Paul and Storm

[P] At Thanksgiving dinner, I like turkey just fine, but what I love more is all the surroundings.

[P] This year’s Coachella lineup has lost a step

[P] Hell yeah!

[P] The enemy of my enemy is still a batshit weirdo

[S] Get a whistle (if you don't already have one), no matter where you live. Keep it on you when you're in public. If you see any of these jackholes, blow the fuck out of that whistle.

Adam Scott meets the Chicago Pope

'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'

[P] Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

[P] This whole sequence was exquisite.

[P] this is where I post from if you even care

[P] (Note: the second copy is signed by Grover)

[P]

i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”

a man with a beard and mustache is talking to another man . Alt: Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting, saying "It's not your fault"

[P] Very glad you're okay.

Also:

[P] I'm not saying I have any sympathy for him at all, but it must be absolutely *exhausting* to have to lick the boot so hard so constantly.

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

[P] "They're fucking couches that ought by right get fucked by American citizens."

you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric

[P] That's exactly what a VocalMist thief would say!

[P] Sorry! My nickname is "Vocal Mist," I thought it was for me!

[P] Still waiting on that hint, Michael.

[P] In the skies over Gotham, the @ifbookspod.bsky.social Signal shines out

[P] Tattoo this on your chest over the scar

[P] Gimme a second, I can get this one. Can I have one hint?

[P] Every picture of Kash Patel—every single one—looks like he just gambled and lost on a fart.

Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm | Rams Head On Stage – Official Site

Some self-promo amongst all the capital-N news this week...we have two live shows with Jonathan Coulton next week (rescheduled from Sept):

11/19: Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, MD
www.ramsheadonstage.com/events/detai...

11/20: The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
www.birchmere.com/events/jonat...

“The biased prosecutor cherry-picked the few days when I was robbing banks vs the thousands of days when I did no such thing”

As a cultural Catholic* I am absolutely delighted by Leo’s hammering of JD Vance

*I was born into Catholicism and although I no longer believe in God I remain all in on any kind of Catholic intrigue

[P] It's absolutely delicious.

Only shocking thing about the Epstein emails so far is that Cuomo isn’t in them