Scott

The joke about reviving the dead just made me choke. This merch is AMAZING. Bravo!

A lot of Louisiana’s redistribution is a direct result of Huey Long and was very Herrenvolk; once the feds got serious about desegregation, Louisiana was also a big center of drained pool politics.

There are so, SO many options for Japan-specific iconography that are both:

1. Actually Badass
2. Not State-Shinto-Fascist

Like, the mind *boggles*. You don't have to pick one of a handful of images from some of history's most heinous war criminals. Jebus.

Norman Rockwell's freedom of speech

US Service members should not bear insignia if our historic enemies:

Nazi Germany

Imperial Japan

Confederate States of America

And in the context of this particular senate candidate… it might have even *bolstered* his credentials as an ordinary dude if it was many *other* sorts of Unfortunate Tattoo. (An ex-girlfriend? An old-school “Mom”?)

But yeah, no, sorry. Nazi ink, absent removal is (and should be) disqualifying.

It is a false binary to insist either that our leaders aspire to office from a young age and therefore forgo all youthful indiscretions OR that nothing from a past should come back to haunt you.

People are allowed to make mistakes, but mitigating factors (time, contrition, repair) matter.

And like… there are a few norms that I'm glad we're not quite as fussy about. (c.f. Obama “That was the point.”) but just because you successfully hid a genuinely evil skeleton does not mean it is under the same obligation to remain in its closet forever.

I think there was some of this shift when smartphones meant that stupid undergraduate bullshit that many (not all!) people engage in got documented for the first time. I think some people basically don't think anything you did as an undergraduate should “count” (c.f. Kavanaugh, Brett).

1 Nurse: It’s become a real problem in this area 2 Nurse: We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction 3 Show a building sign posted: Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it Nurse: Ministers, Spads, Researchers… 4 Nurse: Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely [Nurse on phone taking a call] Ok - we’ll be right over 5 Nurse: We just have a gentle chat [Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster Minister: I understand your concerns… 6 Nurse: Are you OK love? Minister: Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters 7 Nurse: That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian [Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters] Nurse 2: Give us your phone, love 8 Nurse: At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to [We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.] 9 Minister: YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR [woman looks baffled] 10 woman: I just want a bus service Minister: LOOK AT MY FLAG [produces a St George's flag] [ends]

Allosaurus Things Considered

Caption over a drawing: (D-MI) Evelyn Normielib A crude drawing of a white woman, smiling, wearing glasses, a bob haircut, a modest necklace, and a cardigan sweater, in front of a sign that reads, “In this house we believe…” Below the picture it reads: - Retired teacher - Voted for Buttigieg in 2020 because he reminds her of her grandson _ "The blood of the tyrant shall water our fields"

This right here was the median protestor at the Brookline No Kings rally (Boston's was skewed by it also being pride, so it was No Kings but Yaas Queen; No I Am Not Joking)

OTOH, military PowerPoints are legendarily bad; Pepe-Silvia levels of inscrutable.

That said, every cybersecurity person in the pentagon now has an ulcer in the shape of OpenAI’s logo. I’m sure the weights of a military LLM would be an incredibly tempting target.

Papal infallibility: Cubs suck at the theological level now

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Vietnamese-American elders, especially those directly connected to fleeing communism, have WEIRD Cuban-style politics sometimes.

NOLA’s only ever elected Republican, Anh Joseph Gao, was Vietnamese-American.

No one understands how the diaconate works, it’s part of the charism

It depends. At the beginning during dating? Sure.

But like… when my spouse’s grandmother (who helped raise him), was dying, he was a mess. In the heat of my parents’ grey divorce, I was a mess. Neither of us were “giving” at that moment.

It’s about long-term reciprocity, not short-term accounting.

Depends on the material conditions. One distinction that the liberationists use that I think is helpful is Apostolic Poverty (simplicity of life, solidarity with the poorest), which is life-giving, and demonic poverty (hunger, denial of healthcare, etc.) which is against God's will.

Don’t let them poast what you’re against or what you’re for

Solidarity is the word you’re looking for.

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses? Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

This is a character you would expect in an ancient mythology representing the origin of all creatures. It would also feature in several esoteric texts and possibly a JMS Spider-man run.

Where are the Gregory Brothers when you need them?

That certainly sounds like an unfortunate choice that was made.

Glad you're happier with dope cropped hair now!

The same is true for first-class asshole John Bolton.

Can someone unplug the uk then plug it back in

…is this the sort of infringing use that would ordinarily compel litigation in a trademark context?

Oh we'd be alright if we make it past 12(b),
we'd be alright if we make it past 12(b),
Oh we'd be alright if we make it past 12(b),
With discovery behind.

And we'll roll, the ol, law suit along...