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Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is pictured in a handout photo from his office meeting with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia on Thursday in El Salvador. Headline reads: "Maryland Senator Meets With Wrongly Deported Man in El Salvador." Photo credit: The Office of Chris Van Hollen.

Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday night that he had met with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador. nyti.ms/3YzXwwg

Honestly, this debate is kinda making me miss Mr. Trudeau.

I like Paikin.

Nothing comes from nothing, except, of course, everything.

His work after the myth of Sisyphus, like the Plague and the Rebel, dealt much more specifically with how to live a good moral life. I think it's important to remember he died before he finished much of his planned work.

YouTube video by No Nonsense Spirituality | Britt Hartley Why Absurdism Isn’t Enough to Live a Meaningful Life

Really interesting. I think it's mostly true that Absurdism lacks a moral structure, but Camus himself was a deeply moral person. He was a member of the French resistance to the Nazis and a dedicated opponent of the death penalty, for example.

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The ancient Greeks were on to something, the gods are multitude, capricious and cruel.

What did you think of Camus at Combat?

This looks rad. I just finished the 1997 tv miniseries version and it was a ton of fun.

That's nothing, I heard he said the 1997 tv miniseries version was better than the poem.

A golden man floats in the sky with a mischievous shrug.

It'll be tough to top the version from the 1997 tv miniseries.

Anyone else so hyped for Christopher Nolan's Odyssey that you've watched the 1997 tv version that's on YouTube.

I do my best.

It was for the love of life that Sisyphus schemed to defy both the cruel gods and death itself.

Which job did you get the bowtie for?

And by US eaters.

You have more information than them. And we know poll responses are often nonsensical and ignore tradeoffs (cut taxes, keep services, no debt).

Elected politicians should strive to lead and represent their constituents by doing what is right. Often chasing polls is the antithesis of that.

It must be so humiliating to be Ted Cruz, a man disrespects you personally and everything you stand for and you spend the next decade submitting to his every whim.

He has no self restraint. It's up to the people to decide how far this goes.

Peace, Order and Good Government.

This is a critical point. For 20+ years most "investment" in this country has gone to speculating on real estate and driving up the price of homes, rather than doing anything productive.

Construction productivity is lower now than it was decades ago. We have gotten worse at building. We need to solve this problem to end the housing crisis.

At key moments in American history, the nation has been propelled forward by good people demanding justice.

It feels like we may be at one of those moments again.

"No historical situation is ever permanent. If you are unwilling to change quickly enough, you lose control of the situation" - Camus, 1945.

The Mad King is one thing, but Congress is too many cowards and court jesters to stop him.

I've always wondered how much Camus knew how similar to meditation this is

It's the Congressional Republicans that truly baffle me. What's the point of even being there if you aren't going to oppose clear lawless cruelty?