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San Francisco Katılım Mart 2009
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A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@billybinion One of the nice things about San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is that security screening services are provided by a private contractor rather than federal employees.
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The Irish Politics Newsletter
Pete Hegseth: “Our ungrateful allies in Europe and some in our own media should be saying one thing to President Trump: thank you.” Oil is up 76% since January. Thanks for nothing.
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A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@jimgeraghty The LA Times had a major expose on Chavez and the UFW…..in the late 1970s! They were then in their Synanon inspired cult phase. I don’t think the Times uncovered the sexual predator stuff, but there wasn’t a priority placed on the sexual conduct of public figures at that time.
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Jim Geraghty
Jim Geraghty@jimgeraghty·
In his later years, Chavez acted more erratically and strangely. From The New Yorker: "Chavez became openly paranoid during the seventies. Increasingly seized by what Pawel calls a “basic mistrust of almost anyone with outside expertise,” he began purging associates from the upper ranks of the union — quietly at first, and then in public confrontations. In 1977, taking a cue from Mao, he staged shouting matches at meetings to drive out colleagues. Sometimes he accused them of being spies for the Republicans or the Communists. (“You’re a f***ing agent,” he seethed at a confused plumber.) The paranoia was not baseless — Chavez, like many figures on the left, was under F.B.I. investigation — but the reaction was extreme. When some he expelled tried to use the phone, La Paz security threatened to eject them forcibly. By the late seventies, the union’s California roots were bearing pop-psych fruit. Chavez was much taken with Synanon, a rehab center turned life-style cult, originally based in Santa Monica. Synanon’s lucrative work revolved around an activity called the Game, in which community members attacked one another with true or invented accusations. Therapeutic work or even enlightenment — Synanon had already declared itself a religion — progressed by lobbing the hot potato of blame to someone else. Chavez loved the Game and wanted to start practicing it at La Paz."
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Jim Geraghty
Jim Geraghty@jimgeraghty·
After Chavez’s death, his fans and supporters airbrushed his image quite a bit. Mark Krikorian liked to remind progressives that Chavez was a proponent of a secure border and restricting illegal immigration, because illegal immigrants competed with native-born and legally immigrated farm laborers and drove down wages. Chavez referred to Mexican illegal immigrants as “wets,” and his United Farm Workers union engaged in violent vigilantism at times. Chavez reportedly made antisemitic comments and warned about Jewish conspiracies. Subsequent histories have argued that Chavez was a remarkable self-promoter who downplayed the contributions of others in the formation of the UFW.
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Susan Slusser 🦗
Susan Slusser 🦗@susanslusser·
Giants sweating the details under Tony Vitello’s new regime of drills — and loving it; game-speed infield work, ear-splitting music to mimic crowd noise, plus experiments on the bases: it’s fun and it’s working: sfchronicle.com/sports/giants/… via @sfchronicle
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A$AP Bullwinkle
A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@IonaItalia I assume any artist I like in any medium not only wouldn’t agree with my politically but is likely not a very good person. That’s a completely separate issue than if their works any good.
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Iona Italia, PhD 🇦🇺
This is precisely my position on most of my favourite contemporary artists, writers, and musicians. They are idiots about politics but that doesn't matter. The Greeks were right: the artist is a conduit of divine inspiration. We must always separate the artist from the art.
alco ⊢ ꙮ@qualiascript

being right-leaning and high openness is so funny. "this is one of my favorite musicians, i disagree with everything they stand for, highly recommend"

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Ken Gardner
Ken Gardner@KenGardner11·
@SouthernKeeks The whole thing has been...amazing to watch. And no, my view on Trump hasn't changed even a scintilla. Neither have my views since 1979 on what to do about the Iran regime.
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Alan Cole
Alan Cole@AlanMCole·
A strong “high decoupling” belief is that anti-car people have a very annoying personal/political aesthetic, which makes it all the more unfortunate that they are objectively completely correct about cars being the greatest risk to my kid’s well-being.
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A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@jpodhoretz The production values of the Grammys have been much better than the Oscars the last 2 years. It’s actually a really good show. Of course it helps that being a music awards show they can pack it with back to back performances.
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John Podhoretz
John Podhoretz@jpodhoretz·
Oscar ratings down 10 percent. Once it was the Super Bowl. The movies are going the way of vaudeville
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A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@SonnyBunch The Weatherman is the go-to comp for the French 75s, but I think the psychosexual lunacy is modeled on the Symbionese Liberation Army. But instead of the black male psychos that dominated the SLA, the French 75s are driven by the sexuality of the crazy black female leaders.
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A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@slowhoneybee Well Ireland is pretty damn anti-semitic these days, so he may have something there.
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A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@mattyglesias I think the U.S. is going to end up receiving Cuba through a bankruptcy court proceeding
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A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@timkawakami @DannyEmerman @sfchronicle Makes me nostalgic for the golden age of 1980s LA sportswriting. Doug Krikorian, Melvin Durslag, Allan Malamud at the Her-Ex, and at the LA Times, Ostler, Jim Murray and…..Tim Kawakami?
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Tim Kawakami
Tim Kawakami@timkawakami·
Classic, hilarious and so sad (for readers) goodbye column from the great Scott Ostler. The funniest sportswriter who ever lived. Full stop. 27-time California Sportswriter of the Year. I might be low on that number. And a great guy. sfchronicle.com/sports/ostler/… via @sfchronicle
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Alex Tabarrok
Alex Tabarrok@ATabarrok·
Two view of humanity. From a talk I gave some years ago. Relevant today.
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A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@jonatanpallesen @jessesingal No that’s not correct. It shows you that fanaticism of the left while giving surface clues they’re the “good” guys. The only redemption in the movie is through family.
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Jonatan Pallesen
Jonatan Pallesen@jonatanpallesen·
@jessesingal One Battle After Another clearly thinks open borders leftism is the good ideology, and the opposite side is cartoonish evil White guys.
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Jesse Singal
Jesse Singal@jessesingal·
One Battle After Another and Eddington, which were both great (I actually liked Eddington more) broke a lot of internet-melted brains by not winking at the camera and being like "And that's why *that* is the good ideology" thing
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A$AP Bullwinkle@rbcalvin·
@bendreyfuss @jbarro Took my son to see it in the theater when he was 16. He said “yeah that’s a great movie but BOY is Kubrick pretentious!”
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Ben Dreyfuss
Ben Dreyfuss@bendreyfuss·
@jbarro I would argue that it is both boring and good
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Josh Barro
Josh Barro@jbarro·
The only thing more boring than 2001: A Space Odyssey is people who are really proud of themselves for appreciating 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Sam Baker@sam_baker

@jbarro it’s ok if you’re not that into movies. there’s stuff I’m not into, like the winter olympics. but that’s why I don’t tweet about the winter olympics

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