Justin Darisse

@KlnRkj @TwiceBornQM @ArmandDoma @chamath A good start would be to go back to the Senate having evening votes on Monday and wrap up late Thursday evening. The Tuesday evening through mid day Thursday schedule they have been keeping in recent years is absurd.

@TwiceBornQM @ArmandDoma @chamath You could increase it, but it would significantly cut into the time Senators have to spend back in their district to meet with constituents, special interest groups, campaign, fundraise, ect. And those are still part of what the public expects and even demands from their reps.

I find the pediatric cancer bill saga very fascinating. It was apparently passed in March and then went to the Senate where it languished. It was then pushed back into an omnibus CR in the house that was on its way to being approved before the bill died. Was that a tactic to save the pediatric cancer bill for later so it could be used to wrap an otherwise pork barrel CR with some surface credibility? I don’t know as I have not actually read the bill’s specifics but the naming of it, at least, is trying to tell the reader it is righteous and good. In any event, does this happen often? Is this how Congress works - which is to say, not at all except at the last minute at which point it uses a few branches of good work around which they hang all kinds of messy projects, kickbacks and favors?

@JonahDispatch Anyone who is an ass about Pippa and Zoe posts (or ones about the cats) is worth blocking.

FYI. I will keep posting dog (and cat) pics here for a few reasons. 1. I enjoy it. 2. A bunch of people say they like it and get a little joy out of it. 3. I’m not going to cave to losers, bullies, bots, and jabroneys who want to make me stop. Hence, I’m just letting folks know now, whether you’ve been following me for 10 years or 10 seconds, if you’re an ass in any way in the replies, I’ll block you. One strike and you’re out. Life’s too short.

@SpannersReady Can’t feel too bad for Max—win a championship bc of Canadian putting it in a barrier, possibly lose a championship bc of a Canadian putting it into a barrier.

@MollyJongFast Congratulations. Yesterday would have been m father-in-law’s (who passsed away earlier this year), 47th, I think.

I’m 27 years sober today

@ernietedeschi @SonnyBunch The aughts were bad for Best Picture, particularly when looking at some of the losing nominees. Much of the teens were a wasteland everywhere you look.

@SonnyBunch Before people yell at you, I urge them to actually look at a list of the Best Picture winners over the last 25 years.

Sometimes people are like “GLADIATOR was a bad best picture winner” and I’m here to tell you it’s probably one of the five best best picture winners of the last 25 years. Maybe top three.

@Independent Pretty sure this was the setup to an episode of Midsomer Murders.

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@peterdaou You’re a special kind of stupid. Were you dropped on your head as a child?

If a vote for Jill Stein costs Kamala Harris the election... GOOD! For the sake of humanity, massacring children MUST end in defeat.

@janecoaston If nothing else, let us always remember that Hitler was an eff-ing moron aside from being one of the most despicable human beings ever to walk the face of the earth.

Hitler slept through D-Day and woke up and thought it would be a huge triumph for Germany because the Germans would obviously just push the Allies into the sea, Hitler was a moron

@RadioFreeTom That was during my “Hanks is overrated” phase (which ended with Saving Private Ryan) and I was so annoyed by that win.

@Izzybb310 @MikeIsaac I think they generally hate people.

@MikeIsaac These people really hate service workers

what lame ass bars are you going to with ipads

@hotskillet @MikeIsaac And they would have actually filled the glass with beer instead of stopping when it was only 3/4ths full.

@Amal62Amal6216 @PhilipWegmann The top income tax rate was also 70% at the time.

@PhilipWegmann Car loan interest use to be tax deductible…along with credit card interest

Trump to announce in Detroit that he plans “make interest on car loans fully tax deductible.”

@samstein No nukes but more money to give terrorist groups isn’t the flex he thinks it is.

Trump says he doesn't want Iran to be broke. Happy to make it wealthy in exchange for it not having a nuclear weapon... which is the basis of the jcpoa that he pulled out of

@femoidrotting @peligrietzer The other dynamic is that with literature, the only artist is the author, so if he’s trash, it’s always front and center. With films, forgoing, say, Chinatown bc of Polanski means you’re missing the artistry of Nicholson, Dunway and Huston.

@peligrietzer people in literary communities eventually fails to appreciate literature, while a cinema enthusiast is mostly able to do it perfectly because the later one doesnt care about the moral fixation but rather the result. thats why lolita depsite being the best book is hated by many

Is there a platform-y reason that Letterboxd produced a highbrow community and Goodreads produced a lowbrow community or does it have to do with the place of 'organic intellectuals' in cinema culture versus literary culture

@AffectiveAutism @AlecStapp Not to mention safety glass, seat belts, airbags, collapsible steering columns, crumple zones, antilock breaking, tire technology and traction control.

@AlecStapp there are a ton of things that are partially attributable to the sharp decline: 1) much less drunk driving 2) better medical care (so for the same accident there's a higher survival rate) 3) faster response time (cell phones) disingenuous to claim this is all car seats

Safety culture can go too far, but I have no desire to return to the past on this one

@DennisUeland @janecoaston And remember, that $190 million cost is before marketing and distribution.

@janecoaston I hated the first one, so I had no interest in this one, but $40 million is a bomb?

That is an astounding achievement.

@RepsForHarris Dropped my mail in ballot at the county BoE yesterday!

💡Do you have your voting plan yet?

@JustinRozell @daveweigel Laziness on the part of the news media. The CNN debate was in Atlanta where they’re headquartered and ABC already took the only swing state city that’s a short Acela ride from NY (Philly).

@daveweigel Can anybody explain to me why the debate is in New York?

Not much expectation lowering on R side, which makes sense if you’ve watched Vance debates… very comfortable in the format

@richard_normal I know everyone is dunking on the LAPD here, but spare some ridicule for the brain dead judge who signed the search warrant.

the geniuses at the LAPD noticed a medical diagnostic clinic had high energy usage so they raided it for no reason and a cop had his gun looney tunes style stolen from him by powerful magnets.

@Bakari_Sellers And last week, the NYT/Sienna poll had a tie nationally but Harris up 4 in PA. There’s something odd going on there.

Anyone who thinks there will be an 11pt difference between tickets in AZ or a 12pt difference in NC is just silly.