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Dan Kohanski

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Long-time computer programmer, also a retired Foreign Service Officer. Most recently the author of A God of Our Invention: How Religion Shaped the Western World (Apocryphile Press, 2023); Kirkus Reviews says "Get it!"

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Republicans are telling SNAP recipients they will starve to death unless the Democrats agree to let them take away their health care.

So which will it be: Die of hunger or die of disease?

30.10.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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White House expands East Wing demolition as critics decry Trump overreach More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

You keep it a ballroom. Don't you realize he's making room for a THRONE room?

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22.10.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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B-52s Sent to Buzz the Coast of Venezuela: Next Step, Invasion? And: SOUTHCOM Steps Down B-52’s are the powerhouse of the US Air Force. It is, according to the Air Force, β€œa long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic s...

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16.10.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Via Belarus, Putin Threatens Nuclear War if US Gives Missiles to Kyiv Ukrainian president Zelenskyy is scheduled to meet Trump Friday at the White House. This comes after Trump shifted from backing Putin to backing Ukraine β€” Trump’s abrupt Ukraine shift exposes fresh fr...

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14.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The National Guard meets the Natural Guard.

13.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Technically, both are correct. We are not building a base for the Qataris, but we are building a facility for them on an existing base, to house their pilots during training. We've done for other countries for decades.

12.10.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They resemble Ayn Rand's villains.

12.10.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love that my doctors are competent and caring. As it happens, almost all of them are women.

12.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"sewed" s/b "sowed"

08.10.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE Tear-Gassed Chicago Police, Is Accused of Making False 911 Calls Newsweek says the tear-gassing was unintentional: ICE Accidentally Tear Gases Chicago Police During Clash With Protesters Chicago Police Department officers were caught in clouds of tear gas during cl...

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06.10.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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World Leaders are Laughing at Trump The Mango Mussolini likes to claim β€” boast β€” that after years of being disrespected under Obama and Biden, the United States is, under his β€œleadership,” once again respected in the world. The world be...

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03.10.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fact Check: Video Of Army General Telling Troops They Are In Portland Only To Protect Trump From Epstein Files Is NOT Real -- AI Made It Is a video of an Army general telling troops that they are not in Portland because it's a war zone, but to distract from the Epstein files and protect President Trump authentic? No, that's not true: A...

This was generated by AI. No way would an active-duty officer say this. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

02.10.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Want to Know if Trump Has Dementia? Don't Ask Google Curious about whether Trump is exhibiting signs of dementia? Don’t bother using Google. Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia: Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the ...

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01.10.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Threatens Mass Firings If Dems Don't Cave on CR Trump has just upped the ante on the showdown: If the Dems don’t give in and pass the CR with no subsidies for the ACA, Trump will start a mass firing β€” permanent firing β€” of huge numbers of federal w...

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25.09.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm Looking Forward to Being Left Behind Well, folks, it’s here. The day we’ve all been waiting for β€” the rapture, when all those right-wing religious nuts will finally (!) get the fuck out of our lives. The Rapture Was Predicted to Happen T...

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23.09.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The old Soviet Union built it. Maybe Trump wants to give it to Putin.

21.09.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cancel Culture Comes for Disney - And It May Be Working The firestorm over ABC/Disney’s capitulation to Trump maifoso Brendan Carr’s demand to suspend Jimmy Kimmel (or he’ll do it the hard way by going after ABC’s license) has sparked lots and lots of outr...

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21.09.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, only members of the executive and judicial branches are liable to impeachment. The Senate could expel one of its members, but I don't see that happening here.

19.09.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This assumes that precedent still has meaning, and that the law applies equally to all. Both are highly questionable with this supreme court.

19.09.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Now Threatening Broadcasters if They Commit Lèse-majesté In olden days, there was something called lèse-majesté: [A]ny offense against a sovereign power or its ruler, from treason to a simple breach of etiquette, but lèse-majesté has also acquired a more li...

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19.09.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Blows Up Another Venezuelan Boat The Muddled Excrescence is at it again: U.S. strikes a second Venezuela boat, killing three, Trump says. The U.S. military struck a boat for the second time this month, President Trump said on Monday,...

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15.09.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Navy Boards a Tuna Boat in Venezuelan Waters Reuters: Venezuela says the U.S. intercepted and boarded a Venezuelan tuna vessel in a "hostile" manner The Venezuelan government announced on Saturday that a U.S. destroyer intercepted, boarded and o...

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14.09.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some Thoughts on the Reactions to the Charlie Kirk Killing I’ve been following a number of diaries and comments here since the news about Charlie Kirk being shot and killed, including some about it’s inappropriate to be gleeful or to gloat, no matter how nast...

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11.09.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Correction to my earlier statement. Poland is now saying that Russian drones did enter their airspace and that they shot several down. While a violation of Polish territory and an act of war, it is too soon to describe it as an "attack on Poland." A "test" would be more accurate.

10.09.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This may have been accurate at the time I wrote it, but now CNN, BBC, and other sources have verified that Russian drones did invade Polish air space and the Polish and NATO warplanes scrambled in response. Several drones have been shot down.

10.09.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is not accurate. Poland did scramble its airforce in response to indications that Russian drones were attacking Ukrainian cities near the Polish border. But despite some early reports, Polish officials now say the drones did not cross into Polish airspace.

It's still provocative, though.

10.09.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This isn't even "papers please." They aren't bothering to ask for papers.

08.09.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Got Booed - A Lot. And the Media Reported It - A Lot [Update w/ More Media] The USTA (United States Tennis Association) asked broadcasters not to β€œshowcase” the crowd’s responses to Trump’s appearance today at the men’s tennis final. [I]n an email to broadcasters, including S...

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08.09.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Sends F35 Warplanes to Puerto Rico The F35 is America’s most advanced warplane. One of its anticipated functions is to be able to win against China’s warplanes and defenses, if and when that war comes to pass. In other words, it’s mean...

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06.09.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I predict many children will not age at all.

03.09.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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