The Potpourri

16 years is a long time for one person to be prime minister or president outside of Israel

Netanyahu’s longest single span was just 12 years.

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here’s the state of the present (subtitles are in english):

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Conservative children are so “mean”.

Relatedly, mental illness rates are expected to be lower in the future.

Diversity is our strength, comrade! Finally, Heinlein might term the following as “bad luck”:

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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)

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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

Slightly less than 19 years total (nonconsecutive) for Orban. Bibi edges out Orban for second place after Putin and still counting.

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For eggspurt

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5 minute video ( transcript if you prefer)

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.

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From 31 years ago:


Via X

Original source:
https://archive.is/GU1mK

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NYT - “only the stuff that fits the narrative”. “Facts”? What are those?

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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

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 21, 2026
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For those of you that don’t know…
Aside from, Apr 22, 2026, today is:

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.

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Earth Day and Secretaries Day both fall on April 22. Coincidence?

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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”…

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Of course, I was being sarcastic about this…

Maybe next year they can celebrate it on 3-1-2027.

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Israeli opposition got the message

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