OpinionWhy I LIke MikeBy Thomas L. FriedmanI have a pet theory about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — that it is to wider trends in world affairs what Off Broadway is to Broadway.
Why I LIke Mike
By Thomas L. Friedman
I have a pet theory about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — that it is to wider trends in world affairs what Off Broadway is to Broadway.
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link
you don't say
footlights! curtain! genocide!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 12:58 (four years ago) link
Tom Friedman and his traveling menagerie, touring the rust belt in his box truck, dazzling americans with his extensive collection of pet theories
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link
omg his Bloomberg endorsement column is the laugh riot of the season! Five stars!
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
Don't miss the disclaimer! Greatest exit line since Some Like It Hot!
the only more expected thing than this would be Friedman endorsing a TED Talk for president
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link
it's the first column of his i've all the way through in several years. a laugh a minute, seriously fucking hilarious.
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
"a moderate progressive with a heart of gold but the toughness of a rattlesnake"
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
and then the reveaal of the donation to Mrs Friedman's literacy museum
nothing sez "heart of gold" like "gift of gold"
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
bump
cuz Tom's fellow Bloombito supporters must read this
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 February 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link
Was someone supporting Bloomberg on this messageboard?Sanpaku doesn’t count
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 14 February 2020 05:03 (four years ago) link
Effectively, we’d ‘reboot’ our society in two or perhaps more weeks from now. “The rejuvenating effect on spirits, and the economy, of knowing where there’s light at the end of this tunnel would be hard to overstate. Risk will not be zero, but the risk of some bad outcome for any of us on any given day is never zero.’’
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/opinion/coronavirus-economy.html
you go first, asshole
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
So, can we make lemonade out of this lemon — and not destroy our economy?
― mookieproof, Sunday, 22 March 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
one for the annals
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 22 March 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
jesus h christ
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:04 (four years ago) link
lmao
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:28 (four years ago) link
A fantasy, you say? No, no. I’ll give you fantasy.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:44 (four years ago) link
now what
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 14:20 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LWjJ96H.png
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
quiz: identify the one good word in his opening paragraph:
In the last Democratic debate, Joe Biden declared that he would nominate a woman as his vice-presidential running mate. That felt right at the time. But times have changed. Biden needs to go much, much further: At the Democratic convention he needs to name not just his vice president, but his entire cabinet. And it needs to be a totally different kind of cabinet — a national unity cabinet — from Democrats on the Bernie Sanders left to Republicans on the Mitt Romney right. Why?
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
has the coronavirus made the world more or less flat?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
That is a vmic Thomas Friedman Bold Idea (tm). It is strong, forthright, fresh and new, also unnecessary, unworkable and so self-important as to be faintly insane.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
the important thing is that the GOP and republicans would really notice the pre-emptive compromise by Biden and the Democratic party, and realize that they, too, should act in a bi-partisan way from now on. we could look forward to a new era of total partnership between the parties, wow!
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
i never thought anything would get through to mitch mcconnell's cold heart, but i think a cabinet made up of half republicans and half democrats would really change him, i do!!
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
Tom is just as dumb when he works remotely
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
If I Told You My Idea Was a Robot That Harasses Chickens, You Wouldn’t Believe Me. But That’s My Best Idea. By Thomas Friedman pic.twitter.com/GVaJ2yoah4— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) April 15, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
"It patrols the poultry house for dead birds" passes without comment
― silby, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
Buffalo Bill's most chilling line
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
If recent weeks have shown us anything, it’s that the world is not just flat. It’s fragile.
― mookieproof, Sunday, 31 May 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
Can someone plz photoshop a pic of Friedman with a light bulb appearing in a thought bubble over his head?
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 31 May 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaJtI-cWsAAL_tj?format=jpg&name=900x900
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 13:06 (three years ago) link
wow
― our god is a might god (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
i'm gonna admit, this is headed toward so bad it's good territory
he dreamt a motto that was based off another motto, and then made a parody motto of that. then made that the headline
― our god is a might god (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link
he's a goddamn genius
you can tell because of the way his hands are folded beneath his chin, true sign
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
i couldn't help it, sorry
Let's Change our Motto to __. It is Heading Toward __, and I fear it Becoming __.
― our god is a might god (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
any guesses?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb240XTWoAA413C?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
A Chicken in Every Pot
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
Truck Fump
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
Make the Pie Bigger
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
A Big Fucking Deal
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link
The Heart Rate Is Flat
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
I hate-read this post this morning. His stupidity is unfathomable.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
end the suspense, mook! we need that slogan to phone-bank for Big Joe.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
“Respect science, respect nature, respect each other.”
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 19:34 (three years ago) link
the catchphrase champion has done it again
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
what's the over/under on how long he spent thinking of that bumper sticker that will also win the election?
30 seconds?
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
America Is Already Great
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link