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Post by neil on Jan 3, 2022 14:43:52 GMT -5
Some bits I transcribed from this excellent podcast: strictscrutinypodcast.com/podcast/laboratories/ibid ADAM SERWER
You can see elements of the GOP establishment committed to circumscribing American's democratic rights prior to Trump. Particularly in the area of voting rights, the court has eviscerated the 15th amendment. The old saying is that the states are laboratories of democracy, right now they are laboratories of autocracy. They are experimenting with methods to insulate Republican power from popular will. ... Something that has evolved over a period of years is that Republicans have utilized the counter-majoritarian levers of democracy more and more. The Supreme Court is one of those, but it is also the case that, as a question of legal ideology, the Supreme Court is hostile to federal efforts to insure that American's democratic rights are respected. The Court is underappreciated among Democrats as an accelerating force of democratic decline. ... To some extent elite lawyers are reliant upon the prestige of the Court when they make their arguments before the Court. There is a real structural impediment where the Republican party and the conservative movement can attack the Court in a scorched earth way regardless of how big their majority. Democrats cannot do this because such a key part of their constituency is Ivy League lawyers.
ibid ADAM SERWER
The Court, despite certain moments, is generally not an ally to the powerless. It is an ally to the powerful. It is substantially shaped by public opinion. ... Historically, the court is not a heroic institution that is going to save powerless people from powerful people. They are going to do the opposite. The Court can essentially ignore the Constitution when it wants to. ... There is a long history of Americans defying the Court in particular ways. Conservatives don't want you to think about that history, because conservatives use those same ways in order to stall or prevent social changes that the law or Supreme Court rulings might require.
ibid ADAM SERWER
Justice Alito has inherited the Justice Scalia mantle. Alito feels he is entitled to embed socially conservative positions in the law; not because they have anything to do with the law, but because he sees himself as the guardian of these put-upon, socially conservative Americans who no longer have a voice. He sees himself as the champion of these downtrodden. Therefore, whatever he says that people might take offense at, he's entitled to embed their values and use them as law because he is their champion. ... If he is disgusted by something, he thinks it's unconstitutional. |
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Post by neil on Jan 9, 2022 8:41:10 GMT -5
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Post by neil on Jan 9, 2022 9:16:45 GMT -5
bump from another space:
Mar 18, 2006
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artist: Mars Ill
album: ProPain
track: stand back and watch
who's ready? got to set it
it's time to block the exits
it's so fresh and so clean so no need for radio edits
i'm next to make it happen
my frame is made for rappin'
rappin fire, party rockin' called in to rock the action
cuz you've been too passive
they know my crew's massive
shatterin' backs and innovative, create a few classics
make your move backwards
change your tune after matter of fact
you fell through the cracks and witnessed the true master
black and blue feelin
that burnin' sensation
a lecture by the nations will begin with ten stations
who call it pacemakin'
labor is painstakin'
mars ill is here to take it fror my people that hate waitin'
i ain't got no dollars
but i got a little sense
sintax is my lawyer so i'm removin' these middle men
ladies and gentlemen, information drillin' in
life pays dividends when you never givin' in ... what?
sometimes you gotta take it
sometimes you make a move
sometimes you shake it and bake it until you break the rules
but we creatin' jewels and it only gets better
stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
we keep it motivated and it only gets better
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together now
i step into the place
they start to get nervous
my reputation proceeds me, they can't defeat my purpose
but don't worry, fellas, don't get overzealous
tuck it inside and hide whatever is makin' you jealous
cuz i'm not battlin', not here to rattle cages
i see the stage and keep a distance of 20 paces
so simply act your ages
you gotta know the basics
don't try to boost your status cuz you'll never overtake us
it's very courageous, but i'm just checkin' faces
watchin' who can spit and seein' which ones are destined for greatness
i'm also street teamin', promote my own shows
keep an even feelin' and hustle until the horn blows
i wasn't born pro
it wasn't automatic
wack in the beginnin' till i developed some honest habits
decided i got to have it
spoke up and made a racket
and that's when the magic happened (happened)
yes, it's happenin; right here, can you see it
the process of a human being still bein' completed
we keep it motivated and it only gets better
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
yes (yes), we creatin' jewels and it only gets better
stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together now
we take it to the burbs
we take it to the gutter
shufflin' spoken words and never st-st-stutter
we show another side, true colors undermine
thunder sound that flutters by as quickly as a butterfly
gonna touch the sky, use truth to crush a lie
devils shudder and cry right before they run and hide
the Most High is on my side, watch who you idolize
light a fire and still float by like old Iron Sides
we don't wine and dine, we only shinin' rhyme
identify suckers who cant find a spine
i'm a work in progress, i'm just bein' honest
surprise you like a bomb threat followed by a "god bless"
i'm on a timed test, i don't wanna blow it
down for my fam and i want the whole world to know it
can't lose focus, never too hot to hold it
broke it wide open and kept on growin' now
sometimes you gotta take it
sometimes you make a move
sometimes you shake it and bake it until you break the rules
but we creatin' jewels and it only gets better
stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
we keep it motivated and it only gets better
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together now
it's happenin' right here, can you see it
the process of a human being still bein' completed
we keep it motivated and it only gets better
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
just stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together
yes (yes), we creatin jewels and it only gets better
stand back (stand back) and watch it all come together now
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Post by neil on Jan 20, 2022 5:51:16 GMT -5
Thursday tripped on Monday's threadbare rug,
Flailed at Tuesday's broken banister,
And broke its neck
On Wednesday's
Splintered floor.
Expiration.
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Post by neil on Feb 2, 2022 18:19:33 GMT -5
Said goodbye to my good friend Sam the cat today.
Sam would come yell at me when it was time
to go to bed, snuggle, and read a book.
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Post by neil on Feb 8, 2022 8:38:27 GMT -5
V. roars and careens from UBU ROI to A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE to BLOOD MERIDIAN to THE DHARMA BUMS to LORD JIM to PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT to PINCHER MARTIN. AGAINST THE DAY is a vaudeville encyclical, an exhaustive compendium of inside baseball with an ugly smear of misogyny.
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Post by neil on Mar 23, 2022 8:30:22 GMT -5
Yesterdays - VALUE PAC - Jalapeño - 1997 - BEC Recordings
Yesterday another way things would work out they'd be ok
Another time doing fine i always said it'd be all right
Well i used to be ok
In the hands of yesterday
The darkness came in fast
The feeling wouldn't last
Now i'm all alone i don't even know
What i'm living for what to call my home
Is it all a dream or a deadly scheme
Just a big mistake and i can't explain
What's happening to me
Just today i walked away from everything how could this be
I can't believe i used to be somebody real i can't conceive
How i used to be ok
In the hands of yesterday
The darkness came in fast
The feeling wouldn't last
Now i'm all alone i don't even know
What i'm living for what to call my home
Is it all a dream or a deadly scheme
Just a big mistake and i can't explain
What's happening to me
So i've tried to make sense of all the insanity
But i cannot see
Realize all the complications of humanity
There's nothing more to be
And it ain't gonna be all right
So why put up a fight
Well i used to be ok
In the hands of yesterday
The darkness came in fast
The feeling wouldn't last
Now i'm all alone i don't even know
What i'm living for what to call my home
Is it all a dream or a deadly scheme
Just a big mistake and i can't explain
What's happening to me
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Post by neil on Apr 13, 2022 10:13:06 GMT -5
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Post by neil on Apr 13, 2022 10:23:54 GMT -5
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Post by neil on Apr 13, 2022 11:01:35 GMT -5
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Otto von Bismark just won't let it rest
Fats Domino fist bump barrelhouse run
Henry Timken rock and roller bearing
Herkimer Battle Jitney Ditzy Doo
Predilection proto-delectation
Whortleberry marzipan demitasse
Prairie dachshund barbershop rumble seat
Keep it rocking, oh my stars
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Post by neil on Apr 13, 2022 14:05:27 GMT -5
Inside our life a largening death. You will see its seep come to
the surface, darkening the outlook. I tried to say as much to you
but the coffee cup kept stirring. Worlds as huge as glances slide
over our hours. You give me back so much of what I have taken
from you. Always a cracking of small lines in the surface. Visage,
treated as well as what can be neared.
THE BOOK OF DURING
Clark Coolidge
1991
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Post by neil on Apr 15, 2022 6:19:34 GMT -5
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troll hack
You got Dagmar bumpers, all chrome and jut.
Chinnin' in the cheap seats, chappin' my butt.
Dime denominator won't flex your cred.
Thinning comb-over, shoulda stood in bed.
Whinin' and dyin', you better think twice.
Mess with me, fool; get your junk in a vice.
Get away from me ...
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Post by neil on Apr 26, 2022 7:51:38 GMT -5
alternating slab tweet
QUADRUPLEloopAND
bombTEXTdropBAYdoors
JAMMEDfromLACKofOIL
orWHATdidTHElabelSAY
HYDRAULICflowCHART
ampleMEASUREofDOG'S
breathHIDEHOflorescent
LOVEreekTABLETOPPER
juneBUGdayLILYsasquatch
RUMBLEseatSECONDbest
ROTOrooterCLEVERNESS
someCATnamedDAHMER
inCATpajamasFOOTIES
fourONtheFLOOR
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Post by neil on Apr 28, 2022 8:21:25 GMT -5
I've a one-eyed cat
Looks like Godzilla in profile
Crocodile smile
Rows of wicked teeth
Polished assiduously
With carnauba wax floss
Spring steel jaw muscles
A bad uncle's lopsided grin
Believe that he'd eat you
Soon as shake your hand
Maybe eat it too
Except for the small bones
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Post by neil on Apr 28, 2022 8:42:44 GMT -5
BLACK RIVER Masaki Kobayashi 1957 Criterion collection    |
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Post by neil on May 3, 2022 17:47:48 GMT -5
Dear Mr. Bellwether: Listen, you four-flushin' horse collar, If you don't come through with the jack you owe me, I'll knock your sappy-lookin' block off. There ain't no heel like you gonna put nothin' over on me without gettin' a knuckle massage. Affectionately Yours, Deep Sea McGurk, alias the Slaughterhouse Kid. W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films |
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Post by neil on May 19, 2022 19:14:33 GMT -5
this day has been six weeks long
at least
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Post by neil on Jun 20, 2022 5:38:23 GMT -5
epigraph
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first, it was not my fault
if you agree to let me call me i
thank you
my first thoughts were relaxing and pleasant
i was taking a gentle ride through a lush medium
on the back of buoyancy
we waved at fish and plankton
because naturally i would not set out alone
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if you want;
open your hand
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if i look like anything
i look like the skin of bones
and a next-to-nothing red-haired girl
wearing around my middle a dime store
inflatable plastic doughnut
distinguished by the alternating attacks
of white
and red
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if you hope;
you are complete
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i see today
contentment is a second skin
the first impulse of generosity
the overflow of outward; neither hand holding knowledge
each held thought grows heaviness
each cherished dream brittle styrofoam statuary
i am no such fool
neither, my friend, are you
we see this year in its second month on a day called twenty-four
nothing repeats but misperception
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the first step is always stopping
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inspired by JELLYFISH
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this was a gift
i do not own it
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date unknown
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Post by neil on Jul 21, 2022 19:24:57 GMT -5
i was thinking about it again the other day
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Post by neil on Jul 21, 2022 19:52:36 GMT -5
the thing is, how do i know the echo doesn't stop as soon as i leave the space? exactly.
so if i crept back all ninja with my reed sandals and split-toe socks, i would still
hear the inhalations for the next stanza. the next conception. the next nextness.
the problem with tinnitus is white noises itself. not noise cancelling headphones.
self cancelling audio curtain. but of course, it isn't the slurping, meaty
mechanical bits that raise the ruckus. tinnitus is the sound of synapses and
cerebral blood flow. can't be anything else. the last time i looked, the
abandoned Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge(HoJoMoLo) in Greenville, South
Carolina was still standing. probably not now. something tangential
to my personal orbit happened in one of those rooms in 1972.
i don't stutter, i said nineteen seventy two.
it was a bleak and trying time.
that and it was repetitive.
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Post by neil on Jul 27, 2022 18:43:36 GMT -5
goodbye, Claes
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Post by neil on Aug 4, 2022 2:28:14 GMT -5
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Post by neil on Oct 27, 2022 10:13:10 GMT -5
give me the strength
to carry on
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Post by neil on Nov 5, 2022 9:31:10 GMT -5
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Post by neil on Nov 12, 2022 7:08:39 GMT -5
lost my mind
chew my fat
gnaw upon an ankle
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Post by neil on Dec 10, 2022 13:05:09 GMT -5
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