Part of the reason I've been following this site for so many years is the generally good quality of the discussion. Let's see if we can keep the standards up.

Let me commend Article 1, Section 1 to you.

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

Perhaps, but I'm not sure throwing the Constitution in the garbage because someone is pissed off about the process is going to prove to be worth it.

We have 2 whole debating chambers where this conversation constitutionally can take place. Why not use the proper forum?

Wouldn't one think the case had been made when the funding legislation was first passed? Subsequent appropriations would then rely on the assumption that whoever got the thing funded in the first place had done his/her due diligence. It's fine if a subsequent Congress wishes to alter or remove funding for this or that program, but it is not the executive's place to question the bill once it's signed.

Was there supposed to be a link?

That last meaningless KC TD made people with 2-0 squares extremely happy.

It is kind of embarrassing that the American people have allowed Congress to reduce itself to a sycophantic rubber stamp over the years.

Can't recommend highly enough! Oy.

I played simulator golf with my brother and nephew this morning. Not nearly as good as real golf but it's February in Chicago, so whaddya gonna do?

Sunday is church, some handyman work around the house, and the Super Bowl. I don't really have a rooting interest, so I'll just hope for a competitive game.

If you're looking for an interesting, and topical, novel, I can't recommend Lionel Shriver's The Mandibles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandibles

People of a certain political persuasion have been saying that government needs to be "ran" like a business (I can't tell you how much the use of the wrong tense in this phrase grates on my ears.), which is fine on the face of it. Everyone knows running a business entails growing revenue, right? Then you ask them what needs to be cut and it's always a program that doesn't touch them and which amounts to 0.000000001% of the budget. Every day, Gene Wilder's little soliloquy in Blazing Saddles becomes truer and truer.

https://youtu.be/KHJbSvidohg?feature=shared

The bottom line is if we want a CEO in the White House, DJT is about the last guy I'd pick.

It is every American’s 1st Amendment right to advocate for a king, sir.

One would hope. Status quo ante goes back 235 years. There's a right way and a wrong way to do things that's spelled out quite clearly for all to see, especially those that take an oath to the damn thing.

"Take the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and annexed East Jerusalem. Long pages in “The Message” are devoted to the (unfortunately very real) horrors of the occupation – the humiliating roadblocks, where Palestinians traveling to visit relatives, go to work, or see a doctor, are forced to spend hours by the wayside, imploring indifferent or sadistic soldiers to be allowed to pass; home searches in the middle of the night; home destruction (even of poor cave-dwellers, as in Susiya); mass arrests and the occasional killing, usually unintended, of innocents; no-go areas for Palestinian vehicles.

I, too, lament these often draconian, always oppressive measures. But..."

There's always one of those.

Damn, the Nuremberg defense already?

Just a subset of those who are shaking their heads.

Is there a legal explanation for how Trump amassed his fortune?

Maybe I'm just out of the loop here, but the cited reason is Mexican drug cartels. Are they really that big a problem for this country?

FAA

If what we're seeing is Israel acting with restraint, then the rest of the Middle East is in big trouble.

Isn't that currently the case, unless you count pro forma statements from Biden about how bad Israel's behavior was that were roundly ignored by everyone?

OK, 2.

I can think of one.

Eh, English is good enough for 'em. In between stopping the 12 ounces of fentanyl a week I can study up on citizenship.

Where do I apply to be Canada's fentanyl czar? According to the BBC, 32 whole pounds were seized at the Canadian border last year.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg93nn1e6go

"Went"