fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 21hFun fact, Jean-Luc Mélenchon was in his twenties when the Khmer Rouge gave the whole forced pastoralist thing their very best. Time for JL to fire up the ole VCR and to give the Killing Fields a watch. 0260
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From your lips to God's ears - also, I had forgotten about that election entirely. Wooh boy. I liked the line about a President who was elected twice, especially. 100
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Grinch, George Hamilton, and the dead guy from Weekend at Bernie's should not have entered the teleportation machine from The Fly at the same time, is all I'm saying. 010
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 30/09/202659 years after the film The Graduate was released we are still all reliving this scene. 021
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In fairness, how could a Senator from the Midwest be expected to know of the existence of this strange and essentially unheard of team - the Iowa Hawkeyes - and more so a Senator from Louisiana which, by being so far away clearly would not . . . wait . . . I've just been handed a note. 140
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hey, manifest . . . manifest. Faith can move mountains. 030
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's been well known to tax one's Metal Health - lean in, allow yourself to hear the Noize, girls rock your boys (at least twice) and call me in the morning. 000
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That's a relief - they've had a 2 week war that has been going for months to accomplish less than nothing, their fight against the Marxists apparently doesn't include concerns about centralized restrictions on exports (diesel), and hurrah for the expelling the . . . checks notes . . . fascists. 000
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just read a pollster gave a briefing to House Republicans along the lines of "If you are in a +10 district you are under water - if you are in a +15 district your within the polls error margin." Note that if it runs D+10 then all, as is all, of the Texas districts designed to defeat Dems will not. 010
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 24/09/2026America will never be a Communist Country - we will defeat Socialism. - Terms and Conditions Apply. 110
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I hope, for all our sakes, they have a decent dictionary in the prison library when they catch up to him (presumably in a future administration). I don't think he needs AI to generate a picture of a "recipient" vs. a receipt, but then again I have no idea how ugly he is. 000
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Zero out the ICE budget and put at least half into teaching history in this country, FFS. 000
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Checks notes . . . so, the South Carolina Senate race is our new reach goal ? bsky.app/profile/fsqu... 000
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Now, admittedly I'm not an IT expert or in law enforcement, but it seems to me that the F.B.I. probably should have been spending more of their management time safeguarding their data (and with it, their people) instead of wondering how best to get "known" perpetrators of bestiality an FBI jacket. 010
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I hope you stand up on the bus and shout - "This is not the Blue Lagoon I was promised!" I believe that goes over well. More seriously, if you are stranded and do manage to get clothing (incl. a swimsuit) their Blue Lagoon is quite groovy and worth a visit. 090
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ok guys, this time I mean it - not like months ago when I threatened to end a civilization. Seriously, no more Mr. Nice Guy! You hear this Iran, you hear this? Yeah, I'm talking to you - why are you walking away?" 100
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And now, the chaser (reminder that Nixon's lowest poll - taken right before resignation - was 24%). 000
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The final poll for Nixon, just before he headed on to that helicopter and flew off into the sunset, was 24% (lower than I recalled). I don't know American Research Group as a polling organization, but based on their latest, it's a short stroll to be in that neighborhood. 020
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hegseth can't be removed before the election - Johnson is sending the House home, and it's set to return only after the election. No House, no role for the Senate full stop. Tillis can go directly to hell on this btw - he encouraged the sister-in-law to testify on the understanding he was a "no." 010
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Besides Mouse Rat, the following bands have also indicated they will not open for Ed Sheeran. 120
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Any concrete suggestions on #2? To quote Otto from "A Fish Called Wanda" 000
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Don't be so think skinned - seriously, it's nothing to cry about. 130
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 13/09/2026At this point even the paramount lying tool of the administration - who hasn't seen a needlessly massive self-destructive economic policy he doesn't love (Kevin Hassett, head of Trump's Council of Economic Advisers) will soon start looking like the Ben Affleck smoking meme. 011
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 13/09/2026One seat, one term loss? Perhaps OP would like to mention the last time a non-incumbent Democrat won a Senate Seat in Texas. That was 1970. Oh, and how about the specific Senate seat in Texas for which Talarico is running? Oh, that was 1960 (LBJ resigned this seat when he became VP in 1961). FFS. 051
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Those who do not learn the lessons of history . . . you know the rest. They might want to check on the batting average of Nazi Germany, Rhodesia, and the Confederacy - none of which is present on any current maps. I hope they are also speed running their way into becoming a historical footnote. 041
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As a Republican running . . . in Texas . . . where the last time a non-incumbent Democrat won a Senate seat was 1970. As for actual Senate seat that Paxton is running, the last time a Dem won "that" seat was 1960 (LBJ). 000
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I guess dirtier is going to have to do a lot of the heavy lifting, since poorer isn't exactly telling the story they'd like it to. 010
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Must be deeply comforting to the Republicans in Congress (and in state elections) when Trump starts channeling Stephen the mad Irishman from Braveheart. 000
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Yep, seems like she's finally throwing in the sandwich. Then again, the box may just contain the following. 020
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 02/08/2026FYI - Cook Political report. If we can hold Michigan, this starts to look quite doable. 020
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 30/07/202692 year old Senator Chuck Grassley (Chair of the Judiciary Committee, responsible for the process that gives us life-tenured federal judges that will outlast some of us on the planet) has entered the chat. 010
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I'm in a New York state of mind - also, when everybody was clamoring for the Dem base to unite behind Kamala as the 2024 nominee, It's pretty clear they backed the wrong horse. 020
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I think Jon is probably the play - sadly I don't know if the U.S. is ready for Mayor Pete (even though he has an unmatched ability to go into the lion's den(s) of ruby red areas calmly and intelligently gaining real respect from diehards). I do think Jon got whatever injection Captain America did. 210
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Sam the Snowman from the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 1964 Christmas special (lesser known as actor Burl Ives). 080
fsquared @fsquared.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Actually, with his choice of contractors I imagine the gates of hell (which he clearly has the keys to) hanging by a single hinge. Also, one "let's slip" the "dogs of war" - unleashing fire and fury, but hounds of hell no. There's also just one hound of hell, named Cerberus. And, yeah, I know - 000
