LSAClassOf2000
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MGoBlog mod & Michigan Alumnus. In search of a kinder world. Opinions are my own and not anyone else's. Any resemblance between me and anyone, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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Fucking Around In The Cave
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple majority vote is required to send the CR to the House, which may or may not even take it up.
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Fucking Around In The Cave
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple…
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple…
My contention for those on the right who have always been a fan of gerrymandering is that the dilution of voting power is the forfeiture of ideas in that gerrymandering is an admission that you have no ideas that are broadly popular.
I have never had a conservative admit to this when confronted.
I have never had a conservative admit to this when confronted.
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My contention for those on the right who have always been a fan of gerrymandering is that the dilution of voting power is the forfeiture of ideas in that gerrymandering is an admission that you have no ideas that are broadly popular.
I have never had a conservative admit to this when confronted.
I have never had a conservative admit to this when confronted.
I think one of the final lessons from Kim Davis is that hate fries brains. When you look at the details of her life and look at how much she likely has dumped into pursuing this, is ruining your future over hate worth it? Why is it that people who ask themselves that often seem to think it is?
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think one of the final lessons from Kim Davis is that hate fries brains. When you look at the details of her life and look at how much she likely has dumped into pursuing this, is ruining your future over hate worth it? Why is it that people who ask themselves that often seem to think it is?
RENTING AND SHITTY EXTENDED LEASING CAN ALL BE YOURS......AGAIN!
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
RENTING AND SHITTY EXTENDED LEASING CAN ALL BE YOURS......AGAIN!
Don't tell the ancient Greeks, Indians, and Chinese, who were already using lodestone for various things specifically because of its magnetic properties over 2000 years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Don't tell the ancient Greeks, Indians, and Chinese, who were already using lodestone for various things specifically because of its magnetic properties over 2000 years ago.
Please think about the price paid by others to preserve freedom on this Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Veterans Day.
With nations and institutions under threat from the sorts of people some of immediate forebearers once bravely fought off, we need to think of such sacrifice now more than ever.
With nations and institutions under threat from the sorts of people some of immediate forebearers once bravely fought off, we need to think of such sacrifice now more than ever.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Please think about the price paid by others to preserve freedom on this Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Veterans Day.
With nations and institutions under threat from the sorts of people some of immediate forebearers once bravely fought off, we need to think of such sacrifice now more than ever.
With nations and institutions under threat from the sorts of people some of immediate forebearers once bravely fought off, we need to think of such sacrifice now more than ever.
TODAY: Some thoughts on the Senate's newly minted CR
Fucking Around In The Cave
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple…
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple…
Fucking Around In The Cave
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple majority vote is required to send the CR to the House, which may or may not even take it up.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
TODAY: Some thoughts on the Senate's newly minted CR
Fucking Around In The Cave
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple…
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple…
Fucking Around In The Cave
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple majority vote is required to send the CR to the House, which may or may not even take it up.
democracybesieged.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Fucking Around In The Cave
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple…
Forty days into the latest shutdown, the Democrats - so they will tell you - negotiated a deal to advance the vote on a Senate CR, which met the 60-vote minimum, so if I am not mistaken, the next step would be a vote-a-thon on amendments and so forth, then a simple…
Unemployment ran around 10% in Michigan, higher in some parts of Metro Detroit, for quite a while in the early 80s. It was brutal for a lot of people.
I remember grocery store having no-name foodstuffs in plain boxes for cheap though, and I remember that aisle being the busiest one in some places.
I remember grocery store having no-name foodstuffs in plain boxes for cheap though, and I remember that aisle being the busiest one in some places.
Wasn't there a point in the early 80's where unemployment in the US approached 10%? Some of my friends from that time have fond memories of unemployment checks, food stamps, and other not so fun things
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Unemployment ran around 10% in Michigan, higher in some parts of Metro Detroit, for quite a while in the early 80s. It was brutal for a lot of people.
I remember grocery store having no-name foodstuffs in plain boxes for cheap though, and I remember that aisle being the busiest one in some places.
I remember grocery store having no-name foodstuffs in plain boxes for cheap though, and I remember that aisle being the busiest one in some places.
CHRIS CUOMO: "I WOULDN'T BUY 2,000 CLOCKS!"
CUSTOMS GUY: "People do!"
CUSTOMS GUY: "People do!"
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
CHRIS CUOMO: "I WOULDN'T BUY 2,000 CLOCKS!"
CUSTOMS GUY: "People do!"
CUSTOMS GUY: "People do!"
Well, Joyce Carol Oates doubted that he read, and if this is your take on The Iliad, you have not read it.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Well, Joyce Carol Oates doubted that he read, and if this is your take on The Iliad, you have not read it.
It would absolutely cost more and suck. Even corporate plans, some of which aren't terrible comparatively speaking, will begin to slide because insurance companies will hemorrhage money from the ACA hits.
Also, I don't want to negotiate my insurance. I'm not a fucking insurance lawyer, asshat.
Also, I don't want to negotiate my insurance. I'm not a fucking insurance lawyer, asshat.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It would absolutely cost more and suck. Even corporate plans, some of which aren't terrible comparatively speaking, will begin to slide because insurance companies will hemorrhage money from the ACA hits.
Also, I don't want to negotiate my insurance. I'm not a fucking insurance lawyer, asshat.
Also, I don't want to negotiate my insurance. I'm not a fucking insurance lawyer, asshat.
I have this image of Elon walking down a hall at Tesla: "I KNOW THE ALPHABET, PEOPLE. DON'T TEST ME."
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I have this image of Elon walking down a hall at Tesla: "I KNOW THE ALPHABET, PEOPLE. DON'T TEST ME."
*looks at paycheck*
*looks at daily SNAP benefits*
*looks at salmon for dinner*
No, no one does that. They need them because, in many cases, their employers do not pay a living wage, which is a form of inhumane behavior all its own.
*looks at daily SNAP benefits*
*looks at salmon for dinner*
No, no one does that. They need them because, in many cases, their employers do not pay a living wage, which is a form of inhumane behavior all its own.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
*looks at paycheck*
*looks at daily SNAP benefits*
*looks at salmon for dinner*
No, no one does that. They need them because, in many cases, their employers do not pay a living wage, which is a form of inhumane behavior all its own.
*looks at daily SNAP benefits*
*looks at salmon for dinner*
No, no one does that. They need them because, in many cases, their employers do not pay a living wage, which is a form of inhumane behavior all its own.
Well, when you put it like that....
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Well, when you put it like that....
So kill it on the next vote, right?
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So kill it on the next vote, right?
They have to vote again Friday, right? This alone should be a deal breaker, as well as the other stuff.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
They have to vote again Friday, right? This alone should be a deal breaker, as well as the other stuff.
DINNER READING....
When The Worst Person You Know Has A Point…
Nicolas Maduro said recently, in reference to the United States and the Trump administration: "They think life is a bad Hollywood movie where they’re always the heroic Rambo-style winners and the rest of us—Latinos, Mexicans, Colombians, Venezuelans,…
Nicolas Maduro said recently, in reference to the United States and the Trump administration: "They think life is a bad Hollywood movie where they’re always the heroic Rambo-style winners and the rest of us—Latinos, Mexicans, Colombians, Venezuelans,…
When The Worst Person You Know Has A Point…
Nicolas Maduro said recently, in reference to the United States and the Trump administration: "They think life is a bad Hollywood movie where they’re always the heroic Rambo-style winners and the rest of us—Latinos, Mexicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Caribbeans, Africans—are the villains." And I think the only proper reply to this is basically the "Worst Person You Know Just Made An Excellent Point" meme.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
DINNER READING....
While we are on the subject of "The Gong Show"....
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia native Murray Langston is better known to many of us as The Unknown Comic....
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia native Murray Langston is better known to many of us as The Unknown Comic....
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
While we are on the subject of "The Gong Show"....
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia native Murray Langston is better known to many of us as The Unknown Comic....
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia native Murray Langston is better known to many of us as The Unknown Comic....
Oingo Boingo on The Gong Show, with Danny Elfman almost staring down the judges: youtu.be/W1lQueHpLmQ?...
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Oingo Boingo on The Gong Show, with Danny Elfman almost staring down the judges: youtu.be/W1lQueHpLmQ?...
Nature Valley: The Laboriously Pretentious Drivel Of Oats.
late to this but i feel like an underrated part of the musk meltdown over joyce carol oates accusing him of not reading is this musk reply that makes it clear he has never read anything by joyce carol oates
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nature Valley: The Laboriously Pretentious Drivel Of Oats.
Again, when these people learned the game, there were people like this, that would, at least to some extent, work across the aisle. It's entirely feasible that exists again some day.
Right now, it does not, so hearing Senators try to wish that into existence in the present moment is infuriating.
Right now, it does not, so hearing Senators try to wish that into existence in the present moment is infuriating.
No words
My senator is speaking like she just suffered a major head injury and thinks it's 1993
My senator is speaking like she just suffered a major head injury and thinks it's 1993
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Again, when these people learned the game, there were people like this, that would, at least to some extent, work across the aisle. It's entirely feasible that exists again some day.
Right now, it does not, so hearing Senators try to wish that into existence in the present moment is infuriating.
Right now, it does not, so hearing Senators try to wish that into existence in the present moment is infuriating.
EVERYONE FORM AN ORDERLY LINE, PLEASE.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
EVERYONE FORM AN ORDERLY LINE, PLEASE.
Great specialty combination.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Great specialty combination.
OK, I'll have some thoughts on the Senate CR on my blog tomorrow.
Working title: "Fucking Around In The Cave"
Working title: "Fucking Around In The Cave"
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
OK, I'll have some thoughts on the Senate CR on my blog tomorrow.
Working title: "Fucking Around In The Cave"
Working title: "Fucking Around In The Cave"