leh-nerd skin-erd

Based on this post, I think you were born special.

I'm not certain why a reference to a character on Powerpuff Girls would catch your attention, but as a middle child I'm always appreciative to be noticed. I recognize the complicated nature of the Middle East, concerns about past, present and future injustice in a world punctuated by madness, intolerance and apathy. Israel has a burden to carry in that regard, as do the Palestinians. I think the guiding hand of Israel has decided that given the choice between being an international pariah, and the murder/subjugation and the plans of Hamas/Palestinians for their nation as evidenced by the October 2023 atrocities, they will take the path to being a pariah, the events of November, 1948 notwithstanding. I fail to see a reasonable path to peace when one of the conditions of coming together at the table of brotherhood involves one side continuing to victimize, enslave, sexually assault and kill those children/women/men in captivity until some future time unlikely ever to materialize. Though, in reality, I don't see a time in the near future when these two sides ever come together. It's a crappy deal.

I was a sensitive kid--not black armband sensitive, but it bothered me. I heard an interview with Artemus Pyle (drummer) a few years ago. He told the story about how it happened, what went wrong, and getting shot coming up to a house looking for help because the homeowner thought he was coming to rob him. Absolutely avoidable accident. Oh, and I may have to rethink the age-related comments directed your way. I've got a couple years on you. Oh, well, I guess I'll have to ring the doorbell @B-Man mcmansion as he has a couple years on me. Sounds sincere enough to me.

Yes, in fact it was right after that when a friend introduced me to LS. He had the Street Survivors album with the band members in flames, and that sort of rocked me a bit and o started listening a bit more intently. Screen name came about because the first album I ever bought was “Pronounced LS”.

I don’t really recall all that, but I’m not a basketball fan. I also wasn’t around for that whole zoot suit riot and the Glenn Miller Band, but you paint a tapestry with vivid colors!

Chi, you always have to be a bit skeptical. It wasn't that long ago 51 former, current and future members of the intelligence community told us all about the Russian Laptop disinformation program on the eve of an election. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being :::yawn::: and 10 being "wow!!" docudramas rank a 2 or 3 for me. I can remember when Oliver Stone's film had me thinking Tommy Lee Jones killed off JFK. I'm not even sure he was even in Dallas in '63.

Don’t be embarrassed, that whole hooker thing tripped up Eliot Spitzer, too. Remember when he got arrested, and the trial of the century that followed? And, of course, Andrew Cuomo and cooked COVID books, spreading COVID to our elderly and of course his arrest on the sexual assault of female staffers. Thankfully no one is above the law.

No Fuzzy Lumpkins, I wasn’t criticizing getting Brittney Grenier back, though I think JB was weak in that regard and Putin knew he could roll him. In fact, Hamas apparently knows how to roll him too. It is interesting how you see things when it’s Israeli men, women and children being brutalized. You’re actually convinced that demanding the release of all kidnapped citizens as a condition of the ceasefire is a bad idea.

So Biden, famous for adapting the tragic story of his son’s death to meet circumstances—and who traded an arms dealer for a lady who broke the laws of another country—is down with playing politics on hostages both alive and dead? I understand we disagree on many issues, and I’ve stayed out of this for the most part, but wtf is this all about? Broker the ceasefire. Squeeze Israel to return some prisoners who will ultimately rejoin the fight. But why on earth would he proposed this ghoulish plan? The only way this makes sense is in the scenario where the bodies are so defiled that he wants Israel out of Gaza to lessen the likelihood of response. Why would Israel accept it?

Of course, you’re an attorney rendering an opinion, like those that say it’s a slam dunk, or those who say the prosecution was right, just and air tight. In other words, get in line, some people will think you’re correct others not so much. Onward.

I believe that was Cesar Milan, The Dog Whisperer. Or, Cesar Chavez, labor organizer and self professed “Gato Cat”. A Cesar said it one way or the other, I think.

Word.

Point of clarification, I never said that’s what the Dems want. Roundy and I were having a convo the other day and he shared some thoughts on urban life, youngsters and automobile angst. I had asked if he had thoughts on a model city that fit the bill, but hadn’t heard back yet. In the interim, the mind wanders and next thing you know, bing bang boom I’ve conjured up Roundy as a low level/high functioning member of the Prague Municipal National Committee. That’s on me, I have to own it.

Or, commit the crime at a time in place where the outcome is predetermined.

Yessir. HRC and "kale salad"! Ha!

If by EV you mean the orthopedic shoes issued upon arrival (color choices: tan, beige, caramel machiatto), yes! Everything is walkable when you think about it.

Of course, the collective is all about choice! However, your tiny, off-the-grid house will be reimagined on your behalf into 118 square feet of vanilla-puddin-colored walls on the 38th floor of a cold war inspired Praguesque maisonette, with a view of some other old-ball-sacked retiree doing naked squat thrusts in front of the window without blinds in the building next door. *Prague/maisonette=European vibe, and you're welcome.

That's the beauty of a podpartment, you will be free from decisions regarding choices of fixtures, clothing, paint color, furniture, appliances, cutlery, dishware etc. Oh, and on your toothbrush--everyone gets a toothbrush. And hot water every third day. It's liberating, actually, and never mind that noise from the podpartment above/below/either side.

Roundy, when you start start taking away their cars and stacking suburbanites in your urban Matrix podpartments, you'll miss these easy breezy days!

Painfully soft reply.

It’s fair to suggest that people don’t know the normal processes of the court system. Most, myself included, would not know what constitutes “normal”. In a case like this, however, where bias and politics are a significant factor—and legal observers of all stripes are weighing in with opinions ranging from purity to unquestioned neutrality, people are going to choose a side. The way I see it, it sounds an awful lot like normal standards would not involve this case seeing a courtroom at all.

I'm not selling anything Mup, I'm addressing comments you made to me. Follow your instincts. Consider the impact on divide, rhetoric and fighting as it relates to suggesting religious fervor and worship is the reason people vote for anyone. Consider the impact of you voting for who you vote for, and their harsh words and rhetoric as well. Most people get along just fine in the world. It does strike me as odd that when Trump won, handily, fairly and decisively...his political enemies attacked, and many/most of their supporters seemed to embrace divisive behavior and nasty rhetoric. You (the big picture you, not the you you) can't just want unity when your guy runs the show, it doesn't work like that.

There is sustained debate of whether or not this case is purely political, whether or not Bragg took a novel approach to prosecuting this case, and decisions made by the judge throughout the course of the trial. You then chose one statement, as reported, to suggest discussions on bias are unreasonable based on a system you, yourself, have raised questions about.

When "literally" everybody believes the same thing, it might make sense to be careful when they serve the Kool Aid. Plus CNN is in on it, maybe.

@muppy Low taxes...low inflation...free speech...low gas & energy prices...avoid conflict and war where possible...low crime rates..common sense control of the border (with a healthy immigration policy as well) and energy independence. These people are referred to as cultists today. Interestingly, more than a few of the people I know are liberal and want these things too.