fredmkaplan.bsky.social
Slate's War Stories columnist; author of The Bomb, Dark Territory, The Insurgents, 1959, Daydream Believers, The Wizards of Armageddon, and--most recently--A Capital Calamity (a novel); also jazz critic for Tracking Angle.
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In his debut speech as GOP candidate opposing Hillary Clinton to be senator from NY in 2000, Rick Lazio (deservedly forgotten figure) referred to Kim Jong-Il as “Kim Jong the 2nd.”
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In fairness, it’s a miracle—the result of several improbabilities—that a studio let “The Godfather,” as we know it, be made at all.
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Oh, all Top Secret communications with officers, diplomats, foreign leaders, etc.
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Biden had intel briefings 5-7 times a week.
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Proof that Trump adm’s ranting about DEI is just racism. The Library of Congress does not lend out books at all to anybody. You’d think these people would do a little research before sliming their victims.
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The study he’s quoting—an international review-of-literature analysis—concludes that at max fluoride levels permitted in US, there is NO correlation with IQ, low or high.
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Very big deal!
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Donald Fagen’s “Godwhackers”
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If this is true, why does Trump want it? As for the artificial border, many borders are. PS How many electoral votes would Canada get? Does he think any of them would go Republican?
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It’s odd how people who write such childishly hostile posts think their target / recipient gives one dry fuck what they think.
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The question is whether Rubio and Waltz (who may have gone a little rogue in drafting this deal) can hold Trump firm.
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He doesn’t know anything. The question is when his backers, the ones who he thinks matter, turn against him because he’s messing with their business.
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I guess he doesn’t realize that a lot of US companies import, distribute, and sell European wines.
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By the way, re your generally apt comment on the otherworldly aspect of the new issue of Foreign Affairs, the Levitsky-Way essay is spot on.
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I’m with Sagan.
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It COULD be that Rubio and Waltz, who have been more pro-Ukraine and more hawkish on Russia than Trump is, know this as well.
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A few knew. The point is there was a decision.
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Didn’t happen automatically. FDR signed the order. Congress appropriated $. etc
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Pretty sure this was done only after Germany surrendered. The bomb wasn’t ready before then, in any event.
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Actually there was no “decision to drop the bomb.” There was a decision to build the bomb; when it was built, it was used; when the 2nd one was built, it was used. Plans for an invasion continued.
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Insane!
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The multipart SNL documentaries on Peacock are quite good.
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What was her reply?