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TomDCL

TomDCL

@TomDCL

Suburban dad; attorney; former engineer; multiple-time Jeopardy contestant-pool also-ran; Portu-guinea. Arsenal fan. Yankee fan.

USA Katılım Şubat 2011
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TomDCL@TomDCL·
@OBG_AFC One side took 15 of the last 15, and one took 8 of 15. Bottle, indeed.
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TomDCL@TomDCL·
Champions
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TomDCL@TomDCL·
Just fished a dead crow out of the pool. That's not at all a bad omen or anything, right?
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TomDCL@TomDCL·
@The_Kyle_Mann ... But I would watch the shit out of a Calvinball league.
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Kyle Mann@The_Kyle_Mann·
I like that Watterson never licensed Calvin and Hobbes out. We'd currently be suffering through season 7 of Teen Calvin on Amazon, with a prequel movie coming out this summer covering The Spaghetti Incident
Dreams Uncharted Comix@DreamsUnchartd

Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes is an interesting figure in my life. On the one hand, Calvin and Hobbes is, for my money, the greatest newspaper strip of all time. I wish I had one tenth of this man's talent. I still think back on how the stories he told got me through some of the rough patches in my childhood by giving me this example of another kid with a vivid imagination who was a bit of a loner (depending on what your views on Hobbes are) who I could identify with. On the other hand, I'm on the complete opposite side of the scale from him when it comes to our views on licensing and comics as a business. He had in his mind the notion that seeing a comic book character made into a toy and put on a store shelf cheapens it somehow. I think that's idiotic. Seeing a character in different contexts is what makes it into an enduring part of the culture. Watterson was inspired greatly in his work by Peanuts, which was extensively licensed out. I, as someone born decades later than Watterson, wouldn't have any connection to Peanuts at all if not for the holiday specials. Licensing keeps characters alive. Meanwhile, I'm worried that Calvin and Hobbes is starting to fade away as a new generation grows up without it. But maybe I'm also just salty that my childhood wish to see a Calvin and Hobbes movie about "the noodle incident" never came true.

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Wallace Santos@santos_wallace·
Even though I’ve never owned a @MercedesBenz , I’ve always appreciated their muscular designs and their commitment to badass V8 engines. This feels like a step in the wrong direction. Maybe they can save it with a facelift?
Mercedes-Benz USAㅤ@MercedesBenzUSA

The all-new Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupé: experience the raw power of a hypercar and the legendary emotion of an Affalterbach V8, paired with charging times that rival a racetrack pitstop. Four doors. No compromises. Pure AMG 🙌

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We did it, together.
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TomDCL@TomDCL·
@generativist Handset contains viruses and bacteria yet unknown to medical science.
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johnny v5@generativist·
holy shit
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@BrandonDonkey2 Is that intergalactic werewolf bounty-hunter, intergalactic-werewolf bounty-hunter, or intergalactic-werewolf-bounty hunter?
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@EsotericCD If the duck can get her, then maybe...
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Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON*
Imagine what it must feel like, as a kid, to fall in love with the innocence of Lea Thompson in BACK TO THE FUTURE, and then you're asked to contemplate the implications of her getting horizontal with a duck.
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@DillowTalk2 At 9am Sunday morning, Mothers' Day? They don't want anyone to even notice it.
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TexasAF 🇺🇸@DillowTalk2·
And AGAIN nothing will happen
M.A. Rothman@MichaelARothman

𝐃𝐍𝐈 𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐒𝐈 𝐆𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐕𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒, 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝟐𝟎 𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐁𝐈 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒, 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐁𝐀𝐌𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐀𝐗. 𝐃𝐍𝐈 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐝 released a 2,000-hour investigation built on interviews with 20 CIA and FBI officials. 𝐀 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧. The four manufactured pillars of the Russia Hoax: — Vladimir Putin wanted Donald Trump to win — Putin took action to help Trump win — The Russians had blackmail on Trump (the Steele dossier) — The Russians colluded with the Trump campaign 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞. Senior CIA officers refused to traffic in the allegations. They were overruled by Brennan and Comey. The agencies cherry-picked, lied about sources, suppressed contradicting intelligence, and used anonymous internet postings — in their own words violating their own tradecraft standards. Gabbard says the evidence directly implicates President Obama in leading the manufacture of the assessment. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘣𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘉𝘐 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 — 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘣𝘢𝘮𝘢.” — DNI Tulsi Gabbard 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐎𝐉 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐥 — 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐧, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐲, 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘔𝘗_𝘈𝘙𝘔𝘠_, 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘕𝘐 𝘛𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵

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TomDCL@TomDCL·
@charlescwcooke Add gerrymander to the list of words that just mean "Something leftists don't like (except when they do it, but that doesn't count)."
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Charles C. W. Cooke@charlescwcooke·
What? South Carolina has a black Senator. His name is Tim Scott. He’s a Republican. You can’t gerrymander Senate seats. What world do these people live in?
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@cjscalia "Somehow [Maul] returned." Done.
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Christopher J. Scalia@cjscalia·
My contribution to May 4th discourse is that my son and I have been watching Maul: Shadow Lord and it's been fun, though I still don't understand how he (Darth Maul, not my son) survived being bisected in The Phantom Menace.
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