The Fig Economy

It’s that time of year again. If you’re a fan of Girl Scout cookies, my daughter’s shop is linked here and orders are open. Give her video a watch and buy some if you like. digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/vivian...

Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.

Five NFL teams chose not to honor Charlie Kirk. @modestholdings.com chose to defy the governor’s order that his county fly flags at half staff for Kirk. The fact that people are able to stick their necks out to do the right thing puts into sharper contrast just how many are not willing to do so.

My daughter has made up a pretend band with her friends and she decided their album should be called “Shattered” and she drew an album cover except at the top she spelled it SHAT TERD And it was one of those parenting moments where my wife and I deserve a medal for not laughing.

My dearest Clara, It has been nigh on one week since I have beheld your visage. I cannot fathom the changes to our home that have transpired during my extended absence.

One thing I never understood about Les Miserables is how Javert managed to convince the higher ups at the police department to commit nearly unlimited time and money to the Bread Crimes Unit.

Even if impeachment were possible, it would be grossly insufficient since the premise is just “there’s one guy who’s bad but his hand chosen successor must be totally cool.”

Eagerly awaiting the text of this charter to see whether it makes Donald Trump chairman for life and arbiter of everything the Shield of the Americas does and whether it demands a billion or two from all participants.

Genuinely weird to see these florid fantasies of Donald Trump’s final victory over democracy from the guy who popularized “do not comply in advance.”

Me finally using my wife’s reading challenge mug now that I’ve finished the challenge as well:

I understand that sometimes a malicious opponent can force you into playing games you don’t want to play but for the sake of your soul you have to continue *not wanting to play them*.

One of the corollaries to this kind of thing is something like 2013 sequestration, where Congress passed a time bomb so stupid they’d be motivated to make a deal to defuse it, and then they just…didn’t. It just happened.

Here’s setting up a pretty good object lesson for the people who believe that the sure fire way to get what you want in politics is to make a demand and then hold your breath until you get it.

Per Strongbad, a consummate V of geese this morning.