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We all have our own private Idahos...
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We all have our own private Idahos...
Can't forget the seashells from Demolition Man (1993)
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Can't forget the seashells from Demolition Man (1993)
The Warriors (1979)
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Warriors (1979)
Film tax credits don't pencil. Georgia recognized this after losing a billion dollars per year. We don't need to go there. reason.com/2023/12/18/g...
Georgia taxpayers lose $160,000 for every job created by film tax credits
The program generates just 19 cents for every dollar spent.
reason.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Film tax credits don't pencil. Georgia recognized this after losing a billion dollars per year. We don't need to go there. reason.com/2023/12/18/g...
From what I hear, the new handgun is still pervious to switches.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
From what I hear, the new handgun is still pervious to switches.
Got mine too. Will probably bring the more transit ones to synagogue.
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Got mine too. Will probably bring the more transit ones to synagogue.
Pre-AI AI-slop recreation
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Pre-AI AI-slop recreation
Woah. Brave words:
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Woah. Brave words:
Why don't you act like a real political party and send a candidate into the general election?
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Why don't you act like a real political party and send a candidate into the general election?
(Contrast this with educational affirmative action that was premised for decades on an independent interest in "diversity" as an educational goal. Contractor procurement has no such independent justification.)
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
(Contrast this with educational affirmative action that was premised for decades on an independent interest in "diversity" as an educational goal. Contractor procurement has no such independent justification.)
Unfortunately, with the shift to "local and small", the Mayor might want to maintain those aspects, but at least it won't expressly be based on express state discrimination whose basis falls apart under any serious scrutiny.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Unfortunately, with the shift to "local and small", the Mayor might want to maintain those aspects, but at least it won't expressly be based on express state discrimination whose basis falls apart under any serious scrutiny.
The freewheeling nature of the program that gets to operate without any scrutiny inordinately leads to misuse of the program to satisfy political constituents and to give personal discretion to political actors.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The freewheeling nature of the program that gets to operate without any scrutiny inordinately leads to misuse of the program to satisfy political constituents and to give personal discretion to political actors.
Based on that report, whose results never change and their movement never matters, the city can get a constitutional hook to operate an elaborate scheme that expressly discriminates based on race, sex, and disability.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Based on that report, whose results never change and their movement never matters, the city can get a constitutional hook to operate an elaborate scheme that expressly discriminates based on race, sex, and disability.
The conceit ever since has been that contractor-ownership representation should be one-to-one to the general local population, which was always a dubious proposition. So every year the city issues a report with these very simple statistics.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The conceit ever since has been that contractor-ownership representation should be one-to-one to the general local population, which was always a dubious proposition. So every year the city issues a report with these very simple statistics.
In City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989), SCOTUS said cities could racially discriminate with contractor procurement affirmative action schemes as long as they were remedial for past discrimination.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989), SCOTUS said cities could racially discriminate with contractor procurement affirmative action schemes as long as they were remedial for past discrimination.
WikiLeaks - The Podesta Emails share.google/KFZSr5j61E3F...
Agenda for Weekly Long-Term Message Planning Meeting - WikiLeaks
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], creynolds@hil...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
WikiLeaks - The Podesta Emails share.google/KFZSr5j61E3F...
The key thing here is that the timing was during the primary. It was specifically Hillary's goal to have Trump win the Republican primary, as perceived him to be the easiest to win against.
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The key thing here is that the timing was during the primary. It was specifically Hillary's goal to have Trump win the Republican primary, as perceived him to be the easiest to win against.