That's the logic that says we don't need legislators at all; pray and God will take care of it all. Don't give them ideas.
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That's the logic that says we don't need legislators at all; pray and God will take care of it all. Don't give them ideas.
As I once yelled in response to a nearby Congressperson: "We can think! We can pray! But you are one of the 538 people we have entrusted with the unique and awesome responsibility of doing something about i!"
Oh, no, I'm perfectly sure that all those nice businesses kept a careful record of who paid the tariff-inflated prices, and have a mechanism to return the money. Aren't most businesses moral?
Bad example. He did his own research and upended the experts. And was literally crucified for doing it.
In "That Hideous Strength" (1945) C. S. Lewis, conservative Anglican, had his protagonist recognize that there were two sexes but seven genders.
Red state secretaries of state will salute and click their heels. "Yes, my Leader."
He should have listed some and asked her yes/no.
The poster didn't say that.
Same here. I've had remote control thermostats for over a decade, and signed up for National Grid to override them and balance the load on hot afternoons. Opt-in and a $40 incentive are fine with me.
Serious question: is there a study comparing autism rates between the vaxed and unvaxed (I bet there will be some confounding variables to do with the parents' attitudes etc).
FL statute 316.2045 prohibits obstruction, so one out of three is actually enforceable.
But... all alligators are native-born! Er, hatched.
Welcome to our world -- the US.
Especially MA of all places.
Vance will have all of the anti-democracy team firmly in place, and he has more personal agency than Trump. He's all in on the fascist, christianist, Yarvinist agenda. I fear this.
Hey, @support.bsky.team , can you tweak the name display so that Anders's A-ring isn't cut in half to make it look like a breve. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Having his diaper changed behind those trees.
Guys, it was something of an exaggeration, but precisely quoting a Linux fan on slashdot after a bad bug was revealed some time back: Well,*I'm* OK because all I had to do was recompile the kernel etc... I should have known better than dare say something potentially critical of Linux.
I regularly drive over Lake Quinsigamond, and sometimes over Cochituate. On the other hand, I used to live near Puyallup, WA.
10 years of retiring from Microsoft. I had to do it on a Monday because Medicare only kicked in at the beginning of a calendar month.
Congress shall make a law respecting an establishment of religion.
It was a constructive dismissal because (he says) staying in his role would have forced him to commit felonies.
I first heard about Taylor Swift when she gave the Seattle Symphony $50,000 after listening to the hypnotic "Become Ocean" by John Luther Adams, which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize. I've always liked her for that (and Ludovic Morlot for making the commission happen in the first place).
Yarvinism: 1. Destroy government. 2. ??? 3. Utopia!
He says he is resigning because not to do so would require him to commit felonies.
The "it's simple to apply a fix, just rebuild the kernel and type a few commands" crowd.
Driving out homelessness would be fantastic.
What's so special about a barrel full of crackers?
"fair". A novel concept.
Louis was King for 72 years. Don't give Trump ideas.
Thank you. It was years ago and I only found the Albion. But I just realized the Del Mar is in the Warner 30-CD set which I have but hadn't listened to completely. I'm happy now.
That is word salad that has gone brown round the edges and drowned in rancid dressing. He heard someone explain something and remembers a few key words. Sometimes you can figure out what it is these people are trying to say if you can translate MAGAish. Not here. Not a clue.
Next up: Woke Coke.
Boult's version with Gielgud reading the superscriptions (1953?) is the defining reading for me, despite being in mono. And the handling of the wind machine at the end is perfect.
I still have in my head "In Windsor Forest", a lovely suite of very different songs from "Sir John in Love" that I sung at school in the 1960s. Last I looked, that suite had not even been recorded in its original SATB version.
Does she not know which country she is actually in?
littleno
Where are you? Pretty cloudy here in Central Mass?
There's a soy bean watch?
How about burning an Appeal to Heaven flag? That should confuse them.
That doesn't seem to stop him.
Okay, it was The Hill, not Politico. Whatever.
If you are Politico, these would all be called lies because they are illegal.
I had a direct report who would type up some dumb idea, hit Send, grab his cream soda, run to my office and ask "what do you think?" A human read-receipt machine.
The last one is true, and a good thing. Successive Administrations have tried to undo progress on rural broadband made by the previous one, and the result is stasis. I prefer co-ops to private enterprise, and expect higher costs than with performance-based regulation, but we won't get perfection.
The closest to "President" of Europe is a woman, and we can't have that.
You come here from Italy, from India, from Ingland... Footnote: nobody is anyway.
Restaurant reservations down are a hallmark of tyranny according to Jeanne Poirot.
She gets it! When armed troops are on the street, who wants to?
You could filter for High Crimes first. And the original meaning of Misdemeanors was just generally instances of objectionable behavior, which would be a slam dunk.
This is incorrect. A sufficient number of monkeys in unlimited time is all you need. Verification would be a pain though.
Not in Leeds.
Followup: Can you define socialism, or is that just a word you use to scare the rubes?
A pickpocket went for my wallet on a Paris metro. I felt it so I removed his hand. He gave me a supercilious look so I slapped him in the face and shouted at him in French. His buddy started shoving us, so my son, 6-feet, raised his arm and growled "C'est mon père". They got off. No guns of course.
He'll probably do a bit at the WH Correspondents Dinner pretending to look for violence under the bed.
Next up, Chevron?
The longest conflict in English history ended with this negotiation: one leader had half his head lopped off, his body draped naked over a horse and buried unceremoniously to be rediscovered over 500 years later, and the greatest playwright in English history blacked his name a century later.
The bridge money was released in 2024, when Donald Trump was President in his own mind.
She very carefully hedged her answers (absence of proof not being proof of absence), or made them opinion-based. She may be telling the truth: i.e. nothing.
I remember those Russian standing-up pundits who discuss things on State TV a couple of years ago, agreeing that taking Gotland would be the first, easy step to... well, it actually went: 1. Take Gotland. 2. ??? 3. European domination!
No ICE No fascism. Worcester MA. #worcester
And are these people in the room with us now?
May I offer a simpler explanation? She's lying. Perjury is OK when you have the DOJ in your pocket. Disclaimer: IMO this is a plausible explanation, not an actual statement of fact.
Except JD Vance is all in on the racism/fascism/Yarvinism, and less distracted by narcissism.
Nailong, no.
I did. But he pronounced it HayZoos.
TRUMP WILL BE RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING IN TWO WEEKS.
That's a pretty good description of nitrous oxide anesthesia.
I had the privilege of standing face-to-toe with her Das Lied at a Prom in the 60's, and talking with her in the green room afterwards. Not just a remarkable singer, but a graceful person.
If you went into the computer room, it's because you were invited by an operator. Showing my age?
4-5 hours in the UK. Each count is for one MP. But general election ballots have just one position being voted for.
Three deer and the shadow of my house (this is the bank of a storage pond surrounded by conservation land, Massachusetts).
Off a serious topic, I know, but a med student friend of mine said that when they dissected a penis, a young woman in the class exclaimed "I thought it had a bone in it!" (ok, hearsay, poss. apocryphal)
Well, giving up Florida would be a good start.
I'm so glad I retired from Office (10 years ago!) and didn't have to be associated with the statement "if your app isn't in a high-stakes scenario, it's perfectly fine for us to fuck up your spreadsheet".
Actually there are three oaths, taken in sequence, another to the Commonwealth and another to the US.
Actual oath-taking: youtu.be/RbuCgc3X7Ew?...
...according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the rules and regulations of the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth, so help me God.
I, , do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as of the City of Boston,...
I think "I swear to eat every donut" is also in the Boston public servant oath.
Is this a reference to the "Trump saving the cats and dogs from being eaten" meme?
And if you're thinking about your President's underwear, either there is something seriously wrong with you or you just got downwind of Trump.
Editing tip: this interesting 5-parter came across in reverse order in my feed. You can fix that by using the + sign in the editor to post them all at once.
This has been true of Republicans for decades.
Belgium... Germany... why bother?
Doesn't an invading army usually have, you know, arms?
I still remember his Requiem at a 1968 Prom. The ending was met with that rarity, a stunned silence, so deep was the emotional impact. Has it been performed since?
*Labour*. Blame my Americanisation.
They had to do *something* to hope we forget about the original collaboration with Microsoft. (disclaimer: then my employer)
Don't tell me: such an Act of Congress would be declared not subject to 60 votes.
As an expat Brit who was just "home", where a pro-Palestinian organization is being prosecuted for speech... OK, the London Underground is still safe, but the *Labor* government scares me in ways the economy-destroying Tories never did.
Let me check in with Hanlon... yup.
Your fridge makes the planet hotter.
Wicket-keeper?
But not required to. And people on SSDI for 2 years also qualify. But more likely he was speaking carelessly, or through an anti-entitlement filter.
If corn fields vote, that explains most Republican Members of Congress.
Job requirements for Medicare??? I retired 10 years ago this month, but does my voluntary work on town committees count?
Are you making a subtle reference to Plato's Republic?
