Retired chemist. I've done a lot of chemistry that has to do with policy, particularly nuclear policy.
David Rothkopf asked a good question on Twitter: Trump fears Russia mess will delegitimize him. It may. What then? Are we prepared for what happens when election is shown to be corrupted? — David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 4, 2017 He provides a short thread of subsidiary questions, but I’d like to take a different approach. […]
This morning I did a Twitter rant that I think is worth sharing. This week we’re seeing more of those advice articles for liberals on how to interact with the special snowflakes who voted for Trump. Some of the articles come from conservatives who don’t know how to win gracefully. Some come from well-intentioned liberals, […]
Someone asked last night how we all cope. It’s worth considering that. Even Erick Son Of Erick tweeted that he doesn’t see how the country survives 3.5 more years of this. It’s hard on us individually, too. We need to think and act deliberately to maintain and protect our mental health. It’s different for everyone. […]
A van has crashed into a crowd in the Las Ramblas section of Barcelona. Reports are fragmentary and contradictory on Twitter. Here is the Guardian’s article, to be updated. Keep in mind that early reports in a situation like this are often inaccurate. There has been a report of two gunmen, but also reports […]
The stuff is hitting the fan too fast for me, but here are tonight’s developments, each of which might have occasioned a week’s worth of coverage in that alternative world we lived in only a year ago. Steve Bannon called the editor of the liberal American Prospect and talked like he is really the President […]
Our President retweeted a conspiracy theorist and a violent cartoon that seemed to support the terrorist car attack in Charlottesville this morning and then deleted them. But lots of people know to take screenshots. Other than that and a birther reference, he hasn’t done much today. It’s feeling like a lazy day for me and […]
On Twitter, I’ve been discussing my post from the other day with experts on North Korea. A significant number of them think I’m right: North Korea’s statement about a possible attack on Guam, prefaced by a statement of concern about flights over South Korea by US B-1B bombers based in Guam, is an offer to […]
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