I remember back in the day when he was considered "lefty," but his prose leaned so heavily on bullying personal attacks. I foresaw a Christopher Hitchens path for him, and lo it came to pass.
I get the impression you work the night shift.
🥳 L'Shanah Hawk Tuah to all who celebrate.
WISHING JIMMY CARTER A HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY! He has been a wonderful treasure! "War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children." ~Jimmy Carter (CarterCenter.org)
Look, some countries execute people for treason, but I prefer our more civilized method of waiting 4 years for a 165 page legal brief that argues all that treason we saw at the time actually happened.
The state's "Highway Design Manual" has guidelines for building MUPs, including minimum widths to avoid conflicts, especially for cities with lots of pedestrian use. None of the ones I use come anywhere near these guidelines. So yeah, I go slow and I "ding" from way behind. 2/2
California law for MUPs is wild. It's illegal to stand in the way or otherwise impede bicyclists. Also, to avoid impediing bicyclists, bicyclists may not park on the MUP *except* when they're delivering newspapers. Nobody knows these laws. Everyone assumes sidewalk laws apply. 1/2
(VP debate) MODERATOR: What is your favorite sports blooper? TIM WALZ: July 5, 1989, Paul O'Neill on the Reds bobbling the ball and kicking it to the first baseman because he thought the game was over and accidentally preventing a run JD VANCE: Women should be required to wear tracking collars(VP debate) MODERATOR: What is your favorite sports blooper? TIM WALZ: July 5, 1989, Paul O'Neill on the Reds bobbling the ball and kicking it to the first baseman because he thought the game was over and accidentally preventing a run JD VANCE: Women should be required to wear tracking collars
A wall of Van Gogh's sunflowers caught me by surprise, I found myself weeping at their sheer beauty.