Hal 10000

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Pennsylvania Astronomer, writer at Ordinary Times, maker of YouTube videos, caretaker of two kid and two dogs.

Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Lily-Pond-Michael-Siegel-ebook/dp/B01BBFWYI8/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelSiegel14

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"National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act" signed on July 2, 2024 (this is not mentioned in the NYT reporting)

Breaking News: A Parkinson’s expert visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer through this spring, according to official visitor logs. The administration has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease.

Parkinson’s Expert Visited the White House Eight Times in Eight Monthswww.nytimes.com The White House has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease and that there has been no reason to update the most recent testing, conducted in February.

Here's the thing: the people pulling the fire alarm on Trump v. US are people like Radley, Legal Eagle and @kenwhite.bsky.social , etc. I've followed these guys for years and they are not prone to panic-mongering. They're usually the ones saying, "Take a deep breath". It really is that bad.

New from me: Where is your "institutionalism" now? radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

The Supreme Court foldsradleybalko.substack.com Faced with the most potent threat to democracy in more than a century, our most revered institution didn't just fail to hold, it aligned itself with the threat

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Anyone keeping track of the narratives pushed by law & order centrists during the pandemic that have disintegrated? I've got the shoplifting panic, cops quitting because of protesters, progressive DAs ushering in new age of crime & violence, bail reform = more crime . . . Others?

This narrative has been pushed by heterodox types for years. It never made much sense.

What's the best episode of TV you've ever watched?

@sarahemclaugh.bsky.social Happy Birthday, BTW!

Interesting point from my mom: "if it weren't for Uber, we'd probably have to live in a home".

This thick bathrobe allows me to walk around the house without chills. Downside is Sal Beta ran into me in the dark and thought I was a rogue Jedi.

Wondered why the room has gotten so dark and then realized that my eyes were closed.

Wanting to see your opponents cry is a step up from most of history when people wanted to see their opponents dead.

You know, it will never make sense to have “make your opponents cry” as the sum total of your politics (for one thing, it yields the initiative) - but it’s definitely *one part* of politics, and one that Democrats ignore at their peril. 1/

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I must admit that the fact that NR had their dream dangling so seemingly within reach, only to have it slip through their fingers, like a desert mirage, does make this whole thing even more enjoyable than it would have been already.

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there are a lotta hungry kids in my town. The Boys and Girls Club does what they can,, but......ain't none of us who can donate enough to cover this

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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an entire movement of wicked people who celebrate wickedness

As a side note, this is John McEntee, Trump's Director of White House Personnel and the primary architect of Project 2025. On Tik Tok he said he gives counterfeit bills to homeless people so they will be arrested when they go to spend them.

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about once a week, i have to explain to someone on the phone that the police have no obligation to do anything for you and, even if their refusal literally leads to your murder, the courts have been clear that there's no case to pursue

A man has been using Facebook to terrorize his ex and their children. He brags about it: “I want her to worry about who’s waiting on the corner.” But police do nothing and nobody seems to take it seriously. Chilling story from Stacy St Clair and Joe Mahr www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/07/f...

How one man uses Facebook to frighten his children's mother and why police do nothingwww.chicagotribune.com An analysis of data from nearly two dozen Illinois police departments found police rarely arrest people for electronic harassment, even as complaints increase.

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the Vasquez death scene (“you always were an asshole, Gorman”) in ALIENS kicks so much ass, man

Experiencing COVID after four years of writing about it has led me to the scientific conclusion that this virus sucks.

Well that explains why I feel like garbage.

It’s 82 degrees out and I’m shivering next to a space heater. AMA

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The bartender says "sorry, we don't serve faster than light particles here." Two tachyons walk into a bar. The punchline comes before the joke You know what the worst thing about time travel jokes is?

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Jesus Christ, who doesn't actually prefer this to 90 minutes of fashy dick swinging? Centrist ramble and then out in under 20. Love it.

Joe Biden just had an 18 minute rally speech and if we can normalize that length maybe he can stay in.

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They want Trump. They want authoritarianism. They want chaos. They want "excitement." It's obscene.

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Years before this ruling, that was the defense trotted out by the Calm Down types: they didn’t do it! Too many people said no, I won’t commit crimes for you, Trump. They fail to realize there were multiple who were willing! If he’s reelected how many Jeff Clark’s do you wanna risk him appointing

I don't understand this point. Trump can just pardon them.

There are many aspects of a second Trump term that will be bad but probably the most vomit-inducing will be the J6 rioters being paraded around the Capitol as heroes.

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(1) Yes, he can just pardon them. (2) He can then also hold that over the heads of government workers who resist while siccing the Justice Department on them. Don't want to go along? Well, you've got a problem, buster.

I don't understand this point. Trump can just pardon them.

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SHOTS FIRED

Also did a video today on my book, which will have a physical copy release on Sunday. youtu.be/TnxJqh24pIE?...

An Intro to my novel: the Water Lily Pondyoutu.be I've mentioned on previous videos that I wrote a book some time ago. After careful editing, a new print version is coming out. In today's video, I talk about...

Had a lot of fun writing this review of the Wizardry overhaul. Normally, I like to have at least something to bitch about in a review but I couldn't think of anything. It's exactly what I wanted. ordinary-times.com/2024/07/05/t...

The Wizardry Overhaul Is a Home Runordinary-times.com When I heard that Wizardry was being reimagined for modern computers, I was a bit nervous. This was an important part of my...teenagehood?

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The President of the Untied States should take sides on 9/11. Foreign terrorists killing nearly 3,000 Americans is one of those things an American leader should take sides on.

the Inside Out characters in MY head

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I feel like saying "some folks need killing" should disqualify you from both public office and from having warm fellowship with the Christians you claim to be one of, but IDK, maybe I'm just a bad Christian now