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Econophobia? Not getting the point.

FYI, another event tomorrow in NY city at 7:30PM, free online broadcast Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment Econophobia? Not getting your point.

My comment regarding the ownership of AN has been scrubbed. What I didn't note in that comment is that the ownership is anonymous. Make of that what you will.

Addendum: the edit option seems to have disappeared, at least on this thread (for me).

I guess this is where we're giving feedback about the new site. I second the request for more info on navigating the changes. I, too, find the site extremely glitchy. I'm assuming that this is due to being a work in progress. My questions so far: E aIs the break room being phased out? Am I the only one getting ad popups on every page? Very intrusive. I don't think my phone is infected with something icky because scans come up blank and AN is the only site that does this on my phone. ‘‘Tis a mystery. Will continue to investigate.

Your writing style is similar. Welcome to AN's politics chat.

Beerman?

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one. There have been multiple overhauls of the site in the last 20 years. I 've never seen it this glitchy.

Thank you - still my shero!

Me, too. I ditched both cable and broadcast tv years ago. I just pay for internet service through which my smart tv gives me access to online content. YouTube is free with a paid option to go ad-free.

Depends on the commentary.

I'm not a "member" - I'm simply subscribed to their YouTube channel. It's free and (if you can't stand the idea of listening to principled, center-right conservatives) reversable. I dare ya! My fondest fantasy discussion is between Sarah Longwood conservative), Rachel Maddow (poli-sci PhD and center-ish progressive) and Heather Cox Richardson (professional historian and self-described Lincoln conservative).

Please check out this edition of "Illegal News" on the Bulwark YouTube channel. Sarah Longwood and Andrew Weissman have a riveting discussion of, among other things, this war with Iran. It is titled "Trump knows his election order is illegal. That's the point!” ETA: The second half of the podcast is a discussion of trump's threat to take over control of elections.

Your post and the post you quoted is a splendid example of the distinction I tried to draw between discussion of opposing opinions and gratuitous vitriol used to dominate/intimidate other users into shutting up. Yes - you get back what you give.

WBZ used to play it every Thanksgiving, too. I stopped listening when they changed to an "updated" version. And here's my non sequitur for today: Alice's Restaurant was a real place run by Alice Brock in Stockbridge, MA. My late spouse worked for her for a while (with a rubber chicken hanging out of his back pocket).

More than a few students don't actually want to be nurses. They need the degree and the license in order to get into anesthesia or NP school.

Gotta address that burning straw in the middle of the room. Regurgitated gossip and propaganda is not opinion. Name-calling is not opinion. Neither is deliberately demeaning and personally directed sarcasm. They are either bullying tactics or an inability to do effective reality testing. Mostly, I ignore the nonsense, but sometimes my reality pushes back.

To adresss your question whether the military "should" refuse illegal orders, of course they should. It's their mandate under the Constitution - still the law of the land, in spite of what the current regime wants us to believe. However, I can't get too thin in the nose with disapproval over their refusal to do so (yet). Given the nature of the current regime, any active duty soldier who refuses an order, even in the context of an undeclared and illegal war, is guaranteed to be sentenced to prison, if not execution for treason or desertion. Then there's the legal and social damages to their families and loved ones. This is a bucket of worms with no bottom. Morally, I think it's plain wrong to expect the military to pull our chestnuts out of this fire while the rest of us continue to elect, obey, and profit from the regime that put them there. Especially given how badly our troops have been treated throughout our history.

There it is - the TMB maneuver.

Generally, I don't. The only time I see your comments is when you are quoted by another user. If I'm intrigued, I'll unmute that post and respond if I choose to do so. I have no reason to change that strategy. If that distresses you, the ignore button is your friend. Frankly, I think you understand my hostility very well. You get back what you give.

QED

Are your fingers broken? The Brit gave you the specific location of the comment he referenced, which would have included the comment to which you were replying and which you carefully avoided looking up. For a guy who adamantly denies being a magaphile, you're showing most of the hallmarks. About the proposed military budget: I gotta wonder if any of those trillions are being used to give our troops (you know, the men and women actually keeping aircraft in the sky and wearing the boots on the ground) a living wage. Maybe it's time to revisit Eisenhower's idea of the military-industrial complex. Meanwhile, keep your eyes peeled for thousand-dollar hammers.

Both birth parents were Marines (WW2), son served in both the Marines and Coast Guard. Took care of many vets over the years I put in at a public city hospital and my AIDS unit at a state DPH hospital. Kinda hard for me to forget our soldiers. Speaking of surveillance tactics, kinda interesting that ICE would choose a military event to gather info on immigrants, legal and otherwise. It doesn't quite square with the current (mis)characterizations of immigrants so prevalent in our public debate.

But I gotta wonder how many pictures they took. It's a standard surveillance tactic when law enforcement is dealing with citizen volatility. Still, glad everyone remembered their manners. Our military, both veterans and currently serving, deserve way better than what they're getting. Meanwhile anybody besides me getting tired of Rambo-wannabe hegseth's cosplay? I recommend (re)visiting Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant" - original audio available on YouTube. Best anti-war song evah

Now you're being disingenuous.