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LearnedHand

LearnedHand's Journal
LearnedHand's Journal
December 6, 2020

I figured out Guiliani's brown goo!

It's the protomolecule! Vomit zombie coming right up! (Shout out to The Expanse, and I realize the brown goo is so five minutes ago.)

November 27, 2020

Mad props to DUer 634-5789 for THE BEST tRump nickname

Always some version of mad or deranged “Peepaw.” Been meaning to tell you for a long time that your nickname captures Every Single Thing that’s wrong, off, bad, disastrous about the deranged subhuman creature.

November 22, 2020

The Hu- Yuve Yuve Yu

Mongolian death metal (with occasional throat singing)

November 22, 2020

Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Mack the Knife

(Edited typo, although it was pretty funny)

November 19, 2020

Yeah I'm late to the roots music threads: Meet Tuatha Dea (Appalachian Rock)

(Don’t miss the digereedo here)

November 9, 2020

Never, ever elect a person who says "I alone can fix it"?

And all of the above? With literally all of it broken, it’s hard for a most important value to rise to the top.

November 9, 2020

Among Hillary Clinton's dead-on prophecies about a Trump presidency...

... this is the one that so perfectly encapsulates our four-year national nightmare:

“Imagine, if you dare, imagine — imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis. A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.“

https://www.vox.com/2016/7/28/12319846/hillary-clinton-dnc-speech-trump-nukes

November 9, 2020

Fun trivia about Chris Brookmyre (original tweet)

He writes FANTASTIC Scottish noir novels. Definitely read his stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Brookmyre

On edit: And they are funny!

November 8, 2020

Did you notice how Biden and Harris noticeably flinched when the fireworks started?

I went back and looked at the recording to double check. For a second their faces were very serious, startled. I imagine they are briefed often on measures to protect their physical safety. Among all the joy, that one startled moment reminded me we have a long way to go to undo the damage to our collective psyche. Thank you, Joe and Kamala, for your bravery as well!

November 6, 2020

Lisa Gordon-Hagerty resigns as chief of nuclear weapons agency

Source: The Hill (via MSN)

The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and under secretary of energy for nuclear security has resigned from her position effective immediately, the Department of Energy announced Friday.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lisa-gordon-hagerty-resigns-as-chief-of-nuclear-weapons-agency/ar-BB1aLRXh

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