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And the Poles. And, awkwardly enough, the Germans (who were anti-woke enough to cut von Steuben loose just when we needed him most).

And they didn't. Too early for Evan's "Back from Syracuse?" moment, but here's to him getting it, and soon.

"Degens," per Letterkenny. The dictionary only gets you so far; artists are the linguistic minutemen.

At what point does all of this incongruity add up to a broad realization that supporters of the current regime are louder than they are many? When do enough people on the other side hear enough lies to start thinking "Well, that's some bullshit"? And how can we help them think that out loud?

No masochism detected. We've been far too comfortable for far too long, and it'll probably take something more bracing than international contempt for enough people to demand an end to all this nonsense.

Oh, what does 16th-century English history have to teach us about the consequences wrought by a huff-snuff who arrogates an unprecedented amount of executive power and tears apart the domestic fabric and international order for selfish...

Ah, right. Got it.

Black Women Are More Likely to Start a Business than White Men Despite starting businesses at a high rate, 3% of Black women are running mature businesses. In contrast, white women are more than twice as likely to be mature business owners (7%), despite starting ...

And yet...

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Quisling. He advocated for the Nazis, aided the German invasion though subterfuge, and was rewarded with political power. Vichy France was the result of military conquest, not the weaselly stuff that's going on now.

That sounds like a real threat to folks like me who voted for you a few months ago. Show us how tough and how tricky you are--teach Mitch McConnell a few things about gumming up the works before he leaves. We're with you. But we'll only fight for you if you fight like hell for us.

He's appearing in Democratic strongholds during a recess week; the book's almost a McGuffin. It's a good idea to remind him of the anger out here, if only to encourage him that he'll have more support the more he confronts the Rs. But the miserable whining in this and related threads ain't helping.

"And by 'European allies,' I mean Viktor Orban," Johnson continued.

Oh, I wasn't thinking of anyone in government, though you're right about that. Just running with your mafia analogy. Musk seems like a cartoonishly ripe version of the kind of person the syndicate likes to bleed: access to lots of cash, dangerously compromised, and foolish with greed.

Good point. He's the richest mark in human history, and someone's going to get to him soon. Forget lining his own pockets--the federal government is on the verge of bleeding out in uncountable directions.

Greg Gabriel!

I'll see myself out.

Hey, @murray.senate.gov, @cantwell.senate.gov, @emilyrandallwa.bsky.social -- know anybody who could throw something like this together?

Good man; well stated.

Great idea. "Allowed" might be a tad too passive, though. For this to really take off, we'll need to hear from farmers and other small business owners, and not just the ones represented by Dems. Reach out to those folks and make it a real barn-raising.

This might not torpedo Patel's nomination. That might not even be Durbin's goal. His realistic aim might be to cast Patel so clearly as unfit to lead the bureau that he galvanizes resistance within its ranks. And to sow doubt among Republicans, sure.

Well, now I've got words to put to the look on my dog's face when I catch him tearing up the rose bushes. So that's...something?

Morgan Stanley's latest offering is priced at 98 cents on the dollar. And that's after no one would touch it for years.

You're a charmer.

Through three quarters, who's your MVP? Gimme Josh Sweat.

That's all right; neither does Matthew McConaughey.

Made me think of Walter Payton's fumble. Rooting for Philly, but Nuk is my favorite player in this game and I'm sick for him.

"He Gets Us. But not until He gets that family down the street. You know the one."

Yeah, but some Wirtz turned him down and he sold it to a kids team in Ottawa.

I still think a change would be great, but I also remember seeing a few Blackhawks sweaters on the reservation next to my town, starting back in 2021. That's enough to keep me from climbing too high on my soap box.

Culturally Appropriate Chicago Blackhawks Logo by First Nations Artist Goes Viral A 'Much Cooler' Chicago Blackhawks logo design by a First Nations artist goes viral.

And that was their name for sixty years! Simple return to their roots. Put that together with Mike Ivall's logo, and they would've been golden.

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"internal" is doing a lot of work there, too. What's purely internal about impounding money assigned by Congress for specific uses?

Would've worked without the last three words, too.

It shouldn't take a committee to tell the team and its fans, most of them non-indigenous, to do the classy thing and shift gears. And I say that as a Blackhawks fan who wishes his team would do the same.