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There's nothing magic about nine or 435. Expand the Court to 27 justices and the House to 2400 representatives, then pass a Constitutional amendment to limit judicial terms to 18 years (staggered so each seated Senate confirms an equal number of justices and judges, every two years).

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Moist Louis was rejected as a Dick Tracy villain for being too grotesque.

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Watched Hot Fuzz for the first time in a decade. Holds up.

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A man who freaking lived at the beach.

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Voters: can you pay 50 cents more in taxes to pay for vegetables for children and agree not to defraud the elderly on their electrical bills Wall Street Guy: OH LIKE THE KILLING FIELDS?!?! LIKE THE KHMER ROUGE?!?!

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Noted beautiful person Donald Trump is criticizing Mamdani by saying he "looks TERRIBLE." That sure is something.

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I know that our kids' pediatricians use the AAP recommendations for vaccines and timetables. I suspect many others do, too. So if the AAP is breaking from the CDC, I'm hopeful that the frontline medical people are getting their guidance from the more-sane source.

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Banging the drum for my pet issue: Any government employee who blatantly lies to the public should be fired and criminally prosecuted. (We probably need some new laws for that.)

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Look, as a Wisconsinite and native Milwaukeean, it pains me to say this, but... Chicago is a great city. (I might delete this post at some point in the future, probably for sports-related reasons.)

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crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

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Agree with these things. Some other things that are harder to replicate: * being beautiful * having a literal comic book villain for an opponent

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Having spent a lot of time around children, I can confidently say that this is much worse than how children argue. Because they wouldn't even get to that point; their empathy and compassion haven't been crushed into an abyss of nothingness yet. Child logic: I have more than I need so I share.

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This is bad news for my new Oops! All Mucus!™ diet.

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Bsky only has two modes: Yub Nub or Alderaan 2 seconds after the order

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Dogs: literally eat their own shit Overpriced dog food commercial:

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Alright, here's the Dork Dad take on Iran. (Keep in mind that I'm almost always wrong when trying to predict the future.) The bombing was colossally stupid, unprovoked, and illegal by US law. And it's massively unpopular. And I think this is basically as far as it goes.

There's nothing magic about nine or 435. Expand the Court to 27 justices and the House to 2400 representatives, then pass a Constitutional amendment to limit judicial terms to 18 years (staggered so each seated Senate confirms an equal number of justices and judges, every two years).

Moist Louis was rejected as a Dick Tracy villain for being too grotesque.

Watched Hot Fuzz for the first time in a decade. Holds up.

A man who freaking lived at the beach.

Voters: can you pay 50 cents more in taxes to pay for vegetables for children and agree not to defraud the elderly on their electrical bills Wall Street Guy: OH LIKE THE KILLING FIELDS?!?! LIKE THE KHMER ROUGE?!?!

Noted beautiful person Donald Trump is criticizing Mamdani by saying he "looks TERRIBLE." That sure is something.

I know that our kids' pediatricians use the AAP recommendations for vaccines and timetables. I suspect many others do, too. So if the AAP is breaking from the CDC, I'm hopeful that the frontline medical people are getting their guidance from the more-sane source.

Banging the drum for my pet issue: Any government employee who blatantly lies to the public should be fired and criminally prosecuted. (We probably need some new laws for that.)

Look, as a Wisconsinite and native Milwaukeean, it pains me to say this, but... Chicago is a great city. (I might delete this post at some point in the future, probably for sports-related reasons.)

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

Agree with these things. Some other things that are harder to replicate: * being beautiful * having a literal comic book villain for an opponent

Having spent a lot of time around children, I can confidently say that this is much worse than how children argue. Because they wouldn't even get to that point; their empathy and compassion haven't been crushed into an abyss of nothingness yet. Child logic: I have more than I need so I share.

This is bad news for my new Oops! All Mucus!™ diet.

Bsky only has two modes: Yub Nub or Alderaan 2 seconds after the order

Dogs: literally eat their own shit Overpriced dog food commercial:

Alright, here's the Dork Dad take on Iran. (Keep in mind that I'm almost always wrong when trying to predict the future.) The bombing was colossally stupid, unprovoked, and illegal by US law. And it's massively unpopular. And I think this is basically as far as it goes.

This times a million to infinity

Once more with feeling