Mr. Dependable

Math is hard

If Subway doesn't offer free footlongs tomorrow, they need to fire their entire marketing department

Can't believe the oppo research didn't pick that up

The upside is that if Democrats start talking about this now, Republicans will have to actually read the Constitution

Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland

Here's another bit of good news today: "The Spanish government has granted citizenship to 170 descendants of volunteers in the International Brigades in recognition of their fight against fascism during the Franco dictatorship that followed the civil war."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

But Obama was the one who outsourced drawing up the legislation to Max Baucus. He thought Republican support was more important than a good plan, and was willing to settle for a "starter pack" program. In the end, he still got 0 Republican votes

Hakeem Jeffries is 2025's Eric Cantor

Ireland and New Zealand are playing another rugby test in Chicago right now. I'm guessing it's on some channel or other in the US. I'm watching it here

I actually know what that means

I'm so old I remember when Bill Clinton reformed the welfare system in the US so we'd never have to listen to Republicans making up their lazy welfare queen lies again

Why the EU/NATO hasn't isolated Kaliningrad previously is one of life's great mysteries

These guys are totally preparing to relitigate Brown v Board of Ed

What could possibly go wrong?

Sunrise lighting up clouds from below the horizon. Reflections on the calm waters of the River Blackwater

The clock says daylight savings time is over, but my body hasn't adjusted yet. So I was awake for the sunrise this morning

Here in Ireland that would be Lankum

Rainbow over Youghal lighthouse

*guess

I moved to Ireland 3.5 years ago, after 16 US presidential elections, and my reaction here has been "my, how short and pleasant this campaign seems." All perspective, I guy

I am old, but surely The China Syndrome owns that particular title

Sitting in the Wishing Chair at the Fairy Bridges on Tullan Strand in Bundoran, making a wish. What else could I have been wishing for?

Jonathan Liew is pretty great

From December: "Democrats will rely on judges appointed by Joe Biden to protect his White House legacy from Donald Trump and blunt the most extreme elements of the president-elect’s agenda, the outgoing Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, has said."
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That aged well

And the answer is "yes, I can. Absofuckinglutely nothing."

Waiting for Obama to pop into my feed with "can you imagine what Republicans would say if I started tearing down the White House?" And dude, that's not the question. The question is "can you imagine what Democrats will say when Trump starts tearing down the White House?"

Is that how the Republicans have done it?

Are these the same pollsters y'all used to write that the Cyprus election at the weekend was too close to call?

My instinct is that Dems need to take advantage of current sentiment, make the case that SCOTUS is responsible for the administration's lawlessness, and start talking about their solutions. OTOH, you've got Chuck Schumer

The question isn't if Trump is familiar with the Constitution. It's whether or not the Supreme Court is

From the living room window

Two surfers catching a small wave at the mouth of the River Blackwater as it enters Youghal Bay, following a storm

If everybody had an ocean . . .