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David J. DeVore

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Ancient Mediterranean historian, Cal Poly Pomona. History, the human past (those 2 aren't the same), politics, some baseball. Views here not of my institution.

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Thanks as always for your inquiries, Mr. Garcia! Did you by chance ask Dr. Zandi about whether AI might be sripping the economy of a high number of jobs? Seems like an important factor.

07.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

believe the latter, but the caveat is, without direct efficacy. God is believed to reward his imitators and imitators of his closest followers, I believe is the theory. Mimetic efficacy, we might say.

06.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Laying of the hands" is in the Acts of the Apostles, and there is a miracle where a woman touches Jesus and he feels power (dunamis if I remember the Greek right) going out of him. But I don't know what the theory of physics behind this would be.

06.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Would the same be true if Crockett had won in Texas?

05.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It also lets educational institutions pay lower salaries than they might otherwise for talent that’ll exchange higher salaries for job security.

05.03.2026 02:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any chance she's the next Attorney General?

04.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would Texas have been different if Crockett had won?

04.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The world went to s*** for baseball's #2 payroll, the Mets. Money =/= success. πŸ‘‹

03.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Best regular-season record was by a lower-payroll team.

03.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You didn’t watch the WS, did you? Really great baseball.

03.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The argument is, Game’s better than ever. Did you actually watch last year’s World Series?

03.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely. But gauging his power for what it is rather than exaggerating it is necessary for smart resistance.

02.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe didn’t start this war.” Maybe you should have made the case we were already at war & gotten congressional approval in a debate before the US joined combat operations.

02.03.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s fair! I don’t think we’re just hopeful, thoughβ€”we’re working to stymie election interference on multiple fronts, including federal and state courts, redistrictin, state election reinforcemen, and more.
The face means β€œa skeptical huh?”.

02.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

🀨

02.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think OP is playing a game.

02.03.2026 05:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rita Moreno!

02.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And US servicemembers are starting to die. Trump has never been adept at handing grief. The politics of the grieving aren’t the most important thing, of course, but those politics might just cost Trump some more support.

01.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kristol is basically a centrist Democrat now. (He was always on the moderate side of the GOPβ€”he supported McCain against Bush in the 2000 primary.) But yesβ€”Trump’s really scrambled our politics.

01.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Uh, yeahβ€”nuclear war. Russia has nukes. Iran doesn’t.

01.03.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Uh, I don’t know who you are to pronounce about my understanding, Ms. Berg. Just because Trump disregards the law doesn’t mean he has the capacity to subvert elections. He doesn’t.

28.02.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He can’t stop anywhere close to 53% of the vote, though. All of his tools will only reduce the vote counts by the single digits unless local officials let him (which they won’t in the states where he must win).

28.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He can’t possibly arrest tens of thousands of election officials, & he doesn’t get to replace the election officials anyway. All federal police aren’t numerous enough. Best he can do is make an example out of a few hundred. But then he risks a unified backlash from the other tens of thousands.

28.02.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And Trump can’t force tens of thousands of state officials to do anything the way an adult man can with a single teenager.

28.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🍎,🍊. The military’s in the executive branch & takes orders from Trump. Election officials take orders from states. And Trump has shown he can’t order state officials around.

28.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WADR, election experts agree w my statement. I cite some of you read on in the thread.

28.02.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Poster knows how to use those moderation tools! I’m blocked.πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

28.02.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Likewise, Republican Florida will disregard such an EO. No power.

28.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or just be sure we’re heard, which isn’t the same thing. But. you obv heard.πŸ‘Œ

28.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You were the one saying he couldn’t steal classified docs. Of course he had the capacity to do that. He doesn’t have the capacity to monitor every US election site.

28.02.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0