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Oh for passive-aggressive conflict (that doesn't involve family).
Better than facing the President's diarrhea on my head, which I think might be a metaphor for something but probably only the president dumping his shit [literal] on my head.

20.10.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cat alarm clocks work great.

20.10.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Did a full spit take on this one!

20.10.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard to say which is better, students or one's therapist laughing at ones jokes.

20.10.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lilac-point Siamese turning back and looking over her shoulder while sitting on a wooden chair.

Lilac-point Siamese turning back and looking over her shoulder while sitting on a wooden chair.

This, THIS is the cat trying to prevent me from doing my pills for the week.
First she thought she might eat some pills, then knocked over three pill bottles with one swipe of her tail.

20.10.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Since the investigation started under the Biden admin, and no one objected to prosecuting it, it's certainly the worst selective prosecution defense to bring of the bunch.
Yet as Bolton is stubborn as a mule, as well as an awful human*, he'll do whatever he wants.
*Despite hating Trump. Weird, huh?

20.10.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Labour is also lurching right on immigration, no?
The Democratic party would very much like to do the same, claiming it as a hard necessity.
May they take note of this development and fear it.

20.10.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Weird. And as you'll see, you don't need to begin exactly like that. It brings in a lot.

20.10.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's called "Things are terrible but"

20.10.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Questionable Authority's complaint made it onto the feed.

20.10.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How about the people who don't know about the feed?
The feed exists bc people say it a lot, but how many people on here know about the feed?

20.10.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They don't understand a protest that isn't angry, and also they want demands.
But demands other than impeachment and conviction will divide us because there's so much going on. He's done so much wrong.
Let's stick to impeachment and conviction, and make it clear.

20.10.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Video: Opinion | The Right Has Gone Woke Language policing. Cancel culture. Victimhood contests and cultural grievances. Despite attacking the left for partaking in such practices, there’s an emerging set of individuals on the right who have...

The both-sidesing at the very very end of this video editorial at the top of the Times Opinion section is absolutely bizarre.
The rest is great, was that added on at gunpoint?
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

19.10.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Resembled feces" was the closest the Times got. I'm not dealing with children, I call it shit and diarrhea, because those are the facts.

19.10.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I do think a lot of the media has a rule against putting the word "shit" in a headline, and does not want to get too disgusting in a headline.
I too don't want to get dragged down to Trump's level.
But I could not read these with a straight face, and they have to report the facts.

19.10.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If there's a "Live Weapons over Freeway" sign, I'm getting off the freeway.

19.10.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And how much of a problem with diarrhea does he have?

19.10.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And cops weren't going with the Trump line. They were holding back.

19.10.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You don't get localized confetti like that.
But mainly, not a protest sign in sight, and I don't think you could have a pic without one at any protest yesterday.

19.10.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He could always be a leading man in a comedy. But Pelham wasn't a comedy, tho Jerry Stiller was a cop, and Doris Roberts was the mayor's wife. Matthau was an everyman there.
Want realism? Hire comedians.

19.10.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A) Today was the day he became Presidential, I guess, and B) how long has he been saving his shit up somewhere for this?

19.10.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And no one talks about the colors in a tie going UP the tie!
Which you have to do to make it red-blue-white.
And damn the Russians for stealing the colors of our flag, anyway.

19.10.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Status quo ante. Ante Trump.
But if you have been in a peaceful protest lately, you would know better. Cops can feel threatened by a fly, and bring out their guns to get rid of the threat.

19.10.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A random person off the street would be better than this.

19.10.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The NYPD makes no arrests is kinda a man bites dog announcement.
I would double capitalize NYPD if that were possible. Italics plus bold plus underlined.

19.10.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Possible unit.

19.10.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, good point.
An upwards pointing guillotine on a building that looks like a court and says ai data center at a No Kings Rally, still a bit unclear.

18.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And it says "A Data Center," in hard to read script, the most incomprehensible sign I've seen in a while.

18.10.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Inaugural class has a woman in it! Couldn't you disqualify her?
/heavy sarcasm/

18.10.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All forms of law enforcement kill dogs regularly.

18.10.2025 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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