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Better question: how many glass beads does Jana need to qualify as a Hermann Hesse novel?

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There must be a point of diminishing returns, where increased spending doesn't produce additional votes. Musk's outlays certainly seem disproportionate to the results.

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I think what bothers Johnson the most is the "every day" part. Democratic control of the House will mean no more 72-workday years.

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She obviously means she was in a state of transition.

I'm glad Vance loves that guy in a platonic way. It's a big step up from sofatic.

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"Don't mess with Texas" is a slogan that started out affixed to trash cans. In that context, it's funny. In others, it's stupid.

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Just guessing, but I don't think they can get the refinery expanded and use the additional capacity to get enough diesel into circulation to lower the price per gallon in three weeks. You know what they say about a stitch in time, JD.

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A modern-day Oedipus has solved the riddle of the Guilfoyle.

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See also Elia Kazan's prophetic film of 1957, A face in the crowd. Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes' impulsive choice of second wife is a flaming-baton twirler (Lee Remick). Larry (Andy Griffith) is a prefiguration of Donald Trump.

Both of the Fords were very likeable, Gerald in part because he was such a relief from his predecessor. Both were also very human (in the sense of being a mensch).

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Guilfoyle's resignation is the best thing to happen to Greece since Oedipus solved the riddle of the Sphinx.

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Guilfoyle's resignation is the best thing to happen to Greece since Oedipus solved the riddle of the Sphinx.

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"Oh, *scandals*! I thought you said "sandals."

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Many years ago when I was scraping bottom, I did market research for $6.50/hour. I had to call 30 random phone numbers to get someone to stay on the phone and answer a questionnaire.

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Word order does a lot of heavy lifting in English, e.g in "check the mail" and "mail the check" or "barely knew her" and "knew her barely."

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According to ABC News, about 2/3 of both Senatorial and gubernatorial contests this year are sans debate.

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In his "On state and revolution" (1915), V.I. Lenin writes that no government job should be something that anyone chosen at random off the street is not able to do — he does concede that he might make an exception for physicians and engineers.

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It's been 169 since Dred Scott v. Sandford. It was high time to bring the peculiar institution up to date.

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It wasn't just the grifting or even being getting caught that did it. What tipped the scales was that she isn't blonde.

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Isn't there a point at which the amount you grift offsets the embarrassment of getting caught? Seems to me Trump blew past it long ago.

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I spent four months in Greece once. I'm so glad for the Greeks!

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If your employer requires you to wear a uniform to work, you can write it off; if the Salvation Army will accept it as a donation, you can write it off again as a charitable donation, so why not? It works for me.

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"I'll soon be back to where I was before the witch chopped off my hair."

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All right, all right. But her baton twirling was outstanding.

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Trump has his work cut out for him fitting in the shoes of Warren G. Harding.

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Hats off to Iran for what frat boys call a "ratfuck." The white van screams "Terrorist!" and three of them three times as loud. USAF gets psyched out, sends its bombers home. You don't need aircraft carriers to achieve your objective after all; psychological warfare is just as effective.

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Does she qualify as eponym of a new unit for the stone-rod-fortnight system, tenure as ambassador (one guilfoyle = 379 days)?

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Does it make a difference if the Senator is an ass?

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Johnson is blurring the distinction between "being on offense" and "being offensive."

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I think what bothers Johnson the most is the "every day" part. No more 72-day years.

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She's fresh off her latest acting gig in the soon to be released film "Rapunzel in a Very Short Tower."

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"The glorious victory of the Sixth Army at Stalingrad…" — Adolf Hitler, February 1943

New to me. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

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Is she wearing a Freudian slip?

Don't just imagine — empathize!

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If the scarmucci goes, we may have to revise the whole stone-rod-fortnight system of weights and measures.

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