The attacks on Iran have begun

Jacob Petersheim said:
Texas takes a stand.

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Another sensational youtube thumbnail. Nothing has been "banned" in Texas. There was a proposition on the Republican primary ballot that bans sharia law, and REPUBLICANS voted in favor of it.

So a PROPOSITION was passed, which basically tells lawmakers in Texas what the voters want them to focus on. Voters' answers on propositions help the parties shape their agendas and legislative priorities. But these propositions do not change any laws.
 
How will this mess end and how soon. If Iraq and Afghanistan are any clue, it doesn't look good. There doesn't seem that there is any indication of a popular uprising as before. What's left of the power structure owes their status and privilege to what has been, so I can't see them turning over a new leaf.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
So a PROPOSITION was passed, which basically tells lawmakers in Texas what the voters want them to focus on. Voters' answers on propositions help the parties shape their agendas and legislative priorities. But these propositions do not change any laws.
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In Maine, we have what are called "questions," that citizens (most often, if not entirely, spurred by some organization or another) can place on the ballot, upon which, unless they are determined to be unconstitutional or something, the legislature is bound to enact. There may be some loopholes, but passed questions become law, in one form or another. That's how we retained the option to opt out of Real-ID, and that's how we reversed a law the legislature had passed - and the governor signed - which would have made it an infraction to have snow on the roof of your car, and a host of other things. This is not entirely a good thing because these "questions" are used to pass a host of money-spending laws that congress may not have otherwise enacted, leading to the oft-repeated phrase that Maine voters have never seen a money-spending question they didn't like. I have a sign that I put out most election years that says, VOTE NO ON EVERYTHING because these "questions" are nearly always money-spending questions. Mainers generally vote "yes," and then they spend the rest of the year complaining about taxes and debt.
 
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Don Alaska said:
Several empty U.S. embassies were hit. No casualties and some damage. Embassies are legit targets in war, that is why they are usually evacuated and often closed.
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I am aware of the attacks on embassies. I had posted about American casualties so when an embassy was mentioned I thought the implication was more Americans killed that I hadn't heard about.
 
Don Alaska said:
Empty of anything important. One embassy hit was completely closed. The others were empty of people and classified stuff. No big deal. The F-15s downed by friendly fire did more economic damage than the embassies.
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Would you be so kind to share your sources?
 
Don Alaska said:
Several empty U.S. embassies were hit. No casualties and some damage. Embassies are legit targets in war, that is why they are usually evacuated and often closed.
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I did not know that. I recall the mass evacuations from Saigon, with folks flocking to our embassy there to be airlifted out. I guess that's because it was protected better than any other place, not because it was US soil.
 
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