# The Potpourri **URL:** \ **Category:** The Happening World\ **Created:** [25 May 2024 23:57 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653 "2024-05-25T23:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 40
**Author:** ![Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/citizen_bitcoin/32/19488_2.png) [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2026 16:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/781 "2026-04-14T16:27:39Z")
16 years is a long time for one person to be prime minister or president outside of Israel ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2026 18:11 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/782 "2026-04-14T18:11:06Z")
Netanyahu’s longest single span was just 12 years. ---
**Author:** ![eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/eggspurt/32/3686_2.png) [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2026 18:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/783 "2026-04-14T18:24:18Z")
here’s the state of the present (subtitles are in english): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Htag5Kk3Zn8/maxresdefault.jpg "Я счастлив!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htag5Kk3Zn8) ---
**Author:** ![Cyrano](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Cyrano](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Cyrano)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2026 18:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/784 "2026-04-14T18:27:34Z")
![IMG_4414](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/e/2/e29254ef01f9546b9bb4292d1cb32d918fe06177.jpeg) Conservative children are so “mean”. ![IMG_4416](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/7/d/7d2661d9a8883ce34cdf0fd75083e19bf46eaaf0.jpeg) Relatedly, mental illness rates are expected to be lower in the future. ![IMG_4419](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/8/e/8efc32cd6b42668f01fb00d0289d966a38bcc791.jpeg) ![IMG_4353](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/1/5/15cb22725df047641db89e3beea782af54f8a769.jpeg) Diversity is our strength, comrade! Finally, Heinlein might term the following as “bad luck”: ![IMG_4417](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/6/d/6db14c86fd88a16ae0ee74a2f716c70d2faccc5e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/citizen_bitcoin/32/19488_2.png) [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2026 19:05 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/785 "2026-04-14T19:05:51Z")
2009 to 2021 Grokipedia: > After his narrow victory in Israel’s first direct prime ministerial election on May 29, 1996 (50.50% to Shimon Peres’s 49.50%), Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as prime minister on June 18, 1996 Edit: 19+ non consecutive years for Netanyahu, 27+ years for Putin as Prime Minister or President (do titles matter in Russia) ---
**Author:** ![Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/citizen_bitcoin/32/19488_2.png) [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2026 19:14 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/786 "2026-04-14T19:14:31Z")
Of course Canadians under 30 are unhappy, have you been to hockey game in Canada recently? It looks like a criket match between India and Pakistan Don Cherry did not vote for this ---
**Author:** ![drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/drlorentz/32/902_2.png) [@drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/drlorentz)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2026 19:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/787 "2026-04-14T19:47:23Z")
> [@Citizen\_bitcoin](#): > > 19+ non consecutive years for Netanyahu, 27+ years for Putin as Prime Minister or President (do titles matter in Russia) Slightly less than 19 years total (nonconsecutive) for Orban. Bibi edges out Orban for second place after Putin and still counting. ---
**Author:** ![Gerard](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/gerard/32/25535_2.png) [@Gerard](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gerard)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2026 23:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/788 "2026-04-14T23:36:17Z")
For [**eggspurt**](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt) > **[russia-simpsons](https://www.ourpage.com/old-russia/)** ---
**Author:** ![Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/citizen_bitcoin/32/19488_2.png) [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\ **Post date:** [15 April 2026 23:04 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/789 "2026-04-15T23:04:22Z")
> **[What’s Really on the Fed’s Balance Sheet?](https://www.thefreedomfrequency.org/p/whats-really-on-the-feds-balance)** > > How the Fed’s balance sheet works, and why its composition matters more than its size. 5 minute video ( transcript if you prefer) ---
**Author:** ![drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/drlorentz/32/902_2.png) [@drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/drlorentz)\ **Post date:** [16 April 2026 04:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/790 "2026-04-16T04:46:03Z")
There’s something fishy about his explanation of QE. I need to think about this to identify the sleight of hand but I’m pretty sure there is one. ---
**Author:** ![drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/drlorentz/32/902_2.png) [@drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/drlorentz)\ **Post date:** [19 April 2026 22:08 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/791 "2026-04-19T22:08:33Z")
From 31 years ago: ![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/c/f/cf4c362f0eb9e17cb1382c80cf2b703cd401b8b1.jpeg) Via X > Original source: [https://archive.is/GU1mK](https://archive.is/GU1mK) ---
**Author:** ![civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/civilwestman/32/25_2.png) [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\ **Post date:** [20 April 2026 16:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/792 "2026-04-20T16:47:00Z")
NYT - “only the stuff that fits the narrative”. “Facts”? What are those? ---
**Author:** ![drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/drlorentz/32/902_2.png) [@drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/drlorentz)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2026 22:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/793 "2026-04-21T22:26:25Z")
With the Left, it’s all projection all the time. SPLC got caught funding the very groups they claim to be fighting. > 🚨 BREAKING: Acting AG Blanche and FBI Director Patel announce a grand jury has INDICTED leftist NGO Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 COUNTS > > This is MASSIVE! > > SPLC said they were "fighting white supremacy," but they were "MANUFACTURING the extremism it purports to expose" by… [pic.twitter.com/WtyvBUuwrW](https://t.co/WtyvBUuwrW) > > — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) [April 21, 2026](https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/2046706119641563586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ---
**Author:** ![Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/citizen_bitcoin/32/19488_2.png) [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2026 05:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/794 "2026-04-22T05:34:54Z")
> [@Musk Alarmed At Lawfare Against VDARE As Disclosed by Tucker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/musk-alarmed-at-lawfare-against-vdare-as-disclosed-by-tucker/4397/2): > > What is AI answer for what is Southern poverty law center? ---
**Author:** ![Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/citizen_bitcoin/32/19488_2.png) [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2026 15:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/795 "2026-04-22T15:31:28Z")
> **[Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight](https://www.xda-developers.com/zip-drives-dominated-90s-vanished-almost-overnight/)** > > A major flaw brought this promising format to its end ---
**Author:** ![Gerard](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/gerard/32/25535_2.png) [@Gerard](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gerard)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2026 17:33 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/796 "2026-04-22T17:33:16Z")
For those of you that don’t know… Aside from, Apr 22, 2026, today is: ![Administrative-Professionals-Day](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/0/0/00fad81670d474827dc9ae0a9d89a434d115ee52.jpeg) Administrative Professionals’ Day **recognizes and celebrates the hard work of administrative professionals who keep an office running without issue**. It was first observed in 1952. The United States Secretary of Commerce at the time, Charles Sawyer, designated June 4th as National Secretaries Day. ---
**Author:** ![drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/drlorentz/32/902_2.png) [@drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/drlorentz)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2026 17:57 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/797 "2026-04-22T17:57:39Z")
Earth Day and Secretaries Day both fall on April 22. Coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/civilwestman/32/25_2.png) [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2026 18:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/798 "2026-04-22T18:23:04Z")
> [@Gerard](#): > > who keep an office running without issue In law, “without issue” means dying without an heir. I think that may be be the case for today’s administrative entities. They have eliminated the humanity which once made business/office relationships a part of ordinary work life and potentially meaningful and beckoning. I don’t think that happens much in a system whose goal is to wring all the human juices out of commercial interactions. Administrators have succeeded in desiccating their human subjects; they (even physicians and nurses) have been reduced to algorithm shuffline data entry clerks, devoid of human agency or merit. Hurray, two… one cheer.. for the technocracy and its administrators. Soon to be “mensch (und madschen) frei”… ---
**Author:** ![Gerard](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/gerard/32/25535_2.png) [@Gerard](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gerard)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2026 21:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/799 "2026-04-22T21:32:48Z")
Of course, I was being sarcastic about this… Maybe next year they can celebrate it on 3-1-2027. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [26 April 2026 16:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653/800 "2026-04-26T16:47:58Z")
Israeli opposition got the message > **[Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid join forces under unified party ahead of Israeli...](https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-894194)** > > Space has been left for Yashar! leader Gadi Eisenkot to join the former prime ministers' merger as well, Bennett’s office told The Jerusalem Post. [Previous page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653.md?page=39) [Next page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653.md?page=41)