We should not change the name of the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America.”
No, my friends. We should change its moniker to the “Gulf of America Fuck Yeah!”
Of course.
Month: January 2025
Blame Canada
a cheat sheet for folks at home either 1) lacking a sense of humor, or 2) incapable of reading between the lines
canadian acquisition: a joke (and a gift to pierre poilievre)
greenland: will remain independent, we are now negotiating some kind of longterm binding partnership in…— Mike Solana (@micsolana) January 7, 2025
Right. Ain’t nobody invading fucking Canada. Lord knows they’ve screwed their own country up enough themselves without us having to do anything.
And the Panama Canal thing is indeed a warning to China. Believe me, China has gotten the message. Greenland is a non-issue too. Not to defend Trump, but he’s using fairly standard blustery businessman strong-arm fear tactics.
Bellieving
There are more than a few, but they are all massive dumbasses who couldn’t find a taco in Taco Bell.
Engage
North Korean M1989 "Koksan" already on the frontline. It still amazes me how much the US, Europe and South Korea don't give a shit about North Korea fully entering the war in Europe. https://t.co/pMefI2kdIx pic.twitter.com/dkh3zCFbOQ
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 7, 2025
It amazes me too. That should have been the “Time to quit fucking around” moment and it just was not. NATO should’ve full engaged then and evicted North Korea and Russia from Ukraine.
And we did nothing. Nothing at all.
Quent
What happens if a NATO member invaded a NATO member?
It would be like the end of a Tarantino movie. Everyone would shoot everyone else and fall over dead theatrically.
Permanent contraception surged after Roe v Wade overturned, study finds.
‘It didn’t use to be like this’: woeful US healthcare system exposed by CEO killing.
Bluesky Proves Stagnant Monopolies Are Strangling the Internet.
TikTok Brainwashed America’s Youth. Having an active propaganda arm of the CCP allowed to be ubiquitous in America is absolutely fucking insane.
How the AMA Undermines Primary Care.
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a ‘community notes’ system similar to X.
US corporate bankruptcies hit 14-year high as interest rates take toll.
New jets help passengers avoid congestion at hub airports.
The national park that draws mushroom hunters from around the world.
Meta’s Fact-Checking Reversal Lets Zuckerberg Drop the Charade.
Wrong Ville
I really dislike the social pressure to join a political tribe.
“Are you a racist, anti-science troglodyte? Or are you an economically-illiterate, political correctness Karen? Those are your only choices. It’s one or the other. PICK ONE.”
How about neither? How about you go fuck yourselves?
— Kevin Gaughen 🇺🇸 (@gaughen.bsky.social) January 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I’m the same. It’s already hard enough not being an utter dumbass. Joining a tribe is a certain way to toss yourself right into Tardville. No thank you.
Let Me Secure
Since this seems to work so well, you should send me all your money for “security.” I’ll keep it safe and sound for you.
Send it to me and you’ll never have to worry about it again.
Eff Ic
This comment is exactly right.
I am old enough to remember when companies had large training departments, there was an actual training period, and most departments were adequately staffed. That started disappearing (along with pensions) during the 2001 recession and then all of that was completely eliminated in the name of “efficiency” during and after the Great Recession. People younger than 42 or so cannot remember how it used to be. But it was better.
Now, 10-20 job roles are collapsed into one or eliminated altogether. For instance, Microsoft doesn’t even have QA anymore. And it shows. The developers and to a larger extent the users are expected to handle this.
This same process happened across industries as MBAs took over, corporations concentrated on stock buybacks and enriching execs and shareholders short-term rather than any longer term sustainability. And we see how that played out.
No Im
In honor of Trudeau's resignation, I thought I'd post a graph showing complete failure on one of Canada's biggest issues. pic.twitter.com/yfhsilOap0
— Hunter📈🌈📊 (@StatisticUrban) January 6, 2025
This and the related declining standard of living in Canada is 95% of the reason we decided against immigrating there. No reason to climb into a sinking ship.
Knock Knock
Drones in combat are simply terrifying. And the Ukrainian drone pilots are next level.
Insalubrious
A lot of people here in the US like to pretend that there is anything at all normal about the US healthcare system. But I’ve lived in other countries and I also have friends in various places around the world. And I can assure you that we have the dishonor of having the worst in the developed world.
It’s two things that allow them to believe this absolute delusion of how amazing and flawless the US healthcare system is. The first is status quo bias and the second is that they identify with the wealthy, who mostly support the current system. Perversely, this is true even if they themselves are not wealthy and would get the usual subpar health care and denial after denial if anything happened to them. It’s true that some countries (usually ones in decline, like the UK and Canada) have long wait times for some exams and procedures. I’ve yet to see anyone explain to me how that was better than denial of coverage, ruinous medical bills and general thievin’ at every layer of the US healthcare system.
When I was in the UK some years ago (before they had started to go downhill so severely), I mentioned to a friend of mine while we were at a pub that my stomach hurt pretty badly. She said if it kept hurting that we could “Pop over to a clinic down the avenue.” And I, being an American, balked — because in the US, there’d be a 2-10 hour wait, it’d cost $5,000 and it’d be just a general nightmare where I’d probably be misdiagnosed anyway.
She laughed and said the wait would be like 10 minutes, it’d cost at most £30, and they were very competent. I told her more about how the US healthcare system worked and she was appalled, as are people in most normal countries are when they hear how it is here. She said it sounded like we “lived like savages.” Which, you know, we do.
I think nearly everyone who is not rich has known someone murdered by the US healthcare system. I know of at least three, and as I’ve said before I don’t know many people.
We have the worst health care system in the world by far of any rich country, yet people still defend it to the death. Which they’ll probably receive if they go to any US hospital and then get denied coverage.
Phane
Inventory: 10 January movies better than they have any right to be.
I’ve seen every film on this list (not surprisingly). That is a good one. I’d add these great January dumping ground releases to the list:
1) Fish Tank
2) M3gan
4) Blackhat
5) Snatch
7) Impostor
8) Teeth
All of those above I listed are very good films.
About the 1994 Body Snatchers, though. That’s such a dread-filled, slimy film. It feels like a nightmare that you just cannot wake from. Both Meg Tilly and Gabrielle Anwar are perfect in it. (And the bathtub scene…blech.)