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Son, brother, uncle. Teacher, retired bartender, (slowly) improving golfer. RIP E.B. “It’s a fragile thing, this life we lead…”
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Can’t boil it down better than this!

None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

today in breaking laws no matter how obscure, ladies and gentlemen, the Goldwater-Nichols Act

Friday night? No escape!

Elon should really go Kyiv and “challenge” Zelensky. Or maybe one of the Klitchko brothers…

What else does anyone need to know?

Seconded.

This this this this THIS.

Unfortunately agree…

"The goal of conducting a fast-tracked nuclear test can only be political, not scientific." "Why it would be a bad idea for the Trump administration to conduct a 'rapid' nuclear test," by Sulgiye Park, Jennifer Knox, and @dkspaulding.bsky.social of @ucsusa.bsky.social.

It's pretty subtle, but I think I get the message.

Feb 1957: Guinness ad

Can’t agree more!

New piece from me @goodauth.bsky.social on why Riyadh talks were very bad, why Rubio's appt was doomed from the start, and why U.S. diplomacy is in crisis (hint: giving away the store is not diplomacy). To paraphrase @dandrezner.bsky.social, I wrote sharper today. goodauthority.org/news/why-hig...