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• On the post: Trump’s Government Of Spite: Political Performance Art For Assholes

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2025 @ 12:00pm

  Sounds familiar somehow

  "Actual governing requires building coalitions. It requires incorporating feedback from people who disagree with you. It requires making tradeoffs between competing interests and, at minimum, pretending that you care about the concerns of citizens who didn’t vote for you." So, it means employing the art of the deal? Is that what you're saying?

• On the post: RFK Jr. Discovers Second Cause Of Autism: Foreskin Deficiency

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2025 @ 04:58am

  New gold standard

  Well, Bobby Brainworm just saved the medical research community an absolute metric shit-ton of time and money. We can now throw away those expensive, complicated, time-consuming randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies and just watch TikTok!

• On the post: Oklahoma A.G. Would Like To Know Where Ryan Walters Spent A Bunch Of Money

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2025 @ 03:57am

  AG

  "...state Attorney General, Gentner Drummond..." Sounds less like an individual and more like an entire law firm.

• On the post: Another Trump Official Carelessly Talks War Plans While Hanging Around With Civilians

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2025 @ 10:46am

  Durable flabber

  I'm not sure how many more times my flabber can be absolutely gasted, but it has happened again.

• On the post: Ohio State University Challenges Trademark Over Silly Football Rivalry

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2025 @ 03:43am

  OSU law firm

  It seems Ohio State is being represented by the law firm of Streisand and Streisand.

• On the post: MAHA Draft Report: Pesticides, Processed Foods Unmentioned, But Conspiracy Theories Abound

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2025 @ 04:00am

  Supposition and assumption have a certain credibility to them, not because of their actual definitions but because they are polysyllabic (and this is not a high IQ, polysyllabic word-slinging crowd we're dealing with). How about 'conspiracy figment'?

• On the post: Oklahoma Superintendent: Bible Thumper & The Curious Case Of The Board Meeting Pornography

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2025 @ 04:34am

  Potter Stewart

  I'm surprised that none of the Puritans who get caught ogling nudes don't fall back on SCOTUS Justice Potter Stewart's "I know it when I see it" definition of porn. "I know porn when I see it and I definitely didn't see any porn on my screen. If you did, then you are the perv."

• On the post: Sony Opposes Trademark For ‘Naughty Cat’ Because ‘Cat’ Is Too Similar To ‘Dog’

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2025 @ 03:18am

  Oh well...

  There go my plans for a Naughty [Domestic Animal] series. Naughty Hamster Naughty Gerbil Naughty Goldfish Naughty Parakeet Naughty Rabbit (a twofer as Playboy enters the chat) Naughty Parrot Naughty Bearded Dragon

• On the post: Trump Admin, DOGE Are Turning Multiple Gov’t Components Into A Giant Racist Database

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2025 @ 10:36am

  There, fixed it for ya...

  Operatives from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are building a MASTER RACE database at the Department of Homeland Security

• On the post: FCC Boss Brendan Carr Shamelessly Plugs Elon Musk’s Starlink Like A Dodgy Used Car Salesman

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2025 @ 10:26am

  No. Doggies are nice little critters.

• On the post: FCC Boss Brendan Carr Shamelessly Plugs Elon Musk’s Starlink Like A Dodgy Used Car Salesman

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2025 @ 05:49am

  New pronunciation

  Your title hits on something: Everybody should be pronouncing DOGE as "Dodgy" instead of 'dohj'

• On the post: DHS Ensures The Leaks Will Continue By Rolling Out Lie Detectors In Hopes Of Finding Leakers

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2025 @ 01:17pm

  Nomenclature

  I don't know. What do all of you think? What should the polygraph being used to find leakers be called? I've got a couple to start us off:

  • Streisand Effector
  • Streisand-O-Matic
  • Streisandograph
  • BabsBot
  • AutoStreisand
  • CyberStreisand
  • ElectroStreisand
  • Streisand Gizmo
  • Streisand Gadget
  • Streisandotron
  • Streisand Vortex

• On the post: Trump FCC Tries To Bully Comcast Away From Its Already Flimsy Dedication To Civil Rights

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2025 @ 06:58am

  Foreign news

  I already get more reliable news about the US from non-US sources: Reuters, CBC, BBC, France24, Al-Jazeera. Similarly, I do not use those sources for news about their 'home turf' for pretty much the same reason.

• On the post: Big Telecom Again Begs Trump Supreme Court To Kill State Laws Requiring They (Gasp) Provide Affordable Broadband To Poor People

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2025 @ 08:55am

  Copia amicus?

  Is the Copia Institute going to file an amicus brief? Seems like a good time to do so.

• On the post: Big Telecom Again Begs Trump Supreme Court To Kill State Laws Requiring They (Gasp) Provide Affordable Broadband To Poor People

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2025 @ 08:52am

  Not physics, religion

  In order for the Trump Supremes to understand your metaphors, you'll have to use less physics (..."might tear a hole in the time space continuum, unleashing all manner of unfathomable horrors") and go with religious ideas, like tribulations, rapture, Armageddon, etc.

• On the post: M. Night Shyamalan, Apple Evade Copyright Lawsuit By Filmmaker For The Most Obvious Of Reasons

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2025 @ 04:36am

  Pronouns matter

  "...the “brazen copying” that Gregorini references in his suit..." It was not his suit. It was her suit. Francesca Gregorini is Ringo Starr's stepdaughter.

• On the post: The NHL Is Having Trademark Trouble With Its Newest Team In Utah

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2025 @ 05:04am

  Stick with it

  The temporary name of Utah Hockey Club, patterned after soccer/football teams, should be made permanent. It would start a new trend. But then again, when your logos and merch start displaying "UHC" you will go up against United Health Care. Never mind.

• On the post: Prepare For A Whole Bunch Of Pointless, Harmful Mergers In Streaming By Media Executives All Out Of Original Ideas

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2025 @ 03:14am

  Hilarious Title

  "...Media Executives All Out Of Original Ideas" The implication they ever had a single original idea is hilarious! Or were you being ironic? It's early in the morning so it's hard to tell.

• On the post: Jeff Bezos’ Latest Gambit To Bring Back Trust In Media: Silence Editorial Cartoonists Who Call Out Your Sniveling Compliance

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2025 @ 01:45pm

  Motto

  Washington Post’s new motto: “Democracy Dies in DC”

• On the post: FTC Orders ‘Gun Detection’ Tech Maker Evolv To Stop Overstating Effectiveness Of Its Glorified Metal Detectors

  

  Flakbait ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2024 @ 06:59am

  There's a plan!

  Not only will those big magnets forcefully remove the guns from would-be criminals, they would demagnetize the credit and ATM cards and hotel room keys for all those ne'er-do-wells...and everyone else, for that matter (the strips still work as back-up for the chips). Let's not forget that we'll show those bad guys that crime never pays by ripping their phones out of their pockets! And screw your pacemaker, we have to get the guns! Collateral damage to all the innocents is a small price to pay to create an orderly society!

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