Well, duh. There was BLM in Trump’s last year, and it caused the murder spike.
These headlines rely on readers being extremely stupid.
Which they tend to be.
Literal Nazis Everywhere
Her opponent is a very progressive Democrat. He’s far to the left of the overwhelming majority of Americans. And he’s black. But he disagrees with Omar on the minutiae of their leftism, so he’s “a literal Nazi.”
Everybody is a literal Nazi if they disagree on absolutely anything with whichever leftist is currently in charge.
Somehow I doubt that this comment will generate as much outrage as JD Vance’s admittedly gauche “childless cat ladies.”
School Traditions
Nobody told me that for the first day of class you need to photograph your child holding a little billboard saying, “First Day of 3rd (or whichever) grade.” It’s a tradition I discovered by absolute chance on social media.
Not that my child would agree even if I had known about it. I can only imagine her deeply sarcastic look if I suggested something so momsy.
Reagan Conservatism
“Reagan conservatism” is simply an initial stage of neoliberalism. It inevitably leads to moral collapse in its subsequent stages. I’m sure Reagan himself didn’t anticipate that but not thinking through the consequences of your actions is not conservative.
Since the times of Reagan and Thatcher, neoliberalism has been embraced passionately and excitedly by the Left. (See Leftism Reinvented by the leftist professor Stephanie Mudge). Neoliberalism, with its emphasis on constant change, is natural to the Left and unnatural for conservatism. The reason why we can’t go back to Reagan conservatism is that it’s impossible to replay the initial stage of a process that moved on and mutated. You can’t stuff a butterfly back into her cocoon. Competing with the Left on the field of neoliberalism is a losing game.
Moneymaker
I found a way to trick the self-checkout register at our grocery store into charging between 2 and 5 cents for any amount of any type of produce.
Obviously, I’m not going to use it and I alerted the staff. Then I alerted them again a week later. They look unwilling to do anything, and I’m wondering if everybody hates me for spoiling a good little moneymaker.
A Kursk Update
Inhabitants of the Russian city of Kursk not only don’t resist the Ukrainian takeover but speak to the invading soldiers in fluent Ukrainian:
Hundreds of young Russian conscripts surrender willingly because they’ve been raped by Chechens for months and are understandably happy not to be raped any longer.
Trump Interview with Musk
Who else is listening to Trump’s interview with Elon Musk?
It’s a good interview so far.
Proof of Work
I actually worked today!
Here’s proof:
First time since June 14 I’ve done so much work in one day.
Teaching refers to preparing my new course. Classes haven’t started yet.
Translation Doubts
So, fellow language lovers, what would you call this in English:
They have filling, see:
I never make them because I don’t do flour but they are very popular in our cuisine.
It feels weird to call them pies. “Kolia ran to the window holding a pie in his hand” gives me an image of a large thing on a baking sheet. Or am I wrong and “pie” is fine for “пиріжок”?
I have half a mind to go with “pirozhki” because that’s what it is but the plural is throwing me off.
True Love
I have this large fluffy towel that I love. I’ve had it for years. It’s gigantic and very cozy. But it ripped, and I was faced with the need to let it go.
But N took it and sewed the rip. Watched a video to learn, and it came out looking neat and perfect.
That’s true love, people. A 48-year-old very busy professional man sewing a rip in an old towel because his wife loves it.
Since the towel is now a symbol of eternal love, I’ll keep it until I’m buried with it, which is hopefully in a very distant future.
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