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ImNotMarkinson

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  1. What's embarrassing to me almost as much as the acceptance of the compact is the immediate acceptance of the compact. MIT says its bit, and obviously I like their response, but even if it went the other way I'd at least be able to assume they sat and thought about it and weighed pros and cons. It never occurred to us to even think. We just act and make it clear the politicization is the goal.
  2. portation secretary Pete Buttigeig!
  3. Wonder the same. What is the legality of a state authority arresting a federal actor there? Feels like following a knowingly illegal order is the same as acting without any legitimate authority, i.e., subject to ordinary criminal laws. so the feds can be arrested for (on the serious end of the spectrum) some kidnapping-like charges if they actually do ICE-like tasks down to things like trespass.
  4. this is 'so much for the tolerant left' level of inanity.
  5. when people pronounce forward as foe-ward
  6. two of my holdings today: where i bought them;
  7. i think you're missing something. isn't he saying "don't be bribed into your university becoming political?" he's not saying "be D, not R." he's saying "be an education facility independent of political influence"
  8. I know a Zeynep Palabiyik. I wonder if they're related.
  9. those are pretty embarrassing comments from bill burr. no one is saying they don't have starbucks, dude. the issues are a little heavier. i'm in favor of a bit of a cultural exchange and want to encourage Saudis in taking steps to westernize, so i don't really oppose our comedians doing this stuff. but he doesn't need to come back here and tell us they are totally on the up and up. the whitewashing is exactly what everyone's concern was.
  10. its just a requirement that every chapter of your biology book ends with the phrase ". . . unless the bible says otherwise."
  11. govt shutdown + revised negative job growth = S&P ATH
  12. this part certainly doesn't raise any red flags.
  13. NYT: The worst part is the hypocrisy. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/world/middleeast/saudi-comedy-festival-riyadh-free-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qU8.f3q2.01EPtUVhFOvV&smid=url-share free article.
  14. that's interesting. you think boggs from shawshank was a rat too?
  15. i hope someone has some crisis of conscience over this and ends up doing something interesting with it. maybe spoof the censorship rules by doing a whole set like Norm's roast of Bob Saget being ultra G rated puns and other weak stuff. or maybe make fun of Saudi government by pretending it is someone else they are talking about: "don't you hate it when they dismember journalists in . . . uh . . . england?"
  16. I sorta feel different about the Saudi thing. US was big on exporting its culture through Hollywood for the last 100 years. I think its good for us as a country to do this.
  17. Sorry about this and I hope you don't feel targeted. I doubt we will ever know why he did this. There is no result to "hope" for, as far as uncovering a motivation. My only suggestion is that anyone telling you why they think he did this is likely telling you what they want to convince others is his motivation, for whatever their own purposes.
  18. Kumar on opening day roster?
  19. risky click of the day
  20. i just watched it and now it is at 9,900,001. so it definitely registers.
  21. all the tylenol talk right now gives me tired head. we have brain worms on one side arguing X. we have half wits on the other side arguing Y. it's very clear that 99% of the voices out there talking about this have an IQ of 85 and no medical training. it's just a waterfall of false analogies, intentionally misrepresenting positions, statistical illiteracy, 'brave' stances, whatever else performative politics, none of which has anything to do with the merits of anything. as i type this beef, it seems like i'm just describing the world we live in for everything. but this particular topic the arguments and evidence people are relying on seem so facially dumb that it feels worse than the typical topic now.
  22. load up those transports NOW. ship those weapons before he changes his mind.
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