What negotiation? Statehood for DC. Period. No negotiation necessary. Very simple.
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What negotiation? Statehood for DC. Period. No negotiation necessary. Very simple.
That’s an incredibly paternalistic view of the residents of DC, and a bizarrely twisted logic. Aren’t many states an outlier, in some way or another? Why is that suddenly a problem? Why should some Americans have fewer rights, due to your need for some sort of imagined tidiness?
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
That’s an incredibly paternalistic view of the residents of DC, and a bizarrely twisted logic. Aren’t many states an outlier, in some way or another? Why is that suddenly a problem? Why should some Americans have fewer rights, due to your need for some sort of imagined tidiness?
You’re assuming that the needs of the people in one place have the same needs as the people in a different place, and would fairly be represented in such fashion. Things like speaking a different language and being in a different place are meaningless, because all are in the Caribbean?
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
You’re assuming that the needs of the people in one place have the same needs as the people in a different place, and would fairly be represented in such fashion. Things like speaking a different language and being in a different place are meaningless, because all are in the Caribbean?
As someone who is from a small state, and has lived most of my life here, the notion that all states should be roughly equal in size or population makes little sense, to me. I don’t care if California is big, or that Rhode Island is small.
But, I think 2 senators per state is a problem.
But, I think 2 senators per state is a problem.
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
As someone who is from a small state, and has lived most of my life here, the notion that all states should be roughly equal in size or population makes little sense, to me. I don’t care if California is big, or that Rhode Island is small.
But, I think 2 senators per state is a problem.
But, I think 2 senators per state is a problem.
So, making Florida and Maine one state makes sense, to you?
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So, making Florida and Maine one state makes sense, to you?
So, despite the fact that these individual Caribbean territories have distinct cultures and societies and needs, you think they should be lumped together.
And you think it’s BIG states who throw disproportionate weight around, when all states have 2 senators?
Strongly disagree.
And you think it’s BIG states who throw disproportionate weight around, when all states have 2 senators?
Strongly disagree.
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
So, despite the fact that these individual Caribbean territories have distinct cultures and societies and needs, you think they should be lumped together.
And you think it’s BIG states who throw disproportionate weight around, when all states have 2 senators?
Strongly disagree.
And you think it’s BIG states who throw disproportionate weight around, when all states have 2 senators?
Strongly disagree.
It’s also not the will of the people of DC, which should be the foremost concern.
The advantage would be State funding generated by the suburban tax base - something every other city enjoys.
The disadvantage would be severely diluted Senate representation.
The advantage would be State funding generated by the suburban tax base - something every other city enjoys.
The disadvantage would be severely diluted Senate representation.
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It’s also not the will of the people of DC, which should be the foremost concern.
The advantage would be State funding generated by the suburban tax base - something every other city enjoys.
The disadvantage would be severely diluted Senate representation.
The advantage would be State funding generated by the suburban tax base - something every other city enjoys.
The disadvantage would be severely diluted Senate representation.
Absolutely - to an intact infrastructure and a civilian population untouched by the war - unlike all the European participants or Japan. Instead of having to rebuild what was lost, we invested - GI Bill, interstate highways, biggest home building boom in world history, etc.
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Absolutely - to an intact infrastructure and a civilian population untouched by the war - unlike all the European participants or Japan. Instead of having to rebuild what was lost, we invested - GI Bill, interstate highways, biggest home building boom in world history, etc.
The AI Grand Jury indicted him. Grok was the foreman.
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The AI Grand Jury indicted him. Grok was the foreman.
I chalk it up more to the prosperity. American soldiers came home to a county untouched by war. Russia sent a lot more soldiers off to war, but, they had no post-War sustained baby boom, because they had no post-war prosperity.
You can’t credit 15 years of fucking to VJ Day.
You can’t credit 15 years of fucking to VJ Day.
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I chalk it up more to the prosperity. American soldiers came home to a county untouched by war. Russia sent a lot more soldiers off to war, but, they had no post-War sustained baby boom, because they had no post-war prosperity.
You can’t credit 15 years of fucking to VJ Day.
You can’t credit 15 years of fucking to VJ Day.
Yes, but, we didn’t have one after WW1. Spanish Flu is deeply unsexy, and the post-war prosperity didn’t last.
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Yes, but, we didn’t have one after WW1. Spanish Flu is deeply unsexy, and the post-war prosperity didn’t last.
The thing is, prosperity creates baby booms. A prosperous post-War economy led to people fucking, in unprecedented numbers. People kept on fucking like fuckers until the money ran out.
Then we blamed the babies for the money running out, WHEN THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FUCKERS.
Then we blamed the babies for the money running out, WHEN THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FUCKERS.
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The thing is, prosperity creates baby booms. A prosperous post-War economy led to people fucking, in unprecedented numbers. People kept on fucking like fuckers until the money ran out.
Then we blamed the babies for the money running out, WHEN THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FUCKERS.
Then we blamed the babies for the money running out, WHEN THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FUCKERS.
It is a generation defined purely by their size, rather than by any defining personality characteristics within that time span. It creates perception problems and difficulties in defining things.
Also, we stopped having World Wars to unite us and remind us we’re all on the same team.
Also, we stopped having World Wars to unite us and remind us we’re all on the same team.
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It is a generation defined purely by their size, rather than by any defining personality characteristics within that time span. It creates perception problems and difficulties in defining things.
Also, we stopped having World Wars to unite us and remind us we’re all on the same team.
Also, we stopped having World Wars to unite us and remind us we’re all on the same team.
Yeah - my 4 parents are all Silent Generation.
But, pretty much everyone we think of as Boomer Icons - major figures of the 1960s - were SG (I don’t know if a single boomer played Woodstock)
Meanwhile, I grew up on Spielberg and Lucas and Spike Lee and Public Enemy and David Simon - Boomers all
But, pretty much everyone we think of as Boomer Icons - major figures of the 1960s - were SG (I don’t know if a single boomer played Woodstock)
Meanwhile, I grew up on Spielberg and Lucas and Spike Lee and Public Enemy and David Simon - Boomers all
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Yeah - my 4 parents are all Silent Generation.
But, pretty much everyone we think of as Boomer Icons - major figures of the 1960s - were SG (I don’t know if a single boomer played Woodstock)
Meanwhile, I grew up on Spielberg and Lucas and Spike Lee and Public Enemy and David Simon - Boomers all
But, pretty much everyone we think of as Boomer Icons - major figures of the 1960s - were SG (I don’t know if a single boomer played Woodstock)
Meanwhile, I grew up on Spielberg and Lucas and Spike Lee and Public Enemy and David Simon - Boomers all
I totally agree. My comment wasn’t meant to inflame the argument, which accomplishes nothing.
(Especially when you start parsing the notion that each generation is informed and led by the previous - generation responsibility is just a weird notion).
(Especially when you start parsing the notion that each generation is informed and led by the previous - generation responsibility is just a weird notion).
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I totally agree. My comment wasn’t meant to inflame the argument, which accomplishes nothing.
(Especially when you start parsing the notion that each generation is informed and led by the previous - generation responsibility is just a weird notion).
(Especially when you start parsing the notion that each generation is informed and led by the previous - generation responsibility is just a weird notion).
Generation X (my generation) voted for Trump in highest numbers.
Boomers and Silent Generation laid the groundwork for Trump over the previous 40 years (most directly in ‘80 and ‘84).
All of it is irrelevant to figuring out we’re gonna get ourselves out of this mess we are collectively in.
Boomers and Silent Generation laid the groundwork for Trump over the previous 40 years (most directly in ‘80 and ‘84).
All of it is irrelevant to figuring out we’re gonna get ourselves out of this mess we are collectively in.
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Generation X (my generation) voted for Trump in highest numbers.
Boomers and Silent Generation laid the groundwork for Trump over the previous 40 years (most directly in ‘80 and ‘84).
All of it is irrelevant to figuring out we’re gonna get ourselves out of this mess we are collectively in.
Boomers and Silent Generation laid the groundwork for Trump over the previous 40 years (most directly in ‘80 and ‘84).
All of it is irrelevant to figuring out we’re gonna get ourselves out of this mess we are collectively in.
But she can’t stop survivors from telling their stories. She cannot keep a lid on this, no matter how hard she will try.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
But she can’t stop survivors from telling their stories. She cannot keep a lid on this, no matter how hard she will try.
Yeah, except that the (now) women whose testimony is in those documents are willing and able to clarify. Their strength and presence significantly narrows the wiggle room.
ESPECIALLY since Epstein is dead - there’s no worries of him suing for libel.
ESPECIALLY since Epstein is dead - there’s no worries of him suing for libel.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Yeah, except that the (now) women whose testimony is in those documents are willing and able to clarify. Their strength and presence significantly narrows the wiggle room.
ESPECIALLY since Epstein is dead - there’s no worries of him suing for libel.
ESPECIALLY since Epstein is dead - there’s no worries of him suing for libel.
He will sign the bill and have Pam Bondi and the DOJ do his dirty work.
BUT, the shine seems to be off. Not even MAGA is really buying what he’s selling.
AND, the survivors are willing and able to set deceptively-redacted records straight.
He’s in trouble.
BUT, the shine seems to be off. Not even MAGA is really buying what he’s selling.
AND, the survivors are willing and able to set deceptively-redacted records straight.
He’s in trouble.
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
He will sign the bill and have Pam Bondi and the DOJ do his dirty work.
BUT, the shine seems to be off. Not even MAGA is really buying what he’s selling.
AND, the survivors are willing and able to set deceptively-redacted records straight.
He’s in trouble.
BUT, the shine seems to be off. Not even MAGA is really buying what he’s selling.
AND, the survivors are willing and able to set deceptively-redacted records straight.
He’s in trouble.