this is why 'truth and reconciliation' wont work and why we can't settle for anything less than a Truth and consequences commission

The only thing standing in the way of the red button is the ballroom.

We are going to need truth and consequence trials.

Ballroom fiddling

Prophet Song 2023

“Hitler regarded [the S.A.] as purely a political force, a band to strike terror in the streets against his political opponents and to keep up political enthusiasm in the Nazi ranks.”

- Shirer, William. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. P. 269

stoooopppppp

I stopped caring about the Oscars when Parasite won. A non-English anti-capitalism film? The perfect ending to the Oscars. Plus it was 2020. Nothing can ever top that!

War is Peace = Board of Peace
Freedom is Slavery = Freedom250
Ignorance is Strength = Patriotic Education

We are living through regime change The old, postwar world is being dismantled by its American overlord

Reading. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

perfect day for the SC to release their tariff decision!

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado reveals why she gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado had a simple explanation for why she gifted President Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal at the White House Thursday.

the nypost has it on the front page haha nypost.com/2026/01/16/u...

Machado Presents Trump With Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal

nor here www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...

Trump Accepts Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize During White House Visit Venezuela’s opposition leader had hoped to shore up support the president’s support, but she left the meeting with little to show.

not here www.wsj.com/world/americ...

um.. does that mean the debate is finally over?

María Corina Machado presents Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal Trump heaped praise on the Venezuelan opposition leader for presenting him with ‘her Nobel peace prize for the work I have done’

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... This image is missing from so many news sites.. I actually have to ask is it real?

Funny you should ask, Del! In fact I've heard from listeners that they really appreciated the movie more after hearing this episode, even changed a couple of minds!
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...

After posting on the White House website just yesterday that Ashli Babbit was "murdered in cold blood," the administration states that the victim of the ICE shooting in Minnesota was justifiably killed as a "domestic terrorist."

today

Groundhog day, January 6

Aftershock: Patrick Cockburn, Laleh Khalili & Tom Stevenson A live episode of the LRB podcast Aftershock with Patrick Cockburn, Laleh Khalili & Tom Stevenson chaired by LRB senior editor Daniel Soar.

In a live episode of the 𝘓𝘙𝘉 podcast 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬at the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk, Daniel Soar, Patrick Cockburn, @lalehkhalili.bsky.social and @tomstevenson.bsky.social will discuss the long aftermath of 9/11 and the War on Terror.

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aftershock...

Convolution Check out this great listen on Audible.com. No one has benefited more from AI and Machine learning than the con artist. This 10-part police drama begins in Los Angeles with an investigation into a gro...

enjoying Pluribus? Check out Convolution! A 10 part audio series I wrote a few years ago starring Rhea Seehorn! www.audible.com/podcast/Conv...

They Were Supposed to Protect Young Workers. Instead, They Cashed In.

Somehow I ended up reading these two articles back to back over the vacation. Totally surreal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Mountainhead

We are going to run Venezuela by Zoom!

who is going to run it via zoom!