Cold as it is, I take comfort in the fact that Washington has red lines that Moscow won't accept. It remains unmistakable even for Trump that the obstacle to peace doesn't lie in Kiev.

John Brown spent his life building a group and amassing support for the end of slavery, leading up to a plot that he believed would have material impact on the institution.

Luigi Mangione shot a guy because the guy was in a bad system.

The two aren't the same.

That's fine, but it's not the commonly used metric. Vibes aren't admissible in court.

Perhaps. But you need to detach the question of proportionality from the population of the islands. Also, "it was more force than necessary" is different from "those are our islands," and the latter is answered by my above response.

Consider the South China Sea. No one lives on sand bars, but several countries are in conflict over ownership. When China has used force against ships from other claimants, no one has suggested that the force should not be responded to simply because the sand bars are uninhabited.

Proportionality is weighed in relation to the force required to achieve the objective. So if the first action (military invasion of the islands) was illegal, the question isn't how many people died relative to the population. It's whether it was the necessary force.

You're not going to find me defending Thatcher for much. On this, international law is clear.

Prior to 1982, the UN recognized a territorial dispute. Ownership was undecided. Self determination of people should put the decision in the hands of residents, not London or Buesos Aires. Military invasion by Argentina was criminal, a military response by the UK wasn't disproportionate.

Raymond Burr was arrested for and tried on treason charges based on less evidence tgan we have against Trump. They absolutely would have tried him for treason. And he wouldn't have been acquitted.

I deeply and sincerely oppose the death penalty. My letfer asking for clemency for Hegseth may get lost in the mail, though.

Wait, there are people who don't know that Dr Pepper is just Sprite with BBQ sauce? Is there similar ignorance that you can make Coke with Sprite and battery acid?

You've brought this book to mind.

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That's awesome! I've been fielding questions from my daughter since she was 6, and this would have been a great resource. Gonna be ordering it for my son.

I just don't think telling lies or not answering a kid's questions are good ways to encourage either trust or curiosity.

Could you define "fairly young children?" I remember my first sex ed class, I was about 10. Most people would consider that very young, but I'm glad that my school district got in front of me with good information before the rumor mill could ramp up.

Say what you will about Stephen Miller, it's generous and thoughtful of him to cook and serve his family the turkey after he's sucked the blood out.

Trump probably concluded that Noem is too aggressive and can't be trained. I imagine he's familiar with her philosophy on what next steps are in that circumstance.

I totally forgot about the year that the US Embassies in DR Congo and Rwanda arranged paperless transit to Rwanda because we didn't have passports on us and a large militia was coming! We got to Kigali just in time to have our Thanksgiving sushi.