I assume that at some point the Republican party is going to start requiring compromising pictures as a condition of receiving party support for campaigns. Why spend money on somebody who might think for themselves?
The previous Thai King was beloved by all but seemed to devote the last decade or so of his reign to ensuring that nothing could stop the crown from being inherited by this serial rapist, man-child and gangster. What was he thinking?
Maybe they should stop beloving the dead one?
Link 2 involves how carefully the belovedness was cultivated. Bearing in min he was crowned before most Thais were born.
What if someone invented a little robot that could move the "d" in comment 5 to the right place in comment 4?
After a friendly offer of assistance?
A plant on a little autonomous skateboard-thing-it-rode-around on? You could call it a Skrode. I understand hexapodia is the key insight.
The Falwells wanted to keep "a bunch of photographs, personal photographs" from becoming public, Cohen told Arnold. "I actually have one of the photos," he said, without going into specifics. "It's terrible."
Does Cohen still have this photo? Is he still trying to blackmail Falwell?
There is absolutely no way Cohen would have destroyed it.
The heart wants what the heart wants.
11: Of course not! What does seem possible to me is that the FBI found it, when they searched through his stuff.
12 Apparently what the heart wanted was a threesome with the 20-somehing pool boy.
https://nypost.com/2016/10/13/thailands-new-king-is-a-kooky-crop-top-wearing-playboy/
On part 3 of the post, ISTR a story about a beach house purchase a while back, are the two things supposedly connected?
20: None of the original reporting has made an explicit association, presumably because it's legally dicey to do so without solid evidence, but some commentators have started to piece together what may be the bigger picture. Josh Marshall gives it a shot here.
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So this morning I saw a nun for the first time in like ten years. Then I saw another one three hours later. The first time was at a Jesuit university so, fine. But the second was just a random non-clerical street. Disturbing.
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It's a sign. It is meant.
(In the early days of the Independent we used to write comic verse around the news, for our own entertainment. A trial of three I think methodist child abusers called, wonderfully, Fullalove, Eager, and Bent, inspired a colleague who had been brought up in the Plymouth Brethren to write a particularly scabrous one which ended
"'whisk harder', said Eager.
'Whisk lower' said Bent: 'this feeling's a sign: it is meant'")
The Josh Marshal piece is astonishing and wonderful. Are there any photos of the pool boy in his speedos?
I bet Jim Baker's ghost read that with interest.
22. How do you recognise a nun these days? 99% of them wear civvies since Vatican II. A nun in a wimple is rare indeed, but a woman in conservative business casual might or might not be a nun.
There's a certain shade of brown that only Franciscans wear. You can usually tell with them.
The nuns in my parent's old parish are both young and wear traditional nun garb.
The nuns from, I think, Africa that are around here usually wear full regalia when I see them.
Sisters of Mercy drive PT Cruisers.
The nuns at my high school were Sisters of Christian Charity. They'd wear a coif and black dresses or skirts with white blouses; entirely recognizable as nuns, but with clothes less formal than a full habit. They must be a pretty small order, as when I image search them I recognize a lot of the faces from the FB photos of my one classmate who joined the nunnery.
Ok fine I saw my first wimples in 10 years. Still weird.
Pittsburgh is probably more Catholic than places you've lived or live.
While I trust this is true I honestly fail to see the applicability. Also my bus commute is 18 minutes and never involves steep and icy roads.
35: I'm a Bayesian about wimple sighting.
Prioritizing priors over priories?
We don't have any priories. Except one that is a hotel.
Speaking of, the Marshall piece says in passing Falwell's endorsement was critical for Trump's victory. True? Exagerrated?
I'd say it was important, proving cover for various Evangelicals who might have otherwise felt obligated to notice Trump's behavior.
As in 2000, there are easily 17 things, each of which is a but for cause of the result.
I don't think either 'she didn't visit Wisconsin' or 'she just ran on being against Trump' make the list.
26: I recognize the common orders' crosses, plus you get a sense for which drab blouses are a tip-off. I saw a nun last night at the crummy parking-lot carnival in the local shopping center. She was in a wheelchair, which is probably why I noticed her, but I immediately recognized the Divine Providence cross.
"Divine Providence" would be a good name for a Rhode Island drag club.
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Somebody on here recommended an app or program or whatever that would analyze how much space each thing was using and then display it in a bunch of squares with the size relative to the amount of space. (I realize there has to be a better way to say that but I can't think of it)
Anyway, anybody remember what that was called?
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No, just answer her question about stats software.
On Mac or Windows, messily?
I seem to remember the windows one is called windirstat and the Mac one ...
It is Windirstat, on Windows.
And on the mac, the one I have is called "GrandPerspective" although there must be others.
Speaking of, the Marshall piece says in passing Falwell's endorsement was critical for Trump's victory. True? Exagerrated?
Evangelicals are a crucial part of the Republican coalition and they were decidedly skeptical about Trump early on, so I think Falwell's endorsement probably did play a key role in moving him from polling front-runner to actual nominee.
And speaking of politics, we just had a convention and as of a few hours ago I am no longer the president of the state Young Dems chapter. It was an interesting ride while it lasted, but it's a huge relief that it's over.
teo's either gone and joined the DSA or become middle-aged.
The true leader remains always young at heart.
You can just rent the young heart, like Falwell.
Dirty bureaucrats. Me, I'm a self-made man.
54: Could you unpack that more, if you're willing? The relief part, especially.
We're having our convention on Tuesday. No one is yet challenging me for my low-ranking officer seat, but we'll see if there are nominations from the floor. Idiots act like there's power of some kind in being an officer of the local party, but actually it's just an invitation to do volunteer work. OK, yes, there are state conventions every summer, and so, as an alternate, I've had a few chances to cast votes. That's like 3 days out of two years, the rest of which is busywork to keep the wheels on the organization. And maybe improve things a little.
I'd love for someone 25 years younger than me, who wants to actually do the work, to take my spot. More likely, if I get a challenger nominated from the floor, it'll be someone my age or older, and definitely won't be someone who thinks that working together to elect our nominees is the point of the exercise. Instead, it'll be someone who's bought into the ridiculous frame that the Democratic Party organization is the main hindrance to social advancement. And then they'll find that they have less than zero ability to accomplish any of their objectives, other, I suppose, than of getting rid of me.
I'd be relieved to lose. Why run for re-election? Folks I'm currently serving with asked me to. And we're going to have a leadership change, so I think I can be useful. Folks at the top of the ticket have been whipping, and think we'll win. Which means that, if the others try their challenges from the floor, we'll have hours of acrimony that accomplishes, for its proponents, precisely nothing. Doesn't that sound like fun??
About 10 percent of our membership has shown a strong preference for acrimony that accomplishes nothing, other than driving away newly inspired volunteers. With Roberts Rules, the 90% have to let the 10% have their say, on one procedural bullshit point after another, before voting them down. It's always procedural stuff, never about any substantive policy stuff -- which typically gets 100% for as progressive a position as anyone will propose. Our 10% acts like it's about policy, pretending not to notice that many of the officers and a majority of the 90% supported Sanders in 2016, or that any progressive substantive policy they want gets 100%. 'It's not your politics, we just don't like you acting like an asshole' is just completely incomprehensible to the revolution through pointless acrimony crowd.
Sorry to stop by and then disappear. Snarkout found it for me. It was Disk Inventory X. For a mac.
I totally missed that you were talking about space on a computer disk drive. That's why my answer was useless, not because I enjoy giving useless answers.
I've been mulling the idea of running for city council. On the one hand, I think I am reasonably qualified and could do a good job and pursue innovative lefty urban policy and there is a window of opportunity such that I have a plausible shot at winning. On the other hand, I've been watching city council meetings on-line and OMG they look boring. My wife is convinced I'd hate it and she might not be wrong.
Go for it. The intoxication of power will take the edge off the drudgery.
I personally love being on the zoning committee so much. City Council looks like a lot more work, though.
Do it Franklin! The city needs you!
You are literally the ideal candidate.
The intoxication of power will take the edge off the drudgery.
Yeah, I do love the intoxication of power. I would be one of just 15 votes deciding what type of parking meter to use downtown.
The control of parking authority revenues will be the cornerstone of your Mosescene empire.
Wow, that's a big council. Nevertheless, the feeling of self-importance will be so smuggy.
How do you feel about shmoozing and making happy small talk with voters? That's the part that would make my skin crawl.
How do you feel about shmoozing and making happy small talk with voters?
I retract in horror at the thought. That one is in the "cons" column.
70: Be sure not to make the mistake of installing new parking meters that cannot be used by people in wheel chairs.
How big is your town? How annoyed would you feel about managing a social media presence that's not the real you? Is it a November election or an off-season election?
Pittsburgh is about 1% of a Wales in land area.
23K. Is a social media presence ever actually the real you? Election is in November.
Go for it. That's a small enough pool that you can win based on being intelligent and thoughtful about the issues of the town, and not bullshitting, and the election probably won't be dirty nor expensive.
Plus, you can really do some good there.
A major metropolis! Your duty is clear.
On the topic of community and social media and sheer horror, a couple of days ago in my Nextdoor there was a post where a guy accused a woman of stealing a bunch of stuff from his porch plus over $10,000 worth of stuff from the house of a neighbor (who he names). He identified the alleged thief by her first name and as the girlfriend of a man who is identified by first and last name. Let's call him John Doe, except that the name is not at all common. The poster went on to say that "She [alleged thief] is dressing up like a Jewish woman and wearing glasses to hide from the police." The poster asked that anybody who saw her should call 911 and then follow her.
Today he apologized saying the alleged thief was in jail and he thinks she was innocent and that it is his fault that she is in jail. This attracted some comments and questions, most of it remarkably serious. In responding, the poster repeats John Doe's name plus says what business Doe is in plus says the alleged thief is a recovering heroin addict plus says that most of the stuff stolen was purchased from John Doe's business. Obviously, I leave a smart-ass comment. Then I go for a walk. I come back to see "John Doe joined [My Neighborhood]."
Thanks for the encouragement. I'd say at this point its still a toss up if I will run or not but pretty soon I'm going to have to come to a decision.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.
81: whoa, that's a lot of drama.
Our NextDoor and neighborhood FB group are exclusively, "Did someone lose this dog? He's been in my yard all afternoon." Based on when I was blockwalking, 90% of houses in this neighborhood have a dog, and based on social media, they all get out of their houses all the goddamn time.
It's about 25% lost pets, 25% I left my car unlocked and now my stuff is gone, 10% "I have reported this information to the policy", 20% yard sales or giving stuff away, 10% cat rescue, and 10% useful stuff.
Awww, streetcrime. Nostalgia shivers.
It's mostly car break-ins and porch pirates. There hasn't been a mugging in several years, at least that was reported. It's a really safe area, except for the 11 murders.
Shush, Moby. You're making me homesick.
"She [alleged thief] is dressing up like a Jewish woman and wearing glasses to hide from the police."
If it's working, the police can't be all that bright.
62: About 10 percent of our membership has shown a strong preference for acrimony that accomplishes nothing, other than driving away newly inspired volunteers.
look, were you remotely surprised?
90 Actually, yes. It's a small town. We all kind of know each other. And worked together well enough in the years leading up to 2017. Our 2017 elections went off without a hitch, and it didn't start falling apart until a bizarre turn of events four or five months later led our now-biggest trouble maker, then chair, to make that transition.
54: Could you unpack that more, if you're willing? The relief part, especially.
It's just been a very stressful experience overall, due partly to the fact that my term coincided with a whole string of internal crises for the organization (from the very beginning; I only took the job when the previous president resigned a few months into his term because he was sick of dealing with crises), and partly to some mistakes on my own part. We've largely avoided the kinds of problems Charley talked about, which tend to be rampant in Democratic Party circles these days, partly by deliberately not using Robert's Rules and running things much more informally. I think we're in a much better place now overall as an organization than when I started, but it was a pretty rocky road to get there and I'm glad it's over and no longer my responsibility.