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In Topic: Mark Lawrence thread for all things Mark Lawrence'y'ish
03 October 2025 - 06:35 PM
New Mark Lawrence? I stand ready.
The library trilogy sadly didn't do it for me the same way his other books did but I am excited.
I am always ready for a book about turning children into cold blood killers. Red sister was great. Anyway I am going to seek a therapist now, pre order tonight.
Edit: April 14th, Yikes. Well We have dresden in January. Sadly I dont read like I used to and part of the blame has to come from the fact that there seem to be fewer and fewer books that excite me. The wait between books gets longer and longer. The more good books you experience the less tolerance you have for the rest. -
In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
01 October 2025 - 09:59 PM
worry, on 01 October 2025 - 09:27 PM, said:I don't really know what the president (meaning any president)'s powers are when it comes to outright firing any member of the military, and I don't know if it's been tested. It's not really something I've ever thought about with any other president, except I guess Truman 'firing' MacArthur. I imagine a president can pull rank over anyone, in terms of commands, orders, assignments, etc. -- but a 'firing' is actually more like forced retirement for high ranking officers they want to get rid of. Like even MacArthur was officially "relieved of duty", not fired in the way we would think of in the civilian world.
Trump has more control in regards to these higher rank generals than he would with the lower officers. However I believe he is limited to removing them from their positions. He can fire the general who oversees NATO command from his post but I do not think he can discharge them from the armed forces unilaterally. I am sure Trump has no real idea what he can legally do and also cares even less though. Practically an officer who becomes inactive would probably retire. Every single one of them has probably already secured their full pension. They would probably be freer to speak after they retire than while they remain in uniform. -
In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
01 October 2025 - 06:45 PM
There is also a recruitment and retention problem in the USA military. So dropping black soldiers over beards is not only stupid/racist it will literally weaken USA readiness to engage in war fighting. Aside I love Hegseths obsession with saying war fighting when rebranding soldiers as warfighters I believe comes from the war on terrorism and was to help moral and discourage the frontliners from looking down on the POGEs. They wanted everyone to understand that every soldier and every job forwards the war effort.
Watching Hegseth say ‘Move out and draw fire because we are the war department’ and pausing for non existent applause is beautiful though. However I’m not sure if this is the rebuke people want it to be. I think military decorum discourages applause at briefings and while Hegseth may have acted like he is giving a MAGA rally it would have been treated as a briefing.
At the same time when Trump came on stage to no applause he specifically gave permission to clap but I imagine a life time of training and habit in military decorum doesn’t just stop. -
In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
30 September 2025 - 04:04 PM
Did Hegseth really gather all the generals and admirals to tell them to lose wait and call himself the secretary at war. The TV secretary of defense is obsessed with optics, shocker! Literally could have been an email.
Am I being too conspiratorial to think this was the public aspect and there will be a lot more we won’t see? -
In Topic: What's messing with your groove?
29 September 2025 - 03:22 PM
My Mother is coming to visit me in 2 weeks. I am excited and this will be the first time she sees how I live in the USA.
I am also dreading it. I have a 1 bedroom apartment, we will be in very close proximity for 10 days. I am also old enough to have a mid-life crisis, I am not looking forward to having my mother as a guest in my home invariably make a comment about how I shouldn't stay up too late or some such.
I Also I am worried about entertaining her for the trip, I want her to have a good time but she doesn't like museums or history. Ill take her shopping, see a play but this isn't ten days of activity. I also know she will complain about the expense of everything, even though I will be paying for almost everything.
I hope she has a good time, I hope I have a good time and I hope the stress levels remain manageable. I am renting a car so we can do day trips and Ill probably take her to NYC for at least a night. Maybe drive around new england and look at the autumn trees.
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