“Payback is bitchy.” –Hiro Nakamura
Chris Dierkes
Chris Dierkes (aka CJ Smith). 29 years old, happily married, adroit purveyor and voracious student of all kinds of information, theories, methods of inquiry, and forms of practice. Studying to be a priest in the Anglican Church in Canada. Main interests: military theory, diplomacy, foreign affairs, medieval history, religion & politics (esp. Islam and Christianity), and political grand bargains of all shapes and sizes.
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on A Suburban New Year’s Tragedy, or What’s the Use?On January 1st, 1913, the Riverside Tower went up in flames.
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024The devil is in the details.
on Two attacks on US soil and both involve a car rental appI understand how the Quarter works. My shock isn't that the terrorist was able to get his vehicle on…
on Two attacks on US soil and both involve a car rental appMost of the time those are still streets with cars on them - what with people living and working the…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024I believe I said earlier than the gentrification discourse in this country is broken and counterprod…
on A Man on the InsideOld guy here. Ed Sullivan probably would've said, "A really good shoe!" And I say, "We loved this sh… on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024LA's Karen Bass talked about how building low-income housing in single-family neighborhoods would cr… on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Yeah, most places don't do permanent supportive housing, but use a model that makes it really diffic…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024The conversation inspired me to Google 'halfway houses near me' and 'homeless shelters near me.' The… on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Yeah, turns out that if there are consequences, people change their behavior. This is a lesson Texas…
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Nice. Hiro’s still the best.Report
Indeed he is. Too bad the rest of the show is such a disaster that I can’t even watch anymore.Report