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Mole

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  1. You even wrote that before he led a terrorist attack trying to overthrow the government where cops were beaten with American, blue lives matter, and Trump flags, and many of his supporters just shrugged their shoulders and started complaining about censorship and persecution. With all due respect to any terrorist sympathizers on the board of course.
  2. It’s really hard for wind bands to sound good in the cold. Tuning goes crazy and cold metal mouthpieces against the lips aren’t friendly. It’s hard even for the great players that the top military bands have. The bands all sounded really good.
  3. It’ll be on CBS right after Murder She Wrote and right before the test pattern comes up.
  4. Please don’t make me be productive again.
  5. If I get pulled over for speeding, can I just claim double secret presidential pardon and go on my way? This is dumb and law in general is apparently really dumb. This past year has opened my eyes to many things, one of which is how backwards my view of the law was. I used to think that the law was built on established precedents and while there can be differing perspectives, philosophies, and objectives, everyone roughly reasoned from the same set of established standards, even the cynics. Apparently though, lawyers just dream up whatever idiotic thing fits their needs and shoehorn it to fit within an asinine reading of the most convenient law. As long as you repeat your moronic statement enough, it becomes established legal precedent. I think the legal term of art is trifidamque linguam exertat.
  6. At least the terrorists will self identify without the ambiguity of a traditional republican smokescreen.
  7. That's the average of everyone. Benchmark line. So they only sampled All-Americans? Such a weird poll. Which sport(s)? Present era only or is Earl Campbell in there? So many unanswered questions.
  8. What’s the sample size for All-Americans? It seems like a weird distinction to make.
  9. Except for the worst of his openly criminal speeches (The Election Night Lie, The Georgia Phone Call, and A Prelude to a Terrorist Attack) and a sense of civic duty to stay informed, I haven’t listened to him speak since the debate fiasco. Life is better when you don’t entertain the truly profane.
  10. 1. The lead guitar part to Lethal Lolita has some energy. It’s worth a listen. 2. The prechorus to Lethal Lolita has a bit of a Duck Tails theme song vibe.
  11. Coup take 2 and here I am bothered by how the article used the word “nonplussed.” From context, I think they mean “not plussed,” which isn’t a thing, rather than traditional definition of bewildered. I’m not sure though; it could go either way and neither really makes all that much sense. I resent that this word has been so damaged and it’s just another terrible American thing.
  12. I know it feels good to rip old Ted for his sliminess, apparent lack of American values, and really lack of any coherent belief system at all, but attending the inauguration is the right thing to do. Even if he tries to marginalize the Trump terrorism movement for disingenuous reasons, he’s still helping to marginalize the movement by attending.
  13. Generally this, but we have a civic responsibility to be generally informed. It’s just that this duty should feel like a bit of a chore. If our news isn’t boring (PBS/AP/Reuters), then it probably isn’t news. Maddow is way less damaging than Tucker or Rush, but it’s still part destructive culture. When Jon Stewart told Crossfire that they were hurting America, he was right in ways that most didn’t ever fathom.
  14. FIFY, but point taken. At this point, anyone still on the Trump train isn’t jumping off.
  15. Yeah, Mongolians do it. So do Inuits and a few other traditions. But they don’t do what she’s doing. They’re highlighting overtones in the notes they’re singing. Think of it as extreme Eq using the shape and resonance of the mouth. She’s doing some sort of witchcraft and hitting all of the chord changes. It’s not overtone singing like the Tuvan throat singers. It sounds like some sort of finely controlled growl. I have no idea how, but it’s awesome.
  16. I don't know if it's perfect or better than perfect. This is the most unbelievable performance I've ever heard. Lalah Hathaway's vocals are obviously mind blowing, but the band is smoking, and after the polyphonic singing starts up towards the end (she's comping for herself like a keyboard player and hitting all the changes, check out the interplay between her and the organ), the band cranks up the energy and just blows the roof off of the thing. It's cool to see great musicians obviously blown away by each other and collectively raise to another level. Lot's of former UNT kids in this too, so Mean Green represent.
  17. Ap, Reuters, BBC (the news kind), and watch the PBS NewsHour. My only complain with Ap is that their website always tries to get me to sign up for their news letter. It’s moved to the bottom of my reliable news list just due to annoyance. CNN and Fox are good for understanding what the parties are pushing and Newsmax and Oann are good for understanding what kind of unhinged propaganda your parents are consuming.
  18. I know too many who have just checked out of reality into this horrible, violent fantasy. It’s heart breaking. There’s no reasoning them out of it since their reality is now so malleable. Even if they briefly acknowledge reality, there’s a reset after several minutes. It’s like losing loved ones to drug addiction.
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