Exhibit #a billion of the case that the true villains of the University story are the administrations. I genuinely wonder if it's not gotten so bad that it'll take the institutions down completely.
Dude, I feel you. My university was on the side of an extremely steep glacial drumlin hill that faced onto the east coasts largest harbour. It was some cardio going from my dorms near the top of the hill to classes at the bottom and then back up again.
The show isn't perfect but it's awfully good. When you remind yourself that this show is a VIDEO GAME ADAPTATION SHOW then it goes from awfully good to amazing. The scale is just that different. Strongly recommended.
Here's a spoiler free clip. If you played the early games I'd expect you'll love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCPVj1NXTWU
Seriously, I also wasn't adamantly against the border concessions personally but watching the GOP tank that bill then lose all those concessions and end up passing aid without them was jaw dropping. Like that Simpsons scene where Bob steps on a series of rakes for ten minutes.
I want to leap on the opportunity to agree with Philip. With our Kevin the former Speaker never offered a policy deal to the Dems when his Speakership was imperilled and had a long history of double crossing them and speaking out both sides of his mouth.
Johnson may be more conservative than McCarthy was but he scheduled some hard votes and made some tough deals. Rewarding him with the limited support necessary to survive a run at his Speakership is an entirely different bird than doing the same with McCarthy.
This was well played by the Dems and it's the right choice.
Assuredly. A healthy adult with a bite or skin perforation isn't assured to keel over dead without intervention. Indeed the odds are steeply in their favor. Of course filth would hurt those odds a little. Hunger a bit more. Sickness a bit more. Cold a bit more. To say nothing of quack medicine. The further back in time we go the more of those negative factors pile up.
And, on the other hand like in your excellent example, those steep odds in ones favor can be tilted even more favorably by cleanliness, by disinfectant and they can be made absolutely overwhelming by antibiotics.
No blood, no bite is the rule as I generally understood it. So your friends dog would have skated by and probably would have been quietly approved of for such a restrained response.
And I, like you, think the old law may be outdated now for many people. But I can't, honestly, say it was wrong back in its time. Antibiotics once weren't a thing. You could die from a splinter if your luck was bad. A dog bite could be the end.
You're more credulous than I am. My bet is that this whole exercise is a naked political act. They're going to hand down some punt decision that results in the trial being pushed out past the election so as to minimize any political damage the trial could cause to Trumps' campaign.
Then if Biden wins they rule "of course Presidents don't have immunity" and if Trump wins and pardons himself out of everything they say "The case is moot, Trumps' not facing any trials."
I doubt it. The problem is that Cricket didn't do anything "kill" worthy by rural standards. Killing the friends of the families chickens is a problem but unless Cricket lived on a chicken farm that wouldn't approach shooting worthy offense. Worst case, like urban dogs, Cricket would be given to a different farm. Also, at 18 months none of her behavior was inexcusable even to a dog instrumentalist culture. She's just a young dog.
If she manages it I'll admit I was wrong, but I have a suspicion that she doesn't get the veep nod and that she ends up not becoming a Senator from Dakota either.
I consider the old law rather dated and harsh but readily acknowledge its consequences in the sweet loving nature of most dogs in modern times. Such is how a wolf becomes a snuggly pup.
I can only presume Noam assumed that taking a very tough "farm" stance would burnish her rural credentials and would also "trigger the libs" which would burnish her Maga credentials. This flags her both as a fake farmer- any farm person who wasn't a dog hater would be appalled at her treatment of Cricket, and also a general tin-eared ness regarding political messaging. Also clearly the bubble around her is strong because none of her editors, ghost writers etc felt safe to intervene and say "Are you crazy? Take this out!"
I don't know about her Governorship but Trump has zero loyalty and many options for a prostrate boot licking Veep candidate. I am very confident Cricket ended Noems consideration for the Veep candidacy.
When I was in my early single digits (before I can remember) I am told I ill advisedly tried to grab the food dish of my parents old black lab Chipper and even more ill-advisedly got my hand bit for my trouble. My Grandfather took Chipper out for a walk on the cliffs of the Island and returned alone. Dogs that bite people get killed. It is a law as old as the human-dog relationship and probably is more responsible for the nature of dogs in modern times than any other thing.
When I was in early double digits and my sister was in her mid-single digits my sister leaped up and down on the back of our saintly aging golden retriever Tyra which was undoubtably painful to my poor sweet old dog. Poor Tyra wound about and bit my sister on the face. A little higher and she’d have lost an eye, a little lower and she’d have been bit on the throat. It was a terrifying whirlwind nightmare of rushing my sister to the doctor. When we finally got home my Dad got his gun and fetched Tyra. Dogs that bite people get killed. I was beside myself because I, by then, knew how the old law goes and tried to persuade him to forbear to no avail. My sister still has dimple like scars on her cheeks from the tooth punctures. Dad came back without Tyra and I was utterly inconsolable (as, likely, was he for she truly was his dog more than any of ours).
Away from the farms and fisheries in urban and city settings, I’ve definitely seen and heard that the old laws’ teeth have been blunted and dogs that bite people can survive the experience due to extenuating circumstances and other considerations. I don’t feel comfortable saying either way if that’s a good idea or not.
Be that as it may, Cricket didn’t bite and should never have been killed. At least she got her vengeance post mortem by dragging Ms. Noems’ political career down with her. Sic semper stultus.
Yeah one thing we can all say with certainty- you can debate whether Ukrainian national identity was a thing pre-Russian invasion but there's zero doubt it's a thing now post invasion. See also the war of 1812.
I'd submit that, while the human portions were rather insipid, they made the Godzilla/MUTO portions near transcendent. And let's not forget the parachuting into LA scene.
Fair enough, but it would not be hard, legislatively/regulatorially-if some truly bad outcomes occur, to roll this ban back on the most meritorious edge cases. The ban won't create a powerful group of dedicated voters passionately in favor of maintaining a blanket bad.
Ukraine aid passes the house, along with a lot of other aid. What is especially delightful is that it has been passed as an amendment to the Senate Ukraine aid bill- which means when it goes back to the Senate it gets an up/down vote- no worries about cloture. That means that, unless the bill suffers a defection of 27 republicans AND two dems from its previous support, it's going to pass this week.
I've been uncertain about Bidens low key approach to a lot of this stuff but it seems like he can, eventually, get things that he needs and have broad based support through congress with this approach so perhaps greater confidence is warranted.
On “Campus Insurrections?”
Exhibit #a billion of the case that the true villains of the University story are the administrations. I genuinely wonder if it's not gotten so bad that it'll take the institutions down completely.
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Dude, I feel you. My university was on the side of an extremely steep glacial drumlin hill that faced onto the east coasts largest harbour. It was some cardio going from my dorms near the top of the hill to classes at the bottom and then back up again.
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Yeah those kids, and our lawns. *shakes head* Back in our day we walked uphill both directions to get to college.
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Looked like a somewhat bland but solid exchange for the Press Sec to me.
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If ol' Uncle Joe has lost twitter then... ... ... he's probably in the right place.
On “Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76”
It's not perfect but it is strongly recommended.
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The show isn't perfect but it's awfully good. When you remind yourself that this show is a VIDEO GAME ADAPTATION SHOW then it goes from awfully good to amazing. The scale is just that different. Strongly recommended.
Here's a spoiler free clip. If you played the early games I'd expect you'll love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCPVj1NXTWU
On “Dog Gone”
Hmm that is interesting but it's awfully bad damage control.
On “Open Mic for the week of 4/29/2024”
Seriously, I also wasn't adamantly against the border concessions personally but watching the GOP tank that bill then lose all those concessions and end up passing aid without them was jaw dropping. Like that Simpsons scene where Bob steps on a series of rakes for ten minutes.
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I want to leap on the opportunity to agree with Philip. With our Kevin the former Speaker never offered a policy deal to the Dems when his Speakership was imperilled and had a long history of double crossing them and speaking out both sides of his mouth.
Johnson may be more conservative than McCarthy was but he scheduled some hard votes and made some tough deals. Rewarding him with the limited support necessary to survive a run at his Speakership is an entirely different bird than doing the same with McCarthy.
This was well played by the Dems and it's the right choice.
On “Dog Gone”
Assuredly. A healthy adult with a bite or skin perforation isn't assured to keel over dead without intervention. Indeed the odds are steeply in their favor. Of course filth would hurt those odds a little. Hunger a bit more. Sickness a bit more. Cold a bit more. To say nothing of quack medicine. The further back in time we go the more of those negative factors pile up.
And, on the other hand like in your excellent example, those steep odds in ones favor can be tilted even more favorably by cleanliness, by disinfectant and they can be made absolutely overwhelming by antibiotics.
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Yes, it's so easy to forget in the golden glow of modernity how deep the chasm is beneath the tightrope of civilization.
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No blood, no bite is the rule as I generally understood it. So your friends dog would have skated by and probably would have been quietly approved of for such a restrained response.
And I, like you, think the old law may be outdated now for many people. But I can't, honestly, say it was wrong back in its time. Antibiotics once weren't a thing. You could die from a splinter if your luck was bad. A dog bite could be the end.
On “Open Mic for the week of 4/22/2024”
You're more credulous than I am. My bet is that this whole exercise is a naked political act. They're going to hand down some punt decision that results in the trial being pushed out past the election so as to minimize any political damage the trial could cause to Trumps' campaign.
Then if Biden wins they rule "of course Presidents don't have immunity" and if Trump wins and pardons himself out of everything they say "The case is moot, Trumps' not facing any trials."
On “Dog Gone”
I doubt it. The problem is that Cricket didn't do anything "kill" worthy by rural standards. Killing the friends of the families chickens is a problem but unless Cricket lived on a chicken farm that wouldn't approach shooting worthy offense. Worst case, like urban dogs, Cricket would be given to a different farm. Also, at 18 months none of her behavior was inexcusable even to a dog instrumentalist culture. She's just a young dog.
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If she manages it I'll admit I was wrong, but I have a suspicion that she doesn't get the veep nod and that she ends up not becoming a Senator from Dakota either.
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I consider the old law rather dated and harsh but readily acknowledge its consequences in the sweet loving nature of most dogs in modern times. Such is how a wolf becomes a snuggly pup.
I can only presume Noam assumed that taking a very tough "farm" stance would burnish her rural credentials and would also "trigger the libs" which would burnish her Maga credentials. This flags her both as a fake farmer- any farm person who wasn't a dog hater would be appalled at her treatment of Cricket, and also a general tin-eared ness regarding political messaging. Also clearly the bubble around her is strong because none of her editors, ghost writers etc felt safe to intervene and say "Are you crazy? Take this out!"
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I don't know about her Governorship but Trump has zero loyalty and many options for a prostrate boot licking Veep candidate. I am very confident Cricket ended Noems consideration for the Veep candidacy.
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When I was in my early single digits (before I can remember) I am told I ill advisedly tried to grab the food dish of my parents old black lab Chipper and even more ill-advisedly got my hand bit for my trouble. My Grandfather took Chipper out for a walk on the cliffs of the Island and returned alone. Dogs that bite people get killed. It is a law as old as the human-dog relationship and probably is more responsible for the nature of dogs in modern times than any other thing.
When I was in early double digits and my sister was in her mid-single digits my sister leaped up and down on the back of our saintly aging golden retriever Tyra which was undoubtably painful to my poor sweet old dog. Poor Tyra wound about and bit my sister on the face. A little higher and she’d have lost an eye, a little lower and she’d have been bit on the throat. It was a terrifying whirlwind nightmare of rushing my sister to the doctor. When we finally got home my Dad got his gun and fetched Tyra. Dogs that bite people get killed. I was beside myself because I, by then, knew how the old law goes and tried to persuade him to forbear to no avail. My sister still has dimple like scars on her cheeks from the tooth punctures. Dad came back without Tyra and I was utterly inconsolable (as, likely, was he for she truly was his dog more than any of ours).
Away from the farms and fisheries in urban and city settings, I’ve definitely seen and heard that the old laws’ teeth have been blunted and dogs that bite people can survive the experience due to extenuating circumstances and other considerations. I don’t feel comfortable saying either way if that’s a good idea or not.
Be that as it may, Cricket didn’t bite and should never have been killed. At least she got her vengeance post mortem by dragging Ms. Noems’ political career down with her. Sic semper stultus.
On “Free Speech, But No Freedom to Harass”
Yeah one thing we can all say with certainty- you can debate whether Ukrainian national identity was a thing pre-Russian invasion but there's zero doubt it's a thing now post invasion. See also the war of 1812.
On “The Month in Theaters March 2024”
I'd submit that, while the human portions were rather insipid, they made the Godzilla/MUTO portions near transcendent. And let's not forget the parachuting into LA scene.
On “The FTC has banned (nearly all) non-compete agreements”
Fair enough, but it would not be hard, legislatively/regulatorially-if some truly bad outcomes occur, to roll this ban back on the most meritorious edge cases. The ban won't create a powerful group of dedicated voters passionately in favor of maintaining a blanket bad.
On “Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024”
Ukraine aid passes the house, along with a lot of other aid. What is especially delightful is that it has been passed as an amendment to the Senate Ukraine aid bill- which means when it goes back to the Senate it gets an up/down vote- no worries about cloture. That means that, unless the bill suffers a defection of 27 republicans AND two dems from its previous support, it's going to pass this week.
I've been uncertain about Bidens low key approach to a lot of this stuff but it seems like he can, eventually, get things that he needs and have broad based support through congress with this approach so perhaps greater confidence is warranted.
Putin must be furious.
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Holy buckets! A successful union drive in the south?
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I have a feeling that Persian culture also puts great stock in face.