richardcblair.bsky.social
Nothing but Blue Skies do I see
Iowan, Bears fan, cat lover. Political sometimes, but trying to be good to people.
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I don’t believe it has a bunch of specific allocations to individual projects in certain districts, so no, he doesn’t know the actual meaning of “pork-barrel spending.”
(Earmarks are good! They get deals done! We need them back!)
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You think the Hawks roster as it is now can contend in the East - or after moving some pieces around in the offseason, but keeping the core? I don’t catch a lot of Hawks games. It is a pretty wide open Eastern Conference.
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Laundry enjoyer
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They’re putting on a really cute little show if they claim they’re somehow fine with L, G, and B. It’s all or nothing, and the only correct choice is “all.”
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There’s a consensus that only a psychopath would do these unspeakable things to an animal, but we live in a world where humans slaughter other humans daily. Some use guns. Others use bombs or drones. Just another segment on the nightly news. Hey, what can you do? That’s just the human condition.
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This is a real phenomenon. I think it’s because people are so inured to homicide, and it becomes an abstraction. Abuse of a *pet* animal, a dog or cat especially, resonates more because it’s not thoroughly normalized like the killing of human beings. The sickness of humanity.
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This guy. I was tempted to write that I can’t imagine Mr. Yarvin doesn’t know how mediocre he is, but then again, I can.
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Indoors is a little risky, I have to admit
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Will you saber it? Some friends got us a champagne saber for a wedding present. I’ve gotten pretty good with it.
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I really would like that punishment to exist in the afterlife. Maybe the ancient Egyptians were right, and their hearts will be weighed against the feather of Maat. Good luck with that.
There are many who want to excuse some group or another for their own reasons, and it’s sickening.
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Punishing speech with the power of the state? Reprehensible. Antisemitic acts of violence? Abhorrent. This is a nation with their moral compasses screwed on backwards and upside-down. Should have read the manual.
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No joke, at first I genuinely thought the reference to “the legacy of DOGE” was to the vermin that got into the building, and that this was a mouse nest.
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If you say his name three times in a mirror it causes another profile of him spring into existence in a prestige publication, and it *will* contain the word “controversial”
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There’s a large contingent on here with value systems that are foreign to me.
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I will respect the moratorium on the lizard king and the blizzard wizard
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The Skinemax era was bizarre. They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore
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We do have exactly one statewide elected Democrat with name recognition, State Auditor Rob Sand, but he’s running for governor. I was very surprised he was reelected by the narrowest of margins in 2022.
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What connection does Donald’s hurt fee-fees have to Amarillo?
Oh, never mind. How dare they accuse Donald the Great of judge shopping! Heavens to Betsy! What a scurrilous accusation.
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Inside the NBA on TNT is ending forever, and you’re doing a subscription push?
Yes, you should.
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Do we have what it takes, collectively, to maintain a pluralistic, multicultural representative democracy? There’s a baseline level of civic participation and it’s not being met. It’s a hard thing to accept.
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You know I got you
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He’s that dude. One of the very best to ever do it.
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There’s a lot of people who tried to claim Haliburton is unsauced, but in reality he’s got the spiciest of sauce
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Going to be a great series. Great team basketball.
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As a Bucks fan, I really hate to say this, but the Pacers are just that good. Thunder-Pacers, I don’t know. But the Pacers are well-rounded. Great D and multiple scorers.
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haha what…Mavs, Rockets and Spurs in big trouble with user “trumpisnazi at bsky dot social”
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Yep. The vast majority of these people have not thought critically about anything in decades. They aren’t even capable of true reflection. The way forward is not to court these people or “moderate” in the hope of appealing to them.
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This is the city that never sleeps (read: app teeming with chronically-online people with insomnia)
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It’s obvious bait. Find this one issue to seize upon and push in the media, and use it as cover to ram through bills to drive trans people out of public life. This legislature is disgusting.
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Yup. Newsom and the other grasping, fake weenies “moderating” are making a plan to lose badly to fascists. Moral resolve is a winning message. Trans rights are individual liberty. Just don’t yield on the rights of the individual or on government as a force for good, and stand for what’s right.
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I believe this is what the younger generations call “crashing out”
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Knicks keep getting caught out of position on D but holy moly, the Pacers make them work so hard for every shot.
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Without a doubt. Not a new idea, but I think there’s a critical level of civic participation among the electorate needed to maintain the whole enterprise. Robust public education is an essential part of the foundation.
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I think we have to try. We have to reckon with the fact we need to talk to these people, even though they didn’t exercise the care and consideration our system demands of participants in democratic governance.
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However, there are also people with low engagement who lack understanding of the chain of causation. Perhaps you could call them negligent but not malicious. Can we cut through the adverse information environment to reach them? Maybe.
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There’s a subset of Trump voters who wanted every single one of the consequences we are seeing now, whatever their level engagement with current events. These people aren’t reachable and don’t have value systems compatible with pluralistic representative democracy.
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They touched the one thing he cares about. Tariffs. This is the one thing that brings him joy about being president; everything else is a bore.
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Bruce Wayne certainly schmoozes with crypto guys at museum benefits. He owns some himself via Wayne Enterprises. However, he knows crypto is popular in Gotham’s underworld. The Joker has suspended some poor saps from the tallest buildings to obtain their passphrases to their hardware wallets.
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I think his portfolio has crypto assets, but not an inordinate amount. He’s not heavy on crypto and is skeptical of its utility, but wants exposure to the upside. In any case, he has beaten the shit out of some guys in the employ of a certain Oswald Cobblepot, who has enormous crypto holdings.
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I appreciate that. Thank you.
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I got cooked in 2007 repeatedly by guys who watched YouTube videos of Ken and Isai. It wasn’t a real contest.
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The Mendoza Line of basketball…DPOY and zero FG%. Seven feet and cursed to be unable to put a ball in the hoop
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They force you to drink expensive wine instead of Busch Light, I heard. Minimum of $100 a bottle.
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It’s not such a simple thing to round up political dissidents in this unusual country of ours. That kind of violation would get spicier than the delicious habañeros in our raised beds.
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But he can’t be a man ‘cause he doesn’t use
The same ED meds as me
I can’t get no
Satisfaction…
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I think even law-abiding people who run legit businesses that deal in large amounts of cash get investigated for this, even their nightly deposits.
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This is a “lmao” moment for me, personally.
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There’s so many contenders. Under Pressure is my all-time favorite. For a song that’s not a collaboration, probably Play the Game.