I think watching a British quiz show and wondering who won is maybe the most American reaction to have

“have discussed forming a working group” is code here for “the banks, they’re out of money”

One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.

Its actually a fabulous article. I love these guys, they were prescient, and while they never actually *wanted* to be listened to, I think the Democrats would be in a better place today if they had, even just a little.

if greenland is not going to become a state, and greenlanders are not going to be represented in congress, and greenlanders are not going to be able to vote, then greenland will be a colony. this is the language we should be using to talk about this bullshit