Archive of entries posted by Oppo

A Reset of Us for the Upset of Us

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I’m thinking of considering proposing a suggestion to ponder perhaps mulling reducing the qualification for a Harvey Award from 10 likes to 5 likes, because the votes just aren’t materializing for the worthy ones.

This is because we don’t use mail-in ballots, electronic voting machines, endless recounts, and flooded bathrooms. We should.

Straight Line of the Day: More Urgent Legislation Texas Might Pass: …

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A list of some of the things that the Texas House prioritized this session.
X (twitter) | 6/6/2025 | Brian Harrison (TX State Rep)

Betrayal! Instead of dealing with Texas property taxes, I’m releasing a list of some of the things that the Texas House prioritized this session.

All of these PASSED the House, yet no bills to eliminate property taxes were even allowed to be debated!

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HB 1904: Makes it a crime to release balloons.
HR 161: Congratulates Beyoncé for winning three Grammys at the 2025 Grammy Awards.
HR 404: Recognizes Zoroastrian Day at the State Capitol.
HR 32: Recognizes Pakistan Day at the State Capitol.
HB 3832: Creates “animal friendly” license plates.
HB 366: Criminalizes political memes.
HB 2858: Establishes a new Mexican Guest Worker Program.
HB 27: Removes requirement for high school students to learn economics.
HCR 101: Designates the tomahawk rib-eye steak as the official State Steak of Texas.
HB 4751: Creates crony corporatism and corporate welfare for quantum manufacturing.
SB 22: Gives $1.5 billion to liberal Hollywood.
HB 2462: Allows women to ride alone in HOV lanes.
….and so on and so on…

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Science Thought Line of the Day: Where Is the Center of the Universe?

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Bullseye: Where Is The Center Of The Universe?
Study Finds | June 12, 2025 | Rob Coyne, University of Rhode Island

… Part of the reason this can be so challenging to comprehend is because of the way the universe is described in the language of mathematics. The surface of the balloon has two dimensions, and the balloon’s interior has three, but the universe exists in four dimensions. Because it’s not just about how things move in space, but how they move in time.

Our brains are wired to think about space and time separately. But in the universe, they’re interwoven into a single fabric, called “space-time.” That unification changes the way the universe works relative to what our intuition expects. And this explanation doesn’t even begin to answer the question of how something can be expanding indefinitely – scientists are still trying to puzzle out what powers this expansion. So in asking about the center of the universe, we’re confronting the limits of our intuition. The answer we find – everything, expanding everywhere, all at once – is a glimpse of just how strange and beautiful our universe is.

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“First Thing We Do Is, We Kelo the Lawyers”

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One of the comments on a news aggregator site hits the nail right on the head:

“Is it so hard for the government just to leave us alone?”

City Gov to Seize 175-Year-Old Farm by Eminent Domain, Replace with Affordable Housing
agweb.com | June 11, 2025 | Chris Bennett

For three decades, Andy Henry has declined $20-30 million offers for his 21-acre, 175-year-old farm. Ironically, local government is using his perseverance to take the entire property via eminent domain and replace pasture with affordable housing.

Grass for concrete? Legacy surrendered? No deal, Henry says. Period. Full stop.

“Our farm in now leased for raising cattle and sheep. The town loves driving by and seeing something besides warehouses. Keeping this legacy intact and passing it to the next generation has been, and is always, our plan.”

Cranbury Township Committee also has a plan: Cover Henry’s farm with housing units.

On April 24, 2025, Henry’s mailbox clinked with an official letter of notice from the Committee, tagging his farm as an affordable housing site. “It was incredibly stunning,” he says. “The letter said if I didn’t agree on a price—they’d take my land by eminent domain.”

Another apt quote: “This kind of crap is why people loathe government.”

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Oppo Misses the Point

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Someone makes the mistake of mentioning that IMAO is supposed to be a funny site.

Oppo: “Funny how?”

I appreciate one reviewer’s description of this scene as “slapstick sadism.”

Joe Pesci based this scene on his own experience, ad-libbed it with Ray Liotta, and won an Oscar.

Any Army Veterans Among Our Tight Little Group?

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— and by “tight,” I mean in the positive, not the negative, sense. Unless applicable.

If so, happy 250th! You carried on George Washington’s legacy… Valley Forge and Crossing the Delaware, and D-Day.

Oh, you Navy and Marine guys did, too. Don’t tell the Army guys I said that.

You Air Force guys can’t be carrying on Washington’s legacy for obvious reasons. Space Force? Please.

I never served. I never put my life on the line for the whole country. That makes me personally a pusscake by comparison. But my dad rose to LT 1C (Airborne) in the army. Dues paid?

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Straight Line of the Day: What Else To Know About Foreign Dating Apps

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Americans Warned Not to Use Dating Apps: What to Know
Newsweek | 6/4/25 | Theo Burman and Shane Croucher

Americans have been warned about the risks posed by dating apps after several kidnappings in Mexico.

The U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara said it had confirmed reports of U.S. citizens “kidnapped by individuals the victims met on dating apps in recent months in the Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Nayarit areas,” adding the violence is not limited to one geographic area.

“Victims and their family members in the United States have at times been extorted for large sums of money to secure their release,” the security alert said.