Not non- zero votes, not there must be some votes out there somewhere that might possibly turn if the party accommodates my pet peeve on this marginal issue.
Is "JEEZ LOUISE QUIT ACCOMMODATING THAT OTHER GUY'S PET PEEVE ON THAT MARGINAL ISSUE!" a reasonable complaint?
Some good news: Remember back in 2020 the stories going around that doctors were performing "mass hysterectomies" on undocumented visitors in the detention camps?
If you scroll down the page, you'll see that we get a new one every 4 years like clockwork. (With occasional new ones in the middle, but they're always gone by the end of the term.)
Lotta little touches in here. The kitty being distracted by the sewing. "Jiminy Christmas" goes back longer than I thought (apparently it goes back to at least 1803). "Shut up" being common back then too... I guess I thought that that only dated back to the 40s or so and it does... but the imperative form goes back to the *18*40s.
Wisconsin is currently going through a tempest in a teapot where the governor introduced a bill that included, among other things, language changes.
"Mother" was switched to "Inseminated Person".
As a big conspiracy theory fan, I think it's because the governor knew that his bill would never, ever pass, not in a million years, so he put that stuff in there as a poison pill and could argue against the people in the state house/senate as being bigots.
Though I suppose someone may point out that changing "mother" to "inseminated person" isn't DEI and ask why I would even care, given that I don't live in Wisconsin.
More than we used to have because we need them more than we used to need them.
I'm pretty sure that Espy will get slapped down (though not, sadly, recalled) but we'll see more and more politicians pushing for this sort of stuff under the umbrella of protecting the children and whatnot.
Here's my takeaway, which I will repeat if you wish to dispute it instead of arguing against the position you wish I held:
If you have a society that upholds Enlightenment ideals, it won’t matter if the government doesn’t.
If you have a society that doesn’t uphold Enlightenment ideals, it won’t matter if the government does.
I do hope that Chuck Espy is reprimanded if not recalled and someone sits him down and explains the concept of "Incorporation" to him.
But I also know that to the extent that the mayor is representative of the people, his stupidity is also an indictment of his supporters. Perhaps even his anti-antis.
Rick Caruso (the guy who ran against Bass last time) strikes back:
It is very disappointing that Mayor Bass has decided to fire Chief Kristin Crowley. Chief Crowley served Los Angeles well and spoke honestly about the severe and profoundly ill-conceived budget cuts the Bass administration made to the LAFD. That courage to speak the truth was brave, and I admire her. Honesty in a high city official should not be a firing offense. The Mayor's decision to ignore the warnings and leave the city was hers alone. This is a time for city leaders to take responsibility for their actions and their decisions. We need real leadership, not more blame passing.
You actually can look at Jaybird, who has internalized all of this, and see how completely incoherent and angry he is about companies doing PR stuff and stuff like that.
I'm not the guy theorizing that this stuff was an op done on behalf of corporations trying to get people to hate the idea of unions, Dave.
The folks alternating between "nobody is saying that' and "but that's good though" are the ones who you should direct your ire at. They're the ones who are costing your side votes, after all.
Was there a big pushback by elected Dems when the court struck it down in 2023?
I thought that saying that Hochul knowing that she can't replace Adams with a DSA goon was acknowledging that Hochul was *NOT*, in fact, extremely far left.
I'm not talking about whether the counties were populated or not.
I'm talking about the counties that voted for Trump in 2020 and voted for Harris in 2024.
If you wanted me to give you a list of the counties that voted for Trump in 2016 but voted for Biden in 2020, I could give you a list of those counties.
Heck, if you wanted a list of counties that voted for Clinton in 2016 but voted for Trump in 2020, I could give you that list too.
But it's easiest for me to give you a list of all of the counties that voted for Trump in 2020 and then went on to vote for Harris in 2024:
I've seen the criticism that he may be gay but he is not queer.
Perhaps that criticism is something that only a crazy person would make and I don't want to argue that particular point. I am merely pointing out that that criticism is out there.
On “Open Mic for the week of 2/17/2025”
Does the election count as a receipt?
National polling?
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Not non- zero votes, not there must be some votes out there somewhere that might possibly turn if the party accommodates my pet peeve on this marginal issue.
Is "JEEZ LOUISE QUIT ACCOMMODATING THAT OTHER GUY'S PET PEEVE ON THAT MARGINAL ISSUE!" a reasonable complaint?
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Some good news: Remember back in 2020 the stories going around that doctors were performing "mass hysterectomies" on undocumented visitors in the detention camps?
As it turns out, those stories were false.
False to the point where MSNBC has settled the lawsuit rather than letting it go through the snake.
Just gaming this out in my head, I'm guessing that discovery was likely to indicate that this would *NOT* be covered by the Sullivan decision.
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From Wikipedia:
If you scroll down the page, you'll see that we get a new one every 4 years like clockwork. (With occasional new ones in the middle, but they're always gone by the end of the term.)
On “Pop Corn”
Lotta little touches in here. The kitty being distracted by the sewing. "Jiminy Christmas" goes back longer than I thought (apparently it goes back to at least 1803). "Shut up" being common back then too... I guess I thought that that only dated back to the 40s or so and it does... but the imperative form goes back to the *18*40s.
On “Open Mic for the week of 2/17/2025”
Wisconsin is currently going through a tempest in a teapot where the governor introduced a bill that included, among other things, language changes.
"Mother" was switched to "Inseminated Person".
As a big conspiracy theory fan, I think it's because the governor knew that his bill would never, ever pass, not in a million years, so he put that stuff in there as a poison pill and could argue against the people in the state house/senate as being bigots.
Though I suppose someone may point out that changing "mother" to "inseminated person" isn't DEI and ask why I would even care, given that I don't live in Wisconsin.
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A billboard of Luigi went up for a bit today. A digital billboard.
Think he'll get the Daniel Penny treatment?
Do you think someone who says "we can't rule it out" is being crazy?
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Transfer of Palestinians is one of the nicer outcomes, given the last couple of days.
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More than we used to have because we need them more than we used to need them.
I'm pretty sure that Espy will get slapped down (though not, sadly, recalled) but we'll see more and more politicians pushing for this sort of stuff under the umbrella of protecting the children and whatnot.
And the backlash will look like...
(looks around)
Well, it'll be familiar.
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As did mine.
Here's my takeaway, which I will repeat if you wish to dispute it instead of arguing against the position you wish I held:
If you have a society that upholds Enlightenment ideals, it won’t matter if the government doesn’t.
If you have a society that doesn’t uphold Enlightenment ideals, it won’t matter if the government does.
I do hope that Chuck Espy is reprimanded if not recalled and someone sits him down and explains the concept of "Incorporation" to him.
But I also know that to the extent that the mayor is representative of the people, his stupidity is also an indictment of his supporters. Perhaps even his anti-antis.
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And he has just been sworn in.
Like, at almost 6PM on a Friday.
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More of what “sort of thing”?
To follow the thread back, "using the courts to silence critics of a governing regime".
And whatever that sort of thing is, why more than we’re already used to?
More than you are used to. Probably not more than others are used to.
I doubt it’s any worse than it has ever been
Oh, is that our goalpost now? Comparing today to when you had to buy Ulysses in a plain brown wrapper?
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You know how there was a temporary injunction against firing USAID workers?
"Temporary" has just expired.
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Well, then. I would suggest getting ready for more and more of this sort of thing.
Even among the side that you consider your own. “Wait wait, guys!!! The reason we have those is not to protect them from us!”, you can try to explain.
(Oh, and the court case seems to be Minnesota Board for Community Colleges v. Knight.)
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Rick Caruso (the guy who ran against Bass last time) strikes back:
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Mayor Bass has just fired fire chief Kristin Crowley.
Also, Donald Trump is bad.
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You actually can look at Jaybird, who has internalized all of this, and see how completely incoherent and angry he is about companies doing PR stuff and stuff like that.
I'm not the guy theorizing that this stuff was an op done on behalf of corporations trying to get people to hate the idea of unions, Dave.
The folks alternating between "nobody is saying that' and "but that's good though" are the ones who you should direct your ire at. They're the ones who are costing your side votes, after all.
Was there a big pushback by elected Dems when the court struck it down in 2023?
The DNC released a statement following Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. Would this count?
If not, I can try to find something else.
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we don’t teach enlightenment ideals and their relationship to the bill of rights
Well, then. I would suggest getting ready for more and more of this sort of thing.
Even among the side that you consider your own. "Wait wait, guys!!! The reason we have those is not to protect them from us!", you can try to explain.
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I thought that saying that Hochul knowing that she can't replace Adams with a DSA goon was acknowledging that Hochul was *NOT*, in fact, extremely far left.
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New York was closer to flipping Red than Florida was to flipping Blue.
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Well, would it make a difference to you if you knew that "not flipping a single county" is something that hasn't happened since 1932?
Like, in 1984, even Walter Mondale flipped Apache County (Arizona) from voting for Reagan in 1980 to voting for a Democrat.
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I'm not talking about whether the counties were populated or not.
I'm talking about the counties that voted for Trump in 2020 and voted for Harris in 2024.
If you wanted me to give you a list of the counties that voted for Trump in 2016 but voted for Biden in 2020, I could give you a list of those counties.
Heck, if you wanted a list of counties that voted for Clinton in 2016 but voted for Trump in 2020, I could give you that list too.
But it's easiest for me to give you a list of all of the counties that voted for Trump in 2020 and then went on to vote for Harris in 2024:
Wanna see it again?
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Happy birthday! Get something *DECADENT*!
On “Open Mic for the week of 2/17/2025”
My criticism is against the whole "we don't have a society that upholds the Enlightenment ideals behind the concept of Free Speech" thing.
If you have a society that upholds those ideals, it won't matter if the government doesn't.
If you have a society that doesn't uphold those ideals, it won't matter if the government does.
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I've seen the criticism that he may be gay but he is not queer.
Perhaps that criticism is something that only a crazy person would make and I don't want to argue that particular point. I am merely pointing out that that criticism is out there.