Lizard_King

@lizardking.bsky.social

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As for me, my apology is as follows: [space left blank intentionally] I stand by my previous defense of Platner. Drunk tattoos and sexting-out-of-wedlock struck me as the most Marine shit ever. I literally know Marines who’ve done both but later grew up and became decent guys. (Hi if you’re reading this!) I still believe in my bones that people like that deserve to have a shot at public office and that our country would be better for it. But the Marines I’m describing were never accused of more serious things like sexual assault. People were right to give him a chance before; and they’re right to drop him now.
Sad serf saying “we should improve society somewhat,” smug Mr. Gotcha pops out of a nearby well to say “yet you participate in society. Curious!” Followed by “I am very intelligent.”
Economist article title and lede: Barring Marine Le Pen is a political thunderbolt for France-Her sentence for improper use of EU funds could strengthen the hard right.
Article preaching the health benefits of ketamine for silicon valley ceos, and then an article about “crypto’s biggest conspiracy” with the lede “Did bureaucrats in the US plot to cut the crypto industry out of the banking system? An investigation begins.” DID *bureaucrats* CONSPIRE TO DO THEIR JOBS TO PROTECT STANDARDS AROUND CURRENCY FROM A SPECULATIVE INSTRUMENT DESIGNED EXPRESSLY TO AVOID THE SAFEGUARDS AROUND REAL MONEY?
Journalist Dave Weigel, arguing that Democrats and the left are alienating “normal” people by fighting against terminology like “illegal immigrants,” using as a base for his arguments “stuff he heard Latinos say in Brownsville circa 2014”. Because of the Jesse Singal follower tag, I can see Weigel follows Singal, which creates an unfortunate larger umbrella of shitty, bigoted arguments encompassing this particular example.
Clark D. Cunningham, a law and ethics professor at Georgia State University, reviewed Mr. Roman’s filing and questioned why it did not contain any proof of a relationship between the two prosecutors. “If Roman’s lawyer has actual evidence of an improper relationship between Willis and Wade, it was incumbent on her to make that part of her motion, such as by attaching sworn affidavits from witnesses with personal knowledge or authenticated documents,” he said in an email. Ms. Merchant, in a phone interview, said that she had reviewed documents showing that Mr. Wade and Ms. Willis had traveled together to vacation destinations and that Mr. Wade had paid for some of the tickets. She said she believed the records were included in Mr. Wade’s sealed divorce filings. She asked in a separate court filing this week that those records be unsealed.