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McFaul doesn't see the problem with having a bank regulator who apparently committed mortgage fraud by lying to banks?
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
McFaul doesn't see the problem with having a bank regulator who apparently committed mortgage fraud by lying to banks?
That was why we created NATO. Twice in 25 years we had been dragged into one of Europe's wars -- wars we had no say in, and could not have prevented. NATO let us put a fire station in a neighborhood of arsonists.
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
That was why we created NATO. Twice in 25 years we had been dragged into one of Europe's wars -- wars we had no say in, and could not have prevented. NATO let us put a fire station in a neighborhood of arsonists.
The previous three Presidents allowed us to become dependent on China for all our manufactured goods. We saw the problem with this when we couldn't get PPE during COVID. As i see it, whenever China wants Taiwan they will just take it.
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The previous three Presidents allowed us to become dependent on China for all our manufactured goods. We saw the problem with this when we couldn't get PPE during COVID. As i see it, whenever China wants Taiwan they will just take it.
Or simply declare it vacant.
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Or simply declare it vacant.
Why did we let Russia take the Soviet Union's seat on the UN Security Council? Imagine if we had given it to Ukraine, instead.
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Why did we let Russia take the Soviet Union's seat on the UN Security Council? Imagine if we had given it to Ukraine, instead.
Why do so many Americans who support Ukraine criticise Trump's $20 billion currency swap with Argentina? Doesn't Argentina's survival as a nation matter just as much as Ukraine's?
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Why do so many Americans who support Ukraine criticise Trump's $20 billion currency swap with Argentina? Doesn't Argentina's survival as a nation matter just as much as Ukraine's?
Russia has many times the population and many times the GDP of Ukraine. What would keep them from conducting the war until Ukraine is broke and depopulated?
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Russia has many times the population and many times the GDP of Ukraine. What would keep them from conducting the war until Ukraine is broke and depopulated?
Why was Germany so dependent on Russian energy? Did they think this would keep Russia from threatening them militarily?
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Why was Germany so dependent on Russian energy? Did they think this would keep Russia from threatening them militarily?
While McFaul was his Ambassador to Russia, Obama dismissed in a debate Romney's concern about Russia as a threat, saying this was a relic of the 1980s. What changed?
What did Obama mean when he was caught telling Medvedev to tell Putin that he would have more flexibility after his "last election"?
What did Obama mean when he was caught telling Medvedev to tell Putin that he would have more flexibility after his "last election"?
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
While McFaul was his Ambassador to Russia, Obama dismissed in a debate Romney's concern about Russia as a threat, saying this was a relic of the 1980s. What changed?
What did Obama mean when he was caught telling Medvedev to tell Putin that he would have more flexibility after his "last election"?
What did Obama mean when he was caught telling Medvedev to tell Putin that he would have more flexibility after his "last election"?
What are the dreams of these aphantasics like?
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What are the dreams of these aphantasics like?
I know a number of obese people who wish they could afford GLP-1 drugs. I would suggest that California take those on as a next step.
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I know a number of obese people who wish they could afford GLP-1 drugs. I would suggest that California take those on as a next step.
My wife's cousin has had Type 1 diabetes for some 60 years. Her husband has always had to work for big corporations that provided comprehensive health coverage, in order for her to survive. Only now, in his early 70s, does he feel able to downshift.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My wife's cousin has had Type 1 diabetes for some 60 years. Her husband has always had to work for big corporations that provided comprehensive health coverage, in order for her to survive. Only now, in his early 70s, does he feel able to downshift.
For a Mamdani to win here, the establishment candidate would have to have been someone forced out of office by some scandal. Or a Republican.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For a Mamdani to win here, the establishment candidate would have to have been someone forced out of office by some scandal. Or a Republican.
One thing I would like these elected municipal officials to consider is rent control for small retail. There are literally irreplaceable businesses in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, whose existence is at the mercy of their landlords.
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
One thing I would like these elected municipal officials to consider is rent control for small retail. There are literally irreplaceable businesses in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, whose existence is at the mercy of their landlords.
Should be easy for you to disprove, then. Find one country where the residents are guaranteed freedom of speech.
When I subscribed to Granta, one issue featured an article with sections covered with blocks of color, because the British government had decided it could not be published as written.
When I subscribed to Granta, one issue featured an article with sections covered with blocks of color, because the British government had decided it could not be published as written.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Should be easy for you to disprove, then. Find one country where the residents are guaranteed freedom of speech.
When I subscribed to Granta, one issue featured an article with sections covered with blocks of color, because the British government had decided it could not be published as written.
When I subscribed to Granta, one issue featured an article with sections covered with blocks of color, because the British government had decided it could not be published as written.
I find this hard to believe myself: My San Jose neighbor's son married a registered nurse from Kyrgyzstan.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I find this hard to believe myself: My San Jose neighbor's son married a registered nurse from Kyrgyzstan.
No Europeans are guaranteed freedom of speech.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
No Europeans are guaranteed freedom of speech.
But who decides what is disinformation? If it's the government, that will implicate the First Amendment.
And what if "the government" is Trump, deciding what is "fake news" and what is reality?
And what if "the government" is Trump, deciding what is "fake news" and what is reality?
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
But who decides what is disinformation? If it's the government, that will implicate the First Amendment.
And what if "the government" is Trump, deciding what is "fake news" and what is reality?
And what if "the government" is Trump, deciding what is "fake news" and what is reality?
The history of computing is full of shakeouts. I much preferred Lotus 123 to Excel, and WordPerfect to Microsoft Word, but Microsoft prevailed.
Then there were a ton of search engines, like Ask Jeeves/
Social networks from Friendster to Xanga
Now it's AI's turn.
Then there were a ton of search engines, like Ask Jeeves/
Social networks from Friendster to Xanga
Now it's AI's turn.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The history of computing is full of shakeouts. I much preferred Lotus 123 to Excel, and WordPerfect to Microsoft Word, but Microsoft prevailed.
Then there were a ton of search engines, like Ask Jeeves/
Social networks from Friendster to Xanga
Now it's AI's turn.
Then there were a ton of search engines, like Ask Jeeves/
Social networks from Friendster to Xanga
Now it's AI's turn.
I'm more impressed that Wu clerked for the great Posner than Breyer.
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm more impressed that Wu clerked for the great Posner than Breyer.
The ur-forum on the Internet was Usenet, a resource that cost nothing extra to use, whose costs were borne by local internet service providers from the fees users paid. No advertising. No data mining.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The ur-forum on the Internet was Usenet, a resource that cost nothing extra to use, whose costs were borne by local internet service providers from the fees users paid. No advertising. No data mining.
The Fairness Doctrine was based on the notion that the airwaves were a shared common resource. Now, everyone has a keyboard.
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Fairness Doctrine was based on the notion that the airwaves were a shared common resource. Now, everyone has a keyboard.
recourse, not resource
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
recourse, not resource
Pets .com famously failed during the dotcom boom, but now there is Chewy.
Webvan famously failed during the dotcom boom, but now Amazon delivers groceries.
And the most impactful nonprofit tech person was not Jimmy Wales but Craig Newmark, who essentially ended print newspapers in America.
Webvan famously failed during the dotcom boom, but now Amazon delivers groceries.
And the most impactful nonprofit tech person was not Jimmy Wales but Craig Newmark, who essentially ended print newspapers in America.
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Pets .com famously failed during the dotcom boom, but now there is Chewy.
Webvan famously failed during the dotcom boom, but now Amazon delivers groceries.
And the most impactful nonprofit tech person was not Jimmy Wales but Craig Newmark, who essentially ended print newspapers in America.
Webvan famously failed during the dotcom boom, but now Amazon delivers groceries.
And the most impactful nonprofit tech person was not Jimmy Wales but Craig Newmark, who essentially ended print newspapers in America.
If I try to shop on Amazon, half the suppliers are no-name businesses in China, whose names appear to be a string of letters selected randomly from the alphabet.
I would far prefer name brands, from companies located in the US, even if they sourced them overseas. At least I would have some resource
I would far prefer name brands, from companies located in the US, even if they sourced them overseas. At least I would have some resource
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If I try to shop on Amazon, half the suppliers are no-name businesses in China, whose names appear to be a string of letters selected randomly from the alphabet.
I would far prefer name brands, from companies located in the US, even if they sourced them overseas. At least I would have some resource
I would far prefer name brands, from companies located in the US, even if they sourced them overseas. At least I would have some resource