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"What starts out in the nighttime follows you in the morning light."
It's getting harder to ignore our gerontocracy.
Sep 4, 2023 • 
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"What starts out in the nighttime follows you in the morning light."
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"Oh, this is business, son - no time, for you, no time."
A sports broadcast move made me think a lot about The Way Things Work.
Nov 20, 2023 • 
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"Oh, this is business, son - no time, for you, no time."
"By the time they realize we’re gone, fire will be the only light. "
The end of American administrative government won't come with a bang, but with a series of whimpers disguised as federal court decisions.
May 9, 2023 • 
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"By the time they realize we’re gone, fire will be the only light. "
"If nothing can be known, then stupidity is holy."
A rant about how we are completely around the bend on information credibility.
Oct 16, 2023 • 
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"If nothing can be known, then stupidity is holy."
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“This is a picture of things going a little out of hand. This is a sculpture of a couple of things we've gotta get straight.”
The Jan. 6 committee produced a pretty good TV miniseries and a report that – despite its length – left a fair amount to be desired.
Jan 9, 2023 • 
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“This is a picture of things going a little out of hand. This is a sculpture of a couple of things we've gotta get straight.”
"I'm getting weaker, I'm getting thin. I hate how obvious I have been."
Tucker Carlson exemplifies "I read it in the paper" as much as anyone ever has.
Apr 24, 2023 • 
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"I'm getting weaker, I'm getting thin. I hate how obvious I have been."
"The truth lays like dead leaves. I am sentenced, you'll forget."
Donald Trump is leading in all kinds of polls and his people are making noise about rewiring government in terrible ways.
Nov 13, 2023 • 
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"The truth lays like dead leaves. I am sentenced, you'll forget."
"We are not conquerors. We float with the tide."
Deep sea pressure does not care if you are very rich. Unfortunately, the news industry does.
Jun 26, 2023 • 
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"We are not conquerors. We float with the tide."
"Go back to sleep and this is not gonna get better."
Polling is hardly an exact science, but that Taylor Swift/politics/Super Bowl conspiracy theory stuff is terrifying.
Feb 21, 2024 • 
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"Go back to sleep and this is not gonna get better."
She said, "I'd save you, but the world's bent"
In which I finally move to Substack and restart my newsletter.
Jan 2, 2023 • 
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She said, "I'd save you, but the world's bent"
"From the bridge out of Hammond, see the big city moon."
No one really knows what "the economy" is, but the media sure as hell can talk about "vibes."
Dec 5, 2023 • 
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"From the bridge out of Hammond, see the big city moon."
"Two hands, one thread - broken now, unwound."
No one loves a Trump-Biden rematch, but that's still reality.
Jan 29, 2024 • 
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"Two hands, one thread - broken now, unwound."
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