Simple math—inflation means prices went up. Deflation would mean they're going down again. Without deflation, prices remain high. Presumably wages haven't adjusted, so the higher prices cause mounting debt & retrenchment. So people are commensurately pissed off. It's not a lag, it's an accumulation

Like they say, an honest politician is one who, when bought, stays bought.

You're a bit anti-Russian, to be frank, Prof. Snyder. But OK, that was pretty funny

A war for oil that will kill us if we burn it. Hard to imagine a clearer example of folly.

Collins Radio comes up in JFK lore. I don't suppose Collins Aerospace is a descendant thereof?

…, so they rebel by making it deliberately unconvincing.

#CharlieKirk #EpsteinFiles

Is Iran going for uranium or plutonium bombs, and what does that imply for their potential capabilities & rational responses thereto?

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It’s true that no land “belongs” to anyone who doesn’t live there (& hasn’t for some time), unless the residents vote to thus accede. But by the same token, it’s strange that no one’s reporting on the wishes of the Russian-speaking majority in Donbas. Do they have to stay in Ukr against their will?

No government has any legal right to deport a foreigner to a third country. If the foreigner's home country can't or won't take him, or would abuse him, then the foreigner has a valid claim for asylum in the US.

Yes but it’s also potentially circular: if “lifestyle emissions” are those typical of the relatively affluent, then naturally the relatively affluent emit most of them. Emissions rise with population, whatever their consumption.

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... take the users' country & postcode, and spit back the name & e-mail address of the corresponding MP / representative, address the form message accordingly, & give it back to the user all ready to sign & send.)

Our governments clearly aren't going to do this, so it's up to us. Let's go