Lionel Mandrake

born/raised in MN, now trying to perfect the art of doing nothing in Florida. interested in politics, sports, culture.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

@JimJamitis @JonahDispatch "The things people say are not meant to be measured on the scale of truth. They are only the signs by which one indicates which team one belongs to, like the identification ‘friend-or-foe’ signals that warplanes emit" --Herbert Stein (on Sunday talk shows)

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

If anyone wants to sponsor me for a membership at Riviera and a house near the course to live in I'd be much obliged.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

@LadaMokusa @pipandbaby

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

@foster_type

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

@JonahDispatch Charles pulling out the "that's in the past" deflection.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

Did you think he was a Metternich crafting a strategy for a lasting stability in the Middle East?

[Bonchie @bonchieredstate]

Trump is setting his tough guy image on fire and turning into some worse version of Obama on foreign policy, and I can’t for the life of me figure out why.

Just absolutely senseless.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

Hire a reality show host to be POTUS and you get....

[Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes]

It's bizarre and inappropriate the that president of the United States is taking calls from multiple journalists in the middle of ongoing strikes - thinking out loud about US/allied diplomatic and military responses, and telling reporters what he's going to tell allies before he tells those allies.

No criticism of the reporters -- they're doing their jobs. But insane that POTUS receives -- and often answers --a wave of calls from journalists as events unfold in the middle of his wartime decisionmaking (and, yes, it's a war).

And it's even more disturbing coming as it does from a leader featured in a morning broadcast interview that demonstrates in such striking fashion how detached he is from day-to-day reality.

[Charles Gasparino @CGasparino]

Ok I hate the “stolen election” stuff from the president BUT why keep asking him? It’s not exactly news that he thinks it’s stolen. The question seems performative, merely to elicit the reaction he delivered

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

@scottlincicome @wwwojtekk And a walking, talking rebuke to the 'conservatives' who have made excuses, deflected, and otherwise propped him up.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

Those uniforms are miles better than anything being worn today. Especially the way they were worn by the Griffeys and Sierra.

[Stirrups Now! @uniformcritic]

June 11, 1994: During an Athletics & Mariners throwback night Rickey Henderson and Ken Griffey Jr share the same glove…

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

@hanszeiger @thedispatch Got a note from my dad on this last night. Apparently he visited Puyallup a few times when he was stationed at Ft. Lewis. Went to see the daffodils.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

@4ce

[USA NEWS 🇺🇸 @usanewshq]

Explain using physics: Is the drone stationary or moving at 50 kph?

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

"He now has the playoff record for points scored for Las Vegas" strikes me as a funny thing to say. It may actually be a high number, but without more context it's rather funny.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

"The politics of the felt need" --Michael Oakeshott

[Eric Boehm @EricBoehm87]

The impulse to demand that executive power get used to solve every single perceived problem is the number one thing eroding American democracy

[Candace Owens @RealCandaceO]

We told Russia they couldn’t have Starbucks and they really said, “okay—now we own it, and we call it “Stars coffee”.
Same great taste, no American demands met. 😂

They did this for virtually every brand that got sanctioned btw. Just made it their own.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

@uniformcritic Nettles had a long career.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Fair, Balanced, and Unafraid. Wink.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

A+ tweet

[James Pethokoukis ⏩️⤴️ @JimPethokoukis]

Sparky was absolutely the dead zone in that lineup. Just no offense at all.

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

I was envious when I learned that Hiberno English has a habitual tense; "I do be going to the pub". And now I want a preposterous preposition in the worst way.

[Foster @foster_type]

the preposterous preposition

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Visiting mommy in the hospital.. 😊

[Lionel Mandrake @LMandrakeJr]

@rechnen @RealestMemes_ Your answer is always "It can't be done, captain".