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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

(Didn't know Herschel Walker, I mean Pat Riot, knew all them words.)

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8.4 out of 14 ain't bad -- 3/5 in fact

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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

“Pat Riot” LMAO.

But while unsurprising, it’s deeply depressing – and dangerous -- that the conventional wisdom on the Right now stipulates that no Republican ever *loses* a fair election – the only acceptable explanation for a conservative loss is voter fraud. This doesn’t end anywhere good.

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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Heh, yes. Still kicking myself that I never noticed "Pat Riot."

Also really funny: his description of "all the people."

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Pat Riot could've been the drummer in an 80s hardcore band.

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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

And somewhere, probably was.

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Calling yourself 'Pat Riot' would be right at the intersection of (disregarding their music, just going by their names) The Circle Jerks and The Minutemen.

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Hey, were The Minutemen [looks it up]:

Evidently[Wikipedia] they were named _both_ for the Revolutionary War militia and for the sub-Bircher reactionaries. I was also wondering if they were named after the missiles.

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They were also named after their tendency to do very short songs. BTW, their politics were pretty progressive; for example, "The Price of Paradise" is an excellent anti-war song.

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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

In case you didn't already know, the link to the NR piece needs fixing. It looks like the URL has an extra "http://" and a space at the front of it.

Not that there is any reason for anyone to read that piece. You'd think I'd be used to it by now, but man, I just can't believe this is what conservatives tell each other, every day, about each and every occurrence.

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Ugh, I didn't, and thanks. The link, btw, is https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/gavin-newsom-survived-as-larry-elder-peaked-too-early/.

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Larry Elder can't fail, he can only 𝘣𝘦 failed.

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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Since the entire point of all this grifting is yet more grifting, I just wanna know when the rubes will run outta cash. Considering how long and expensive these grifts collectively have become, it is truly startling how much loose change is out there for the taking so far.

As for the availability of 'second acts', I think there's truly no limit if you insert just one cogent qualifier: 'class'. 'Second-', 'third-', & even 'fourth-class acts' are ubiquitous in this-here man's land...

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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

I think of the campaign consultant who bought a second home off the recall. Just find some gullible rich guy to fund it, you get the house whether you win or lose.

And the rich guy doesn't even have to be that gullible. There comes a point where it piles up faster than you can spend it. Throw away $5 million and $50 million on a sure-loser campaign, the market will replace your losses in a week or two. Just ask Mike Bloomberg.

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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

I will defer to Steve & Brendan, as they've clearly sussed out the cost/benefit analysis of the moneyed folk. Pay $50M now for $100M of tax breaks when the sausage gets made...

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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

I think SteveB is right: it's not much of a question about when the average rubes run out of money; it's more a question of when the quiet very rich feel like they're not getting enough return on their investment. And as far as I can tell from at least the past forty years, that ain't happening anytime soon. Look at it from their perspective: they are managing to stay in power with an obvious minority of the population leaning towards their candidates, let alone their policies.

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Sep 16, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Okay, so Pudge. That's Trump in a bad disguise, right?

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maybe no disguise

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" All the Kings Men" is something I hope we've all read and certainly something we all should read.

When I think of California to many days in a row I always end up thinking of this.

"For West is where we all plan to go some day. It is where you go when the land gives out and the old-field pines encroach. It is where you go when you get the letter saying: Flee, all is discovered. It is where you go when you look down at the blade in your hand and the blood on it. It is where you go when you are told that you are a bubble on the tide of empire. It is where you go when you hear that thar's gold in them-thar hills. It is where you go to grow up with the country. It is where you go to spend your old age. Or it is just where you go."

This, from the same fine novel, reminds me of today's offering.

"There was nothing particularly wrong with them; they were just the ordinary garden variety of human garbage."

Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men

His poetry is particularly fine, also, too.

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Oh, the insanity...

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Pat Riot! Lol. That's much more creative than John Barron.

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