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Simon3D<p>Laos</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographie</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photographieargentique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographieargentique</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/analogphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analogphotography</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leica</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leicar9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leicar9</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leicasummicron50mm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leicasummicron50mm</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FilmIsNotDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FilmIsNotDead</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ventiane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ventiane</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/monk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monk</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/moines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moines</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/budhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budhism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boudhisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boudhisme</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Inside Green Olive, the Mediterranean spot winning over Des Moines <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/2297000/inside-green-olive-the-mediterranean-spot-winning-over-des-moines/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/2297000/i</span><span class="invisible">nside-green-olive-the-mediterranean-spot-winning-over-des-moines/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Affiliate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Affiliate</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Condiments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Condiments</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/CondimentsU0026Dressings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CondimentsU0026Dressings</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/cuisines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cuisines</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/des" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>des</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DesMoines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesMoines</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Dressings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dressings</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/LocalAffiliateFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalAffiliateFood</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mediterranean</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MediterraneanDishes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediterraneanDishes</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MediterraneanRestaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediterraneanRestaurants</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Moines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moines</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Overall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overall</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/OverallPositive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OverallPositive</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/point" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>point</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/positive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>positive</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/reservations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reservations</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/restaurant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restaurant</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RestaurantReviewsU0026Reservations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestaurantReviewsU0026Reservations</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Restaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Restaurants</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reviews</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>the</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/to" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>to</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ToThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/u0026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>u0026</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Vegetarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vegetarian</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/West" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>West</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WestDesMoines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestDesMoines</span></a></p>
Simon3D<p>Laos</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographie</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photographieargentique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographieargentique</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/analogphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analogphotography</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leica</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leicar9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leicar9</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leicasummicron50mm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leicasummicron50mm</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FilmIsNotDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FilmIsNotDead</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ventiane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ventiane</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/monk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monk</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/moines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moines</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/budhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budhism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boudhisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boudhisme</span></a></p>
Simon3D<p>Laos</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographie</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/photographieargentique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographieargentique</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/analogphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analogphotography</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leica</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leicar9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leicar9</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/leicasummicron50mm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leicasummicron50mm</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snake</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/serpent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>serpent</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FilmIsNotDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FilmIsNotDead</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/luangprabang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luangprabang</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/moines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moines</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/monk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monk</span></a></p>
NBA News<p>Belmont softball earns first-ever NCAA Tournament berth <a href="https://www.rawchili.com/nba/24564/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">rawchili.com/nba/24564/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Baseball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baseball</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Basketball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Basketball</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Belmont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Belmont</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/BelmontBruins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BelmontBruins</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Bruins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bruins</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/College" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>College</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CollegeBasketball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollegeBasketball</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CollegeSports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollegeSports</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Des" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Des</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DesMoines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesMoines</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Men</span></a>'s <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Moines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moines</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ncaa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ncaa</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NCAABasketball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NCAABasketball</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NCAAMen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NCAAMen</span></a>'sBasketballTournament <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ncaab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ncaab</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Overall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overall</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/OverallPositive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OverallPositive</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Positive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Positive</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Purdue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Purdue</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/PurdueUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PurdueUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sports</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/SportsNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SportsNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Tournament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tournament</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Trump’s retribution may focus on individuals, <br>but it’s a collective harm<br>-- So it makes sense to spread the cost of dealing with it.</p><p>In the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory and promised revenge tour, <br>a number of individuals have proposed the creation of an organization or fund <br>which would take on the job of defending the various lawsuits, prosecutions and generalized legal harassment Trump will bring to the table in the next four years. </p><p>It’s a very good idea. <br>It’s a necessary one. </p><p>So a few days ago I started reaching out to some people in the legal world and anti-Trump world to find out what’s going on, </p><p>whether any efforts are afoot and who is doing what.</p><p>What I found out is that there are at least a couple groups working toward doing something like this. </p><p>But the efforts seem embryonic. </p><p>Or at least I wasn’t able to find out too much. </p><p>The overnight news that Trump is now suing <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ann</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Selzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Selzer</span></a> and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Des" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Des</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Moines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moines</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Register" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Register</span></a> over her final election poll for “election interference” makes me think that these efforts aren’t coming together soon enough <br>or can’t come together soon enough. </p><p>(If you’re not familiar with the details, Selzer is a pollster of almost legendary status <br>and in what turned out to be her final public poll, dramatically missed not only the result of the election but the whole direction of it.) </p><p>Let’s take the Selzer/Des Moines Register suit as our example. </p><p>Trump is claiming that he was damaged and should be made whole <br>because of a poll that showed him behind and turned out to be wrong. </p><p>His lawyers are trying to shoe-horn this claim into an Iowa consumer fraud statute. </p><p>But we shouldn’t be distracted by that. <br>The idea that a political candidate has a cause of action over a poll is absurd on its face. </p><p>And really that is precisely the point. </p><p>Trump casts penumbras of power and fear with talk; he holds public space; he keeps opponents off balance and guessing. </p><p>This is another example.</p><p>A lot of the power and point of such an exercise is precisely the absurdity of it. </p><p>It is meant to spur a chorus of “You can’t do that” and<br> “How can he do that?” </p><p>But he does do it. </p><p>We have that same mixture of outrage, incomprehension, uncanny laughter, <br>the upshot of which is an overwhelming and over-powering belief that the rules somehow don’t apply to this guy. </p><p>That’s his power and that is the point. </p><p>It is a performance art of power enabled by a shameless abuse of the legal system</p><p>Trump’s opponents need to learn to speak in that language. </p><p>Otherwise it’s a professional wrestling grudge match, <br>a taunt-fest with only one side taunting. </p><p>I fear some folks simply don’t get this dimension of what’s going on.</p><p> It’s not something you learn in law school and not in conventional, old-style politics either. </p><p>Defending the targets is key. But that’s not the only point or even the main one. </p><p>It’s about demonstrating the limits of Trump’s power and embarrassing him, President or not.</p><p><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-big-pile-of-money-and-lawyering-to-defend-trumps-legal-targets" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a</span><span class="invisible">-big-pile-of-money-and-lawyering-to-defend-trumps-legal-targets</span></a></p>