A very, very good question, posed by Thomas Edsall in his 12/7/22 column in the NYT: "Which gets to the larger question that supersedes all the ins and outs of the maneuvering over the Republican presidential nomination and the future of the party: How, in a matter of less than a decade, could this...

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i've had a subscription to Criterion for 2-3 years now and it's awesome. highly recommended.

Seconded. I was a "charter member." So much cool stuff on it.

Love Criterion. Kanopy is quite good in the same way, and free through many public or university libraries.

BTW...the senatatorial picture looks really rough for Dems in 2024. I believe they are defending in Montana, Wisconsin, Ohio, West Virginia, maybe a couple more tough spots. We'll always have California. Whether we have forty-one seats in the Senate or not. Sometimes I think we should just split th...

The January 6 mob had one thing - and only one thing - right: our sclerotic Federal system will never change unless it is burned to the ground and rebuilt. They just don't realize that the aftermath will be damn ugly for everyone except those holding the reins.

Finished "The Terror" last night. Kind of disappointing after reading the book. It did not even come close to depicting the dark and cold and despair portrayed by the author

You could very easily make the opposing argument here. Truss would never have won an actual general election. She was always an absurd choice. But she became leader of her party and therefore leader of her country anyway. Whatever the limitations of the US system, a President can legitimately claim...

Just finished Stephen King's "Fairy Tales"... if you like King you will like/love this... similarities to 11/22/63 and From a Buick 8 for those who know. Also the entire book is from one character's perspective, which I found interesting. He didn't blow the ending on this one which has been issue a...

Even though the science is rather old hat for me, I truly love her writing style.

A bad day for the Donald, which means a better day for most of the rest of us. He just doesn't seem to get that the same shit that worked on construction contractors and bankers just doesn't work on Congress and the Supreme Court. No, I don't think he'll ever actually testify and if he does he'll d...

Revisiting Frank Herbert's Dune

Harley Quinn on HBO Max is amazingly, unexpectedly good.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbcAdv2XoAAFg0Q?format=jpg&name=900x900 hy·poc·ri·sy /həˈpäkrəsē/ noun the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense. In theory, eventually, continued blind arrogance hangs you out to dry. (in theory) O...

I’m pretty sure Saturday night was the first time anyone from a rock band has referred to me as “sir”!!!! And I'm pretty sure that was the drugs talking. :D And yes they do cover WWW. IIRC that's what brought the band to Patterson's attention. I can attest that Beaverdam had no drugs that night. I ...

I'm still hurting, just in a good way now.

I don't understand why we argue about things that we agree about.

So…. We decided that the show is just too late for my daughter especially after her first week of school; however, I am still coming with my son, beaverdamsfinlaw (Bryan), and my brother-in-law. I think that my son may have seen an in-store, afternoon record day show or something similar as an infa...

There is a better alternative out there. The Benign Dictatorship Of Todd.

Nothing to argue with here except I would say the problem is not necessarily that the Senate is undemocratic per se it's the way the game is played in the modern era including but not limited to everything you say above that pushed the dysfunctionality over the edge. I feel that any legislative bod...

Fuck all those assholes. The insurrectionists were right for the wrong reasons. Let's burn the whole fucking thing down, go Bastille Day on every assclown who profits from the system, and start over. So let's say we burn the whole fucking thing down, then we have our Reign of Terror, complete w/ gu...

That wasn't bad.

Fuck all those assholes. The insurrectionists were right for the wrong reasons. Let's burn the whole fucking thing down, go Bastille Day on every assclown who profits from the system, and start over.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/us/giuliani-testify-georgia-investigation.html I thought this might be a good time to remind you that Rudy Giuliani married his cousin (then cheated on her). Is cousin fucking really all that bad? Depends on who the cousin is. I mean would you fuck Rudy? EEEWWWWW....

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I thought this might be a good time to remind you that Rudy Giuliani married his cousin (then cheated on her).

Is cousin fucking really all that bad?

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Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:35 pm

The Highwaymen & Junior

Did Waylon eat Jessi Colter?

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LOL. My Welcome to Club XIII order shipped today. The notice was neither apologetic nor ironic.

Same for a buddy of mine... (From ATO). Clown show...

Mine as well.

Because the bible specifically tells them not to, and they don't know what the fuck the bible says Wouldn't it be counter to Christian teachings and the Golden Rule in general to pray and/or expect God to favor your team over another team? I've personally always been confused by people who thank Go...

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Our top priority should be finding the leaker.

Poor John Roberts. Check out his concurrence. He's like the shepherd who's lost his flock and gotten lost in the woods at the same time.

Fuck him, his legacy will be as the leading assclown of the whole bunch.

"And it’s time we reconsider, we might really need a gun."

Jerry Joseph, 2020

To add to my previous post about the lie of the American Dream, Trump was masterful at taking the disappointment and anger of the failing middle class and laser focusing it onto perceived threats to success. Put another way: The American Dream sells the idea that anyone who works hard and lives cle...

A report, highly unscientific, from the field: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/impeachment-no-3-jan-6-panel-isnt-swaying-swing-state-republicans-rcna34037 To which the sensible people replied... https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgns8anv-7CROCmS4mdRv-KIcCjeLQ068aR5...