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The 4th of July

The Absolute State of the Union: Faction and Retortion

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I wish all Americans a Happy 4th of July. I hope you celebrate and take the day to appreciate our remarkable Republic.

For me, the 4th of July is a somewhat melancholy day—the American Republic seems ailing, and has for some time.

Can the American experiment work?

One of my habits is to reread the Federalist Papers on the 4th of July. I know, that’s not normal, but it’s proven a good habit for me.

The most important question you asked is this:

"Why does Strzok have FBI lawyers"

Why were these FBI lawyers dictating what Strzok could say?

The easy answer is to protect the FBI.

This is wrong.

The correct answer is to protect the Ongoing Investigations.

https://twitter.com/DropTha_Mic25/status/1012803008135139328

Strzok already HAS his own attorney.

Aitan Goelman

"We did not have confidence that Strzok’s decision to prioritize the Russia investigation over following up on the Midyear-related investigative lead discovered on the Weiner laptop was free from bias."

Today in

, we reading Chs9-10 of Solovay, S. (2000). Tipping the scales of justice. Amherst, New York, USA: Prometheus Books.

In the ninth chapter, Solovay reviews how weight often intersects with other (usually protected) categories, such as gender and/or race. She provides several examples of cases where this has occurred, and how the courts have negotiated the issue.

In the longest chapter in the book, Ch10, Solovay considers whether fat people should find protection under existing disability laws. She begins by noting how contentious this idea is, both in the fat activist community and in the disability community.

If you want to kill people, the most effective way to do this in the modern era (since gun laws and annoying people like the Police will make things awkward) is to persuade people to stop (or never start) a statin.

Over the long term, 1 in 10 will be killed by that choice.

You can even write books about it and make money.

And be seen as a crusader against a crooked medicogovernmental conspiracy.

The internet is a good place to operate, because most lay people can't distinguish scientific reasoning from pseudoscience, and because ...

Excellent question from Arnab:

In religion, we talk about the "nones" (those who have left faith) and the "dones" (those who are over church). But I want to talk about another group: The Exiles. 1/

Exiles would be part of a faith community if they could. But something keeps compelling them to move on, to not settle. 2/

Some are forced into exile, others go into self-exile. 3/