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https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/politics/fentanyl-weapon-of-mass-destruction-trump *Sigh*

There are people who are unable to discuss Donald Trump with any semblance of objectivity, and just spin off into rants against him whenever his name is mentioned. These are fundamentally different from the people who make legitimate points against him, which is extremely easy to do, because...

Yeah, why bother saying anything at all if that’s all you can muster?

Oof. You have to wonder what was going on with their son to spur something like this.

What a good excuse to listen to them (or at least sample them) before voting, then!

And things were so calm and pleasant around here…

Sorry, I wasn’t trying to imply that — I was just agreeing with Rutte.

Rutte isn’t wrong. And Ukraine can’t last 3 more years waiting for a change in U.S. regime as long as Trump continues to play softball with Putin.

Bringing miraculous breast and butt implants to everyone he touches…?

He had a band-aid on the back of his hand at the Kennedy Center, looked like it was from an IV. Doesn’t say much, though IV dosing is usually reserved for more serious treatments. He and his White House doctor will only ever say he’s in the best health in the history of humankind, so all we’ll...

Quick thoughts on my nominee, Crescent Lament’s 噤夢 Land Of Lost Voices: Really great Asian gothic folk metal from Taiwan. Clean female lead vocals with some limited male growls on about half the tracks. All lyrics are in Taiwanese. The erhu (Asian 2-string fiddle) is just as prominent as the...

Wow, I only picked up 4 albums this year: A-Z - A2Z² Bruce Dickinson - More Balls To Picasso Ellefson-Soto - Unbreakable Smith/Kotzen - Black Light / White Noise A-Z is pretty great, Dickinson and Smith/Kotzen are both quite good, and the Ellefson-Soto album is pretty good.

Definitely one of the best of 2025, IMO.

It’s far too early to make calls on who might win a 2028 presidential nomination. Will the people you named be throwing their hats in the ring? Probably. Beyond that, we have more than 2 years before anything gets settled.

If there’s no new album, then after a tour like this one you’re really only left with a couple of options — either a part II that covers the rest of the discography (X Factor through Senjutsu), or a deep cuts tour. Anything else would leave them repeating themselves too soon. If the timing...