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Lawyers, Guns and Money
@lefarkins
A blog! The last true blog!
Joined June 2009
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    Before twitter was a gleam in Jack's eye, Lawyers, Guns and Money was here. When the creeping vines devour the final ruins of twitter, Lawyers, Guns and Money will be here.
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    We've literally been here the whole time, @ezraklein
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    Right wing attempt to assassinate America’s second-most important politician not considered that big a deal by American mainstream media
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    "Newsom... seems to think that, in today’s political environment, the best way to improve his national prospects is to mock and irritate the other side. And for better or worse, he may be correct." -- @conor64: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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    As we drift towards 2021, everyone at LGM would like to thank everyone out there who has read, shared, or commented upon a post during the last year. Have a happy and safe New Year, and let us toast to the hope that the new year will be better than the old.
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    Greg Abbott is going to pardon somebody who was convicted of murder 24 hours ago because it was a good kind of murder
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    Neither Progressives nor Moderates Deserve Blame for 2020 Disappointments zpr.io/HrRse by Dan Nexon
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    Posting this for absolutely no reason and totally not connected to anything that might be happening in contemporary politics. theintercept.com/2020/08/21/aar…
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    Elon is not aware of all internet traditions.
    Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended
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    CEOs require astronomical compensation to incentivize great performance. And mediocre performance. And bad performance. zpr.io/RhDYR by Scott Lemieux
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    Useful Candidate Evaluations Are Holistic, Not Ad Hoc Searches For Arbitrary Dealbreakers zpr.io/Pvu5R
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    With its rollicking accounts of headless soldiers, hostage crises and multiple roving psychopaths, Warren Zevon’s ‘Excitable Boy’ LP is folk music at its most gleefully perverse, suggesting something like a coked-out Dylan collaborating with Roger Corman. Bloodbath On The Tracks.