 01:49 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And this, in a nutshell, is why the Carney-Smith MOU is political theatre. There won't be another pipeline because its proponents will never recoup the expense of building it. Its whole purpose is so she can appease her Maple MAGA base and 'own BC'.
01.12.2025 18:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence π₯
01.12.2025 11:09 β π 24843 π 9625 π¬ 511 π 822Does anyone else have the sneaking suspicion he actually got his teeth cleaned? Or maybe it was an eye exam? But now everything's "an MRI"?
01.12.2025 18:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 02+7= _ I caNnot aNswer this qwestion, as it is agaiNst My reLigious principles. Ω Ω‘Ω¨Ω¨ IT'S WORTH A SHOT. aMI, 7 january 1986 NAITION
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01.12.2025 03:32 β π 4240 π 740 π¬ 19 π 29"A cartoon, titled "Quiet Piggy" by Steve Nease, depicts a Canadian beaver character applying duct tape over the mouth of a man identified as U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra. The beaver is holding a roll of tape and saying "Quiet Piggy," while the ambassador is holding a paper labeled "Anti-Canada Rhetoric". The cartoon is a political commentary on U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, and his undiplomatic comments regarding Canada."
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01.12.2025 00:25 β π 13840 π 2635 π¬ 184 π 98NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache. n.pr/4ot3Aky
29.11.2025 23:22 β π 397 π 53 π¬ 14 π 28The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
29.11.2025 14:20 β π 15867 π 5703 π¬ 2198 π 823So so many.
30.11.2025 04:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The proportions are all wrong: A huge foil tray of (very uncheesy) mac but only a small bowl of stuffing? No. No. No.
Tonally it's all off: A foil tray but also a silver salver?
Pillsbury crescent rolls and canned cranberry sauce but green beans that aren't in green bean casserole?
I love the "return home after this Congress" language. As if it's 1825 and he's not seen his humble farm since he rode off on horseback to serve in the nation's distant capital. Cue plaintive fiddle music.
29.11.2025 18:41 β π 391 π 25 π¬ 9 π 1Everyone should be supporting the journalism and public service of @lataco.bsky.social. This list is heartbreaking. But at least there are people standing witness.
25.11.2025 03:10 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Ok - what?!? How on earth can Joni Mitchell not already have a lifetime achievement Juno award?
[checks fine print] There have only been 3 recipients!?!?! WTF? Way to keep it exclusive, Junos. No worry that someone undeserving is gonna sneak in.
Word.
24.11.2025 18:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Kudos to Black Fox! The best whisky in the world in 2025 comes from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
24.11.2025 04:02 β π 38 π 15 π¬ 1 π 0Yes. This is the sad, nasty, delusional and hateful woman she is.
24.11.2025 01:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Action flick with a female lead, you say?
La Femme Nikita! I know - it's 1990 not 2000s. But it is SOOOOO GREAT!
Can't wait for AC weather.
23.11.2025 17:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The πΊπΈ American satirical black comedy film βTHE PRODUCERSβ written and directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood and Christopher Hewett premiered #OnThisDay in 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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And doesn't it seem like a major motivation for both is, basically, laziness? The GOP: "citing and arguing legal justifications for things" and "formulating complex legislation and getting it through Congress" is too hard! Dems: "holding criminals to account is super hard and people call us names!"
23.11.2025 00:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The post-clinic volunteering taco spot didnβt have its door locked or anyone watching out for la migra so nature is truly healing.
22.11.2025 15:20 β π 103 π 17 π¬ 2 π 0Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
21.11.2025 12:23 β π 17045 π 4459 π¬ 349 π 263Is anyone else curious about why all the photos and the very awkwardly staged Q&A are screening Trump's lower half from the cameras? I mean, he usually does these post-meeting pressers in the chairs on the other side of the Oval.
22.11.2025 01:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We are approaching Government Dementia.
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