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Charles Dainoff

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Account was hacked, but I'm back. Assistant Professor of Political Science and Rugby Coach, University of Idaho. Rootless cosmopolitan. Authoritarianism is bad.

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Just play the whole NFL season in Saudi Arabia and get it over with

15.10.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"It is an undeniable privilege of every man to prove himself right in the thesis that the world is his enemy; for if he reiterates it frequently enough and makes it the background of his conduct he is bound eventually to be right."
- George Kennan

07.10.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what kind of bread we talking?

18.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, it's rugby season, so by definition....

18.09.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

$3.3k? no thanks.

07.09.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess "Slavesy" was taken?

05.09.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

dunno about the "sentient" part

04.09.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hang on. Still crying.

04.09.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

your DAD?

/turns to ash

04.09.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CoachZilla ready for another season coaching U Idaho rugby.

04.09.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Redistrict THAT, Texas

30.08.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly, no. No, I am not. But I want to be.

29.08.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome! I now have PNAS envy.

I'm so sorry.

28.08.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A politician who's opportunistic and unpleasant? no. can't be.

25.08.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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James Dobson, Burn in Hell - Lawyers, Guns & Money James Dobson is dead. Finally. This awful homophobe made the world a significantly worse place by his living in it. His brand of hate was tremendously influential in the modern Republican Party. Future Americans should look at Dobson with contempt and disgust, much like the racist scum of our collective past and of the Trump […]

James Dobson, Burn in Hell

21.08.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

come on. we have general strikes in the US all the time. like... for example... um....

20.08.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

damnit. I was really hoping for a natural experiment of Duverger. it worked in 92 and 96.

20.08.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Terence Stamp, prolific actor who played General Zod in 'Superman' films, dies at 87 Terence Stamp, the prolific English actor who played General Zod in the "Superman" films among many other notable roles, has died. He was 87.

Terence Stamp, prolific actor who played General Zod in 'Superman' films, dies at 87

17.08.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 12

Practice. Lots of practice.

13.08.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doc, Moscow is currently my hometown, so thinking about these people is an everyday thing for me. Please know that there are more of us than there are of them.

Also, I'm starting work on a book on how tax havens enable dictators to become kleptocrats.

11.08.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

hell

11.08.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It wasn't arbitrary. The Republican Party has been campaigning on an anti-higher education platform for decades now.

04.08.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"My family can't stand me"

02.08.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

true, but millions of people are suffering and dying needlessly from those symptoms

02.08.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You don't; you just make sure that more of us vote

02.08.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

all valid points, but I believe most reporters are not smart enough to understand why his policies are bad, and the scandals are juicy enough to shove aside the policy stuff. and he's wildly unpopular... except in the House districts and states where he isn't. there's other stuff too.

28.07.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

fear of his constituents combined with lust for good copy?

28.07.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it sounds like it's taking down itself, to be honest

28.07.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the guy who hung out with Samuel Beckett hated the guy who hung out with dt. that tracks.

24.07.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Iron Sheik is a better American than Hulk Hogan ever was

24.07.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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