paulconner.bsky.social
Full-time writer of dry stuff (business materials, regulatory documentation), freelance copy editor of cool stuff (Big 5 fiction and nonfiction).
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HQ: Exurban Seattle. Also for my sins.
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And the Poles. And, awkwardly enough, the Germans (who were anti-woke enough to cut von Steuben loose just when we needed him most).
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And they didn't. Too early for Evan's "Back from Syracuse?" moment, but here's to him getting it, and soon.
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"Degens," per Letterkenny. The dictionary only gets you so far; artists are the linguistic minutemen.
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At what point does all of this incongruity add up to a broad realization that supporters of the current regime are louder than they are many? When do enough people on the other side hear enough lies to start thinking "Well, that's some bullshit"? And how can we help them think that out loud?
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No masochism detected. We've been far too comfortable for far too long, and it'll probably take something more bracing than international contempt for enough people to demand an end to all this nonsense.
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Oh, what does 16th-century English history have to teach us about the consequences wrought by a huff-snuff who arrogates an unprecedented amount of executive power and tears apart the domestic fabric and international order for selfish...
Ah, right. Got it.
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And yet...
hbr.org/2021/05/blac...
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Quisling. He advocated for the Nazis, aided the German invasion though subterfuge, and was rewarded with political power. Vichy France was the result of military conquest, not the weaselly stuff that's going on now.
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That sounds like a real threat to folks like me who voted for you a few months ago. Show us how tough and how tricky you are--teach Mitch McConnell a few things about gumming up the works before he leaves. We're with you. But we'll only fight for you if you fight like hell for us.
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He's appearing in Democratic strongholds during a recess week; the book's almost a McGuffin. It's a good idea to remind him of the anger out here, if only to encourage him that he'll have more support the more he confronts the Rs. But the miserable whining in this and related threads ain't helping.
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"And by 'European allies,' I mean Viktor Orban," Johnson continued.
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Oh, I wasn't thinking of anyone in government, though you're right about that. Just running with your mafia analogy. Musk seems like a cartoonishly ripe version of the kind of person the syndicate likes to bleed: access to lots of cash, dangerously compromised, and foolish with greed.
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Good point. He's the richest mark in human history, and someone's going to get to him soon. Forget lining his own pockets--the federal government is on the verge of bleeding out in uncountable directions.
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Greg Gabriel!
I'll see myself out.
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Hey, @murray.senate.gov, @cantwell.senate.gov, @emilyrandallwa.bsky.social -- know anybody who could throw something like this together?
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Good man; well stated.
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Great idea. "Allowed" might be a tad too passive, though. For this to really take off, we'll need to hear from farmers and other small business owners, and not just the ones represented by Dems. Reach out to those folks and make it a real barn-raising.
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This might not torpedo Patel's nomination. That might not even be Durbin's goal. His realistic aim might be to cast Patel so clearly as unfit to lead the bureau that he galvanizes resistance within its ranks. And to sow doubt among Republicans, sure.
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Well, now I've got words to put to the look on my dog's face when I catch him tearing up the rose bushes. So that's...something?
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Morgan Stanley's latest offering is priced at 98 cents on the dollar. And that's after no one would touch it for years.
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You're a charmer.
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That's all right; neither does Matthew McConaughey.
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Made me think of Walter Payton's fumble. Rooting for Philly, but Nuk is my favorite player in this game and I'm sick for him.
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"He Gets Us. But not until He gets that family down the street. You know the one."
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Yeah, but some Wirtz turned him down and he sold it to a kids team in Ottawa.
I still think a change would be great, but I also remember seeing a few Blackhawks sweaters on the reservation next to my town, starting back in 2021. That's enough to keep me from climbing too high on my soap box.
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And that was their name for sixty years! Simple return to their roots. Put that together with Mike Ivall's logo, and they would've been golden.
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/11/18/c...
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"internal" is doing a lot of work there, too. What's purely internal about impounding money assigned by Congress for specific uses?
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Would've worked without the last three words, too.
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It shouldn't take a committee to tell the team and its fans, most of them non-indigenous, to do the classy thing and shift gears. And I say that as a Blackhawks fan who wishes his team would do the same.
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This sort of thing works for Tim Walz because he's established himself as an excellent governor of a remarkably well-run state. There's real intent behind his seeming potshots.
You haven't established a thing in your current role. Show us that you're serious about leading the party, then shitpost.
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Forests will fall to support all the motions to compel discovery in this one. Well, digital fore...dangit, that would've worked better a few decades ago.
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I'll see your Sound of Music and raise you a Shane.
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No sale.
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What's the matter with you? Force the issue and just go in. The bolder your efforts, the more wholeheartedly we'll support you.
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Yeah, Wirtz ran the Blackhawks like the heir that he was to a liquor-distribution empire founded during Prohibition. I guess we don't have emerald mines in the States. And he ran the Blackhawks like the kind of guy who'd sell the Bulls the year after they drafted Michael Jordan.
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Started that post before a meeting and ended it after, and I'm kinda gratified that we both called the grave-dancing "gross."
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Gross. She was unsuited for the role, but she was a fine figurehead. And I suspect that she would've been happy with that. Yeah, she was a rich kid in a bubble and kinda simple, but we've seen how that sort of thing can turn malignant. Ginny wasn't malicious. And she wasn't the problem.
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Yep. And if norms are the practical expression of principle, maybe this is an opportunity to get down to the bedrock and build some new ones. The old ones got us here, after all.
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Is it just possible that some of those sources are saying the politically expedient thing while honoring the court's order? If I was in that position, I'm not sure that I'd draw attention to my real intentions.
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Define "screw up."
Because the other side won't. It's up to Schumer & Co. to draw the lines and assert them.
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Good show, and a good start. Please understand that your base of support is in front of you: in the direction of more aggressive, more substantial confrontation with the coup.
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What does your idea of standing strong look like? Beyond authorizing your comms team to issue social media posts, that is.
Your party is the legislative spearpoint of the resistance to a great evil. That should be an honor. If the Dems think otherwise, we don't need them.
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Totally appropriate for Canadians to put this on us, collectively. We let this happen, and it's our responsibility to fix it.
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It's not cynicism, not from most of us. It's anger that's going to harden into bitterness if our elected leaders don't lead.
There's plenty of hope and optimism in that: we're telling you how to secure your political future. Time to step up.
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Thank you. Fear rules this man, and we ought to take ruthless advantage. Our future as a non-ruthless society depends on it.
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And a cowardly attack at that, since it's all communicated through appropriated catchphrases and acronyms. He'll never just step up and speak his true mind. He's weak and he knows it, if only as a gnawing sense of fear. Same with his loyalists. We oughta be able to use that against them.
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Good response. To an entirely predictable show of cowardice and deflection by Trump.
Since we all know how he'll respond to the next crisis, how about getting in front of it? It's tough to let the air out of his tires while he's driving away with the narrative. Maybe try slashing 'em in advance?