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• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  As well as four (required) years of Latin in my high school, we had to take three required years of classical Greek. The second year of Greek involved translating another soldier/writer in Xenophon as we read part of his Anabasis,...
• Commented on A Wonky Experience
  When I was a freshman in high school eating lunch in the cafeteria, a whole bunch of sophomores walked in with black arm bands on their jacket sleeves. (We were required to wear tie and jacket for class in our...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Season of Skulls
  When I was with NASA Langley Research Center in the late 70s and early 80s, no contracting company was more widely respected than Boeing. For their very smart staffs, their effort, and their integrity. I worked on NASA's Ada interests...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Season of Skulls
  TWAT: Cute and sophomoric. Also misogynistic. It's usually called the war on terror. Formally, the Global War on Terrorism or GWOT....
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Season of Skulls
  Trump has been removed from the Colorado Republican PRIMARY ballot. We are a long way from electoral votes. In addition to those mentioning the Supreme Court, consider: This applies to one state. Even if some other states ban him from...
• Commented on We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus
  Concerning the vote to expel "George Santos": Most of the expulsion vote was about about voting. Before expulsion, the count in the House was (R) 222, (D) 213. With a nine vote majority, Rs could afford to lose four votes...
• Commented on We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus
  There's nothing in my comment about looks. I was responding to OGH about allowing comments about children who are in government, pointing out that Ivanka Trump (as well as Kushner) are in government and so can be commented about. Was...
• Commented on We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus
  Ivanka Trump served as Director of the Office of Economic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship during most of the Trump presidency. So she was a political offspring....
• Commented on I should blog more, but ...
  Under the US Constitution, representatives who leave their seat early must be replaced in a special election (unless the normal November election is not that far away). However, states determine the policy for replacing senators who leave early. California allows...
• Commented on I should blog more, but ...
  "I'm not sure how much of Feinstein's term was left, but the new Senator will have to run for re-election in 2024, either for the remainder of Feinstein's term or for a full term of her own." There are two...
• Commented on Pass or Fail
  There will no necessity for a pardon in New York State. The charges against Trump do not usually carry a jail term. Trump is a first-time offender (if convicted) in a white color crime, so the penalty usually would be...
• Commented on Pass or Fail
  The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles can certainly pardon Trump in Georgia. The board is appointed by the governor and approved by the legislature. Georgia has been a deeply Republican state for years and so the board will...
• Commented on Three pieces of news about the Laundry Files (UPDATED!)
  Angleton - Vincent Price, who has the advantage of already being dead....
• Commented on Typo Hunt: The Labyrinth Index
  Ten to the ninth is in correct numerical format in Apple Books on an iPad (tor edition)....