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  • Tariff Talk

    To the extent they can reasonably figure it out*, I’d like to see sellers include a separate line item on invoices that shows the portion of the price attributable to tariffs. Knowledge is powerful.

    *They can acknowledge it’s an estimate.

    → 1:25 PM, Apr 12
  • These Days, “Conservatives” Aren’t.
    Jonah Goldberg:

    The market system is man-made, just as gardens are. But it is not the product of any individual will. It is a crowdsourced network of institutions, constructed over generations of trial and error, learned best practices, and the accumulation of common law and legislation alike. …

    It is only when someone tears down or batters these Chestertonian fences all around us that we discover those fences are there for a reason. … That’s where we are now. One man is singlehandedly taking a plow to the garden because he is confident that he knows better than, almost literally, everyone. And his defenders have few, if any, serious arguments in his defense beyond “trust him.”

    → 11:21 AM, Apr 12
  • Moonshot

    nighttime image of the moon through silhouetted tree branches
    → 9:22 AM, Apr 12
  • Ya Think So, Dave?

    → 6:31 PM, Apr 10
  • RIP, the Great Clem Burke

    He was the driving drummer who powered Blondie in the ’70s. Just appreciate his work here:

    → 2:56 PM, Apr 8
  • Fascism and the Rule of Law Can Run on Parallel Tracks

    As Fraenkel explained it, a lawless dictatorship does not arise simply by snuffing out the ordinary legal system of rules, procedures, and precedents. To the contrary, that system—which he called the “normative state”—remains in place while dictatorial power spreads across society. What happens, Fraenkel explained, is insidious. Rather than completely eliminating the normative state, the Nazi regime slowly created a parallel zone in which “unlimited arbitrariness and violence unchecked by any legal guarantees” reigned freely.
    . . .

    The trick was to find a way to keep the law going for Christian Germans who supported or at least tolerated the Nazis, while ruthlessly executing the führer’s directives against the state’s enemies, real and perceived. Capitalism could jog nicely alongside the brutal suppression of democracy, and even genocide.

    America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State

    → 11:48 AM, Apr 7
  • Willow Sculpture

    Laura Ellen Bacon

    A sinuous abstract sculpture fashioned from light-brown willow reeds woven together. A sinuous abstract sculpture fashioned from light-brown willow reeds woven together.
    → 11:30 AM, Apr 7
  • Anti-Trump Rally, Dallas - #HandsOff

    I made a sign that said, “Uphold the Rule of Law.”

    Auto-generated description: A large crowd is gathered for a protest, holding various signs and banners in an outdoor setting. Auto-generated description: A person is wearing a green sweater with a red button reading VOTING IS SACRED and holding a patterned fabric, with others in the background. Auto-generated description: A group of people are holding protest signs on a city street. Auto-generated description: A crowd of people is holding up various protest signs, including one that says Cancel Elon not Elmo. Auto-generated description: Protesters hold up signs advocating for bodily autonomy and reproductive rights at a public demonstration. Auto-generated description: A crowd is gathered with protest signs in front of Dallas historic 'Old Red' Courthouse.
    → 4:54 PM, Apr 5
  • THFC’s Vision Thing

    Ange must go (regrettably). But, for pity’s sake, Levy, hire a manager still committed to attacking! (Preferably one who also improves a midfield that neither serves the forward players nor protects the defense, which has been Spurs’ undoing this year, imo.) @frjon, thoughts? ⚽️

    → 6:26 PM, Apr 4
  • Speak Up

    Some view Cory Booker as a guy who pulls stunts, but I urge you to watch the end of his 25-hour Senate oration and be inspired and activated to resist the harm Trump & Co. are inflicting: Good trouble.

    One way to make a point is to join a “Hands Off” protest in your area this weekend.

    → 11:08 AM, Apr 2
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