Wandering Hoo

A fucking *MAJOR GENERAL* signed off on the "don't watch porn at work" write-up, and some random jackass decided he knew better?

The Chartists had a point about fixed terms.

And y'all really underestimate how evil you can get with mail.

Rural Free Delivery is the first thing. And you can escalate from there.

Healthcare and Mail.

Kill RFD.

Quickest and most painful way to to it.

Van Hollen's only minus is gonna be age.

But, why?

Wait, y'all don't have new member boot camps/initiation?

Oh, for days of D'earth and drinking Old Crow.

Oh, it definitely is.

But I think that's less actually about Gender than some (usually cis) people being weird about gender.

Like, it's sorta meta in weird ways that feel difficult to describe in a manner that is both earnest and accurate.

It's odd how few politicians seem to have actually made the gap between 2015 and 2017.

And I think Biden's win elided over the sea-change that happened there.

People who are dicks about gender are usually just dicks.

I currently have long (for masc folks) hair and get mild amusement out of the fact that my hair is longer than the majority of women at church.

Gender is weird, but we need not be weird about gender.

If the last 16 months have shown us anything, it is that that popular vote matters a heck of a lot more than people thought it did.

Also, y'know, Sochi.

Yeah, it's mostly "guys, if he wins the nom, we have to vote for him."

Which is missing the point of the statements. They're not expressing actual general election statements (at least not sincerely or in aggregate) they're expressing a deep-seated antipathy for a candidate in advance of primaries.

I do not think the guy who hung out with Ben Shapiro and Charlie Kirk (and defended the latter's "legacy") is going to be notably popular amongst Democratic partisans.

Particularly after 2 years out of office

This is also a problem with stand-up comedians and other "new media" generally.

I do think that the fact that the stars of the online “left” are all definitionally self-employed small-business owners is underdiscussed

Having the same class interest as a realtor and hating Democrats is a less interesting combination than many think!

Still is.

It's just the blades are for turbines now, not swords.

i can remember how in the 80s and the 90s, imelda marcos’ shoe collection was a shorthand for comically naked thievery and corruption and now we have a first family who literally shat in golden toilets

Undergraduate and graduate student leadership requests Senate leaders deny Ellis’ confirmation to Board of Visitors Since the announcement of his appointment to the Board by Governor Glenn Youngkin in August, Ellis has been at the center of controversy.

A lot of these folks are not Democrats in any sense.

Here's an example from my own alma.

Also the Amtrak is genuinely good, but driving Skyline in the off-season is worthwhile if you've the time.

Get Bodo's.

Presumably went to school in Canada.

Also, private universities (like that that infest New England) are even more of a cluster fuck.

Much more opaque in governance with major donors wielding even greater power.

Ah yes, a common ESH.

Even where they are local figures or alumni, they tend to be overtly ideological and representative of the broader community.

Generally, in the United States, there is a single faculty representative, who is non-voting.

There are also often faculty senates, but they hold little to no actual power over governance matters.

Boards are political appointees (usually wealthy and ideological campaign donors).

You can just say the New York Jets.

Oooh, link?

Hadn't heard, and the actors are suitably weird to make the mess interesting.

University boards are rarely (if ever) representative of the communities they govern.

Heck, most don't even bother giving the faculty and student representatives (one for each, generally) voting rights.