Charles E. Morrison

Believes in civility. RT=FYI, not endorsement.

[Charles E. Morrison @charmorrison]

@RichHeydarian Immigrants require precision. E.g. originally "eye glasses" to keep Eng latercomers fr using to drink. After cars, "trunk" to imply storage rather than stuffing one's boots, "sideview" mirrors to stop preening & "traffic circles" so they didn't endlessly go round & round about.

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@JohnCornyn I've heard that one with a little difference. The "river" was either "The Nile," or a strait named "Hormuz." The scorpion's explanation for why he stung dooming them both was that "this is the Middle East."

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@Alihashem #5 may be possible, Iran's sov'n rights Hormuz, if both respect UNCLOS. Iran has territorial sea to where it adjoins Oman's. UNCLOS sets rules for straits. Coastal states cannot inhibit, suspend, discriminate or charge tolls. Let's open on this basis.

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@DHGRVA @Mediaite Yeah, looks like no lack of lucky, lurking, leek-liking leakers leaking leaks instead of licking boots. Lock 'em up.

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@Mediaite Some version of this has been issued or said by every administration beginning with George Washington's (he was furious at first Sec of State Jefferson whom he thought was a chief leaker of treaty negotiations). So very American.

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@sciencegirl Study partly funded by the American Egg Board, which Loma Linda University says played no direct role. Important points are corelational and study not controlled; as so often title on picture misleading.

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@ChristopherHale Symbolic, like the meeting itself, and a diplomatic ritual both must endure. The gifts do look like they might have been made in China.

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@Mikaa_BM US has always taken a neutral position, not endorsing either claim but recognizing UK's admin control. Can't imagine a change. Don't get overly excited by a staff e-mail that even more ludicrously suggests throwing Spain out of NATO, something he US can't unilaterally do.

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@atrupar Prices can rise an infinite %, but not decrease more than 100%. Better answer: You're right, senator. I meant if a drug may go fr $100/dose to $600, price is 6x or 600% of the original. If we can contain it at $100, we've saved the consumer fr having to pay 600% of original.

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@CollinSLKoh Wait.

[Stanley Widianto @stanleywidianto]

Indonesia's foreign ministry ​has warned the defense ministry that an American proposal to give its military "blanket" permission to fly over Indonesian territory ‌risked entangling Jakarta in potential South China Sea conflicts, sources said. Our scoop: https://t.co/vcSFxvRJEC

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@mburm201 @ProudofusUK @IanAdAstra But enforcement, including severe penalties up to execution for slavers, came a little later. They didn't have the navy to enforce like UK.

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@ProudofusUK Let's praise positive in our histories incl enforcement, but not white-wash. UK slavers 2nd-most responsible for trans-Atlantic slave trade, c. 40% of total, over 3 million. Portugal first; France was third. The UK ban took place after ec incentive gone.

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@JohnBlaxland1 Can't access. ASEAN has had articulate, visionary leaders, Surin Pitsuan most cited. My understanding: basic purposes to strengthen diverse ind'l SEA states thru coop when achievable & have peaceful region. Not an EU! Pretty good record & still early decades.

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@Rmanning4 In theory, but in real world Xi looking forward to hosting Trump, war notwithstanding.

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@NOELreports Why didn't Witkoff make sure their fingers weren't crossed behind their backs?

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@NOELreports While in a new war, best to pause the on-going war against previous administration, esp as strong bipartisan & allied support for giving Ukraine weapons it needed to defend itself.

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@EvanFeigenbaum For Meloni, lg term vision/hope for "stretch" goal. In '80s Mansfield, amb to Jpn, also called for FTA at trade conflict height to "get past" much of the pettiness. But FTAs hard fought themselves on details & don't solve everything, as US neighbors & industries can attest.

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@StateDept Second sentence is a hypothetical that cannot be verified or disproven. He believes just as he believed Putin would help stop the war once he was president, but why repeating so often?

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I looked at Reagan's first SOTU speech of his second term. He was proud of his record and strongly pushed his policies. But I could find no reference in the speech to either "Republicans" or "Democrats." https://t.co/rSJsadgS25