To be fair: a healthy amount of the Chinese economy has been "take these unregulated supplements and get monster dick" for decades. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditi...
To be fair: a healthy amount of the Chinese economy has been "take these unregulated supplements and get monster dick" for decades. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditi...
Devil's Advocate: only that June number is final. July and August could slide further (or rise, hypothetically.)
A hero's journey is easy, small kindnesses are hard.
It's almost like the enemy is "at the same time too strong and too weak." Wonder if any Italian philosophers wrote about this?
Fun fact: we've done this before. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_J...
We're just getting rid of the BLS employees that fit the other demographic criterion that was discussed. Simple. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_J...
I tell you, it's the people who fit the other demographic criterion that was discussed that are to blame! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_J...
Come on; when has bear hugging the Moonies ended poorly?
Republican Senators: "Ok, now tell me the drawbacks."
Hey now: once they remove the BLS employees that fit the demographic criterion that was discussed we will finally have the True Numbers. (The joys of never being able to tell how much is trying to fake it and how much is genuinely being ruled by paranoids.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_J...
Look at the bright side: if you fuck up and get everyone killed, nobody around to blame you for it.
"Suozzi and Golden both like it? Clearly Schumer's baby."
DOJ Chud: "So you are saying we just need to 5150 all the queers? On it, boss."
Just... I know they know this is why I judges write opinions. You have to justify the logic you took to get here. You attempt to persuade people that even if they don't think you are right you got to the place you are at in a coherent manner. "We aren't explaining it because it is clear" is a joke.
James O'Keefe got a hot mic recording of a DOJ employee saying that the Epstein documents are going to be edited in a way to protect Republicans and attack Democrats. This is the employee to say he only said that because he heard it from the Lying Fake News Media. bsky.app/profile/axio...
And the DOJ response of "notes app apology that yes he was trying to hook up with her but it's the Fake News that convinced him the government would do a coverup not anyone at his job."
Sneak preview:
I mean, all things considered reporter is not the worst option in DC...
"The right is winning" and "the right is not the one who says you should end a friendship if you disagree on a political issue" which I get where he is coming from but it overlooks the Andrew Lawrence "oh, you know the ones" element of which political opinions cause people to break it off.
Which is just to say (just like I mentioned over there) that this is a way of flattering his ego that he is taking as factual.
I definitely remember being a late teen on the Internet with Gen X and older dudes saying that they snagged a young thing who loudly complains to him about how boys her age are unable to do what an experienced silver fox can since the kids are unmanly and on meds that make it so they can't get hard.
I mean, considering ACB was the only one to sign on the carve out in Trump v. United States that OBVIOUSLY ordering an explicit crime would not be an official act, I would argue the Supreme Court does have 5 votes for immunity in that case.
Juggling is really high up there for "when a character's schtick is mastery of all potentially relevant skills we need to show that we do mean all potential relevant skills" (see also: The Patrician from Discworld.) Oh, and Batman makes everything funny™.
They are just keeping their head down, hoping someone else bells the cat.
This idea that authoritarian governance leads to fecundity really isn't reflected in the data. There is a clear trend of growing liberalism over a period of falling birthrates, but Hungary's Orban and Afghanistan under the Taliban haven't seen sudden increases in birthrates.
"It was already green on the chart we cribbed it from." bsky.app/profile/shar...
On one hand I would think "randomly announcing bans on entire schedules of medicine on a hunch that maybe it will make things better is a great example of something that could be a stove touch." On the other every stove touch being met with "oh, he'll just reverse course" makes it worse.
Listen, if he looks like that he must be the healthiest man in the world so we MUST assume if he is sick every other American must be sicker.
*Jonathan Chait slides up to you at the bar* "I would love to have a conversation with you about the inefficiencies of public schooling."
I always point to them putting an 18 month hold on his changing immigration policy until they could hear and rule on the case. ...they ultimately ruled in his favor 8-1 in a decision that affirmed existing federal supremacy on foreign policy.
Someone getting over their skis trying to imagine turning the Annunciation Catholic School shooting into cause for trans Kristallnacht. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_con...
Didn't you hear? He said that he's being forced to fire all these CDC employees because America is the sickest country on the planet and forced his hand! *wheeze* How can he resign when he has a country to save?
Ostensibly; there are clear rules that you can't work for multiple branches at the same time (something Bove seems to be violating), but an executive employee can wear many executive hats so it just depends where "independent" board falls on that scale with SCOTUS.
See also: Neil Strauss being shocked that "wow, who could believe a middling looking but in shape 36 year old white guy who is a reporter for Rolling Stone and has several published works could successfully hook up with 23 year old barflies at a club?" Fish in a fucking barrel.
I get your point, but "400K subscribers on SubStack" is simultaneously something that you would mock if they were bragging about it but has a level of social clout and income that can seem impressive to someone college-aged (either trying to network or get a cushy arrangement or being starstruck.)
bsky.app/profile/hiko...
I mean... he has some experience in that department. bsky.app/profile/shar...
Basically: non-zero chance he is taking flattery from girls he has no business flirting with assuring him they desire confident, older men as actual data.
Knowing he has bragged about his "cured" asexuality I am having flashbacks to the internet 20 years ago with Boomers and Gen X dudes bragging about their girlfriends/sugar babies confidently telling them that all the boys their own age can't get hard because they are all on SSRIs and metrosexual.
That they pretend that there is good faith from the Supreme Court that blocked Biden from changing immigration enforcement for over a year and a half only to rule 8-1 in Biden's favor only to say you can't place a hold on any Trump policies until appeals are exhausted is just an excuse to hate Dems.
"I serve at his pleasure completely independently of his will" is a fascinating idea.
"Nonono, that's the best part! You just say being unwilling to be governed by a [insert slur here] isn't a racist position and YOU are the racist for claiming it to be as such!" bsky.app/profile/dave...
Who knew the ramifications of asking "Bounce a Quarter Off It" vs. "Lose a Quarter In It"
People can stand "act on your convictions" and "say you want to do grand things but cry you are constrained by the system from action" far more than "act against your stated convictions" which manages to look horrific to allies and phony to critics.
Glonzo thinking with the framework that you are going to do exactly what your political opponent says they will do to kill Glonzo, then acting surprised when their opponent says you didn't actually kill Glonzo ergo you didn't engage in the policies you promised.
I believe you will find she was also the finest civil engineer in all of Europe too. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pia%C8%...
I think the funniest element of that mess was "you committed a racism by having the white historical figures played by black men on stage presented as well endowed in your porny fics." (The Doubleca5t HIVliving video is gone from her YouTube channel due to drama, but it covers it.)
That there will be academic and historical works a century from now that have to cite the fanfic "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" as a significant place where all the worst people of this era first encountered each other is a sign whatever higher power exists has a sense of humor.
I mean, how do you have jurisprudence without majority opinions on reversals? "You are wrong, be less wrong next time" is a ridiculous standard.
Amazingly, when you rule from the shadow docket and the majority doesn't usually provide you a majority opinion it is very difficult to parse what the new jurisprudence is supposed to be.
I mean, they got everyone to agree that the ACA was named Obamacare, why can't they rename their own shit too?
(The good news is that she has no actual voting power, but it really is symbolic of just how much they refuse to simply endorse someone a junior party member who shares her politics.)
She's still got 2 more terms in her! Real fighter!
And could you imagine if the political opponent of the President openly stoked the fires of concern that he was on his deathbed?
Mentioned over there, but do find it hilarious to "last refuge of Western morals" panic while the UK is doing whatever the hell it is the UK is doing. You have TERF Island. Western civilization is saved. Go enjoy that mess.
Important to note that this extends ONLY to the President but not the Executive now that SCOTUS reversed Chevron Deference.
Absolutely hilarious they are still claiming the US is the only place left Unwoke while Britain is Britain-ing all over the place right now (but hey: the VP says it's under Sharia Law right now.)
"In 2001 Congress gave the President authorization to stop terrorism worldwide, and the President said all 11 people on the boat were terrorists; what further details do you need?"
"She included a T and a Q, and EVERYONE knows those are political losers!" Absolutely love the conventional wisdom that because Republicans have a wedge in trans sports scaremongering that bathroom bans and eliminationist rhetoric is catnip for undecided voters.
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
Even odds they fail to convict on even that, lowering the crime rate further!
You know, when you really think about it they are managing to lower DC's crime rate forcing all these felony charges to become misdemeanors.
"People ring your doorbell to see if you are out to rob you" turned into "people ring your doorbell to see if you are home to kill you." They did eventually coat it with "it's like the Tate–LaBianca murders" except those were explicitly targeted.
Funniest example has to be The Strangers where it's a home invasion movie that the writers said it was based on the time someone rang their doorbell late at night asking if they saw their dog and the next day it turned out they robbed the unresponsive neighbors houses (making sure they were out.)
I mean, it's not like we're still in hurricane season where there 2 week gear up to own the libs might seem unfortunate in hindsight.
That ruling was limited to California, but certainly will be stapled to Pritzker's filing.
Trump is talking off-script I will assume.
I assume it is the poly version of this bisexuality meme where I just assume the distinction matters to the person and leave it at that.
Everyone laughed but these Iraqi dinars are going to pay off any second.
"Our newest approved judge; may we deport these green card holders to Abu Dhabi?"
Play stupid games...
Like... if you don't feel comfortable writing vows, I feel like that is something you should be ready to discuss with a would-be spouse. The lying is the issue, not the fact you used AI in and of itself.
The "You're Wrong About" on Dan Quayle & Murphy Brown is so funny: "everyone keeps claiming 'welfare queen' is a coded racial statement, so let's go on the attack for a white high income sitcom character choosing not to get an abortion as an example of what we disapprove of."
"Don't be silly! This is all about the importance of having babies to secure the state, so nobody cares about the gays unless we are forcing women to stop the scourge of lesbianism." Basically anyone posting about the need to increase population who has ruled out immigration is secretly gooning.
We're repeating all the hits from the 80's (yes, Haig did it just like Starscream down to transforming into a jet.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
Roko's Basilisk: either helping Musk puts you on "controlled opposition" list where you can safely work in the margins if they do succeed OR they fail and you are proven right.
I just want them to clarify what differentiates their vision of the Democratic Party from UK Labour. They seem to very much enjoy "look, 2/3 Americans don't want trans women in sports, so the reasonable response for Democrats is to ban youth transition (39% for, 35% against) as a starting point."
"It's cool because he won't commit US troops to Middle East boondoggles or oppose Russia reclaiming it's historic territorial borders in favor of simple decapitation strikes on South and Central Americans countries after which we will leave, a far less colonialist endeavor." - ostensible peaceniks
Cannot decide if the BlueSky connection is "The problem with Democrats is that there are too many people in online spaces uncritically supporting their campaign decisions and it turns off the median voter" or "Anything I don't life on the Left/Liberal sphere is assigned to the site I don't like."
(Which in a way I guess it makes more sense why Fox News spends time to shine a spotlight on "teenager TikTok with <1000 views said something pro-Hamas, showing the true face of the Democrat party.")
Also I am not sure how that is all that different than the conservative posters who complain about Lib Cuck Don Bacon et al and the idea that they are the reason most Americans refuse to vote for a particular party assumes undecided voters have any idea who these people are.
I just want 1 person who thinks that a policy change from Democrats to recoup lost ground in 2024 to explain what Democrats need to do different than Labour to not get caught in the same sandtrap of "load the train cars but everyone knows your heart isn't in it."
Nah, Johnny Depp can stay asleep.
Just super cool the UK has decided "actually advocating for the murder of minority groups is precious bean behavior".
"We have a major problem with South and Central American gangs and refugees, and we believe both will be serviced by a power vacuum in the region."
Word around DC is the Trump announcement is Department of War.
The only trans they approve of is transubstantiation.
Rename departments, but "does a big ceremony about an executive order announcing a policy change he has no authority to make" is a thing at this point.
...please don't tell me anyone is qualifying for that tax money for a 4 year old.
There have been plenty of studies that show that women generally view men as less physically attractive then men view women when asked to give a rating, but studies also show rated attractiveness is less correlated to getting matches for men (so it's a wash.) graphpaperdiaries.com/2018/10/21/j...
"Article II comes after Article I, so the Founders amended any Article I powers that the Legislature has as now belonging to the executive. Article II comes before Article III, so the Founders felt the Executive was of a higher position that the Judiciary and could overrule them if need be."
5 minutes into a smile and wave to reporters from 40 ft. away:
Legit saw people bringing this stuff up today as "he took this five years ago, maybe that's why we haven't seen him in 48 hours" which is Not Great™ for how easily conspiratorial thinking spreads. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casiriv...
Am still endlessly fascinated that he is doing this publicly in the middle of a major market (arguably several) panicking about children being incidentally being exposed to pornographic content on social media.
