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Theophilus Harrington was a judge in the days of slavery, and he refused to allow it in his jurisdiction. A Vermonter, a patriot, and a man of unimpeachable values. This is the sort of person we need in seats of power today.
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Telegram sent by author Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley on December 31st 1929. Text reads. You come right over here and explain why they are having another year.
Happy New Year from Dorothy Parker (and me).
Wool suit trousers are far more comfortable than jeans or chinos but no one is ready for that conversation (the real selling point of jeans and chinos is cleaning them is much easier)
an actually good movie about the empty venality of the american media is of course NETWORK. an actually good movie about blithe indifference to a looming threat is JAWS.
And dessert
today's pet peeve: there is a kind of self-righteous revisionist historiography that i find immensely frustrating. yes, they're reacting to triumphalist imperialist narratives that aimed to present the past as a dark age of horror that only Enlightened Europe had escaped--
#TrainThoughts
A crisis is more invigorating than the grind of the quotidian
"we love david lynch" yes we do pam
Love this spirit!
This got overshadowed by fresh House drama but I think keeping AOC on the back benches was a mistake and doing oversight is frankly exactly where you want the high-profile progressives.
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see this is the kind of shit you need among your elites. you need a sense of national pride that can be channeled into a productive sense of national humiliation.
in these times of need we must turn to the most aging and sclerotic among the party. no positions unless you've had at least one massive health crisis in the last year, I say.
"I’m especially flummoxed that Bernie Sanders is playing along with this charade; after a career warning against billionaire capture of the government, he is publicly supporting a corrupt billionaire’s bid to rewrite the budget of his own biggest client." resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...
There were those in 1914 who believed that war was just what was needed - as a cleanser and a salutary shock. England would be the better for it. As we wait for the result of the final Brexit talks, the heirs of these fools are still with us.
Alan Bennett's diary, 15th December 2020.
Happy memories #GaudeamusIgitur
Building after building … little compartments filled with possibilities
- Mad Men
It will be interesting to see what holds, but God this piece is so shallow
This could be my favorite selfie
Hypothesis: being richer than previous generations means greater opportunity cost in having kids. To justify this choice, parents over invest of themselves in parenting, which in turn makes it harder to have more than two kids.
I see couples out in workout clothes, always women in leggings, men in running pants.
I think it is a shame men give up on the more comfortable clothing item because they worry people are going to look at them
Loving the vibe though
This sort of democratic backsliding, where Republicans seek to overturn the effect of an election by reallocating powers away from positions they have lost, has become almost routine now. But it should remain shocking.
Straight in my veins, please
Would there have been a way to keep them at least neutral with nothing more than flattery?
Thanksgiving travelers within 30 minutes of leaving the house:
Driving makes me unhappy
Walking makes me happy
I am very American but at times I do wonder
This is the only video posted currently on this TikTok account. Honestly curious as to what this means about this family and their video.