Rule number one: Don’t trust terrorists. Fact: Pakistan harbored bin Laden and has a history of arming terrorist groups. Fact: Pakistan and India have terrible relations Fact: India has been a target for terrorist attacks before. Fact: Afghanistan is about to become a major training center for terrorists. Fact: there have been many attacks by …
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How we got here, Afghanistan edition
Fuck the New Democrats. Fuck the Republicans. Fuck Jimmy Carter. Reagan was the devil. May both Bushes rot in hell. Obama did a better job than any other president over the last half century, but he still could have done far far more. Trump is a good for nothing bastard, who doesn’t give a fuck …
Short treatise on climate change
Quick reference sheet for climate change and solutions Global warming is real. The largest contributor to climate change is carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon dioxide emissions come from a wide variety of sources, primarily from electricity generation, transportation, and agriculture. The ratio of which source is the most important differs by region. The 2 most important …
Voting Laws and Tipping Points
We are in a really bad situation when it comes to where politics are heading right now. Besides from the COVID recovery, which is currently failing, the current administration has no accomplishments yet beyond the stimulus which passed earlier this year, and no realistic chance of any on the horizon. A week from tomorrow, the …
The delay is deliberate
In 9 days the Census Bureau will release the counts which will be used for redistricting every state in the country. If the John Lewis Voting Rights Act were passed before then, republicans would not be able to gerrymander these states. As long as the filibuster is in place, HR1 will not pass. As long …
Is Medicare for All Socialist?
First of all, socialism is generally talking about non market based mechanisms, where everything market based is derided as a compromise. A non market based system would then mean there is no usage of a market, meaning the entire system is devoid of exchanging with people outside of its all in one system. This means …
We need climate action NOW
Forest fires burn across the American west. Hurricanes ravage the gulf coast. Australia loses millions of animals. The coral reefs are getting bleached and dying. Fossil fuels fund regimes which harm their people. Climate change is here. Climate change is real. The clock is ticking to end climate change. We need to act now, and …
Two paths…
The ideal path which I want America to go down sees President Biden drop his crusade for bipartisanship, and instead focus on passing Democratic policies which got him elected in the first place. By following the two step plan of student loan forgiveness and restarting the agencies which would have prevented or at least slowed …
A more realistic Catan
I’ve been a board game geek since I learned to read and write as a child. I enjoy a large variety of games, personal favorites include Twilight Struggle, Pandemic, Chess, Go, but one of the games which I always come back to is Settlers of Catan. Catan is one of my favorite games for many …
Two step way for Democrats to dominate government
Step 1: Pardon student loans, as much as the President can possibly do. The message then is simple, “If you know a single person who either has gone to college or is planning to go to college, we will ensure they are not tens of thousands of dollars in debt.” Step 2: Restart the agencies …
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