What would have happened to Grace Hopper if she were up for promotion when Hegseth was Secretary of Defense?
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@fatsam Unfortunately, making martyrs of them won't solve the problems they've caused.
I am bothered by Hegseth's use of the term "warfighters." A modern army should rely upon soldiers - trained and disciplined to work as teams - not glory-seeking individualists. The days when battles are decided by hundreds of separate sword fights are long past.
@26aafa19 There is a teaching in Judaism about charitable giving - a hierarchy: lowest level, the donor gives openly to the donee; next the donee is anonymous; next the donor is anonymous; and highest level, both are anonymous. The highest level is supposed to eliminate that feeling of moral superiority you mention.
@cstross Iain M. Banks had a novel ("Surface Detail") about a planet that enforced post-life hell by digitalizing a person's memories and personality and then installing it in a computer-generated sim of hell.
@NotTheLBCGuy @cstross And recall that the TV show "Downton Abbey" had to quietly drop its canine character called Isis.
Trump confuses Iceland with Greenland. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/21/us/trump-davos-greenland-news#trump-greenland-iceland-confusion
NY Times: "Trump is announcing a new class of Navy ships that he is describing as “battleships.” He said he expects the U.S. government to acquire 25 of the new vessels that are expected to be called Trump-class battleships. It’s the latest example of Trump rebranding or remaking an aspect of the government in his own image."
Let's see, when was it that the battleship was revealed to be too vulnerable to be effective? Oh yeah, December 7, 1941.
@bloor It probably won't bother her; the detainee is her brother's ex-girlfriend (mother of Leavitt's nephew). Leavitt has no contact with the detainee, per The Guardian.
Let's hear it for all the MAGA champions fighting antisemitism, like Kosh Patel!
Note: my comment is bitterly satiric, if I have to make it plain.
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Note: my comment is bitterly satiric, if I have to make it plain.
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