TheVale

There’s a foreign influence operation trying to trick us into war with Turkey. Don’t let them.

JD Vance is right. More people need to know that the president is trying to take $10 billion in taxpayer money for himself.

My guess on the big, medium-term take-aways from the Iran war 1. Iran has learned that it can close & charge Hormuz at will 2. China has learned that the US is overstretched 3. Europe has learned NATO is a dead letter until the GOP de-trumpizes, which is at least a decade away

@ToniGering @CBSEveningNews You realize news channels have capacity to cover more the one story at a time, don’t you? Ever read a newspaper? Or watched the evening news? Or opened a news website or app? Anyway, here’s CBS covering the murdered scientists just TWO DAYS AGO: thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-…

@CBSEveningNews 10 scientists are dead or missing and CBS is onto legos.

Police say a 28-year-old California man allegedly bought expensive LEGO sets, kept the pieces and returned the boxes filled with dry pasta. Authorities say the scheme was repeated about 70 times nationwide before he was caught.

drinking with someone who likes martinis is always weird cuz they’re like “i want it filthy and wet raw missionary with eye contact and sloppy making out” like alright man. cool. im happy u found a drink u like

@TraceJoyWar @wdseelig @JeremiahDJohns @JonahDispatch Are you going to tell me that the DOD/DOW behaves no differently if led by Pete Hegseth vs. Lloyd Austin? That HHS is no different under RFK, Jr. than under Kathleen Sebelius? Or most obviously, that DOJ and FBI act no differently under Bondi and Patel than Sessions and Comey?

It's amazing how Republicans control every branch of government and still speak of 'Washington DC' like it's someone else. Trump is currently suing the federal government and directing his flunkies to settle the case by giving him billions. That's the corruption.

@GenXGrumpy @wdseelig @JeremiahDJohns @JonahDispatch Political appointees in the agency secretary, assistant secretary, deputy assistant secretary, and other senior positions make the real decisions — wha gets prioritized and gets resourced, in line with the White House’s policies. The career people execute.

@TheValeMark @wdseelig @JeremiahDJohns @JonahDispatch I worked for the federal government for over 40 years. He's correct. Only certain long term dem politicians have any clout. Senior career democrat SES employees run everything. If they don't like a presidential policy, the slow it down or just won't implement it.

I went to Stanford's grad school of education where Boaler was working before I knew how bad the state of education science is and how among other things ed grad school doesn't replicably make teachers better. I wasn't teaching math so we never interacted, but she was talked about universally as the main celebrity there. Never saw any pushback and I didn't look into the specifics of what she was about until later. Talking about how bad the state of education science is as a teacher can make you sound like a conspiracy theorist, it's hard to communicate in a way that sounds grounded how fake a lot of the things being promoted by prestigious institutions are. I'm really excited Kelsey's taken this problem on because there needs to be a lot more good thorough writing on it. Wish this wasn't paywalled so I could share it with more people but imo it's worth the subscription. theargumentmag.com/p/education-re…

I’ve sat here for years and watched the Republicans embrace their worst extremists. I don’t want to see the Democrats do the same. noahpinion.blog/p/hasan-piker-…

@B_C__20 @f_lindblom Sounds like user error. I’ve never run into this issue in my decades of playing in soft spikes

@f_lindblom Not for me. I don’t like them. They are always falling out and having to replace them. Not worth it for me.

EVERY winner on the PGA Tour this year has worn a spiked golf shoe. Every single one!! The spikeless shoe era is finally dead☠️

@LeadingReport Is there a link? And article? A report?

HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Biden administration was blocking Christian families from adopting foster children.

Catholicism befuddles the American political spectrum because it espouses sexual mores favored by conservatives and social mores favored by progressives. And so conservatives don’t like it when the Church starts making noise about the social part of its teachings.

The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room. The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction. The Health guy collects raccoon dicks. It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.

@i_zzzzzz Another victim of deindustrialization 😔

Movies used to have a lot more catwalks, gantries, hoists, and chains in them. And the chains were often wet

It will be utterly tragic if, after all this pain and suffering, we end up with a similar or worse deal than the JCPOA. But at least we will get some laughs watching as the usual suspects suddenly have to praise Trump for giving Iran “pallets of cash” for their uranium. 😂

@AChillCustomer @wdseelig @JeremiahDJohns @JonahDispatch I think it’s his excessively analytical mind

@wdseelig @JeremiahDJohns @JonahDispatch oh so you’re *stupid* stupid

@wdseelig @JeremiahDJohns @JonahDispatch Jesus dude, can you hear yourself?

@JeremiahDJohns @JonahDispatch The premise here is simply wrong. Elected Republicans don’t “control” the government, and, for that matter, neither do elected Democrats. The thin layer of elected officials is almost always overwhelmed by the entrenched power of the permanent deep state.

@Throwguard @bobsacaman000 @JakeThe53997336 @BarstoolNate Go outside. Play a sport. Meet up with friends for a beer

@TheValeMark @bobsacaman000 @JakeThe53997336 @BarstoolNate So to be sure all of this is cuz I said goyim? 🤣

The guy who signed his life away to protect pedophiles has turned to drinking, not overly surprising

@Throwguard @bobsacaman000 @JakeThe53997336 @BarstoolNate Not Jewish and I don’t know what the fuck 🟦 means. I’m just tired of brain-poisoned dorks ruining the Internet.

@TheValeMark @bobsacaman000 @JakeThe53997336 @BarstoolNate Jewish school bullies?!? Now I’ve heard it all! Next yall will hit me with a 🟦

@bobsacaman000 @Throwguard @JakeThe53997336 @BarstoolNate Cuz he didn’t get stuffed in a locker enough as a kid. We’ve been too tolerant of unrepentant dorks

@Throwguard @TheValeMark @JakeThe53997336 @BarstoolNate why so much hate in your heart, king retard?