But happy enough to accept the work.

I agree. I made the comment before I read the rest of the article.

Headline writers need to be flogged, or something.

Can you imagine needing to pay a licensing fee in order to use the alphabet? Or your telling of Jack up the Beanstalk being subject to copyright?

Hummm. No boob jokes. This might be legitimate.

Good on him, then.

Honestly, even if I don’t understand why he did it that way, he’s at least doing something.

I’m sure he did, but I don’t know the reason, and the democrats have not impressed me with their brilliance recently.

I’m not seeing it as a court order. I’m directly addressing the claim that Trump can’t do anything to get him back.

I think the argument I’m entertaining is that there is already not much business going on at 3AM.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad one of our leaders is showing a little spine, but he could afford to be a little more tactical about it.

Yea. If we had a proper president, we could get him back. Three step program.

1 Ask them to send him back.

2 Park a CBG off their coast, just inside their territorial waters.

3 Ask them to send him back, or else.

Might not be a great idea, in terms of ongoing international relations, but we would get our guy back.

It sounds like he would have done better to start at 7 AM, but I’ve not really looked into it.

Sub headline: Moscow Mitch Russian MVP.

If you would have peace, prepare for war.

It is incredibly concerning. But it’s difficult to do much of anything. Protests often don’t reach a significant size, and when they do, they are not reported on. That leads to discouragement, the feeling that in wasting my limited time, risking my livelihood, and accomplishing nothing.

That’s one problem with being such a large nation.

Am I having a stroke?

We call it “autocorrect.”

I never said you should go get the community to bash his brains in, that’s all in your mind.

Yes, because you won’t tell me what’s in your mind.

When you were younger, if your brother steals from you, you’d turn to your parents, and they’d assess the situation. Now apply that to a community, like a small village or a city block.

You’d go to your parents, yes, who have authority over us both. But your vision prohibits the village or city block from having authority over anyone else. I believe you used the word “evil.”

So, for the last time, what is your proposal for dealing with a situation where someone strong steaks from someone weak? If you cannot articulate at least an ideal sort of general solution, compatible with your idea that giving people authority over other people is unacceptable, then we need not continue this conversation.

I appreciate the info!

Then how do you propose the village deal with the situation? You proposed that the solution to someone stronger than me be to get done more guys. And then what?

You might consider using extra words, if you want me to understand your argument.

So you are calling for might makes right. I had hoped you had a better idea than that.

I’d honestly like to try a page out of Heinlein’s book. No-one can vote, or run for office, unless they have served a few years working for the government. Prove that you are willing to put the good of the many before the good of yourself, then you get to help steer the ship of state.

There are issues with the system, of course, but most of the people in power today would not be in power under that system.

Better then ladies lying in ponds distributing swords.

If someone is given authority and power over others, regardless of the method of acquiring that power, the system is evil.

What do you propose for the case of someone stronger than me stealing my food?