Lex Anteinternet: CliffsNotes of the Zeitgeist, 107th Edition. Tacky Crap, Delusion, and the Sgt. Schultz defense.

Thursday, November 6, 2025

CliffsNotes of the Zeitgeist, 107th Edition. Tacky Crap, Delusion, and the Sgt. Schultz defense.

The House of the Rising Sun

Lex Anteinternet: Gilded Age Brothel School of Interior Design:

Gilded Age Brothel School of Interior Design
Nuclear weapons should not be entrusted to anyone pleased by Trump’s Gilded Age Brothel school of interior design.
George F. Will.

Trump has now put a gold lettered sign outside the Oval Office which says "The Oval Office".

This has, of course, sparked derision, as its stupid. The question is, however, does Trump not realize that all the tacky gold crap is going in the dumpster just as soon as he's gone? He probably actually doesn't.

"I know nothing".

Mike Johnson hasn't seen it. Whatever it is, he hasn't seen that.

Poor Mike, knowing nothing is his only defense.

Freak Out!

At least based on Twitter, which isn't a good place to actually judge how people feel, MAGAs are freaking out about the election results, as in "it means nothing at all it isn't donny's fault he wasn't on the ballot and people love him groceries are now free and Saudi chicks have a lot of money and everything is fine and new york will be sorry as they elected an Islamic commie I'l ltell my ma when Iget home the girls won't leave the boys alone. . .

Get a grip.

Well, actually don't. The results do mean something and you took a dope slap.

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CliffsNotes of the Zeitgeist, 106th Edition A series of Zeitgeist predictions about New York City.

Labels: 2025 Off Year U.S. Elections, Donald Trump, Mike Johnson, New York, Politics, Predictions, Republican Party, Social Democracy, Socialism, Zeitgeist, Zohran Mamdani

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Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

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