Bingo. The "balance of power principle". Weaker nations combine to oppose the stronger hegemon. As old as Sumeria (or older).
International relations 101.
Gavin Newsom: “Wake up America. You will not have a country if he rigs this election. These guys are not screwing around. The most corrupt president in history. He is wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. He is a lawless president. Wake up America.”
Gaslight yourself till you're blue in the face...I'm a person who knows his history...we've never had anything like this and this is EXACTLY what the Founders worried about. It's been a multi-decade slide to get here-but we're HERE.Everyone who is honest with themselves knows it.
Those of you who don't know what authoritarianism looks like...this is it. All the gaslighting about previous presidents "what about...!!! Is bullshit. I've been talking about the slide towards NOW for 30+ years. Those earlier concerns were nothing. Now we are HERE.
"I love being able to play this game for a living. It's one of the greatest joys of my life, but does it fill the deepest wants and desires of my heart? Absolutely not."
All-time five minutes here from Scottie.
Must watch stuff.
It takes an unfathomable amount of incompetence to alienate Japan and South Korea to such a degree that they lock arms with China against the United States.
So stupid. So dumb. So bad for the United States.
This outstanding map shows the different ages of the skylines across North America. Austin vs Fort Worth is fun. What urban histories do you see reflected here? Source: https://t.co/9hSPxRjowM
Photographer Hector Vivas has been creating a series at this year's Olympics called "Layers of the Games."
The idea is to capture multiple moments from a single Olympic event and then combine them into one image.
The results are incredible.
(Great work @hvivas24!)
@landlawyerbrian Nice write up, thanks! Questions:
- what drove the high construction costs beyond excpectatjons given close access to utilities as identified?
- did you solicit multiple bids for the construction?
- is the engineering firm qualified to provide these estimates as a contractor?