Plastic Paddy

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“The Republicans made a big bet that trying to raise the status of blacks would be popular, but at best they had mixed results.” -1873 Civil War bond holders about to abide the end of Reconstruction

I just have a hard time treating seriously an analysis that includes the phrase: "The Democrats made a big bet that trying to raise the status of blacks would be popular, but at best they had mixed results."

Could…could this be a deus ex machina event comparable to the one in The Plot Against America?

Lotta weird signals and signs!

Donald Trump Is Unfit To Serve. Here’s Why That’s Bad News for Biden.

Donald Trump is unfit to lead so we're gonna cover the entire front page of our newspaper in articles criticizing his opponent every day.

Nadler needs to say which nationally-vetted candidate should replace Biden in a way that gets them on the ballot in all 50 states +DC & avoids post-election legal challenges (& if it’s Harris, how Dems keep the vice-presidency if she ascends to the presidency before the election).

Jerry Nadler what are you doing buddy

The pundits are crazy -Biden’s unpopularity is due not to age but to economic concerns, which would dog any D candidate -No prominent D is any more popular than Biden -If the concern actually is mental acuity, a Biden cabinet would be more likely invoke the 25th amendment than a Trump cabinet

If most voters didn’t want Biden to run in 2024 a candidate would have emerged to tap into this constituency. Dean Philips tried & Biden got 87% of the primary vote. Even more prominent Dems are no more popular - often less popular - than Biden.

I think what's being swatted down as "elite opinion" from NYT/Crooked types is actually the piercing of a bubble from below. Most voters haven't wanted Biden to run again for literally years.

If you’re truly worried about cognitive decline, the candidate you ask to drop out is the one who can’t complete a coherent sentence.

RIP to Willie Mays, the greatest position player of all time. youtu.be/wH8HPvs6SFo?...

Say Hey (The Willie Mas Song)youtu.be Provided to YouTube by Star MusicSay Hey (The Willie Mas Song) · The TreniersThey Rock! They Roll! They Swing!℗ 1995 Star MusicReleased on: 1995-10-20Compose...

HS girls from the class of ‘24 cruising the strip cranking ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” is equivalent to the girls from the class of ‘87 doing the same to Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood”.

Hey think the time is right for violence rev-o-lu-tion

STREET BY STREET BLOCK BY BLOCK

Make a band milder (80s alt edition): N.R.E.M. P3 Eight PM Oil

Bob Pollard at The Atlantis #GBV

To be fair: if I saw a whale with a crossbow, I’d study it, too

Why scientists are studying whales with a crossbow

Why scientists are studying whales with a crossbowwww.bbc.com Researchers use the device to take remote biopsies from wild humpback whales to monitor their health.

Lady, you *just used* pronouns in your profile

The average great film from the mid-twentieth century: The studios *hated* it. The audiences *also* hated it. But the critics twenty years later *loved* it.

Parliament? The body descended from the council of aristocrats & clergy that advised the king? No thank u

Cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny and Homer Simpson have four fingers, not five, implying that mathematics in their universe is base eight, not base ten. In this essay I will

Sounds to me like that old robbery, extortion Can’t reform ‘em

I think it would be perfectly ethical to destroy all the ai servers with hammers

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A Wolf in a Rocky Landscape, by follower of Frans Snijders, late 17th/early 18th c, 📸 via @Timberwolves

Early victory for comparative analysis

on the tendency for poorer people to rush off for a divorce at the first whiff of infidelity (testimony from the 1909 Royal Commission on Divorce and Matrimonial Causes) 🗃️

(Don’t Have To Call the) Riot Squad youtube.com/watch?v=TBNh...

I mean maybe the Marilyn Manson resemblance is not actually coincidental?

The view from Ashtabula OH was worth it

*The Whore of Babylon stumbles in the door at 3 AM* Her husband: Are you drunk on the blood of saints again?

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Did you know there's a tech worker's union? I didn't! A Texas local needs help: actionnetwork.org/letters/fair... #union #techWorkers

Getting closer!

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The Irish tricolor for St. Patrick’s Day

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A reminder that Bethe Morisot is a delight; her painting “By the Lake” & her portrait by her brother-in-law, Éduoard Manet

Happy International Women's Day Did you know Berthe Morisot was the only woman invited by Monet, Renoir, and the gang to participate in the First Impressionist Exhibition? It only took 150 years, but she’s finally receiving the critical attention she deserves. tinyurl.com/38ejr27f #ArtHistory 🗃️