John Lynch

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To this day I still don't understand why someone called Eddie Vedder "daughter". #grungemysteries

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@JonahDispatch @PaulRudnickNY @grok Ok, fine, but she is pretty dumb regardless

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@AdamOPrice I feel like people are always talking about that thing where when you divide two numbers it's the same as adding them and dividing by the larger number... Oh no, wait, that's the golden ratio.

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@Brendan_F_Wendt @cannot_stop_ish @CathyYoung63 @glukianoff This is actually the tweet that broke my camel's back when it comes to Kat's contrarian's contrarianism for contrarian connoisseurs. How outre! How edgy! I think she genuinely believes the stuff she puts out, but I think mostly she has fallen in love with online outrage.

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@AdamOPrice Excellent essay Adam. It reminds me of a question that came up often with my dad (a curmudgeon) at the dinner table: "What is art?" You articulate an answer here that I think he would have really appreciated. Thanks for posting.

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@Jesse_Leg "Is there any political movement in modern American history that has proved as flawed, empty, and thoroughly discredited as Never Trump “conservatism”?" Yes, MAGA. Hands down. Not even close.

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@DrDiGiorgio And in how many of those countries that have problems with healthcare that you seem to suggest are commensurate with the US do people go bankrupt because of a diagnosis? Or lose the lion's share of their life savings b/c of cancer?

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@AdamOPrice Reagan squandered his moment

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@billybinion I've watched the video multiple times now and I'm just not seeing the contempt. He's stating facts. People who own $238m apts - and don't live in them full time - in NYC are the richest of the rich. No contempt, just facts. They can pay more.

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@AdamOPrice Whoa -- me too! What are the odds?!

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@AdamOPrice I remember reading that and having to keep taking breaks to remind myself that I in fact was not on a boat madly pursuing a white whale. So disorienting.

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@AdamOPrice That's awesome Adam -- Congrats!!

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@jbarro There are SO MANY asst profs in the humanities and social sciences, and they write SO MANY books on their way to tenure. And it turns out, if you look hard enough, you can find a kooky character. So what?

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@MiltonFriedmanW The assumption behind this diagram is that in all cases, you are a greedy jerk who only cares about themself. Assumes something about the human condition which is definitely not universal.

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@charlesmurray There's a reason greed is the subject of one of the 7 deadly sins. Avarice is at the root of all capitalist ideologies of the 20th century -- which is to say that it may not be the root of *all* evil, but it is at the root of a helluva lot of it. (so fascile!)

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@katrosenfield That’s a good point. If it were a completely different situation with totally different people, I probably would feel differently about it.

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@kane @RameshPonnuru Counterpoint: those were shitty products/services, and the marketplace didn’t want them.

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@BrianCAlbrecht Oh you got him! Offering a below market fee for work that he has zero experience or training in! If he says no, you've shown he's a hypocrite! Brilliant!

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@bennyjohnson "Hi I'm dumb, but I hate poor people."

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@LFRFamily The $376mil was for renovations to the WH that was approved by congress during the Bush administration. The conversion of the tennis court to a bball court cost a few thousand dollars and was paid for by the Obamas and donors. But you knew that.

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@mkhammer Exactly. If the POTUS is spewing lies and hate and putting half the country in danger, it's up to each citizen to "model risk analysis" before leaving their home to exercise their 1st amendment rights.