"If you seized all Elon's wealth it'd only be like $2,000 per American."
Do you know what a $2,000 'Fuck Elon' stimulus check would do for people and the country economically, emotionally and morally?
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Late '70s born, antitheistic, politically ornery, doctorally degreed American engineer, now in Deutschland. From Buffalo. And DC, kinda.
"If you seized all Elon's wealth it'd only be like $2,000 per American."
Do you know what a $2,000 'Fuck Elon' stimulus check would do for people and the country economically, emotionally and morally?
One side of the coin is that a lawmaker is saying that educating himself made him change his mind on an issue. (Which, good!)
The other side of the coin is that he's admitting that he authored, sponsored, filed a bill while having evidently spent no time doing reading or research about the topic.
Still weird to see her on the exact opposite side of "Just a Girl" lyrics now.
20.02.2026 07:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0USA! USA! πΊπΈ
#hockey #olympics
"The cops can drink as much as they want there...The bartenders serve them till they're blackout drunk and let them leave." Quote from a woman who was hit by a drunk-driving cop *while sitting in her living room.* This story from the @inquirer.com is a hell of a thing. share.inquirer.com/yynTQX
19.02.2026 13:29 β π 1249 π 488 π¬ 26 π 64Scene from The Good Place where Michael is standing next to Janet and saying he's surprised Jason figured it out, but it's edited so he's saying "England figured it out? England?"
19.02.2026 13:48 β π 519 π 128 π¬ 2 π 5The Great Minnesota ICE Drawdown of 2026 lookin' a lot like the Great Israeli Ceasefire of 2025
19.02.2026 14:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.
19.02.2026 11:16 β π 10292 π 2276 π¬ 151 π 67Also involved in the U.S. portal effort is Edward Coristine, a former member of Musk's job-slashing Department of Government Efficiency, two sources said. Coristine works with the National Design Studio, created by Trump to beautify government websites. Reuters was unable to reach Coristine for comment.
Sarah Rogers is putting Ed "Big Balls" in charge of her Nazi and terrorism website.
www.reuters.com/world/us-pla...
I need a list of like all the hockey -chuks out there.
18.02.2026 20:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Falling of Rents.
18.02.2026 19:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In 2018, after Musk infamously claimed that he had the funding to take Tesla private, his PR consultant went to Jeffrey Epstein for help convincing the Saudis to put up the cash he didn't actually have. Epstein also strategized on press coverage of Musk and recommended names for Tesla's board.
11.02.2026 22:19 β π 1310 π 456 π¬ 25 π 25And the cycle is complete
Stick it to Andy. Read my reporting.
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The Democrats' demands to "reform" Trump's immigration thugs aren't reforms at all. They're already the law, the Constitution, and widely accepted police practices. And in a free society, they'd never be negotiable.
Free Speech!
17.02.2026 08:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0From 2017
17.02.2026 06:47 β π 6806 π 1528 π¬ 176 π 60"We're making some changes to our legal agreements that will apply to you" says an email for an account with a money handling company. And yet you cannot say no. Which means it's not an agreement. And it sure as hell ain't legal.
After all these years on this planet in a few different legal systems, I still don't understand how this is possible.
17.02.2026 08:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They did it on 2008 too. But Obama showed up out of nowhere and they were unprepared for him.
16.02.2026 19:34 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Anyway times that call for radical change will require radical candidates, so support your local radical today.
16.02.2026 11:41 β π 628 π 63 π¬ 5 π 2Larry Playfair #27, drafted 13th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in 1978.
Sure, he was Canadian but he was a Sabre. Like Tim Horton.
16.02.2026 08:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Walter from the Big Lebowski waving a gun around in a bowling alley and asking "AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES?"
Sweden:
16.02.2026 04:12 β π 287 π 6 π¬ 2 π 0Just a reminder that ChatGPT cannot betray anyone because it doesnβt have feelings or motives or thoughts
16.02.2026 04:46 β π 3605 π 424 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs almost verbatim Nazi propaganda at this point.
15.02.2026 19:14 β π 214 π 62 π¬ 11 π 2To my half German, half American son: #Canada vs #Germany ice hockey. Who do we support?
Him: Canada.
My wife: oh!?
Me: tell her why.
Him: the Leaf.
Me: what does the tree of that leaf make?
Him: MAPLE SYRUP!!
Tut mir leid, Deutschland.
#olympics
I will say this: whilst I was in the US last week I did drop no less than three (3) plastic bottle caps because it turns out they are not attached to the bottle.
13.02.2026 15:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0(in case anyone is wondering and doesn't have a copy on-hand, it's an 8-bit snippet of "take me out to the ballgame" and then a "bloooop" noise for a pitched baseball)
13.02.2026 14:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I do not remember The Princess Bride in the theater. Only the numerous VHS viewings. Given that I can recite that movie backwards and forward, including the opening baseball video game noises... that's surprising.
ET... I vaguely remember now that you mention it. π€
Temple of Doom (1984)
Die Hard (1988)
Batman (1989) (Sneak Preview!)
oh and The Fast and the Furious (2001), which I found insultingly terrible.
"Why would we need ramps anywhere? Stairs are fine for me."
13.02.2026 12:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It will not surprise you that ICE is filled with pro-Russian goons.
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...