As I have said before, it is only a matter of time before Trump starts handing out preemptive pardons. Even though accepting a pardon is tantamount to an admission of guilt (I forget which Supreme Co… (View Post)

Well, there weren't any live tweets from Trump and the meeting just adjourned (1144 UTC -6). Truthfully: it was as I suspected it would be, mostly boring with no "gotchas" or smoking guns. … (View Post)

Most air traffic control personnel are overworked and overstressed. I think the CBO is overstating the margin by which air fares would rise as a result of this change but I can definitely see the fol… (View Post)

Just like children in the United States in the 1950s lived under the specter of nuclear annihilation at any moment--the age of Duck and Cover--children in Pakistan fear sunny and clear or lightly-clo… (View Post)

Now this is interesting. I was rereading the Paris Accord (remember I linked it last page) and towards the end we find this: Article 28 1. At any time after three years from the date on which this Ag… (View Post)