Mrs. Laquedem and the Laquedemitasse report that the inch of snow that is paralyzing Portland is also affecting MAX: some of the track switches have frozen and are being set by hand, which reminds me of the passage in Atlas Shrugged in which, after the Taggart Railroad's system of warning lights stops working, Dagny Taggart writes out train dispatch orders by hand.
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October 2023
Recent Posts
- Lament for Kevin McCarthy
- The fields of the House republicans need no Gaetz to guard them
- One of Donald Trump's upcoming trials commemorates Benjamin Harrison's "spectacularly corrupt administration"
- Fulton County's indictment of Donald Trump and friends, analyzed
- Chief Justice John Roberts indirectly alludes to Ambrose Bierce, lexicographer
- The Laquedem Plan to Relieve Our Supreme Court Justices from the High Cost of Vacations
- The Laquedem Plan to Improve Continuing Legal Education and Honor a Legal Leader
- Shemia Fagan's resignation: the lettuce wins again
- Isaac's 2023 Tax Day reading from A.P. Herbert
- Sometimes "20 to 30" is a phrase that describes an age bracket . . .
Recent Comments
- Dan a Wasil on Fulton County's indictment of Donald Trump and friends, analyzed
- Chris Snethen on 2022 Endorsements II: NO on Measure 113 (truant legislators), YES on Measure 114 (gun regulation)
- Allan L. on Endorsements III: The race for Governor
- Isaac Laquedem on Why forgiving student loans makes the republican party's indentures fall out
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- MrFearless47 on Clarence Thomas points the way to the future - and to the past
- bojack on Is William Baxter (1929-1998) the culprit behind today's shortage of baby formula? History and economics say "yes"
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