The Frankish Reich

I realize this is a response to a pretty old post, but ... ... it seems to me that Mayor Pete didn't do anything to call attention to his status as a gay man, other than simply stating that he was gay and then marrying another man. There's nothing ostentatious or show-offy or in-your-face about it. Yes, that may apply to others, but it doesn't apply to him.

I look forward to the Trump Stations of the Cross. Station 6: They Mocked His Penis Openly, and Caused His Attorneys to Object

Agreed. In the gun case I mentioned above, it was an illegal aliens who didn't just possess a gun; he was actually an unlicensed gun dealer to other illegal aliens. He had no record of violence himself, but still, really? A judge who has issues with sentencing that guy to prison time??

The Fed: we thought growth would be slowing and we could cut 25 basis points in March. We were wrong. So maybe later.

So given that Fuentes admits he was an IVF baby, does that in some way explain the self-hating Hispanic name thing? Guy has some serious issues, that's all I know.

True. Although This American Life is still going strong. Available on podcast for convenient fast forwarding too

Everything you point to here is consistent with one thing: we are in an economic growth cycle. It's fine to say that that's not sustainable, that the economy is overheated and will inevitably result in a correction/recession, etc. But think about what that means: it means that the economy is strong now. It means that the Biden economy is strong. Why can't you admit that?

She's no Nicole Shanahan.

Dammit, I missed that one. But thank you! Now I may seize the opportunity to say: "See, this is why editors are important, and we shouldn't treat tweeters as journalists!"

Kamala, step aside. Your gold digger status now gets no more than a silver medal. From Shanahan's wiki page: In 2013, Shanahan married Jeremy Asher Kranz, a San Francisco Bay Area investor[9] and finance executive.[32] They divorced in 2015.[33] Shanahan met Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, in the summer of 2014, at a yoga festival in Lake Tahoe.[2] They married in 2018.[2][3] They have a daughter together,[7] born in 2018.[23] Brin and Shanahan maintained an estate at Point Dume in Malibu, California, purchased in 2020.[34] Shanahan and Brin separated in December 2021,[7][35] and Brin filed for divorce in January 2022.[35] Shanahan and Brin signed a prenuptial agreement; during the divorce proceedings, Shanahan's attorneys argued that she signed the prenuptial agreement under duress, and in mediation sought more than $1 billion of Brin's $95 billion fortune.[32] The divorce was finalized in 2023.[2][3] In 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that a reason for the breakup was a "brief affair" in 2021 between Shanahan and Elon Musk.[35][32] Shanahan[7] and Musk denied the report.[36] The Wall Street Journal said: "We are confident in our sourcing, and we stand by our reporting."[7]

This is the difference maker. Nicole Shanhan! From the Shanahan coaching tree? RFK Jr. following in the footsteps of Ross Perot (Admiral Stockdale) and Ralph Nader (Winona LaDuke). Ahh, now I see. Sergey Brin's ex-wife. So $$$$$$. So much for the "outsider" candidacy of RFK Jr.

Sen Josh Hawley's wife is arguing for the Mifepristone ban - I wasn't aware of that until now. She's doing ok with a really difficult argument, but overall pretty unpersuasive.

No. That's not what they mean. The whole "diversity statement" thing is a huge overreach by the DEI establishment. It requires not just a pledge that if hired I will not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, LGBTQ status, etc. I would have no problem with that. No. It usually requires a statement that racial, gender, LGBTQ status diversity in the organization is always a good thing, even if that would imply some kind of discrimination in hiring. I think that is a bridge too far.

I think I fully get what that was about. No comment.

I actually had a judge get really pissed off at me once for arguing the same thing (knowing that she was a gun control advocate): if you want to make an impact on gun crime, that begins with vigorously enforcing the existing gun crimes ...

True, and as the WSJ points out today, Biden has been hesitant to call attention to this fact lest he offend his environmental activist base. I imagine this will be changing soon.

Listening to the abortion pill/Mifepristone arguments before the Supreme Court (streaming now on the SCt website). So far, I can say that Garland's Solicitor General, Elizabeth Prelogar, is doing a superb job. She has an answer - supported by law and the record in the case - for all of the questions coming from the conservative justices. It is a very politically charged issue, but I can't really see a basis for the Supreme Court to allow a ban.

In my opinion, nothing worse than draft talk, and the worst of draft talk is the mock draft. Every year there are dozens of those by the experts, and if they're lucky they'll hit on about 4 or 5 correct picks (predicted player to predicted team). So yeah, boring. So I also wind up here a lot more after the Bills season ends ... By the way: Nicely done by Gov Wes Moore.

Whatever you think of new gun control proposals, the process needs to begin with enforcing the firearms laws we already have on the books. Suspect "previously arrested for having a gun." Given Supreme Court precedents, it's unlikely he would have been arrested unless he was subject to a special restriction like felon in possession of a firearm or illegal alien in possession. So yes, he should have been in jail, and a cop should be alive today.

Not a hateful extremist here. I fully support the hot swinger mom's right to engage in threesomes.

Embryo selection has not yet allowed us to cull those that carry the Nazi gene.

Damn fool who didn't read comment suggesting that Trump may be ACQUITTED in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial. Why keep your mouth shut when you can post something inane 40 times a day?

Orthodox Easter is later. So maybe before their Easter. Whatever. We can hope.

I think so! Social engineering, Florida style

But I was just informed in another thread that Trump's social media posts go through a careful mult-step editing and approval process before they are posted. What the covfefe?