The loony Right has a long history, as recounted in The Paranoid Style in American Politics, which was inspired by Goldwater's 1964 presidential run. We remember Goldwater fondly, as a principled libertarian, but the racism surrounding him in 1964 was enough to drive people like Jackie Robinson away from the GOP (which had largely voted for the CRA and VRA) for good.
Conservative legal experts tend to focus on original intent and the specific text of the Constitution (and now history and tradition) rather than short-term partisan thinking.
Except when they ignore the clear text of the 15th amendment to elect more Re[ublicans.
There's also MacBird, the 1966 play in which the title character becomes president by murdering John Ken O'Dunc. (His wife is, of course, Lady MacBird.)
Co-Conspirator 1 is Rudy Giuliani. Co-Conspirator 2 is John Eastman. Co-Conspirator 3 is Sidney Powell. Co-Conspirator 4 is Jeffrey Clark. Co-Conspirator 5 is Kenneth Chesebro. Co-Conspirator 6 is ???
Watergate was like that too. The break-in was just a gateway to a maze of plumbers, CreePs, dirty tricks, conspiracies, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance. And the same insistence in the teeth of all the evidence that the president had done nothing wrong.
That would be Edward Teller. He was intent on building H-bombs even before the A-bomb was done. (Oppenheimer's hesitancy about building ever-bigger bombs was one of the things that lost him his clearance.)
On “From Politico: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve”
I know a fair number of people of Indian descent (a given in my profession), but have no idea what caste they are, or if that matters to them.
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I know nothing about the state of caste discrimination in the US, so naturally I have strong opinions about it.
On “I’m Worried About the Gadsden Flag Kid”
This finally motivated me to look up something that I've often wondered about.
Turns out the flag Gadsden was the grandfather of the purchase Gadsden.
On “The Spanish-American War and the ‘Empire By Default’”
Another very fine book about a war: https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Years-Review-Books-Classics/dp/1590171462
On “Slack Tide of the Slack Jawed Also-rans”
Might be a bird or a plane.
On “Columbia Up And Left Kabul”
Not an original plot.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053084/
On “Beware the Nuts”
The loony Right has a long history, as recounted in The Paranoid Style in American Politics, which was inspired by Goldwater's 1964 presidential run. We remember Goldwater fondly, as a principled libertarian, but the racism surrounding him in 1964 was enough to drive people like Jackie Robinson away from the GOP (which had largely voted for the CRA and VRA) for good.
On “Is Trump Ineligible For Another Term?”
Conservative legal experts tend to focus on original intent and the specific text of the Constitution (and now history and tradition) rather than short-term partisan thinking.
Except when they ignore the clear text of the 15th amendment to elect more Re[ublicans.
On “Fight Over Restoring Voting Rights to Prior Felons Intensifies”
I expect this to switch sides when "felons" includes the entire Trump administration,
On “If This is 1776, John Eastman, You’re On The Other Side”
Holding Republicans accountable is a hate crime.
On “Trump Indictment Is Not About Speech”
What, make himself the center of attention against advice of counsel?
On “Sunday Morning! “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by William Shakespeare”
There's also MacBird, the 1966 play in which the title character becomes president by murdering John Ken O'Dunc. (His wife is, of course, Lady MacBird.)
On “Making Love in a Canoe”
My favorite goofy beer ad.
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The Miller Lite ads with the athletes? Those were awesome.
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Anchor Steam has ceased production, possibly gone for good.
https://sf.eater.com/2023/7/31/23814440/anchor-brewing-shutting-down-steam-beer-sapporo
On “Rights vs. Needs: Communism and Slavery”
Rudy's working on that.
On “Trump Indictment (Events of January 6, 2021): Read It For Yourself”
"We need to make them convict now, before they can check the polls."
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You are number 6.
On “Mini-Throughput: Einstein’s Greatest Mistake Edition”
I'd think Einstein's greatest mistake was his rejection of quantum mechanics. Even the sharpest eye has blind spots.
On “Spare the Rod and Spoil the President”
Did you often assess people you'd never met?
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Bush II made me miss Bush I.
Palin made me miss Bush II.
Trump made me miss Palin.
Not looking forward to who'll make me miss Trump.
On “Additional Indictments In Trump Classified Docs Case”
Watergate was like that too. The break-in was just a gateway to a maze of plumbers, CreePs, dirty tricks, conspiracies, misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance. And the same insistence in the teeth of all the evidence that the president had done nothing wrong.
On “The Hollywood Strikes: Contract Law”
At least it ended season 2 of Friday Night Lights before Landry could kill anyone else.
On “Ten Things I Think After Watching Oppenheimer”
That would be Edward Teller. He was intent on building H-bombs even before the A-bomb was done. (Oppenheimer's hesitancy about building ever-bigger bombs was one of the things that lost him his clearance.)
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Wondering if anyone who's seen the film remembers the TV miniseries with Sam Waterston.