Cornell Overfield
@overfield.bsky.social
CNA. Law of the sea nerd.
Thanks to @foreignpolicy.com and @beijingpalmer.bsky.social for running my analysis of recent Russian and PRC sparing with the US over seabed rights and what Washington should do about it (beyond ratifying UNCLOS, ofc)
foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/u...
foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/u...
How to Defend U.S. Rights to a Million Square Kilometers of Ocean Floor
The U.S. remains an outsider to the maritime treaty it presses on others.
foreignpolicy.com
April 12, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Thanks to @foreignpolicy.com and @beijingpalmer.bsky.social for running my analysis of recent Russian and PRC sparing with the US over seabed rights and what Washington should do about it (beyond ratifying UNCLOS, ofc)
foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/u...
foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/u...
Reposted by Cornell Overfield
History repeats first as tragedy then as
EVERY BEASTIE BOY: FARCE
Doesn't take a German economist to
EBB: PARSE
As outlined in the 18th Brumaire by
EBB: MARX
Capital rallies to fashy failsons like
EBB: SHARKS
This history is dialectical, it
EBB: ARCS
Classes in tension see
EBB: SPARKS
EVERY BEASTIE BOY: FARCE
Doesn't take a German economist to
EBB: PARSE
As outlined in the 18th Brumaire by
EBB: MARX
Capital rallies to fashy failsons like
EBB: SHARKS
This history is dialectical, it
EBB: ARCS
Classes in tension see
EBB: SPARKS
I think the career of Napoleon III bears out that, if you have that sort of cult, it can be transferred to an heir, no matter how absolutely shit they are. If their special fascist dad croaks, but someone they identify as legitimate steps in, they’ll justify it to themselves.
February 2, 2024 at 4:14 AM
History repeats first as tragedy then as
EVERY BEASTIE BOY: FARCE
Doesn't take a German economist to
EBB: PARSE
As outlined in the 18th Brumaire by
EBB: MARX
Capital rallies to fashy failsons like
EBB: SHARKS
This history is dialectical, it
EBB: ARCS
Classes in tension see
EBB: SPARKS
EVERY BEASTIE BOY: FARCE
Doesn't take a German economist to
EBB: PARSE
As outlined in the 18th Brumaire by
EBB: MARX
Capital rallies to fashy failsons like
EBB: SHARKS
This history is dialectical, it
EBB: ARCS
Classes in tension see
EBB: SPARKS
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"[A]ll this back-and-forth about the president’s memory—which appears to be fine—is a sideshow... But it’s a sideshow on which the mainstream press has been only too happy to focus."
@qjurecic.bsky.social on the press's handling of Special Counsel Hur's report.
@qjurecic.bsky.social on the press's handling of Special Counsel Hur's report.
What the Press Got Wrong on the Hur Report
The journalistic focus on Biden’s age has distracted from more serious coverage.
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 12, 2024 at 9:41 PM
"[A]ll this back-and-forth about the president’s memory—which appears to be fine—is a sideshow... But it’s a sideshow on which the mainstream press has been only too happy to focus."
@qjurecic.bsky.social on the press's handling of Special Counsel Hur's report.
@qjurecic.bsky.social on the press's handling of Special Counsel Hur's report.
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The Brandon Khanate
surely another one of Biden's silly exaggerations ... well I'll be goddamned
March 12, 2024 at 3:26 PM
The Brandon Khanate
Reposted by Cornell Overfield
two regulations that would be an utter no brainer in a sane country:
1) progressive vehicle weight tax that increases steeply past 5k pounds
2) grille height limit of 1.25m
1) progressive vehicle weight tax that increases steeply past 5k pounds
2) grille height limit of 1.25m
"the researchers directed a passengerless 2022 Rivian R1T truck weighing around 7,000 pounds toward an MGS guardrail at 62 mph and a 25-degree angle, reflecting common highway crash conditions. The Rivian demolished the guardrail" slate.com/business/202...
A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.
Vehicles are getting way too heavy to be safe.
slate.com
March 8, 2024 at 2:49 PM
two regulations that would be an utter no brainer in a sane country:
1) progressive vehicle weight tax that increases steeply past 5k pounds
2) grille height limit of 1.25m
1) progressive vehicle weight tax that increases steeply past 5k pounds
2) grille height limit of 1.25m
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Cornell Overfield explains why the United States announced its exclusive right over the extended continental shelf, the legal reasoning behind this claim, and its implications.
Wealth on the Shelf: The U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Clarification
Why the United States announced its exclusive right over the resources in a region twice the size of California, and its implications.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 26, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Cornell Overfield explains why the United States announced its exclusive right over the extended continental shelf, the legal reasoning behind this claim, and its implications.
Last month, the US claimed part of its extended continental shelf. I break it down for Lawfare here
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/weal...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/weal...
January 28, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Last month, the US claimed part of its extended continental shelf. I break it down for Lawfare here
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/weal...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/weal...