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shockingly believable.

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Poe's Law is a constant obstacle.

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quoth the raving drunk, 'evermore!'

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

A business acquaintance was whining to me a couple of weeks ago about how he was the victim of racism because it took 15 minute for him to get served at his local Waffle House. "All the Black people got their orders taken before the waitress came to our table," he complained. "It's only because I'm White!"

I know the Waffle House he was complaining about, having eaten there dozens of times myself. I'm as White as a human can be and I've never had any problem getting served there. I suspect his problem is that he's an asshole to the staff, but in his mind he's kind and generous so the problem MUST be reverse racism.

Conservatives are now 100% focused on their victimhood, and minorities make very convenient scapegoats.

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

I have a Manhattan story that goes the same way

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Exactly. *Their* Mr. Rogers sings, "It's a beautiful day in the vic-tim-hood..."

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Conservative victimhood has been a thing for decades. Only thing new (maybe) is support from the mainstream media.

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Five stars!

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

You made me imagine some heinous mating of Sully and Weiss…

Have I said I’m seeing a therapist?

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Back when Sully was more well known, I saw him on Bill Maher's show. Sully spent a substantial portion of the time grabbing his own ass. Just walking out to his chair on stage he reached back with both hands and grabbed his ass, kneading his cheeks like they were bagel dough. I thought the guy was both very strange and seriously personality disordered.

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Thanks Roy - this is swell!

Ho boy , that Anglopspheric thing.

That's Industrial grade

"Watch Sloth and heathen Folly

Bring all your hopes to nought." Kiplingesque bullshit there!

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

First rate stuff. Gotta love conservative unity -- either adopt our agenda, or at least have the good grace to allow us to hobble yours.

I think Sullivan would have whipped out the calipers sooner, though.

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

That was when Kamala knew she'd won the bet. (She should have made it $100 knowing both Tory Boy Calipers and Puking Peggy were involved.)

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Tory Boy Calipers—aces.

Is that what Charles C. W. Cook’s superfluous middle initials stand for? Caliper-Wielding?

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"as if they were going to a publisher’s funeral"

oh, my

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

I'm surprised it was only $50. Shows how thrifty she is...

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

I know replying to my own comment is lame, but I was sleepy when I wrote it and am now (slightly) woke.

What I shoulda wrote was:

"I'm surprised it was only $50. She easily could have taken Uncle Joe for every last dime...I guess she was deferring to the boss, for now..."

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Rich people love these little bets. Haven't you ever seen "Trading Places"?

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Trading Places not plausible. Harris would never trade California for Delaware...fires or no fires...

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Thanks, I needed that

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Aug 2, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Great fun. I'm guessing when Sullivan got into his waiting limo, Charles Murray handed him a $100 bill, but it wasn't for any bet.

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I'll be honest - I've tried to make it through meetings on chablis when what I really needed was gin. (Warm, cheap gin. In a dirty glass. With a hair in it.)It was tough. I can imagine what it would be like for a pro.

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I keep my gin in the freezer for a quicker bucker-upper

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I always misquote this.

https://youtu.be/ybU_t8RAsf4

I remember this as being a really funny movie. Not sure about that. Saw it at a midnight movie. What I probably remember was being with my friends, laughing a lot, being happy. Being high.

This scene always makes me laugh.

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Oh that was awesome. Thanks for that

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I’ll have you know I watched that in a bar

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Now do David Brooks and Bret Stephens/Gail Collins! (I had the NYT notify me when Brooks has a new column so I can do something else that day, like organize my tshirts. I do read the Stephens/Collins tête-à-têtes but I substitute muttering “Get fucked, you over-rated proof America is not a meritocracy” for all of Collins’ responses.)

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What union? T-sters?

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Thank-you for going easy on Old Joe sometimes; with a quarter of the country convinced he's a drooling husk it's pleasant to see him presented as still acute and able to read small type somewhat better than do I. (Bene Gesserit Mother Gaius-Margaret Noonan was offended that Douthat attempted to use artificial means of hypnosis when her Voice of Command hadn't worked, forgetting that that was because it doesn't work when you slur a lot.)

As someone once put it 'Fight the real enemy.'.

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(Off-topic: Someone on Twitter once said, about Garance Franke-Ruta, "She's a good writer, but I don't know why she stole her name from Dune.")

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I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at that

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"Delaware!" Oh, my, too.

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Yeah, that one got me too.

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Heh - good one Roy.

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Oh Lordy, we're so not worthy. How did you get a camera and mic in the dining room?

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