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1. about 14 hours ago on Doonesbury

   As a native Texan I was thinking about all those yahoos that want to secede from the Union. Pull the military out of Texas and the economies of San Antonio, El Paso, Wichita Falls, and Killeen/Copperas Cove would all collapse almost immediately due to the huge military presence in those cities. Many other smaller towns would likewise feel a lot of pain at losing the miitary contribution to their local economies. That was sort of my frame of reference but if the US bases overseas are relatively small in otherwise big cities, then I guess it would not be a huge hit. And yes, I hope the Europeans are planning on the best and quickest way to evict the US military from their lands. Don’t want to be fighting a battle from outside (Russia) and from inside (US).

2. about 22 hours ago on Wizard of Id

   Yes, like that $8 billion dollar contract that was actually only $8 million? Folks are still going through that website to see what other misstatements may exist. I will wait for more updates as to its accuracy.

3. about 22 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   Sounds nice but it is going to take a huge number of heavy lift rockets to get all those plastic bubbles, air purifier/recyclers, and other necessary things to Mars.

4. about 22 hours ago on Non Sequitur

   The problem with getting someone to lie is that they might recant later. It happened to one of those House committees investigating the “Biden Crime Family.” They had a star witness who would testify that he had witnessed Joe Biden accepting a bribe (or some sort of crime) but he later recanted saying he had made the whole thing up. That is the danger of a perjured witness.

5. about 22 hours ago on Doonesbury

   Yeah but they can’t “own the libs” on Mallard Fillmore since none of us would even think of reading that strip. They have nobody to abuse or make fun of. It is just a giant echo chamber and that must get boring after a while.

6. about 23 hours ago on Doonesbury

   I read some pushback from some of the Scandanavian country leaders after Trump’s comments about Ukraine and Zylenskyy. I agree that I have not seen much from the central European countries. I’m not sure about removing our troops. I think your reasoning is sound and Europe should think about it. But one question is how much do the local economies depend on those US bases being there? I think the Europeans will wait until it gets a bit more real.

7. about 23 hours ago on Doonesbury

   Democrats support Israel’s right to exist. They also support the right of the Palestinian people to have a safe and secure place of their own to live. Equating a desire for the fair treatment of the Palestinian people to supporting Hamas is reductionist thinking of the worst kind. There is no relationship. In fact, I suspect most Democrats wish Hamas would simply accept that Israel is going to exist and knock of the violence. Then if Israel can elect someone who is not a racist like Netanyahu they might be able to work out a deal with the Palestinians. But Hamas has to quit the attacks for that to work. Of course, it would help if Israel would knock off all the provocations like razing Palestinian villages so Israel can build a new Jewish settlement.

8. about 23 hours ago on Doonesbury

   No, Checks and Balances really was a thing once. At least until one of the ones being “checked” decided to throw out the balances and a sizeable chunk of the country seems to be okay with it. The problem is with that sizeable chunk of the country.

9. 1 day ago on Non Sequitur

   Please provide evidence of this character smear of many excellent long-time civil servants. If you do not have such evidence, please delete this post.

10. 1 day ago on Non Sequitur

    WOW! I didn’t know Trump was a leftist and a Democrat.