Håvard
@he64.bsky.social
🇧🇻ian with rather normal political views for Norway. Therefore a leftist progressive on the US scale - bonkers! Pro-democracy. Follows the US political scene with great concern. Pro-🇺🇦. Network admin with a software background. Open source contributor.
Well... I see there is an underlying assumption that the GOP has America and Americans at large's best interest at heart. I have come to realize that is a false assumption, and that the dismantling of the government as we knew it is part of the point.
September 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Well... I see there is an underlying assumption that the GOP has America and Americans at large's best interest at heart. I have come to realize that is a false assumption, and that the dismantling of the government as we knew it is part of the point.
Only in America ... have the people accepted what is in essence a scheme with for-own-profit tax collectors which they voluntarily pay.
January 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Only in America ... have the people accepted what is in essence a scheme with for-own-profit tax collectors which they voluntarily pay.
It's interesting and somewhat disheartening to see the DNS being made the scapegoat for what to me sounds like an incomplete specification of dependencies, e.g. do not proceed to stageN before this-and-that has successfully completed. But what do I know...
January 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's interesting and somewhat disheartening to see the DNS being made the scapegoat for what to me sounds like an incomplete specification of dependencies, e.g. do not proceed to stageN before this-and-that has successfully completed. But what do I know...
One might hope, but I'm not holding my breath...
December 21, 2024 at 4:28 PM
One might hope, but I'm not holding my breath...
Not everything you read or hear is true...
December 21, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Not everything you read or hear is true...
I guess we are seeing proof of the latter in real time as the GOP can't get their act together to pass a CR.
December 20, 2024 at 5:19 AM
I guess we are seeing proof of the latter in real time as the GOP can't get their act together to pass a CR.
I heard a possible explanation: an interim director needs to be picked among those in the FBI which are already senate-confirmed. Kash isn't. But who knows, rules and norms are not worth much these days.
December 19, 2024 at 3:28 PM
I heard a possible explanation: an interim director needs to be picked among those in the FBI which are already senate-confirmed. Kash isn't. But who knows, rules and norms are not worth much these days.
Two words: "proportional representation". Sadly has near-zero chance in the US, but it needs to be said nonetheless.
December 18, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Two words: "proportional representation". Sadly has near-zero chance in the US, but it needs to be said nonetheless.
If you want to spin an excuse for this, based on old Christian tradition, this date is Saint Knut's Day, also referred to as the 20th day of Christmas and the definitive end of that celebration.
December 16, 2024 at 4:33 PM
If you want to spin an excuse for this, based on old Christian tradition, this date is Saint Knut's Day, also referred to as the 20th day of Christmas and the definitive end of that celebration.
Um, not exactly. Biden has forever said "We are with you as long as it takes", which is ambiguous because "it" is undefined. I agree entirely with retired gen. Ben Hodges on this matter.
November 30, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Um, not exactly. Biden has forever said "We are with you as long as it takes", which is ambiguous because "it" is undefined. I agree entirely with retired gen. Ben Hodges on this matter.
Not only that, but the failure to comprehend and clearly say that it is in the west's best interest that Ukraine wins, and act accordingly.
November 30, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Not only that, but the failure to comprehend and clearly say that it is in the west's best interest that Ukraine wins, and act accordingly.