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I'll remind the RW nutters about 1989 in Eastern Europe. It can happen very suddenly. I would love a Romania situation but perhaps Democracy might take longer. Revolutions of 1989 - Wikipedia 10 Years (Poland): The Solidarity movement, challenging communist rule, began in 1980, leading to semi-free elections and the first non-communist government in 1989. 10 Months (Hungary): Hungary opened its border with Austria in May 1989, allowing East Germans to escape, and held its first free elections in October, dismantling its communist system rapidly. 10 Weeks (East Germany): Mass protests (the "Peaceful Revolution") grew through the autumn of 1989, culminating in the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, ending the GDR's regime. 10 Days (Czechoslovakia): The Velvet Revolution, starting with student protests on November 17, 1989, led to the swift, non-violent resignation of the Communist government by late November. This is an excellent documentary about 1989

one of those areas Orwell identified as constantly in conflict. He had Eurasia basically starting at the French coast though.

Miriam Adelson offers Donald Trump $250m for 2028 run | The Jerusalem Post Alan Dershowitz had better work on Trump's 3rd term or he's going to jail.

"it all ends in tears, these arrangements usually do"

We know that THEY know that they are unpopular for all this extra-constitutional nonsense. We know that even the most befuddled MAGA knows they are selling crap to people who have woken up to all of it finally. So, expect worse distractions. But the 2026 mid-terms will be a blowout.

Take the win

too much foolish wagering going on in this society. When you give people incentive to manipulate these odds...

Steve Kemp's unshaven baseball card picture fit the mental model I always had of LFers that I got from some comedic Baseball Digest article in my distant youth. Not athletic enough to be in CF. Don't have the arm strength to be in RF. Basically, a lazy under-achiever.

My model for the Trump cult is what would the anti-Christ i learned about in Sunday school be doing that he's isnt?

TDS is a tool of control. Screw anyone who uses it. They should be shunned as shills for the regime.

while insisting that his supplicants praise him for the colors of the flames.

re: Susie Wiles, you can really see the Pat Summerall dna.

Coaching and culture matters more at the lower tiers to get to 9 win seasons. Eventually a coach and culture can move a program into the higher tiers. If the rich demi-god (maybe an Emir's son from the Persian Gulf, maybe one of Musk's kids) decides he wants to go to the University of Neverwin and that demi-god decides that Mount Olympus should imbue the program with resource, well the opportunity now is wide open for that to happen. It probably needs to be reigned in to produce a sustainable system. Its broke now though.

The irony with the Trump attack on Rob Reiner is that Trump's own kids will be the ones who see him off this mortal coil when they pull the plug on him to expedite their inheritances.

Yeah, it is literally impossible to win a natty at Michigan and we can't recruit any talent. Money situation is desperate. We keep losing NIL battles to...who exactly?

I'm glad some posters for these GDT are posting during the games because otherwise I'd be worried they were off somewhere strapped with TNT ready to blow up a public place.

A real out-of-left-field name would have been Steve Kemp.

Yeah, Nixon had checks on him at the end. This is bad.

I mean, Jesus couldn't rely on his disciples in the Garden to stay awake. You going to ask a bunch of citizens who stand to lose their tax breaks to turn their backs on their meal ticket?

I mean if he were to show grace even once it would shatter the egos of his followers who are more about the destructive power of the Presidency than noblesse oblige, the sustainment of positive values, or the progress of the human species out of Hobbesian despair.

So, who will step up and defend Trump over this?

Didn't mean to invoice your time :--) I glanced at the Sheerer piece and it does look like what you say.

BTW, when I did a search for "RFK JR Puff Piece" i got a bunch of hits on NY Times. Not sure if that was what you meant Edman.