A throwback. Hash House Harriers, Moscow, USSR, hat run. I'm in the mix somewhere. 😉 Kiwis, Brits, Aussies, Finns, Irish, Germans, French, and of course, Americans. "Drinkers with a running problem." Very good times.
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Red’s America: The Good We Don’t Hear Enough About
Friday, November 6, 2026
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There's a saying on American social media:
"Be the American that Japanese people think you are."
I'm Japanese. I've lived in Tokyo my whole life.
So let me tell you what we actually say about you, when you're not in the room.
"When someone falls down on the street, we pretend not to see. We're protecting their pride. Americans run straight at them. They don't care about the pride. They care about the knee." (Office worker, 38)
"An American will stop four lanes of traffic for a family of ducks. And then everyone in the cars claps for the ducks." (Taxi driver, 61)
"If you lend an American a pen, you will never see it again. If you need a kidney, they'll ask your blood type." (Nurse, 45)
"At kids' soccer games, they cheer when the other team's kid scores. The other team's parents look confused. Then they cheer too." (Youth soccer coach, 52, lived one year in Ohio)
"A man sneezed on a bus in Chicago. Eleven strangers said 'Bless you.' He said 'thank you' eleven times. Nobody on that bus thought this was strange." (University student, 21)
"At an airport in Texas, I watched a soldier try to pay for his lunch. The cashier said someone already had. He asked who. She said, 'Somebody who didn't want you to know.'" (Retired teacher, 70)
"American fathers cannot braid hair. But they will watch a video at midnight for an hour so their daughter's hair looks right on picture day." (Hair stylist, 33)
"I ran the Chicago Marathon once. Strangers stood in the cold for hours holding signs for people they will never meet. At mile 20, a man I'd never seen read the name off my bib and screamed it like he'd raised me." (Runner, 48)
"When Americans get lost, they ask a stranger. If the stranger is also lost, they become a team." (Tour guide, 39)
"They ask the waitress her name. And then they remember it." (Restaurant owner, 66)
And one more. From my father. He's 76. He doesn't say much about anything. This is the longest thing I have ever heard him say about another country.
"Every time something terrible happens in America, I watch the news, and I look for one thing.
The people running toward it.
There are always so many."
So, America.
You don't have to become the Americans we think you are.
We're not imagining you.
We're remembering you.
@Moronius, the Younger retweeted
This is why so many states say, “Don’t California my [_state_]”. It’s a very real thing.
If you are having trouble trying to wrap your head around what happened in Texas and Nevada last night, let me help explain it for you.
In 2024 alone, roughly 77,000 people moved from California to Texas. That same year, about 53,000 moved from California to Nevada.
Those two states just delivered some of the biggest Democratic wins of the night.
James Talarico flipped the U.S. Senate seat and became the first Democrat to win a Texas Senate race since 1988
Gina Hinojosa defeated Greg Abbott and became the first Democratic governor of Texas in decades
Aaron Ford defeated incumbent Republican Joe Lombardo and flipped the governor’s office.
Procedure went well, in fact swimmingly. The staff were amazingly courteous and attentive. I've got a recovery period and enormous amount of work as soon as Im released in abiut 2 weeks.
Reminds me of GOP voters who cast ballots for Dems ....
अरे @grok ये मक्खी अपने ही हाथों से अपने सर को अलग क्यों कर रही है? क्या यह मक्खी किसी प्रकार का वायरस फैला रही है या फिर किसी जॉम्बी ने मक्खी को काट लिया है?
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To all the doomers screaming their cowardly moral equivalence bullshit at me this morning about how nothing changed because the parties are the same... you can give it a rest. Your black pilled nonsense already convinced enough smooth brains to stay home yesterday. You accomplished your mission. Save your good material Useful Idiot shilling for communists for '28. Tucker Carlson will have a new download for you before then.
The rest of us can recognize that yes, the republicans did suck. They sucked at a lot. They're a bunch of corrupt bums who squandered the greatest comeback in political history. They did a bunch of dumb crap. And the stuff they were right on, they did a shitty job explaining their actions to the people. HOWEVER, the other side is still so much fucking worse. I'll take dumb and corrupt over actively maliciously working hard to destroy me, everyone I love, and everything I hold dear.
But people are stupid and short sighted. Gas is expensive so let's vote for the party that shuts down refineries and makes gas expensive even when we're not at war. Whatever. I can't figure people out.
Everybody else, get your personal shit together as much as possible. Next two years will suck. After that America will have to decide if we want the Supreme Court packed, no borders, and enough illegals and dead people voting to ensure eternal one party rule forever.
Please spare me the whole sanctimonious crying in the comments about how you are too pure to vote for the lesser of two evils. You live on Earth. In the real world the primaries are where you pick your best, and you have the luxury of worrying about character and morals. After that you're an adult, and you hold your nose and vote for the asshole who is going to vote for stuff you want, or against the asshole who will vote to ruin you. If that's still too complicated, vote against the guy who's supporters will shoot you or burn your home down for disagreeing with them.
Democrats abide by this basic principle. That's why they win. In Texas the scumbag R lost to a gay communist weirdo D. But in Michigan the from all accounts the fairly plain vanilla R lost to a psychopath D who is friends with literal fucking terrorists.
But, but, but, my moral equivalence! MY SOUL IS TOO PURE!
Brother, we are dealing with literal fucking communists, the all time world champions of doing absolutely anything to achieve victory, no matter what laws they need to break, or how many million people they need to kill... and they are currently in an alliance with militant Islamists, who also have zero moral compunction about taking your shit and killing people in order to reach their goals. History has demonstrated that either of these will gleefully throw open the floodgates to hell. Your traditions and norms mean nothing to them. Once the Useful Idiots cease to be useful, you get bulldozed into a ditch with the rest of us.
Oh well. I'm hoping best case scenario is gridlock and show trials for two years. That's best case. After that? Who knows. Texas, please, speaking on behalf of sane America, for the love of God, get your shit together before the presidential election. Go slap the fuck out of your apathetic friends and neighbors. Without you guys, the rest of us are FUCKED.
P.s. Buy those NFA items while you can!
Ok all you X'ers. I'm outta here for the next 2 days, I have a procedure tomorrow that should go well. Be good... or as good or bad as you can be. 🤟
