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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

Wypipologist — [Explicit Content] Last free show before our two week Summer vacation. David’s obscenities on the Stephanie Miller Show. The Supreme Court overturns affirmative action. Justice Jackson’s dissent. Justice Sotomayor’s dissent. The Obamas respond. Whites will continue to get special treatment. Rick Scott says anyone who believes in big government isn’t welcome in Florida. Trump wants to deport socialists. Trump’s ridiculous response to the Bedminster tapes. Was there video, too? Feds subpoena Bedminster surveillance video. Rudy might flip in January 6 probe. Trump is suddenly woke? With Jody Hamilton, David Ferguson, music by Circe Link and Christian Nesmith, Freekbass, and more!

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jaunte  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:07:37pm

Ian Milhiser:

“…The Congress that wrote the 14th Amendment… rejected the “colorblind” theory, and instead wrote a landmark civil rights statute that explicitly requires the government to consider race when deciding whether a nonwhite individual’s rights were fully respected. And the Civil Rights Act of 1866 is only one of many such laws enacted by Reconstruction-era lawmakers.

Now, the Supreme Court is about to decide whether Roberts or Jackson is correct about the Constitution and “colorblindness.” Given that Republicans appointed two-thirds of the justices, it would be shocking if a majority of the justices do not side with Roberts — even if Jackson is correct about how the Constitution was originally understood.

But, lest there be any doubt, the overwhelming weight of historical evidence suggests that Jackson is correct.
vox.com

Republicans are actively whiting out history.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:11:02pm

Conservative SCOTUS only uses history selectively and usually wrongly as in Alito appealing to 17th-c. English precedent over our own Roe precedent.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:18:36pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:20:06pm

re: #2 Barefoot Grin

Conservative SCOTUS only uses history selectively and usually wrongly as in Alito appealing to 17th-c. English precedent over our own Roe precedent.

Specifically appealing to Matthew Hale, noted witch-hunter.

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:23:52pm

re: #3 ckkatz

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The Plessy v Ferguson decision of this court. Just as Separate but Equal is never equal, color-blindness by fiat does not exist.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:25:26pm

Biden’s Iran envoy placed on leave after security clearance suspended amid investigation into possible mishandling of classified material, sources say

cnn.com

Rob Malley, the US special envoy on Iran, has been placed on leave without pay, which occurred after his security clearance was suspended earlier this year amid an investigation into his handling of classified material, multiple sources told CNN.

A US official said that Malley’s clearance was suspended amid a State Department diplomatic security investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information. Another source familiar with the matter said he was placed on unpaid leave on Thursday afternoon.

“I have been informed that my security clearance is under review. I have not been provided any further information, but I expect the investigation to be resolved favorably and soon. In the meantime, I am on leave,” Malley told CNN.

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:27:30pm

We had some discussion downstairs about term limits for the Supremes. I wrote this about the need for a Constitutional Amendment.

Pelosi just asked for term limits for Justices. The relevant sentence in an article about this says “It would require a constitutional amendment, or Congress could pass legislation requiring justices to retire, take “senior” status with lesser duties or move to an appeals court.”

A bill detailing how legislation could do this has been submittted a couple of times.

An Amendment would be more definitive but legislation would also work. And Congress can add an amendment saying it is not reviewable by the Supreme Court. That is in the Constitution. Article III Section 2 - “…the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make”

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KGxvi  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:27:35pm

the modern contemporary conservative* legal movement’s disdain for the 14th Amendment runs deep. They also like to misrepresent the intention behind the birthright citizenship clause. This was one of Eastman’s hobby horses when I was in law school 20 years ago - arguing that it didn’t actually apply to everyone through a very pre-modern view of allegiances owed by citizens (and even more weirdly, of newborns). But of course, it is also very wrong:

Significantly, congressional critics of the Amendment recognized the broad sweep of the birthright citizenship language. Senator Edgar Cowan of Pennsylvania, a leading opponent, asked: “is the child of the Chinese immigrant in California a citizen? Is the child born of a Gypsy born in Pennsylvania a citizen?” Senator John Conness of California responded yes, and later lost his seat due to anti-Chinese sentiment in his state. The original public meaning of the 14th Amendment—which conservatives properly believe to be the lodestar of constitutional interpretation—affirms birthright citizenship.

That is an argument made by, of all fucking people, John Yoo.

*honestly, “conservative” isn’t even really the right word for them anymore. They’re reactionaries. It’s the same reason I didn’t use the word “modern” - they’re anti-modernists, longing for a pre-modern world.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:31:08pm

re: #8 KGxvi

[clipped part]

*honestly, “conservative” isn’t even really the right word for them anymore. They’re reactionaries. It’s the same reason I didn’t use the word “modern” - they’re anti-modernists, longing for a pre-modern world.

This confuses the colloquial definition of “conservative” (cautious, measured, &c) with the political definition conservatives themselves have used for three hundred years (acquisition of power, sorting groups in hierarchies of “lesser” and “better,” &c).

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gocart mozart  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:31:23pm

I didn’t mention any God. Oh well, guess I’m going to hell.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:33:23pm

Storms are now moving across the state line from Wyoming to Nebraska. Warnings are going up in the northern Panhandle.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:35:53pm

re: #10 gocart mozart

I didn’t mention any God. Oh well, guess I’m going to hell.

There’s no hate like Christian love.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:36:21pm

From article -

Twitter did not make Ms. Yaccarino, a longtime Madison Avenue power player, available for an interview. A person close to her said the noncompete clause extended only for her first few weeks at Twitter, while another said it was difficult for NBCUniversal to enforce. The clause’s expiration date was unclear.

On the other hand -

Ms. Yaccarino spoke this month to Thomas Kurian, the head of Google Cloud, to resolve the issue and ordered the bill paid, a person familiar with the conversation said. She also persuaded Mr. Musk to embrace the new developments, the person said..

NYT - Twitter’s New Chief Eases Into the Hot Seat

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Romantic Heretic  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:38:34pm

re: #2 Barefoot Grin

It’s not history they use. It’s mythology.

A mythology that places rich white cis men at the top of the food chain.

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Backwoods Sleuth  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:41:16pm
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gocart mozart  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:42:00pm

re: #10 gocart mozart

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:42:23pm

re: #10 gocart mozart

I didn’t mention any God. Oh well, guess I’m going to hell.

Boy there are a whole lot of people with “Christian” or execution devices in their bios.

Here’s what really happened, instead of Greg Kelly’s lie-by-omission by cutting the clip short. Probably best that the Liar-for-Jesus cut you off anyway.

(0:36)

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gocart mozart  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:43:40pm

re: #17 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I know. That’s why I called Kelly a liar.

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JC1  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:44:05pm

Doesn’t seem like there’s anything illegal about a policy that helps lower income, inner city/Appalachia/reservation domiciles, or first in family to attend college, etc.
Colleges can get creative with this; no reason for it to affect much.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:44:12pm

re: #10 gocart mozart

Seeing the bottom tweet, I had a sudden flashback to the Austin Lounge Lizards. I had assumed that the group was just being over-the-top satirical. But now it appears that they were just being accurate.

Lyrics from Austin Lounge Lizards song “Jesus Loves Me But he Can’t Stand You” -

Jesus loves me, he loves me real good. I know he does. He called me up on the phone today and told me how much he loves me. He said, “Son, I love you.” He speaks English pretty well, considering it’s a second language for him. You can talk to him, too, you know. I’ve got a 900- number in Tulsa you can call him at, I do it all the time. He’ll be glad to hear from you. I talk to him everyday.

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:47:24pm

From below, discussing Supreme Court term limits

re: #238 calochortus

I have read that term limits for Supreme Court Justices is fairly broadly popular across political lines, so that is probably a better place to start than increasing the size of the court.

Biden had a committee that looked at this and it covers all bases and does mention that the efforts are bipartisan.

It mentions using an amendment for term limits or using legislation. There was disagreement on the committee which was best. so it is not a slam dunk that legislation would pass scrutiny. But there are good arguments.

Essentially, based on precedent from the Supreme Court , the legislation says they keep their office but have different duties after 18 years. Congress can define the duties of Judges. We already have precedent that retired Juidges still maintain their offices and can particiapte if judicial decsions.

So if retired judges can “voluntarily” change their duties on the Court, then Congress can legislatively change them also.

So I’m pumped on a legislative approach.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:48:06pm
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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:50:02pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:52:25pm

re: #23 ckkatz

Ron just blowing that antisemitic bullhorn.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:53:16pm

re: #18 gocart mozart

I know. That’s why I called Kelly a liar.

I was watching that part of the interview and it actually crossed my mind that some right wing numpty would edit it to look like Biden was wandering off in the middle.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:54:52pm
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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 3:55:21pm

re: #21 silverdolphin

As you point out, that the Biden Administration looked at the issue and figured out roadmaps.

My assumption has been that they next looked at cost-benefit and decided it was not a fruitful battle.

Like you, I am optimistic that the cost-benefit ratio is changing and that there eventually will be enough supporters to make it happen.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:01:36pm

re: #10 gocart mozart

I didn’t mention any God. Oh well, guess I’m going to hell.

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That wasn’t hard….

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:02:29pm

re: #27 ckkatz

As you point out, that the Biden Administration looked at the issue and figured out roadmaps.

My assumption has been that they next looked at cost-benefit and decided it was not a fruitful battle.

Like you, I am optimistic that the cost-benefit ratio is changing and that there eventually will be enough supporters to make it happen.

I just hope I am still alive and aware of my surroundings when it happens.

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EPR-radar  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:02:43pm

re: #27 ckkatz

As you point out, that the Biden Administration looked at the issue and figured out roadmaps.

My assumption has been that they next looked at cost-benefit and decided it was not a fruitful battle.

Like you, I am optimistic that the cost-benefit ratio is changing and that there eventually will be enough supporters to make it happen.

I sure hope that happens before Republicans figure out how to make 26 or more states into red-state hellholes that no normal person would want to live in, thereby cementing a permanent GOP Senate majority in place.

It strikes me as plausible that the supposedly “moderate” donor class Republicans are quietly pursuing this agenda while the Trump circus distracts everyone.

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:04:05pm

re: #21 silverdolphin

From below, discussing Supreme Court term limits

Biden had a committee that looked at this and it covers all bases and does mention that the efforts are bipartisan.

It mentions using an amendment for term limits or using legislation. There was disagreement on the committee which was best. so it is not a slam dunk that legislation would pass scrutiny. But there are good arguments.

Essentially, based on precedent from the Supreme Court , the legislation says they keep their office but have different duties after 18 years. Congress can define the duties of Judges. We already have precedent that retired Juidges still maintain their offices and can particiapte if judicial decsions.

So if retired judges can “voluntarily” change their duties on the Court, then Congress can legislatively change them also.

So I’m pumped on a legislative approach.

A law which could be challenged by this court. It’s constitutional to expand the court. Forcing them to retire is unconstitutional right now, forcing them to move to other things will be questionable.

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steve_davis  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:04:46pm

re: #8 KGxvi

the modern contemporary conservative* legal movement’s disdain for the 14th Amendment runs deep. They also like to misrepresent the intention behind the birthright citizenship clause. This was one of Eastman’s hobby horses when I was in law school 20 years ago - arguing that it didn’t actually apply to everyone through a very pre-modern view of allegiances owed by citizens (and even more weirdly, of newborns). But of course, it is also very wrong:

That is an argument made by, of all fucking people, John Yoo.

*honestly, “conservative” isn’t even really the right word for them anymore. They’re reactionaries. It’s the same reason I didn’t use the word “modern” - they’re anti-modernists, longing for a pre-modern world.

they’re not reactionaries. they’re radicals. they are literally trying to tear government up by the roots. In fact, the proper term for them is radical agrarian populists. They are almost exclusively from rural areas, thinking that rural values represent “true” values; they make use of mob instincts and force; and they wish to effectively end institutions of authority.

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Backwoods Sleuth  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:04:59pm

Mastodon

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darthstar  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:07:05pm

Had a nice, briefish, nap this afternoon between work emails, then got a twenty minute classic rock ride in with Jenn Sherman.

Need to stop making excuses not to do that more often.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:07:34pm

On the SCOTUS “303 Creative v. Elenis” case.

IANAL, but at least one part of the case brought by the Christian right group Alliance Defending Freedom, or ADF, may be fictional.

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:07:43pm

re: #33 Backwoods Sleuth

If some schools wanted to make a point, they could vocally decline women.

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wrenchwench  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:08:28pm

re: #33 Backwoods Sleuth

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From there:

AA benefitted white women more than all other groups COMBINED

I was going to bring that up, but all I had was, ‘I heard that…’ and was having trouble figuring out how to check it without flinging myself down the nearest rabbit hole.

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:08:52pm

Thought: the announcement by National Geographic and the YouTube ad blocker announcement are related.

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Backwoods Sleuth  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:09:07pm

re: #36 Belafon

If some schools wanted to make a point, they could vocally decline women.

I was thinking right along those lines.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:09:45pm

re: #29 silverdolphin

I just hope I am still alive and aware of my surroundings when it happens.

You and me both

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Charles Johnson  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:10:59pm
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gwangung  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:12:02pm

re: #19 JC1

Doesn’t seem like there’s anything illegal about a policy that helps lower income, inner city/Appalachia/reservation domiciles, or first in family to attend college, etc.
Colleges can get creative with this; no reason for it to affect much.

A huge chunk of EOP students are white, first generation college attendees.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:14:50pm

I can’t say “They’re baaaccckkk” because they never left, but looks like the Russian Troll Farms have new management -

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:17:49pm

Do not look behind the curtain -

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Backwoods Sleuth  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:18:18pm

Mastodon

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:20:00pm

One part of the interview I thought quietly important was the way Biden drew a distinction between McCain and Lindsay Graham in terms of principles and courage.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:21:44pm
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gocart mozart  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:23:52pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:24:35pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:25:02pm

Counties to my immediate west.


Scottsbluff was the city who’s community solar generation plant was destroyed by hail a few days ago. Gering was struck by a tornado.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:29:39pm

Today’s buzz -


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Florida Panhandler  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:32:41pm

re: #3 ckkatz

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The Conservative wing of this SCOTUS is not ruling from an Ivory Tower once considered the detachment of rote academic theory and secular debate by ignoring the realities on the street.

No, this Supreme Court led by racist sociopaths is bent on ruling from Church steeple edicts and creating a new society never before seen on this planet. This SCOTUS is preparing the courts for situations where white Christians can file suit for practically anything and claim discrimination. Just wait… it is coming and it will be coming quickly. The climate of fear and intimidation via lawsuit and police enforcement is just beginning.

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Backwoods Sleuth  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:33:01pm

heh

Harvard Admits First White Student

CAMBRIDGE, MA—In the wake of the 6-3 Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action, Harvard University announced Thursday that they would admit their first white student. “After nearly four centuries in existence, we are finally able to leave behind our woeful legacy of discrimination and accept our first student of Caucasian descent,” said Harvard president Lawrence Bacow, who hailed the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard case for allowing them to offer admission to a student who met their rigorous academic standards, but just happened to be from a Caucasoid background. “For generations, students of every racial identity have pursued their passions in these halls of learning—all racial identities except for white. Thankfully, today, that changes. The 19-year-old student who we admitted, Hamilton Whitaker, has an excellent record and impressive extracurriculars. Indeed, we believe Hamilton and other whites like him might find themselves much more at home here than they expected.” At press time, President Biden had reportedly called in the 101st Airborne Division to safely escort the white student onto Harvard’s campus.

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Backwoods Sleuth  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:37:55pm

Mastodon

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gocart mozart  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:38:01pm
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sagehen  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:45:43pm

re: #19 JC1

Doesn’t seem like there’s anything illegal about a policy that helps lower income, inner city/Appalachia/reservation domiciles, or first in family to attend college, etc.
Colleges can get creative with this; no reason for it to affect much.

The point of “diversity” in college admissions isn’t just to help out the diversity admits. It’s to give everyone a better education. College isn’t just about the prof’s lecture and the reading list, if that were all of it anybody could do it at home on-line. It’s the varying perspectives you hear during class discussion, or in your study group, or at clubs and events and with the group in the TV room watching and commenting on this year’s hot show.

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:50:43pm

re: #30 EPR-radar

I sure hope that happens before Republicans figure out how to make 26 or more states into red-state hellholes that no normal person would want to live in, thereby cementing a permanent GOP Senate majority in place.

It strikes me as plausible that the supposedly “moderate” donor class Republicans are quietly pursuing this agenda while the Trump circus distracts everyone.

TL:DR - WFH will change the economics of many rural and Red areas, as the extractive industries most rely on die. The values that make these industries potent are not Red state ones but ones driven by diversity, etc.

I think there is one timeline this could happen but I am not convinced it is ours. Here are my thoughts.

Those 26 hell holes would not have enough economic activity to satisfy the Wall Street/ Main Street “moderates”. Those states are takers not givers. Also, as WFH really takes off (and high housing costs continue upwards), we will see high paying jobs move to the really nice and cheap rural areas that many of those Red states possess. This will revitalize and change rural areas from extractive industries to service industries (This is why Biden’s infrastructure billl with high speed internet is so important). And they will all want to chase the money that IT and WFH provide.

As William Gison said, “The future is here it is just not evenly distributed”. WFH will do that distribution.

For example, West Virginia has parts of it that are within 90 minutes of Baltimore, DC, Pittsburgh, and Columbus. And it has cheap land. I see WV moving more blue as they move from coal-based industries to industries supporting high tech and WFH. There is a lot of money there.

Similarly, we are seeing in my state (Washington) a lot of people moving from Seattle into the Red areas of the state for WFH. Thus is beginning to chaneg those areas as they begin to chase those IT dollars. Places like Tallahassee and Colorado Springs (both conservative areas) are becoming tech hubs themselves and will be competing with nearby hubs like Denver and Atlanta.

IT (and eventually most things will be drien by IT) requires diversity to be successful. And collaborations from diverse groups. These are views ethat will spread from Blue to red areas as the economics change.

I hope.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:55:16pm

re: #56 sagehen

The point of “diversity” in college admissions isn’t just to help out the diversity admits. It’s to give everyone a better education. College isn’t just about the prof’s lecture and the reading list, if that were all of it anybody could do it at home on-line. It’s the varying perspectives you hear during class discussion, or in your study group, or at clubs and events and with the group in the TV room watching and commenting on this year’s hot show.

That’s what Republicans object to because the kids they worked to make into right-wing robots are lost to the liberals in college. It’s learning to think more clearly, but they do not see it that way.

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:55:45pm

re: #47 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:56:55pm

re: #41 Charles Johnson

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I understand but Apple is also trying to engage with a lot of people on Twitter that might be reachable. I view it as an experiment. Not all are horrible people. Silo is not the usual fodder of right wing nutballs. If Apple can pull over some of those on Twitter, and expose them to something else, it is a win-win. I would like to believe. They got like 37 million views so I would hope so.

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TarHellion  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:58:00pm

Just watched the HBO documentary All That Heaven Allows on Rock Hudson. The man simply ignored any innuendo into his life until it became impossible at the very end. And even at the end, my otherwise rational mother refused to believe he was gay.

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BeachDem  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:58:21pm

re: #30 EPR-radar

I sure hope that happens before Republicans figure out how to make 26 or more states into red-state hellholes that no normal person would want to live in, thereby cementing a permanent GOP Senate majority in place.

It strikes me as plausible that the supposedly “moderate” donor class Republicans are quietly pursuing this agenda while the Trump circus distracts everyone.

May it be as successful as the “Christian Exodus” movement was in the early aught ( I believe they got about 5-10 families to move before they gave up the ghost. And the leader never did move.)

wltx.com

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 4:58:50pm

re: #46 Barefoot Grin

One part of the interview I thought quietly important was the way Biden drew a distinction between McCain and Lindsay Graham in terms of principles and courage.

Absolutely. McCain showed a lot of courage. Lindsay, who used to travel around with Biden on the campaign trail, shows none.

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:09:25pm

re: #52 Florida Panhandler

The Conservative wing of this SCOTUS is not ruling from an Ivory Tower once considered the detachment of rote academic theory and secular debate by ignoring the realities on the street.

No, this Supreme Court led by racist sociopaths is bent on ruling from Church steeple edicts and creating a new society never before seen on this planet. This SCOTUS is preparing the courts for situations where white Christians can file suit for practically anything and claim discrimination. Just wait… it is coming and it will be coming quickly. The climate of fear and intimidation via lawsuit and police enforcement is just beginning.

This court is becoming more and more like the Plessy/Lochner courts. And I think its decisions will eventually be tossed on the ash heap of history. Much of rhe damage they are doing can be fixed once this transition is over.

There is only one side whose organizational structure is savvy enough to deal with the complex social environment we inhabit. It makes wiser decisions more often..It is begining to win. Not every battle but enough of them for me to be confident it will win.

The other side cannot deal with the real world and continues to make stupid decisions that cannot support the complexity we see today. Their decisions support a world that no longer exists.That way lies collapse.

Just as it did for the South. And for Nazi Germany.

As with natural selection, there are selective economic pressures that will drive the savvy side to success. The open question is how long. I think we are closer to the end than the begining.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:09:51pm

Mastodon

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EPR-radar  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:13:56pm

re: #14 Romantic Heretic

It’s not history they use. It’s mythology.

A mythology that places rich white cis men at the top of the food chain.

Mythology in this context is just a polite way of saying “lies”, and conservatives really don’t deserve to be treated politely any more.

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:14:18pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

Mine is still Howl’s Moving Castle.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:14:54pm

re: #67 Belafon

Mine is still Howl’s Moving Castle.

Also great!

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Ace Rothstein  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:16:20pm

I want to install the Ventura OS on my Macbook Pro but want to know if afterwards can I uninstall the old OS or any of the other updated OS’s in the past?

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Florida Panhandler  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:16:48pm

re: #56 sagehen

The point of “diversity” in college admissions isn’t just to help out the diversity admits. It’s to give everyone a better education. College isn’t just about the prof’s lecture and the reading list, if that were all of it anybody could do it at home on-line. It’s the varying perspectives you hear during class discussion, or in your study group, or at clubs and events and with the group in the TV room watching and commenting on this year’s hot show.

1.4 Billion Chinese

1.5 Billion in India.

Another Billion or so from SE Asia.

215 million white Americans.

Watch as Asian and students from India and Southeast Asia really start flooding in taking advantage of this new ruling from our corrupt SCOTUS. This whole pro-white American plan to prioritize whites getting into prestigious colleges isn’t going to go the way they think it is. They didn’t think this through…. Unless they plan on actively passing legislation giving white Americans priority by either hostile government pressures or blatant racist immigration blocks. But no- they would never do that. Not in a million years.

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:16:52pm

re: #56 sagehen

The point of “diversity” in college admissions isn’t just to help out the diversity admits. It’s to give everyone a better education. College isn’t just about the prof’s lecture and the reading list, if that were all of it anybody could do it at home on-line. It’s the varying perspectives you hear during class discussion, or in your study group, or at clubs and events and with the group in the TV room watching and commenting on this year’s hot show.

Colleges can still do all sorts of things to encourage DEI for people on campus, thus making them more attractive to those applicants who WANT more diversity (which are most Gen Z). And they can do a lot of outreach, recruiting to attract more diversity. Those universities pushing epistemic closure (where everyone thionks alike and comes to the same conclusions) or are too lazy to work on diversity will fall behind.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:18:44pm

re: #69 Ace Rothstein

I want to install the Ventura OS on my Macbook Pro but want to know if afterwards can I uninstall the old OS or any of the other updated OS’s in the past?

I’m pretty sure updating macOS cleans up older versions as part of the process.

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:20:09pm

re: #70 Florida Panhandler

1.4 Billion Chinese

1.5 Billion in India.

Another Billion or so from SE Asia.

215 million white Americans.

Watch as Asian and students from India and Southeast Asia really start flooding in taking advantage of this new ruling from our corrupt SCOTUS. This whole pro-white American plan to prioritize whites getting into prestigious colleges isn’t going to go the way they think it is. They didn’t think this through…. Unless they plan on actively passing legislation giving white Americans priority by either hostile government pressures or blatant racist immigration blocks. But no- they would never do that. Not in a million years.

I conpletely agree. Caltech has no affirmative action program and has 44% Asians. And Hispanics are 22%. There will not be a large increase in whites at Harvard. The new enrollees will be of Asian descent.

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EPR-radar  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:20:16pm

re: #68 Charles Johnson

Also great!

It’s difficult to go wrong with Studio Ghibli.

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:20:32pm

My wife’s favorite is Ponyo, in part because of the way the mom drives.

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TarHellion  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:20:58pm

re: #65 Charles Johnson

Still getting used to Max and trying to ignore the Discovery side of it. Will say the documentaries are great - including one on Mary Tyler Moore and another on sadist preacher Gwen Shamblin called The Way Down. Puts some of the horseshit that Netflix has done recently like the conspiracy theory one on flight MH370 to shame.

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:25:14pm

re: #76 TarHellion

Still getting used to Max and trying to ignore the Discovery side of it. Will say the documentaries are great - including one on Mary Tyler Moore and another on sadist preacher Gwen Shamblin called The Way Down. Puts some of the horseshit that Netflix has done recently like the conspiracy theory one on flight MH370 to shame.

I’ve been happy with the Criterion Collection they have. Not aall but a nice selection of Kurosawa

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JC1  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:31:55pm

re: #56 sagehen

The point of “diversity” in college admissions isn’t just to help out the diversity admits. It’s to give everyone a better education. College isn’t just about the prof’s lecture and the reading list, if that were all of it anybody could do it at home on-line. It’s the varying perspectives you hear during class discussion, or in your study group, or at clubs and events and with the group in the TV room watching and commenting on this year’s hot show.

And it’s about the friendships and networking connections you make. At elite schools you’re likely to be doing class projects with children of senators, CEOs, and billionaires.
The actual knowledge can be gained for free; the connections are priceless and difficult for non upper class folks to make otherwise.

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:32:49pm

On July 1st, Pluto TV will offer a free Godzilla channel.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:35:52pm

Mastodon

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:37:25pm

I can’t imagine why when you elect religious fundamentalists you are dismayed when you get religious fundamentalism in your government.

‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags (The Guardian, June 17, 2023)

“Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015 but a vote to exclude LGBTQ+ flags from city property has soured relations”

In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city attracted international attention for becoming the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council.

They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic but meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign.

This week many of those same residents watched in dismay as a now fully Muslim and socially conservative city council passed legislation banning Pride flags from being flown on city property that had - like many others being flown around the country - been intended to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

Muslim residents packing city hall erupted in cheers after the council’s unanimous vote, and on Hamtramck’s social media pages, the taunting has been relentless: “Fagless City”, read one post, emphasized with emojis of a bicep flexing.

In a tense monologue before the vote, Councilmember Mohammed Hassan shouted his justification at LGBTQ+ supporters: “I’m working for the people, what the majority of the people like.”

(more)

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BigPapa  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:37:42pm

re: #80 Charles Johnson

No cell phones, just people living in the moment (cough)

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Charles Johnson  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:39:28pm

re: #82 BigPapa

No cell phones, just people living in the moment (cough)

Living in the moment, self-medicating with huge amounts of alcohol and tobacco.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:39:34pm

re: #75 Belafon

My wife’s favorite is Ponyo, in part because of the way the mom drives.

I think mine is either Princess Mononoke or Nausicaa, though Totoro will always be close to my heart.

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:39:53pm

Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer 2

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Captain Ron  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:40:07pm
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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:40:09pm
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Eventual Carrion  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:41:09pm

People that have been fixing up the house across the street have started moving in. Freddie is over checking out the dogs they have.

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America)  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:41:30pm

re: #87 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

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Captain Ron  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:41:37pm
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Semper Fi  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:43:04pm

I picked up an apple pie at Whole Foods this afternoon. I couldn’t shake this most recent urge. Theirs is best but still gave it 22minutes at 350deg (9in pie) soon as I brought home. I managed to just have 1pc with coffee.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:43:49pm

re: #89 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

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People have said that Christie is running to burn Trump to the ground. Taking out DeSantis as well would be nice.

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:44:27pm

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:44:34pm

re: #91 Semper Fi

I picked up an apple pie at Whole Foods this afternoon. I couldn’t shake this most recent urge. Theirs is best but still gave it 22minutes at 350deg (9in pie) soon as I brought home. I managed to just have 1pc with coffee.

Impressive self-control.

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BigPapa  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:46:44pm

re: #90 Captain Ron

45 gettin hit with 45 new charges? Say it ain’t so, Joe!

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:49:46pm

re: #95 BigPapa

There’s no way he gets off on all of these charges. He’s done.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:52:00pm

re: #96 Patricia Kayden

There’s no way he gets off on all of these charges. He’s done.

They’re going to keep coming. He was on a lengthy crime spree, thinking he could get away with anything.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:53:09pm

re: #97 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

They’re going to keep coming. He was on a lengthy crime spree, thinking he could get away with anything.

It’s now a race to bring the charges before the Republican Party tries to end the Special Counsel appointment (and democracy while they’re at it).

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:54:17pm

Mastodon

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BigPapa  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:54:29pm

re: #96 Patricia Kayden

There’s no way he gets off on all of these charges. He’s done.

Let’s assume Chump’s average is a journeyman’s steady MLB batting average: .243

He’s fooked! LOL

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:55:33pm
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BeachDem  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:55:50pm

re: #76 TarHellion

Still getting used to Max and trying to ignore the Discovery side of it. Will say the documentaries are great - including one on Mary Tyler Moore and another on sadist preacher Gwen Shamblin called The Way Down. Puts some of the horseshit that Netflix has done recently like the conspiracy theory one on flight MH370 to shame.

If you’re a Paul Newman and/or Joanne Woodward fan, I highly recommend The Last Movie Stars.

m.imdb.com

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:56:26pm

re: #99 Patricia Kayden

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The intersection of those two circles is the null set.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 5:59:17pm

Folks weren’t very imaginative when they settled southeast Wyoming.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Wyoming, Wyoming.

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Belafon  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:01:55pm

re: #104 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Folks weren’t very imaginative when they settled southeast Wyoming.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Wyoming, Wyoming.

Which came first, the town or the state?

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:02:20pm

re: #81 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I can’t imagine why when you elect religious fundamentalists you are dismayed when you get religious fundamentalism in your government.

‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags (The Guardian, June 17, 2023)

“Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015 but a vote to exclude LGBTQ+ flags from city property has soured relations”

It is amazing to watch minority populations, when they get power, being disrminatory against minorities. No self-awareness. What they say about gays was said about them. But now that they have power they ignore history. I expect it will bite them in the ass.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:03:00pm

re: #105 Belafon

Which came first, the town or the state?

The state.

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Charles Johnson  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:05:39pm

Mastodon

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:06:01pm

re: #105 Belafon

Which came first, the town or the state?

The valley…

eta- or more likely Gertrude

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:07:13pm

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:08:14pm

Fourth pastor today. They’re beating out the cops again.

Former Round Rock pastor pleads guilty child pornography charges (KXAN-TV)

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A former Round Rock pastor pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to an “enhanced charge of possession of child pornography,” according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

David Lloyd Walther, 57, knowingly searched for, downloaded, distributed and possessed child sexual abuse material, including child pornography—some of which depicted prepubescent minors—using BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing network, according to the DOJ.

Two large computers were found during a search of Walther’s home and vehicle in November 2022 that contained more than 100,000 images and more than 5,000 videos of child sex abuse material, the release said.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:09:51pm

Facebook pal says he likes this cereal.

I reply that there is no such thing

Then I go on Amazon and what do I see?

amazon.com

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:09:54pm

I’m enjoying this week’s Strange New Worlds.

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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:10:19pm

re: #98 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It’s now a race to bring the charges before the Republican Party tries to end the Special Counsel appointment (and democracy while they’re at it).

Not sure how they could stop it. It is independently funded so they cannot prevent it from being paid. And the AG is the only one who can fire him and it has to be for good cause.

Because it is all controlled by DOJ procedures. The Congress let the legislaton for independent prosecutors that it controlled lapse.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:11:26pm
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silverdolphin  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:13:49pm

re: #109 ckkatz

The valley…

eta- or more likely Gertrude

I worked close to Texas City, Texas growing up. And there is a California City, California.

The best one I have heard is George, Washington. Now that’s original.

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:17:09pm

re: #116 silverdolphin

I worked close to Texas City, Texas growing up. And there is a California City, California.

The best one I have heard is George, Washington. Now that’s original.

Ha!

I had not heard of the latter before. I agree with you, it is indeed original.

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Wile E. Wonka  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:21:52pm

re: #117 ckkatz

Ha!

I had not heard of the latter before. I agree with you, it is indeed original.

Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania is one of my favorites.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:31:43pm

Totoro and Mononoke for me. 😎

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ckkatz  Jun 29, 2023 • 6:33:20pm

re: #118 Wile E. Wonka

Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania is one of my favorites.

I used to hear that there was a Jersey Shore in Pa before there was one in New Jersey…

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Florida Panhandler  Jun 29, 2023 • 8:03:54pm

re: #92 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

People have said that Christie is running to burn Trump to the ground. Taking out DeSantis as well would be nice.

Trump’s base has no ground limit…. Except for white supremacy.

That is the ONLY thing they care about in the end. As long as Trump is positioned as the enabler if not champion of white supremacy, he will remain their savior.

period.


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