- Harvey
- Not really a Touché
- Diminished expectations
- “Selma Envy” vs Reagan Envy.”
- More thoughts on the Arpaio pardon
- Who’s confused?
- The Nashville Statement
Katrina was called a 100 yr Storm.
Sandy was called a 100 yr Storm.
Now Harvey is a 500 yr Storm.They were all in the last twelve years.
— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) August 27, 2017
Dear America: Now hear me out. I have an idea where you can spend the money you are planning to use to build a border wall. #Houston
— Werner Twertzog (@WernerTwertzog) August 29, 2017
How to lose the moral high ground, in one easy lesson (and, among other things, provide a central theme for the Trump re-election campaign). https://t.co/jdATfcrzio
— Robert P. George (@McCormickProf) August 28, 2017
“No hate” protestors assault members of far-right group at California rally https://t.co/SnUgEXPpp8 pic.twitter.com/qf50YSR5Fy
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2017
Sometimes street violence is wrong for reasons besides “It makes the victims look sympathetic.” #ConfessYourUnpopularOpinion
— Michael B Dougherty🍃 (@michaelbd) August 28, 2017
Michael Brendan Dougherty was not responding to Robert P. George, so far as I could tell, but it’s still a good point.
I have reduced my life aspirations from self-actualization to not-being-vaporized-in-nuclear-fire. #Japan #Maslow
— Werner Twertzog (@WernerTwertzog) August 29, 2017
I can’t take credit for this, but a conservative friend notes that part of the problem with America is “Selma Envy” vs Reagan Envy.” /1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 29, 2017
Liberals want to believe that every day is like Selma, Trump is worse than Bull Connor, heroic feats of civil struggle await. /2
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 29, 2017
Trumper cons want to believe that we’re *soooo* close to a Reagan revival, and it’s all like 1985 again. Except w/o Reagan and 1985. /3
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 29, 2017
Neither of these groups can admit that (1) this is all romanticized bullshit, and (2) that governing is boring and grinding work. /4
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 29, 2017
This is why my head explodes when liberals say “RESISTANCE!” and “more hated than Nixon!” It’s childish, and childlike. /5
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 29, 2017
And the Trumpers invoking Reagan is obscene. 1980 was about ideas – maybe not ones you like, but ideas – not gold toilets. /6
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 29, 2017
Nothing will change unless voters grow up and act like adults. This, I know, is unlikely. But it’s not 1965, *or* 1980. It’s now. Focus. /7x
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 29, 2017
I was the judicial clerk for the judge in the original Apraio trial. I have some thoughts on the pardon. (1/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
(I will not be revealing any conversations with the judge about the substance of the case because duh). (2/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Judge Snow was appointed by George W. Bush. He quoted Scalia favorably. He had a Romney Institute blotter on his desk. (3/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Arpaio now calls him “liberal” – this is flatly false. He is ideologically conservative and deeply devoted to the rule of law. (4/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
He took pains to ensure that the trial was procedurally fair – crediting unsupported statements by Arpaio deputies. (5/15) pic.twitter.com/QudUjoNcQF
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Arpaio’s office had deleted thousands of requested emails (yes!), Snow issued only mild sanctions in response. (6/15) pic.twitter.com/zgxhi6972x
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
When a minor issue came up that could have merited recusal, he held a hearing – Arpaio’s attorneys asked him not to recuse. (7/15) pic.twitter.com/l6E2hRLQoa
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Judge Snow’s order was upheld on appeal before trial by a Nixon appointee, who singled him out for praise in the opinion. (8/15) pic.twitter.com/cfsiFDFhfM
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Many of the deleted emails were recovered; they contained racist jokes about “Mexifornia,” “Mexican Yoga” and “Mexican Engineering.” (9/15) pic.twitter.com/9Z4smJ3X5H
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Snow’s final 142-page order barely referenced the inflammatory stuff – order bars enforcing federal law and stopping bc of race. (10/15) pic.twitter.com/zTVYA7CAr7
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
That order is the one that Arpaio flouted. (11/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Arpaio sent investigators after the judge’s wife and constantly insults him publicly. (12/15) https://t.co/MQLkKnEgqv
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Arpaio kept a paper file in which he printed fan mail favoring racial profiling and attacking a different judge (13/15) pic.twitter.com/hbsFsXiQGB
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
Judge Snow has never responded to these personal attacks – he is far too dignified to do so. (14/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
So when you hear Arpaio and Trump on the judge, remember he is a classic Republican judge and a deeply honorable man. (15/15)
— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017
UPDATE: Wednesday’s Washington Post has Case’s non-Twitter version.
Actually, the Constitution does. https://t.co/rTyTlQDASd
— PEG (@pegobry) August 29, 2017
Republicans confuse the Electoral College with ‘the American people’ https://t.co/tjgFPdWrhP pic.twitter.com/mD8ZCuyB0N
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) August 29, 2017
The fruit of the “Nashville Statement” is suffering, rejection, shame, and despair. The timing is callous beyond words.
— JenHatmaker (@JenHatmaker) August 29, 2017
The height of irony: when those with schismatic positions blame division on a Church that stands in the same place.
— Andrew T. Walker (@andrewtwalk) August 29, 2017
I appreciate the #NashvilleStatement for several reasons, not the least of which it encourages pastors away from ambiguity and silence.
— Tim Brister (@timmybrister) August 29, 2017
(H/T Rod Dreher) I’m resisting the temptation to troll Jen Hatmaker because it would be bad for my soul and, since it would look mean, probably would not dissuade any of her 121,000 Twitter followers and almost certainly multiples of that who’ve been seduced by her Gospel of Nice.
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Gosh! Did you see what President Donald Trump is up to today? How utterly fascinating he is! I weep with envy when I look upon Melania. He fills my every thought! He surely doesn’t need to start any more stupid wars to get my undivided attention! No siree!
There is no epistemological Switzerland. (Via Mars Hill Audio Journal Volume 134)
