Day: November 24, 2020

A Mostly Peaceful Transition of Power Helicoptering in from Camp David after four days of silence, President Biden Speaks on Afghanistan from the White House before departing back to Camp David

Helicoptering in from Camp David after four days of silence, President Biden Speaks on Afghanistan from the White House before departing back to Camp David

A Mostly Peaceful Transition of Power

Andrew Donaldson November 24, 2020

Many will be disappointed, but history tells us exactly what President Trump will do from here on...

Turkeys of the Year and Golden Drumsticks For 2020 Thanksgiving

Turkeys of the Year and Golden Drumsticks For 2020

Michael Siegel November 24, 2020

Turkeys of the Year for those who exemplify silliness & stupidity and Golden Drumsticks for those who...

There’s A Former Smoker In Every Office 2020-12-01 Office 4154 Smoking Cessation

There’s A Former Smoker In Every Office

Clare Briggs November 24, 2020

"My sixth day without a smoke - never felt better in all my life."

Tamir Rice: The Cost of a Second in Time

Stephen Shoemaker November 24, 2020

Republishing Old Shoe's 2015 essay on Tamir Rice

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David TC in reply to DensityDuck on A Steelman Case for “Abundance” (As Opposed to What We’ll Actually Get.)Man, if only we had some sort of worldwide information source we could look all this up on. So it tu…
David TC in reply to DensityDuck on A Steelman Case for “Abundance” (As Opposed to What We’ll Actually Get.)ah-hem. “the money wasn’t intended to actually do anything” is maybe not the best defense you could…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Grok AI’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayHere’s a really good post that kind of gets into this, kind of. That is actually a very bad and unin…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Grok AI’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayI just want to make one point abundantly clear: We’re not in “intelligence” territory yet. We probab…
David TC in reply to Koz on Open Mic for the Week of 7/7/25In fact the whole idea of being a hit piece is disingenuous because if it were, it should have been…
David TC in reply to DensityDuck on Open Mic for the Week of 7/7/25The President ordering the burglary of his political opponent is at least 20% more newsworthy than a…
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 7/7/25No group is adding more grease to the skids of authoritarianism than law enforcement. https://www.nb…
David TC in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 7/7/25I think it’s more a matter of appreciating that what is said on this subject is heard by more than o…
David TC in reply to DensityDuck on Open Mic for the Week of 7/7/25Drinking almost completely stopped in America, and when it returned it was a completely different ch…