Brook Trout Café
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I'm just watching a bad dream I never wake up from
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Had US stayed Democratic Socialist before Reagonomics
US would not be -$40 trillion in debt
US would not be -$40 trillion in debt
August 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Had US stayed Democratic Socialist before Reagonomics
US would not be -$40 trillion in debt
US would not be -$40 trillion in debt
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PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
July 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
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Really important article just appeared about the roots of the Ukrainians air power strategy which is being so effective now. It was years in the making.
www.wsj.com/opinion/ukra...
www.wsj.com/opinion/ukra...
Opinion | Ukraine’s New Air-Power Paradigm
Putin says Russia is bound to win a war of attrition. Recent developments cast doubt on his confidence.
www.wsj.com
June 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Really important article just appeared about the roots of the Ukrainians air power strategy which is being so effective now. It was years in the making.
www.wsj.com/opinion/ukra...
www.wsj.com/opinion/ukra...
Rip to the guy who fought tooth and nail against regulating the mortgage derivatives market, setting up the worst recession in a generation and putting the hope of upward mobility out of reach for millions
June 22, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Rip to the guy who fought tooth and nail against regulating the mortgage derivatives market, setting up the worst recession in a generation and putting the hope of upward mobility out of reach for millions
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r.i.p. Alan Greenspan, met Ayn Rand when he was 26 and went on to make the most incredible mess of the U.S. economy based largely on her insane theories
www.theawl.com/2011/04/when...
www.theawl.com/2011/04/when...
![If the Enron disaster had not already made the hollowness of this argument horribly apparent, the financial crisis four years later could leave no doubt. And so it was that in October 2008, the mother of all Objectivist reckonings came to pass: The Span had to defend his disastrous policies to Congress one Thursday afternoon and explain why the U.S. economy, for decades under his stewardship, had gone kablooey. Here is what he said to that mob of furious congressmen who made up the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
“I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organizations, specifically banks and others, were such as that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms […]
“Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:un7ax3cmaqemchu5tsqnymts/bafkreicta2ixhfycztjkwddaz6kid5omqtrhhj3btutni7pchcegrlmpdy)
June 22, 2026 at 2:06 PM
r.i.p. Alan Greenspan, met Ayn Rand when he was 26 and went on to make the most incredible mess of the U.S. economy based largely on her insane theories
www.theawl.com/2011/04/when...
www.theawl.com/2011/04/when...
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I notice that American officials aren't telling this to AMERICANS. 😡 #WakeUpMAGA #Iran #PromotionalPresident #TrumpLies
May 27, 2026 at 10:22 AM
I notice that American officials aren't telling this to AMERICANS. 😡 #WakeUpMAGA #Iran #PromotionalPresident #TrumpLies
Being a House Republican must be so humiliating. Donald Trump tweets at 2 a.m. that horse shit is food, actually, and the next day you've got to go on Fox News and say how much you love eating horse shit.
"I think it's a good move" -- Rep. Andy Ogles on Trumps's taxpayer-funded insurrectionist slush fund
May 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Being a House Republican must be so humiliating. Donald Trump tweets at 2 a.m. that horse shit is food, actually, and the next day you've got to go on Fox News and say how much you love eating horse shit.
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Maybe I should have helped attack the capitol so I can afford groceries.
May 20, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Maybe I should have helped attack the capitol so I can afford groceries.
Anybody else remember watching the Back to the Future trilogy every. single. Thanksgiving? #TedTurner
May 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Anybody else remember watching the Back to the Future trilogy every. single. Thanksgiving? #TedTurner
Conquer England
If you lived in 1066, what would you do
May 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Conquer England
We're a week away from Scalise claiming gas was $8 a gallon under Biden
SCALISE: We've delivered. Remember that 2 years ago, we were paying almost $6 a gallon. Right now it's in the $3s
KERNEN: When were we paying $6?
SCALISE: 2.5 years ago
K: That's not right
S: We are lowering inflation
K: We're actually above where we were then. 2 years ago the average was $3.65
KERNEN: When were we paying $6?
SCALISE: 2.5 years ago
K: That's not right
S: We are lowering inflation
K: We're actually above where we were then. 2 years ago the average was $3.65
April 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We're a week away from Scalise claiming gas was $8 a gallon under Biden
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April 30, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.
April 29, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.
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They’re charging James Comey for posting “8647” on his Instagram, saying it’s a threat.
Do you know how stupid this is?
I worked in food service.
When we “86’d” someone, that meant “throw them out.” Not KILL the customer.
Do you know how stupid this is?
I worked in food service.
When we “86’d” someone, that meant “throw them out.” Not KILL the customer.
April 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
They’re charging James Comey for posting “8647” on his Instagram, saying it’s a threat.
Do you know how stupid this is?
I worked in food service.
When we “86’d” someone, that meant “throw them out.” Not KILL the customer.
Do you know how stupid this is?
I worked in food service.
When we “86’d” someone, that meant “throw them out.” Not KILL the customer.
My 1st encounter with "86'd" was on a Counterstrike server where being a "bloody wanker!!" (i.e. breaking server rules) would get you "86'd." It meant kicked & banned. My 2nd was in Family Guy where A*dy D*ck shows up at a club and says, "Let's get 86'd!" I've never once heard it to mean violence.
Fox News reports that former FBI director James Comey has been indicted in relation to his “8647” post on Instagram last year.
April 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
My 1st encounter with "86'd" was on a Counterstrike server where being a "bloody wanker!!" (i.e. breaking server rules) would get you "86'd." It meant kicked & banned. My 2nd was in Family Guy where A*dy D*ck shows up at a club and says, "Let's get 86'd!" I've never once heard it to mean violence.
The prez literally retweeted someone calling for the hangings of a handful of sitting lawmakers. Spare me this bullshit
BREAKING on MS NOW:
James Comey has been indicted by the Trump Justice Department — again.
This time, Comey has been indicted on charges alleging he made threats against Trump in that May 2025 social post of a picture of shells on the beach that spelled out "8647."
James Comey has been indicted by the Trump Justice Department — again.
This time, Comey has been indicted on charges alleging he made threats against Trump in that May 2025 social post of a picture of shells on the beach that spelled out "8647."
April 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The prez literally retweeted someone calling for the hangings of a handful of sitting lawmakers. Spare me this bullshit
Hooray! The NYT did another round of "let's ask a bunch of gullible, nihilistic rubes why MAGA is the greatest political movement of all time." Turns out, the latest group is feeling buyer's remorse! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Economy, Immigration and Regret: 12 Trump Voters Discuss (Gift Article)
Trump voters discuss their disappointment with the president’s second term.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Hooray! The NYT did another round of "let's ask a bunch of gullible, nihilistic rubes why MAGA is the greatest political movement of all time." Turns out, the latest group is feeling buyer's remorse! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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this headline is such a great example of “racecraft.” musk isn’t passively posting about “race,” he is actively writing psychotically racist agitprop www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s near-daily online posts about race are turning off some fans
Elon Musk posted almost daily about race on X in recent months, a Washington Post analysis found, at times sharing views experts said echoed white supremacy.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2026 at 12:26 PM
this headline is such a great example of “racecraft.” musk isn’t passively posting about “race,” he is actively writing psychotically racist agitprop www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
This man is a serial killer, in that he was part of a 40-year campaign to kill the critical thinking skills of every GOP voter and anyone else suckered in by Fox News' hucksterism
Tucker Carlson: “I’ll be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. And I want to say that I’m sorry for misleading people.”
April 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This man is a serial killer, in that he was part of a 40-year campaign to kill the critical thinking skills of every GOP voter and anyone else suckered in by Fox News' hucksterism
This is amazing. I have heard a few dozen 78s and none of them sounded this good!
A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity
A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity
Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...
www.openculture.com
April 18, 2026 at 12:37 AM
This is amazing. I have heard a few dozen 78s and none of them sounded this good!