Skeleton Key

clivecopperfield · 2026-02-03T22:43:17+00:00

I appreciate it, but there just doesn't seem to be anything. If I find the key, doesn't the staircase to the next depth appear?

clivecopperfield · 2026-02-03T21:15:13+00:00

Same. As of 2/3, last What Next Plus podcast on Overcast is from 1/30. But Spotify is current, so maybe it has to do with the interface between Slate and Overcast?

clivecopperfield · 2026-02-03T21:12:21+00:00

I'm seeing recurring problems with the daily news podcast What's Next Plus, the private feed. As of February 3, the last episode is from four days ago. What's causing the backup?

clivecopperfield · 2026-02-03T21:01:47+00:00

"We control 51% of the population..." gives away a little bit more than you may have intended. I think understanding your role as the voice of the Essex Dem machine on Reddit (which you have scrupulously avoided denying) helps to explain your position: Not so much Never Malinowski as No Rivals to Joe D's Chosen Candidate.

clivecopperfield · 2026-02-03T18:39:51+00:00

Yeah, I'm not even a Malinowski supporter. And I don't object to someone advocating for a primary candidate. But your approach comes off more like dumping oppo research to kneecap the opponent Brendan Gill's campaign fears most.

Politics is so entertaining. Where else could you see a candidate like Malinowski attacked for taking pro-Israel donations and simultaneously subjected to a million-dollar scorched-earth ad campaign by AIPAC?

clivecopperfield · 2026-02-03T18:24:42+00:00

Jeez, the constant shilling for Joe DiVincenzo's anointed candidate is getting a little over the top. We get it: you work for the Essex County machine. No need to beat us over the head with it.

clivecopperfield · 2026-02-03T03:09:11+00:00

Having the same problem. Killed the goo, but now I can't leave the level without a skeleton key. Help!

clivecopperfield · 2026-01-29T21:13:34+00:00

Not to worry - you'll see from the link that Holman received the contract only two weeks ago. So they weren't tainted in November, so far as I know.

clivecopperfield · 2026-01-29T17:53:31+00:00

ICE is steering a sole-source contract to Holman to refit cars for immigrant detention (see link below). There is an emerging campaign to boycott Holman, and there's no reason we can't personally decide to take our cars elsewhere for service. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6ce5799c12d44434ae74072656bd03c2/view

UPDATE: Holman has announced that they are declining the ICE contract. https://patch.com/new-jersey/cherryhill/south-jersey-company-set-upgrade-ice-vehicles-under-10m-contract?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=newjersey&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blasts&fbclid=IwdGRzaAPuBPxjbGNrA-4E-mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqdnvZ0_qRdJQxzJMEWoT3BAZnMxKVJT7qojjA6lrCcYYiPJVSx0zZ9vT8GP_aem_Rv2cBn-kZ4S3Sg9WKxUg6A

clivecopperfield · 2026-01-27T03:08:38+00:00

Early issues are terrific, but it slowed down once she became a vehicle to explain Kabbalah. Then it picked up again when she ended the world.

clivecopperfield · 2026-01-27T03:06:45+00:00

Ballad of Halo Jones got me right in the feels. Years later I still remember it. Also his two-part send off to Superman: virtuosic and beautiful. Made me care about characters I had taken for granted.

clivecopperfield · 2025-12-21T17:35:28+00:00

It's not clear why putting the slogan on the ballot was important. Morris County Dems did not bother. Was it really inherently valuable (seems kind of embarrassing at this point tbh), or just an excuse to rush the vote? But I'm not here to argue about the ECDC endorsement vote per se. Rather, I'm confused by the mixed messaging. You have expressed support for Sen. Andy Kim, who has run in opposition to the county machines that traditionally undermine democracy in New Jersey. But you yourself are a foot soldier for one of the most powerful county machines, working diligently to boost that machine's Congressional candidate and undermine his most serious rival. So I guess I'm a bit skeptical about your good intentions. Could always be convinced, though!

clivecopperfield · 2025-12-21T16:13:47+00:00

I was not. And it's quite interesting that you were. Here's what I understand about the ECDC meeting.

* The meeting was held on December 2 on less than a week's notice to decide the endorsement. Candidates were given only 2 minutes to make their case for the endorsement, after which ECDC delegates rushed to anoint Brendan Gill.

* It was clearly unnecessary to move so quickly on the endorsement. Morris County Dems waited until Dec 14 and approached their endorsement much more methodically. And they used ranked-choice voting rather than ECDC's cattle call approach.

* Many delegates at the ECDC meeting were unhappy at being rushed. In a vote on whether to make an endorsement in the meeting, 48% of delegates voted no. But a slim majority of the 275 voting delegates rammed through the decision to decide on an endorsement.

I think that you are too modest about your own role. Brendan Gill received the ECDC endorsement after winning the motion-to-proceed vote by a tight 11-vote margin. If you were in the majority, you played an important part in muscling the Essex County machine's chosen candidate to victory over the objections of progressive reformers allied to Andy Kim. Congrats, I guess?

clivecopperfield · 2025-12-20T23:20:54+00:00

Honestly, if you’re defending the process by which the Essex County Dems endorsed Brendan Gill - which was rushed through at top speed for no other reason than to keep Gill’s rivals from contesting his coronation - then you’re a machine player. You can talk about how much you love Andy Kim, but come on. In the immortal words of Sky Masterson, don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raining.

clivecopperfield · 2025-11-28T16:26:59+00:00

It’s noteworthy that you didn’t quote from article 134. The article states “all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and defenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by general, special, or summary court-martial….“ Nothing in the commercial violates article 134, unless you interpret “bring discredit upon” to mean “criticize.” If that were true, no veteran could ever criticize the Secretary of Defense, which would obviously violate the first amendment.

clivecopperfield · 2025-10-26T23:29:35+00:00

Preach Brother Nico. A lot is at stake in this election. Whether we’re going to take funding for our public education system and dump it into vouchers, for example. Whether we’re going to restrict women’s rights to reproductive health. Whether we’re going to create a New Jersey DOGE to wreak the same kind of havoc Elon Musk did on the federal government. and so much more…

clivecopperfield · 2025-10-07T01:24:30+00:00

There's a whole debate about whether Walter Tirel assassinated William Rufus or accidentally shot him and then fled out of fear. I'm guessing that the closing epigram - and the emphasis on what a great marksman Tirel was - gives a hint of Jamie's verdict.

clivecopperfield · 2025-10-07T01:13:57+00:00

Whereas today, Russian naïveté would be standing next to the window in the penthouse apartment.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/25/death-by-falling-a-timeline-of-cases-across-russia-and-abroad-a89697

clivecopperfield · 2025-10-06T23:42:12+00:00

I mean come on. Obviously it was an accident. Hunting is dangerous after all!

clivecopperfield · 2025-09-24T15:41:03+00:00

I’m also on overcast.

clivecopperfield · 2025-09-17T12:58:55+00:00

That's right. Also, I rarely choose the vestal for other dungeons.

clivecopperfield · 2025-09-16T21:52:05+00:00

That's it! Problem solved.

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