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Snow Day Bloody Marys (Hemingway and Doritos)

https://dinnerisserved1972.com/2025/01/06/snow-day-bloody-marys-hemingway-and-d…
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Tue, 07/01/2025 - 03:37
It’s a snow day in Baltimore and that means one thing–a post about cocktails! Full disclosure: I wanted to share these before New Year’s Day, but I’m lazy. And distracted. And lazy. Let’s be honest. I’m just really, really lazy. But better late than never, right? These two new Bloody Marys are the result ofContinue reading Snow Day Bloody Marys (Hemingway and Doritos)

Introducing Georg Property, the Long-Lost Third Property Brother

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Tue, 07/01/2025 - 00:00

DREW: This house has been run down since the ’70s. We’re hoping we can help it get its groove back!

JONATHAN: That’s right. We’re going to give this fixer-upper a big boost of curb appeal.

GEORG: Why do you avert your eyes? Can you tell that I am nude beneath my velvet cloak?

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JONATHAN: I think we should redo the roof first.

DREW: No way, I’m all about bringing these floors back to their glory days.

GEORG: Have you ever eaten tiger prawns on the burnished gold sands of Tahiti’s shores? It is true: I, Georg Property, have long known such carnal delights.

JONATHAN: The driveway is—

GEORG (sadly): We are the only species that dips the bodies of our fallen prey in butter. We are a species of lonely gods.

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JONATHAN: This kitchen is so dated!

Musk, Trump and the Broligarchs’ novel hyper-weapon – Le Monde 4-1-2025, full original English version

https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/06/musk-trump-and-the-broligarchs-novel-…
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Mon, 06/01/2025 - 22:13

How does wealth manage to persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? By merely posing his dazzling question in 1952, Aneurin Bevan captured liberal democracy’s greatest paradox. Today, in the era of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance and their Big Tech brethren, Bevan’s time-honoured paradox has only grown preposterously. […]

The post Musk, Trump and the Broligarchs’ novel hyper-weapon – Le Monde 4-1-2025, full original English version appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

call me todd rogers because i'm gonna cheat really obviously but it's going to take decades for any consequences to catch up to me

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Mon, 06/01/2025 - 19:00
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Bank of Japan research refutes the main predictions made by economists about the impacts of large bond-buying programs

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Mon, 06/01/2025 - 12:50
Welcome to 2025. My blog recorded its 20th year of existence on December 24, 2024 which I suppose is something to celebrate. But when I look out the window and try to find optimism I fail. Who knows what the year holds and global uncertainty is dominating the narratives surrounding economic developments. We have a…

Let Him Enforce It

https://digbysblog.net/2025/01/05/let-him-enforce-it/
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Mon, 06/01/2025 - 10:30
John Roberts’ year-end message was rightly taken to task for implying that criticism of the court’s corruption was inciting violence. If the Chief Justice can’t defend the right of the people to criticize the Supreme Court then they really have gone down the rabbit hole. But he made another point that’s worth looking at as well: Every Administration suffers defeats in the court system—sometimes in cases with major ramifications for executive or legislative power or other consequential topics. Nevertheless, for the past several decades, the decisions of the court, popular or not, have been followed. Within the past few years, however, elected officials from across the political spectrum have raised the specter of open disregard for federal court rulings. These dangerous suggestions, however sporadic, must be soundly rejected. I can’t think of any prominent Democrats making that argument but I suppose there might have been at one point.

Event Organizers - 2024 Year in Review

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Mon, 06/01/2025 - 10:00

The Event Organizer Working Group marked two major milestones in 2024. First, it’s been 5 years since our charter was established in 2019. Second, 2024 is the final year of service for the last two of our founding board members.

Community events have changed drastically in this relatively short period, but our mission has not.

The Event Organizers Working Group supports community-led teams to grow Drupal through local events. Our vision is to establish a worldwide network of Drupal experts who organize events and aid one another to do the same.

This year, the group has focused on three major initiatives - growing our central source for promoting community events, building a reusable platform for running community events, and continuing to get the word out about our resources.

[Un]Happy New Year

https://tomdispatch.com/unhappy-new-year/
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Mon, 06/01/2025 - 09:23

Honestly, as 2025 begins, isn’t it finally time to reimagine American history? So, what do you think of this: George Trump, Abraham Trump, Ulysses S. Trump, Franklin D. Trump, Dwight D. Trump, John F. Trump, Lyndon B. Trump, and even Richard M. and George W. Trump. And yes, of course, on January 20th, Donald J. Trump (of all people) will once again be president of these distinctly (dis-)United States of America. As Joe Biden hobbles into… well, if not the future, then some unknown past, HE looms over us, the political equivalent of a giant armed drone about to be back in the skies of our lives. Of all the Americans whom, once upon a time, I couldn’t have dreamed... Read more

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Schizophrenic Media

https://digbysblog.net/2025/01/05/schizophrenic-media/
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Mon, 06/01/2025 - 09:00
So Biden obviously did an excellent job as president but he is self-indulgent and lacking in accountability? Interesting. It’s also interesting that Baker notes the last time a president inherited such a prosperous country. You may recall that the press also vilified the man who accomplished it as being self-indulgent and lacking in accountability. The press will never forgive Democratic success.

Elon Musk’s nonsense about government deficits

https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/elon-musks-nonsense-about-government…
Created
Mon, 06/01/2025 - 08:08
. The balanced budget paradox is probably one of the most devastating phenomena haunting our modern economies. The harder politicians — usually on the advice of establishment economists — try to achieve balanced budgets for the public sector, the less likely they are to succeed in their endeavour. And the more the citizens have to […]

Good Luck Mike Part Deux

https://digbysblog.net/2025/01/05/good-luck-mike-part-deux/
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Mon, 06/01/2025 - 07:30
I’m afraid that’s exactly what they will be proposing. Trump wants a “one big beautiful reconciliation package.” Speaker Mike Johnson told Republicans on Saturday that President-elect Donald Trump wants one reconciliation package, instead of the planned two that Republican leadership has been pushing, three people in the room where discussions took place told POLITICO. Johnson’s message came as Republicans are meeting behind closed doors at Fort McNair to map out their strategy for passing a sweeping border, tax and energy package that will be the heart of their legislative agenda. Trump told Johnson that he wants “one big beautiful bill,” the Louisiana Republican recounted at the retreat, per three lawmakers. Trump’s decision is a break from Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s pitch for a two-bill strategy that would have seen Republicans pass a border and energy bill first followed by a tax bill. Johnson had also previously indicated there would be two bills — though that was viewed as more of a deference to Trump’s perceived preference and a way to notch quick wins for his agenda.