| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Who needs crypto currencies? | 2023-10-18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714669245764939887 | 1714669245764939887 |
| Think it's easy to translate? | 2023-09-22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1705029632825975028 | 1705029632825975028 |
| I got New Math in 1960. | 2023-07-27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1684705671865118721 | 1684705671865118721 |
| Think there's a political angle to Barbie and Swifties? | 2023-07-27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1684405319781474306 | 1684405319781474306 |
| If this has been going on for decades, why didn't Trump | 2023-07-27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1684381130521464832 | 1684381130521464832 |
| Why do people pay attention to Elon Musk? | 2023-07-18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681393448665088001 | 1681393448665088001 |
| Rich countries tend to get older as the cost of children | 2023-07-16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1680616102530027520 | 1680616102530027520 |
| New definitions for a new age - Patriot - somebody who | 2023-07-07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1677130735835287552 | 1677130735835287552 |
| California Reparations Report | 2023-07-04 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1676084954143539200 | 1676084954143539200 |
| Just as the Baptists split into northern and southern | 2023-07-02 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1675608801054162944 | 1675608801054162944 |
| Finding the way out of conflict - | 2023-07-02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1675373323923132416 | 1675373323923132416 |
| Texans think for themselves, right? | 2023-06-30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1674910737368776704 | 1674910737368776704 |
| Nobody would run a business this way! | 2023-06-28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1674178407159177216 | 1674178407159177216 |
| Braxton Bragg - now a hero of Trumpism! | 2023-06-18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1670275193972101120 | 1670275193972101120 |
| SBC seems to be abandoning congregational polity in favor | 2023-06-14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1669076842987548672 | 1669076842987548672 |
| "if the “manly virtues” include strength and stoicism, | 2023-06-06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1665945481279864832 | 1665945481279864832 |
| Turkey vs Sweden - most Americans don't know and wouldn't | 2023-06-05 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1665597582486437888 | 1665597582486437888 |
| In antebellum times, there were special Bibles for slaves | 2023-06-03 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1664841976037150722 | 1664841976037150722 |
| Even the poorest of the poor have choices - they can invest | 2023-05-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1662200255985905664 | 1662200255985905664 |
| Patriarchalism in the toilets - who needs facts when you | 2023-05-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1659777314300006400 | 1659777314300006400 |
| Who knows better than George how to best spend campaign | 2023-05-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1659734232183492608 | 1659734232183492608 |
| The patriarchy's next demand - end no-fault divorce. | 2023-05-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1659732877129703424 | 1659732877129703424 |
| Religions get established by the state for political | 2023-05-07 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1655246915334987776 | 1655246915334987776 |
| It worked once so why not twice? | 2023-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639114446915395584 | 1639114446915395584 |
| Another George Santos kind of Republican. | 2023-03-22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638378246525038594 | 1638378246525038594 |
| All about state taxes on vice and ignorance. | 2023-03-15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1636068250458132480 | 1636068250458132480 |
| Need more worries? | 2023-03-01 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630810667329671168 | 1630810667329671168 |
| The newspaper of Silicon Valley dumps the comic strip of | 2023-03-01 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1630790312078737409 | 1630790312078737409 |
| Integration or unraveling? | 2023-01-17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615229121621274625 | 1615229121621274625 |
| Congress doesn't look much like America - | 2023-01-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1615069865106366464 | 1615069865106366464 |
| The sons-by-the-spirit of Pius IX keep fighting the | 2023-01-15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614457338248982528 | 1614457338248982528 |
| Happiness is where you find it. Or where you declare it. | 2023-01-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612926279246049281 | 1612926279246049281 |
| "Pope Francis rebuked those 'ravenous' for wealth and | 2023-01-05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611117750440845312 | 1611117750440845312 |
| It could have been worse! | 2023-01-03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610257236563230722 | 1610257236563230722 |
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========== Who needs crypto currencies? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/11/crypto-fraud-sam-bankman-fried-bitcoin/ Mostly just its promoters - and criminals. Ultimately just another chocolate covered cotton. #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-18 15:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714669245764939887 ========== Think it's easy to translate? https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/09/20/emily-wilson-iliad-translation-terms/ How best to replicate the impression received by listeners almost 3000 years ago? That's why we need only a few - very good - classicists. #PS1other ===== impress 5 time 2023-09-22 01:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705029632825975028 ========== I got New Math in 1960. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41186557 When talented teachers and students tackled it, they learned a lot. Every generation has a new New Math - https://www.dailynews.com/2023/07/27/california-has-adopted-a-new-plan-to-teach-math-why-are-people-so-riled-up/ But some people are more comfortable than others in thinking in abstractions. #PS1other ===== engage 2 engage-rate 67% impress 3 time 2023-07-27 23:21 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684705671865118721 ========== Think there's a political angle to Barbie and Swifties? The far right does! https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-mgoldberg-barbieswift-20230725-xefsihrd4jb5jmj7fo6sjj2cyq-story.html But for Hollywood it's just mostly about going where the money is. #PS1other ===== impress 17 time 2023-07-27 03:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684405319781474306 ========== If this has been going on for decades, why didn't Trump say anything while he was president? Keeping secrets is not his forte. https://apnews.com/article/ufos-uaps-congress-whistleblower-spy-aliens-ba8a8cfba353d7b9de29c3d906a69ba7 #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-07-27 01:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684381130521464832 ========== Why do people pay attention to Elon Musk? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/17/elon-musk-technology-leaders-influence/ Success in some things doesn't imply wisdom in all things. Especially if luck played a big part in the successes. #PS1other ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-18 20:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681393448665088001 ========== Rich countries tend to get older as the cost of children rises - then young countries tend to get richer - if they have the right social and governmental structures. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/16/world/world-demographics.html #PS1other ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-16 16:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680616102530027520 ========== New definitions for a new age - Patriot - somebody who agrees with you. Woke - somebody who does not agree with you. https://apnews.com/article/patriot-patriotism-meaning-independence-day-july-4-844de9b626ac6565cc64b723816080f3 Those who most emphatically call themselves patriots now are far removed from the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders. #PS1other ===== impress 1 time 2023-07-07 01:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677130735835287552 ========== California Reparations Report https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/reparations-task-force-gives-recommendations-on-how-california-can-atone-for-slavery/ar-AA1dlHxJ A guaranteed basic income for all seems the most direct and politically palatable way to move toward more equal opportunity for all. #PS1other ===== impress 8 time 2023-07-04 04:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1676084954143539200 ========== Just as the Baptists split into northern and southern denominations over slavery 150 years ago, now the SBC seems to be splitting over patriarchalism. https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-megachurch-leaves-southern-baptist-convention-f21a86e67c713765b9ace02f609e24c0 Such fracturing has been Protestant history all along. #PS1other ===== impress 8 time 2023-07-02 20:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675608801054162944 ========== Finding the way out of conflict - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/07/tucker-carlson-fox-conflict/ It only works 1% of the time. But it's worth it. And sincere repentance merits sincere forgiveness. #PS1other ===== impress 1 time 2023-07-02 05:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675373323923132416 ========== Texans think for themselves, right? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/30/averie-bishop-miss-america-texas-platform-diversity/ But what happens if the Texan is not an old rich white protestant man? #PS1other ===== impress 3 time 2023-06-30 22:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674910737368776704 ========== Nobody would run a business this way! https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/tuberville-senate-holds/index.html Executive branch nominations should be confirmed automatically unless the Senate vetoes the nomination within 30 days. No more delays! #PS1other ===== impress 3 time 2023-06-28 22:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674178407159177216 ========== Braxton Bragg - now a hero of Trumpism! https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/06/16/fort-bragg-renamed-fort-liberty-braxton-bragg/ None of his contemporaries thought him heroic. #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-06-18 03:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670275193972101120 ========== SBC seems to be abandoning congregational polity in favor of episcopal polity, all the better to defend patriarchal feudal minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/southern-baptists-saddleback-vote-women-pastors-new-orleans-7ee6606b57d0bf0c4c7ed91316af12b1 #PS1other ===== impress 10 time 2023-06-14 20:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1669076842987548672 ========== "if the “manly virtues” include strength and stoicism, it’s hard to see them in the collection of hysterical whiners who make up today’s right" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/31/hawley-manhood-crisis-masculinity/ #PS1other ===== impress 3 time 2023-06-06 04:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665945481279864832 ========== Turkey vs Sweden - most Americans don't know and wouldn't care, but it's a matter of intense interest to Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/europe/nato-turkey-sweden-membership-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1other ===== impress 12 time 2023-06-05 05:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665597582486437888 ========== In antebellum times, there were special Bibles for slaves that omitted reference to rebellion and freedom. https://apnews.com/article/book-ban-school-library-bible-fc025c8ccf30e955aaf0b0ee1899608a Does Utah need special Bibles? They are blessed if their children know the real Bible well enough to find the good parts. #PS1other ===== impress 9 time 2023-06-03 03:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664841976037150722 ========== Even the poorest of the poor have choices - they can invest in the future or invest in defending the past. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/education-revolution-sierra-leone.html #PS1other ===== impress 1 time 2023-05-26 20:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662200255985905664 ========== Patriarchalism in the toilets - who needs facts when you have feelings? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/anti-trans-bathroom-laws-florida.html But GOP politicians have to keep their patriarchalist donors and voters happy. #PS1other ===== impress 4 time 2023-05-20 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659777314300006400 ========== Who knows better than George how to best spend campaign contributions for his legal defense? https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/politics/george-santos-treasurer-campaign-committee/index.html #PS1other ===== impress 3 time 2023-05-20 01:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659734232183492608 ========== The patriarchy's next demand - end no-fault divorce. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/opinions/crowder-right-wing-rhetoric-about-divorce-ignores-history-shanley/index.html There's no compromise with fanatics - they interpret it as weakness and double their demands. #PS1other ===== impress 4 time 2023-05-20 01:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659732877129703424 ========== Religions get established by the state for political purposes - by the ruling class, for the ruling class. There are always church leaders for sale to the political devil. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/tucker-carlson-christian-right.html What profit a man to gain the world, if he lose his soul? #PS1other ===== engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2023-05-07 16:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655246915334987776 ========== It worked once so why not twice? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/14/santos-reelection-paperwork/ At least he can raise money for his legal defense. "Fake it til you make it" to its logical conclusion. #PS1other ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-24 03:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639114446915395584 ========== Another George Santos kind of Republican. https://apnews.com/article/lazzaro-republican-donor-sex-trafficking-minnesota-db1e3ac444fe3c289adddb4b924b9092 Of course, he describes his prosecution as political persecution. Just as any criminal would. Aren't rich donors immune from petty laws? #PS1other ===== impress 5 time 2023-03-22 03:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638378246525038594 ========== All about state taxes on vice and ignorance. https://getpocket.com/collections/lottery-article-collection Usually GOP favor privatizing public programs. Here they took the opposite direction. Their megadonors return the favor - and to Democrats as well. #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-15 18:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1636068250458132480 ========== Need more worries? "War is as characteristic of humanity as religion" https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2790095 No really big wars in 78 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake No really big earthquakes in 323 years. https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/turkey-earthquake-better-building-standards-would-have-saved-lives-10152231.html "earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do" #PS1other ===== impress 9 time 2023-03-01 06:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630810667329671168 ========== The newspaper of Silicon Valley dumps the comic strip of Silicon Valley. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/02/27/scott-adams-faces-consequence-culture-as-u-s-newspapers-drop-dilbert/ Let's not forget the times Scott Adams got it right - and not forget the times he got it wrong. #PS1other ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 34 time 2023-03-01 04:41 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630790312078737409 ========== Integration or unraveling? https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/us/mlk-i-have-a-dream-speech-blake-cec/index.html #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-17 06:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615229121621274625 ========== Congress doesn't look much like America - https://apnews.com/article/survey-congress-religious-affiliation-b707939002cc7ed43e7f346cd33a66cc because most Americans don't know any megadonors? #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-16 19:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1615069865106366464 ========== The sons-by-the-spirit of Pius IX keep fighting the enlightenment. https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-religion-australia-rome-vatican-city-9253a16c95f7870a07fd58b00b266f1e That's just what reactionaries do. #PS1other ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-15 02:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614457338248982528 ========== Happiness is where you find it. Or where you declare it. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/10/this-bay-area-city-ranks-as-no-1-happiest-city-in-america-in-new-study/ One wonders who funds these kinds of studies. #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-10 21:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612926279246049281 ========== "Pope Francis rebuked those 'ravenous' for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable" https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-religion-poverty-vatican-city-c93ef4dd7916d95153f0e8494ba1fa2a A futile lust for earthly immortality motivates so many of our leaders. If we exclude those lusting for power, fame, and fortune, who will lead? #PS1other ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-05 21:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611117750440845312 ========== It could have been worse! https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/dave-barry-s-2022-year-in-review/ar-AA15DA6O #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-03 12:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610257236563230722