Florida voters chose to give felons who'd served their sentences the vote back. The legislature changed that to also require paying all fines, but didn't create a way to determine how much the fines were. The courts have agreed that that limbo is OK.
The good news is that Tolkien wrote so little about the Second Age, and most of that little being how it ended, that this thing has little opportunity to ruin good characters the way Jackson did Gimli and Denethor.
It is, as always fun to see the right-wing noise machine respond: much hand-wringing that Trump was never this divisive. The tweet that said Hitler was never this divisive has been deleted. Fine calibration achieved.
Em was too nice to mention this but not only did Rich Rodriguez jump to Michigan, he tried to avoid his buyout clause by claiming that WvU had violated their contract with him. No dice.
The cherrypicked (Trump appointee) judged that this was filed with has now responded, basically saying "If this has any merit, explain it, because I'm sure not seeing any."
The Trump deal with the Taliban was very clearly "Don't cause any trouble until after the election, and then we'll go quietly." It's no mystery why this resulted in a collapse of morale and in short order the government losing everything but Kabul.
Most lower-class foods that are now delicacies have this in common: they start will lower-quality ingredients, and then process it in labor-intensive or time-consuming ways to make. Now they're expensive because we're paying for the labor. (Think pastrami.)
But lobsters just have to be boiled and server with butter to be delicious, so I don't see what changed.
I had many moment of cognitive dissonance during Clarence Thomas's confirmation hearings when people called Anita "Professor Hill". (She wasn't the phony.)
On “God Save The King: Queen Elizabeth II Dead at 96”
Successions are so boring these days. Andrew should declare Charles to be illegitimate and have him locked up in the Tower, like the old days,
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As opposed to all the revelations in Charles's speech e.g. his elder son is going to be Prince of Wales.
On “Joe Biden’s Fake Anger”
They like to imagine him crushing their enemies' testicles. Trump at least talks about it, which Mitt never does.
Why do they think a pathetic whiner is a tough guy? Beats me.
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The millions of bootlickers, apparently.
On “Judge Grants Special Master over Mar-a-Lago Docs: Read It For Yourself”
Unless they appoint Putin, Trump will have two special masters.
On “Joe Biden’s Fake Anger”
Losing quickly screaming "It's not fair!" is so much better.
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Florida voters chose to give felons who'd served their sentences the vote back. The legislature changed that to also require paying all fines, but didn't create a way to determine how much the fines were. The courts have agreed that that limbo is OK.
Apparently that's not vote suppression.
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McCain lost is a Blue Wave.
Romney lost to a popular incumbent.
Trump beat Hillary and then lost even with all the advantages of incumbency.
So much winning,
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"Painting with a Broder brush."
On “The Caterwauling of The Rings of Power”
The good news is that Tolkien wrote so little about the Second Age, and most of that little being how it ended, that this thing has little opportunity to ruin good characters the way Jackson did Gimli and Denethor.
On “President Biden’s “Soul of the Nation” Speech: Watch It For Yourself”
It is, as always fun to see the right-wing noise machine respond: much hand-wringing that Trump was never this divisive. The tweet that said Hitler was never this divisive has been deleted. Fine calibration achieved.
On “The Pride, the Fall, and the Backyard Brawl”
Em was too nice to mention this but not only did Rich Rodriguez jump to Michigan, he tried to avoid his buyout clause by claiming that WvU had violated their contract with him. No dice.
On “Justice Department Details “Obstructive Conduct” in Mar-a-Lago Search Response”
Bar association prohibit lawyers from sleeping with clients because that usually exploits the clients. This would be the opposite.
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"We have evidence Trump sold secrets to foreign nationals."
"Stop lying. Trump would never do that."
"I gave information to countries that are on our side, unlike our so-called allies. They needed to know where the crooked CIA was spying on them."
"Trump declassified document to share with our true allies, like the patriot he is."
On “Centrally Planning the Culture”
The soccon warriors are, in addition to marginalizing people they disapprove of, outlawing health care they disapprove of.
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The tastemakers aren't denying health care to women with ectopic pregnancies.
On “The Mar-a-Lago Affidavit: Read It For Yourself”
Affidavit is better than none.
On “About Last Night: Florida, New York, and Oklahoma Primary Results”
We're white only when that's a bad thing.
On “Trump Files Lawsuit Over Mar-a-Lago Search and Seizure”
that’s something that even relative right wingers would have trouble saying the raid was unjustified over
Oh my sweet summer child.
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The cherrypicked (Trump appointee) judged that this was filed with has now responded, basically saying "If this has any merit, explain it, because I'm sure not seeing any."
On “The Inherent Weakness of the Joe Biden Presidency”
The Trump deal with the Taliban was very clearly "Don't cause any trouble until after the election, and then we'll go quietly." It's no mystery why this resulted in a collapse of morale and in short order the government losing everything but Kabul.
On “Glorious Violence: How to Prepare and Deconstruct 19th Century Poverty Food”
Most lower-class foods that are now delicacies have this in common: they start will lower-quality ingredients, and then process it in labor-intensive or time-consuming ways to make. Now they're expensive because we're paying for the labor. (Think pastrami.)
But lobsters just have to be boiled and server with butter to be delicious, so I don't see what changed.
On “From CNN: Liz Cheney vows to carry on fight against Trump after conceding defeat in Wyoming primary”
And Obama was called a pro-terrorist Communist atheist Muslim.
But none of them tried to overturn a presidential election or are still defending that. Some things are different from other things.
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The problem is that sometimes they really are bad.
On “Professor Marvel and Professor Hill are nowhere in sight”
I had many moment of cognitive dissonance during Clarence Thomas's confirmation hearings when people called Anita "Professor Hill". (She wasn't the phony.)