Rob Willingham

Oof.

Jesus, that’s depressing.

10:14 in Berlin. An English-accented man in the platz below the hotel is screaming the top of his head right off about the traitors responsible for the assassination of JFK.

Have to say, you rarely get that in SW Virginia. This is why we travel, I guess.

I took my students to Sachsenhausen yesterday, and they were shattered. So was I. I’m very lucky to do what I do for a living.

That was a really good job, Drew. Thanks for reposting.

@50plusdoner.bsky.social I guess I’m out. Operation LMAO seems like it was fun for you, but it isn’t for me. Tschüss.

I and the Frau left in extra time, after the 3rd Stuttgart goal. It was raining inside the stadium, we were surrounded by drunk-ass VfB fans being shitty to everyone around them, and Yussi Poulsen just missed a glorious overhead and apparently broke his fucking hand or something. It was bad.

I am Cauliflower III.

But, I mean, he’s Pope Bob. This is heavy.

RBL is my club, but even I know…this is just not done.

This is very good. You should be proud.

Well, thank you. And I don’t need to prolong the discussion, but I’ve been eating that pizza since 1998.

Gosh. I love pizza in Germany. Tastes way more Italian than an American pie.

Does anyone see Leipzig troubling Bayern in the slightest at this point?

Our model has collapsed and I really hope Klopp can point a new direction. Being the world’s greatest feeder club has gotten old as hell. Plus Xavi is a pain in the ass.

Well, my club sucks now. They’ve never missed Europe before, and they’re going to lose players and nobody wants to coach them.

Is this what it’s usually like? Because this is less fun.

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RBL, if you can’t guess.

How about academic administrators? Permanent managerial classes are a bit of a drag everywhere.

Man, I get it. But Ossies need a team, too. I hope someday they figure it out, but the hate for RBL while Wolfsburg and Bayer skate get a little old.

So this is bad.

Chaplin is often dismissed with a hand-wavey "Oh, he had pathos" but the political content of his comedies has been aging like fine wine, unfortunately.

NYT not sure anything important happened in American politics yesterday.

@nytimes.com spends way more time bemoaning the lack of resistance than covering it when it happens. This is the top of the front page; it feels very like nothing happened yesterday.

@maddow.msnbc.com

@handsoff in Roanoke!

True. Ironically, I had the worst Indian food of my life in Athens. Full circle.

I’m a big fan of Drew, but this is a huge swing and miss. Goldberg showed real guts and good judgement throughout, and did get what he needed.

What was that? Proof of the incompetence and adolescent atrocity-adoration of these goons, more clearly and embarrassingly than anyone else has yet.

Leaked group chat messages, like this excerpt, provide a rare and revealing look at the Trump administration's private conversations on national security issues. See our full annotation of the messages here. nyti.ms/4l4uxui

Well, they lied. Obviously.

Inside Harlan Crow's "Garden of Evil" Why People in Dallas Should Spell Fascism "U-T-D"

I wrote about Supreme Court Briber Harlan Crow, his weird taste in totalitarian art, and how fascism seized control of a major Texas university.

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If you're having a bad day, just remember that without security clearance, accidentally being invited to a group chat is the only way Poilievre is gonna learn Canada's national security secrets.