Clayton Becker

The US military achieving direct combat objectives versus the US military doing seeming anything else

It is completely insane to see the current administration make *exactly* the same (if not worse honestly) choices.

I would like to extend a big hearty "fuck you" to everyone who told me this guy was the peace candidate.

"Because I knew we were going to be hopelessly fucked because of that war and I wanted you to know that we were against it from the beginning."

I've told this story before but it bears repeating.

One of my earliest memories is of being taken to an anti-Iraq war protest in the lead up to the actual invasion. This was not a popular position at the time.

When I asked my mom years later why she brought me, she said:

This does not strike me as particularly difficult I have to say...

It is insane how they're just exactly recapitulating W's moves like beat for fucking beat man...

We've all seen this film before!

Goodbye bus

I have missed the bus while standing directly on the opposite side of the street literally every day this week. I must be cursed

Little do they know, every hate comment only increases my power.

Lotta snowflakes in the YouTube comments on this video who can't handle that we don't like Shirley very much

@jamellebouie.net made the point some time ago that people are going to deny they ever voted for this guy.

And folks...

YouTube video by Reject Modernity Pod We Checked Nick Shirley's Work In California. He Was Wrong About Everything.

Me and a friend who also works with the California Voter File took a look at Nick Shirley's voter fraud claims and surprise surprise, they don't stand up to scrutiny.

youtu.be/WT1EOIBSCMk

Saw Wuthering Heights.

Beautifully shot. Wonderfully acted. Some genuinely sublime moments.

Super fucking weird. Did not enjoy the film.

So much so, in fact, that he's liable to make the situation even worse for himself politically, and therefore worse for the United States economically.

I must say I find it sardonically funny that the tariffs seem to be the thing that Trump cares most about when they are one of his absolute worst issues with the public.

Dude is 30 points underwater on this issue and is crashing out over the Supreme Court decision.

Remember when an LA City Councilmember bragged about forcing an affordable housing project to downsize from six to three stories?

Well, there's a twist to this that I've been sitting on for months...

Why are we still pretending that there is a football game still happening right now?

Nithya Raman is clearly and by a wide margin the most serious candidate in the race for LA mayor and people should vote for her

This is the inevitable result of making cars essentially mandatory to get around and then designing our roads with only the convenience of drivers in mind.

Have we considered that safety is a shared responsibility? Was the store wearing dark clothing? Did it dart into the road? It must have come out of nowhere huh?

I am....too old to be taking tests quite frankly

I just took a stats exam because I am getting a masters in stats to go along with my PhD (don't ask I'm just a masochist I guess) and while I may have had worse exams...none are immediately coming to mind

I started down the path young

This is who runs this account

By far the most narrative setting and worrying result for Republicans of this election cycle

Shrimp is fine, any other fish is suspicious.

The platonic ideal of the California burrito is carne asada con camarones and extra cheese.

I will not be taking questions at this time

And we wonder how these things perpetuated themselves....

I'm in the process of designing a course for the spring quarter at UCLA and spent some time in special collections today.

From the chair of the LA finance committee in 1976: "yeah redlining is terrible but we shouldn't remove city deposits from banks that do it."

I am begging masters programs to do just a little bit of listserv maintenance. I am in my fourth year of a PhD I don't want to do your "masters in business entrepreneurship" ffs