My New Years Resolution is to idly chatter more about important topics, and less about the fuckwit personalities that capture our perverse social media imaginations.
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Michael Patrick Tracy | We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun, have it out on Highway 61
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The Russians proposed a truce for the Orthodox Christmas. The same Russians bombed us on December 25th, New Year's Eve, and didn't uphold any truce since 2014.
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2 yrs ago: Jan 6, 5:04pm, I took this photo of law enforcement using flash bang grenades & tear gas on a violent mob trying to break into the U.S. Capitol. It was hr 4 in my gas mask, helmet & bulletproof vest photographing hand-to-hand combat between police & U.S. citizens. 1/9
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I'm so old I remember hearing that all that pump-priming when the pump was already primed would no way, no how lead to inflation.
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This observation is a lot more useful:
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The anniversary of Jan 6th is a good reminder about who Kevin McCarthy is.
He joined Trump in telling the lie that the election was stolen. The lie at the heart of the insurrection.
Then he condemned Trump for the attack.
Then he went to Mar-a-lago for a Trump photo op.
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If there was ever a fraught argument, however much truth there is in it, that would be it. But it looks even less convincing when you set out trying to generate what you ended up with.
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"...after huddling together in the House Gallery on Jan. 6."
In other words, a prefab piece.
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Axios: "House Democrats connect Jan. 6 to GOP's speakership fight"
Third paragraph: "Axios interviewed multiple Democrats on Thursday who are in the Gallery Group, the roughly 20 House Democrats who formed an impromptu support group..."
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The House Failure Caucus folks "aren’t serious and don’t have a plan, only an attitude and a talking point. They present themselves as freedom fighters, but that isn’t what they are."
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"Winning the game show doesn’t require winning elections. To the contrary, as Trump and Lake have proved."
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Elections come and go, but the grift is forever.
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Shoot me. Just make the shot count.
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So...good.
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America: Trying to Idiot-Proof Self-Governance.
Wish Us Luck.
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Fewer than a dozen flaming narcissists are going to dictate terms to the Republican House caucus, who will in turn control the House, and the Senate rules.
I have a problem with this, but not the last part.
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"a self-geld"?
oh dear.
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Having experienced the evolution from the card catalog to online as a librarian it helped me understand how access was structured and tried to convey to students. Just having info without understanding it and the tools to evaluate information is failure of current education.
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Germany and Japan, utterly pacified post-war, and wildly successful later, fully integrated into the (classically) liberal West.
This is an astoundingly good thing so credit where credit is due in this instance Vlad.
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Berlin went from sending Ukraine 5,000 helmets to a Patriot Missile Battery in less than a year.
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Weakness isn't provocative so much as blood in the water.
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Random horror story from guitar geekdom:
"Neck a little bowed. So I turn it, and it just keep moving."
Either you have experienced that, or you have not.
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#ThrowbackThursday to January of 1973, when I recorded my album #BluesFarm w/ #CTIRecords. I was joined by Hubert Laws, Bob James, Billy Cobham, #RalphMacDonald, #RichardTee, #SamBrown, and #GeneBertoncini.
Give it a listen here: ow.ly/bVCy50Mfyjn
#roncarterbassist
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Oh cool, interject race.
Thank you Baby Jesus.
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December felt like winter for a few days. January continues to feel like spring. #wfaaweather
OK, kids, what have we learned about what passes for Republican leadership right now?
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On the one hand, consider the source.
On the other hand, heh.
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When asked what the three saddest words in the English language were, Gore Vidal once answered, "Joyce Carol Oates."
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Strong endorsement of Roy’s Cafe in Barstow, California. Food delicious and plentiful, owner awesome, desserts galore!
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Two weeks until the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona. My naughty party are getting tingly. #IMSA
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Not only did his words not change the outcome, they were barely a speedbump.
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Donald Trump endorsed McCarthy for Speaker yesterday, but his words didn't seem to change the results for him
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“Things are coming together in a very healthy way and sitting at 5:30 on Thursday afternoon, I feel very favorable about how this evening can come together.”
Speaking of restraining orders...
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Interesting!
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In a sentence I'd never imagine I'd write, Peter Gabriel is releasing a song inspired by @Bellingcat, @ForensicArchi and @witnessorg tomorrow, made in collaboration with Brian Eno: progrockjournal.com/news-legendary
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I've read this several times and it still makes zero sense.
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MTG should definitely be on House Oversight because only an oversight explains how she can be a member of Congress.
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The face-eating leopard thing has been done to death; likewise the scorpion fable.
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