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Former MSNBC/CBS/KFI Producer, Author, Barefoot Runner, Pearl Jam Fan "News, Politics, Rock 'n' Roll"

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did he mean an "incursion" or is he just an idiot that doesn't know the true meaning of words?

11.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you don't think John Coltrane's GIANT STEPS is one of the greatest musical creations in the world, we probably can't be friends

11.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If the shoe fits...

11.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In other pricey food purchases, the government decided to drop $15.1 million for ribeye steak (again, just in September), $124,000 for ice cream machines, and $139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts.”

11.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and an astronomical amount of shellfish, including $2 million for Alaskan king crab and $6.9 million worth of lobster tail. (Lobster tail is apparently a favorite of Hegseth’s Pentagonβ€”the department spent more than $7.4 million total on the luxury item in March, May, June, and October.)

11.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To spend the entirety of the defense budget, rather than lose it, Pentagon officials bought β€œa $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad,

11.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The New Republic noted last night, according to a report from government watchdog Open the Books, the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blew through $93.4 billion in September 2025 alone, with more than $50 billion going out in the last five days of the month alone.

11.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Live At The Rainbow Theatre, London / 1977)
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Live At The Rainbow Theatre, London / 1977) YouTube video by BobMarleyVEVO

Cost of living get so high
Rich and poor they start to cry

We Belly Full but we hungry

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4cD...

10.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you don't think Sketches of Spain is one of the greatest musical creations of all time, you and I probably can't be friends

10.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a fucking moron. His rain must be stopped!

β€œAdditionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, againβ€”Death, Fire, and Fury will reign [sic] upon them..."

10.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NBC’s Richard Engel: β€œThe White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”

09.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 16618 πŸ” 6927 πŸ’¬ 974 πŸ“Œ 505

Fox News seemed to recognize that Trump’s USA hat looked like deliberate disrespect for those whose lives had been taken. They seemed to understand the gulf between the administration’s cartoonish approach to the war in Iran and the reality of war for those participating in it.

09.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Recognizing that Americans would recoil from seeing Trump wear a baseball cap at a dignified transfer, Fox News declined to show how he had looked yesterday and aired old footage of Trump from his first term without the hat. Caught in their lie, the Fox News Channel admitted they "oops" erred

09.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Schools' Out! Forever!!

A new video shows what appears to be a U.S. cruise missile striking a compound where around 175 Iranian students and staff were killed at a girls school a little over a week ago.

09.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey, lighten up people. Shit happens!

09.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hegseth Iran Presser Cold Open - SNL
Hegseth Iran Presser Cold Open - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

Enjoy this, because public humiliation is all we may ever get in the way of satisfaction from these fuckers

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Vb...

09.03.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Country Joe & the Fish - VietNam Song - Live Woodstock 1969 - Full HD Video
Country Joe & the Fish - VietNam Song - Live Woodstock 1969 - Full HD Video YouTube video by Dima T

FUCK!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft0v...

08.03.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gimmie an F!

08.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Popcorn Resistance of β€˜One Battle After Another’

You don't need a Weatherman...

"...they were not so much revolutionary heroes as adrenaline junkies who used violence as foreplay."

"They just wanted to burn the establishment to the ground for the fun of watching it burn, before having more hot sex."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/o...

08.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Business Time - Flight of the Conchords This is "Business Time - Flight of the Conchords" by unrated logician on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

I know what you're trying to say, baby...it's Business Time!

vimeo.com/183377923

08.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You ain't got no friends
An' all the others, they hate ya?
Bromidrosis!!

07.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. You took the words right out of my mouth!

07.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If there really was a god, do you think for even a second he or she would tolerate such fucks?

07.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why was this story on the front page of the UK’s Daily Telegraph β€” but NOT America’s leading newspapers?

07.03.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 6297 πŸ” 3445 πŸ’¬ 569 πŸ“Œ 263

My daughter got me this book for Christmas. I just read it last week and now I am anxious to talk about it. Great work Chris!

06.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Next week's cover of The New Yorker. "War-a-Lago" by Barry Blitt.

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