madmacs.bsky.social
Disappointed American. 35-year English teacher (retired). Reader. Sox fan. Cultivating my garden.
"How many good people are there in this world? Too many to count."
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6 - 3.
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"Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. . . was flown back to the United States on Friday to face charges of transporting undocumented migrants."
Hey, transporting undocumented migrants! That's a crime, buddy!
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I notice he left out "honestly".
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I think he's more the Stone Mountain type, actually.
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Well, then. I think we owe *them* a burst of showers when they come to Fenway!
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Not absolving anyone, John. Just the opposite, really. It's not okay when Russia or Iran do it, and it's not okay when *we* do it. Yet we like to assume the moral high ground.
Be seeing you!
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Now? Now?! We're six days in, and you're just getting around to it now? I wouldn't go out on the ocean if I were you, pal.
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Well, we *did* overthrow the Iranian government way back when.
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I wonder, have CIA and MI5 ever done the like?
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Yes, but then he gets right back in as a South African refugee victim.
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Sounds too coherent for Trump. AI?
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Are they still doing that?
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Unfortunately, we have a Congress that can't figure out how to work together, compromise, and come up with an approach. (One side more than another.)
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So I guess I'll have to stop marking my territory.
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When they began prepping us for this, the first lessons were: here's how to break it down into smaller chunks.
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I taught for many years in a 4 x 4 block. 80 minutes. Perfect for something like this.
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How about: Cut all the "waste and corruption" first, *then* set the budget at this new, trimmed figure? If that's what you're about?
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I had to extend my scorecard into the third column in that inning.
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I'll say this for Grady Little. (And I'm a Sox fan who was at Game 7 in the Bronx.) They had a number of gut-wrenching losses in the second half, where I'd think "they're done". And the next day they would bounce right back. Got to give some of that to the manager.
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Have they ever put customers ahead of profits?
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He finds it hard to write reports if he's not on heroin.
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It's too bad that he won't be around to read the Tweets and Skeets when *he* dies.
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"Just some of us sooner than others."
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He's on our side, Ned.
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Hey Caligula! Catherine the Great! Move over!
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Tough call.
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See, the sentence that comes after "This is what the Nazis did" is: "Well, don't do that!"
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The subway? Where all forms of moral turpitude transpire daily? They may be onto something.
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Well. . . slightly better than the Melania statue, I guess.
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Trump is a blowhard, and Putin's poodle. But thanks for trying to make him look like a serious statesman. That's what a good PR firm does.
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So Story found something already?
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Let 'em eat McDonalds!
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Remember the shingles commercial? Well, Trump *doesn't* *care*!
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Oh, no!
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Well, if a podcast says it . . .
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Free speech is great. Especially if you can afford to pay for it!
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Yeah, that's not how I ever imagined my country.
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Thanks for making that more available.
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All the opponents will try to hit to left because the won't see Durran out there.
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Have you ever spent ten minutes explaining something, and then, as you were almost finished, have someone ask you a question about the EXACT SAME THING YOU'VE JUST BEEN EXPLAINING -- and have to respond in a polite and civilized manner?
(If you have, you might just be a teacher.)
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Thanks. I'm glad to know.
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The driver of the vehicle.
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Can't? Won't.
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Billy Collins, "Marginalia"
allpoetry.com/Marginalia
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"PFAS? Sorry, we're real busy with fluoride. We'll get back to you."
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"Randy Fine"? Sounds like a [female] porn star.
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And, like another 19th century artist-activist, Shelley, she drowned. (If I remember correctly.)
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So is it Ray Dav-ees, or Ray Dav-is. I had a student named Davies who said "No, it's Welsh: Dav-is."
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I think this year has shown us well enough that we don't need political dynasties in America.
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Oh, now you've gone too fur.