Wanderthread Redux (Part 1)

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We can probably assume that RustBelt Rebel never jokes about food
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Are the squirrel references jokes about food, or are they actually jokes about poverty and class?

I looked up the NYT article, BTW; it only has a passing and fairly innocuous reference to squirrel. But RBR wasn’t really talking about the NYT article; he was just using it as a launching point for a broader discussion.

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You can blame Bart Gordon (D TN-6) for that bit of text

It wasn't in Biden's bill

But it's clear that the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (HR 3355) was an exercise in sausage making…

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OTOH, even when snatching people from private houses, they only “need” a warrant in theory. In practice, they can just snatch and disappear anyone who isn’t privileged enough to have legal clout.

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Public enlistment ceremonies at a soccer game.

Jesus fucking Christ.

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Perhaps related to the Appalachian Cuisine revival…

Hollowed Out: against the sham revitalization of Appalachia.

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/hollowed-out-ray

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