Freemasons: “We take care of widows and orphans.” Modern world: “What about [insert latest grievance group]?” Freemasons: “Are they widows? Are they orphans?”

A putschist is a person who participates in a putsch, which is an attempt to overthrow a government by force. The word can also be used as an adjective to describe someone or something related to a putsch.

Wait! Is Howard the Duck a member of the MCU?

I am not afraid of smart people, I am scared of the people dumb people admire for their intelligence.

SNL's theme for last night: America's so racist. Fair.

Good night all y'all.

In spite of Spacey being problematic, K-PAX is really worth a distraction-free watch.

"Woke" hates America. "Woke" hates capitalism. "Woke" hates Church. "Woke" hates superstition of any sort (except witchcraft?). "Woke" hates the masculine. "Woke" hates cisgender. "Woke" hates breeders. "Woke" hates wives and husbands. "Woke" hates free speech, guns, Bibles, trucks, Terfs, gender roles, meritocracy, actual democracy vs liberal agenda democracy. Woke hates.

This is what getting your ass kicked looks like...

I ran into her here in Arlington a year or two ago and pretended to be a fan girl and shook her hand, thanked her, and made sure it was get. DC celebrity sightings are pretty lame but it was legit fucking #Jankowicz!

Notice they are called theories and not facts: facts!

So, protecting and saving democracy means, I take it, requires that Democrats dominate Republicans so completely with so imbalanced supermajority that America effectively becomes a single party government? It's a pretty good strategy, if that's what you want. Like, guardrails against Christofascist Nazis? Sounds a little sus. Like the opposite of democracy, though. Hmmm, so confusing! So confounding. I am so confused.

I am becoming more and more like The Accountant. Less assassination but I just bought a large titanium bowl and two large titanium plates to replace all the cookware in my apartment. I am in the midst of de-cluttering to the point of "camping in my house" because I want to be able to move away without needing to move. So, I will be "one bowl and one plate" guy. And I will be getting rid of so much stuff over the next couple of months. A Capitalist Monk. Ha!

Ex-KKK leader’s child comes out as transgender in new memoir

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Ex-KKK leader’s child comes out as transgender in new memoir

R. Derek Black, the child of Stormfront founder Don Black and a close family friend of David Duke, documents their journey from white nationalism t...

> R. Derek Black, the child of Stormfront founder Don Black and a close family friend of David Duke, documents their journey from white nationalism to antiracism.

4 girls stabbed in apparently random attack at Massachusetts movie theater

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4 girls stabbed in apparently random attack at Massachusetts movie theater

A similar attack in Plymouth may have been carried out by the same suspect, police said.

> A similar attack in Plymouth may have been carried out by the same suspect, police said.

Not the jab Grayson Murray dies at age 30 a day after withdrawing from Colonial, PGA Tour says

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Grayson Murray dies at age 30 a day after withdrawing from Colonial, PGA Tour says

There were no immediate details on the circumstances of his death, only shock and grief from the PGA Tour and his management team.

> There were no immediate details on the circumstances of his death, only shock and grief from the PGA Tour and his management team.

Russian spy chief says more than 20 arrested over deadly concert attack https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-spy-chief-says-ukraine-was-directly-involved-moscow-concert-hall-attack-2024-05-24/ > Russia has arrested more than 20 people in connection with an attack claimed by Islamic State that killed more than 140 people at a concert hall near Moscow in March, the head of the FSB security service said on Friday.

India's new government will be spoilt for choice with $25 billion extra in kitty https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-new-government-will-be-spoilt-choice-with-25-bln-extra-kitty-2024-05-24/ > India's incoming government will be greeted with a $25 billion cheque from the central bank, giving it the option to either boost spending or narrow the fiscal deficit quicker, both of which will be cheered by investors.

Former US Marine pilot can be extradited, Australian magistrate rules https://www.reuters.com/world/former-us-marine-pilot-can-be-extradited-australian-magistrate-rules-2024-05-24/ > Former U.S. Marine pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited from Australia to face U.S. charges of training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers, a Sydney magistrate ruled on Friday.