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Hobbyist of history, political science, economics; former mariner; retired lawyer.πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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β€œ.. risk insurers on Saturday submitted cancellation notices for policies covering ships moving through the key oil chokepoint, brokers told the FT, with prices set to rise as much as 50 per cent in the coming days.”

@financialtimes.com #Iran
www.ft.com/content/2dc1...

28.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 476    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 30

The dumbing down of the U.S. military continues.

27.02.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dow 50,000!

Also 21st out of 23.

25.02.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1487    πŸ” 535    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 48

And replaying that repeatedly in slow motion

25.02.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And his lack of competence and qualifications for the job.

22.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A televised Charles I ending for trump would get the best ratings ever

20.02.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s your time to shine!

19.02.2026 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine doing this with your one precious life. Other people are out there teaching children and curing cancer and you decide to spend your time telling outrageous, laughably unbelievable lies about a dementia-addled rapist and fraud whose legacy will be nearly ending US democracy

18.02.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7737    πŸ” 1581    πŸ’¬ 304    πŸ“Œ 60

How’s the weather in Moscow?

17.02.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He likely got the same fail grade that his moronic boss trump got

17.02.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the wealthy tariff taxes aren’t regressive but for the vast majority of the population tariff taxes aren’t extremely regressive.

17.02.2026 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œ[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.

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πŸ‘€ Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

16.02.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5894    πŸ” 1864    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 136

β€œOnce” from the Broadway play and movie β€œOnce”.

16.02.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And it’s a pity Grant and Sherman weren’t allowed to finish the job of annihilating the confederacy.

15.02.2026 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/edit...

15.02.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice!πŸ˜‚

15.02.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can’t even spell β€˜Scots’ so you can keep your trap shut, you little bollocks

15.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Although the current President is incapable of reading or understanding it.

15.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century β€” Harvard University Press A New York Times #1 BestsellerA Wall Street Journal #1 BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerA Sunday Times BestsellerA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyWinner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Busin...

This book should be required reading for every current sitting and aspiring member of Congress and President: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

15.02.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

…. that no thief, no matter how fast he stole, could more than mildly inconvenience anyone.”
Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

15.02.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

…the wealth of each citizen should be limited. This oversight was engendered by a weak-kneed sympathy for those who loved expensive things, and by the feeling that the continent was so vast and valuable, and the population so thin and enterprising,…. /2

15.02.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When the United States of America, which was meant to be a Utopia for all, was less than a century old, Noah Rosewater and a few men like him demonstrated the folly of the Founding Fathers in one respect: those sadly recent ancestors had not made it the law of the Utopia that… /1

15.02.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How’s the weather in Moscow?

15.02.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How’s the weather in Moscow?

15.02.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only response to anything trump utters out of his sphincter-shaped mouth is β€œshut up piggy”.

14.02.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Where Pam Bondi went to law school🀑

12.02.2026 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Where Pam Bondi went to law school🀑

12.02.2026 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That bold move would put Farange’s reform on their heels because it would be widely popular.

09.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That and announcing that Labour is reversing course on Brexit and will immediately start negotiations to rejoin the EU.

09.02.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0