Dinos Gonatas
@smokeygeo.bsky.social
Astrophysicist extraordinaire.
Enron alumnus (Latin America)
Enron alumnus (Latin America)
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The government is proposing a new rule that will require people from countries that are US allies and friends and who do not now need visas for short-term stays to submit to intrusive investigation of their social media posts for 5 years. You can object -- see how to "comment" below!.
don't just kvetch; comment.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to [email protected] - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
CBP is proposing a massive new interference with the private lives and opinions of visitors to the united states, and those who exit. you can email comments to [email protected] - and post them if you do. you have until early february.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
www.federalregister.gov
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The government is proposing a new rule that will require people from countries that are US allies and friends and who do not now need visas for short-term stays to submit to intrusive investigation of their social media posts for 5 years. You can object -- see how to "comment" below!.
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Professions take accountability seriously.
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Professions take accountability seriously.
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Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.
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My quote of the day
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My quote of the day
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
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This IMF chart illustrates the ongoing secular decline in Europe’s growth and productivity, also underscoring the critical need to unlock the potential of policy, AI and other innovations for reinvigorating the region’s economic prospects.
#economy #eu #europe #growth #Productivity
#economy #eu #europe #growth #Productivity
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This IMF chart illustrates the ongoing secular decline in Europe’s growth and productivity, also underscoring the critical need to unlock the potential of policy, AI and other innovations for reinvigorating the region’s economic prospects.
#economy #eu #europe #growth #Productivity
#economy #eu #europe #growth #Productivity
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The issue landscape has changed dramatically over the last year - Democrats successfully have simultaneously raised the salience and expanded our trust advantage on our best issue (healthcare) *and* dramatically improved our trust advantage on the cost of living and the economy
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The issue landscape has changed dramatically over the last year - Democrats successfully have simultaneously raised the salience and expanded our trust advantage on our best issue (healthcare) *and* dramatically improved our trust advantage on the cost of living and the economy
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A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
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CONFIRMED: the gold snot covering the Oval Office is $58-apiece onlays from Home Depot that have been spraypainted.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
CONFIRMED: the gold snot covering the Oval Office is $58-apiece onlays from Home Depot that have been spraypainted.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
about to have a moment of silence to commemorate armistice day, not only that, but all the other struggles we are and will be going through.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
about to have a moment of silence to commemorate armistice day, not only that, but all the other struggles we are and will be going through.
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If you truly worry we're headed for fascism, then watch the 1969 movie "Z", a barely-veiled retelling of the 1963 assassination of Greek politician Lambrakis, made two years after the junta took power. It was on TCM last night, but I saw it as a kid after being in Greece in that time. /1
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If you truly worry we're headed for fascism, then watch the 1969 movie "Z", a barely-veiled retelling of the 1963 assassination of Greek politician Lambrakis, made two years after the junta took power. It was on TCM last night, but I saw it as a kid after being in Greece in that time. /1
In Phil last week, saw ad after ad against Mikie Sherrill- attacking her for hedging on tax increases.
Just because you're a dem doesn't mean you have to be for high taxes. NJ's taxes are steep, starting at 5.525%, going up to 10.75%. It's unacceptable. Figure out a way to improve the govt 1st
Just because you're a dem doesn't mean you have to be for high taxes. NJ's taxes are steep, starting at 5.525%, going up to 10.75%. It's unacceptable. Figure out a way to improve the govt 1st
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In Phil last week, saw ad after ad against Mikie Sherrill- attacking her for hedging on tax increases.
Just because you're a dem doesn't mean you have to be for high taxes. NJ's taxes are steep, starting at 5.525%, going up to 10.75%. It's unacceptable. Figure out a way to improve the govt 1st
Just because you're a dem doesn't mean you have to be for high taxes. NJ's taxes are steep, starting at 5.525%, going up to 10.75%. It's unacceptable. Figure out a way to improve the govt 1st
"You could talk about the planetary emergency and mitigation and adaptation, and you could throw in some environmental justice rhetoric, and by the time you’re done talking, people think you don’t care about them.”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What Trump’s Victory Taught Democrats About Climate Change
Climate change is out. Energy affordability is in.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"You could talk about the planetary emergency and mitigation and adaptation, and you could throw in some environmental justice rhetoric, and by the time you’re done talking, people think you don’t care about them.”
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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These people are who we all thought they were.
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
These people are who we all thought they were.
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Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Of all the news in this NYT survey of sitting federal judges - incl 47 of them think the SCt is mishandling its emergency docket - maybe the biggest is that 65 sitting fed judges (37D, 28R), folks circumspect for a living, responded to a NYT survey. Stunning. And a sign that something is very wrong.
