Archie listens to me explain that my hands are insufficiently callused, as opposed to insufficiently calloused.
#explainingthingstocats
I recently saw this in a different context, but I'll drop it here: the progressiveness of a small tax is only one part of the equation. The progressivness of the big spending which is made affordable by the small tax is the other part. No tax and no spending is likely the most regressive of all.
Bump. No reason.
I am in awe of Mamdani's ability to raise the salience with the nuts and bolts of public administration.
He is saying, "forget the media coverage, hold me accountable for getting shit done."
john waters at a No Kings rally in Provincetown
(not my pic, Peter Toto, x)
For your consideration: Just close Cornell Road permanently. Seriously. Plenty of really good reasons.
nwexaminer.com/p/landslides...
And my apologies to the "moderates" who would want everyone to know that they still remain deeply conservative, but they just care about their community and what these goons are doing to it.
About once a year, somebody publishes a comprehensive status report on the state of North Idaho. Here's the current one. I've been away for a decade-and-a-half, but the levels of insane toxicity remain off the charts. My deepest appreciation to the courageous and committed "moderates" who remain.
It's been quite a while, but if I had to guess, these are from G&M.