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Dec 31, 2021Liked by Jeff Maurer

"I fear a permanent Noemocracy" Not to be confused with a gnomeocracy (rule by garden-dwelling imps) or a Noamocracy (rule by Chomsky).

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If we're voting, I'm voting Garden Imps.

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Jan 3, 2022Liked by Jeff Maurer

"When Ayatollah Khomeini disqualifies every candidate" — I think you mean Ayatollah Khamenei. Khomeini is the dead one.

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I did, thanks for the catch (updated!). The confusing name is my main beef with the Ayatollah.

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The fact that he looks like Evil Santa should be a close second (there goes my chance to see the beautiful sights of Esfahan). Thanks for the article!

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"In Pennsylvania, former Senator David Perdue is making Trump’s claims of voter fraud"

You mean Georgia.

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I do! Thanks for the catch. Corrected.

I had Dr. Oz and Pennsylvania on the brain.

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That's OK. I'm sure he can sell you some pseudoscienctific garbage to help your memory.

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Just don't do what the Bureau of Atomic Scientists did and keep the visual metaphor going after the original meaning was lost. No one has any idea what the countdown clock means anymore, and your victim would be damned to an eternity of screaming at a steamroller driving back and forth at random.

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Yeah, you may notice some fiddly language in that section: I was trying to present the clock as it USED TO BE, as a symbol of the nuclear threat. Much like with The Simpsons, I'm just going to pretend that the last 20 years didn't happen.

My steamroller has a built-in expiration date in 2024 and the input data is transparent. What I'm saying is: It's better.

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The blowhole bit still has me laughing. Even more than the Putin video.

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The left is so used to catastrophyzing that it's the only thing they do. And "we have to stop another January 6" which never seems to be about making sure that there isn't a dispute about which electors are the real ones.

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