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The most important thing to keep in mind about having a role in the State is that it ends, and then you go home and you’re just another citizen again. This is really important. My father, with whom I agree…
Rules: Some People Think They Don’t Apply To The Folks Who Make Them
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Now, I am kinda annoyed about this: Sonoma County emergency management director disregards coronavirus shelter-in-place order, takes family to beach. That’s not a good look, Chris. To be fair to him, his statement on the matter is pretty good: “I…
More Stupid Secrets: Why Were These Briefings Classified?
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There’s something missing from this Washington Post story titled “US intelligence officials early warnings to Trump about coronavirus went unheeded“. Go ahead; give it a read. I’ll wait. Did you catch it? They do a decent job describing a series…
No More Charity: Let’s All Do It Together
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I’m not gonna go this far, but I’ll get close. You’d think I’d be all-in for charity. Helping the poor; doing good deeds; not having the government involved. Totally in my wheelhouse, all of that. But there’s a problem with…
Long Overdue: Get The Government Out Of Marriage
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When Prop. 8 was current news here in California, I found the whole thing very confusing. Why is the government involved in marriage anyway? Fine; of course. People have been getting married for, like, ever and laws have been hung…
Setec Astronomy: Government By The [Redacted]
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Can we (should we) trust anyone in the government with the ability to keep secrets from the citizens? No. Just, no. Restricting ourselves just to the current administration, for a moment, we know that they have classified records of embarassing…
I’m Not OK With This: Depending On Norms Is Dangerous
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Norms can be nice; a lot of people like it when they can depend on other folks to just behave the same way they would. But they really don’t work in governments. Firstly, of course, a government that runs on…