Favorite Rejects 2022-07-12

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I thought the whole Democratic primary debate over domestic policy was ridiculous (it was) and that Biden's agenda was much too left-wing to pass (it was) so all this stuff people were arguing about was pointless (it was) but with Bernie you'd get less whining.

sam @sam_d_1995

why are taxpayers spending billions on SFPD if they have zero interest in doing their literal job it shouldn’t be too much to ask for a police department that actually *tries* to deal with violent crimes like this

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Folks you can't get mad at me for offering this *as an example* of something that would make online progressives worked up. That's self-refuting.

ImpressionableChildHat @Popehat

I kind of love that Canada still calls it the Royal Canadian Mounted Police so when you’re watching a documentary about some crime you’re all “oh yeah good what this international fraud ring needs is a cop on a horse” and you cheer

Mike Duncan @mikeduncan

Mugdha Myers @mugdha_myers

@JasperParks007 @mikeduncan I preordered the hard copy, forgot I'd preordered it and bought the ebook, then signed up for the release event which sent me a signed hard copy. Then of course, I bought the audiobook since that's the logical way to actually consume Mike Duncan content.

John Gruber @gruber

This why everyone is still talking about “Bronco Billy” today.

Tony Tost @tonytost

Hard to imagine anything as disorienting as Scatman Crothers' experience of working with Stanley Kubrick and Clint Eastwood in back to back films. https://t.co/Ltufbta69f

ImpressionableChildHat @Popehat

You simply can't presume that Trump was trying to call a witness to intimidate them or suborn perjury. He could have been planning to sexually harass them, share racial slurs, or solicit assistance in obstructing justice in a completely unrelated matter.

Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1

Trump tried to call a Jan. 6 witness who hasn't appeared publicly yet, Cheney says, and the person didn't answer and instead alerted their lawyer. Cheney says she has "supplied that information to the Department of Justice."

Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior

When was the last time GDP was negative for two quarters while we added over 2 million jobs and wage growth decelerated? We’re off the map already

Bryan Caplan @bryan_caplan

When is the last time the US brought inflation down 5 percentage-points or more without causing unemployment to rise by at least 3 percentage-points?