It should be easy to distinguish between a limited punishment meted against the Iranians or a response to ongoing attacks on shipping, and the destruction/destabilization of entire countries.Not ridiculizing when they are in or out. Just those that used that lame saying as some sort virtue attributed to the man.
Is it a new war? And old war? Is it even a war? Whatever…
It could; anything in front of the courts could. Maybe start counting score on the number of judicial orders a Trump administration has abided by or not abided by, including his first. We can compare the two counts to gauge how law-abiding the administration is.This could be a flashpoint for the administration’s willingness to abide by judicial orders.
Yes it should. Apparently though it isn’t. Again, it’s a dumb slogan.It should be easy to distinguish between a limited punishment meted against the Iranians or a response to ongoing attacks on shipping, and the destruction/destabilization of entire countries.
Considering the costs of the Iraq war alone, "dumb" sounds like a consolation prize for neo-cons. The slogan had weight because of the contrast in willingness to treat almost everything as an excuse for military intervention. I once read an article by someone who took one of the neo-cons to task for how often "US intervention" was the solution to any particular foreign problem. The length of the list was appalling. It's the difference between attacks that might kill a couple hundred soldiers, and whacking one general.Yes it should. Apparently though it isn’t. Again, it’s a dumb slogan.
Except the Trump side blamed Biden for Oct 7th, Putin Invading Ukraine, rain on Saturdays. What new war did he start exactly? Right.Considering the costs of the Iraq war alone, "dumb" sounds like a consolation prize for neo-cons. The slogan had weight because of the contrast in willingness to treat almost everything as an excuse for military intervention. I once read an article by someone who took one of the neo-cons to task for how often "US intervention" was the solution to any particular foreign problem. The length of the list was appalling. It's the difference between attacks that might kill a couple hundred soldiers, and whacking one general.
The measure of an administration respecting the law and the division of powers isn’t measuring out orders abided by versus court orders defied. Any of the latter would be a huge concern.It could; anything in front of the courts could. Maybe start counting score on the number of judicial orders a Trump administration has abided by or not abided by, including his first. We can compare the two counts to gauge how law-abiding the administration is.
It started during Trump's first administration. You can try and massage it to make it about what happened afterward, but mostly the point was about contrasting the relatively low belligerency with a few particular things: the war in Iraq, the destabilization of Libya, the tendency of the few neocons floating in and out of the administration (eg. John Bolton) to call for more aggressive responses. If you're looking for political slogans to be consistent and coherent, you're likely to always be dissatisfied.Except the Trump side blamed Biden for Oct 7th, Putin Invading Ukraine, rain on Saturdays. What new war did he start exactly? Right.
It’s a dumb slogan.
I’ll take not dumb. But yes, I will be disappointed.If you're looking for political slogans to be consistent and coherent, you're likely to always be dissatisfied.
Trump continues to recklessly discard implements of American soft power. Today, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other similar pro-democracy media funded by the U.S. for many decades were gutted.
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Trump guts staff at Voice of America and other pro-democracy, US-funded media organizations
The Agency for Global Media also sent notices terminating grants to Radio Free Asia and other programming run by the agency.fortune.com
Trump continues to recklessly discard implements of American soft power. Today, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other similar pro-democracy media funded by the U.S. for many decades were gutted.
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Trump guts staff at Voice of America and other pro-democracy, US-funded media organizations
The Agency for Global Media also sent notices terminating grants to Radio Free Asia and other programming run by the agency.fortune.com
WASHINGTON — The Russian government on Tuesday labeled VOA’s sister outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as an “undesirable organization” in a move that underscores the Kremlin’s harsh repression of media.
The new designation opens RFE/RL staffers, donors and sources to criminal charges, the Prague-based outlet reported.
The outlet was added to a registry of “undesirable organizations” maintained by Russia’s Ministry of Justice, becoming the 142nd organization to be labeled that way.
RFE/RL President Stephen Capus said the designation “is just the latest example of how the Russian government views truthful reporting as an existential threat.”
“Millions of Russians have relied on us for decades — including record-breaking audiences over the past few days since the death of Aleksei Navalny — and this attempt to stifle us will only make RFE/RL work harder to bring free and independent journalism to the Russian people,” Capus said in a statement.
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Th population of the planet is awash in American cultural offerings, whether or not they want to be.
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The rationale for US lumber self-sufficiency, some of their figures sound questionable, which could threaten Canadian lumber exports to the US ...
WHY Is America The Biggest Lumber Importer In The World?
I’ve made no secret of the absurdity (and the hypocrisy, in my opinion) of opposing fossil fuel production in this country, while supporting the policies that require us to import fossil fuels from other places. In fact, I’ve described those policies the height of duplicity, and I still stand by that, mostly. I say mostly, because I’ve just learned that we do the exact same thing with lumber. Our reliance on wood is extraordinary, and we’re blessed to live in a country with over 800 million acres of forest. That’s literally a third of America, covered in trees. Unfortunately, we act as if forest land and timber reserves are in short supply. In fact, we import more wood products than any other nation. What the hell is wrong with us? Why are we letting our forests burn and rot at record levels? Why aren’t we instead, harvesting the timber we so desperately need, and exporting the surplus? Why are we not “wood independent"? Mike Albrecht has some answers, and I think you’ll find those answers illuminating. He’s the president of the American Loggers Council, and he knows what he’s talking about. Enjoy!
For too long, there’s been a knee-jerk response in politics. A tendency to avoid difficult questions by sweeping them under a carpet of regulation. To outsource and delay decision-making and avoid accountability. For any challenge faced, for too long the answer has been more arms-length bodies, quangos and regulators which end up blocking the Government as we’re trying to build.
Nowhere is this clearer than in planning. We have a mandate to build 1.5 million homes in this parliament. We’re introducing legislation this week to make it faster to build, reform the planning system and cut regulations that clog up the system.
Because we have to loosen the chokehold on building in this country. Take the project in Ebbsfleet to build more than 15,000 new homes. Homes we desperately need in a housing crisis. A ready-made railway station and a 17-minute commute into central London. The previous government bought 125 hectares of former industrial land and quarries – the definition of “grey-belt” – to build around the station. The plan was blocked by Natural England. Why? The discovery of a colony of “distinguished jumping spiders”. The dream of home ownership for thousands of families, held back by arachnids. It’s nonsense. And we’ll stop it.
The checks & balances don’t work anymore.
The United States federal courts are the system of courts organized under the United States Constitution and federal law. The federal courts decide disputes involving the Constitution and laws passed by Congress.
Altogether, there are nearly 1,770 judgeships authorized across the 209 courts in the federal court system. About half of the judges sitting on federal courts are appointed by the president of the United States for life terms. The remaining judges are selected by judges sitting on circuit or district courts for terms of defined lengths.
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Seems like a lot of opinions there. And anyone of them can shut down the Executive until the Supreme Court rules?