Stuff like pcpartpicker.com/trends/price... to show that this started happening 5 months ago, and this is (among other things) a “too big to ignore” response.

I just had a Mitzvah Tank flashback.

It is so important to not just know things but know them in relation to other things AND be able to express those connections to others. It’s a toughy sometimes.

Another vote for קינמון. Avoids the uncanny valley of wondering “is it spelled wrong or am I not getting the joke?”

The equivalent location on Long Island is called Harold.

With a weak opposition party and the current media environment, was there any other timing that would have made a difference?

I don’t have to like *anyone* in that scenario to think that there’s a real choice between “shoot my shot and be ignored” and “cause a shitstorm”.

FWIW, I went through the exercise of “I’ve been trying to read Gibson’s books for 40 years, let me try again.” a couple of weeks ago, and realized that what had tripped me up in the past was figuring out which subject paired with which action, perhaps due to the thicket of adjectives.

It is one of the precious few movies that has captured the absurdity of the Savage Steve Holland movies (ie. One Crazy Summer, Better Off Dead).

So, I get that a thinks-he’s-smarter-than-everyone witness will do the metagame of “all I have to do is keep saying no.”, and that any decent lawyer will see it for what it is immediately.

My question is, how does this fail in cross-ex if he stays consistent?

How about the G train?

The idea that something was perfect from the day you were born is myopic at best.

When that’s “NYC in the 70s”…. yeah. I’ve got nothing.

Something something “rational economic actions kill more people daily than” etc etc.

Perhaps, but it’s a pretty good one in general. Thinking some kind of sniper.

No one goes to a NASCAR race to see cars turn left.

Ah yes, the “Did you know that sausage is made out of SAUSAGE?” approach.

Yup. It is never to be relied on, because it can only be right with reference to something else.