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Actually, yes it will. The only difference between a pardon and an expungement is that the pardon still leaves the charge or conviction on the person's record. It does, however, restore voting, remove the "no felony convictions" requirements for licensing, etc. However. It *only* applies to...

Yes and no. Basically, the only real rule is that the party can refuse to recognize Cheney as a member of the state GOP, but while she might not have full access to the state apparatus, it's not as big a deal given that she is an established politician and can reach out to people on her own...

No. She can declare as whatever the hell she wants and run for a party’s nomination. This isn’t like Europe where actual party membership is limited -anyone can run for a party’s nomination in the U.S., they just have to declare themselves a member of the party in question (it’s a matter of just...

No, and for the same reason they aren't usually kept closed on a ship. It's a giant pain in the ass to constantly open and close hatches, so they only set them all to close if there's a reason (like a storm or being at general quarters). Something colliding with the ISS is extremely remote, and...

I think this is Russia (once again) Fucking Around and Finding Out. This is the same bunch that tried doing the Tsar Bomba test as a giant flex and the diplomatic fallout (pun not intended) meant it blew up spectacularly (again, not intended) in their faces. Even if Harris wanted to (and I’m...

Unfortunately I don’t think it’s something Congress actually has to authorize -it’s a lawsuit and the settlement is something DOJ I think just pays out of whatever fund it has for such. If I’m wrong, please correct me as I’d be happy to be wrong. As for impeachment…this is one of those “really...

Politico had a similar piece in late June, and NR was talking about it and some other problems (including the infamous NASA video where they had to bring in child actors and screenwriters). She’s bad at dealing with people, and bad at being a manager. She can’t think on her feet, and remember...

My guess is 'B' but who knows. Unless he has health problems, he'd probably be better off retiring now since it's quite possible (we can hope) the Democrats wind up in the minority in 2023. Incidentally, shouldn't there be a separate thread for this sort of stuff? Leahy isn't part of the...

They probably assume that most Americans don't know how powerful the OCC actually is and so who cares about putting a lunatic like this in charge of some government agency nobody has heard of, etc, etc, while in reality it has the potential to cause all sorts of problems. Putting an outright...

It’s not really the same for a couple of reasons, chief among them being the Houthis apparently only targeted locals, not any Americans. If they had, everyone would have been screaming at Biden to scramble forces. For another, the Iranians were the host nation As hostage situations go, it seems...

Wrong Friedman. Milton Friedman is the economist; George Friedman (no relation AFAIK) is the guy who founded Stratfor and is a specialist in geopolitics. And his track record is actually pretty good. Edit: I will look into the economics side, I got some lessons on Keynes and Galbraith, enough...

Ahem. Some of us weren’t even born yet, thank you. ;) In all seriousness, however, I agree this isn’t the end of the world. George Friedman, of whose works I admit to enjoying, pointed out that whoever would be president after Trump would also follow the same policies and whatever of the past...

Sure, they could do it but even so, it’s a bit more complicated than just swapping out a diesel-electric plant for a reactor. That said, I’d think they’re far more likely to just turn around anyway; it’s mainly spitballing on possibilities.

Actually, submarine tech is probably the most sensitive of all government secrets, so, yes they actually WERE effectively giving away the keys. And the article says that it wasn’t just reactor related information. At a minimum, I’d say probably France, Israel, Brazil, or Turkey. *Possibly*...

There's an argument to be made for that, but as a Congressional leader I think he's done a really good job -sure, Trump was mad at him for not nuking the legislative filibuster, but that's because McConnell was thinking long-term and knows that the GOP would be in the minority again, so having...

Ah, my mistake. Usually when I see people calling him that it's because they're disparaging him for one reason or another.

…that’s actually not what this is about. What he’s doing is forcing the Democrats to own up on spending and raising the debt limit on their own. And quite frankly I support his play on this. See, Pelosi thought she could be clever by detaching the debt limit increase from the reconciliation...

Actually, no. While transactions are recorded, the sheer volume of reporting required makes it impossible from a practical standpoint. Even if banks hired the armies of compliance people needed, there's no way for the feds to hire enough people to monitor everything. Actually this kind of...

There's no way that's remotely feasible. Given how many transactions fit that criteria there's no way to figure it out. Not to mention "fair market value" is a relative term.

As I've pointed out more than once, the GOP has in fact been as effective as a minority party can be. Getting your priorities passed isn't something that can happen without Democrats because 1) 51 is a bigger number than 49, 2) even if they did somehow do that, the guy who makes the decision on...