I would not use the word "critique" to describe A.O. Scott's explanation of why Biery's order is a masterpiece of judicial writing.
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Liam and his dad ordered released -
Ammon BundyWhen you've lost Ammon Bundy ....
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Ammon BundyGood God .... agreeing with Ammon Bundy .....
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Liam and his dad ordered releasedI hope that court order is read by law students 100 years hence as a lesson in how democracy is either won or lost -- we don't yet know which, here in the present.
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Liam and his dad ordered releasedThe court order is worth reading in full. It's short, and in English.
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The cinematographer for Melania ...... interviewed by Isaac Chotiner in the New Yorker.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/q-and-a/what-a-melania-cinematographer-hoped-to-accomplish
I have never read such a delicious ambush. Spinotti probably thought he had nailed it, and Chotiner makes him look like a ridiculous ass (which he seems to be). The stiletto went in one ear and came out the other, and Spinotti never even noticed.
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Good news from TexasCertainly is good news, but ...
People are getting way out ahead in extrapolating. The turnout in this special election was 90K. The turnout in the last general election was over 3 times that number. Who are the people who didn't turn out, but who might in November when these two refight the same battle? It's probably a group that wasn't as passionate to turn out yesterday.
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This dinosaur isn’t extinct yetMy first IBM mainframe ...
Link to video
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Straight up Gestapo Shit -
Uh oh ...rephrase ... "anybody in the world worth more than $20m ..."
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Melania, the movie isn't doing too wellAh, the director she chose ....

The Michelle Obama comparison is risible.
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Uh oh ...Time to do the Warsh ...
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I’m glad I’m not young anymore@Axtremus said in I’m glad I’m not young anymore:
@Piano-Dad said in I’m glad I’m not young anymore:
My teaching career is now in the rear view mirror...
Great! You're in prime position to opine on the academia's pedagogical trends and paradigm shifts risk- and responsibility-free! Don't let that go to waste!
Don't worry, I won't ...

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I’m glad I’m not young anymoreMy teaching career is now in the rear view mirror...
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Melania, the movie isn't doing too wellThe memes are great ...
Now, it's just possible that a Democratic administration could use all this influence buying to hang dozens of billionaires in 2029, starting with Bezos. Can't wait.
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ICE to surge in OhioWho knows, maybe Ohio will kick out some of the MAGA assholes that currently proliferate there.
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Streets of Minnesotawaiting to see his good ol' boy fans go nuts ...
Some of us are old enough to remember the debut of this:
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Kennedy CenterThe fucking PR director (A Trump flunky) says Glass shouldn't be mixing art and politics.
The Kennedy Center is getting desperate. Their finances are going from bad to terrible.
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Republican Chris Madel bows out of MN governor's race -
ICE leaving a calling cardUntil we indict and try them ...



