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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 12h
Last year I discovered there's an Alabama public official named Young Boozer III. All names pale compared to that.
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 16h
Paul Campos: "Of all the very many disturbing things about Trump, the single most disturbing to me is that he might actually be more emotionally than intellectually disabled.”
They’re so cringe
As a senior citizen, possibly it’s cringe for me to say “cringe” but hey, the Felon’s worshippers are indeed cringe-worthy, so … For example Newsmax host Rob Schmitt i…
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 19h
This is not a new idea. It was going to transform Hollywood back in the 1990s.
Despite the breathless tone of the article, is there really a big fanbase for this?
I also doubt Altman's assurances of how well this will work out for rightsholders.
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 19h
Unfortunately we can't even grasp our obligation to the Afghanis who helped our troops.
This is still an excellent thread.
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 19h
Satellites! Supersonic fighters! When this late 1950s paperback came out, we're talking the cutting edge of tech.
A paperback cover with a rocket on it, reflecting the book deals with the beginnings of supersonic flight and rocketry.
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 1d
I love the story but the unabridged version was a disappointing slog for mme.
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 1d
No, it wasn't. Vomit.
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 1d
It’s like the anti-antiracists who claim, in the words of Paul Waldman, that“we must stop talking and thinking about racism, and most of all we must stop trying to do anything about racism"
Wilhoit’s law and compassion
Wilhoit’s Law is the rule that the basic principle of conservatism is “the law protects us but doesn’t bind us; the law binds you but doesn’t protect you.” Case in poi…
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 2d
Reminiscent of all the rich people who were going to go Galt and stop working if Obama became president. He did, they didn't.
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 2d
The Mountain of Judgment! The Hulk in WW! Green Lantern on planet Maltus! And other images from late in 1970
I'd have posted sooner — ⋆ Atomic Junk Shop
But the Plush Dog went on a three-day binge and we had to bail him out of the drunk tank. Actually what happened was that a few weeks ago he …
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 3d
I remember one preacher who talked about how as a kid his father would whip him raw, then demand his son hug him and thank him for loving him. Made me want to vomit.
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 3d
From the way Mom is talking, I think the "poison" is homosexuality, not pedophilia.
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 3d
Technically he renamed it for some other General Bragg. I've read the Confederate die-hards weren't happy with the tricks.
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 3d
Paul Pressler, one of the founders of the Southern Baptist Conference's turn into a right-wing Republican machine, was gay, and assaulted young teenagers. And SBC blithely covered it up and revered him as a right-wing icon.
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 3d
As others have said they’re so stupid it’s almost impossible not to think they have some elaborate strategy behind it because nobody’s that moronic, right?
Wrong
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
"People who don’t know how to invent anything except fundraising are using computers to create a world where they can insert themselves as middlemen and pretend they invented everything we already had." — Daniel Kibblesmith on AI art
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
Scott Yenor, "esteemed"? The misogynist who complains we should go back to the days of public men and private women?
Anything he says is bullshit by default.
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
A good point.
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
We can assume Alito and Thomas have their buyers yanking their chains. Kavanaugh probably hopes to end up supreme judge in an R dictatorship. Roberts has apparently decided he'd sooner support fascism than pretend to be a wise solon.
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
From the studio's perspective it's probably a worthy investment to please Glorious Supreme Leader. And I imagine the Felon's toadies will assure him the grosses are spectacular, bigger than Taylor Swift could dream of!
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
It puts me in mind of Rod Serling’s observation in Requiem for a Heavyweight: first you get a thousand a week (we’re talking 1950s money — today that’s over ten grand a week) and it’s unbelievable! Nobody can spend that much! A year later, you’re spending that much.'
If you think $10 million is enough, you will never make $10 million
That insight came from entrepreneur and business guru Harvey Mackay back in the 1990s (I browed his books when I worked at Waldenbooks). I think there’s a definite truth to it. For a lot of r…
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
Nor was the Roman slavery in the Bible worried about race.
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
Lots of reporters tend to be dreadful dealing with the religious right, accepting their statements about faith and "biblical worldview" at face value. But yes, Douthat sucking up is that much worse.
fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
I'm quite sure despite the lack of any racial basis for Biblical era slavery, Wilson knows who the slaves should be.
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fsherman.bsky.social @fsherman.bsky.social · 5d
I cannot say I am surprised Douthat would pick the wrong side.