fsquared.bsky.social
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If it's an Episcopalian I'm waiting for the next pitch - this one probably has too much English on it.
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You posted a picture of Ted Cruz . . . and you are asking about thoughtful policy analysis? You may be working too hard.
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Bluesky now realizing what this means for my future posting.
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That's the good news . . . the bad news, well, I'm not exactly objective when it comes to puns.
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Pure genius.
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I'm not sure that Matt knows how societies like Chile under Pinochet and Brazil under military rule managed the climb back to democracy.
So, in summary, regarding your take on Matt.
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The disruption to the AG industry based on brutal, unnecessary, badly conceived raids is so bad that begging from the MAGA Sec. of Agriculture got Trump to reverse his position.
Right now, folks in Iowa and California's Central Valley ringing phones "How many lesbians, how soon - we need them now!"
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Disclosing your mental health issues before people are in too deep is laudable.
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We're gliding past the Serbia and Kosovo going "hot and heavy" thing are we?
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Republicans in the House and all but one in the Senate.
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Max Fischer - did you read that in the Rushmore Academy Yankee Journal? Great mag that.
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Well, in fairness I thought it was going to be the red clad guards with ominous background music when Vader arrived to prompt faster construction on the Death Star and it turned out to be . . . Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet.
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Each of them had orders to fire strictly on those prone to violence, escalating the disorder, and acting in a thoroughly lawless manner.
So, actually pretty good job guys.
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Oh, I get what is swept under the rug - but for a Democratic AG to not just simply turn a blind eye to police misconduct but "instead" to hit an investigator with 11 felonies for accessing unquestionably "public" information from case files is a still is a shocker to me.
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Well thank God the Dem AG, appointed by Gavin Newsom to the role is working overtime to hold the LASD to account.
Let's check in with what AG Rob Bonta, has been up to - misbehavior.
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LAPD leadership both literally and figuratively. I wonder if these guys have some softball rivalries they are working out.
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Thank you for raising this issue - I was not at all aware of it (and came in wondering if this was true and why). The facts are pretty jarring -
Nearly half (46%) of Arab citizens live in buildings without any protective space, compared to 26% of the general Israel pop.
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With all the Pride events they managed to derail you'd think they could have found some organizers who actually know something about running a parade that people go to because - it's worth going to.
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All fun and games until you run into a supervillain who, say, has the ability to use massive control of magnetism and he (or she) and the henchmen turn to you "Oh, it's you Parking Karma-ist, we meet again."
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I respect your view, and you may be right. Still, a mayor who can't touch - at all - a cop post video evidence of blatant excessive force against journalists, is not a mayor in any real sense.
Again, the real power the Chief has is the Mayor thinking she won't do this. If he thinks otherwise . . .
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Fire him - more likely he, if convinced she has the guts to put a "slightly" more compliant guy into his position, will actually do something. Sure, it's a risk, but self-interest is a huge motivator.
If she can't swing this bit of influence when it is on tape she's useless and should step down.
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"So, how did the boss's birthday party go?"
"Dude, it seriously tanked."
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Well, can't she have a discrete conversation about discipling a handful of guys - along the lines of
"Jim, nothing personal, but that Australian reporter was simply reporting in a non-threatening situation and officer [x] leveled a gun and shot a rubber bullet into her leg on live video. Fix this"
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Unlike the killer rabbit of Caerbannog perhaps we "can" make it so cross that it will make a mistake. Here's hoping
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GALAHAD: Let us taunt it! It may become so cross that it will make a mistake.
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The recognition that the Chief can keep his job but actually do it - by ensuring his subordinates don't willingly use unnecessary excess force - or stop being the Chief of that or likely any other major metropolitan area. He's had the job for a year and may want to keep it.
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And I just learned that the LASD does not report to Bass. So, fair point, but there's plenty the LAPD has done that needs correction and - frankly - terminations and/or prosecution.
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Thanks, perhaps now but
"The situation has now quickly worsened, with the L.A.P.D. advancing on horseback and firing rubber bullets," Ms. Tomasi states during her report . . . Shortly after, the video depicts an officer aiming a weapon towards Ms. Tomasi and firing. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
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I can not stop laughing at this one - a quote for the ages.
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Comedy of a level not seen in decades.
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To be fair I "am" blaming her - not that I'd want to be in her position, as I assume the Chief has some major cards to play (e.g., "Fine, go after my guys I'll just sit them down and you can deal with marines keeping order).
But enough is enough.
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Big "this could have been an email" vibes from the Green Berets.
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There is, I believe, a mayor of L.A. One to whom the LAPD reports to. She needs to drag the Police Chief Down immediately for a discussion - starting with the shooting of an Australian journalist and go through various incidents culminating in this abomination.
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Time machine drops you off in 1993 for the premiere of Jurassic Park, starts to smoke and konks out. The good news - you have lots of years of solid Radiohead concerts to go to and can invest in bitcoin. The bad news, well, living another 32 years of your life just to get to this part of Trump 2.0.
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I wouldn't worry though - D.C. isn't much of a political town.
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Did they print the wrong start time on the invitations?
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I take it you've not seen the British version of Life on Mars - in which case . . .
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As SCOTUS said in Houston v. Hill: The "freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state."
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