jvagle

jvagle, 4 months ago to random

So many problems with Elon "Aspirationally Jewish" Musk's Auschwitz photo op generally, but we can start with Shapiro's sophomoric assertion, which illustrates that he's probably not aware of Rwanda's Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/world/europe/elon-musk-auschwitz-jewish-antisemitism.html

jvagle, 4 months ago to random

Aired 40 years ago today (Dir. Ridley Scott)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I

jvagle, 4 months ago to random

All those environmental, privacy, labor, and consumer safety regulations are interfering with my individual American sovereignty.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/magazine/heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU0.tTUB.x3wtWlH-DRtU&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

jvagle, 4 months ago to random

Finn has just finished reading the latest draft of your article and has some notes.

jvagle, 4 months ago to random

Trump didn’t ask evangelicals to change their goal of a government controlled by white conservative Christians. He just tore away the pretense that they wanted to accomplish that by democratic means.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-iowa-caucus-win-evangelical-vote-rcna134001

jvagle, 4 months ago to random

Good news, everyone! Business fraud is a victimless crime! Prosecution of said fraud is the real crime!

Go forth and evangelize this gospel!

https://reason.com/volokh/2024/01/14/new-yorks-civil-lawsuit-against-trump-is-unconstitutional/

jvagle, 4 months ago to random

If you're quoting from MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech today, don't leave out the part about America failing to honor its promissory note.

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

"Republics are not defended and maintained by cowardice. If SCOTUS in its legal judgment believes that Section 3 of the 14A encompasses the president, and he engaged in insurrection or rebellion, then its obligation is to disqualify him. That’s its obligation."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-david-french.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU0.l8PT.VFPJXqR3R9W2&smid=url-share

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

A political party made up entirely of Dickens characters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/10/republican-governors-summer-lunch-program/

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

Presumably the Vatican recognizes one particular historical exception to this policy.

https://apnews.com/article/pope-surrogacy-vatican-russia-israel-ukraine-56acaa8500336db81ee18913a77ddc0f

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

Billionaire twitter is weird.

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

"The Civil War could have been negotiated," says the guy who clearly has not read anything about the near constant efforts throughout US history to assuage and placate the South from the founding through 1860.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/06/trump-says-civil-war-could-have-been-negotiated-historians-disagree/

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

Goose Chase Meme: "Kept coming from where?"

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/business/claudine-gay-harvard-corporation-board.html?smid=tw-share

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

It may in fact be possible to convince 25% of the American population of pretty much anything.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/04/fbi-conspiracy-jan-6-attack-misinformation/

pluralistic, 5 months ago to random

Columnist

#NOLA

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

“After an Ohio couple were exposed for running a Nazi home-schooling network earlier this year, state officials promised to investigate but eventually declared themselves powerless to do anything.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/12/28/homeschooling-regulation-esa-school-choice/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAzOTEyNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA1Mjk0Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDM5MTI0MDAsImp0aSI6ImViNDQxY2YxLWZhMjQtNDI1ZS04ODY4LTVjNDI5YWFlMzllZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyMy8xMi8yOC9ob21lc2Nob29saW5nLXJlZ3VsYXRpb24tZXNhLXNjaG9vbC1jaG9pY2UvIn0.6OEGsdwJ0TRWWqtc6b9buy5C83AZzX7bgw--jYQMSCE

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

'Tis the season.

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

When our breakfast cereals required elaborate--and likely drug-induced--back stories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czQym7YVIKY

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

Dobbs has led to a nascent surveillance state designed to enforce laws against abortion. Being in a relationship with someone who thinks a woman should not be able to decide whether to end a pregnancy is, for women in some states, a newly risky proposition.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/political-gender-divide-marriage/676906/

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

New Fisher Price Podcast Set for White Guys.

Get yours wherever tactical gear is sold!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&si=IKQJJMiZzJOeTIiS&mibextid=xfxF2i&v=4sLIaq8upV8&feature=youtu.be

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

Understanding the significance of decisions our government makes requires looking to the opinions issued by the Office of Legal Counsel. Many of these important opinions have been classified, but we now have an index of classified opinion titles that can help us begin to understand these decisions.

https://www.justsecurity.org/90808/the-office-of-legal-counsel-discloses-classified-list-of-opinions-in-important-step-for-transparency/

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

Alternate History Idea: If only 1920s Italy had a robust Marketplace of Ideas.

jvagle, 5 months ago to random

A police officer went to a middle school to search for a book that someone has claimed was “obscene” and “pornographic.”

https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/southern_berkshires/great-barrington-gender-queer-book-police-ban-classroom-du-bois-middle-school-aclu-rights/article_14ba4abc-9eb9-11ee-83c9-0b3ff1c1b9dd.html