davidtoddmccarty

davidtoddmccarty, 1 month ago to random

Sam Bankman-Fried will be up for release in 2049. He’ll be 57, a year older than me. I’m having trouble imagining the effort it would take for me to change jobs or move ever again. He’s fucked. His parents will both be dead. No friends. The world will have moved on. We won’t even remember him.

Let it be a lesson to you young entrepreneurs who think it’s all a big game. It’s game with live ammo. Not everyone gets nine lives. Be careful of the shortcuts you take.

davidtoddmccarty, 4 months ago to random

If someone doesn’t come up with a profitable business model soon for independent journalism, we’re seriously fucked. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s not going all that well.

What I especially like are the people who bitch about firewalls and then tell you how to get around them but insist that freedom is important.

Oh, you don’t like “corporate” news? Don’t worry. Just ask your idiot cousin on Facebook. He’ll tell you everything you need to know. He’s done his own research.

davidtoddmccarty, 20 days ago to random

It’s far too reductive and simplistic to just chalk people up as crazy, stupid, or evil. People are far more complex than that.

I’m struggling to understand what RFK, Jr thinks he’s accomplishing with this half-assed, fringe lunatic run for president.

He’s spending millions just to get on the ballot in states. I think he has two.

What’s his best case scenario? In his mind. What’s a win?

davidtoddmccarty, 2 months ago to random

I don’t even know why the opposition party even bothers with a SOTU rebuttal. Has that ever gone well?

Each time they think, “This time we’ll get it right.”

Nope.

It’s the State of the Union, not he said she said.

davidtoddmccarty, 9 days ago to random

I think I understand the idol worship from the deplorables and I understand the Useful Idiot theory from those who simply want power, but I have a hard time reconciling otherwise intelligent and informed people who appear to genuinely like Trump. It’s all got to be an act, right?

I mean everyone can see that he’s a morally depraved, addled tyrant who is a perpetual failure, right?

Just look at the things Tucker Carlson said off the record. He’s just a meal ticket.

davidtoddmccarty, 8 months ago to random

Why do we equate this song with sad? Why necessarily with any emotion at all? Because we do. But why?

https://youtu.be/pOsWUA7cK50?si=UCVTHZXFkRzbvlqg

davidtoddmccarty, 7 months ago to random

My desired cutoff for a non-incumbent elected official is 60 years old. If you’re over sixty you can’t decide you want to jump into politics. After 65 you can’t run anymore.

35-55 is the sweet spot.

Politics shouldn’t be part of your retirement plan.

davidtoddmccarty, 7 months ago to random

I love it when people try to shame me for shit I don’t care about.

“You seem biased against the Right in your writing,” they say.

“Biased? No. I’m not biased,” I tell them. “I fucking hate them all. Was I not clear about that? My bad.”

“You’re an ageist,” they cry.

“So what,” I tell them. “We discriminate against people all the time. We don’t let toddlers drive cars, allow teens to drink beer, or let old people fly passenger jets. It’s called a healthy society.”

davidtoddmccarty, 7 months ago to random

I was never a fan of Joe Biden. Ever. But he’s all we have and I don’t want to hear any more about it. It’s a Democratic win or fascism.

Get it together you fucksticks.

Quit this childish nonsense about another party or an independent candidate. You’re better off praying that Santa Claus saves us.

Vote for Democrats or become a failed state. You think if the country collapses, we’ll all just get together and create some new utopian system? It will be wealthy warlords and private armies.

davidtoddmccarty, 5 months ago to random

Most days I do not want a pet of any kind, likely ever again. But lately, I think my wife are secretly trying to convince one another that we need a Golden Retriever.

I don’t know why.

davidtoddmccarty, 4 months ago to random

Why is it “an obscure clause” NYT? It’s pretty straightforward in both meaning and intent. It’s only been unused because past candidates (since the Civil War) haven’t been engaged in insurrection against the government or refused to leave office.

davidtoddmccarty, 1 year ago to random

“Half the country” does not support Trump. That’s a myth. Only 25% of Americans are registered Republicans, and only half of them want to see him return to the White House. So that’s more like 12%.

davidtoddmccarty, 9 months ago to random

Before the 2020 election, all the Maga-types were telling me that I was going to be so shocked and disappointed with the election results. That I was out of touch and had no idea what was coming.

“We’ll see,” I told them. “Come talk to me after the election.”

Well, they’re back. Telling me that Trump has the support of the country and is poised to win big. Then I’ll really be sorry.

I predict he loses worse than before.

The bubbles are strong in this country.

davidtoddmccarty, 1 month ago to random

Does anyone think NPR does NOT have a liberal bias? That doesn’t mean they’re a propaganda factory like Fox, OAN, and other RW media. Every journalist who is not a conservative activist, has a liberal bias. They still operate under journalistic standards.

The problem is that free speech, truth seeking, and the rule of law are apparently exclusively liberal concepts, now. It’s not NPR’s fault that the GOP abandoned the principle of professional integrity.

davidtoddmccarty, 4 months ago to random

This makes no sense to me. I must be missing something. Who cares if he pulled the trigger? It wasn’t supposed to be loaded with live ammo. He might not even have remembered pulling the trigger. It doesn’t matter. This is a bullshit case. I don’t get it. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/19/1225700496/alec-baldwin-is-indicted-in-fatal-shooting-of-cinematographer-after-new-gun-anal

davidtoddmccarty, 6 months ago to writing

Thanksgiving is the most popular holiday in America — even bigger than Christmas, if you can believe that. It is the one holiday in our calendar year that professes no religious connotation, contains no political charge, or nod to labor or the armed forces; it has no racial overtones, ideological bent, or any notable commercial component, which might be the most shocking reality of all.

#Culture #Thanksgiving #Writing #LMNO #Medium

https://medium.com/ellemeno/an-embarrassment-of-gravy-with-a-side-of-grace-500779efc091

davidtoddmccarty, 3 months ago to politics

The case for Joe Biden is not that he’s the second coming of John F Kennedy or even a decent follow-up to Obama. He’s not exciting. He’s not young. He’s not bubbling with fresh ideas and eager to disrupt the world order. He’s an old guy who’s been around the sun a few times and, consequently, has seen some shit that turned his hair white.

#Politics

https://medium.com/rome-magazine/vote-for-biden-because-hes-boring-db44ac2cee1d

davidtoddmccarty, 3 months ago to random

Never realized before how often Frank Herbert referred to Chani in Dune as having an “elfin face.”

We get it. She has an elfin face. What the fuck would that even mean on some remote planet? What the fuck is an elf?

davidtoddmccarty, 6 months ago to random

I like macaroni and cheese, as well as baked beans, well enough. They’re both fine comfort foods. But I don’t see what all the fuss is about. How good do you really think you can make these dishes?

davidtoddmccarty, 3 months ago to random

If an actor doesn’t wish to do nude scenes, that’s their prerogative. We don’t need a press release and news article about it. Nobody gives a shit. We all have much more pressing shit to worry about than whether anyone sees your tits. Get over yourself.

davidtoddmccarty, 7 months ago to random

I actually pay for ad-free YouTube, so I don’t really have any sympathy for people upset that their ad blockers aren’t working. You’re stealing. Ads pay for the service.

davidtoddmccarty, 7 months ago to photography

I didn’t realize that Inge Morath, who was married to Playwright Arthur Miller, was the one who took this photo. Born in Austria in 1923, she became the first woman accepted into the prestigious Magnum Photo Agency in Paris. She first met Miller while shooting production stills for the film “The Misfits,” written by Miller, directed by John Huston and starring Clarke Gable, Marylin Monroe, and Montgomery Cliff. #Photography #Writing

davidtoddmccarty, 14 days ago to random

A producer I used to work with a lot told me I’m looking very prophetic these days. #BlessYou #TheEndIsNigh

davidtoddmccarty, 12 days ago to Phillies

My granddaughter, and her school choir, are performing the national anthem tonight at the Phillies game. The whole family went to show their support.

This is our youngest grandson, sporting a Phillies hat, tee and cowboy boots, like the good hillbilly he doesn’t know he is. What a piece of work.

#phillies #mlb #RingTheBell

davidtoddmccarty, 4 months ago to random

I just spent the last hour seriously considering buying a violin and trying to teach myself to play. Then I realized I’d have to learn to read music which led me to think, “As if you have any idea what note to play by ear.”

I think it will need to remain a nice little fantasy.

One of these days I will end up buying one, but the likelihood of me ever learning to play it properly seem rather slim. I’m way too lazy.

I’d just hoard it.