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Dead serious. The constant chase for pleasure through (often dangerous) vices is usually indicative of some sort of issue.

Unrepentant hedonism is often a dead giveaway, for whatever reason.

What about his career stats make him not top 5, exactly?

Yeah, about that. The status quo has not been "good enough" for a very long time. It's no coincidence that suddenly now we've decided that we need wedge issues to divide the country and the media is putting it out on full blast.

You: "Silent majority that refuses to post in this cesspool" Also you: B word and moan when you get called out for posting drivel and then report posts like you orgasm each time you do, when PPP has long been a "hands-off" area for moderation. You leftists just can't have a place that isn't a "safe space," huh? Gotta get mommy to make the bullies go away.

Indeed. It died when Libertarians tied themselves to open borders, which is a globalist position and untenable in a world of sovereign nation-states.

Not to mention that none of the other members of the Commission objected to the language used (I think there were 7 overall).

Excited to see Hereditary and Hotel Artemis. I'll probably see Action Point after a few drinks or something and guffaw like an idiot.

Ginsberg will die on the bench. Then we'll find Chuck Schumer playing weekend at Ruthie's until at least 2024.

It certainly is. If I were older and had a wife and kids my views on good places to live would likely change drastically.

Upstate NYer here, can confirm: Vermont sucks.

Make Istanbul Constantinople Again

Certainly. My point was more focused on the campaign promise itself, not necessarily an endorsement of stuffing courts full of right-wingers. There are currently two nominations for the 9th circuit before the Senate Judiciary Committee and one already reported out. May see some common sense out west before too long.

It's a (really, another) campaign promise that Trump seems fully intent on keeping. The lower courts are being stuffed to the gills with right-wing judges.

Recent Republican presidents not named George W. Bush and Donald Trump have an awful track record when it comes to that. Based on his Gorsuch pick I don't think Trump would make the same mistakes Reagan and H. W. did.

Indeed. Ginsburg and Sotomayor have given up on even the appearance of the political neutrality that jurists should aspire to. The open contempt that the CCRC showed towards the baker's religious objections speaks for itself; the man never got a fair shake until he was granted cert by the USSC.

Narrow in its scope, which is why Kennedy got 6 justices to side with him instead of 4.

USA: "The circle is now complete. When we left you, we were but the learners. Now we are the masters." UK: "Only the masters of obesity, Yanks."

The things I absolutely will not skimp on at the grocery store are condiments (including oils and vinegars) and deli meats. Big, recognizable brands only.

His takes can be dumb but for my money he still does some of the best interviews in the game.

That I'm helping to gentrify. Now with breweries!

Took tomorrow off. Golf with beer and cigars followed by more beer at a friend's place. Girl taking me to brunch on Saturday, after that more drinking, not sure where yet. Might take a break on Sunday. Might not. Monday golf with beer and cigars with a BBQ in the afternoon. Then up early Tuesday morning to go to the city for work.

Resurrecting this thread because I found this take on identity politics: While Juror presented his questions without commentary or thesis, there are many who would present those questions with the thesis "it's bad for straight white men to participate in identity politics" outright stated and the idea that it's ok for black folk, LGBT folk, etc. to participate in identity politics implied. My only commentary is this: if straight white men are beginning to act more "tribal," in the sense of voting as a group rather than as individuals and embracing identity politics, look for the Left and the "moderate" Republicans to start decrying identity politics loudly and with great fervor within the next few years.

And that's the case in almost every profession, and reasonable accommodations are made for religious and other affiliations (and disabilities). But the ADA doesn't guarantee a paraplegic a QB1 job, and the First Amendment doesn't guarantee a devout Christian will be able to get paid for a job that requires working on Sunday.