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Love this. Keep going Dave!
December 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Love this. Keep going Dave!
It's 40 and sunny - a balmy day in Chi Town today. Too bad the vermin come back out on a nice day.
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It's 40 and sunny - a balmy day in Chi Town today. Too bad the vermin come back out on a nice day.
Venezuelan flight accelerated rapidly due to his misguided sanctions in the first term. He created the problem in term 1 with the intention of "solving" it in term 2.
December 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Venezuelan flight accelerated rapidly due to his misguided sanctions in the first term. He created the problem in term 1 with the intention of "solving" it in term 2.
Great reporting
December 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Great reporting
Not great. They could have ended with "Crescent City" to get more alliteration. But I don't work for them thank God.
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Not great. They could have ended with "Crescent City" to get more alliteration. But I don't work for them thank God.
"They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did."
- 1st line of The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.
- 1st line of The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did."
- 1st line of The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.
- 1st line of The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.
I don't want to give them ideas but "footage" implies a linear reel of video or film. I'm sure body cam video is kept on chips. Maybe that's their lame ass excuse?
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I don't want to give them ideas but "footage" implies a linear reel of video or film. I'm sure body cam video is kept on chips. Maybe that's their lame ass excuse?
I'm reading "the Fort Bragg Cartel" and picturing these planes coming back to the U S. loaded with drugs. Impunity + Massive Budgets ==> Corruption.
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'm reading "the Fort Bragg Cartel" and picturing these planes coming back to the U S. loaded with drugs. Impunity + Massive Budgets ==> Corruption.
Exactly! Tech always takes advantage of the fact that they can create externalities with impunity.
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Exactly! Tech always takes advantage of the fact that they can create externalities with impunity.
I never understood why they didn't just go for Senate confirmation in the first place.
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I never understood why they didn't just go for Senate confirmation in the first place.
Just an historical note - snowballs and verbal taunts set off the Boston Massacre in 1770. Response from the authorities was bullets then, gas today. Guess who won in the end?
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Just an historical note - snowballs and verbal taunts set off the Boston Massacre in 1770. Response from the authorities was bullets then, gas today. Guess who won in the end?
Don't walk your dog out on the pier today!
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Don't walk your dog out on the pier today!
Is 41 minutes enough to say it was premeditated?
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Is 41 minutes enough to say it was premeditated?
What will FINCEN do when they see large orchard of TrumpCoin in the next few days from accounts they have been monitoring for years? What can they do?
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
What will FINCEN do when they see large orchard of TrumpCoin in the next few days from accounts they have been monitoring for years? What can they do?
"Scandals like us". Copyright that!
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Scandals like us". Copyright that!
The shooter's gangbanger buddies, whose boss has been basically called a liar by one Federal judge, secured the scene. It's a wonder the charges against the victims were dropped.
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The shooter's gangbanger buddies, whose boss has been basically called a liar by one Federal judge, secured the scene. It's a wonder the charges against the victims were dropped.
Waiting for the lawfare article on quantum legal protocols. According to Heisenberg, you can either measure a factual position or it's velocity but not both. And in this case the DoJ is moving from one position to another at the speed of light.
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Waiting for the lawfare article on quantum legal protocols. According to Heisenberg, you can either measure a factual position or it's velocity but not both. And in this case the DoJ is moving from one position to another at the speed of light.
He's right when he says "we have to raise the bar in Congress".
And he's no Christian for he violates Commandment II (Thou shalt make no idols) daily.
And he's no Christian for he violates Commandment II (Thou shalt make no idols) daily.
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
He's right when he says "we have to raise the bar in Congress".
And he's no Christian for he violates Commandment II (Thou shalt make no idols) daily.
And he's no Christian for he violates Commandment II (Thou shalt make no idols) daily.
"these are not ordinary times at the Everett McKinley Dirksen Federal Building. " indeed!
Couldn't have been said better by the silver tongued Senator Dirksen himself.
Couldn't have been said better by the silver tongued Senator Dirksen himself.
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"these are not ordinary times at the Everett McKinley Dirksen Federal Building. " indeed!
Couldn't have been said better by the silver tongued Senator Dirksen himself.
Couldn't have been said better by the silver tongued Senator Dirksen himself.
Thanks for the coverage. Did they say anything about suing the Feds for damages, compensatory and punitive, and legal fees?
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Thanks for the coverage. Did they say anything about suing the Feds for damages, compensatory and punitive, and legal fees?
I wonder if Comey will sue DOJ to recover his (gotta be sizable) legal costs and damage to his reputation? Anybody ever win one of those?
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I wonder if Comey will sue DOJ to recover his (gotta be sizable) legal costs and damage to his reputation? Anybody ever win one of those?
Unless you have an emergency, please don't patronize Walgreens on holidays. Or go, bring a present for the workers and leave without buying anything.
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Unless you have an emergency, please don't patronize Walgreens on holidays. Or go, bring a present for the workers and leave without buying anything.
Don't downplay Jud Buechler! He has 3 championship rings with the 96-98 Bulls! You shared the court with one who shared the court with Michael Jordan! Put it in your resume.
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Don't downplay Jud Buechler! He has 3 championship rings with the 96-98 Bulls! You shared the court with one who shared the court with Michael Jordan! Put it in your resume.