But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole shipโ€™s company down to doom with him?

December 12, 2025 - 03:47 UTC

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Great analogy.
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The only difference between Ahab and Trump is that Ahab was a competent whale man if not for his psychological issues.
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Ahab is a great, Satanic figure. Trump isa pathetic shell of a man.
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I happen to be reading Moby-Dick right now. It is full of humor, energy, tolerance. Vs. the testosterone fueled damaging tirades of the voice coming from theโ€ฆ never mind (goes back to reading Melville).
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That, and Ahab actually worked for his living.
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Projecting, imitating screamy Donald 'miss Piggy' Drumpf gets caught by the West Beringians
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I don't know if the post is deliberate, but I'm pretty sure the repost is.
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Hmm.
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CHAPTER 123. The Musket.
Paragraph 8
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I thought about this book throughout the presidency of 'W." My sympathies were entirely with Starbuck, who believed he shouldn't resort to violence, but he saw that catastrophe would result if he didn't.

How much more-so now?
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you ain't just whistling dixie!
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Pretty much, yeah
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Yes.
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Yep
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@nytpitchbot.bsky.social needs to start interviewing people in diners.
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Yup, pretty much.
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timely!
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direct hit
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Well played, bot. Well played.
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Timely!
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Trump as Ahab !!
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Appears so as the GOP CAN STOP IT BUT WONT !
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this connects to rag in a way most people miss. Three vendors shipped competing solutions this month is the part worth digging into
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this connects to rag in a way most people miss. Three vendors shipped competing solutions this month is the part worth digging into
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This is a day where I am suspicious of the true randomness of this feed, but since it couldn't be more timely either way, no matter
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Seems relevant.
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Only if theyโ€™re cowed enough to follow him to doom.
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He's the tip of the spear, but the madness belongs to multitudes.
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Itโ€™s mutiny time
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So apt, โ€œwhose single-minded pursuit of (Iran) leads to the destruction of himself and his crewโ€
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Melville is the American Nostradamus
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Aye, that he is mate.
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โ€œGrand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States.

โ€œwhaling voyage by one ishmael.

โ€œBLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN.โ€

Who was the Ishmael of 2000?
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Still relevant
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Spoiler alert yes
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Would never be allowed to happen in real life, right?

Oh.
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sometimes these selections feel like they aren't at all random but instead quite pointed.
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Prophetic.
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Evergreen
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Time for the crew to flip him overboard.
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Walk the plank.
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Apparently so
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As usual, nobody wants to be the one to bell the cat.
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Media brought us here & it will keep us here, as long as we allow it. Most media *& social media are blatantly Right Wing & even mainstream media keep sane washing his words & actions.

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Sadly, yes.
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Apparently, yes.
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if you think this is about one man you are fucking stupid
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Dudeโ€ฆ
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