ericmay

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by ericmay 6mo ago
Iran was already convinced that they needed to pursue nuclear weapons. They were still doing so under the JCPOA and even in cases where countries offered free, unlimited material for civilian nuclear reactors Iran refused. Why refuse? It&#x
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by ericmay 6mo ago
I know. I think Trump should be in jail, particularly over Jan 6th. But he's currently the President and I'm not going to stoop to reality TV level analysis of global events just because I don't like the guy. If he does somet
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by ericmay 6mo ago
I'm not justifying the war on White House press releases. The additional justifications though just strengthen the need. Separately it's a poor argument to say well Iran's nuclear capabilities were obliterated (they were cert
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by ericmay 6mo ago
Can't have another North Korea sitting in the Middle East with control over so much oil supply. Don't want Gulf States to go and get nuclear weapons in response to Iran getting them (nuclear non-proliferation).
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by ericmay 6mo ago
If you assume that war with China is on the horizon, it's arguable that this is a good thing for the US to see weaknesses exposed now while there is still something to do about it. Even if that war (and I hope it's not) is not on
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by ericmay 6mo ago
I'm not trying to be pedantic, but can you cite the specific court cases or provide an up to date article discussing them so we have somewhere to start? The reason I am asking for this (and no worries if you don't want to dig any
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by ericmay 6mo ago
I don't follow the question. What do you mean what's in it for them? They simply disagree with you and they get to make that decision.
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by ericmay 6mo ago
It's not, and the evidence for that at least partially rests in the War Powers Act as Congress itself realized it wasn't enough. Who am I to argue with Congress? :)
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by ericmay 6mo ago
> This does not mean that anytime someone says it, it is false. You're right, it doesn't mean that. But it belittles the accusation. Folks sometimes refer to their children as little tyrants. Conservatives would say Obama or Bi
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by ericmay 6mo ago
> Like, you see a resemblance between the current president and an actual king No, I don't. An actual king isn't constrained by checks and balances, or the law, for the most part. You're just adjusting the definition of
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by ericmay 6mo ago
Donald Trump is also bound by the dictates of Congress and the courts. If that’s your criteria as to who is “acting like a king” and your reference is yet another king who is constrained by the Congress and Courts, I’m not really sure what
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by ericmay 6mo ago
The rate is different but at the end of the day they still go through the process and when his administration loses cases they just shut up and lose the case. You mostly don't hear about the, I believe hundreds, of cases that the admin
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by ericmay 6mo ago
Thanks for the correction. No change in my opinion or writing though.
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by ericmay 6mo ago
It's just up to those that we elected to make a decision or enact legislation. If they decide tat the president isn't senile enough, then that's just what they get to decide. Sometimes I think folks are expecting there to be
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by ericmay 6mo ago
Sorry, I just don't agree with your assessment. Anyone can just say "well so and so is acting like a king or queen". Trump, as despicable and annoying as he is certainly says a lot, but he's not doing anything from wha
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by ericmay 6mo ago
> If the constitution needs amending, amend it. Is there something about the War Powers Act that's unconstitutional? If so, what specifically? I'm struggling here to understand what is being alleged to be unconstitutional. Sepa
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by ericmay 6mo ago
This is simply not true and it's disappointing fear-mongering from Vice (or anyone else who publishes this stuff). The reason you know it's true is because Trump doesn't care about precedent, yet in court case after court cas
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by ericmay 6mo ago
It's not really that insane. Don't overreact to Trump stuff - it leads you to make bad decisions and assumptions. This archaic and formal "I do declare war upon theee" is not flexible enough for the modern world and so w
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by ericmay 6mo ago
Yes, many times. Usually at least twice/year since it's such a short flight from my home town. I can be in Midtown in about 3 hours from my front porch which is cool. The OP wrote this: > As an American, I don’t think of the su
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by ericmay 6mo ago
It varies by location and by what we mean by rich. In New York, for example, you're totally right. But for most of America the model is country club + suburb, 6,000 sqft house with a pool, big public school district that is very well f
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by ericmay 6mo ago
Link: https://archive.ph/fELWv Your title of “ Strait of Malacca Ship Tolls Divide Emerges Between Indonesia, Singapore “doesn’t reflect the article title, nor what was said it in the article. Both Indonesia and Singapore a
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by ericmay 6mo ago
The cost of housing further backs this claim. The market is usually right - and amenities like a tram or great public transit lead to higher prices particularly near the stops or in a certain proximity. With extra travelers you get shops an
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by ericmay 6mo ago
> Yes, and this exactly is the problem. WHY is it a city of 30 million when the country's population is shrinking? Because there are better opportunities and amenities in the city? I don't know. Can you elaborate on what your l
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by ericmay 6mo ago
I hear ya. I'm the same way. Funny enough we actually actively try to avoid going to the suburbs in our metro, especially some of the areas with Costco and such because the traffic and anger and road rage is just so god damn stupid and
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by ericmay 6mo ago
> Yes, it absolutely makes sense. It doesn't. Tokyo metro is like, 30+ million people. That has very little in common with, say, where I live which is Columbus, Ohio. You can argue this point but I am closed-minded to any difference
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by ericmay 6mo ago
It's more about changing cultural habits. We already have busses and bus rapid transit, for example, where I live. And while I generally support the effort, it doesn't and won't have the adoption that something like, say, a s
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by ericmay 6mo ago
If I may clarify, my intent was just to suggest that if we did nothing else with respect to better transit that removing the surface parking lots and replacing them with something else would have that positive impact. Of course, I didn&#x27
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by ericmay 6mo ago
> The US is rapidly densifying, and this will get _worse_ as the population starts shrinking in earnest. Japan leads the way here, its population has been going down for a while. Yet Tokyo now is in a real estate bubble. There are a lot
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by ericmay 6mo ago
Generally speaking, not my problem and not something I care all that much about in my city. I don't think society needs to accommodate that lifestyle so someone can live 30 miles away from work and treat my city like a place you just c
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by ericmay 6mo ago
> That's because subways are a dead end. They need to be removed entirely, I certainly agree subways aren't the way of the future, at least in America. Too expensive and, frankly, unnecessary. We are already de-densified (which

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