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Mole

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  1. Learning that I can leave negative reviews of all of the people don’t like is a Festivus miracle. My holiday just got a lot busier
  2. Update for the perplexed: 1. Fight broke out over this year’s matching jammies. He wanted Elf; she wanted Rudolf. Things got heated. 2. She has recanted, which is evidence that Beard is a violent abuser. 3. All wounds (on both sides) were probably self-inflicted. It was a weird fight. 4. He’s definitely gone, unless he isn’t fired before some deadline I just made up in my head, in which case he will be back in mid-January. 5. Bag-men have found a new line of business in the NIL world. 6. Youth volleyball is very, very serious.
  3. Regarding breast feeding vs formula, the research is an exercise in selection bias. The last time I checked a few years ago, the only studies that controlled well for population only showed minor differences — like one less case of diarrhea per year. The rest of the studies successfully showed that wealthy, well-educated parents will be more likely to have good outcomes for their children. The parenting-industrial complex — a powerful network of busy-body sister-in-laws, “breast is best” touting nurses, and mommy blog superstars, all armed with shaky research they don’t understand and an ever-growing body of parenting books — love to scare and belittle new parents. My advice to new parents is to ignore this insidious force and just love their new kid.
  4. CSB: I’m a college music teacher. During the Covid shutdown, I had my music appreciation class write an essay having something to do with “Western Music” as part of their online final. I had two students that submitted nearly identical essays about country music — certainly not covered in my blazing-fast survey from medieval chant to Stravinsky. Of course they unsuccessfully appealed the cheating charges claiming it was just pure luck that they wrote the same essay that had nothing to do with the course.
  5. Plagiarism talk: I’m on my college’s appeals committee, where I get to hear every excuse as to why their copy/paste job from Wikipedia, sometimes including hyperlinks, isn’t plagiarism. We have different penalties depending on how much of the paper is plagiarized. We just had a student, with the help of a lawyer family member, try to argue that that the sanction should be lowered because proper names shouldn’t count towards the plagiarized percentage. They argued that these names would show up in original content as well — that those words are a inherent to any paper on the subject — so they can’t count towards the total amount of plagiarism. The appeal failed. TurnItIn is a useful tool, but it’s confused a lot of people about what plagiarism actually is.
  6. I’m expecting something dumb, inconsequential, and grifty. Maybe a new Trumpcoin or a chance to join Club 45 for $9.99 a month. I’m not sure why everyone is taking his word that there’s a “big” announcement. He lies about almost everything. When he tells the truth, it’s only by accident.
  7. Walker giving a concession speech makes him a better American than his party standard bearers. Congrats to him.
  8. Somewhat related, how expensive it is to be poor:
  9. https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/why-geoff-duncan-didnt-cast-a-ballot-in-the-senate-runoff/I5QYKFVZHZDG7OGLZ5GPIHC5QU/
  10. The dumb things he’s saying are correctly being judged as dumb, but that presentation — filled with people who talk nothing like anyone around here making snarky comments about Herschel‘s least outlandish statements — recalls the experience of everyone who’s ever lived in a rural community. The focus of the ad is the condescension, not the dumb things he says. It probably doesn’t matter since I think Warnock will win, but that ad plays into everything the Herschel voter thinks about the other side. To be fair, if they had used people from around my community to comment, it would have sounded like authentic frontier gibberish to the rest of the country. There’s a fine line between drawl and a mouth full of marbles.
  11. Early voting started today. I’ve never gone on day one before, but was surprised how busy it was. Regarding the ad with people reacting to Walker’s speeches, I’m not a fan of it. It probably plays differently in different communities, but from a rural perspective, it looks like more city folk dunking on a country bumpkin rather than highlighting the ridiculous things Herschel says. Herschel is completely without substance when he speaks, but I’m not sure if this actually highlights this. If you live in a rural area, you get used to people talking down to you. This ad conjures up a similar experience — people who don’t talk like anyone from around here making fun of someone from the country for saying dumb things. The fact that he’s actually saying dumb things can get lost when the focus is on the mockery. I hope I’m wrong. Maybe it doesn’t matter or maybe condescension plays well with the masses. Surely they’ve tested these ads and studied them, but this is issue that could hide in a huge blind spot depending on your bubble.
  12. “Anyway, happy thanksgiving.” IFB churches are self-selecting for extreme views that make for outrageous videos. They thrive off the negative attention. I’ve heard even committed Southern Baptists express concern about the absurd radical conservatism of IFB churches. That’s not to say there isn’t a problem, but the context of the hate preach is relevant.
  13. Early voting starts Monday. I’ve seen ads targeting Kemp voters pushing the Walker character issue. Something like, “I’m a republican and proudly voted for Kemp, but character matters so I’m voting for Warnock.” Here’s hoping it pulls some over.
  14. My little town had a turkey give away at the high school. Everyone I know has at least one free turkey sitting in their freezer right now. We’re just swimming in turkeys. Is this what turkey socialism is like?
  15. What is one phrase that I would like stricken from my memory?
  16. Mole

    LBGTQ

    I’m confused about the parades. Both are on the same day, at the same time, on the same route, but they are different parades?
  17. Texas 49 Kansas 10 2 punts, 85 yards
  18. So American Bin Laden announced another fatwa against America? Cool. I’ve actively avoided hearing even a second of that demonically possessed evangelical whisper since 1/6 and my life is better for it. I appreciate all of you taking the mental and spiritual health hit to keep me informed.
  19. Has the dunk on MAGA thread migrated over to the Hillary thread? I came here to laugh at sad terrorists and terrorist sympathizers.
  20. That may be the most Illinois-looking face I’ve ever seen in my life.
  21. Today won’t end with a Senator Walker. That one’s going to a runoff.
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