Archive - Back of the Napkin

The FBI raided Donald Trump, what the heck does that mean????

Let’s give some background about how politics in the United States works.

Aug 13, 2022 •

June 2022

on child allowance discourse, the day after roe v wade is struck down

I don’t know why this particular thing is annoying me enough to write a post, but some simmering annoyance in background is now more explicit and no one…

Jun 25, 2022 •

March 2022

How Trump would be better on Ukraine

for those with diminished imagination

Mar 1, 2022 •

August 2021

anything worth doing is worth doing badly, but done badly enough can not be done at all

a few points on afghanistan

Aug 19, 2021 •

the hungarian question

hungary is not north korea, its a normal eu country, and a normal post soviet bloc country

Aug 6, 2021 •

February 2021

what trump did not know, and when did he not know it

A quick argument.

Feb 11, 2021 •

January 2021

Frustration over elite over production

takes about elite over production over production

Jan 23, 2021 •

the right blame game, and the wrong blame game

People are missing something very simple when they claim the events of a few days ago were worse then the summer of BLM riots.

Jan 10, 2021 •

the sticky mirror

Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to protest and tried to maximize how angry they were while making claims about the election not much different in…

Jan 9, 2021 •

Welcome to Back of the Napkin by me, turrible tao.

Jan 9, 2021 •

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