Day: October 8, 2018

The Tiny Chip from Big China

Will Truman October 8, 2018

A thread to national security and world trade.

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Rename Columbus Day for All Explorers

Nathaniel W Horadam October 8, 2018

To expand Columbus Day to encompass other adventurers of all American epochs would be most fitting, and...

Ordinary World: Monday 8 Oct 18

Andrew Donaldson October 8, 2018

Ordinary World for Monday 8 October 2018, your morning links to stories about the world, economics, and...

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How To Start The Day Off Wrong: Stubble

Clare Briggs October 8, 2018

Don't skip the shave.

Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Remove all the civilians where? There is a big empty desert right over the border. Egypt has been bu…
DensityDuck in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025They forgot to have him say "also I guess I'm sorry I jumped out of the car to go yell at you after…
DensityDuck in reply to David TC on The Department of Good Things"[T]he Department of Education has emergency funds to allocate to education in disaster areas..." ..…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on The Department of Good ThingsBut even if you think we shouldn’t have a Department for Education, we still need to, uh, do that. T…
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Remove all the civilians where? Netanyahu's government might be able to do this if the civilians wer…
David TC on The Department of Good ThingsIt's worth reminding people that Departments are actually ways to _organize_ government programs, an…
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Eh, the "by explaining the dynamic, you're excusing it!" is a poor argument. I mean, would you buy i…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Those arguments will accelerate political pressure to get USG to stop selling weapon systems to Isra…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025It will be immoral as well. It's a war. Israel removes the civilians, kills the militants, then lets…
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Israel can ethnically cleanse Gaza but Israel should absolutely not ethnically cleanse Gaza. That wo…