John Sisino

As satisfying as it would be to watch a liberal center repeatedly wallop our left tail in national politics year after year, given our distribution of voters there’s no way that’s stable over the long run.

I don't have any story that wild but Vermeule went through multiple rounds of liking something I posted on Twitter, following me, then blocking me over any criticism at all, then unblocking, repeat.

Just the thinnest skinned guy imaginable.

I especially giggle when List A and List B are mutually exclusive yet I'm on both.

This.

I really do think that people who freak out over being put on blocklists need to seriously examine why that is, because I do NOT think that is a healthy psychological reaction to what should be a very minor thing.

Yes. They can be punished on top of administrative separation.

This isn’t a satisfying response but (over the long run) it’s better for them to follow this order, maintain a good service record, & sue for the benefits they’re being denied after sanity has been restored.

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I mean, I think it’s reasonable to have *standards for membership* for a defensive alliance & exclude states which don’t meet them.

But this ain’t that.

They will [probably eventually] condemn Russia’s invasion, say they support Poland’s sovereignty yet never ever support any policies which will have the effect of stopping Russia from perpetrating a genocide on the Polish people while stealing their material & mineral wealth.

Ah. Useful Idiotry.

Gotcha.

China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.

A sorry and worrying tale

Trump Claims He ‘Doesn’t Know’ Crypto King He Pardoned — Despite Previously Arguing Biden Pardons Should Be Void Because He Didn’t Know About Them Donald Trump said that he had no idea who cryptocurrency Binance founder "CZ" was, even though the president recently pardoned the billionaire. The post Trump Claims He ‘Doesn’t Know’ Crypto King He Pardoned — Despite Previously Arguing Biden Pardons Should Be Void Because He Didn’t Know About Them first appeared on Mediaite.

Trump Claims He ‘Doesn’t Know’ Crypto King He Pardoned — Despite Previously Arguing Biden Pardons Should Be Void Because He Didn’t Know About Them

A United States that is disintegrating and no longer a leader in Asia As Trump 2.0 hollows out US state capacity, the Asia Pacific must prepare for a world without US leadership

Want to read what I really think about the Trump administration and the Asia Pacific? Here you go. It’s a goddamn catastrophe for U.S. national interests and for the regional economic and diplomatic order.

"Higher import taxes on steel, copper, lumber and other materials are lifting construction prices and interrupting some jobs. Immigration enforcement is worsening worker shortages and delaying projects" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/b...

Falling back one hour isn't gonna be enough.

I have two degrees of separation from each of the last 6 presidents, multiple British and Canadian PMs, the King of England, and many more political leaders. Doesn’t make me a powerful politician myself.

No.

1. Obama had a AUMF.

2. *Way* stronger PID requirements.

(I’m an Afghanistan veteran & *not* an enthusiastic supporter of Obama’s drone strike policies, FWIW. This shit is way, *way* worse.)

Several lawmakers said Thursday that the Pentagon relayed that it did not need to know the identities of those being targeted in the attacks, or if those killed had been trafficking drugs. “What they told us is they have to show a connection to a designated terrorist organization or their affiliate, and as long as they can show that connection, they believe they are authorized to strike,” Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-California) said in an interview. But such connections could be as much as “three hops away” from a known drug trafficker, Jacobs told reporters after the briefing.

Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make

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it’s time

HUR destroyed all three lines of Russia's Koltsevoy fuel pipeline near Moscow on 31 October, disabling a critical facility that supplied the Russian army with fuel, the agency reported. The 400-kilometer pipeline had an annual capacity of up to 7.4 million tons of fuel products.

gonna be real interesting to see Trump’s polling in two weeks after a ton of people have received official notice that their ACA insurance policies are now going to be exponentially more expensive!

that’s something even fairly checked out people will notice.

An implicit admission they want Trump to be able to do by decree something they could never pass through Congress as a statute, much less a constitutional amendment.

Happy #Halloween!
This Roman miniature skeleton with flexible joints, jumps and dances when shaken.
The Romans called these skeletons larva convivalis, meaning banquet ghost, and were handed out to guests at dinner parties to remind them to have fun while they were alive.

Also fuse (electrical) vs. fuse (pyrotechnic time delay).

Not exclusively!

On the basis - again - that he is *currently* cancer free.

This shit isn't rational.

Instead, Ryan's promoting the conspiracy theory that al Saraj never had cancer to begin with, and that the doctors at Barzilai Hospital - a world-class facility with a sterling reputation - participated in poisoning a prisoner by giving him chemo for no reason.

On release in a hostage deal, he was checked out by doctors at Nasser hospital, who told him he is cancer free.

In a sane world, and absent testimony from al Saraj that he was having chemo up to the time of release and told he still had cancer, that would be a good thing: the treatment worked!