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just a simple lawyer from a sleepy border town he/him
that's an un-spicy meatball!
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
that's an un-spicy meatball!
it's also mentioned in Bank's "A Few Notes on The Culture" essay
www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/...
www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/...
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
it's also mentioned in Bank's "A Few Notes on The Culture" essay
www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/...
www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/...
there are also hundreds of thousands of WW2 vets still alive worldwide, and we can't rule out one or more of them eventually dying in a way attributable to a war wound, like with Joshua Chamberlin
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
there are also hundreds of thousands of WW2 vets still alive worldwide, and we can't rule out one or more of them eventually dying in a way attributable to a war wound, like with Joshua Chamberlin
Chuck Schumer DOB: November 23, 1950
Liz Warren DOB: June 22, 1949
not sure that's addressing the gerontocracy concerns
Liz Warren DOB: June 22, 1949
not sure that's addressing the gerontocracy concerns
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Chuck Schumer DOB: November 23, 1950
Liz Warren DOB: June 22, 1949
not sure that's addressing the gerontocracy concerns
Liz Warren DOB: June 22, 1949
not sure that's addressing the gerontocracy concerns
she would take a comb to the caucus
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
she would take a comb to the caucus
what time scale are you picturing? if I remember my Caro correctly the majority leader used to have no power *at all* until LBJ figured out a way to seize control from the committee chairs, the ones who previously were running the show independently from each other
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
what time scale are you picturing? if I remember my Caro correctly the majority leader used to have no power *at all* until LBJ figured out a way to seize control from the committee chairs, the ones who previously were running the show independently from each other
how do Nute Gunray and Lott Dod figure in here
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
how do Nute Gunray and Lott Dod figure in here
Naboo, simple stuff here
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Naboo, simple stuff here
misread this at first as somehow being about San Diego High School
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
misread this at first as somehow being about San Diego High School
you were fine the first time, she also would have the option of a her own civil claim (service of process, however, would be difficult)
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
you were fine the first time, she also would have the option of a her own civil claim (service of process, however, would be difficult)
yeah, I didn't feel the slightest offense; I was raised Catholic but had lapsed for 20 years+; after the election of new pope I started going back to mass, and feeling compelled to be doctrinally up-to-date I thus recently read the Catechism, which is why the factoid was at the top of my mind
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
yeah, I didn't feel the slightest offense; I was raised Catholic but had lapsed for 20 years+; after the election of new pope I started going back to mass, and feeling compelled to be doctrinally up-to-date I thus recently read the Catechism, which is why the factoid was at the top of my mind
fwiw Catholics do explicitly believe Mary gave her consent at the Annunciation
www.vatican.va/content/cate...
www.vatican.va/content/cate...
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
fwiw Catholics do explicitly believe Mary gave her consent at the Annunciation
www.vatican.va/content/cate...
www.vatican.va/content/cate...
*this* time Lucy isn't going to move the football
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
*this* time Lucy isn't going to move the football
assuming with a notable lack of dung as a gunpowder ingredient!
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
assuming with a notable lack of dung as a gunpowder ingredient!
in our modern day people can 3D-print the things, or assemble a Shino Abe-special
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
in our modern day people can 3D-print the things, or assemble a Shino Abe-special
I feel that's the critical thing of the last few decades, they fucked up riding the tiger
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I feel that's the critical thing of the last few decades, they fucked up riding the tiger
but the population numbers in absolute terms, *lots* of people live in the US
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
but the population numbers in absolute terms, *lots* of people live in the US
what even would be the historical comparator? the Taiping Rebellion? but, like, more?
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
what even would be the historical comparator? the Taiping Rebellion? but, like, more?
something about having the oldest written constitution in the world, the barnacles on the hull are really building up
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
something about having the oldest written constitution in the world, the barnacles on the hull are really building up
the social media scrape established the plaintiff-bartender at *boxing* class post-incident; it settled for marginal value
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
the social media scrape established the plaintiff-bartender at *boxing* class post-incident; it settled for marginal value
only tangentially related, but I recently worked a PI case representing the parents of the now-a-man from a bar mitzvah; at the reception an ice sculpture collapsed on a bartender
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
only tangentially related, but I recently worked a PI case representing the parents of the now-a-man from a bar mitzvah; at the reception an ice sculpture collapsed on a bartender
it's a shame when political reform has a negative ideological valence
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
it's a shame when political reform has a negative ideological valence
thank you; with that in mind I think my point is, say you're on Tatooine, your needs may be vastly different from those of people on an arctic planet, or a swamp planet, that happens to be in your same sector; that's not meaningful representation
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
thank you; with that in mind I think my point is, say you're on Tatooine, your needs may be vastly different from those of people on an arctic planet, or a swamp planet, that happens to be in your same sector; that's not meaningful representation
the more you try to think about the political structure of the Old Republic the worse it gets, and I'm getting dangerously close to "Palpatine did nothing wrong"
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
the more you try to think about the political structure of the Old Republic the worse it gets, and I'm getting dangerously close to "Palpatine did nothing wrong"