C. James Highlander

ExxonMobil accuses California of violating its free speech — The Verge ExxonMobil is suing California over state laws that compel large companies to share a more comprehensive picture of their greenhouse gas emissions, as well as disclose financial risks that climate cha...

What absolute bullshit.

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Allergies are in homicidal overdrive and I couldn’t sleep all night. I have a three page paper due tonight and a ton of reading ahead of me. Bleh.

Yeah, I could get into that!

Remind me what those were?

USDA blames Democrats for potential SNAP benefits lapse in new message — NBC News The federal agency's website features a banner that says no benefits will be issued on Nov. 1.

At this point Senate Dems should refuse any further vote until the House seats Rep. Grijalva. And they should say Epstein every chance they get. Make Johnson fold by being loud.

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US orders part of Talen power plant in Maryland to run above limits through end of 2025 — Reuters U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday issued an order that allows part of Talen's (TLN.O) oil-fired Wagner power plant in Maryland to run above limits through the end of 2025, saying it would b...

This will be fine. Everything is fine.

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Tiffany Aching and Granny Weatherwax. Couldn’t find a good Nanny Ogg.

I’m wondering if no one in the Administration has actually looked at the files and they just fear the release because they know they are the bad guys.

Reading The Master and Margarita and a lot of applied behavior analysis stuff. Going to watch Night of the Hunter and maybe Station Eleven. What about you?

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Basically we’d be laughing at American Taliban.
I say like to because I’m a full time educator and student and who has time for that?!?

I’d like to put together an SNL style skit channel on YouTube featuring a cast of “right-wing agitators” doing a podcast called American Tall Evan. The “American Tall” podcast would draw contrasts between life in the US and elsewhere “from a modern right perspective.”
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Yep. Just to keep his watch dry.

Don’t fold on this shutdown Chucky Boy. Make me think well of you for once.

I just want to point out that if millions of protestors are in the streets the smart politician joins them. The dumb ones name call and demonize.

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Heroes evolve. Bad guys really just stay the same. Satan is the Sherrif of Nottingham is Lex Luthor is Penguin is economic oppression is Trump and Elon Musk.
The point of heroes is to make fighting for the common good appealing.
We need heroes of the moment so our kids can have their own later.

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When I was a kid my heroes were Jesus, Robin Hood, and Superman. As a teen I leaned more towards Batman, Punisher (yeah, I know), and guys like John Dillinger. Adult me sees heroism as fleeting and circumstantial.
I feel like there is an article or a paper in this.

a man in a red jacket is standing in a hallway holding a stack of film reels .. ALT: a man in a red jacket is standing in a hallway holding a stack of film reels ..

Why is Trump building the ballroom from The Shining?

This guy was a much bigger piece of my childhood than I realized.

Yells in Wish You Were Here headmaster: PEOPLE CAN’T LIKE WHAT THEY LIKE! THAT WOULD BE ANARCHY! STAND STILL LADDIE!!!

Anonymous Donor Gives $130 Million to Pay Troops During Shutdown, Pentagon Says — The Wall Street Journal Servicemembers were expected to miss their first full paychecks in mid-October

I am in favor of continuing the shutdown until Republicans cave.
That having been said, it’s important to note: 1) There are people wealthy enough to foot the bill for the military, and 2) they just bought the sympathy of our armed enlisted.

Opportunistic bastards!

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High school pumpkin decorating at its most devious.

Trump moved some pieces around this week and said to the American people, “King me.”

Trump is not good at invasions.

Carrie Fisher in Blues Brothers…

Holding a rifle and looking fine as.

This is the Dracula standard, in my opinion. Such a good adaptation of the book.

Yes, but that is a few steps short of “he’s not calling for the murder of his opponents.”

Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction — The Wall Street Journal Images of demolition of parts of East Wing go viral, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to White House has front-row seat

That they should even make the request tells us they know the optic is bad.

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Did anyone think Trump was calling for the murder of his political opponents, or did Johnson go there on his own?

I’d call that pretty. It gets extra points for uncut authenticity.

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Finally!