Even if we accept that, it does little to make him look better. It’s claiming that he can force people to do what he wants, rather than negotiating with them to mutual benefit.

ALSO, Trump can’t seem to handle Iran. What makes him think we can handle Canada?

The men forcing women to dress like this aren’t using the law to force them. Laws forbidding dressing like this are, theoretically, to protect them from being forced.

I’m open to the probability that there are such women. But I can’t imagine that they area anything but a sharp minority.

What about the ones who don’t want to, but are forced into it?

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Honestly, at that point, I think you let him have it.

Or maybe tax the rich? They have money. They just don’t want to use it.

No, that’s just me being stupid.

This sounds like the first chapter of 1986.

Blind squirrel…

Huh. I guess even Trump can’t be wrong all the time.

No-one well ask, because we know the answer. It was cheaper to let them do it.

Depends. If the chief murdered the guy, then that’s the restaurant’s responsibility for not keeping the chef secured.

Right, but that’s not to protect them from AI. It’s to protect them from us, once we come to our senses.

Because the people with money know they don’t have to listen to the little people.

We don’t even need overblown fears about AI killing everyone. AI is ruining students, ruining artists, causing massive layoffs, being used to monitor and judge our behavior, and is attempting to influence our behavior. It seems there are attempts to give these glorified auto-complete programs increasing amounts of resources and authority.

This is bad for most people. And those of us born after 1980 or so have no illusions that anyone in power is going to care about the welfare of the little people. They only recognize money and power. We don’t have money, but there are many kinds of power. I hope someone recognizes the signs, and changes course before it gets bloody.

Possibly not.

But “We know what he meant” when someone demonstrates that they don’t know what they are talking about has proven to be dangerous.

I wouldn’t hire a mechanic who thought cats traveled at miles per MPH. Why should I listen to someone talk about boats who thinks “knots per hour” is a speed?

Knots is a measure of distance, and the fact that people have been using that wrong for several centuries

We’ve only been sailing for “several centuries.” How long was it a measure of distance before people started using it wrong?

I was under the impression that navy ships could go much faster, but didn’t because of wear and fuel consumption. I recall hearing about 60 knots, but I wouldn’t place even a small bet on it.

Same for cargo ships, to a lesser extent. If an empty one felt a need to move, I’m sure they could get a little speed to them. But they aren’t built for it, and “saving money on fuel” is their prime directive.

Although, as someone noted elsewhere, there don’t seem to be any actual measurements of speed. They turned around, and cranked the throttle, but we don’t know how far they were going in either phase.

I know what I’m about.

I find that reasonably unlikely, unless it is a naval ship. I don’t think cargo ships go that fast unless empty, and highly motivated. Possibly not even then.

Do we have a reliable source for this data?