“LOOK! LOOK! IMMA DOIN’ THE TRUMP DANCE! EVERYBODY AT THE FBI WILL DO THE TRUMP DANCE! JESUS IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HIS COPILOT HEALIN’ THE PEOPLE AND CRUSHIN’ THE HATERS…”

I hear a tapping at my chamber door. ’Tis some visitor - only this and nothing more?

just hope slapping trump’s name on it

TrumpEd?

I forgot to mention the most helpful advice - the board at the link is interactive.

Naroditsky is streaming right now - https://www.chess.com/member/danielnaroditsky

There’s a 15s ad in the intro and then it’s ad-free. If he’s doing well and he’s in a good mood - he’ll keep going. He might stream another ~4+ hours or it might be over soon. I have no idea.

not even republicans like school vouchers,

Excellent point. They’ll have to come up with a new system or maybe just different branding. My hunch is that it will be effectively vouchers but they’ll give it another name like SchoolChoice or FreedomEducation something.

I replied to him with…

Scott - you’re not actually hearing her. You only think that you are. Really.

He replied back to me in about a minute. I ended the convo there because it’s pointless to speak to such people. He’s a walking, talking, breathing parody of “Vote!” God fucking damn such libs are terrible.

I’m retired and I’d bet my entire life savings that the Trump administration is going to have a clearly insane grift based on vouchers or something*. Trump will say “We’re gonna end the Department of Education and that’s good 'cause people can use vouchers to go to better schools.” And McMahon win be deeply in on it somehow. Maybe she’ll call her org WWEducation.

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Edit

Cummunism made an excellent point.

not even republicans like school vouchers

They’ll have to come up with a new system or maybe just different branding. My hunch is that it will be effectively vouchers but they’ll give it another name like SchoolChoice or FreedomEducation something.

Here’s some Bluesky horror-comedy…

https://subium.com/profile/huenix.com/post/3lbdykgxkd22x

find refuge on Threads.

I mean Threads has been shit from the very beginning and it’s never gotten better even though Zuck had every advantage. It’s like when Myspace could have become a social media juggernaut but it went into the toilet because it was entirely mismanaged and - oddly enough - that helped Facebook to quickly become a behemoth.

Looking forward to Dr. Phil heading the CDC

Oh, god.

A few minutes ago I made a joke about Hulk Hogan heading the FBI. If that happens - I better stop making jokes about Trump. I’m not even trying to use the lathe.

It’s amazing how inept Zuckerberg is. How did he fuck up Threads growth this badly?

Mr. Beast runs for president

The lathe is not a toy.

The Onion has to be careful. If they have a headline “Hulk Hogan to Head FBI” with Trump introducing him as the next director of the FBI and Hogan saying “Let’s put 'em in jail, brother. Let’s fight woke.” And the very next day - that could happen.

If Fetterman had behaved as a milquetoast dem this whole time - he’d probably be on the road to a career in the senate lasting decades due to his pro wrestler appearance and his shtick as a regular guy who likes to wear hoodies and shorts. But he went in a wildly different direction. It’s possible that he’s not only very stupid but a ginormous fool and he thinks he’s very clever.

After he gets appointed - I can imagine Dr. Oz on a radio call-in show.

“Dr. Oz - because of your actions - I’m losing my medical coverage. Are you pleased with yourself? I’ve got cancer.”

“What kind of cancer?”

“Lung cancer.”

“You should buy Dr. Oz Crystal Cure ACR. ACR is amethyst, carnelian, and rhodonite. It’s the formation you need and it’s just $59.99 at my website. And I am pleased with myself. Next call…”

Let me get this straight. Your condition of voting in favor of his approval is he gives you his word? I’m laughing. You are aware this is Dr. Oz, right?

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Every time I see news about Fetterman - I get even more convinced he’s going to flip parties. It seems to me that he’s gleefully trolling and burning his bridges to the democratic party and the dem base.

I wish I had something positive to say other than I hope that doesn’t happen to you.