Matt

this is the situation in my neighborhood ever since they legalized weed

so says the Secretary of Excursion

this is the world i live in

would that be legal?

Makes no sense to blame borrowers -- people are gonna be people, have to shape policy around that.

Makes no sense to blame markets -- they need good information to work, and that's what was lacking here.

Makes no sense to blame the government -- Fannie and Freddie were not in the subprime market.

i still think that

I'm not sure it was the right strategy to give the witness the chance to clean up that answer.

does Iran get a vote in saying when the war is over?

i'm sure this is how it works. multinational companies leave it up to individual tanker captains to make the call whether to move multi-hundred-million dollar assets through risky war zones.

You could record onto 8 tracks, on the stereo we had at least. I used to do it.

it kinda is, though

i know, right?

yes ashamed. but also angry.

well maybe so but sadly the people leading us have no want of mischiefs of their own

good GOD y'all

i just wish it didn't look so much like there's a cottage industry of political data analysis designed to flatter and confirm people's ideological priors

"their echo chamber sucks way worse than ours" may not be as compelling an argument as you think

Anthony would make a great Canadian, don't think you realize what you're missing out on here

there's always money in the banana stand

do they not smell the burnt toast

what if i ask for it extra-dry, like i say "wave the bottle of vermouth over the top of the glass" in a manly voice?

musta been a ketchup incident

I would then show them the sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. Finally, despite the drop in quality, I'd show Return of the Jedi because there's value in finishing the story. Then I would quit while ahead, as George Lucas should have. Would consider including Andor, first decent piece of content since.

I would start with the 1977 original, "Star Wars."

Why the past tense? Can't we assume this just describes what they are going to do with Open AI?

i remember driving into bend for the first time over 25 years ago and my first thought was man they've got some world-class sprawl going on here

tbf easy mistake to make

sigh. bluesky gonna bluesky.

I get the desire to dunk but if the point is not to make money directly but rather to curry favor with the dictator, this is actually a pretty good investment.

I am not normally a fan of browbeating the media over whether they choose to use the word "lie" to describe particular conduct, but this seems like a context where it's actually important. "Misrepresent" just doesn't capture it.