With COVID spiking, our president is on a run of unmasked rallies; already overpoliced, our cities are responding to a rash of shootings with... more cops. More than ever, the US is like a couple that tries to solve incessant fighting by getting married. So let's read Vows!
Look, I do not want to underestimate to weight of everyone's lived experience, but 210,000 people dead from a respiratory illness might win here. Image
OK! Is this how the Times says that several Fs went down? Image
I am reading all of these words, yes, but I am not understanding ANY of these words. Image
I mean, "money camp"?
Hello from Hartford, where the median HOUSEHOLD income is $34,388 per year. Image
Shit like this runs in a national newspaper and yet we do not burn everything down. ImageImageImage
I would bet folding money that this wedding would not meet my definition of "budget conscious." Image
Alexa, define "falling up." ImageImageImage
Siri, generate a checklist of bad omens for a marriage. Image
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And yet, they got married. Image
Sure. Ok. Image
Woo, Grey Lady! Image
This is the taking-your-shoes-off-at-the-airport-metal-detector of public health precautions. Image
Who? ImageImage
(Got carsick and had to take a break. I'll pick this up later.)
OK. All better...
Am I... supposed to know who this is? Image
No game recognize no game. Image
Dude, New Orleans is lousy with brass bands. You shoulda just found another. Image
Are there just so many former "Survivor" contestants that the odds are that they'll pop up in Vows, or is this a thing, like people from Greenwich? ImageImage
What Image
Is this a thing I should have known about? Everything is weird. Image
If you were wondering why she expected to receive a horse - a thing I have never expected in my life - you will not find out. Image
I am not at all sure this is correct. Image
Nope nope nope. Do not want. Image
Look, I'm sorry, defense lawyers. You just can't love prosecutors. The heart wants what it wants and all that, but tell your heart to do better. This shit is not a game.
No. One of you is the devil's advocate. The other represents the accused. Image
And on that terrible note, I conclude. Here's an important video, which you should listen to with the sound on:

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I mean, here's how the dude is described and referred to: ImageImageImageImage
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The mayor used a series of examples to make the case that we need higher bonds for people charged with gun crimes. But argument by anecdote can be deceptive:
The mayor recited (I think) six instances (maybe eight?) of people who were arrested on gun charges, released fairly quickly, and went on to be arrested for new serious charges soon after. If that were the whole universe of gun arrests, his would be a compelling argument.
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I'm tuned in to @MayorBronin's town hall on the recent spike in gun violence in Hartford. facebook.com/events/8345392…
The panelists are the Mayor, the City Council President, the two top cops, and a prosecutor. I would gently suggest that that is not a well-rounded group to address gun violence in a poor city. But let's see how the conversation goes.
The mayor did shout out the many community groups who are doing work around the issue in the city.
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If you believe all groups of people, including the people who live in Hartford, have a fundamentally equal distribution of intellect and talent, then to say that Hartford lacks enough qualified candidates is to recognize the difference between qualification and actual ability.
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The thing that bothers me about the GOP's use of power is not the use of power; it's the million and one bullshit justifications. Just say, "We can't get electoral majorities, but this system allows us to rule without them, so that's what we're doing."
Like, these knucklehead triumphalists are out here saying "elections have consequences," BUT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF ELECTIONS TO BE.
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