You have an ... interesting ... definition of restraint.
Kyle Rittenhouse lacked restraint when he crossed state lines to become an underage vigilante with a borrowed long gun he couldn't legally possess. Frankly his mom lacked restraint in letting him do it but she's not on trial. He lacked restraint when he decided to intervene in the riot, and he lacked restraint when he shot two men how posed a minimal threat to him and the property he was allegedly protecting. Whether his lack of restraint was greater or lessor then the people around him is beside the point. He left two people dead in his wake.
Please. No one got railroaded into the impeachments except Trump, and he only railroaded himself by simply being who he is. Since he is The Biggest Loser he deserved both.
Growing up in Baton Rouge, I experienced the Big Easy as a sort of weirdly disconnected other neighborhood. We had friends and colleagues of my parents who lived there; other friends pastored churches there. I've lost more Saturdays then I can remember in City Park and at the old Audubon Zoo. And I know every one of those eateries like the back of my hand.
I am sure I passed that gallery many a time, and probably even browsed it a bit. As you well know, there are other modern artists in the Quarter who are pursuing similar art. I suspect, looking closely at that picture, and the artist was perhaps African in her ancestry, though clearly she presented as white. Its a common occurrence in New Orleans.
I am jealous of your concert score - but again it was part and parcel of my growing up. Beausoliel - the iconic Cajun revival band - once played at the wedding reception of an associate pastor of my church. This and more is how we do down da bayou.
What's unfriendly about the federal power management approach out west? the Bureau of Reclamation does a great job delivering hydro power, as does the Columbia River Power system. There's been no move to investigate western power companies for wildfire increases. Absent federal intervention salmon would likely be functionally extinct. And states are not being held to the same fire reduction land management standards being rolled out (again) for federal lands). Where's the beef, so to speak?
We already kinda have this problem with people at the federal level who rarely leave the coastal urban corridors deciding what the best way to manage the open spaces in the middle is.
That's allegedly why you have congressional oversight . . .
and its why a mere 15% of the federal workforce sits in the DC metro area. There are SOME mismatches - Interior's most senior oceans person sits in Boulder, CO but generally the folks making the decisions are actually in touch with the resources they manage.
A directed verdict is a ruling entered by a trial judge after determining that there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to reach a different conclusion. The trial court may grant a directed verdict either sua sponte or upon a motion by either party.
Maryland's Democrats have said time and again they don't want DC retroceded back because it shifts the political center of gravity away from Baltimore.
A great many people in the south identify by state first, university second, and city/town third. Even living in Seattle and DC I always told people I was from Louisiana. Still do and I live in the next state eats.
Mississippi has this dynamic as well, though down here ion the coast white liberals have taken to running as independents to get elected to county level offices. We haven't had a Democrat elected governor since the 1990's and we lost our last statewide democrat when Jim Hood lost his bid for governor to Tater Tot.
Virginia has an example - Arlington. Its a city, its a county and its neither. Granted it's not going to run out of NOVA anytime soon, but its a small illustrative example.
I would have a lot more trust if the gov were willing to review/terminate non-working programs
The civil service would be happy with this too. We actually do these review all the time, send stuff to congress and get told no. Because Congress doesn't get points for shutting stuff down.
I know I'm getting into dead horse territory, but your beef is not with "government." your beef is with Congress.
I'd be ok with this . . .
but then we'd have to do other common sense things like letting the Post Office offer basic banking services like every other developed country . . .
potentially yes. My case, however has taken many generations. In other parts of the country my understanding is many multi-generational Latin families still identify as Latin, even if they are 5th to 7th generation American citizens.
That actually tracks locally - I am surrounded by folks with clearly Spanish last names (Garcia, Cuevas). They are 7 or 8 generations into being Americans, if not more, and have long since ceased to identify as Hispanic. They are also almost uniformly very light skinned. so in the 1-3 dimensions shown above. They also all vote republican.
It may be perception, but its powerful perception that no amount of statistical fact has broken. People in Ohio who lost jobs when auto plants closed prepandemic perceived that the plant's owners didn't value their labor. They perceived that the politicians they elected didn't protect their jobs. They perceived that the rest of the US shrugged at their plight. And so when Donald rump came along they jumped in whit him because they perceived that he would change all that. He didn't. But now they perceive they have no choice but to stay down the rat hole with him because they don't perceive anyone else helping them.
On “A Victim, By Any Other Name”
You have an ... interesting ... definition of restraint.
Kyle Rittenhouse lacked restraint when he crossed state lines to become an underage vigilante with a borrowed long gun he couldn't legally possess. Frankly his mom lacked restraint in letting him do it but she's not on trial. He lacked restraint when he decided to intervene in the riot, and he lacked restraint when he shot two men how posed a minimal threat to him and the property he was allegedly protecting. Whether his lack of restraint was greater or lessor then the people around him is beside the point. He left two people dead in his wake.
On “Dems…er, Strike That, GOP In Disarray, Or Something”
Half of it is probably true, in as much as any intelligence we ever gather is true. Neither impeachment rests on that dossier however.
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Please. No one got railroaded into the impeachments except Trump, and he only railroaded himself by simply being who he is. Since he is The Biggest Loser he deserved both.
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Kevin McCarthy is no Mitch McConnel.
On “Ode To The Big Easy”
for most folks in Orleans Parish, having that sort of ancestry didn't and doesn't matter. The rest of the state is very different.
Gretnafest. Now there's an experience everyone needs to have at least once.
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Growing up in Baton Rouge, I experienced the Big Easy as a sort of weirdly disconnected other neighborhood. We had friends and colleagues of my parents who lived there; other friends pastored churches there. I've lost more Saturdays then I can remember in City Park and at the old Audubon Zoo. And I know every one of those eateries like the back of my hand.
I am sure I passed that gallery many a time, and probably even browsed it a bit. As you well know, there are other modern artists in the Quarter who are pursuing similar art. I suspect, looking closely at that picture, and the artist was perhaps African in her ancestry, though clearly she presented as white. Its a common occurrence in New Orleans.
I am jealous of your concert score - but again it was part and parcel of my growing up. Beausoliel - the iconic Cajun revival band - once played at the wedding reception of an associate pastor of my church. This and more is how we do down da bayou.
Thanks.
On “Restating: Rethinking States, Cities, and Redistricting”
What's unfriendly about the federal power management approach out west? the Bureau of Reclamation does a great job delivering hydro power, as does the Columbia River Power system. There's been no move to investigate western power companies for wildfire increases. Absent federal intervention salmon would likely be functionally extinct. And states are not being held to the same fire reduction land management standards being rolled out (again) for federal lands). Where's the beef, so to speak?
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That's allegedly why you have congressional oversight . . .
and its why a mere 15% of the federal workforce sits in the DC metro area. There are SOME mismatches - Interior's most senior oceans person sits in Boulder, CO but generally the folks making the decisions are actually in touch with the resources they manage.
On “A Victim, By Any Other Name”
That aside I really wonder if the prosecution is trying to tank this because at the end of the day they sort of don't mind that Rittenhouse was there?
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/directed_verdict#:~:text=A%20directed%20verdict%20is%20a,a%20motion%20by%20either%20party.
On “Restating: Rethinking States, Cities, and Redistricting”
Technically the southern side. You cross the M-D line right before you go into Pennsylvania heading north
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Maryland's Democrats have said time and again they don't want DC retroceded back because it shifts the political center of gravity away from Baltimore.
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A great many people in the south identify by state first, university second, and city/town third. Even living in Seattle and DC I always told people I was from Louisiana. Still do and I live in the next state eats.
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The Great Return
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Mississippi has this dynamic as well, though down here ion the coast white liberals have taken to running as independents to get elected to county level offices. We haven't had a Democrat elected governor since the 1990's and we lost our last statewide democrat when Jim Hood lost his bid for governor to Tater Tot.
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Arlington is an example of a county-city combination that can offer guiding lessons on what a city-state might actually look like.
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Virginia has an example - Arlington. Its a city, its a county and its neither. Granted it's not going to run out of NOVA anytime soon, but its a small illustrative example.
On “Infrastructure Bill Passes Congress”
Yeah if only Joe Biden would DO SOMETHING!
https://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/opinion/2021/10/29/joe-bidens-accomplishments-afghanistan-health-care-border-arrests/6190497001/
On “Danchenko Indictment: Read It For Yourself”
We have RICO laws for that.
On “Change, Trust, and the Frustration of Not Following Through”
The civil service would be happy with this too. We actually do these review all the time, send stuff to congress and get told no. Because Congress doesn't get points for shutting stuff down.
I know I'm getting into dead horse territory, but your beef is not with "government." your beef is with Congress.
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I'd be ok with this . . .
but then we'd have to do other common sense things like letting the Post Office offer basic banking services like every other developed country . . .
On “About Last Night: Youngkin Wins In Virginia, GOP Has Strong Night”
potentially yes. My case, however has taken many generations. In other parts of the country my understanding is many multi-generational Latin families still identify as Latin, even if they are 5th to 7th generation American citizens.
YMMV.
On “Change, Trust, and the Frustration of Not Following Through”
Yep - that's part of my central point.
On “About Last Night: Youngkin Wins In Virginia, GOP Has Strong Night”
That actually tracks locally - I am surrounded by folks with clearly Spanish last names (Garcia, Cuevas). They are 7 or 8 generations into being Americans, if not more, and have long since ceased to identify as Hispanic. They are also almost uniformly very light skinned. so in the 1-3 dimensions shown above. They also all vote republican.
On “Change, Trust, and the Frustration of Not Following Through”
It may be perception, but its powerful perception that no amount of statistical fact has broken. People in Ohio who lost jobs when auto plants closed prepandemic perceived that the plant's owners didn't value their labor. They perceived that the politicians they elected didn't protect their jobs. They perceived that the rest of the US shrugged at their plight. And so when Donald rump came along they jumped in whit him because they perceived that he would change all that. He didn't. But now they perceive they have no choice but to stay down the rat hole with him because they don't perceive anyone else helping them.