There won't be a recall movement then, if for no better reason (and there is a much better one -- like most older states we don't have recall elections) than that the Manhattan DA comes up for re-election in the ordinary course in November 2025. There will be some sacrificial lamb to run as a Republican, but nobody is currently making noises about challenging Bragg in the June primary, which would be cutting it pretty close. Even the New York Post, which despises Bragg, thinks he's a shoo-in for re-election.
The incumbent Democratic Westchester DA, who would have won, did not stand for re-election. The Democratic candidate to replace her won handily. All without American Carnage (TM) tough talk.
I've ridden the NYC subways for nearly as long as Jaybird has been alive -- a testament to his good luck in violent Colorado Springs -- and haven't been "insulated" from anything. We have had upticks in subway violence before and beaten them back with intelligent policing. That's how Bill Bratton made his bones here. We'll manage it again -- without "help" from outsiders with their panties in a twist.
Homicides are homicides, regardless of unusual methods. How many homicides are too many? Would you prefer eliminating one particularly grisly or politically convenient homicide to eliminating a few dozen "normal" homicides of the type that happen everywhere every day? If not, why not?
Are you seriously suggesting that two incidents, none particularly serious, in over four decades is something to wet myself -- or for outsiders to wet themselves -- over? You wouldn't hold any policy or activity or location you favor to such a standard.
And of course I read about the lady set on fire in the subway. I live here. They caught the guy who did it and, unless he has an insanity defense, he will be dealt with severely. Such crimes are, as you say, very rare. Do you seriously expect any sizable community to have zero homicides? If not, then what?
I've lived in NYC and used NYC subways, at all hours and usually running through dodgy neighborhoods, almost as long as you've been alive. I've been threatened twice. Neither incident came to anything. There is no reason to think that my experience is unusual, but if it bleeds it leads, so outsiders can easily wet themselves.
We’re currently in the midst of a moral panic in the U.S. over homelessness, for a variety of reasons, most of which have little to do with the actual experience of people in the world.
Replace "homelessness" with any number of buzzwords and this will be equally true. And if you dare point this out, there will be jokes about charts, mainly from people who snort in derision at the "lived experience" of Those People.
I can actually speak with some authority on such things. Admittedly second-hand, but close at hand. If you want to join my family holiday table, doubling the white representation, you can get first-hand information.
Some of you will, no doubt, wonder at the difference between this case and the Harvey Weinstein case on the admissibility of prior acts of sexual misconduct. The short answer is that under federal evidence law, specifically rules sponsored two decades ago by Republicans, such evidence is more freely admissible than under the common-law evidence rules of many states, including New York. Whatever rule one prefers, the federal courts have to follow Congress's dictates.
What does it mean? Probably not much. If it "made sense" to this guy to set a stranger on fire he is, to use the clinical term, nuts. Maybe there were some red flags that could or should have been picked up, and we'll probably hear about it if he slipped through the cracks in the system, but that kind of nitty gritty detail won't lend itself to deep-sounding pronouncements.
When I heard that Reagan had Alzheimer's, I remembered Dorothy Parker's remark upon Coolidge's death: "How can they tell?"
Yes, I am a terrible person.
But what, specifically, would she say to differentiate herself from Biden on issue number 1? Did she, in fact, differ from Biden? You've made it clear that you don't consider the truth relevant and we'll just have to agree to disagree on that, so let's play it your way. What lie should she have told-- concretely and specifically? And if, instead, she should have given us empty bafflegab, why do you think she could have sold it?
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On “Re-Open the Asylums: A New Take”
There won't be a recall movement then, if for no better reason (and there is a much better one -- like most older states we don't have recall elections) than that the Manhattan DA comes up for re-election in the ordinary course in November 2025. There will be some sacrificial lamb to run as a Republican, but nobody is currently making noises about challenging Bragg in the June primary, which would be cutting it pretty close. Even the New York Post, which despises Bragg, thinks he's a shoo-in for re-election.
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What's supposed to happen in Westchester in September?
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The incumbent Democratic Westchester DA, who would have won, did not stand for re-election. The Democratic candidate to replace her won handily. All without American Carnage (TM) tough talk.
On “The Piketon Massacre Tragedy, Continued”
Welcome back, Em.
On “Re-Open the Asylums: A New Take”
No one who has spent more than half an hour on the NYC subways would think regular riders could be shamed.
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I've ridden the NYC subways for nearly as long as Jaybird has been alive -- a testament to his good luck in violent Colorado Springs -- and haven't been "insulated" from anything. We have had upticks in subway violence before and beaten them back with intelligent policing. That's how Bill Bratton made his bones here. We'll manage it again -- without "help" from outsiders with their panties in a twist.
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Homicides are homicides, regardless of unusual methods. How many homicides are too many? Would you prefer eliminating one particularly grisly or politically convenient homicide to eliminating a few dozen "normal" homicides of the type that happen everywhere every day? If not, why not?
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Are you seriously suggesting that two incidents, none particularly serious, in over four decades is something to wet myself -- or for outsiders to wet themselves -- over? You wouldn't hold any policy or activity or location you favor to such a standard.
And of course I read about the lady set on fire in the subway. I live here. They caught the guy who did it and, unless he has an insanity defense, he will be dealt with severely. Such crimes are, as you say, very rare. Do you seriously expect any sizable community to have zero homicides? If not, then what?
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I've lived in NYC and used NYC subways, at all hours and usually running through dodgy neighborhoods, almost as long as you've been alive. I've been threatened twice. Neither incident came to anything. There is no reason to think that my experience is unusual, but if it bleeds it leads, so outsiders can easily wet themselves.
"
We’re currently in the midst of a moral panic in the U.S. over homelessness, for a variety of reasons, most of which have little to do with the actual experience of people in the world.
Replace "homelessness" with any number of buzzwords and this will be equally true. And if you dare point this out, there will be jokes about charts, mainly from people who snort in derision at the "lived experience" of Those People.
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024”
True. And Hunter Biden would like a word.
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Hunter Biden would like a word.
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/23/2024”
I can actually speak with some authority on such things. Admittedly second-hand, but close at hand. If you want to join my family holiday table, doubling the white representation, you can get first-hand information.
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White folks talking about what black folks are experiencing and telling them it isn't happening or is inconsequential can be tiresome.
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024”
Trumps' appeal of the first E. Jean Carroll verdict denied:
https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d7c6caab-3832-45a4-b1f6-3165d0e7b870/1/doc/23-793_opn.pdf#xml=https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d7c6caab-3832-45a4-b1f6-3165d0e7b870/1/hilite/
Some of you will, no doubt, wonder at the difference between this case and the Harvey Weinstein case on the admissibility of prior acts of sexual misconduct. The short answer is that under federal evidence law, specifically rules sponsored two decades ago by Republicans, such evidence is more freely admissible than under the common-law evidence rules of many states, including New York. Whatever rule one prefers, the federal courts have to follow Congress's dictates.
On “Joe Biden Agrees that Some People *DO* Deserve the Death Penalty”
Cue the famous H.L. Mencken quotation.
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I think you think we disagree. I don't think we do. I was responding to InMD's question about what the "ask" was, not asking it myself.
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/23/2024”
What does it mean? Probably not much. If it "made sense" to this guy to set a stranger on fire he is, to use the clinical term, nuts. Maybe there were some red flags that could or should have been picked up, and we'll probably hear about it if he slipped through the cracks in the system, but that kind of nitty gritty detail won't lend itself to deep-sounding pronouncements.
On “Joe Biden Agrees that Some People *DO* Deserve the Death Penalty”
In practical terms, which are the only ones that matter here, yes.
On “From The Wall Street Journal: How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge”
When I heard that Reagan had Alzheimer's, I remembered Dorothy Parker's remark upon Coolidge's death: "How can they tell?"
Yes, I am a terrible person.
On “Open Mic for the week of 12/16/2024”
Prices were starting to look a little frothy to me. With this pullback, they can rise on a stronger foundation.
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At least it's refreshing to see a woman come a- cropper for thinking with the lower brain for a change.
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To District of Columbia Stadium?
On “From Semafor: Kamala Harris’ digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’”
That's what you've got?
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But what, specifically, would she say to differentiate herself from Biden on issue number 1? Did she, in fact, differ from Biden? You've made it clear that you don't consider the truth relevant and we'll just have to agree to disagree on that, so let's play it your way. What lie should she have told-- concretely and specifically? And if, instead, she should have given us empty bafflegab, why do you think she could have sold it?
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