And also Norway has achieved 100% EV sales and gets nearly 100% of its electricity from renewables.

Seems consistent with the concept of parliamentary sovereignty and the lack of judicial review of acts of parliament.

They think you're stupid.

”How is this legal” is a really funny thing for a republican to say in 2026

Ok now I need more context 😃

True, they could get worse.

And the democratic ones were approved by the voters.

lol also this was a state wide referendum, not just a legislative action as in the republican states that did this.

Yeah but Bessent told us that didn’t help Iran 🤣🤷🤮

These are all foods of the gods. I wish I could find mettwurst here. Though the Scandinavians do pickled fish better.

That is essentially my point?

And once you decide that something is a Great Office of State, you’re probably not abolishing it.

It probably has accidentally become permanent by virtue of it having existed for 244 years combined with the magic of Britain’s Constitution.

So you’ve given them all your Bluesky handle? 🤣

you won't like him when he's angry. or, indeed, if you check polling, when he's not angry.

The sad part is, you have to go back to Kennedy to find a president whose minimum approval rating wasn’t lower than this.

He’d also be rather confused by naming a ship “My Ship.”

Italy falling behind.

I’ve wondered to what degree Douthat and, say, Scott Jennings actually believe most of the crap they spout, or whether they think they’re just doing the job they’re hired to do.

Time for more "Joe Rogan is abandoning Trump" takes.

Actually a little disappointed that it’s less niche of a lawyer joke than I initially thought.

What does it say when I spent a while thinking “of course a lawyer with an LLM would share all these characteristics with a lawyer who only has a JD.”

They’re whatever Chuck wants them to be to illustrate any particular allegory.

The most notable part of “Positively American” was Bernie Sanders showing up to the book launch party with gallon zip-loc bags to raid the Chinese buffet for take-home.

Many such cases.

The last honest Republican economic thinker was Hoover.

UN Ambassador, (de facto) China Ambassador and DCI would not have been the right man compared to mediocre actor/ Governor of California?basically Vibes über alles.

Except in the UK, the Government could unilaterally gift the nation a modern electoral system, but always chooses not to.

Honestly can’t imagine why Labour wouldn’t just nuke the whole thing with proportional representation/ranked choice STV voting reform before they’re out of power for another generation.

Sounds like you really want Gorbachev on Mt Rushmore…

The distinction is that parties neither have a a leader with centralized, coordinated decision-making, nor do they pick their own candidates. Parties are really just fundraising coordination organizations.