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It seems like Florence Pugh is in everything and I don't really get her appeal.

Watched the whole series, it's very good. I really like Tom Burke. He's also great in CB Strike, the detective series on HBO based on the books by JK Rowling's pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

I really enjoy baking, it was something I struggled with for a long time, but lots of repetition has gotten me to a point that I'm generally happy with what I make. Still haven't mastered laminated doughs, but will keep trying.

One thing that I have come to appreciate is how difficult it is to run a consistently good bakery. It takes an enormous amount of work to put out a consistent, high quality product. It's easy to see why most bakeries take lots of shortcuts.

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Matthew Rhys and Stephen Root are great casting.

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When Root is telling him about the Sea Hag I was dying.

"How does she kill you?

She climbs into your bed and sits on your face."

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I get what you're saying. He was actually asked about that and his response was really good. People like Bass, Newsome, et al are generally referred to as 'elites'. They have the resume, they have the credentials, etc, and yet based on actual results, they're almost universally incompetent, corrupt, and observably stupid. He also pointed out that when he was in his twenties he was a reality tv star. Bass was in Cuba learning how to be a revolutionary and destroy the United States. If you forget about credentials and just listen to what he's saying, he's actually kind of impressive. I think it says a lot about where we, and specifically LA and CA are when someone just talking sense seems like a political Godsend.

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Visited an office that came up with their own solution. The tubes on the right go into the individual bottles. Plug in your cocktail. Bam.

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That's awesome.

"Are you out here looking for minorities?"

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Minorities? You mean like fat crazy white women?

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Get to hang out in Turks and Caicos on their nil dime

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Are you a communist?

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At that time, the mixed Presidency/Congress was actually quite effective (as far as government goes).

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I think it was effective specifically because of the Republican leadership in Congress. You had Bob Dole as Senate Majority Leader, and Gingrich as speaker of the house, with Dick Armey as majority leader and Tom Delay as whip. They had put forth a very clear plan of action with the Contract with America, and they largely executed it after they took power, with Republicans voting in near unanimity. Republicans haven't had that kind of leadership and cohesion in Congress since.

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I bet her cat is happy she's using up all that excess energy by yelling at a building.

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