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Arlo Guthrie meets Country Joe.

Spock and Kirk talking to an android in “I, Mudd.” “Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad.”

Nazis singing Die Wacht am Rhein in Casablanca.

Same vibe.

The Ham
Green Dad
Job Division

The Rolfing Stones
The Beach Goys
The Dours
The Polite
The Small Feces

Remind me, how did William F. Buckley feel about Jews?

Excerpt from the October 14, 1933 letter from the Free Association for the Interests of Orthodox Judaism, the Reich Alliance of Law-Abiding Synagogue Communities in Halberstadt, and the National Agudat Israel Organization to Hitler, entitled Dankschift far dem Herr Reichskanzler — Thank you to the Chancellor. “Marxist materialism and Communist atheism have nothing whatsoever in common with the spirit of the affirmative Jewish religion tradition, with true, historical Judaism, with the Orthodox Jewish doctrine binding on the Jewish people. For as long as can be remembered, we have, in speech and writing, been battling against this anti-religious attitude. In the instruction of our youth, in public lectures and from the pulpit, and in the Orthodox religious press, we have always countered the corrupting spirit of materialism with religious idealism, by stressing man’s responsibility to God and the nation. We have declared war on the atheist movement and engaged it in combat. We have raised up the Orthodox Jewish law as a rampart against depravity and dissipation and against capitalist excesses, a law that calls for the strictest morality in the conduct of life, that opposes the pursuit of gain for its own sake and demands the most trenchant renunciation of material advantages for the sake of religious and ethical principles. . . . In the fight against the materialistic spirit of Marxism, only the revival of the religious mainsprings, only the return of society to God, will be crowned with success. In this struggle, the true, religious Jewish people could stand shoulder to shoulder with the German people, guided by faith in God, renewed and rejuvenated.”

Same as it ever was:

“Orthodox Jewry is unwilling to abandon the conviction that it is not the aim of the German government to destroy the German Jews. Even if some individuals harbor such an intention, we do not believe that it has the approval of the Fuehrer, or of the German government.“

LLMs give you something that's about 50-75% right very quickly. If that's better than you can do on your own, it seems great. If that's worse than you can do on your own, it seems glitchy.

And if you need something that's more than 50-75% right, it's problematic.

Peppermint Patty and Marcie at camp, talking about Chuck. Patty: “I kept thinking about you and Chuck up here together, and it was driving me crazy!”

Violet and Patty at the beginning of the strip, Marcie and Peppermint Patty by the middle of the strip.

Picture of the East Wing being destroyed by a backhoe. Oy.

The White House thing sure seems like a reaction to No Kings Day.

Classic monstrous abuser behavior: wife goes out for drinks with the girlfriends, husband shoots her dog.

No one at an airport or on a flight should be prioritized over anyone else, ever, except in the case of kids or disabilities. No first class, no priority boarding, no precheck.

The current commissioner of the NYPD is a Tisch billionaire who I believe wants to continue her role under Mandami. She might have instructed the rank and file to play nice.

In any event, I was there yesterday and the cops were shockingly chill.

If cops or Nazis are stirring up shit, keep your distance, record, and upload as soon as you can.

Always know where the exits are, and get out if it looks like they’re closing.

Don’t join any chants that start with “hey hey ho ho” because they sound stupid.

You want opsec for protests? Here’s my advice after almost 40 years of this shit:

Wear comfortable clothes, including shoes.

Don’t carry anything illegal.

If protesters are stirring up shit, keep your distance.

Zohran at a desk in the middle of a park.

John Cleese at a desk on the beach.

The whole desk/lectern schtick seems to be cribbed from Monty Python, which works for me.

Far Cry 5.

We forgot to Shepardize.

There’s also the scooping issue.

I’m as New York Jew as they get, but as bagels have expanded over 50+ years from 3 ounces or so to giant balloon tire monstrosities, I’ve started to scoop out most of the inside to keep the bagel-to-filling ratio reasonable.

I live in his district. How about you?

Guess you didn’t block me after all. Go figure.

I was thinking the same thing, but switched copyrights and trademarks.

I live in his district and he’s my representative. And you might want to look up Chi Osse.

But thanks for playing.

Somebody is trying to avoid a primary opponent and decided to step up his rhetoric.

Comic panel of two 50s-era men in business suits shaking hands outside a train station. One says “welcome to Chicago” and the other says “I have special orders from Moscow to take charge of communists here and train them to overthrow democracy.”

Didn’t expect them to be Republicans.

Back in the day I had to get a copy of that episode on videotape through a fan network.

Printouts from Footsteps, the organization that helps Hasids leave the derech.

Printing out materials to give to the Hasids who hassle me outside of Atlantic Center in Brooklyn.

a black and white photo of a man standing in a crowded restaurant . Alt: Scene from Casablanca. “Play ‘La Marseillaise.’ Play it!

What movie do you consider "perfect"?

If “Nazi” is on your resume, I don’t think any later job can redeem that.

Image from the Yakuza videos games of a character with a gun. The caption is “prepare to hurt. And I don’t mean emotionally, like I do.”