As you might guess, after the second picture, the licking turned to biting, and then there were squeaks, and now the kittehs are off the desk. But they can be sweet about grooming each other. By request, a pet and no-politics open thread!
Late Night Lying Liars Open Thread
Ronan Farrow comes out with more info about the ratfvking deal that the Trumpies contracted out to try to defeat the Iran deal. The campaign is strikingly similar to an operation that Black Cube ran on behalf of Harvey Weinstein, which was reported in The New Yorker last fall… In a statement, Black Cube said, “It is Black Cube’s policy …
The Opposition To The Iran Deal Is Intellectually and Morally Bankrupt
Reuel Marc Gerecht has an article titled “The Iran Deal Is Strategically and Morally Absurd” at the Atlantic website. It is a good example of the repetitive and tendentious tripe that the opponents consistently offer up. I am not fond of the bloggy format of dissecting a piece of writing sentence by sentence by sentence, …
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This Is What You Do When You Don’t Have A Real Argument
Two of the key people in the Obama administration for the negotiation of the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), were investigated by an Israeli private intelligence agency trying to find dirt on them, The Guardian reported today. The agency talked to reporters in order to find whether Ben Rhodes and …
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Kilauea Erupts in a Housing Subdivision
Cracks in the ground are spewing lava in the Leilani Estates subdivision on the Big Island of Hawaii. The USGS Volcanoes Twitter account is a good one to follow for information. Earthquakes migrate east of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, signaling an intrusion of magma along the middle and lower East Rift Zone. Orange dashed line marks the …
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Deterring Regime Change
Nuclear weapons programs come with costs: financial, reputational, and the potential for being made a target by other nuclear powers. There is also an opportunity cost in diverting smart scientists, engineers, and managers from work that might produce improvement to people’s daily lives and the economy. Leaders understand that there are costs. In starting his …
Open Thread – Ric And Zooey On Their Walk
By request. It’s hard to get pics when I have to monitor for coyotes, which way the kittehs want to go, and whether or not they are going to pounce. I take them out one at a time, because they inevitably want to go in different directions, and then when it’s time to go in, …
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