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"

As soon as one of the broccoli heads within Elon's ambit starts to look up the deets of his OnlyFans crushes.

https://archive.is/wdSPN

Can't see any comments, but here's the article.

Good Lord.

I was thinking about "emergency" tariffs this morning. I've been keeping books for 25 years and I'm struggling to come up with any sort of accounting emergency. Hell's bells, Congress passed the declaration of war on Japan on Dec. 8, about 24 hours after the Pearl Harbor attack. They can act when they want to.

Perhaps Congress could pass a law forbidding itself from delegating its powers to anyone.

Whoosh! Stupid internet.

I'll stand firm in my conviction. If people want to make the efforts of DJT and his ilk easier, this kind of thing will continue to happen. We can whine about it on the internet, or we can actually do something about it.

This really seems like an overreaction.

Perhaps we're just trying to squeeze too many aircraft in too little space. Though one crash in who knows how many years isn't really worth getting too worked up about.

I've only ever flown into DC by way of National, and you couldn't ask for a more conveniently located airport.

We're not going to do what we never said we were going to do?

A lot is going to come out in the investigation, but it looks, on first blush, as though there will be plenty of fault on all sides.

Plus, why on earth are Army training flights being conducted in the midst of a busy commercial air corridor?

Midway in Chicago is very similar. Steep ascents and descents because the airport is ringed by neighborhoods. In the '70s, a plane crashed right into some houses across the street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Air_Lines_Flight_553

We sure are.

This might be the most erudite comment thread ever posted on this site.

Wow, really? I've kept bacon drippings in a jar in my fridge for my entire adult life. Keeping it full is a great excuse to buy more bacon.

You would think that would be a good lesson to learn, but instead we're trying to figure out how Dems can become just a hair more like Archie Bunker without selling their souls.

Piling on shouldn't be countenanced. This is a pretty dark turn.

https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/local/lawmakers-threaten-superdome-funding-over-halftime-show-smut

Bring back Up With People!

Remember when Tempe lost the Super Bowl because the AZ legislature wouldn't authorize an MLK holiday? If there's anything bigger than government in this country, it's the NFL. They don't like to be irritated.

It has always been thus. Draw the maps and decide who represents you in Congress.

Your lips to His ears.

I listened to an R congressman on NPR this morning praising DJT for doing this. He said we need to get this spending under control, and I sat there thinking, "Dude, you're in the body that passed all this spending. Just pull it back! Pass a budget! It's right in the Constitution!"

Given that these are state level activities in red states, that's going to require a lot of legislating. Legislating that I'm not even sure is possible.

I once read that the U.S. could be thought of as a customs union instead of a country, and that seems truer and truer each day.

I think we *can* be certain.

Here ya go: https://archive.is/O4ucr (The NYT op-ed)

My take on this is it's pretty good advice. Win first, then you can work on policy. Trying to please everyone before you get elected exposes the fringier elements in your party (at least for the Dems) who may hold some fairly unpopular opinions.

Changing people's minds takes time and winning an election or two buys you that time. People think Trump just happened. We could probably trace his origins all the way back to Goldwater if we really tried.