The funniest part about "you ruined our admirals" is that for years, the Navy made sure that almost no one who had a shot at O-7 ever set foot in our classrooms in Newport. (We did produce a few good Army/USAF generals)
I remember sitting down in the canteen, holding forth about how the military was just part of the superstructure, and how our officers had developed a false consciousness
I have paid my first import duty under our new crazy tariff regime: This lovely sweater from London just arrived and it cost me an extra 60 bucks to get it out of customs.
Worth it. But silly, and people paying for things besides bougie sweaters shouldn't have to pay this tax.
And Tom remains undefeated.
Bored affluence.
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AKSHULLY, he's a friend who found the last two foreign editions of "Death of Expertise" that I couldn't find! (Armenian and Turkish). But I'm still laughing.
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The back cover was even better
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A friend of mine here in two bought two books for me. You all might like them.
(more in the next post)
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"By trumpeting unachievable objectives—unconditional surrender, regime change—as his war aims, Trump has given his enemies the opportunity to claim survival as victory. He’s left with no end point to a “short-term excursion.” - Frank Foer
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Teaching is one of the best occupations. Lee Iaccoca once said: In a perfectly rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less.
You can have the best armed forces in the history of the world, but if you are an incompetent criminal without a plan, you can still lose a war, and rather quickly.
I just blocked an asshole instead of engaging and now I am smug and also 100% out of good judgment
Standard dodge.
Russia enters Viktor Orban's election campaign, providing consultants who will flood social media with messages designed, ironically, to frame Orbán, a Russia puppet, as "the only candidate who can keep Hungary sovereign"
From @financialtimes.com
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He's not that smart.
Called it: "Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike"
As I said a few days ago, they probably had old maps. (Not an excuse - that's an intel fail)
What? Voting works? What sort of sorcery is this
Yeah, my wife gets on me for giving our chonky cat treats. But who wants a skinny cat?
It's not like they go to cat school or get on the internet and realize they are chubby.
And yes, she is officially a chonk
It’s not really cold enough for a blanket or a fire, but she demands it
Tucker Carlson is not a reputable source
Serious answer: No courts, including SCOTUS, have ever adjudicated the tension between Art I/viii and Art II/ii
Congress can declare war, but the president is commander in chief, and also executes the laws. Treaties are laws, among other things, and he has a LOT of wiggle room.
Trust me, you do not want declarations of war. They give the president imperial powers you cannot even imagine, and then stay in force until peace is declared. In general, AUMFs suck, but we need something in between an AUMF and "war." And it ain't the War Powers act.
This is why I was a teacher and not a therapist
Well, in the UNSC, it doesn't happen, because of the veto. Otherwise, the SC might have stopped Iran 2003
did you try to correct me
Well, that's what we did at Nuremberg. (Not being snarky.)
Yes
Not legal
Probably, but that's not relevant to the conduct of operations.
Years of teaching. I'm 65, I don't need engagement and I get paid by my employer whether I'm here or not.
