“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 Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025We may need you to write the Tariff post. I know that I don’t know enough about Tariffs to say how b…
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on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025BTW, I did actually learn what happened with Colombia: Colombia is, in fact, flying their people hom…
on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025Yeah. I can totally understand preferring a Party with agency to one that has none (and its most ard…
on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025Murc's Law in Aisle 4!!! Murc's Law in Aisle 4!!! They could have removed in 2021 and 2022. This is… on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025A lot of Americans don't understand the difference between weak political parties and strong politic…
on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025It occurs to me that the Democratic Party could have tried to remove the President's tariff powers a… on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025They may not *HAVE* actual power, but they *ARE* an actual symbol. To the extent that more and more…
on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025Something you, and a lot of idealistic leftists and Berniacs don't really internalize is how little… on Open Mic for the week of 2/3/2025Somehow I find myself unsurprised by this yet also disappointed.
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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