You wonder who among the Trump higher echelons will have the courage and patriotism to organize the 25th Amendment move. The fact that all are Republicans is discouraging.
I'm no lawyer, but if Trump is to mount an appeal, it has to be one employing coherent, rational, evidence-based arguments. We know that there are no such arguments. The Bowling Green Massacre will not do.
Every military professional understands that nuclear weapons are basically unuseable in combat. So why not give up the possibility of having them in return for the end of sanctions that will allow you to build up your conventional power?
I remember a joint TV appearance of McCain and George McGovern when McCain disrespected and belittled McGovern, who was a highly decorated WWII pilot who felt no need to assert his manliness thru truculence and mindless belligerence, So if McCain got SwiftBoated too bad.
The sanctions component of the Republican policy cannot be effective since the Europeans and others will relax their sanctions if the Republicans sabotage the deal. It is no policy at all.
In the last days of the campaign he was inveighing against "Scandinavians" trying to impose their peace plans on Israel. So it should be "Iran-Lausanne-Yemen-Stockholm" axis.
It is amazing how resistant we are in the US to the idea that we alone, or George W. Bush and his Neocons, have primary responsibility for the rise of ISIS.
If Netanyahu feels he can intervene in our elections why can't we intervene in Israel's? Surely indicating to Israelis we would deal better with someone else would be appropriate?
The caption for this photo could well have been: "Sheldon Adelson is having a 2 for 1 match for new Romney contributors, but we need to meet 90% of our goal to stay on target"
Why do Republican candidates go to England? The English have a sense of superiority to Americans derived from encounters with people like Walker, and their irreverent press is gunning for them.
Living in Russia is only acceptable if you have the prospect of getting out of it on vacation. To take these steps to keep Egyptian vacations affordable, Putin is trying to keep the lid on rising frustration.
And while we are talking about the CIA in Pakistan, how about its role in setting up and training their ISI, an amoral, destructive organization that has helped make Pakistan a threat to it neighbors and a threat to world peace?
"Getting the mix wrong" is supposed to excuse or exonerate the government? What I worry about is that much of the population of Damascus may have been exposed to levels of the gases that caused no immediate injury but will predispose over long time periods many thousands to cancers, etc. These gases are undoubtedly powerful carcinogens, among other things.
It is hardly possible that Assad would lash out at Israel, as Netanyahu would seize the opportunity to pulverize Syria. I think the idea of destroying airfields and fighter jets, which probably can be done with little risk, should be considered.
This might be an opportunity to ground Assad's Air Force by tearing up his airfields, and destroying his fighters and helicopters. Show him there is a price to pay.
As for Israel's recent strikes, they were aimed at destroying stocks of anti-ship missiles being delivered to Hezbollah, and there is no talk of their having been delivered.
I look at Egypt for what it might portend for our politics. The contempt for democracy and pluralism of the Brotherhood is mirrored in the habits of mind of our Republicans.
Republican hopes that they can run against the new Obama climate change rules might be sustained in West Virginia or Pennsylvania, but I doubt will be well received in burned over places like N. Arizona.
It could be that Bill's zeal for a Hillary Presidency is clouding his judgement.
He hasn't been making sense lately, like telling Romney he thought he would win.
According to the BBC the first shipment has already arrived, so this could be coming to a head rather soon. What is Russia going to do if Israel attacks these missiles, given that they probably cannot project conventional force into the Middle East, and that Israel is nuclear armed?
The conservative mind has difficulty understanding that increased concentrations of water vapor in the atmosphere represent the effects of increased evaporation due to higher temperatures, and also represent increased latent energy for storms.
Most of those opposed to the idea of global climate change seem not to have grasped some of the basic ideas of high school chemistry and physics.
Oklahomans could also brush up on their history and note that the state would be a vast wasteland were it not for the intervention of FDR during the Dust Bowl and Federal imposition of better land management practices. Given that you owe your existence to the Federal government, why do you keep sending troglodytes to DC who oppose everything the government does?
I think we can agree that the Republican Party, which prevents the nation from assuming the leadership role on climate change, is a tragedy for the entire planet.
You wonder whether a lot of this is calculated to increase his street value to people like Fox and other right wing media. He's identified a punditry niche that is not overcrowded, and says things he may not really believe to keep his name in the news and assist his positioning.
It seems highly implausible to me that chemical weapons would be used as asserted within the capitol Damascus. Saddam used them against the Kurds in a remote region, but I cannot believe he would have used them in Baghdad, no matter how desperate. It just seems highly improbable.
I don't understand why Federal authorities and laws would have precedence here. Why not just obviate the whole question by letting Massachusetts, the victims of the crimes, do the prosecution? They will follow accepted law.
The global warming/climate change phenomenon is really just an expression of the law that energy must be conserved- any imbalance in the incoming and outgoing planetary radiation must be manifested in other forms of energy- rising temperatures of ocean and air, wind speed, or latent energy of waterr vapor. Deniers are in the incredible position of denying that energy must be conserved. Do they have any idea how stupid that is?
The importance of Pennsylvania to Republican electoral prospects and the need to agitate and motivate the coal miners probably means we will be sticking with coal long after we should.
One of the most sickening things about the hearings was the indignation shown towards Hagel 's concern about the Palestinians. Concern about Palestinians is a crime in DC.
Even if he gets thru, the pro-Israel lobby will have gotten what it wanted from the hearings-to show who is in charge, and what fate aw sits apostates.
To the extent he comes to Washington at all, Netanyahu presumably will be exhibiting a bit more humility and less open contempt for our President.
Philip Roth has a great takedown of the xenophobic settler mentality in his "The Counterlife" from 1987. This must have earned him accusations of anti-Semitism at the time.
I hope your lawsuit against Bush administration officials is proceeding. I recall that you were blackballed from a Yale job.
I just accepted that the film was mostly fiction, and was able to enjoy it on that level. But I cannot forgive Bigelow and Boal for their suggestion that Obama was a lying hypocrite on torture.
Bush said "we don't torture" at a time when we were. Obama said the same thing after ordering it stopped, and this occurs in the film at a time when the film suggests it is still occurring. Far from glorifying him, the film makes Obama look like a lying hypocrite.
Controversial: after the terrorist threat that caused a 100% increase in national security spending has been eliminated, the defense budget should be cut accordingly.
We're going to be hearing a lot more about aerosols because they can counter the carbon dioxide heat trapping effect by shielding the earth from solar radiation and serving as condensation sites for reflective cloud formation. We will see studies from Exxon, American Enterprise Institute, et. al. advocating seeding atmosphere with aerosols so we can go on burning fossil fuels. Dangerous ideas.
Why do NPR and PBS hosts dutifully report that gun ownership in the US is falling, and is at some recent low point? With 300 million guns in the country?
And the United States is stuck with a major political party which will double down on coal advocacy, in the hopes of winning electoral votes in places like Pennsylvania. A party that is a menace to the planet.
Petraeus says he has no interest in making money, but I would guess we will soon hear news of his taking up a lucrative position on Wall St., where the Republican Establishment will park him for awhile.
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I never imagined the day would come when the US President would conspire with Russia to destabilize the West. It borders on treason.
You wonder who among the Trump higher echelons will have the courage and patriotism to organize the 25th Amendment move. The fact that all are Republicans is discouraging.
I'm no lawyer, but if Trump is to mount an appeal, it has to be one employing coherent, rational, evidence-based arguments. We know that there are no such arguments. The Bowling Green Massacre will not do.
So the next outrage is the USA becoming one of Assad's protectors? Assad does seem like Trump's kind of guy.
Appointing him in the first place was one of the few things Obama did that I disapproved of. Why did a Democratic President feel compelled to do this?
Inevitably the decapitation video of a Russian serviceman is on the way.
Every military professional understands that nuclear weapons are basically unuseable in combat. So why not give up the possibility of having them in return for the end of sanctions that will allow you to build up your conventional power?
I remember a joint TV appearance of McCain and George McGovern when McCain disrespected and belittled McGovern, who was a highly decorated WWII pilot who felt no need to assert his manliness thru truculence and mindless belligerence, So if McCain got SwiftBoated too bad.
The sanctions component of the Republican policy cannot be effective since the Europeans and others will relax their sanctions if the Republicans sabotage the deal. It is no policy at all.
In the last days of the campaign he was inveighing against "Scandinavians" trying to impose their peace plans on Israel. So it should be "Iran-Lausanne-Yemen-Stockholm" axis.
Not to mention that Israel undoubtedly possess a second strike nuclear force that would leave no one in Iran alive if used.
My guess is that after he forms a government Netanyahu will start paying lip service to the two state solution again.
It is amazing how resistant we are in the US to the idea that we alone, or George W. Bush and his Neocons, have primary responsibility for the rise of ISIS.
If Netanyahu feels he can intervene in our elections why can't we intervene in Israel's? Surely indicating to Israelis we would deal better with someone else would be appropriate?
The caption for this photo could well have been: "Sheldon Adelson is having a 2 for 1 match for new Romney contributors, but we need to meet 90% of our goal to stay on target"
Why do Republican candidates go to England? The English have a sense of superiority to Americans derived from encounters with people like Walker, and their irreverent press is gunning for them.
Living in Russia is only acceptable if you have the prospect of getting out of it on vacation. To take these steps to keep Egyptian vacations affordable, Putin is trying to keep the lid on rising frustration.
And while we are talking about the CIA in Pakistan, how about its role in setting up and training their ISI, an amoral, destructive organization that has helped make Pakistan a threat to it neighbors and a threat to world peace?
Because "They tried to kill my Dad" at the end of the day.
At the end of the day he's just another Republican wanting to cash in and his book advance probably dictated that he dish.
If he thinks any Americans care who did/did not support the Iraq surge, he's badly deluded.
Scott Anderson's "Lawrence in Arabia" is a gripping account of all this. I found the film unwatchable after reading it.
In any event Congressional Republicans will block any strike request from Obama, despite years of bellicosity on Iran.
"Getting the mix wrong" is supposed to excuse or exonerate the government? What I worry about is that much of the population of Damascus may have been exposed to levels of the gases that caused no immediate injury but will predispose over long time periods many thousands to cancers, etc. These gases are undoubtedly powerful carcinogens, among other things.
It is hardly possible that Assad would lash out at Israel, as Netanyahu would seize the opportunity to pulverize Syria. I think the idea of destroying airfields and fighter jets, which probably can be done with little risk, should be considered.
This might be an opportunity to ground Assad's Air Force by tearing up his airfields, and destroying his fighters and helicopters. Show him there is a price to pay.
As for Israel's recent strikes, they were aimed at destroying stocks of anti-ship missiles being delivered to Hezbollah, and there is no talk of their having been delivered.
Perhaps the President feels he is going to need their support on other issues, and is massaging their egos?
I look at Egypt for what it might portend for our politics. The contempt for democracy and pluralism of the Brotherhood is mirrored in the habits of mind of our Republicans.
Republican hopes that they can run against the new Obama climate change rules might be sustained in West Virginia or Pennsylvania, but I doubt will be well received in burned over places like N. Arizona.
It could be that Bill's zeal for a Hillary Presidency is clouding his judgement.
He hasn't been making sense lately, like telling Romney he thought he would win.
According to the BBC the first shipment has already arrived, so this could be coming to a head rather soon. What is Russia going to do if Israel attacks these missiles, given that they probably cannot project conventional force into the Middle East, and that Israel is nuclear armed?
The conservative mind has difficulty understanding that increased concentrations of water vapor in the atmosphere represent the effects of increased evaporation due to higher temperatures, and also represent increased latent energy for storms.
Most of those opposed to the idea of global climate change seem not to have grasped some of the basic ideas of high school chemistry and physics.
Washington State, in accordance with its constitution, has no sales tax, which is looking a little silly now.
Mount Vernon is the gateway to the vacation spots of the San Juan Islands and this could have a devastating impact on the tourism industry there.
Oklahomans could also brush up on their history and note that the state would be a vast wasteland were it not for the intervention of FDR during the Dust Bowl and Federal imposition of better land management practices. Given that you owe your existence to the Federal government, why do you keep sending troglodytes to DC who oppose everything the government does?
I think we can agree that the Republican Party, which prevents the nation from assuming the leadership role on climate change, is a tragedy for the entire planet.
You wonder whether a lot of this is calculated to increase his street value to people like Fox and other right wing media. He's identified a punditry niche that is not overcrowded, and says things he may not really believe to keep his name in the news and assist his positioning.
Harvard has both Ferguson and Rogoff?
What the Russian reaction might be to a direct US intervention is something that Obama is also probably weighing.
It seems highly implausible to me that chemical weapons would be used as asserted within the capitol Damascus. Saddam used them against the Kurds in a remote region, but I cannot believe he would have used them in Baghdad, no matter how desperate. It just seems highly improbable.
You ought to cc this to Dr. Justin Frank, who had a lot to say about the psychopathology of Junior.
I don't understand why Federal authorities and laws would have precedence here. Why not just obviate the whole question by letting Massachusetts, the victims of the crimes, do the prosecution? They will follow accepted law.
But by all means the Federal disaster assistance is expected at once.
There was also the suggestion this morning that this is the work of drug cartels, ie brown people.
The global warming/climate change phenomenon is really just an expression of the law that energy must be conserved- any imbalance in the incoming and outgoing planetary radiation must be manifested in other forms of energy- rising temperatures of ocean and air, wind speed, or latent energy of waterr vapor. Deniers are in the incredible position of denying that energy must be conserved. Do they have any idea how stupid that is?
Mann, a very careful and skilled scientist, has a defamation lawsuit going against the National Review for disparaging his work. Wish him well.
I actually did see the play in New York, after it had been delayed by right wing Jewish pressure.
Here is another example of Holder dropping the ball. Where is the indictment?
The amount cut from the Israel aid probably approximates what they spend on settlement activity, so,fair enough.
The importance of Pennsylvania to Republican electoral prospects and the need to agitate and motivate the coal miners probably means we will be sticking with coal long after we should.
One of the most sickening things about the hearings was the indignation shown towards Hagel 's concern about the Palestinians. Concern about Palestinians is a crime in DC.
Even if he gets thru, the pro-Israel lobby will have gotten what it wanted from the hearings-to show who is in charge, and what fate aw sits apostates.
To the extent he comes to Washington at all, Netanyahu presumably will be exhibiting a bit more humility and less open contempt for our President.
Philip Roth has a great takedown of the xenophobic settler mentality in his "The Counterlife" from 1987. This must have earned him accusations of anti-Semitism at the time.
I hope your lawsuit against Bush administration officials is proceeding. I recall that you were blackballed from a Yale job.
I just accepted that the film was mostly fiction, and was able to enjoy it on that level. But I cannot forgive Bigelow and Boal for their suggestion that Obama was a lying hypocrite on torture.
Bush said "we don't torture" at a time when we were. Obama said the same thing after ordering it stopped, and this occurs in the film at a time when the film suggests it is still occurring. Far from glorifying him, the film makes Obama look like a lying hypocrite.
Controversial: after the terrorist threat that caused a 100% increase in national security spending has been eliminated, the defense budget should be cut accordingly.
There is a certain justice in this as Aus is a leading CO2 emitter per capita.
One of the most dispiriting things about being an American today is realizing how many of our would-be leaders are mentally ill.
We're going to be hearing a lot more about aerosols because they can counter the carbon dioxide heat trapping effect by shielding the earth from solar radiation and serving as condensation sites for reflective cloud formation. We will see studies from Exxon, American Enterprise Institute, et. al. advocating seeding atmosphere with aerosols so we can go on burning fossil fuels. Dangerous ideas.
Why do NPR and PBS hosts dutifully report that gun ownership in the US is falling, and is at some recent low point? With 300 million guns in the country?
I have not seen any data on the political allegiances of American Muslims, but would guess Republicans haven't got many of them.
And the United States is stuck with a major political party which will double down on coal advocacy, in the hopes of winning electoral votes in places like Pennsylvania. A party that is a menace to the planet.
Petraeus says he has no interest in making money, but I would guess we will soon hear news of his taking up a lucrative position on Wall St., where the Republican Establishment will park him for awhile.