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It was like an AI version of a Terence Blanchard score.
Analog thoughts in a digital world.
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It was like an AI version of a Terence Blanchard score.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
That amount was very… specific.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Unlike most ombudsmen, apparently none of the complaints will be made public either.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Typically shitty country club fare.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Def closest to the novels.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
This is bullshit as evidenced by the fact it claims to be a 7 episode order. NFW either party would agree to that.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
A 7 episode order should be the first clue this is total bullshit.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
In case anyone was wondering, no there’s no follow up at all. She moves on to asking about Bolton right after that clip ends.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
And literally no follow up. She just moves on to the next topic. Embarrassing.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Arguably we already saw it happen with the pandemic, which halted a lot of Trump’s plans and exposed him as an incompetent leader. Unfortunately, he then used that in the last election to prove that it wasn’t really his fault.
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Not to mention the fact he has no power to do so.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Because the WH controls the press pool now so they are scared of being kicked out of it and lose their precious access.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Please oh please have him go out on patrol in that exact outfit.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
No, Paul, Weiss isn’t that at all. Loretta Lynch works there and Jeh Johnson just retired from it too.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Tears in their eyes saying “sir, we just can’t abide by these slow pouring jerry cans.”
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
There are many copies.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
In the AMC app, it now tells you the actual movie starts 25-30 mins after the listed showtime. I used to have down to a science but now just show up 27 mins after the time listed. Seems to be working for now at least.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Home-grown terrorism not domestic violence.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Thrush AND Devlin on the byline too! No wonder it’s such a shoddy piece.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
They will, and then we’ll be at the back of the line to actually get the vaccines.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Although fitting that the last couple of pretty decent eps was mostly bc they knew it was ending.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Kinda defeats the whole “House” thing with a ballroom the size of an airplane hangar.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Nope. That’s what the Senate Judiciary Committee is supposed to do or then the full Senate. Once he’s approved, only impeachment can remove him regardless of what he does.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s also been on streaming platforms before because I re-watched it that way.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes but not reporting to Trump, which is how a lot of people misinterpreted this to be.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes and yes - and yes.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
President of CBS, not Trump. The article is misleading.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
The Cavity Creeps wouldn’t stand a chance!
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Top Gun
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
I was going with Julie Newmar!
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Break out the tomato sauce!
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean isn’t it essentially rendition?
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Different Nate Hochman.
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Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
There’s never been a more perfect name to match the director’s style than Dick Mass.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s like a robocam gone insane.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Fly
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s smart to go with the charge easiest (and has the longest potential sentence) to prove.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
We already saw this tho in the first administration. They all hated each other too, and the attrition rate was record-breaking.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
THAT outburst from her made me literally gasp and then ofc roll with laughter.
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He’ll soon find out the reason why they are the “B” in BRICS.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
He’ll soon find out the reason why they are the “B” in BRICS.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
“You’re food” might soon be applicable too.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
There’s this gross misconception out there that criticism of policy = cheering for dead kids or blaming them for their deaths. No, that’s when you take the tragic death of Laken Reily to justify deporting innocent people to foreign gulags.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Make America Spartan Again
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
The rural juror says yes.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Fitzpatrick did just that. He’s gone AWOL.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
No, that was removed by the parliamentarian.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Esp after Trump just dropped the similarly absurd Selzer suit bc they fought it and was going to discovery.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
The better Dickens’ title was right there. A Tale of Two Buttholes.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep, bc of the reduced use of the gas tax for those vehicles. Gotta make up the revenue somewhere to pay for all of those billionaire tax cuts!
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Really great to have a president who just randomly posts shit with global consequences which you can’t trust at all.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah and just realized the WSJ headline says “strike” but the article says “announcement.” As you know, different people wrote those, but yes the headline def is disinformation as you noted.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Home wasn’t re-aired for almost 3 years (on Halloween, natch) because it was so controversial.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually it’s just weaselly wording. The public announcement was hours after the actual attack so all this means is that they were alerted before that post, not before the bombings like Johnson and Thune were.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Also the little fact that the House impeaches, not the Senate. And ofc it’s going nowhere in the House with Repub control. So sure, introduce the articles but Murphy and the rest of the Dem senators have no role here until Jeffries gets the gavel.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
The House impeaches, not the Senate. They only vote for removal.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Bennie Thompson yesterday said they are consulting with their lawyers to see what is possible and that something could be announced next week when back in session.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Fun fact, even if you were eligible for subsidies all year and make a good chunk of change at the very end of the year, they will claw it all back from you. So yeah, they know.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
More importantly, WTF is up with that shirt??
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually it’s just a recap of LA, NYC and Chicago directive, not anything KS specific.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
I saw this exact print a few years ago at an Academy screening celebrating John Dykstra where they showed that and Rogue One in sequential order. Lucas allowed it to happen bc of that connection. It was flawless. I have no idea what they are talking about besides just trying to be contrarians.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Agreed! We’re basically saying the same thing but yes lack of accountability bc of this Byzantine system is a real problem! I just wanted to point out it’s not as simple as trying to blame Bass or Newsom as some (not you) want to do. Keep up the great work exposing the truth.
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“Police departments shall maintain incident command; however, the Sheriff’s Department shall maintain responsibility and control over the participation of the SRT (including, but not limited to, tactics, deployment and withdrawal);”
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
So yeah they basically can deploy on their own. pars.lasd.org/Viewer/Manua....
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Right. I’ll defer to your sources but makes sense. I’m thinking specifically of the Sheriff Response Team, which I believe acts without that request although they can also be asked.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Not excusing the excessive force tho. I just don’t see anything really changing until (hopefully) Newsom gets back control of NG bc that’s who the LAPD and LASD are having to defend.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
I believe that a core function of LASD is crowd control so they can provide that wo input from LAPD - that’s how they ended up accidentally shooting at the each other. The problem tho if they left then it’s just NG and Marines which would make things even worse. No good options until Feds leave.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Governor has no power with neither LAPD nor LASD. That’s why we have cities and counties.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Zero. Nor does the governor for that matter. It’s the LAC Board of Supervisors who technically do but basically useless in that regard.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
One of my fav lines from a review ever from Entertainment Weekly - “It’s like George Lucas directed an Earth, Wind and Fire album cover.”’
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Learned helplessness is a real problem right now. That’s how fascism wins.
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I still think this ends up with Trump seizing Space X for national security interests. Nixing Elon’s handpicked buddy to run NASA was the warning shot.
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It’s CBS Sunday Morning, which isn’t exactly known for hard hitting journalism. That ofc is why Musk went on there vs more adversarial programs.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Quick correction. You have “I don’t, for starters, buy that Trump is really leaving government service at all,” when obv you meant Musk.
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Come to LA on Sunday, July 13th, 7PM @ the Lodge Room!
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Aka the original “pivot to video” team.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
What do people think would have happened with any legislation if Biden pre-announced he was a lame duck? Not to mention the total shitshow an open primary would have been.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
They had this in San Antonio in the mid 90s when I was in college there. They took 70mm prints and blew them up. It was awesome. I saw Aliens, Die Hard, Star Wars Trilogy and many more. It was the first IMAX not in a museum so they were allowed to screen regular movies.
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Prep it by starting to call everyone “matey.”
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
I knew it was Baker, aka the hotdog car driver meme incarnate, before even clicking on the link.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
You do remember who was still in charge then, right?
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
So many great potential band names.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Robert Richardson is a more contemporary example. I can always recognize him as the DP regardless of the director - for good and bad.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Everything about “Philly Justice” was pure gold.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
The only “concerned Democrat” quoted is, shocker, Dean Philips. Yeah, no conflict of interest there.
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The Passenger
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
There is no “stage 5” either for that matter.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s why you hire Cranston. Nice to see him finally deployed correctly.
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We have always been at war with Walmart.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
Even more poignant given what happened to Plaza in real life shortly after that came out.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
I skipped ahead to Andor’s introduction and it’s literally exactly where the show left off with him. Will also now watch the full movie tonight.
Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m sure that the fully uncropped image had “behind the bag” spelled out too.