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Bozo_Casanova

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  1. Until I read Karen Armstrong’s History of God I never fully understood how much foundational Roman Catholic theology and Christology was shaped by the effort to conform their understanding of God with the pagan Greek philosophical tradition. Which is … very strange and produces some very weird and frankly pointless debates.
  2. That song is such a banger. Ironically, Joni Mitchell was not at Woodstock, because her manager thought it would be better for her career to go on Dick Cavett that day.
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  4. 2024 was going to be a long shot due to Biden’s insistence on seeking a second term no matter how it went. However, I’ll always believe that once Biden withdrew, the spectacle, narrative drama and attention of a contested convention (even kayfabe!) would have presented whoever secured the nomination with the best opportunity to win the general election.
  5. quite right.
  6. If you’re arguing for the attitudinal model or the strategic model that’s one thing, but I don’t believe history supports the idea that Supreme Court justices or Federal bench were always mostly partisan actors or mostly advocates for particular interests, prior to the dominance of the Federalist Society. I’m not going to argue with you about matters of law, but in terms of history this is a recent phenomenon. That’s why I was ringing the fire alarm about Leegin two decades back when @washparkhorn was still caping for citizens united. If you knew anything about how the commercial economy operated, Leegin was a holy shit moment.
  7. Like I was saying about Wesley Hunt- he’s going to get in, he will almost certainly be the nominee, and he’s even worse than Paxton because he doesn’t have Paxton’s baggage.
  8. No samosa for them. What a fucking asshole.
  9. My second attempt, in blackjack terms, was to hit soft 18 with the house showing 6 because I thought I felt 3 in the shoe and ended up having to grind out a push Wordle 1,557 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  10. Look, institutions come and go but a robust and equitable legal system is the only one we absolutely have to have in a constitutional Republic, and it seems to be failing. There are four basic historical paths from this point, listed below. Two are violent, two are not, and it’s likely we won’t know which one we are on for 10-15 more years. 1) The Republic Holds: slow but successful return to norms via the institutions and the ballot box. Precedent- Italy, but they weren’t nearly as far down the path. 2) Chaos: some flavor of civil war (cold or hot) or armed domestic conflict(s) eventually leading to a new order. Precedent- lots 3) America, Humbled: lose a war with an ascendant power. Precedent- Germany 4) SQPR: terminal but mostly peaceful decline and eventual collapse. Precedent - Rome The first path would be the most likely but requires the American elite to awaken from our hubris and recognize where we are. The second and third path strip us of it at a devastating human cost. The fourth lets us keep our hubris but we lose the Republic, even if we retain its costume.
  11. The first term was our Berlusconi era. This is our Mugabe era.
  12. Pretty sure he drowned staring into the rain, like a guinea hen. Mind his little fontanelle!
  13. My guy, I used to own/run a digital marketing agency. Let me repeat this sentence again, except in all caps so you can understand it: ALL ALGORITHMS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ARE INHERENTLY EXPLOITABLE. Oh no! They aren’t seen unless validated by engagement? Lol ok this is AOC, responding to Florida congressman Randy Fine (R). It has 12M views, 313K likes and 6.3K comments, mostly morons And according to you this is … either bad for Democrats or somehow not actually being seen, it’s not clear. The first sentence here is true, because they know the second sentence is false, even if you don’t. AOC gets it. Newsom’s Zoomers get it.
  14. Compared to what? That’s like saying Pete B going on Fox or democrats running ads on Fox News doesn’t move the needle. All algorithms of social media are inherently exploitable. Optimizing for the algorithm is the standard business of digital marketers every single day across all platforms. Withdrawing from Twitter, and every single argument I have ever heard for withdrawing from Twitter is just packaging up what leftists are really doing, which is taking their ball and their bat and going home because they don’t think it’s fair. It’s essentially what the Clinton campaign did when they decided to only devote resources to areas where they already had good numbers and infrastructure in 2016 (and 2008) So the real question is whether it’s worth it. I think the stakes are simply too high and the opportunity cost is too low to withdraw from the venue, but if you have the luxury to lose without consequences, bully for you.
  15. For the record I hate Twitter, because the of the way it algorithmically promotes anti-American and fringe insurgent points of view. But I do stan for aggressive political marketing and direct confrontation, and that’s still possible on Twitter. Also there is good shit on sports and other topics that form the bulk of my interests.
  16. 1) this is the secular lefty equivalent of getting bent out of shape when someone says “happy holidays.” 2) a national media figure should NEVER put a working class person’s job at risk this way unless they do something hurtful or criminal. She punches down and it’s contemptible.
  17. I don’t know who that is, but based on a quick perusal of his Twitter account he seems to have the same set of affluent elite blind spots tha affluents leftist maxis have. He just arrives at a different, yet equally absurd and fantastical conclusion. I mean that’s crackhead talk man. A formal national dialogue process? WTF
  18. I didn’t love it, because whatever he did earlier in the game, #6 plays for Sam Houston State and is going to be tackling deliveries for Rooms To Go 12 months from now. That said, nobody is talking about this because it was a big deal. They are talking about it because we’re a big fucking deal. So there’s no really no thought process around any of it other than some shit to discuss on Monday morning.
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  20. You still don’t understand. Whether to represent Candace Owens isn’t an ethical question. But representing her poses greater reputational risk to the firm than unethical behavior, because the profession is in an ethical crisis. Is that your opinion as a doctor?
  21. Of course not. everyone has a right to counsel. You said you were surprised they would associate with her, presumably because of the reputational risk. In other words, you think she’s a risky client because of how her actions reflect on the firm. No, I’m actually talking about the legal profession- the risk of being disciplined for blatantly unethical conduct is minuscule, but the reputational risk of association with a problematic client is high, despite the fact that EVERYONE has a right to counsel. That doesn’t seem like an ethical crisis to you? You can get away with defrauding the court in service to a client, but god forbid you take on a trashy client.
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  23. still clinging to the idea that there’s no ethical crisis?
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