Conrad Z. Risher
@czrisher.bsky.social
(he/him) (Not actually Thomas Hobbes, I just try to be.)
Somewhat famously, super lawyer and Stanford Law School dean Kathleen Sullivan failed the CA bar on her first try, which was rightly viewed as an indictment of the bar exam.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Somewhat famously, super lawyer and Stanford Law School dean Kathleen Sullivan failed the CA bar on her first try, which was rightly viewed as an indictment of the bar exam.
Amen. Not even the brewers and distillers; the power of the local distributors is akin to that of local car dealers.
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Amen. Not even the brewers and distillers; the power of the local distributors is akin to that of local car dealers.
Beat a raw egg in after the noodles are soft--it cooks the egg--and cool by adding some frozen spinach, if you want to get fancy. Some swear by adding a slice of American cheese that melts across the top. Tons of ways to riff if you're looking for that.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Beat a raw egg in after the noodles are soft--it cooks the egg--and cool by adding some frozen spinach, if you want to get fancy. Some swear by adding a slice of American cheese that melts across the top. Tons of ways to riff if you're looking for that.
Or a class, or maybe just a lecture, for parent-to-child aged couples? A student and their parent-type co-learning as bonding and to contrast their differing perspectives?
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Or a class, or maybe just a lecture, for parent-to-child aged couples? A student and their parent-type co-learning as bonding and to contrast their differing perspectives?
What's a "Socks Guy"?
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What's a "Socks Guy"?
One problem is that she was going to _prevent_ this--and do a bunch of good things--rather than to stop an ongoing horror show and people believe what they want.
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One problem is that she was going to _prevent_ this--and do a bunch of good things--rather than to stop an ongoing horror show and people believe what they want.
The key is those headers atop the notes pages showing they're for pages X to Y of the text, although I still use two bookmarks.
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The key is those headers atop the notes pages showing they're for pages X to Y of the text, although I still use two bookmarks.
And Frank Grimes was a terrible episode but explicitly noted that their lifestyle was unrealistic.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
And Frank Grimes was a terrible episode but explicitly noted that their lifestyle was unrealistic.
It is not. A joke that many have mistaken for a real quote.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It is not. A joke that many have mistaken for a real quote.
FWIW, I don't think you guys are disagreeing. I read you as saying the same thing as each other in different ways.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
FWIW, I don't think you guys are disagreeing. I read you as saying the same thing as each other in different ways.
Your mention of "his first wife, Ivanka," may be a Freudian slip or may be a joke and I can't tell.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Your mention of "his first wife, Ivanka," may be a Freudian slip or may be a joke and I can't tell.
Aren't constituent services a necessary evil in our current system, allowing legislators to paper over broader problems by helping their voters avoid them? Why would you want the to continue?
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Aren't constituent services a necessary evil in our current system, allowing legislators to paper over broader problems by helping their voters avoid them? Why would you want the to continue?
Even if you're extremely uncomfortable with Gender, you don't need to foist that discomfort on others around you, particularly strangers sharing a public space with you. This is part of their unwillingness not to be praised for their politics.
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Even if you're extremely uncomfortable with Gender, you don't need to foist that discomfort on others around you, particularly strangers sharing a public space with you. This is part of their unwillingness not to be praised for their politics.
The dead cat can't bounce until it hits the floor.
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The dead cat can't bounce until it hits the floor.
Thank you. I feared I had this backwards and it was one of those areas in which Franklin was a fool (or otherwise wrong).
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thank you. I feared I had this backwards and it was one of those areas in which Franklin was a fool (or otherwise wrong).
This goes back to the Constitutional Convention, when some suggested Congress should be unpaid to prevent them seeking the jobs for corrupt reasons and others--I think Franklin--said this would prevent most people from seeking the job. (Cute 95 sec. audio summary)
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November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This goes back to the Constitutional Convention, when some suggested Congress should be unpaid to prevent them seeking the jobs for corrupt reasons and others--I think Franklin--said this would prevent most people from seeking the job. (Cute 95 sec. audio summary)
Your point on NY may be right--Spitzer's downfall was outside of the job but still part of him--but you seem to be going too broad here. Deval Patrick and Maura Healy (MA), Ned Lamont, and Josh Shapiro seem easy counterexamples.
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Your point on NY may be right--Spitzer's downfall was outside of the job but still part of him--but you seem to be going too broad here. Deval Patrick and Maura Healy (MA), Ned Lamont, and Josh Shapiro seem easy counterexamples.
I'd expect even the actual Nazi Party had people who thought Hitler sucked, it just had another wing and it's that other wing that made it the Nazi Party. Hell, there were Nazi politicians in the 20 July Plot.
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'd expect even the actual Nazi Party had people who thought Hitler sucked, it just had another wing and it's that other wing that made it the Nazi Party. Hell, there were Nazi politicians in the 20 July Plot.
YES. We [cis-]men have SO much work to do on this, both in crushing the reactions of our fellows who can't accept criticism from a woman and in providing women reason to feel able to express that criticism.
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
YES. We [cis-]men have SO much work to do on this, both in crushing the reactions of our fellows who can't accept criticism from a woman and in providing women reason to feel able to express that criticism.
I have never had access to the fancy, non-jar kind and I won't have you depriving me and my ilk of the deliciousness that is gefilte fish. (Since no one else in my family will eat it, I get the whole jar.)
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I have never had access to the fancy, non-jar kind and I won't have you depriving me and my ilk of the deliciousness that is gefilte fish. (Since no one else in my family will eat it, I get the whole jar.)
"When Priorities USA tested reactions to specific provisions of the budget in focus groups, according to Burton, the participants thought the cuts were so draconian that 'they couldn’t believe a politician would support those policies.'" archive.nytimes.com/campaignstop...
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Strategists at the pro-Obama super PAC are excited to run against the budget proposals of Mitt Romney’s running mate.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"When Priorities USA tested reactions to specific provisions of the budget in focus groups, according to Burton, the participants thought the cuts were so draconian that 'they couldn’t believe a politician would support those policies.'" archive.nytimes.com/campaignstop...