Scott Monje

I'm sure they raised objections to committing war crimes, and--many people are saying--that's tantamount to allying with al-Qaeda.

250 years of maritime dominance?

But he's doing this in support of GOP arguments that he is reluctant to fire people, don't you see.

DoD is trying to figure out whether they're the Defense Department or the War Department for this purpose.

I may not be the biggest fan of chardonnay, but coal tastes terrible!

So, will 800 taxis arrive at Quantico at the same time?

The nation needs a well-groomed warrior ethos!

I always thought it was curious when someone declared that schools do not spread covid at a time when schools were mostly closed.

For three years, I was dismissive of the idea that the Russians would dare invade a NATO country, but now, with these guys in charge in Washington, I'm beginning to fear that Putin might risk it.

Yes, that reminds me of railroad passenger service.

Monopolies, state or private, don't usually do well. Do these companies operate as monopolies within Greenland, or do they compete with foreign companies in global markets?

What makes you think they don't become insane?

Problems with the material gains argument: The gains were modest and diffuse. People (and the press) focused on inflation and blamed Biden for it. While wages increased, non-wage covid payments were ended, as was to be expected, but it may have left people feeling (or actually) worse off.

Yes, they should point out the lies, but they should also explain that there is no such thing as a mandate to do what he's doing.

Also, even if he had won a large majority and was popular, it wouldn't permit rule by decree, ignoring Congress, ignoring court orders, ordering DOJ to prosecute his adversaries, extorting submission from universities, law firms & news organizations, rounding up and detaining people indefinitely.

I have no idea what the consequences of AI will be, but I do have a general suspicion that these tech folks (and engineers and physicists etc.) have no concept of the way social systems work.

I think it would require a prior warning to give them the opportunity to avoid being shot down. "One more time and we'll shoot." It would make it harder for them to claim it's an escalation or a provocation.

Also, I wonder how Saudi Arabia would feel about being dragged into a war with India.

And how does this violate "the public interest"?

Since Antifa isn't actually an organization, there is no one who can officially assert that you're not a member.

Hey, it's right there in the First Amendment: ". . . unless they're hitting Trump."

No problem.

Yes, that was the point.

Private firms have the right to fire anyone when the government threatens them.

Not that it was planned that way, but it actually started with terrorists, who are pretty much universally despised, some of whom have been detained without charges for over 20 years. Then it moved to illegal aliens and trans. It won't stop there.

Vance did not actually shoot anyone. Therefore, he has met the stringent Charlie Kirk standard for doing politics the right way.

Experience, studies, seriousness--these are just some of the disqualifying conditions for a position in the Trump administration.

Also sounds like he doesn't have a lot of confidence in their target selection process.

Interesting distinction between "low income" people and "citizens."

I've always suspected that it's the current channel for disgruntled and desperate people in that part of the world. Eighty years ago they might have become fascists, fifty years ago Marxists. Now they become Islamists.