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“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” ~ John Adams
What the FAR LEFT has to say about me and my writing
"You are anti-semitic!"
"You are a Zionist!"
"We don't give single fuck what your privileged ignorant ass has to say."
"Think, you pudding headed fuck."
What the FAR RIGHT has to say about me and my writing
"What an arrogant fool you are."
"YOU are pushing that racist bullshit."
"Dmb fk."
"You're a groomer, and are a danger to society."
I encourage you to explore this site and see what the fuss is about. Apologies in advance if you aren't as excited by measured, evidence-based reasoning as my "fans" in social media.
Jack Hughes being interviewed on NBC after the gold medal game.
After the game, Hughes gave a spirited interview in which he said he "loved the USA" and that he and his teammates were "proud to be Americans." It was a good moment.
But when President Trump gets involved, good moments usually turn to shit. FBI Director Kash Patel appeared in the men's locker room, guzzling beer and summoning Trump on speaker. Trump offered to transport the men's team by military plane to attend the State of the Union address. Patel assured the President that he was "fucking on it." Then Trump, the self-proclaimed defender of women in sports, said: "I must tell you, we have to bring the women's team ... if I didn't I do believe I'd probably be impeached." The team laughed.
And on Tuesday night, there they were, bit actors in Trump's perverse reality show.
Not a single member of the men's team had the balls to stand up for his teammates on the women's squad in real time. Not one. In an interview the next day, Hughes tried to paper over Trump's misogyny and his team's amused response. He said, "People are so negative out there, trying to make something out of almost nothing."
Um-hmm.
The women's ice hockey team declined the invitation to attend the State of the Union. Hilary Knight called Trump's joke "distasteful."
Why would men capable of performing remarkable feats of courage and endurance on one stage bend a knee to an abuser of women on another?
In the Epstein files, we see this all too common failing of the male psyche turned up to 11. Men choosing to joke about the sex trafficking of young girls, and to participate themselves, so as not to be booted from their friend group. Alpha dogs in one setting, extreme beta conspirators in another.
I hope the men's team enjoyed their McDonald's burgers and fries at the White House. They traded a small piece of their souls for fast food and some yuks at women's expense.
Amendment (2/27/2026)
Writing in the Athletic, Jerry Brewer described how the US men's hockey team "lost the room" in the aftermath of Trump's call. Marc Thiessen of the Washington Post attributed Brewer's opinion, and the hubbub in general, to Trump Derangement Syndrome. Of course he did, it's all he ever does.
While Thiessen may be happy with the defining feature of the USA being a boot in someone's ass, as the Toby Keith song played by the men's team after their victory suggests, our country's mission is in fact grander and more sublime. Trump, Thiessen's idol, doesn't get this any more than Thiessen. Trump posted an AI-generated video of Brady Tkachuk calling Canadians "maple syrup-eating fucks," prompting Tkachuk to clarify that he "would never say that." No doubt, Tkachuk was motivated in part by his regular gig: captain of the Ottawa Senators.
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Me Imperturbe
Me imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature, Master of all, or mistress of all—aplomb in the midst of irrational things, Imbued as they—passive, receptive, silent as they, Finding my occupation, poverty, notoriety, foibles, crimes, less important than I thought;
Me private, or public, or menial, or solitary—all these subordinate, (I am eternally equal with the best—I am not subordinate;) Me toward the Mexican Sea, or in the Mannahatta, or the Tennessee, or far north, or inland, A river-man, or a man of the woods, or of any farm-life of These States, or of the coast, or the lakes, or Kanada,
Me, wherever my life is lived, O to be self-balanced for contingencies!
O to confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do.
~ Walt Whitman
Tired
I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two – And see what worms are eating At the rind.
