all i'll say about the great "is American food somehow poisoned" debate is that (1) subjectively, yes, lots of us have had the experience of seeming healthy eating whatever we want elsewhere; (2) that when you are traveling you walking a lot is a real confound, but some of us have lived abroad too.
absence of term limits only creates an uncertain option for electeds, not an obligation that binds them to the consequences of their actions. if an elected wants to behave like homo economicus, she can vote for the privatization then move onto a sinecure with the utility or a related party. 1/
i don't doubt that a legislator whose expected tenure is very long might take a more long-term view of things. but with or without limits, we have no way of reconciling meaningful democracy, legislator career freedom, and an expectation of tenure that would discipline cynical short-termism. /fin
term limits are good. the legislative competence case and so-called democracy case against are incoherently inconsistent. if legislative power is let to accrue to seniority, the public may be left to choose btw a weak representative who shares their values or capable one who does not. 1/
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no power should be allocated to seniority alone. the institutional knowledge that helps render legislators more capable should be reposed in the party, not in the person. /fin
impeach. convict. remove. rinse. repeat.
considering how the film ends, i find it a bit disconcerting we seem to be living out Dr. Strangelove. but then a piece by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor suggests maybe they have learned to love the bomb. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... ht @hannahstoryb.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
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had to look it up. but, yes!
kit cars! maybe the best way to buy a $24,000 Chinese EV will be to have ten parcels sent by DHL each with $2,400 of the value. (You can't use the US postal service though, then you'll get tariffed.)
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you see, the tariffs really are reciprocal. those Canadians try to block the flow of our goods!
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zom bee.
Amazon is misnamed. It suggests courageous women rather than craven men.
it’s weird how you can’t see the back of the chyron.
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it’s not just him! this is the lesson of the @semaforben.bsky.social piece, or of just interacting with MAGA-ists. they believe their memes! the “sophisticated” ones, if you call them on it, either challenge you or fall back JD-Vance-like on how creative license can call attention to a deeper truth.
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which compels what ultimately might be a useful admission!
maybe the answer is your faction should always loudly accuse the press as being and enemy and out to get you. it seems to work. they go every extra mile to prove they are evenhanded and unfairly maligned.
don’t the officers participating in this risk criminal or civil liability for breaking black-letter law? sure, the President is your boss, but you have a duty not to follow illegal orders.
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Wot?
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sure. (that’s more bylaws in the US, but same difference.) industries though are also entities that have complex characteristics somehow defined. i thought it interesting the idea that evolved practices and forms that guide industries can be thought of as UK-ish unwritten or dispersed constitutions.
never mind. keep munching.
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