• InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    When the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted last week to allow police to use robots to kill people in extreme circumstances, the critics predictably cited sci-fi movies.

    0/10 as commentary

    7/10 as humor


    I had a super-quickie look at his Wikipedia page.

    Rich Lowry

    Richard Lowry (born 1968) is an American writer who is the former editor and now editor-in-chief of National Review.

    [...]

    Lowry is also a syndicated columnist, author, and political analyst who is a frequent guest on NBC News and Meet the Press. He has written four books. [...] Lowry's first novel, the political thriller Banquo's Ghosts, was co-written with Keith Korman and published in 2009. The plot revolves around a nuclear-armed Iran and an inebriated leftist journalist.

    [...]

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lowry praised Florida governor Ron DeSantis for his hands-off approach to COVID-19 in a May 2020 column titled "Where does Ron DeSantis go to get his apology?".

    • Upanotherday [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The plot revolves around a nuclear-armed Iran and an inebriated leftist journalist.

      :whywhywhywhywhy:

      That was my idea.

      If he wrote [@Bluegrass_Buddhist as the drunkard journalist who heroically helps Iran succeed in the death of america like I did, I am suing.