@davidwineberg.bsky.social
Commentator and nonfiction reviewer at medium.com. Author of The Straight Dope - What I Learned From My First Thousand Reviews (Free with Prime).
Booking someone for a $3 theft costs the city a fortune. Free transit would save hundreds of millions, annually.
13.02.2026 15:41 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I think Trump would argue it is down 1600%.
11.02.2026 00:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If I might add to that, I am weary of the wisdom of billionaires.
10.02.2026 16:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0on youtube it had 643,000 the one time I checked.
09.02.2026 13:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0...or, that his prospects have dimmed and he needs to swing for the fences at every opportunity until he hits one out of the park.
08.02.2026 15:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Their social media team is just <chef's kiss>
07.02.2026 00:36 — 👍 56 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0HG Wells prominently said as much in his The Time Machine. The hero travels to the future and is stunned by the complete lack of personal libraries, asking "But where are your books?" to no sufficient response. I'll never forget that.
05.02.2026 01:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As I have had to say a lot recently, I am weary of the "wisdom" of billionaires.
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What lying fucks they all are.
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I wrote a much more powerful piece on this 6 wk. ago. No insurance = no mortgage = no sale = no housing market = no mortgage backed securities = collapse of the bond market and the dollar. pls read because this could destroy the US, not just make it difficult. (free) medium.com/the-straight...
23.01.2026 20:58 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0They are coming from INSURANCE ACTUARIES.
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Great job, Brownie.
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Trump demands EU become more like USA:
22.01.2026 14:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
If only the guards at Auschwitz had better training the Holocaust would never have happened - current Democratic Party policy.
18.01.2026 03:05 — 👍 47 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0Just a reminder that Trump is selling Venezuelan oil and depositing the proceeds into a bank account in Qatar that is NOT under any control by the US government or Congress.
He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
🇨🇦 This is a brilliant must watch and is likely how electricity prices work in #Alberta as well. No wonder #Danielle and the #UCP banned #GreenEnergy. The #OilOligarchs are running the system for their own benefit and intentionally destroying our planet while emptying our wallets.
#abpoli
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Just know that in an authtoritarian regime, the government has a protected monopoly on violence. Anyone interfering with that monopoly will be crushed.
11.01.2026 16:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Je ne connais pas son nom, mail il est le representant d'Autriche sur la commission d'expansion d"OTAN.
08.01.2026 23:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My information is that he is the Austrian rep on NATO expansion committee. I have no idea if he is also and economist.
07.01.2026 23:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0....and you must not believe your lying eyes.
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NATO decides to close all US bases if it attacks Greenland. At last a firm stand and a real line.
londondaily.com/eu-officials...
NATO has drawn a solid line not to cross. If USA invades Greenland, it will boot all US military from Europe.
londondaily.com/eu-officials...
Worse than that, Mr. President, Europe commits to booting all US troops completely off the continent if it tries anything with Greenland. A very well-defined line has finally been drawn. The worm has turned:
londondaily.com/eu-officials...
