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American Recorder Concertos Michala Petri -
Say it isn't so, Kristi -
Tillis won't seek re-electionI think he understands that the likelihood of winning is well below 50/50 now, and it's not worth his effort. NC often elects Democrats to statewide office, even though its heavily gerrymandered legislature grants a Republican about 1.2 times as much representation as a Democrat. And 2026 is shaping up to be a wave year given how unpopular the Big Bill is, and how its effects will likely be very visible next year as millions are thrown off Medicaid and rural voters piss and moan about their reduced subsidies (from blue urban taxpayers).
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No more inspectionsI don't study the effects of this kind of regulation, but the basis is pretty clear. Similar to the case for mandatory auto insurance and many other situations where there are "externalities." If I fail to maintain my vehicle, that raises the probability that I will kill you or someone in your family because my tires are bald or because my wipers don't work well in the rain any more.
This is a very difficult idea to test empirically because of "selection." People who don't get their vehicles inspected aren't a random draw of the population. The people who don't get an inspection may be more likely to be bad drivers for other reasons and cause lots of havoc.
Early tests of the idea showed pretty large (and good) effects of regulation at reducing accident rates. More recently, however, the evidence isn't as strong ... likely because car quality is getting better for a lot of reasons.
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The purge machine rolls onThere will be lots of firings in January of 2029, presuming a Democrat wins. Civil Service protections are out, and they shouldn't go back in until the damage has been remediated. Then the GOP may be willing to sign a treaty that can prevent the re-politicization of federal employment.
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Free Palestine protestors ....... damage equipment produced for UKRAINE.
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UVA president resignsThis continues the sickening politicization of public higher education. This couldn't have happened without a MAGA governor appointing foot soldiers to the board who would not back a centrist president, even one who they cheered when he cleared the campus of encampments last year.
I'm pushing publicly for the next governor (Spanberger, I hope) to begin the process of depoliticizing higher education by reducing the governor's role in selecting the boards and moving toward the system of self-replication that private institutions use. But that can't happen until she clear out the MAGA toads currently in place. Then try to pass a Constitutional amendment limiting the power of the government to control institutions that they do not currently fund. Right now, UVA gets maybe 11% of its revenues from the public and 89% from tuition and private resources. Yet the governor controls all. W&M is right behind at 14%. We should have more of a say in how we are governed since we are substantially private already in our funding sources.
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Doctor talks vaccinesFrankly, I don't care what RFK gets wrong. This is such a stupid non-scientific and ideological bullshit "debate."
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Maybe I can be Bernard’s neighbor -
2900 Buena Vista Way, Berkeley, CAYah, I wonder how much it would cost to replace that tile roof .... if it's the original 1929 stuff.
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Murkowski an independent?Relative to when? The parties are far more rigid and "orthodox" than they were when I was younger. You had to build coalitions across party lines to get anything done. Now it's rammed through on party line votes.
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Murkowski an independent?I have been screaming at her to do so, along with that "oh, that's something to worry about" idiot in Maine.
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English High Schoolers Encounter Texas BBQHilarity ensues ...
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IranIsrael bombed the headquarters of the Basij last night, and they pound the IRGC regularly. The former is composed of mostly rural thugs who patrol the streets on motor scooters wielding metal bars to bash the brains out of protesters, and they deliberately shoot women protesters in the streets. Nice folks, those Basij.
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Faunascrolling--what's visiting where you are?I didn't get a picture of it, but today while wandering the Greensprings Trail I saw a prothonotary warbler!
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IranI'm sure that any "peace" deal will have Iran surrender its highly enriched material and agree that for "peaceful" purposes any enriched uranium it needs will be supplied by others.
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Always worth reminding ourselves of... the principled men who lead the Republican party.
https://bsky.app/profile/imabrattoo.bsky.social/post/3ls55i53wq72q
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Piano video of the day ...
