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Posted on 04/25/2022 5.00 AM

lucius septimius 4/25/2022 5:35:17 AM


Posted by: JCM

Kosh's Shadow 4/25/2022 5:57:53 AM
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Someone going by the name '"admin" with a Ukrainian address showed up last night. (I changed the name this morning)

Not sure what the data in the last post (now hidden) was. Didn't properly display.
Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 6:06:14 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:


Well, that’s sketchy, to say the least.

Thanks again for your time and effort running (and defending) this blog.
lucius septimius 4/25/2022 6:30:15 AM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:

I wondered what that was.  Meanwhile, I figured I'd post some of my biscuits.  
lucius septimius 4/25/2022 6:39:14 AM
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Forty-four years ago this past Friday.
Kosh's Shadow 4/25/2022 6:53:56 AM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 4:


Had a summer job that year at Argonne National Lab, which is run by University of Chicago, which co-sponsored the exhibit at the Fields Museum, which let me borrow a member pass. No waiting. Nice exhibit but too crowded.
Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 6:57:01 AM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 3:


Yum!  Send some here, please.

In other news: Not content with merely sealing people in their homes, ChiComs are now building cages around buildings in Shangai. 

Meanwhile, panic-buying in Beijing, as Covid cases confirmed there and residents fear a Shanghai-style lockdown. 

All this over something that has mutated into (mostly) a slightly-annoying cold. 
JCM 4/25/2022 7:32:00 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 6:

Please don't give the Fauci any ideas.
JCM 4/25/2022 7:35:36 AM
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I hate to say I told you so.

But I told you so.

Fauci: “Bad Precedent” For Judges To Check Authority Of Biden On Mandates B/c They Lack “Expertise”

The case in WA State where the St. Supreme Court gave Health Care Expert gave them complete power over health care matters.
Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 7:42:18 AM
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Meanwhile, here in DC, here's an NPR interview yesterday with our illustrious mayor, Muriel Bowser, about all that "gun violence" that's been mysteriously plaguing the city:

https://www.npr.org/2022/04...

Now, follow along, class:

"Its aim [referring to the "Building Blocks" program funded by good ol' Uncle Sugar] is to identify the people and places that are contributing to the most violence. What we know is that there are about 450 blocks in D.C. where over 80% of the violence happens. So really focusing environmentally on those places is important and - in terms of all of our law enforcement efforts. The people who are contributing to the most gun violence are also a relatively small number of people. We have identified about 200 people right now.."

Okay! You've identified about 200 people who are committing most of the "gun violence". So, what are you going to do, Muriel?

"... that we believe that, with intent services, if we can get them on a more productive path, that we will improve safety not just for them but their families and associates, thereby making the community safer."

Um.

What?!

If you've identified these 200 violent criminals, how about you... just spitballin' here... arrest them, and prosecute them. Is that too much to ask?


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    JCM 4/25/2022 7:46:49 AM
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    Reply to Occasional Reader in 9:

    But they need more gun laws!
    Kosh's Shadow 4/25/2022 8:05:49 AM
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    In #10 JCM said: But they need more gun laws!

    Those guns just don't obey the gun laws!
    vxbush 4/25/2022 8:20:15 AM
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    In #4 lucius septimius said: Forty-four years ago this past Friday.

    Oh, happy memories. 
    vxbush 4/25/2022 8:22:06 AM
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    In #9 Occasional Reader said: If you've identified these 200 violent criminals, how about you... just spitballin' here... arrest them, and prosecute them. Is that too much to ask?

    Because that assumes that people are responsible for their actions, and we simply can't have that. 
    doppelganglander 4/25/2022 8:25:03 AM
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    Reply to lucius septimius in 4:

    He gave his life for tourism! It's fun watching humorless young proggies get wound up over it. 

    Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 5:

    I wanted to see it in New York but I couldn't get anyone to go with me, and my parents wouldn't let me go into the city alone. That's the same year I closed out my feeble little bank account to buy Springsteen tickets.
    lucius septimius 4/25/2022 8:25:28 AM
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    In #10 JCM said: But they need more gun laws!

    Right?  It's the nasty guns that make those 200 gentle giants trying to get their lives on track from not killing people. Now if only the guns would behave!
    JCM 4/25/2022 8:58:29 AM
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    Reply to vxbush in 13:

    Individual responsibility is white colonial patriarchism and racist.
    Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 9:27:31 AM
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    Reply to Occasional Reader in 9:


    And note the NPR interviewer then goes on to babble something about blahblahblah “white neighborhoods”, to which Bowser actually gives a sensible reply.  


    Managing to make Muriel Bowser the smart one in the room…. No mean feat.
    Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 9:32:49 AM
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    Reply to Occasional Reader in 9:


    Also: “ there are about 450 blocks in D.C. where over 80% of the violence happens”


    Thank heavens they’ve got the problem narrowed down, to a mere 450 blocks!
    JCM 4/25/2022 9:50:09 AM
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    Reply to Occasional Reader in 18:

    450 square blocks, about a square mile give or take.

    1.4% of the area of D.C., suddenly the problem looks more tractable especially if the area is contiguous.
    vxbush 4/25/2022 10:39:56 AM
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    In #19 JCM said: 1.4% of the area of D.C., suddenly the problem looks more tractable especially if the area is contiguous.

    You know, there is a part of me that wants to think of this like CHAZ--just set up a huge fence around the blocks in question, and let them have their own security. The rest of the city has little to nothing to do, then. I know that isn't ethical--there will be a lot of people stuck in there that are not the cause of all the problems--but there is a part of me that sees a certain elegance to that solution. 
    buzzsawmonkey 4/25/2022 10:42:09 AM
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    In #19 JCM said: 1.4% of the area of D.C., suddenly the problem looks more tractable especially if the area is contiguous.

    Someone some years ago---I forget whether was during the late-Giuliani or early-Bloomberg years---said something about how a few thousand people, concentrated in some five neighborhoods, were responsible for 95% of the violent crime in New York.
    JCM 4/25/2022 11:01:15 AM
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    Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 21:

    The Pareto Principle is always in effect. A small percent of "issues" cause the majority "problems".

    The politicians refuse to use analytics like this to identify the most pressing problems. Furthermore they are vested in not solving problems but perpetuating them so they accrue more money and power to the have a process to manage.
    buzzsawmonkey 4/25/2022 11:29:31 AM
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    In #22 JCM said: Furthermore they are vested in not solving problems but perpetuating them so they accrue more money and power to the have a process to manage.

    Hence the constantly-burgeoning and metastasizing growth of Homeless, Inc.  Unhoused Unlimited.
    buzzsawmonkey 4/25/2022 11:33:26 AM
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    BTW, in some email feed the other day someone was hand-wringing about the current upsurge in drug use/addiction.  The article was accompanied by a photo of a heap of syringes that had been recovered/collected at a homeless-encampment site.  Of course, last I looked most urban jurisdictions were distributing free needles like candy mints, and the demented Bill DeBlasio, during his closing weeks as Mayor, was actually instituting "safe-shoot-up" sites around the city.
    Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 11:46:51 AM
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    In #21 buzzsawmonkey said: said something about how a few thousand people, concentrated in some five neighborhoods, were responsible for 95% of the violent crime in New York.

    And then once they get around to talking about who those people actually are, the whole thing becomes very politically-incorrect-uncomfortable, and so the conversation is dropped, and they turn back to babbling about "gun violence", i.e., voodoo thinking (inanimate objects that are evil). 
    Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 1:05:06 PM
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    Confession:  I stayed up last night until 1:15 am watching The Batman.  Does that mean there's something wrong with me? 
    Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 1:10:00 PM
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    Reply to Occasional Reader in 26:


    And this review of the flick seems right on-point. 
    lucius septimius 4/25/2022 1:13:41 PM
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    So Elon now owns Twitter.  How many billyuns of people have died?
    Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 1:22:50 PM
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    In #28 lucius septimius said: So Elon now owns Twitter.  How many billyuns of people have died?

    As one wag I saw put it: "Elon, could you please buy Dominion Voting Machines next?"
    Occasional Reader 4/25/2022 1:43:59 PM
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     Leftists Worried Elon Musk Will Turn Twitter Into A Place Where Terrible People Post Bad Opinions And Fight With Each Other All The Time.

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    lucius septimius 4/25/2022 2:02:05 PM
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    As long as we have "Drag Queen Story Time" with men dressed up as as completely over the top stereotypes of women, why can't we have "Minstrel Story Time" with people not of color dressed up as over the top stereotypes of minorities.  We don't have to limit it to black - they could do Mexicans, Asians, Indians, etc. 

    I mean, what would be the difference?
    JCM 4/25/2022 2:09:20 PM
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    Reply to lucius septimius in 28: Reply to Occasional Reader in 29:

    The left goes China Syndrome!

    I wonder how many Twatters will quit?
    Kosh's Shadow 4/25/2022 2:22:56 PM
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    In #31 lucius septimius said: As long as we have "Drag Queen Story Time" with men dressed up as as completely over the top stereotypes of women, why can't we have "Minstrel Story Time" with people not of color dressed up as over the top stereotypes of minorities.  We don't have to limit it to black - they could do Mexicans, Asians, Indians, etc. 

    Maybe you could get Frito-Lay to sponsor it, says the Frito Bandito
    buzzsawmonkey 4/25/2022 3:18:57 PM
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    In #31 lucius septimius said: As long as we have "Drag Queen Story Time" with men dressed up as as completely over the top stereotypes of women, why can't we have "Minstrel Story Time" with people not of color dressed up as over the top stereotypes of minorities. 

    We can combine the two with this number:  I'd Rather Be Spanish.

    For bonus points, note that the closing "Voila!" on this record is the entire basis for the "French Mistake" gay-chorus-line number towards the end of "Blazing Saddles," in that the "Voila!" is a French conclusion to a song about being Spanish.
    buzzsawmonkey 4/25/2022 3:24:46 PM
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    Another Jukebox: South American Joe.
    buzzsawmonkey 4/25/2022 3:29:14 PM
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    And, while we're at it: She's a Latin from Manhattan.

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