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Just some guy from Santa Cruz. Photography and snark are my hobbies.
Well, today has been an up-and-down day.
The high point was finally getting to see "Superman" with my kid. Best Superman movie since "Superman II".
The low point was finding out that a longtime friend died last week. Three weeks short of her birthday. We would have been friends for forty years at that point.
So it goes.
If there is any doubt left over whether the GOP is the party of law and order, today’s piece should help put them to rest. In its pathetic race to the bottom, the GOP seems intent on dragging due process and the rule of law down with it. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/the-party-of-lawlessness-and-disorder?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The Party of Lawlessness and Disorder

GOP presidential primary candidates Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. Photos courtesy of NBC News The night before each morning that I write, I do a lot of reading. That includes the top stories from major papers, the trending pieces from my favorite thought leaders on social media, and lengthy opinion pieces and editorials. From there, I decide what could use a bit more in-depth attention.

The Status Kuo
If you didn't know Jews cause anti-Semitism by complaining about anti-Semitism you might not be spending enough time on Elon Musk's hate machine.
Strangely, I am seeing toots from today, and then in my timeline there’s a big gap as the next oldest toots I’m seeing are from August 7. WTF, Mastodon?
My truck has a random electrical fault where the power remains on after the ignition is turned off and the key removed. The solution is to open and close the passenger door.

It’s a funny old business TV, back in March I did half a day writing on a TV show, it aired a few weeks later, they paid me last week, and I just signed the contract.

I feel like this is almost the opposite of how it’s supposed to go.

“Stephen K. Bannon screams Friday afternoon. as the crowd applauds rapturously. “Show us what the Murdochs, a bunch of foreigners, have given us!”

https://newrepublic.com/article/170959/cpac-2023-bannon-trump-desantis

Wait, Bannon has turned on Murdochs? Is that new?

#jgshare

The Sad, Desolate Scenes of CPAC 2023

At the most famous annual gathering of America’s conservatives, the chairs are empty, the energy is low—and everyone seems a little bit defensive about it.

The New Republic

A request to doctors:

If post-op pain is expected to be worse on day 3 than it is on days 1 and 2, this would be a good thing to warn patients about.

Did, in fact, have tacos today, and they were FREE (local hockey team has a promo where if they score 4 goals at a home game, you get free tacos. Monday’s game was 4-0, so we got tacos.)