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"The BOP modified the rules of prison assignment in May.... The attorney general can now direct the BOP to transfer any particular inmate to any particular prison, based on the attorney general’s exclusive judgment," overriding any security formulas that would otherwise have governed placement. /1

The Attorney General as Prison ExecutiveWhy should the attorney general personally decide which federal prison any convict should be assigned to?www.cato.org

we're just normal men

“The theatre needs to show other films and even if it didn’t the audience likely have obligations that require them to leave the theatre eventually”

ah yes that’s right, this book is cool as hell

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It’s remarkable how persistent this myth is. German democracy survived hyperinflation; it did not survive mass unemployment in the 1939s. It would be better to say this the other way round: because German leaders are conservative, they remember hyperinflation. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

young people keep seeing ladders pulled up ahead of them. when I started, I got my first 10K by selling my dad’s spot on my family tree to pizza hut. I love my father, sir leonard stuffcrustio, the meat feast that walks like a man, but I won’t allow further claims to his legacy

honestly kinda bummed about this — they should rehab all the other stations but keep letting Chambers St deteriorate as a reference for post-apocalyptic aesthetics

it's also pretty interesting that "expose yourself to more intellectual diversity from the right" rarely means "hire more experts credulously studying the intellectual basis for Hindu nationalism, the gender politics of the Black Hebrew Isrealites, or the righteous teachings of al-salaf al-ṣāliḥ"

Hey, the common loon called. Yeah, it was hauntingly beautiful

would have been on sight if i saw this guy coming out of the apothecary in 1657

sorry to ask, but before you embark on a journey of revenge, can you dig two graves? it's just that we're way behind on our grave-digging targets, and you won't be able to help out once you're busy with revenge. thanks.

My immediate reaction is that "Mike and I have been involved in a number of things." is a low entropy ass statement and I do not have confidence in this speaker.

If you live in a blue state that isn't reviewing legislation to allow direct to customer car sales, you live in a state where Democrats don't know what they're doing.

Roman carnelian intaglio showing two grasshoppers fighting as gladiators, c.1st century BC.