Before Trump became the inevitable president, he was running behind in the polls in an election he was widely expected to loose. So it’s not completely unbelievable that in a desperate moment he reached for an illegal advantage over his opponent (whether that advantage proved to be effective or not really doesn’t…

Oh come on. He isn’t concerned about the effectiveness of the system vs database size. He is trying to reassure people that this dangerous technology wont be used on them, but will only be used on those “other, bad people”, and so they don’t have anything to worry about. It’s a classic dupe used by the law and order…

I thought the DNC hack itself happened much later than 2015, so it had to be a much newer issue. How credible the accusation is depends in no small part on just how suspicious you find the various connections between the Trump campaign and various russian interests (Flynn, Manafort, etc).

Yeah, if we had proof of collusion, we wouldn’t be having this conversation, and there would be impeachment hearings already. That some retired guys claim they haven’t seen does not mean that it doesn’t exist (nor does it mean that it does). That what they whole investigating thing is all about.

Talking to small scale farmers now, they seem to be having a hard time of it. Newer machines provide for much better productivity, so farmers can’t remain competitive without them. On the other hand, newer machines are so expensive, that there no way a farmer can afford one unless they are part of a very large…

I think the more legitimate complain is that there is possibility that the president was complicit in a crime. If there was collusion, it doesn’t really matter if the hacking was committed by the Russian state or independent actors, and it doesn’t matter how much the release of information actually influenced the…

As I see it, the only way it can bring doom is if it results in impeachment (or a certainty of impeachment sufficient for resignation). There is no way that republicans will vote to impeach their own president, no matter what his approval ratings are. So the soonest impeachment might happen is 2018, if D’s can get…

The backwordsness of the whole thing is what boggles me. You’d think that the sort of older conservatives that elected Trump would be the first to line up against “those damn commies”. Then again, I thought that the christian wing would have a pretty big problem supporting a guy who keeps ordering wives out of a…

I’m sure Russia doesn’t experience the sort of turn over rates that are common in the US, so keeping that ship sailing is one way to solve the lack of qualified technicians problem.

If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be safer to just give the man a chimichunga? Not every problem needs to be solved with force.

So there is one drunk person, who is already unconscious, in a stopped vehicle, but still poses enough of a threat to require at least 4 cruisers?

Stupid question: What is the deal with so many characters in super hero genre having a first and last name that starts with the same letter?

Many of dictators found out that executing the top experts in the field for a mistake does not result in better experts.

It depends on the design of course, but a nuclear weapon is unlikely to detonate it’s warhead due to missile failure. It isn’t at all like a conventional explosive that is primed to go off and just needs a nudge. Detonating a nuclear weapon is a complex process that has to be intentionally started and controlled. So…

With no enforcement mechanism, how do you know that all doctors will take their oath seriously?

I used to think that, and I don’t anymore.

Sorry, misread the tone.

I’m afraid of how this could backfire. In my view, the danger of hateful bigots like braitbart represent isn’t in their writers individual hateful screeds. Rather, it’s that they build an alternative, immersive reality in which its possible to believe that their opinions are main stream, and that all reasonable people…

The guy took 3 years to build that thing. That isn’t exactly a lack of effort.

That’s not as absurd as it seems. Peoples identity is tied up in their political affiliation. Our political system has warped itself into a situation where people must choose between what they believe and who they believe themselves to be.