As I am on record–explaining to lay people what it means to build such a monstrous machine as Borei-class SSBN is not easy; projects like these may take a few years and will require a serious grasp of and collaboration on subjects ranging from nuclear propulsion to spherical trigonometry and battle management systems, in other words–to explain that this is THE real high-tech, not some BS of Twitter and Facebook, is [hard in a culture severely misdrected].
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ANDREI RAEVSKY—We both see where this is all headed and all we can do is warn, warn and warn again. I realize that it is hard to believe in the idea that a nuclear superpower like the US is run by a gang of incompetent and ignorant thugs, but that IS the reality and simply denying it won’t make it go away.
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CHRIS HEDGES—Melman, who coined the term “permanent war economy,” noted that since the end of the Second World War, the federal government has spent more than half its discretionary budget on past, current and future military operations. It is the largest single-sustaining activity of the government. The military-industrial establishment is nothing more than gilded corporate welfare. Military systems are sold before they are produced. Military industries are permitted to charge the federal government for huge cost overruns. Massive profits are guaranteed.
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MATT TAIBBI—”The files show the FBI acting as doorman to a vast program of social media surveillance and censorship, encompassing agencies across the federal government – from the State Department to the Pentagon to the CIA.”
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The latest entry in the contest for most easily mocked attempt at wokeness comes from Stanford University, which has issued a list of “harmful” words and expressions meant to address “harmful language in IT” at the university and to provide alternative terms or phrases that are, presumably, not harmful. Many of the words included on the list, such as “addict,” “brave” and “American,” seem quite lacking in potential harm, however, and have stirred a backlash online. Jimmy and his panel of the Miserable Liberal Stef Zamorano and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss their favorites listed and just how silly this endeavor appears to be.
