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				Transnational Thursday for January 18, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


This latest episode of Iran just kind of attacking all its neighbors is pretty uncharacteristic at least.




I dunno—isn't Iran attacking it's neighbors something Leonidas would be familiar with?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Sorry to be confusing--but I've genuinely never removed a seat from a vehicle that had seats that could fold down to make room for cargo. I wonder if it's because I was raised in the blue tribe?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 8, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Well, they're perfectionists in Lebanon.  The leader of the HRC doesn't walk around with an internal monolog that asks "boy, I've never fought a battle with the NRA, let's check that off the list."  Maybe he should.  I hear the ACLU used to think that way, and possibly still does.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Being a sailor myself, it pains me to admit that the most plausible explanation is that the skipper of the Newnew Polar Bear did, surely, understand something was wrong--but hoped it was no big deal, and no one would notice.  In fact, finding an anchor that was dragged for nearly 200 klicks on the floor, just "a few meters" from the damaged cables and gas lines makes it just to easy for me to know exactly what a Newnew Polar Bear sailor felt like after two or three hours on the deck crew trying to get the anchor hauled up when the XO shouts over the 1MC, "Fuck the anchor, we're about to hit an seabed pipeline--cut the chain NOW!"


They almost made it.


So much for the Skipper's dream of commanding the more prestigious ship, Oldold Polar Bear.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 20, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'd just like to take a moment here to plug the most important part of my view on Trump, which comes from Andrew Sullivan's interview of the author Michael Wolff.  I won't drop too many spoilers, but Wolff, for all his factual errors, seems very correct to me when he talks about the language most journalists use being inadequate to describe Donald J. Trump.


Here is the interview: https://open.substack.com/pub/andrewsullivan/p/michael-wolff-on-the-trump-threat


also Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-wolff-on-the-trump-threat/id1536984072?i=1000534947059


and PodBay: https://podbay.fm/p/the-dishcast/e/1631290292


and how do I format links using markdown? Also,  I'm just starting the book it's based on and I'll write it up a little as a top-level post when I'm done.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 19, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Don't apologize--I was trying to be clever, which is always a hit-or-miss endeavor.


Anyway, my question is: how do you count what percentage of women in, say, America have the sort of relationship you describe? How does OP?  Because both of you describe things that do happen, but how often they happen is very, very difficult to count.  The only place I can even think to look is the GSS, and I can't find any questions on there that really seem germane.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for November 10, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Man, the one about keeping an eye on CPA was a huge part of my life for about three and a half years.  We had a really thin standing orders binder, but the night orders always included the line about CPA and surface contacts.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				World Series 2023 Megathread
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Because that's what someone with much more well-adjusted family relationships and emotional communication skills than either of us would do.


My family was about...other things.  Like reading at a 11th grade level before you turned 9, or not talking about your feelings, or winning state debate tournaments, or not talking about your feelings.  Sometimes, for a break, we didn't talk about our feelings.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 15, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I use the same federal subsidy and have asked the major providers here in California (Lifeline and NET10 wireless) for flip-phones—they only offer cheap android smartphones (or even tablets).  Can you tell me the name of your provider so I can get a flip phone too?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Violent Class: A day in the life
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You said something about being able to write not having done you any good in your last post, but I don't see it.  You're a couple ex-wives who are smarter than you away from being Hemingway


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 20, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
How would one demonstrate which way the arrow of causation points here? I'm not close enough to publishing to tell pull from push.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 27, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I'm inclined to favor Bukele, on the basis that iron fist policing methods should work.




Iron fist policing works very well, for a very limited and specific definition of work. They stop the organized criminal activity in an instant—and an instant is also how long you have before the tactics go from 100% effective to 99%.


If you're waiting for an election, crime might not be back noticeably until after the vote. If you have an actual plan to address underline issues, implementation is so much easier right after a crackdown that the best name for these tactics isn't iron fist or crackdown; it's "step one." It's basically got to be step one of absolutely any plan, good or bad, or that plan won't work.


But since it can't accomplish anything on its own, the only thing that guarantees iron fist policing won't work is expecting it to.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of December 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
My favorite part of the UC site you linked to is this: "As a reminder, candidates do not need to belong to a particular group or demographic, or to hold particular viewpoints, to be successful in this [getting a diversity score]."


I went through the first couple the sections of the evaluation and scoring rules, and a college administrator employed in a U.C. DEI office qualified for the highest possible score in both.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Let’s Interview Fascism with Paul Gottfried, pt. 7 – A Vanished Revolutionary Right and Addendum – Fascism and Modernization
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Im just starting this series of posts. I found part two very useful: it helped me map what ideas Hannah Arent is famous for, and move them from "my unconscious biases"  to "someone else's very convincing and extremely useful framework."


I'm very happy to find this with all seven sections finished, ready to be cued up for my next couple morning commutes. It was clearly more than just a couple hours work to do this, and I really appreciate the effort!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				[META] Something Shiny and Two Things Boring
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Exactly. I feel like blocking people on this site runs counter to the spirit of engagement—heck, I'd probably make more use of a anti-ignore feature that lets someone who replied to me know: "I read your response, I don't have enough to say about it for a Motte-quality comment, but I do actively appreciate your time and am giving you the last word..."


Is there some emoji (maybe only available to and visible to users who've commented on a thread) that could mean, "I have read everything up to here, and you make some good points, but I am now politely excusing myself to take a phone call."


[So that's the anti-ignore feature, but then there's the ignore feature, which is like taking a fake phone call—but 100% guaranteed not to ring at the exact wrong moment so everyone notices like at that dinner party I made incredibly awkward last summer. And it's easy to code, because they're the same button.]


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					




'freedom of speech' was a much less-held value anwyhere in something like the 18th or 19th centuries






Even in the 18th century, there was somewhere with people who held the freedom to speak among the most important values they could list.


Top of the list, in fact. Number one of 10.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				The Motte: A Working Glossary
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
This may warrant a ban, and I've generally lurked to avoid breaking the low-effort rule, but...


Damn it, I just can't help myself: those quokka pictures are the most adorable things I've ever seen!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				My Clients, The Liars
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
John, an old friend if mine, once answered the door for a bill collector who asked him, "are you John Doe?" He claims he replied, "My name is Bruce Wayne."


While wearing a Batman tee shirt.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Transnational Thursday for January 18, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
There was a scandal a while back that makes me uncomfortable about putting the United States of America on the list of countries that can make advanced hydrogen bombs.


I'd imagine the destructive power of any bombs our adversaries could field top out at Hiroshima, and mostly are “dirty bombs.”


For what that's worth, which ain't much.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for January 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Every time I tell someone I am part of the Veterans Affairs health care system in the United States,  I use the joke "I protected you from socialized health care, so now I get...socialized health care."


It has never failed to get a laugh.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 8, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Oh, my goodness, you have got to read Cadillac Desert, a book about water that is one of my all-time classics.  I wish I were more motivated to do good, solid, effort posts, because a review of that book could really work...


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 8, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I lived in Japan from '07 to '11 and haven't been back since, so this may be out of date, but the idea that fruit and veggies are very expensive matches my memories, but is a little incomplete.  Sushi and ramen are incredibly cheap in Japan, and I would extrapolate that most of the food-service labor force is somehow attached to those two parts of the industry--sushi because Japan just plain has the best fish, ramen because that's usually served with beer or on a chuhai run.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 7, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Oh, that makes sense.  I thought "SFH" was some iGen dunk on...well, I don't know, I thought I was going to have to ask Christine Baranski about it.  She's pretty up on the kids today.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of December 11, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I believe "just deciding on what was needed for each story to work" is a central pillar of most western versions of Buddhism.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Transnational Thursday for December 28, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Sweden has been protecting the Kurds from the Turks?


I thought they were one of the nations that wouldn't extradite followers of that guy leading a weird religious movement slash opposition group ... What's his name? Gul?


Oh, yes. Gul Dukat. That's it. Anyway, I thought that was part of Edrogan's beef with the Swedes. My mistake.