Atticus West
@atticuswest
Attorney and Counselor at Law. Litigator. B.A. Philosophy. Phish. Padres. Me like words. Occasionally wry. My posts:
Reminds me of one of my surprise favorite shots from a photo excursion to the San Diego Zoo. Similar but not identical species, I think.
“There are some bands you thank your godforsaken stars to experience live, and bejesus – even without their legendary frontman – The Pogues are one of them.” 💯❣️
I started with an easy one. It was working, too, right up until satan’s errand boy decided to threaten the Iranian Men’s National Team.
By one definition, intelligence can be measured by the “foreseeability of consequences.” Applying that standard, what does that say about those who voted to put the failed insurrectionist back in office? Every fucking moment of our now was utterly foreseeable. 😢
BREAKING: Entire Nobel Peace Prize Committee Storms White House, Beats Shit Out of Bad Orange Man on General Principle
Streaming 4k video of Phish’s 4-night New Year’s Eve run at Madison Square Garden may not fix me, but 4k video AND a Hangin’ Possum New Year’s Run Tee DEFINITELY will.
Interesting tidbit from the NYT profile on attendees at last night’s soirée of MBS (B is for “Bonesaw”), in light of Apple’s decision to knuckle under to pressure from the administration to remove ICE Block—an app that tracks the movements of ICE agents in our neighborhoods—from its App Store.
A few pics from the No Kings rally today @ Waterfront Park, San Diego, CA. ✊
A credible opposition party would make this fascist ass clown the public face of this administration—make it known far and wide that *this* is the true face of MAGA—and in the process, neutralize him by suggesting that he, not Trump, runs the show.
Insightful observation and synthesis of one aspect of Trump et al.'s ongoing authoritarian project--the corruption of the federal prosecution power into a tool of revenge and extortion--from Greg Sargent in the New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2006...
So far, I have not read a single headline that correctly identifies why ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel. Instead, they all just accept the rationale offered as pretext.
San Diego County Emergency just warns people to stay away from “coastal areas” or “the coastline.”
Revoking scientific findings is rather outside the administration’s purview, I would think. Seems like the kind of thing rational people leave to, you know… scientists. Fascists gonna fasch, I suppose. 🤷♂️
The bad reviews keep pouring in about the Big, Ugly Bill. Take, for example, this gem of a quote from Angus King (I-ME), excerpted from Letters from an American. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Wow, Margaret Brennan really did her homework* before this interview. 🙄 *Skimmed the corporate talking points CBS News is trash.
The San Diego march headed south along N Harbor Drive, then back north along Pacific Highway.
Here’s a longer clip of the San Diego protest & march. It gives a little better sense of the volume of people flowing by. #NoKings ✊
Good crowd, positive upbeat energy, minimal police presence, no conflict, violence, or property damage witnessed. 💯 peaceful protest. #NoKings San Diego.
Democracy *is* under assault, you cowards, WaPo. Trump is openly assaulting it. Gov. Newsom’s observations are secondary to that news, not a fig leaf you can tremble behind.