Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
I’m trying to do some pretty advanced things with Final Cut, and I can honestly say I have not been this ready to slit my wrists since I was taking a college course in COBOL when I was 13 using a PR1ME mainframe with dummy terminals.
For late nighters, another thought from Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic. This passage describes the early 1st century BC, a time when the Roman Republic extended its power through tacit support of pet kings (and knocked off their rivals, when necessary) rather than direct rule.
Philosophers, like every other legacy of the Athenian golden age, had become mere adjuncts of the Roman service industry. Those who did particularly well out of Roman patronage had long since learned to cut the cloth of their speculations accordingly. Typical was the age’s most celebrated polymath, Posidonius.
Although he had studied in Athens, Posidonius was widely traveled, and rationalized what he observed in Rome’s provinces – rather optimistically – as a commonwealth of man. […] In the new order that the Republic was bringing to the world, Posidonius somehow managed to catch a reflection of the order of the universe. He argued that it was the moral duty of Rome’s subjects to accept such a dispensation. Differences of culture and geography would soon dissolve. History was coming to an end.
Francis Fukuyama Posidonius was right! History did end and the Roman Republic lasted forever.
We’re seeing more and more Star Wars references from conservatives. What’s up with that?
In Episode V of the “Star Wars” series, Darth Vader famously counseled Luke Skywalker, “You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger.”
But while the young Jedi resisted his father’s advice, Republican leaders should heed it — sort of.
[….]So in the end, the Sith Lord was both right and wrong: Anger can be a potent electoral force, but it must be calibrated and controlled, not simply released. Republicans must act accordingly.
By request. Sorry, Max.
I’ll be watching the game and Curb Your Enthusiasm, because a Cowboys loss and Larry David are about the only think that can salvage the suck that was the last 24 hours of football. Of my teams, everyone I like lost except for Georgia.
Have at it.
The ribs and pork loin are about ready- making a peach/thai pepper chutney for the pork loin, making some jalapeno and bacon cornbread, cole slaw, beans, and some home made french fries:
All this, and football, too!
*** Update ***
The ribs and pork loin:
No, those are not granite, before you ask.
The plate:
It tasted better than it looked.
Not sure what the weather is like where you all are, but here it is crisp, cool, with sun and blue skies as far as the eye can see. The smoker is already going and it will be a full day of rails to trails, college football, and smoked meat.
Don’t expect to see much of me.