The Frankish Reich

Not "slander" religion. But I will point out that when zealots (and yes, there are plenty of ultra-Orthodox Jewish zealots in Israel, and due to the weakness of Netanyahu he must pander to them) take these ancient words about things we consider abusive and horrific today literally - and even try to turn them into official policy - they are practicing a kind of religious primitivism that has no place in the modern world.

I first heard of this diary a couple years ago. And I don't think anyone who's looked at it has any doubts that it's real. But here's what happened: she was in rehab. Another guy in rehab (maybe she had a relationship with him) stole the diary and sold it. It's boring except for that one comment. That apparently came out of some therapy session - some kind of prompt like "is there anything in your childhood that may explain how you got here?" It's in the category of a recovered/"suppressed" memory. It is in the category of Blasey-Ford's recovered memory about Brett Kavanaugh. I didn't put any credence in that, and I don't in this. Ashley Biden is not continuing to advance some theory about her father being sexually inappropriate. Because of that, it's really inappropriate to keep publicizing private writings of a drug addict (at the time) who had those writings stolen by another drug addict.

[Sigh.] I am someone who believes we are experiencing global climate change. (Actually not a "belief"; it's a fact.) And I believe the evidence shows that a significant part of that is human-created. Exactly how large a part, I don't know. But I'm also a climate optimist. One big reason: geoengineering. Yes, there are risks. There are also risks associated with doing nothing and hoping that nature reverses course all by itself. That's why it's depressing to see people putting geoengineering into the category of what "woke scientists" (see above) do. It's kind of the opposite. It's "we're looking for a way to cancel out greenhouse gas emissions so that we don't have to shut down the fossil fuel economy to prevent the worst impacts of global warming." I'm for it; you should be for it. But here we have "if the government is doing it is is automatically suspect and bad."

The truth: no one cares about who The Rock endorses or doesn't endorse. Other than, of course, the Trumpy commentariat, which is apparently obsessed with the opinions of an aging action film star. After endorsing Biden in 2020, look at the wonderful cinematic successes, financial and artistic, that those Democratic voters brought him: Jungle Cruise. Red Notice. Black Adam. Another few years and he'll relaunch The Expendables franchise with a 90 year old Sylvester Stallone.

Yes. That's exactly what both parties do now.

That actually wouldn't bother me. What I want to see from people seeking pardons for J6 is what we always traditionally have wanted to see: some admission that they broke the law, and some expression of contrition. "I'd do it again in a heartbeat" should be a disqualifier.

The "J6 Praying Grandma" goes down: https://gazette.com/news/crime/verdict-colorado-springs-area-resident-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-capitol-breach-trial-in/article_41e439fe-f0fc-11ee-9887-4fc0904851b5.html "she carried God inside the Capitol" The jury actually took its time on this one. Close, but no cigar. And how's this for a batting average: If she had been found not guilty, Lavrenz would have been the first Jan. 6 defendant in a jury trial to be acquitted of federal charges. Two bench trials have been acquitted, and some defendants in jury trials have had charges reduced. Some people believe that irregularities in the 2020 election tabulation process skewed the results. No substantial evidence of election tampering has been found. Of the 64 cases brought forward by former President Donald Trump and his supporters challenging the 2020 results, they prevailed in one lawsuit in Pennsylvania, which did not include enough votes to overturn the result. In the 63 other cases, 20 were dismissed before a hearing on the merits, 14 were voluntarily dismissed and 30 included a hearing on the merits. “Multiple tipsters alerted the FBI” in the days following Jan. 6, 2021, that Lavrenz was among the crowd who entered the Capitol, according to court documents, and FBI agents confirmed her presence on the site by tracing her cell phone and identifying her in video footage. Another beautifully crowd-sourced investigation, identifying her and providing info to the feds. Oh, and another preposterous right-wing Trumpy hero in the making.

She brings the heat, that's for sure.

Is that real? Not a parody account? How idiotic is she? God is sending us eclipses? Of the sort that astronomers predict literally hundreds of years in advance? Good Lord. We're doomed.

I have an idea! Maybe we should just have a trial in open court involving defendant Trump. Then everyone can see everything from "all sides." (Not sure what that 3rd or 4th or 5th side may be, RFK Jr. Maybe it's an octagon? A dodecahedron?) Let's get it on!

Pretty sure we'd have a few rings if Perry Fewell had been made permanent in 2009.

I thought he didn't go to Bedminster till June. But epicenters don't lie.

You need to work for the NY Times. Earthquake Rocks Tri-State Area Poor, Minorties, LGBTQ+ Community Worst Impacted

You just knew it was coming. I wasn't going to go there; too obvious. But you won't be satisfied until you see it. So here you go: Real Americans didn't parade around in face diapers. Why should they do it in eye diapers? Bring it on, Mr. Big Bad Eclipse! My eyes can handle it in the nude.

It's a tweet. It's about the size of the old character limit. It doesn't require much reading. But still... you couldn't be bothered to read it. If you had, you would have seen this: "The past two months of job growth were also revised up ..."

Epicenter in New Jersey. 4.8, which isn't huge, but enough to do damage.

Any news? Anyone feel it?

It seems here that the story is advocating for a free market in trans prostitution. So not Marxist, in which each retirement-aged Tarheel lab tech would be provided with a trans sex worker according to his diminishing needs.

The first link you provide gives a full explanation of how the data are collected and why they may diverge. Read it!

How much better to consume the feed, like a foie gras goose, of Julie Kelly, the stay-at-home spouse of an Archer Daniels Midland lobbyist.

Well, thank you. That makes sense. Perhaps then you could remind your fellow travelers that it is not important to post the earth-shattering news that "The Rock Won't Endorse Biden" in multiple threads?

Jesse Kelly says your guy is complicit in COMMUNISM. You have bigger fish to fry now that he's been exposed. And now that previous month job figures have been revised UPWARD, killing your stupid response (that stats are rigged!) you should probably resort to posting a meme of Trump rising, in full makeup, on the Third Day. Coming in 3, 2, 1, ....

I was trying to be nice. "Top 5% of the top 20%" is, well, meaningless. Do you mean the top 1%? If so, you could have just said that. Reduce the fraction or reduce you commentary.

And you are swayed by what The Rock says about governance?

No "talking points." No "source" because (shock!) these are my own thoughts. I actually have those, you know. I like, watch what's going on, I look at the numbers and the history, and I draw my own conclusions. That's why I'm not a Twitter feed consuming cut-and-paste monkey. Try it, it's liberating!