Random Politics
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Liberal purity test gantlet gonna do her in now for whatever she did wrong.
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Pepperidge Farm’s remembers.The Sybian wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:59 amOTOH, there are 25 scandals every week in this administration, and nothing sticks for more than a week. Will any remember or care in 2028?DSafetyGuy wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:51 am Not very often you get to see someone realize their future is over the exact moment it happens.
She may end up continuing as Michigan's governor after the 2026 election, but that was pretty much self-immolation of any aspirations.
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It’s like the Howard Dean yell.DSafetyGuy wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:51 am Not very often you get to see someone realize their future is over the exact moment it happens.
She may end up continuing as Michigan's governor after the 2026 election, but that was pretty much self-immolation of any aspirations.
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"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - sybian
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Interesting essay from author Chuck Wendig on what all this feels like.
https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/0 ... right-now/
https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/0 ... right-now/
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I’ve only read Wanderers and Wayward. (In many ways a reboot of The Stand.) I liked them quite a bit, especially Wanderers.
His other stuff seems a little too weird to me. I heard parts of Black Apple Orchard when my wife listened to it, and it just didn’t appeal to me.
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Y'all ellipses users should be impressed with this ...
"He swore fluently, obscenely, and without repeating himself for just over a minute."
Mick Herron, "Down Cemetery Road"
Mick Herron, "Down Cemetery Road"