bobg.whizbang.me
Software engineer, citizen, dad, not necessarily in that order
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This news cycle is a Trojan Horse to get us all talking about elderly and mentally unfit presidents.
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Maybe an awkward time to point this out, but the jackbooted thugs who will be taking away our freedoms will also be wearing this nation's uniform.
Thank you specifically to those servicemembers with the honor and courage to do their duty under the UCMJ with respect to illegal orders.
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Right, but fortunately, once Trump is gone, they don't appear to have a figurehead as weirdly effective as he's been.
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This generation needs its Robert Culp.
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That is some truly superb and delightfully whimsical long-form writing. Thank you! Did you @-mention me because of movies in general, or because you know I've been listening to @johnaugust.bsky.social's podcast Scriptnotes for years?
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"One of the most fundamental protections in human jurisprudence."
ftfy
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Shows just how desperate everyone is to have someone or something to outsource their thinking to. Thinking is haaaard.
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Two dolls
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So we're all going to have be like
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bsky.app/profile/bobg...
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Literally the meaning of "due."
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Reminds me of a London tabloid headline that Bill Bryson made fun of in one of his books: "Britain sizzles in the 70s."
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If your neighbors don't, you're in more danger even if you do.
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Listing Trump's failures and broken promises: 💯
Telling his supporters they are stupid: ❌
If someone told you what an idiot you'd been, and how right they'd been, would you listen?
Trump's disillusioned supporters are powerful allies. We must welcome them without recriminations or lecturing.
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I want to take to the streets immediately. Where do I go?
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Look at it this way: it relieves humans of the need to plagiarize and lie.
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It chips away at the margins. Not all Fox viewers are diehards.
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The newer meaning of that word arrived not a moment too soon.
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To Miller, "due process" means "acquittal if you're white."
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Concepts of a deal.
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This is great but I have a quibble.
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It isn't that criminals are entitled to due process. Rather, it's that due process is the only way we know whether or not they _are_ criminals.
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If a random person tells me I'm the head of the IRS, am I the head of the IRS?