Minor Heretic

This plan would be a guarantee of Kessler syndrome. LEO would be unusable for decades.

He has started to insert non-words into his sentences and not notice it. He used to try to cover for it by digressing. Trouble swallowing, too. I'm reasonably sure that he will either be fully aphasic or pushing up daisies by the midterms.

AI powered autonomous slur drones.

Money is the political steering wheel of the wealthy. Political donations should be limited to an amount that ordinary earners can afford.

On the retreat from Quebec, at Isle aux Noix, a Dr. Beebe wrote, "Language cannot describe nor imagination paint, the scenes of misery and distress the Soldiery endure." “No mortal will ever believe what these men suffered unless they were eye-witnesses.” "Death reigns triumphant.”

He's fully awake with the knowledge that Putin has blackmail material on him.

I think that at this point you would make pennies on the dollar. The odds of Welch betraying us again are too high. He still thinks bipartisanship is a thing and he's willing to give a politeness pass to a fellow senator, no matter how vile.

It's not an exaggeration to say that this vaccine could potentially prevent the deaths of millions of Americans.

Well done.

Apropos.

That scamp.

That particular goose needs strangling because it is eating our lunch.

There used to be a law against perpetual trusts, so rich people couldn't pass on money forever, tax free.

The top marginal estate tax rate used to be 77%.

Lake Champlain completely froze over for the first time in 7 years. Between 1800 and 1950 it froze over 97% of the time. The frequency has been dropping since then.

You linked to the wrong VPO story. A similar story, but...

Nice Polite Republicans strike again.

This is the schoolyard bully "why are you hitting yourself?" administration.

Until Mango Mussolini cashes in his chips or becomes fully aphasic we are stuck on this sleigh ride to hell.

The GOP are cowards, SCOTUS is corrupt, the press and business are cowards and profiteers, and the Dems are 80% some combo of inept, cowards, and time servers.

Not only is it historically ignorant, it is the immorality of convenience. "...but it works for me" is the philosophy of a sociopath.

I used to follow him, but...

US news media definitions:

"Controversial leader with authoritarian tendencies" = Dictator who cooperates with US corporate interests (including you know who)

"Dictator" = Dictator who does not cooperate with US corporate interests

Death as a side effect In modern war, it's not a side effect.

Several hundred Iranian civilians have died because of our airstrikes. This was totally predictable. A repost of an Afghanistan-era essay:

open.substack.com/pub/minorher...

High spending candidates win 90% of races. 80+% of that money comes from millionaires/billionaires. Members of Congress who disagree with the rich are a perpetual minority.

We need to focus on the money - the steering wheel of the rich. Limit donations to under $100, then do policy.

Rising CO2 levels cause reduced cognitive ability. We are all getting incrementally more stupid, just by breathing, year by year.

A military that will agree to commit war crimes is not "great."

Risking American lives, maybe, but ending innocent lives, definitely. The entire chain of command should be prosecuted, right down to the "I was just following orders" personnel who pushed the fire button.

Owens/Kirk is just the overture. When Mango Mussolini cashes his chips conservatives are going to fracture like Yugoslavia. The corporate stealth bigots will fight the red hat bigots. The ethnic cleansers will fight the Big Ag exploiters. Fifty Shades of Hatred.

Part of any revolution, good or bad, is a streak of puritanism. The religious puritanism is already evident, but food morality is more of the same. All fascist movements have a storyline of a return to a pure state of being.

"...building strong client relationships..."

(waggles eyebrows)

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

The US Justice Department withheld testimony that Donald Trump sexually abused a girl when she was 13 or 14 - according to a source who viewed unredacted Epstein files.

This is the worst scandal in US history and should be the biggest news story on the planet right now.

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

There are so many objects in low earth orbit that a Kessler event is almost certain. A chain reaction of satellite collisions and satellite debris collisions will render LEO unusable. Can't launch through it, either. Decades to clear out.

Read Eric Hoffer's classic, The True Believer. A high status group (straight white Christian men) feels threatened by change. A demagogue tells them that he will restore their status by hurting "those people" who "cheated" them out of their place. Genocide follows.

Gen. Van Riper, as commander of the supposed Iranian forces, sank most of a carrier battle group in less than half an hour. Iran has large numbers of highly capable anti-ship cruise missiles. Even if they did a fraction as well in real life it would be a disaster.