An ex-CIA director who first joined the White House under Richard Nixon, Gates joked that if frontrunner Donald Trump wins the presidency, he would emigrate to Canada. He condemned the media for failing to...
~by Dan Miller Elias wrote a great post about campaign finance reform, and I think it raised some important issues. But I think this discussion–like most discussions of campaign finance–missed a key point. Many people believe...
Andrew Sullivan has this map posted at the Dish today, which he found via Open Left. What I take from Open Left’s analysis is that by and large white men are not all that progressive....
“While I agree that it’s fairly pointless, as a tactical matter, for dissidents to attack the talk radio giants, this comes, I think, out of a deep frustration that people with little more than...
John Judis would like to have more discussion about the possibility of ditching the CIA, or at the very least completely restructuring it: The question that Congress might ponder, but won’t, is whether the...
Let’s start with “isn’t” first: ________________________________________ It’s not a war just about spreading democracy. It’s not a war just about oil. It’s not a war just about stopping a brutal dictator who supposedly had...
“When conflict becomes a business, a nation’s business becomes conflict. When mighty industries are built on war, only a fool will expect peace.” –Philip Primeau Philip’s larger point – that a privatized national defense,...
…but it seems like a lot of trade-offs rather than any real measure to slash the slush-fund that is our defense budget.
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on Signal Controversy Over Houthi Strikes DeepensIt's not the crime, it's the cover up. Obama described this as "political malpractice". That's a goo…
on Signal Controversy Over Houthi Strikes DeepensThere is no network that hackers cannot hack. But there are ones that 99% of hackers can trivially g… on Signal Controversy Over Houthi Strikes Deepens3. Using a network that hackers can hack.
on Signal Controversy Over Houthi Strikes DeepensWhat will we get first, SNL or the real Hillary? on Signal Controversy Over Houthi Strikes DeepensThere are two sets of mistakes that I've seen people argue about: 1. Adding Goldberg to the chat was…
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25AIM after dark. on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25We'd have to figure out the equivalent to Harry Sisson back in the AOL days. Ashton Kutcher? Lemme g…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25I assume this happened often enough on the early internet (like BBS's with a private message functio… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Thank God for that. There was this party I had at my house senior year when my parents were out of t…
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